It was agonizing.
Yet from beginning to end, Qian Renchuan showed no sign that his body was about to burst.
His breathing was rapid.
But its rhythm never became especially erratic.
The entire absorption process was even growing steadier by the moment.
The sight stunned everyone present.
Could he really succeed?
Could he absorb a Soul Ring over a thousand years old as his very first?
He would create a miracle in the Soul Master World!
Nearby, Dugu Xin and his wife were so shocked they had gone numb.
They had thought they were witnessing a murder, that the boy would explode at any moment.
But it seemed the Eldest Young Master of the Pope's Palace really was going to succeed!
A thousand-year First Soul Ring!
It was almost impossible to imagine. It defied everything the Soul Master World knew!
Time
continued to pass.
Sunlight began filtering through gaps in the dense leaves, falling across the group.
Yet no one felt its warmth. Every moment dragged, and no one dared take their eyes off Qian Renchuan.
At last, the violent aura around Qian Renchuan rapidly subsided.
The purple light drew inward.
Everything fell still.
Everyone knew he had succeeded!
Though they were shaken to the core, they all let out a long breath.
Meanwhile,
Qian Renchuan exhaled deeply.
Then he slowly opened his eyes.
That felt good!
With a foundation of a hundred thousand points of Soul Power
and the physical strength the system had granted him,
absorbing this fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring had still hurt, but it was well within what he could bear.
He even wondered if he should have tried one with a higher age.
It hardly mattered now.
His system had received an entirely new upgrade.
Once he found time to strengthen his Soul Ring again,