Absorbing the Qiluo Tulip

Ye Guyi looked at Huo Yuhao before her. Her clear eyes brimmed with trust and tenderness, and her face, once carrying a touch of cool holiness, now held the softness unique to a young girl. She nodded gently, her voice soft yet incomparably firm. "Alright, I'll listen to you, Yuhao."

Huo Yuhao looked at her, warmth flickering in his eyes before his tone returned to calm steadiness. "Have you completed the Angel God's second trial?"

Ye Guyi smiled faintly, her brows carrying a hint of ease and confidence. "I completed my second trial long ago. Not only has my soul power risen greatly, but my divine position assessment has already reached the fourth trial."

Huo Yuhao raised his brows slightly, somewhat surprised. "Oh? What is your fourth trial?"

"My fourth trial is to kill one hundred Evil Soul Masters."

The moment those words fell, Huo Yuhao's heart jolted.

He had already planned to use the revival of Spirit Hall as a pretext to lay out a scheme against the Holy Spirit Cult, seize their secret method for raising soul ring age limits, plunder their treasures and resources, refine those top Evil Soul Masters and Ultimate Douluo into Undead Puppets, then send large numbers of Evil Soul Masters to Ye Guyi for purification and cultivation. Yet now, the content of Ye Guyi's divine trial perfectly matched his plan, as though it were the will of heaven.

At that moment, all of his plans for the Holy Spirit Cult became even firmer and more inevitable. The details he had still been weighing were completely settled, leaving him without the slightest hesitation.

Suppressing the surging thoughts in his heart, Huo Yuhao looked at Ye Guyi with increasing gentleness. He slowly raised his hand, and in his palm, an immortal herb wreathed in ethereal aura and flowing light gradually appeared.

The herb was translucent white throughout, its petals unfurling like angel wings and emitting a warm, pure radiance. Its fragrance was elegant but not overpowering; merely taking a breath of it soothed one's mind and made soul power flow more smoothly. This was the Qiluo Tulip he had carefully chosen from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the one most compatible with the Radiant Angel Martial Soul. Pure, balanced, nourishing to the soul, strengthening the foundation, it perfectly blended with sacred light attributes without the slightest conflict.

"Your Radiant Angel Martial Soul possesses an ultimate sacred attribute and is naturally capable of restraining all darkness and evil," Huo Yuhao explained softly, his tone serious. "This Qiluo Tulip is a priceless treasure I found for you at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. It is a perfect match for your Martial Soul bloodline. Sit down cross-legged immediately and absorb it completely. Do not waste even a trace of its immortal power. Not only can it rapidly raise your soul power, it can also cleanse the origin of your Martial Soul, strengthen your sacred power, and may even allow the flame element attached to your light attribute to undergo a crucial evolution."

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Guyi nodded gently and slowly sat cross-legged in the center of the room.

Her back was straight, her posture as upright as a green pine. A sacred aura naturally spread from within her body and intertwined with the immortal aura of the Qiluo Tulip, forming a faint golden barrier that enveloped her entire body.

She extended both hands and carefully accepted the immortal herb. The instant her fingertips touched it, an incomparably gentle yet astonishingly vast surge of life energy and sacred energy flooded wildly into her body. That power was neither violent nor domineering. Instead, like spring rain nourishing the earth, it gently swept through her limbs and bones, flowed through her meridians, and seeped deep into her skeleton and bloodline, gradually washing away every impurity accumulated since she began cultivating and making her angel soul power purer and more condensed.

Ye Guyi closed her eyes and devoted herself completely to absorption.

The Qiluo Tulip slowly melted in her palm, turning into a pool of golden immortal power that surged endlessly through her meridians. Her Soul Emperor soul power, originally stable at level 67, began rising wildly at a speed visible to the naked eye under the wash of that vast immortal power.

Level 68, level 69... Every rise was accompanied by another sublimation of the angel soul power within her.

At the same time, the Radiant Angel Martial Soul within her sea of souls emerged.

A massive angel phantom floated behind her, its six wings spread wide as sacred radiance shone in all directions. Nourished by the immortal herb's power, the angel phantom became increasingly distinct and lifelike, as if it could step out of her sea of souls at any moment. The flame power originally attached to the light attribute was also thoroughly ignited at this moment, continuously purified. It was the angel's Holy Light Flame. Originally, it had merely been an ordinary sacred flame, but under the catalysis of the Qiluo Tulip's ultimate origin power, its temperature, purity, and suppressive force rose madly, gradually transforming toward a higher level and steadily approaching the half-step ultimate realm.

At that very moment, the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone within Ye Guyi's body, which had long evolved into Holy Six Wings, was completely ignited by this boundless immortal power.

The six wings, already incomparably sacred, erupted with dazzling golden light once more under the infusion of massive amounts of sacred origin power. Golden patterns flowed across the wings as if they had come alive, their radiance growing ever brighter. The six wings trembled slightly under the energy's wash, and two entirely new wings actually condensed at their center.

The wings spread, sacred power soared, and her aura rose layer by layer. The original Holy Six Wings had completely undergone another transformation under this baptism of immortal herb power—Holy Eight Wings!

This was the ultimate further evolution of the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone under the dual enhancement of sacred attributes and immortal power. It was larger, more sacred, and sharper than the previous Holy Six Wings. Its speed, defense, spiritual power guidance, and amplification of light power all increased severalfold. It completely resonated with her Angel God divine position, becoming a truly god-level External Soul Bone.

Throughout the entire absorption process, not a trace of power was wasted.

Part of the Qiluo Tulip's immortal power washed through her meridians and raised her soul power, part purified the Holy Light Flame, part nourished the origin of her Martial Soul, while the remaining portion was all infused into the already evolved Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone, driving it from Holy Six Wings to Holy Eight Wings in one leap. Every strand of energy was perfectly controlled and completely digested by Ye Guyi, with not the slightest leakage or loss.

Who knew how much time passed before the golden light around Ye Guyi slowly receded? The angel phantom floating behind her gradually faded away, while the eight brand-new Holy Eight Wings on her back spread gently before slowly withdrawing into her body.

She slowly opened her eyes, golden light flashing through them. Her clear eyes were filled with unconcealed surprise and excitement. Her once-calm heart was now completely filled with immense joy.

She abruptly rose to her feet and looked at Huo Yuhao. Her voice trembled uncontrollably, yet remained crisp and bright. "Yuhao! I succeeded! My soul power... directly broke through from level 67 to level 70. I've become a Soul Sage!"

At this point, she paused slightly, sensing the completely different flame power within her. The delight on her face grew even greater. "Not only that, with the help of the immortal herb, my Holy Light Flame has completely evolved to the half-step ultimate level! Its restraining effect on darkness and Evil Soul Masters is far, far stronger than before!"

She instinctively lifted her back slightly, and eight sacred light wings flickered into view, overflowing with an immense sense of power. "Even my already evolved Eight Spider Lances... evolved again during this absorption, changing from Holy Six Wings into Holy Eight Wings!"

Huo Yuhao looked at her radiant appearance after the breakthrough, her holiness now carrying a bright liveliness. A gentle smile rose at the corner of his lips, and his tone was full of approval and gratification. "Very good. You have now firmly broken through level 70 and reached the Soul Sage realm. Your strength has risen greatly, and you possess half-step ultimate Holy Light Flame as well as the evolved Holy Eight Wings. Whether in combat power or survival ability, you far surpass Soul Masters of the same rank."

He paused, looking at Ye Guyi with a firm gaze as he slowly spoke. "Since you have already broken through level 70, after a brief rest, I will immediately take you to find a suitable seventh soul ring so that you can completely stabilize your Soul Sage realm and unleash all of your power."

Warmth filled Ye Guyi's heart as she looked at Huo Yuhao, who had arranged everything for her. The trust and dependence in her eyes deepened. She nodded firmly, her face blooming with a brilliant and radiant smile, her voice light yet resolute:

"I'll listen to you, Yuhao!"