Evolution of a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, the Terror of Lovesick Heartbreak Red

Yu Xiaorou's voice came from behind him, calm and decisive. Su Yang leaned forward slightly, a golden energy blade already condensed in his right hand.

His gaze turned cold and razor-sharp in an instant. The Martial Soul power of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum gathered in his palm, forming a gleaming blade of flowing golden light.

The golden-yellow ginseng seemed to sense the danger and abruptly turned to flee, but it was already too late. A flash of golden light sliced through the air.

It was over. Su Yang closed his eyes and took a deep breath. The Soul Power in his palm slowly tightened as he began guiding the soul energy that had just emerged.

A yellow Spirit Ring slowly rose above the ginseng. In the afterglow of the setting sun, its color carried a faint purple tinge, wavering between yellow and purple.

Su Yang's pupils constricted.

Yu Xiaorou hurried over as well, staring at the Spirit Ring with undisguised shock in her voice. "Nine... nine hundred and ninety-nine years. Just one year short of crossing into the thousand-year threshold!"

Su Yang watched the slowly descending Spirit Ring, his heart trembling slightly. One year short of a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring—this stroke of fortune had far exceeded his expectations.

The instant the Spirit Ring descended, Su Yang sat down cross-legged, his hands resting naturally on his knees as he closed his eyes.

Yu Xiaorou retreated to a spot three steps away from his side. With a flick of her right wrist, she summoned Luo Sanpao once more. The round, chubby white fellow squatted by her feet, gazing adorably around them, but an unusual seriousness shone in its black bead-like eyes—it was standing guard for Su Yang.

"Absorb it without worry," Yu Xiaorou said softly, with a trace of barely perceptible tension in her voice. "With your teacher here, even if the sky falls, it won't hit you."

Su Yang did not respond. All of his attention had already sunk into his body.

The purple-yellow Spirit Ring slowly descended and finally entered the crown of his head. In an instant, a surging torrent of energy burst into his meridians like a collapsed dam!

"Mm—"

Su Yang let out a muffled groan, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans instantly formed on his forehead.

Pain.

It hurt too much.

It felt as though molten iron had been poured into his veins. Every inch of his meridians was being torn apart and reconstructed.

The Spirit Ring of a 999-year plant-type soul beast was far more powerful than an ordinary hundred-year Spirit Ring. Even with the foundation of Innate Full Soul Power, he felt as though he could barely endure it.

His body began trembling uncontrollably, his teeth grinding together. The energy of the purple Spirit Ring rampaged through him like an uncontrollable beast, intent on tearing his body to pieces.

No, I can't hold on...

Su Yang's consciousness began to blur. He felt his meridians snapping apart one by one, Soul Power running wild as though he would explode and die the next second.

At that critical moment—

Deep within his body, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red that had remained dormant suddenly awakened on its own.

A warm red glow, gentle as spring water, surged from Su Yang's left palm and instantly spread through his entire body. As though it possessed intelligence, the red light precisely wrapped around the violent Spirit Ring energy and began taming it.

Something wondrous happened.

The originally incomparably violent energy of the 999-year Spirit Ring became as docile as a subject meeting its sovereign the moment it came into contact with the red light of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

Wherever the red light passed, the Spirit Ring energy was gradually sorted, purified, and absorbed. The excruciating pain of his torn meridians slowly faded, replaced by a warm sense of fullness.

Even more miraculously, under the influence of the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's crimson glow, the color of the Spirit Ring that had originally hovered between yellow and purple began to change subtly.

The yellow portion rapidly faded, while the purple portion grew richer and deeper...

Finally, when Su Yang opened his eyes again, the Spirit Ring above his right hand had become a pure—

Purple!

A Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

"This..." Yu Xiaorou covered her mouth, her eyes widening behind her gold-rimmed glasses. "Purple?! Your first Spirit Ring is actually purple?!"

She hurried over to Su Yang and examined him from head to toe. Only after confirming that he showed no signs of injury did she let out a long breath. Then, an ecstatic expression appeared on her face.

"I understand!" She abruptly clapped her hands, her tone filled with excitement.

"It's your second Martial Soul, the Lovesick Heartbreak Red! As the king of immortal herbs, it has absolute suppression and amplification effects on plant-type soul beasts! With its help, that 999-year Spirit Ring forcibly crossed the thousand-year bottleneck and evolved into a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!"

Yu Xiaorou circled Su Yang twice, growing more satisfied the more she looked at him, her eyes filled with unconcealed admiration. "Good! Good! Good! As expected of the Martial Soul of the king of immortal herbs! Such an opportunity is rarely seen in ten thousand years! Su Yang, you've struck it rich this time!"

Su Yang also lowered his head to look at the purple Spirit Ring above his right hand, wild joy surging through his heart.

A Thousand-Year Spirit Ring!

In the original story, Tang San's first Spirit Ring was only a little over four hundred years old, while he had directly obtained a thousand-year one! This starting point was simply heaven-defying!

He hurriedly examined the state within his body—his Soul Power Level.

Level 12!

He had jumped directly from Level 10 to Level 12!

But that was not the most important part. What mattered was that the information on his first Soul Skill had already clearly appeared in his mind.

First Soul Skill: Lone Fragrance Admiration!

Effect: Doubles his own attack and defense, with an added restorative effect.

Su Yang's lips curled upward. This Soul Skill looked simple and unadorned, but it was extraordinarily practical. What did doubled attack and defense mean? It meant that he could now face Soul Masters of the same level—or even one level higher—head-on! With the restorative effect on top of that, his endurance was maxed out. It was simply a godly skill for laying foundations!

"Teacher, let me try out my Soul Skill." Su Yang stood up, a smile tugging at his lips.

With a thought, the purple Spirit Ring faintly lit up, and the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul emerged. Golden light flowed over his body as a warm yet domineering aura radiated from within him.

Lone Fragrance Admiration!

In an instant, Su Yang felt his body enveloped in a pale golden halo. Looking down at his hands, he felt stronger than ever, as though he could kill a bull with one punch.

Even more wondrously, he felt that his temperament had changed as well. His already sunny and handsome face now carried an added dazzling charm. Even his skin seemed more translucent, and his entire being resembled polished jade, radiating a restrained brilliance.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk..." Yu Xiaorou circled him once more, her eyes shining with wonder. "This Soul Skill not only enhances strength, it can even improve one's temperament? The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum truly deserves to be a top-tier plant-type Martial Soul. The name 'Lone Fragrance Admiration' is indeed perfectly fitting."

She adjusted her glasses, her eyes full of gratification. "Su Yang, your starting point is even higher than I imagined. At this rate, even becoming a Titled Douluo will not be your final destination."

Su Yang withdrew his Martial Soul and grinned. "That's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher."

Yu Xiaorou rolled her eyes at him, but the smile at the corners of her lips could not be suppressed.