A Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Beside it floated a purplish-gold torso bone, its surface carved with reliefs of intertwined whale and wave patterns.
Bing Yekong sat cross-legged on the sea and released the Icefire Chaos Dragon King martial soul.
The Icefire Chaos Dragon King coiled above his head, drawing the golden-red Soul Ring toward itself and beginning the absorption.
Shui Bing'er stood guard beside him, freezing the residual whale blood around the sea into walls of ice to keep any sea Soul Beasts from approaching and disturbing him.
One day and one night passed.
The absorption process was far gentler than that of the previous Million-Year Soul Ring. Though the Nine-Hundred-Ninety-Thousand-Year Soul Ring possessed immense reserves, Bing Yekong's Icefire Chaos Dragon King martial soul had been tempered by the Icefire Yin-Yang Well Dragon Soul, and its capacity had already surpassed the normal limits of human Soul Masters.
That golden-red Soul Ring settled firmly into the Icefire Chaos Dragon King's ninth ring position, merging with the previous eight rings.
At the same time, the purplish-gold torso bone fused into his body during the absorption process, replacing the reinforcement his spine had originally received.
A layer of purplish-gold luster appeared within his bones, and both his defense and vitality rose dramatically.
When he opened his eyes, the Soul Power fluctuations around him had completely withdrawn, like a bottomless, invisible deep pool.
Beyond the peak of level ninety-nine lay another level, and that barrier shattered.
The eighth trial was complete. The affinity of the Dual Divine Thrones surged to one hundred and fifty percent, the age of every Soul Ring increased by one hundred thousand years, and the Tianshuang Sword's nine rings completely transformed into an interwoven red-and-gold hue.
Shui Bing'er also received her reward the instant the trial was completed. Her Soul Power