The Most Prestigious Holy Son, the Ability to Increase Spirit Ring Age!

"From this day forth, Li Qinglian, you are the Holy Son of Spirit Hall."

"I believe no one will question you again."

Bibi Dong took a deep breath, channeling her soul power as her voice reached the ears of everyone across Pope Mountain.

The calculating look in her eyes as she watched Li Qinglian was gone.

She had suddenly realized a very serious problem.

Where exactly had Li Qinglian come from?

Why did Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue both value Li Qinglian so highly?

Li Qinglian's talent was indeed exceptional, even far surpassing Qian Renxue's.

Both had innate soul power at level twenty, yet Li Qinglian's Spirit Rings were stronger!

One could even say that Li Qinglian's martial soul was superior as well!

"The limit for an ordinary martial soul is level ten. Even someone with two powerful martial souls can at most awaken level ten soul power."

"Xue'er's martial soul comes from the Angel God and is a god-tier martial soul, which is why her limit reaches level twenty. If Li Qinglian also has innate level twenty soul power, then he is likely connected to some god..."

Bibi Dong's gaze froze.

The Qian Clan had always worshipped the Angel God. Worship Hall was named for its worship of the Angel God.

As the Grand Worshipper, Qian Daoliu even had the right to communicate with the Angel God at certain times.

Perhaps this child had an extraordinary background.

Otherwise, Qian Daoliu would not be sucking up to him so shamelessly!

If that was truly the case, then offending Li Qinglian was definitely not a good idea.

"If I'm not mistaken, Li Qinglian absolutely has some connection to the Goddess of Life."

"He might even be her illegitimate son."

"Offending him is not good for you."

At that moment, the Rakshasa God's voice resounded in Bibi Dong's mind.

After selecting Bibi Dong as her inheritor in the City of Slaughter all those years ago, the Rakshasa God had remained within Bibi Dong's body.

When she saw Li Qinglian's massive tree, she was utterly stunned as well.

That was practically a dark version of the Tree of Life!

The Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction had a stable relationship, but if something like this had truly happened, she could understand it.

The Goddess of Life held a lofty position, yet she had never truly created a little life of her own.

As the mother of countless living beings, she had never been a mother herself. That was undoubtedly torment for the Goddess of Life.

That was why she felt the Goddess of Life had every motive to commit the deed!

"The Goddess of Life?"

Bibi Dong sucked in a sharp breath!

"Yes. But I still cannot guess who his father is. His status is probably not low either. You should not provoke someone like him."

The Rakshasa God spoke faintly, then fell silent once more.

She decided that she would never show herself again.

From now on, she would pretend she knew nothing about this sort of thing.

Otherwise, when the God Kings started tearing into each other later, she could not bear that responsibility.

Why say such sarcastic things now? Why didn't you say it earlier?

Bibi Dong grumbled inwardly.

Damn it!

Whether she could even become the Rakshasa God was still unknown, yet before entering the God Realm, she had already offended a second-generation god?

All at once, she understood Qian Daoliu and the other worshippers' excessive goodwill toward Li Qinglian, as well as Xue'er's favor toward him.

If, in her younger days, she had met a son of a god instead of Yu Xiaogang... her behavior would only have been even more outrageous.

Women were like that.

If they could truly find someone to rely on, what woman would not want to be delicate and dependent? Who would willingly struggle so hard on her own?

"Xue'er's judgment is still better than mine."

A rare trace of gentleness flashed through Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes.

She and Qian Renxue were destined to be incompatible, but that did not mean she did not hope Qian Renxue could meet someone suitable.

"Yan, how did you lose?"

Yan returned dejectedly to Xie Yue and Hu Liena.

Xie Yue could not help asking.

He remembered that Yan's true strength should have been greater than this.

"Li Qinglian's soul skill is strange. You absolutely cannot let those branches wrap around you."

"After those branches trapped me, the soul power in my body was continuously drained away, and my attack power dropped rapidly."

"I made a rough estimate. In just those few minutes, at least forty percent of the soul power in my body was drained away, while my attack power steadily declined. By the time I lost, the power of my soul skills had already been reduced by thirty percent."

Wariness flashed through Yan's eyes.

Faced with Li Qinglian's strange skill, he truly had no way to deal with it.

"The Flame Lord is too cumbersome. He was completely countered and had no ability to resist."

"If an agility-type Soul Master could evade his attack range and avoid being chained by those strange chains, things might be much better. Assault-type Soul Masters would need to use brute force to directly destroy Li Qinglian's branches and vines..."

"Otherwise, once Li Qinglian ensnares you, losing is only a matter of time. He can continuously siphon the energy in your body to replenish himself. It is like fighting someone at full strength who is even continuously growing stronger. There is no chance of winning."

Yan sighed.

"There is actually a Soul Master like that?"

Hu Liena's fox-like eyes lit up.

She became increasingly curious about Li Qinglian.

Just from Yan's complaints alone, she could feel the pressure Li Qinglian exerted.

How strong were Li Qinglian's branches?

They had squeezed Yan's granite-covered body until it creaked!

Even an assault-type Soul Master would likely need to be a Soul Venerable above level thirty-five just to barely break free from Li Qinglian's control through brute force.

Li Qinglian's branches did not merely extend from his body. They could also burst from beneath the ground, making them impossible to guard against. Even agility-type Soul Masters would find them troublesome!

"Li Qinglian's martial soul is truly powerful. It can counter ninety percent of martial souls. I wonder how my Demon Fox martial soul would fare? If I use Charm and Mental Control, could I deal with him?"

After returning to his bedroom,

Li Qinglian washed up under the maids' care before sitting on his bed to cultivate.

"It seems I gained quite a lot today!"

Li Qinglian circulated his soul power, and the outline of his martial soul flickered behind him.

A ball of fiery red energy rested in his hand.

This was the energy Li Qinglian had drawn from Yan.

Most of it had long since dissipated into the world, but a small portion of its essence had been purified and preserved.

Half of this energy was pure life energy, while the other half was the purest energy Yan had cultivated.

Human cultivation of soul power was fundamentally a process of refining the primordial energy scattered throughout heaven and earth. The soul power Li Qinglian siphoned was pure energy as well.

"Death Siphon truly is the innate skill of the Death Divine Tree." Li Qinglian's eyes brightened.

He activated the Death Divine Tree martial soul, and the ball of energy was quickly absorbed completely.

At the same time, the two purple Spirit Rings beneath Li Qinglian seemed to grow slightly brighter.

The change was not significant, but Li Qinglian still sensed it keenly.

"It seems I can use my first soul skill, Death Siphon, to absorb energy. This energy seems capable of acting directly upon my martial soul. The most obvious benefit is that it can increase the age of my Spirit Rings!"

This ability was somewhat heaven-defying!

Did that not mean that, given enough time, he could eventually evolve all his Spirit Rings into million-year Spirit Rings?

Using Death Siphon on Soul Masters would not endanger their lives as long as he did not overdo it. The small amount of life energy he had taken from Yan was roughly equivalent to Yan donating blood once. After resting for three or four months, he would be fine.