Taking an Immortal Herb! Condensing a Soul Ring!

"It's decided, then."

"Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!"

Wukong took an Immortal Herb from his Hundred Treasures Pouch.

This Immortal Herb was enormous—a massive chrysanthemum.

The chrysanthemum gleamed with a brilliant golden hue.

Every petal was soft and fuzzy, giving off a rich medicinal fragrance.

This was the top-grade immortal product, the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Consuming it could temper the body, strengthen one's physique and bones, and even forge an Indestructible Vajra body.

Wukong's martial soul was his own body, making it a Body Martial Soul.

A Body Martial Soul was most compatible with the properties of this Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

As long as he absorbed this Immortal Herb, his physical strength would surely undergo a qualitative leap.

It might even directly evolve his martial soul.

At that thought, Wukong's heart burned even hotter.

He immediately opened his mouth and bit off a large petal.

The petal melted the moment it entered his mouth, turning into a warm current that flowed down his throat.

In no time at all, Wukong swallowed the entire Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

Boom!

The medicinal power exploded violently in his stomach.

An incomparably vast heat instantly coursed through Wukong's limbs and bones.

A layer of golden radiance appeared over Wukong's skin.

He felt every bone in his body heating up.

His bones crackled with a series of sharp pops.

Stimulated by the medicinal power, his muscles continuously expanded and contracted.

With every contraction, the density of his muscles increased slightly.

The sensation was not painful. Instead, it brought an indescribable sense of comfort.

As the medicinal power continued to seep in, a layer of grayish-black impurities began to ooze from Wukong's skin.

These were all impurities hidden deep within his body.

The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was cleansing his marrow and purging his body.

As time slowly passed.

The golden sheen on Wukong's body gradually receded.

He slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of foul air.

A rancid stench hit his nose.

Looking down, Wukong saw that his entire body was covered in black impurities.

"Damn, that stinks."

Wukong got to his feet and jumped straight into the nearby lake.

After washing up, he changed into a clean set of clothes.

He clenched his fist, feeling the surging strength within his body.

The improvement to his physique was extremely obvious.

Although his Soul Power Level was still level ten.

His Soul Power reserves had already reached the level of eighteen.

As long as he condensed a Soul Ring, he could directly reach level eighteen!

Moreover, even without activating his martial soul, his body was now incomparably tough, enough to contend with a two-ring defense-type Soul Grandmaster.

If he activated his martial soul, he could face even a three-ring defense-type Soul Elder head-on.

And this strengthening of his physique was comprehensive.

It was not merely an improvement in defense.

His speed, strength, and reflexes had all been greatly enhanced.

The increase in his defensive attributes was simply the most pronounced.

This was the terrifying aspect of a Body Martial Soul.

Every part of the body could serve as a weapon, leaving no weaknesses.

"Whew... the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum truly lives up to its reputation."

"Although it didn't directly evolve my martial soul."

"The quality of my martial soul has still improved considerably."

"It has already advanced from a high-grade martial soul to the level of a quasi-top-grade martial soul."

"Once I undergo some medicinal baths and further temper my body, fully absorbing the remaining medicinal power within me."

"My martial soul should completely evolve into a top-grade martial soul."

Wukong nodded in satisfaction.

His choice had indeed been correct.

Since he had been lacking from birth, he would make up for it through later effort.

"Besides that, the increase in my physical strength has also greatly raised the age limit of my first Soul Ring."

"Right now, I can condense a Soul Ring of around eighteen hundred years!"

Of course, if Wukong continued training, he could further improve his physique and raise the absorption limit of his first Soul Ring.

But Wukong felt that there was no need for that.

Without some other heaven-defying opportunity.

It would be difficult for Wukong to raise that limit to five thousand years in a short time.

Rather than wasting time here stubbornly fixating on the age of his first Soul Ring.

He might as well condense his first Soul Ring first.

Then cultivate while searching for other opportunities, laying the foundation for his future second Soul Ring.

With that in mind, Wukong sat down cross-legged again and said to the two massive beasts who had been watching curiously from the side.

"Brother Da Ming, Brother Er Ming."

"Please stand guard for me a little longer."

"Old Sun is going to condense his first Soul Ring."

Da Ming and Er Ming immediately spread out, guarding both sides of Wukong.

Xiao Wu also quietly sat to one side, no longer making a sound to disturb him.

Wukong calmed his mind, closed his eyes, and began mobilizing the Soul Power within his body.

Strands of white Soul Power overflowed from his body, swirling around him.

This Soul Power gradually gathered together, forming the outline of a ring.

During the process of condensing a Soul Ring, Wukong came to a realization.

When Transforming Soul Beasts condensed Soul Rings, they could choose their original racial talents.

Or they could choose Soul Skills cultivated during their beast forms and convert them into their current Soul Skills.

"So Soul Skills don't appear at random."

Wukong was delighted.

That was good news.

Fortunately, he had always enjoyed studying all kinds of Soul Skills and divine abilities.

Now, he could directly choose one of his existing divine abilities as his first Soul Skill.

One by one, the Soul Skills and divine abilities he had created in the past appeared in Wukong's mind.

Copper Head Iron Bones, Immobility Technique, External Body Technique, Gather Form, Disperse Qi, Somersault Cloud.

These five divine abilities each had their own uses.

Copper Head Iron Bones was an extremely powerful defensive skill.

Immobility Technique was a domineering control skill.

External Body Technique could confuse enemies.

Gather Form, Disperse Qi was a means of invisibility.

Somersault Cloud was purely a flying skill.

Just as Wukong was hesitating over which one to choose.

He suddenly sensed that within his origin, there was another innate divine ability that had taken shape.

And this innate talent was actually—

"Simulation?"

Wukong was rather surprised.

"Isn't that the innate ability of the Ice Silkworm Clan?"

"How do I have such an ability in my origin?"

Wukong pondered carefully and quickly understood the reason.

Over the years, he had continuously devoured the origin energy of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

And his original body was an Innate Spirit Stone.

Its defining trait was that it was easily influenced by acquired environments and energy.

It could be said to encompass all things and create all things.

Because of this, after absorbing a vast amount of Sky Dream's energy, he had automatically fused with and retained the ability of Simulation.

"However..."

"If it can only simulate appearances and auras, it feels somewhat underwhelming."

"It would be great if it could be like the Great Sage's Seventy-Two Transformations, changing even one's essence."

Even so, Wukong was still extremely pleased.

Because with Simulation as a foundation, it laid a solid cornerstone for his future research into the divine ability of Seventy-Two Transformations.

Although he could not directly possess such a heaven-defying divine ability yet.

As long as he continued developing it, he would eventually be able to figure it out one day.

Wukong withdrew his thoughts and reconsidered the choice of his first Soul Skill.

After thinking for a long time, Wukong made his decision.

"My first Soul Skill will be Somersault Cloud."