With a hum, the metal cabinet opened on its own. The suction cups attached to Tang Li fell away, retracting along with the data cables.
Tang Li slowly opened his eyes. After taking a deep breath to steady himself, he sat straight up. He could already sense that Big Eyed's cultivation in his spirit sea had reached nearly thirty thousand years.
At the same time, his own soul power cultivation had naturally broken through to rank forty, like water flowing into a newly formed channel.
This also meant that, at just ten years old, he was already a Soul Ancestor with four Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
Outside, this level of soul power cultivation would have qualified him to teach at a decent intermediate Soul Master Academy. Even at an advanced Soul Master Academy, he would have ranked among the highest-caliber graduates.
Tang Li sat cross-legged. Four pitch-black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings rose from beneath him and quietly circled his body like utterly loyal guards.
Wu Zhangkong and Lin Ye, who had noticed him the instant the metal cabinet opened, both sucked in a breath at the sight.
One was a disciple in whom a Shrek Sea God Pavilion Elder had placed great hopes, a supreme genius once groomed to become a member of the next generation of the Sea God Pavilion.
The other was a seasoned veteran of mysterious origins who had clawed his way through the Spirit Pagoda over the years, rising into middle management.
Both could rightly claim to have seen countless people. Coming from the two greatest powers of the present age, they had encountered more geniuses than they could count. Yet even in an era when prodigies were as plentiful as carp crossing a river, this was their first time seeing someone like Tang