Blue-Gold Soul Ring

"Xiao Chen..."

Ah Yin's eyes trembled violently, gradually filling with tears.

"Leave it to me. You are free. No one can take you away from my side!"

After saying that, Dugu Chen smiled gently and slowly walked up to the Blue Silver King, his voice calm as he said:

"I believe you heard what we said just now. Let's make a deal!"

The Blue Silver King's gaze wavered. It glanced at Ah Yin, who was nestled against Dugu Chen's chest, and said weakly:

"Human, what deal do you want to make?"

The corners of Dugu Chen's lips curled slightly, his expression calm as he smiled. "Relying on others is inferior to relying on yourself. What you worry about is nothing more than threats from outside and the difficulty of growing from within!"

"I can help you break through and become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. That way, you will have enough strength to protect the Blue Silver Forest and the territory where Sister Ah Yin's people reside."

"At the same time, after becoming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, you can also shoulder the great responsibility of reviving your people."

Upon hearing this, a tempted look appeared on the Blue Silver King's face.

Seeing that he had persuaded it, Dugu Chen pressed his advantage and continued:

"True strength does not come from relying on the strong, but from changing reality and changing yourself. True growth does not mean escaping hardship, but finding support within hardship and achieving harmony with oneself!"

The Blue Silver King's heart was instantly stirred into stormy waves by those words. As Dugu Chen finished speaking, it looked at the human before it with a complicated expression.

He was very special, unlike any human it had encountered in tens of thousands of years.

The Blue Silver King said, "I understand now, human!"

"I can agree to your request. In fact, even if you had not proposed this deal, I would have done the same."

"When the Queen left, I once suggested that we contribute our modest strength for her sake. But the Queen could not bear to watch us expend our power to fulfill her."

"Now that the Queen needs our strength, naturally we have no reason to refuse!"

"That couldn't be better!"

Dugu Chen nodded in satisfaction. Then he turned back to gaze at Ah Yin, his eyes full of warmth.

"Sister Ah Yin, go on. Accept the gift of your subjects. It is what you deserve."

The Blue Silver King also pleaded sorrowfully, "My Queen, you are currently at a critical stage of advancement. This is precisely when you need our strength to break through. Please do not refuse any longer!"

"This... very well!"

Ah Yin took a deep breath. Her deep-blue eyes quietly looked at Dugu Chen before turning toward the Blue Silver King. She closed her eyes and nodded slightly.

Seeing Ah Yin agree, two drops of blue liquid streamed excitedly from where the Blue Silver King's human face had eyes. It wept with joy and said:

"Wonderful, my Queen! Please feel the highest respect and worship of your subjects!"

The moment it finished speaking, the Blue Silver King began communicating with heaven and earth, and an immense aura suddenly rose.

It did not come from the Blue Silver King before them, but from the entire forest.

A deep-blue radiance quietly emerged from every stalk of Blue Silver Grass. One stalk might have produced only a tiny blue speck of light.

But when the blue light emerging from countless Blue Silver Grass gathered together, it became a blue ocean.

Dugu Bo stood with his hands in his pockets, silently watching everything unfold.

He knew this was the true power of the Blue Silver lineage.

Unyielding resilience, tenacious vitality—wildfires could not burn it all away, and spring winds brought it back to life.

As the emperor among Blue Silver Grass, this trait was even more pronounced in Ah Yin. Vast life force erupted around her in an instant.

The next moment, Ah Yin became the center of the blue ocean. The ocean took on the shape of a funnel as enormous power surged frantically into her body.

This power was gentle and pure, like a gift from nature itself, while Ah Yin was nature's spirit.

She slowly closed her eyes and accepted the gift from her subjects. Energy crashed against her like ocean tides, fierce and passionate.

Every stalk of Blue Silver Grass swayed gently. Pale-blue specks of light floated from their bodies and gathered into that vast blue ocean without end.

Soul Rings emerged from Ah Yin's body one by one: two yellow, two purple, and one black. They were the Soul Rings she had condensed according to the limits of her body after reaching her bottleneck.

After the five Soul Rings quietly appeared, they did not pulse. Instead, they lined up neatly around Ah Yin in order. The immense blue specks of light swiftly poured into the five Soul Rings, coating each of them in a layer of blue radiance.

At the same time, a flash of blue-gold light suddenly burst from Ah Yin's body. Under the influence of the blue-gold radiance spreading around her, the blue light in the air visibly grew even more abundant.

On the ground, every stalk of Blue Silver Grass began to turn crystalline and transparent, growing outward wildly.

Even the nearby Blue Silver King gradually became translucent beneath the blue-gold light shining from Ah Yin's body, its aura growing ever more powerful.

This was the strength of the Blue Silver Emperor. As long as Ah Yin remained within her territory, her subjects would be suffused with the Blue Silver Emperor's aura. Not only would their bloodlines undergo transformation, even their cultivation speed would increase.

Ah Yin pressed her hands together, a gentle and tranquil smile appearing on her face.

Her deep-blue hair gradually took on a pale golden hue. Each fine strand was as dazzling as blue-gold crystal, and the tips danced without wind, fluttering along with the blue ocean.

The inheritance had begun!

The blue ocean transformed into a huge cocoon that enveloped Ah Yin. The power drawn in by the Blue Silver Forest continued to grow stronger, forming massive tides around her.

Dugu Chen sat beneath an ancient tree some distance away, one leg bent and the other stretched out. A blade of Blue Silver Grass, pulled from somewhere unknown, hung from his mouth as he silently guarded the place.

Although he did not know how long such an inheritance would take, judging by the terrifying spectacle, it should not be short!

"I wonder how much Sister Ah Yin's strength will improve after this?"

Dugu Chen thought silently to himself.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Over those three days, Dugu Chen spent all his time meditating cross-legged beneath the ancient tree.

While Ah Yin underwent the inheritance, the surrounding energy of heaven and earth was also drawn in by the blue ocean, greatly increasing the ambient energy around the forest.

He could meditate and cultivate along with it, getting a share of the benefits.

Crack

Accompanied by a crisp cracking sound, a huge fissure appeared in the blue-gold cocoon.

Then, more and more fine cracks spread across it, while sharp crackling sounds gradually rang out from within.

Hearing the commotion, Dugu Chen immediately ended his meditation. With a step, he swiftly arrived beside the cocoon.

Excitement immediately flashed across his face. It was finally over!!

Bang!

As the blue-gold cocoon shattered completely, a powerful blue-gold beam burst out from within, and fierce winds instantly swept through the forest.

Dugu Chen raised both hands before his chest, but his eyes grew increasingly excited. What powerful energy. Sister Ah Yin had truly gained a great deal this time!

The blue-gold radiance gradually receded, revealing Ah Yin's figure within.

Before the haze had completely faded, the first thing to emerge was the dazzling blue-gold ring of light around her body.

Dugu Chen's eyes widened, and he could not help swallowing. The Blue-Gold Soul Ring had actually appeared ahead of time!

Blue Silver sparks rose with the wind; amid towering waves, the sovereign returned!