Sixth Soul Skill: Void Reflection, Comparable to a Titled Douluo's Strike!

Snow Empress fell silent.

Although becoming a god was immensely tempting, she had not yet reached the end of the road.

Especially since she would have to abandon her 680,000 years of cultivation just like that.

The current Snow Empress had not yet tried condensing a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core, nor had she reached the point of needing to find another path.

If Ye Chen and the other truly came from ten thousand years in the future, perhaps that really would be her ending.

After all, the Du Busi before her was fundamentally different from the Peerless Douluo of this era.

More importantly, Du Busi possessed a Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core. His second Soul Core was something even Snow Empress did not dare attempt to condense lightly.

"Snow Empress, even if you can break through to 700,000 years, and luckily reach 800,000 or 900,000 years."

"The million-year thunder tribulation is a death tribulation. The path for soul beasts to become gods has already been sealed. Even if you take human form, you still cannot ascend to the God Realm."

Ye Chen spoke frankly.

This curse had been laid down by the Dragon God. Before the Dragon God's return, no soul beast could become a god.

The fate of soul beasts had already been decided the moment the Dragon God died.

"Human, just what do you know?"

Snow Empress frowned deeply.

Compared with Du Busi, this inheritor of a god seemed to know far more.

What did he mean by the path for soul beasts to become gods being sealed? Then what meaning was there in them surviving tribulation after tribulation?

"The Dragon God once issued a curse: before a new Dragon God is born, soul beasts can never become gods."

"Do you think a million-year soul beast can resist a curse beyond the God King Level?"

Ye Chen dismissed the notion with disdain.

Even the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, that soul beast with cultivation nearing a million years, could not become a god.

When it truly reached that point, at most it would become food on a god's plate—the freshest ingredient, no less.

"I don't know how I should believe you."

Snow Empress could not tell truth from falsehood.

From her senses, Ye Chen had not spoken a single lie, but the information was simply too horrifying.

At this moment, Snow Empress was still at the height of her strength. How could she agree to sacrifice herself after only a few words?

"How about this? My first martial soul needs a Mirror Shadow Beast of at least seventy thousand years. I can demonstrate how to preserve its soul."

"You do not need to sacrifice yourself to me for now, but Ice Empress was injured at her foundation by her last heavenly tribulation. When her next thunder tribulation arrives, it will be a dead end."

Ye Chen settled for the next best thing.

Even if Snow Empress was unwilling to sacrifice herself for now, Ye Chen could wait.

Once he reached the Titled Douluo level, Snow Empress could make up his Soul Rings then as well, provided she was willing to protect his path.

"Fine."

Snow Empress gave the order.

Very soon, Ice Empress and a seventy-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast were brought to the core region.

Ice Empress watched the two of them with vigilance, yet she did not attack. Du Busi's oppressive presence was simply too powerful.

Even Snow Empress was inferior to him in terms of aura. Only by borrowing the power of the Far North could she contend with him.

"Kill this Mirror Shadow Beast. Let me see whether you can preserve its soul."

Ice Empress scrutinized Ye Chen.

With an inheritor of a god here, this truly was her chance to survive.

As long as Ye Chen had not lied, she was willing to sacrifice herself to him and help him ascend as quickly as possible.

"Whoosh!"

Silver light flashed in Ye Chen's eyes.

Spatial Severing ended the Mirror Shadow Beast's life, and a black Soul Ring slowly emerged.

However, Ye Chen did not absorb the Soul Ring. Instead, he switched to his second martial soul, the Nine-Hearted Begonia.

"Temporal Reversal!"

Ye Chen activated the power of time and directed it at the Mirror Shadow Beast.

The Mirror Shadow Beast's shattered soul recovered at a visible speed, as though it had never broken apart.

A moment later, a phantom Mirror Shadow Beast looked around blankly, then circled Snow Empress and Ice Empress several times.

"The Mirror Shadow Beast's body has been destroyed, so it needs to reside within my Spirit Sea."

"Its intelligence is not high, and it cannot provide me with much help, so I will seal it away and revive it after becoming a god."

Ye Chen began forming hand seals with both hands.

Begonia petals, like chains of order, sealed the phantom Mirror Shadow Beast within them.

Under the sealing power of the dual time and healing attributes, the Mirror Shadow Beast's soul was extremely stable, without the slightest sign of shattering.

"Enter."

Ye Chen drew the Mirror Shadow Beast into his Spirit Sea.

Immediately afterward, he sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Soul Ring. A seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring posed little problem.

Because the Mirror Shadow Beast's soul had already been reshaped by Ye Chen, there was no possibility of spiritual backlash.

"Bing'er, what do you think?"

Snow Empress told Ice Empress everything the two sides had discussed earlier.

This included matters concerning the Body Sect ten thousand years later, as well as how Snow Empress would fail to survive her 700,000-year heavenly tribulation, ultimately taking form through a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and being captured by humans.

Each matter was described in remarkable detail, as though they had experienced it personally.

"Snow Empress, let's do as you discussed. I'll sacrifice myself to that kid first, and you can stay by his side and observe for a while before deciding."

Ice Empress and Snow Empress were in very different situations.

One was certain to die ten thousand years later, while the other merely had a high chance of dying. Since Snow Empress knew the problem, perhaps she could avoid it in the future.

But if the Dragon God's curse was real, then soul beasts could not become gods, and in the end, none of them could escape death.

"Fine, we'll do as you say."

Snow Empress made up her mind.

If everything went smoothly, she was willing to sacrifice herself to Ye Chen and ascend with him to become a god.

It was like one person being guaranteed admission while the other had to take the exam themselves. The difference in risk was considerable.

As the number of heavenly tribulations continued to increase, Snow Empress grew even more worried that she would not be able to survive the tribulations ahead.

"Huff!"

Half an hour later,

Ye Chen let out a long breath.

The process of absorbing this seventy-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast had gone rather smoothly, and he had obtained a Soul Skill related to replication.

"Good kid, you successfully reached rank 63 Soul Power."

"By the Advanced Soul Master Tournament two years from now, you'll definitely reach rank 70 and absorb the Soul Ring of that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast."

Du Busi patted Ye Chen on the shoulder.

At this rate of cultivation, he suspected Ye Chen could become the new God of Space before the age of twenty-five.

"Teacher, give me a drop of your blood. I want to test my sixth Soul Skill."

Ye Chen's Soul Skill was called Void Reflection.

Its effect was to replicate Soul Skills previously used by the target. Ordinary weapon martial souls and beast martial souls did not require blood, but Body Martial Souls, Ultimate Martial Souls, and Divine Martial Souls required it.

"Take it."

Du Busi directly gave him a drop of blood.

Immediately afterward, Ye Chen's sixth Soul Ring lit up beneath his feet as he began analyzing the drop of blood.

"Death Feast!"

Once Ye Chen was ready, he unleashed Du Busi's signature Soul Skill, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill belonging to the eighth Soul Ring.

In an instant, the Soul Power within Ye Chen's body drained violently. In a single breath, he lost a full eighty percent.

Ye Chen stopped charging the attack and blasted the Soul Skill toward a distant iceberg. The entire iceberg was corroded away, yet the Body Poison remained where it was and did not dissipate.

The power of that strike alone was enough to rival a Titled Douluo. A Soul Douluo would almost certainly die upon contact.

Of course, it was also an enormous burden on Ye Chen. He only had the strength for one strike, and the remaining twenty percent of his Soul Power could only be used to flee.