Saint Spirit: Youth Edition

Saint Spirit: Youth Edition

As soon as Qin Sheng emerged from seclusion, Elder Li came to find him and asked, "You broke through?"

"Mm. I've completed six transformations." Qin Sheng nodded.

The first time he comprehended the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art, he had entered a state akin to enlightenment. Coupled with his current abundance of Source Stones and the portion of origin he had devoured, his cultivation had naturally advanced by leaps and bounds.

Elder Li was greatly surprised. "Looking at it this way, you really are suited to cultivating the Sacred Art."

Qin Sheng nodded in deep agreement. "Being able to obtain the Sacred Art is my good fortune."

The treatment afforded to a Candidate Saint Son of the Shaking Light Holy Land was exceptionally generous. Every month, he could receive a large number of Source Stones for cultivation.

Qin Sheng planned to remain at Dragon-Pattern Peak and cultivate all the way to the Dao Palace Secret Realm in one go.

Normally, Mortal Bodies had great difficulty cultivating. They would be obstructed by layer upon layer of bottlenecks; it was not as though one could simply break through with enough Source. That was why one needed to constantly temper oneself.

Why were special physiques so sought after? Aside from their exceptional combat power, it was also because they had fewer bottlenecks.

For instance, a King Body would not encounter any particularly major realm barriers before reaching Dao Severing. Its cultivation path could be called smooth sailing.

However, Qin Sheng had fused with 4.3 versions of himself. His talent and potential were extraordinary. As long as he had sufficient resources, his cultivation through the Sea of Reincarnation Secret Realm and Dao Palace Secret Realm would certainly not be slow.

"The Qing Emperor's Tomb will appear soon as well. I need to hurry."

The emergence of the Qing Emperor's tomb signified the opening of the Golden Age.

"Besides cultivation, I should also visit the Scripture Repository and look through its divine abilities, profound arts, and unorthodox secret techniques to enrich my foundation."

Qin Sheng pondered, "In the future, many more of me will appear in the Infinite Land. Perhaps some inheritance might prove remarkably effective in other worlds."

For example, methods of faith. Douluo deities required faith, yet those deities' research into faith was like the blazing sun compared to a mayfly when measured against the Buddhist sects of the Shrouding the Heavens world.

He was in such a brilliant and resplendent great world, and he had joined a force like the Shaking Light Holy Land, with its long heritage and deep foundation. He had to make use of these advantages.

Meanwhile, in other worlds—

In worlds such as Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils and The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Qin Sheng no longer needed to devour the power of those other selves to assist his cultivation.

Now that he had sufficient resources, those powers were merely a drop in the bucket.

Thus, the first four Qin Shengs were all focused on improving themselves, hoping to enter entirely new realms.

Martial arts were also an immensely powerful and flourishing system throughout the myriad worlds. The low level of these few worlds did not mean martial arts were weak.

The Qin Shengs of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer had long since advanced beyond the innate martial arts realm—the realm of the Sweeper Monk—and condensed a martial golden core, suppressing an entire age.

The Qin Sheng of the Mr. Vampire world, meanwhile, focused on Daoist arts and immortal cultivation.

The Legend of the Condor Heroes world.

At the summit of Mount Hua, the Eastern Heretic, Western Poison, Southern Emperor, Northern Beggar, and other masters of the martial world had all gathered.

Qin Sheng looked at everyone, his expression calm and his eyes as deep as the sea.

"It has been ten years since I spread my martial arts throughout the world. Come, let me see what surprises you can bring me."

After the Condor Heroes Qin Sheng became invincible beneath the heavens, he cast aside sectarian prejudices, passed down his martial arts to nurture the martial world, and collected countless classics to study their principles.

This was because he deeply felt that opening a new path in martial arts was far too slow if he relied on his strength alone.

The Condor Heroes Qin Sheng wished to gather the wisdom of everyone beneath the heavens and use it as nourishment to push open the gates of martial arts!

Use history and the world to nourish one person!

Mount Hua as the furnace, all living beings as the flame, martial arts as the fuel—refine a martial arts golden core!

"Heavenly Sword Qin Sheng, I, Huang Yaoshi, have never submitted to anyone in my life. But you, I admire."

Huang Yaoshi stepped forward. "Allow me to seek your guidance."

One breath later, Huang Yaoshi was sent flying back in defeat. Qin Sheng nodded and said:

"There has been some innovation, but it is still not enough."

Huang Yaoshi suppressed the surging blood and qi in his chest, feeling somewhat dejected.

"Father, are you all right?"

Qin Sheng glanced at the young girl beside Huang Yaoshi. Her white robes fluttered, her golden hair was bound with a ring, and she was pretty and adorable.

Huang Rong...

Qin Sheng withdrew his gaze and no longer concerned himself with her.

Male lead, female lead—once he arrived in this world, nothing would remain as it had been. Fate had long since changed.

Douluo Continent.

Three years had passed since Qin Sheng and Zhang Lexuan went to obtain his second Soul Ring.

The flow of time between the various Qin Shengs was not the same. Sometimes this world moved faster; sometimes another world moved slower. Qin Sheng had long grown accustomed to it.

After three years, Qin Sheng was already eleven years old.

His cultivation, meanwhile, had reached level seventy, a quasi-Soul Sage.

Rising from level twenty to level seventy in three years was an incredibly frenzied cultivation speed, yet Qin Sheng found it perfectly natural.

After all, the Soul Power increase each time he absorbed a Soul Ring alone was enough to scare people to death.

This was even with Qin Sheng devoting much of his effort to researching Martial Souls, Soul Rings, and soul skills.

After all, to Qin Sheng, Soul Power Level was not the determining factor in how much combat power he could unleash.

As for whether his foundation would become unstable?

So when divine trials raised Soul Power out of thin air, the foundation was solid and stable, but when Qin Sheng cultivated on his own and diligently absorbed Soul Rings, his foundation would become weak? Was that it?

"The second Soul Core has been successfully condensed..."

Inside the cultivation chamber, Qin Sheng slowly ended his cultivation, fairly satisfied with the results this time.

"When I reach Titled Douluo and Ultimate Douluo, I'll condense another Soul Core at each stage. That should be about enough."

"There are still three years until the next Soul Master Tournament. When the time comes, winning the championship and making Blazing Spirit Academy famous throughout the continent will complete the second wish."

One year after Qin Sheng came to this world, Douluo Continent held a Soul Master Tournament.

However, Qin Sheng had not exerted himself during that tournament.

The other students of Blazing Spirit Academy had foundations and strength that were far too poor. They simply did not possess the ability to contend for the championship.

Though Qin Sheng alone could have swept through the Soul Master Tournament, the entire continent would only think that Qin Sheng was strong, not Blazing Spirit Academy. They would merely believe the academy had been lucky enough to produce a Qin Sheng.

He did not wish to deal with the Douluo Qin Sheng's final wish halfheartedly.

Therefore, he planned to wait for this Soul Master Tournament and have Blazing Spirit Academy's team defeat everyone through upright and unquestionable strength.

"Xiaosheng."

Zhang Lexuan came to find Qin Sheng. At eleven years old, she had developed quickly and was already a young lady.

Her long black hair fell to her waist, her black eyes were bright and wise, and her exquisite face was fair and flawless.

Her temperament was gentle, and her smile was filled with sunlight, making others feel warm.

"What is it?" Qin Sheng asked.

"I've found information about the Devouring Spirit Carving Knife."

"Oh? Good. Then have someone buy it back."

The Devouring Spirit Carving Knife was a cursed ranked carving knife used to create Soul Tools.

However, its true nature was Life Metal. It contained life force many times more immense than that of a million-year Soul Beast.

In this era of Douluo Continent, it could be called a supreme treasure.

Qin Sheng had recalled this item not long ago, so he instructed his people to search for the Devouring Spirit Carving Knife.

No matter the world, a life treasure like this was immensely valuable and had countless uses.

"Aren't you going yourself?" Zhang Lexuan asked.

Qin Sheng shook his head. "I need to obtain my seventh Soul Ring. I don't have time."

Even though she had long known that Qin Sheng had reached level seventy, Zhang Lexuan was still astonished now.

Too fast. It was simply too fast.

"Will Uncle Qin and Aunt Ning go with you?"

"No. I'm going alone. The Soul Beast I want is not something they can handle."

Qin Sheng had also taught suitable internal cultivation methods to his parents. Over the past three years, the two elders had improved greatly and were already Soul Douluos.

But that was far from enough.

"Then be careful."

"Mm, I will." Qin Sheng turned and left.

Zhang Lexuan watched him go and sighed inwardly.

"Xiaosheng is too outstanding."

After three years, Zhang Lexuan had already grown accustomed to life at Blazing Spirit Academy. Qin Ding and Ning Huanger also took great care of her.

However, Qin Sheng had told her that she could leave whenever she wanted. Blazing Spirit Academy would not bind her.

Zhang Lexuan's talent was indeed exceptional, but with Qin Sheng's methods, he could easily produce genius after genius.

He had only saved her in the first place because she was an "acquaintance" and because her circumstances had been too tragic.

Three days later, after making his preparations, Qin Sheng entered the Far North.

Qin Sheng concealed his presence and arrived at the deepest part of the Far North without any Soul Beast noticing him.

This was a field of ice, with a snow peak standing at its center.

Atop the snow peak stood a young woman.

She had white hair, sky-blue eyes, and wore a plain white dress, like a winter plum blossom.

She was none other than the Snow Empress, the strongest Soul Beast of the Far North.

Qin Sheng climbed the snow peak and walked toward the Snow Empress step by step. The instant he arrived here, she had noticed him, and now she watched him coldly.

"Human, this is not a place you should have come to," the Snow Empress said, her voice like ice and snow.

"Snow Empress, leader of the Far North Three Heavenly Kings, greetings."

Qin Sheng greeted her. After observing the Snow Empress for a moment, he frowned slightly.

"You have already attempted to condense complementary yin-yang Twin Soul Cores?"

In the original plot, the Snow Empress failed to condense her second Soul Core, damaging her origin and leaving her no choice but to attempt transformation. In the end, she was captured.

Qin Sheng had not expected her to have already failed at this time.

The Snow Empress's gaze turned cold, and the wind and snow of the Far North suddenly became violent.

She was the master of the Far North. The wind and snow were entirely within a thought of hers.

"Who are you?"

"Qin Sheng, a human."

Qin Sheng looked at the Snow Empress and said, "It is a pity. You are an elf born of heaven and earth, yet you have fallen into the ranks of Soul Beasts."

The Snow Empress was a Heavenly Snow Woman nurtured by the Far North. If she were in the Shrouding the Heavens world, her kind would be a Saint Spirit.

Saint Spirits were born powerful. A fully mature Saint Spirit could even stand shoulder to shoulder with a Great Emperor, and there was no shortage of Saint Spirits who had attained the Dao. How noble they were.

Yet here, she was merely a Soul Beast, restricted by Heavenly Tribulations.

On Douluo Continent, the Snow Empress was what interested Qin Sheng most. She was far too special.

The Snow Empress's expression did not change as she calmly said:

"State your purpose."

"I lack one Soul Ring," Qin Sheng said directly.

Whoosh!

A blizzard descended. The ice plain became completely obscured, shrouded beneath the most terrifying natural disaster.

The Snow Empress had 690,000 years of cultivation. By the standards used for Soul Masters in the era of Douluo Three, she should have been a demigod among level ninety-nines.

However, the Far North was her home ground. Here, her strength could increase tremendously, and she had almost no opponents.

"Arrogant human, remain in the Far North forever!"

The Snow Empress's voice grew colder. A domain unfolded, enveloping Qin Sheng within it.

One of the Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, the domain skill—Emperor's Cold Sky.

"Don't be so irritable. I haven't finished speaking."

Qin Sheng's spiritual power surged forth, spreading across the heavens and earth as it froze the blizzard solid.

"Your origin has been damaged. You cannot possibly survive the seven-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation. I can help you. In exchange, you will provide a portion of your origin and help me condense a Soul Ring."

"You are an elf born of heaven and earth. I do not regard you as a Soul Beast."

It would be too much of a pity to kill this Douluo version of a Saint Spirit.

Everything Qin Sheng did in this world had the ultimate purpose of giving back to his other self in the Shrouding the Heavens world.

An elf nurtured by heaven and earth clearly held great research value. Otherwise, Qin Sheng would not have wanted the Snow Empress's Soul Ring.

A Soul Master's seventh Soul Ring was an extremely important development of their Martial Soul. Qin Sheng wanted to use the Snow Empress's special nature to achieve certain goals.

"Become one with ice and snow!"

The Snow Empress grew even angrier. She had never heard of a method that could condense a Soul Ring using only part of a Soul Beast's origin. This cunning human wanted to deceive her!

An icy blue longsword appeared in the Snow Empress's hand, and she charged directly at him.

"Impulsiveness is the devil, but I can understand you. After all, humans and Soul Beasts are irreconcilable enemies." Qin Sheng shook his head.

His Soul Rings did not appear, yet all four of his amplification soul skills activated at once, comprehensively enhancing his spiritual power.

A spiritual storm erupted. A domain unfolded and pressed down upon the Snow Empress.

Her spiritual consciousness froze solid. No matter how strong her Soul Power was, it was useless at this moment.

One of the strongest beings on the continent was effortlessly suppressed!

Qin Sheng stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the motionless Snow Empress, who resembled an ice sculpture.

How lonely invincibility was.

(End of Chapter)