Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, A Yin's Sacrifice!

A Yin's eyes held a little more relief.

"Precisely because you did not come for a Soul Ring, I am willing to sacrifice myself."

"The Chat Group has already told me."

"After the sacrifice, my soul will not disperse, and my true body will remain."

"Once the group leader takes me to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, I will still be able to grow again."

Chen Feng looked at the blue-gold phantom.

"You should understand."

"Even if the Chat Group can protect your consciousness, the sacrifice process will still consume a great deal of your origin."

"The time needed to take human form again will also be extended because of it."

A Yin nodded lightly.

"I understand."

"If I remain in this cave, A Yin will eventually wither away completely."

"The group leader is willing to save me, let me see the truth of the past, and even help me take human form again."

"A Yin cannot pretend this kindness never happened."

Her blue-gold hair drifted gently with her soul power.

"Besides, I do not want my hundred-thousand-year origin to have any connection with Tang Hao ever again."

"That sacrifice back then was because I chose the wrong person."

"This time, it is my own choice."

Chen Feng did not agree immediately.

"You do not owe me anything."

A Yin raised her slender hand.

Blue-gold radiance fell upon the Azure Lotus Sword.

The lotus patterns on the blade lit up.

"But I am willing."

"The Azure Lotus Sword possesses both extreme cold and extreme heat, along with powerful life energy."

"My Blue Silver Emperor Origin can allow the life force within the Azure Lotus Sword to complete its transformation."

"The fifth Soul Ring can also help the group leader become stronger."

A Yin turned to look toward the cave entrance.

The waterfall still blocked the outside.

Only a few rays of light passed through the gaps and fell into the stone basin.

"A Yin has waited here for far too many years."

"I do not want to keep waiting."

"Please accept my sacrifice, group leader."

Chen Feng looked at the blue-gold phantom before him.

A Yin's expression was calm.

There was no attachment.

Nor was there any hesitation.

This sacrifice was completely different from the one back then.

Tang Hao had brought her into a dead end and waited for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to descend.

Yet even after learning A Yin's identity, Chen Feng had still intended to take her away.

Precisely because of that.

A Yin was willing to hand over the hundred-thousand-year origin she had painstakingly gathered again.

"Alright."

Chen Feng no longer refused.

"I accept your sacrifice."

"I will preserve both your true body and your soul."

"After we leave this place, I will take you to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well."

A relaxed smile appeared on A Yin's face.

"Thank you, group leader."

The blue-gold phantom slowly descended.

Her bare feet stepped beside the stone basin.

Her slender hand lightly touched the Azure Lotus Sword.

"Begin."

Chen Feng sat down cross-legged.

The Azure Lotus Sword lay across his knees.

Three purple and one black Soul Rings appeared in succession.

After several upgrades from the system, the first two Soul Rings had long since entered the thousand-year level.

The fourth Soul Ring was even close to the twenty-thousand-year level.

Even so.

The simultaneous appearance of all four Soul Rings could not suppress the hundred-thousand-year pressure released by the Blue Silver Emperor.

A Yin brought her hands together before her.

Blue-gold soul power continuously spread from her body.

The Blue Silver Grass within the stone basin grew rapidly.

Slender blades of grass stretched beyond the basin and spread outward along the cave floor.

In mere moments.

The entire cave was covered in Blue Silver Grass.

Outside the cave.

The Blue Silver Grass covering the mountains and plains all raised their leaves at once.

Tiny streaks of blue light rose from the grass blades, passed through the waterfall, and gathered toward the cave where A Yin was.

The plants among the mountains were affected by the life energy.

Withered leaves turned emerald green again.

Tender buds sprouted from broken branches.

Even the seeds lodged in cracks between rocks broke through the soil at that moment.

The blue-gold phantom stood amidst countless motes of light.

"Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline."

"Burn."

Red light slowly rose from beneath A Yin's feet.

This was not the energy left behind when an ordinary soul beast died.

It was the power of sacrifice formed when a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast voluntarily gave up all of its origin.

Fine cracks appeared one after another in the rock above the cave.

The waterfall was split down the middle by the enormous soul power.

A red pillar of light shot into the sky, illuminating the entire mountain range.

In the distance.

The Golden-Plumed Sword Eagle, which had only recently escaped, stopped above the clouds.

Sensing the pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, its enormous wings quickly folded shut.

This sixty-thousand-year soul beast did not linger any longer and turned to fly beyond the mountain range.

Inside the cave.

Red radiance surrounded Chen Feng.

A Yin's blue-gold phantom gradually became transparent.

The Chat Group panel unfolded on its own.

System prompts appeared one after another.

[Group member A Yin has voluntarily initiated a sacrifice to the group leader.]

[This sacrifice is completely voluntary.]

[Chat Group protection has been activated.]

[A Yin's soul consciousness is protected by the Chat Group.]

[The Blue Silver Emperor's true body is protected by the Chat Group.]

[The sacrifice will not result in true death.]

The bottleneck of Chen Feng's fifth Soul Ring shattered under the impact of the red energy.

The origin of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast surged into his meridians.

His body, tempered through Icefire Body Tempering, did not suffer the slightest damage.

His broad meridians continuously absorbed soul power.

The medicinal power left behind by the Blazing Apricot Delicate and the Eight-Angle Mysterious Ice Grass was also completely released at that moment.

Crimson.

Snow white.

Blue-gold.

The three powers intertwined within his meridians before finally flowing into the Azure Lotus Sword.

The gold-green sword blade trembled gently.

The lotus patterns unfolded one after another.

A blue-gold lotus leaf mark formed at the end of the hilt.

Dense life energy spread outward from the Azure Lotus Sword.

Drawn by it, the surrounding Blue Silver Grass all bent low toward the sword.

A Yin's phantom came before Chen Feng.

"Group leader."

"A Yin gives you the Blue Silver Emperor Origin."

"May the azure lotus endure forever."

"May the sword path never perish."

The blue-gold phantom transformed into countless motes of light.

All the motes gathered into a scarlet Soul Ring.

The red Soul Ring hung above Chen Feng's head.

Two golden patterns slowly drifted along the inner edge of the Soul Ring.

Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring.

The Soul Ring slowly descended and settled around the Azure Lotus Sword martial soul.

Boom!

Enormous energy instantly merged into his body.

Chen Feng's soul power began to rise rapidly.

Level fifty-one.

Level fifty-two.

Level fifty-three.

The compressed medicinal power of the immortal herbs from Icefire Body Tempering and the energy of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring erupted at the same time.

His soul power broke through repeatedly before finally stopping at level fifty-four.

The Azure Lotus Sword shot into the sky.

Crimson flames covered the left side of the blade.

Snow-white frost covered the right side.

Blue-gold life energy wrapped around the lotus patterns.

The three powers intertwined with one another.

A hundred-meter-long sword radiance pierced through the waterfall and shot straight into the clouds.

The clouds above the mountains were split apart.

A moment later.

The sword radiance slowly receded.

The Azure Lotus Sword returned to Chen Feng's palm.

Three purple, one black, and one red.

Five Soul Rings were arranged in succession.

The scarlet fifth Soul Ring appeared at the outermost edge, and the pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast enveloped the entire cave.

Within the stone basin.

The Blue Silver Emperor's true body still remained.

The slender grass leaves shrank back to their original size, and the faint golden patterns had not vanished.

Within the Chat Group.

A Yin's profile picture lit up again.

My Son Isn't a Bastard: [Group leader.]

My Son Isn't a Bastard: [The sacrifice has been completed.]

Chen Feng looked at the Blue Silver Grass in the stone basin, then at the crimson Soul Ring circling the Azure Lotus Sword.

The fifth Soul Ring.

One hundred thousand years.

The cave behind the waterfall.

Chen Feng withdrew all five Soul Rings.

The benefits brought by the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor went far beyond a four-level increase in soul power.

The life attribute of the Azure Lotus Sword had undergone a transformation.

As long as his soul power was not exhausted, his injuries could rapidly recover through the Blue Silver Emperor Origin.

The fifth Soul Ring had also brought him two soul skills.

Fifth soul skill, Azure Lotus Ten Thousand Forms.

Wherever sword qi passed, it could draw out the life force of grass and trees, forming an Azure Lotus Sword Domain that covered a vast area.

Within the Sword Domain, an enemy's soul power, speed, and vitality would all be suppressed.

The second soul skill, Azure Lotus Undying Body.

Its life origin could repair flesh and meridians.

Even if his body suffered grievous damage, he could recover in a short time.

Chen Feng looked at the Blue Silver Grass in the stone basin.

"A Yin, get ready to leave."

The blades of grass gently wrapped around the edge of the stone basin.

My Son Isn't a Bastard: [We can finally leave this place.]

My Son Isn't a Bastard: [Group Leader, don't plant A Yin in a cave again.]

Chen Feng lifted the stone basin.

"The Icefire Yin-Yang Well has sunlight and abundant natural energy."

"Once we get there, you can grow as tall as you like."

A faint golden glow flowed along the Blue Silver Grass blades.

My Son Isn't a Bastard: [Group Leader, you have to keep your word.]

Golden-green sword aura swirled around him.

Chen Feng carried the stone basin through the waterfall and headed out along the forested mountains.

Two days later.

Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

Dugu Yan stood at the entrance to the valley and spotted the white-clad figure in the distance.

Her purple hair drifted in the wind.

Her long legs crossed the mountain gravel as she quickly arrived before Chen Feng.

"You're finally back."

"Yan Yan thought that Golden-Plumed Sword Eagle had taken you away."

Chen Feng raised the stone basin in his hand.

"The Golden-Plumed Sword Eagle ran away."

Dugu Yan looked at the Blue Silver Grass in the basin.

"So you went out to hunt a Soul Ring, but came back with a Blue Silver Grass?"

"This Blue Silver Grass is very important to me."

The Blue Silver Grass blades gently swayed toward the purple-haired woman.

Dugu Yan extended her slender hand, wanting to touch the grass blades.

But A Yin swiftly pulled her leaves back and hid on the other side of the stone basin.

"It knows how to avoid people?"

"This Blue Silver Grass has already gained sentience?"

Chen Feng did not explain A Yin's identity.

"Find it a suitable place to grow."

"Don't let anyone else approach it."

Dugu Yan nodded seriously.

"Leave it to Yan Yan."

"The Icefire Yin-Yang Well has no shortage of places suitable for medicinal herbs to grow."

The two arrived at the outskirts of the milky-white spring.

The natural energy here was dense, but the temperature would not affect ordinary plants.

Dugu Yan personally dug a pit, then brought over the most fertile soil from the herb garden.

The stone basin was gently broken apart.

The Blue Silver Emperor's roots fell intact into the soil.

The moment the transplant was complete, its slender blades of grass swiftly unfurled.

Faint golden patterns lit up one after another.

The surrounding Blue Silver Grass seemed summoned, all bowing toward A Yin.

Dugu Yan's beautiful eyes widened.

"Ordinary Blue Silver Grass doesn't have such an ability."

"Chen Feng, what exactly is it?"

"You'll find out later."

Chen Feng raised his right hand.

The Azure Lotus Sword appeared on its own.

Three purple, one black, one red.

Five Soul Rings rose in sequence.

The instant the crimson fifth Soul Ring appeared, the pressure of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast enveloped the entire valley.

Dugu Yan took a step back.

Her jade-green eyes fixed upon that red Soul Ring, unable to look away.

"A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

"Your fifth Soul Ring is one hundred thousand years old?"

"Yes."

The purple-haired woman hurried forward and circled Chen Feng twice.

"Didn't you go to hunt a sixty-thousand-year Golden-Plumed Sword Eagle?"

"How did you return with a Blue Silver Grass and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

Chen Feng withdrew the Azure Lotus Sword.

"I encountered a fortuitous opportunity."

Dugu Yan was clearly not satisfied with that answer.

"What kind of opportunity could give you a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring?"

"I'll tell you later."

"Later again."

Dugu Yan folded her arms before her chest.

"You have more secrets than the immortal herbs in the Icefire Yin-Yang Well."

Chen Feng turned and walked toward the herb garden.

"Knowing too much won't do you any good."

Dugu Yan followed behind him.

"Yan Yan isn't afraid."

"I survived the Jade Phosphor Snake Poison. Why would I fear a secret?"

Chen Feng did not answer further.

But the purple-haired woman quietly opened the Chat Group and sent out a photo of the five Soul Rings.

Poison Fairy: [Sisters, look!]

Poison Fairy: [Chen Feng has successfully absorbed his fifth Soul Ring!]

Poison Fairy: [Image.jpg]

Little Witch: [Brother Chen Feng is back?]

Little Witch: [Wait!]

Little Witch: [Why is the fifth Soul Ring red?!]

Mute Little Sister: [A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring!]

Ice Snow Princess: [Absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as the fifth Soul Ring has already surpassed the limits a Soul Master's body can endure.]

My Cat Is White and Big: [Three purple, one black, one red.]

My Cat Is White and Big: [Such a Soul Ring configuration has never appeared on the continent.]

Her Holiness the Pope: [A hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring.]

Her Holiness the Pope: [This Chen Feng always manages to do things beyond all reason.]

I Have No Mother: [That woman's fifth Soul Ring was only ten thousand years.]

I Have No Mother: [Chen Feng already possesses a hundred-thousand-year soul skill in the Soul King Realm.]

Little Witch: [Brother Chen Feng is number one under heaven!]

Poison Fairy: [Chen Feng is now level fifty-four.]

Poison Fairy: [That Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring also gave the Azure Lotus Sword a powerful life attribute.]

Fragrant Fox: [Level fifty-four?]

Fragrant Fox: [Didn't Chen Feng only just reach level fifty a few days ago?]

Gentle Fire Dragon: [A single Soul Ring raised his soul power by four levels.]

Gentle Fire Dragon: [The energy of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring truly is terrifying.]

Her Holiness the Pope: [Poison Fairy, where did Chen Feng obtain that Soul Ring?]

Dugu Yan glanced at the white-clad figure not far away.

Poison Fairy: [Chen Feng only said he encountered a fortuitous opportunity.]

Poison Fairy: [I asked him for ages, but Chen Feng still refused to tell me.]

Little Witch: [If Brother Chen Feng won't say it, he must have his own reasons.]

My Son Isn't a Bastard: [As long as the Soul Ring suits Chen Feng, its origin isn't important.]

A Yin's words appeared in the group.

No one knew that the true source of the Hundred-Thousand-Year fifth Soul Ring was within the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

Chen Feng looked at the group messages and did not expose Dugu Yan.

The members' shock at the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring rapidly increased the group's activity.

A system notification appeared soon after.

[ Ding!]

[Chat Group activity has reached the required milestone.]

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained three thousand years of Soul Ring age.]

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained one Soul Power Fruit.]

[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the second level of the Azure Lotus Sword Art, Myriad Swords Return to the Lotus.]

Joy appeared in Chen Feng's eyes.

"These rewards are just right for the Soul Master Tournament."

Icefire Yin-Yang Well.

Chen Feng sat cross-legged beside the Blue Silver Emperor.

The cyan Soul Power Fruit melted the moment it entered his mouth.

Pure energy flowed through his meridians and entered his dantian.

His level fifty-four soul power immediately broke through the barrier.

Level fifty-five.

His soul power was not the slightest bit unstable.

His meridians, tempered by ice and fire, also bore no pressure whatsoever.

Immediately afterward.

Three thousand years of Soul Ring age merged into the five Soul Rings.

The first three purple Soul Rings became even deeper in color.

The fourth Soul Ring had already surpassed twenty thousand years.

The two golden patterns on the surface of the hundred-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring also became increasingly distinct.

At last, a stream of information entered his mind.

The second level of the Azure Lotus Sword Art.

Myriad Swords Return to the Lotus.