Taotie Saint Dragon at Level 90, Light Saint Dragon at Level 50?! Star Dou? No, We're Hunting Spirit Rings in the Far North!

Tuoba Tingxue opened her eyes. Her once-deep, beautiful eyes had turned a majestic dark gold.

With every movement she made, faint pops sounded in the air as space was devoured and twisted.

She stood and stared at the golden dragon patterns glimmering across her fair hands. She was stunned.

The Side Hall fell silent. Then deafening laughter erupted!

"Hahahahaha!

"Wonderful!

"Wonderful!

"Heaven has not abandoned our Holy Dragon Sect!"

Tears streamed down Tuoba Xi's aged face. He hurried forward and looked his daughter up and down, his voice trembling.

"Tingxue!

"Level 90!"

"You really reached Level 90!"

"And your martial soul evolved into a Taotie Saint Dragon!

"Ancestors above, our Holy Dragon Sect has finally broken the White-Armored Earth Dragon bloodline's curse!"

Yin Yu strode forward and swept Tuoba Tingxue into his arms, his eyes brimming with joy and love beyond words.

"Tingxue, congratulations!

"You're a level-90 warrior on the verge of becoming a Titled Douluo, and you possess the supreme Taotie Saint Dragon martial soul. There will be a place for you in the Douluo Continent's future!"

Resting against her husband's chest, Tuoba Tingxue turned toward Yin Changqing, who stood nearby with a smile. Her eyes reddened, and her voice caught.

"Changqing... am I... am I dreaming?

"Level 90... did my Martial Soul really evolve into a Holy Dragon?"

Yin Changqing stepped forward with a smile, took his mother's hand, and spoke gently.

"Mother, you're not dreaming.

"The White-Armored Earth Dragon already carried the blood of ancient Dragonkind. The Earth Dragon Golden Melon cleansed its impure blood, awakened its primal earth essence, and brought your Martial Soul through its ultimate transformation."

"From today on, you're no longer a Soul Douluo with a White-Armored Earth Dragon martial soul. You're a level-90 warrior with the Taotie Saint Dragon martial soul, one spirit ring away from becoming a Titled Douluo!"

Tuoba Tingxue released Yin Yu and pulled Yin Changqing into a tight embrace, tears spilling from her eyes.

"My wonderful son!

"My wonderful boy!

"Giving birth to you is the greatest pride of my life!"

It took a long while for everyone to calm down, though excitement still burned through the Side Hall.

The four sat down again. Tuoba Tingxue circulated her Soul Power, carefully feeling the new strength within her, and said in wonder,

"This Taotie Saint Dragon martial soul is overwhelmingly powerful.

"I feel as though my defense and physical strength have more than doubled.

"But the most frightening thing is the instinctive devouring attribute my Martial Soul has awakened.

"In battle, I can continuously devour an opponent's Soul Power and vitality, then turn them into my own strength. My endurance in a prolonged fight is terrifying."

Yin Yu nodded appreciatively.

"Taotie is one of the Nine Sons of the Dragon God, renowned for his devouring power and strength.

"Tingxue, the quality of your Martial Soul now rivals my Demon Dragon Martial Soul, and its defense and endurance may even surpass it!"

Stroking his beard, Tuoba Xi said with a face flushed from excitement,

"Of course!

"An earth dragon becoming a Holy Dragon is a leap in kind!

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan always called itself the owner of the world's greatest Beast Spirit and looked down on our White-Armored Earth Dragon.

"Now Changqing has the Twin Martial Souls of the Light Saint Dragon and Dark Sacred Dragon, Yu has a top-tier Demon Dragon, and Tingxue has evolved a Taotie Saint Dragon!

"All four of us possess supreme Dragonkind Martial Souls!"

"What does Yu Yuanzhen have that can compare with us?!"

Yin Yu could not help laughing at that.

"Father-in-law is right.

"Now that Tingxue has reached Level 90, the Sect's most pressing task is to hunt a spirit ring for her."

Tuoba Xi's gaze sharpened, and he said seriously,

"Exactly!

"Tingxue needs her ninth spirit ring to formally become a Titled Douluo, while Changqing has reached the level-50 bottleneck and urgently needs his fifth.

"The choice of those two spirit rings is crucial!"

Tuoba Tingxue looked at Yin Changqing and asked with concern,

"Changqing, have you settled on a destination for the spirit-ring hunt you discussed with Father, three days from now?

"The Star Dou Great Forest has many species, but most top-tier dragon species of advanced age live deep in its core. Too much could go wrong there."

Yin Changqing considered it for a moment. A thoughtful gleam crossed his eyes, and he shook his head.

"Mother, the major powers and Spirit Hall keep the Star Dou Great Forest under close watch year-round, and the terrain in its core is complicated.

"Seeing your martial soul transform completely into a Taotie Saint Dragon just now changed my mind.

"This time, we won't go to the Star Dou Great Forest. We'll go to the Far North!"

"The Far North?!"

Tuoba Xi and Yin Yu both froze and turned toward Yin Changqing.

Yin Changqing laid out his reasoning.

"First, the Far North is brutal and rarely visited.

"Super Spirit Beasts tens of thousands or even over a hundred thousand years old are seldom disturbed by human spirit masters there. They retain the purest bloodlines of the ancient wilderness.

"Second, the Taotie Saint Dragon possesses both an extreme earth attribute and a devouring attribute.

"In the Far North's bitter cold, we're most likely to find colossal beasts with exceptionally powerful bodies and vitality.

"Take the Titan Snow Demon clan, which bears ancient Titan blood, or the descendants of the Ancient Cold Chi and Ice Crystal Sub-Dragon hidden deep in the icy abyss.

"The spirit rings of beasts like these will not only be genuinely ancient; their immense vitality and powerful skeletal essence will also provide the perfect foundation for Mother's ninth Spirit Skill and Titled Douluo Golden Body!

"Third, my body has long surpassed that of an ordinary person. I'm also aiming for a top-tier dragon species over fifty thousand years old for my fifth spirit ring.

"The depths of the Far North will serve as a furnace for tempering my body, and there's a strong chance it harbors Supreme Sub-Dragons no less formidable than those in Star Dou's core!"

In this era, people still did not know how dangerous the Far North was.

Nor did they know that it held more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts than anywhere else on the Douluo Continent at the time.

The ocean, of course, was another matter.

The Star Dou Great Forest did not count either: Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts lived in seclusion, leaving only the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in the open.

Back then, Yin Yu and his companions had chosen the Far North for their Soul Hunting expedition.

They had done so because Yin Changqing had casually mentioned, when he was little, that the Far North had richer Spirit Beast resources.

It would be easier to find a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast there.

That had led Yin Yu to take a group there to kill the Icebone Demon Dragon. He successfully became a Titled Douluo, earning the title Demon Dragon Douluo.

Yin Yu's eyes shone. He clapped his hands and exclaimed,

"Brilliant!

"The Far North's cold may be deadly, and ordinary spirit masters may treat it as forbidden ground.

"But we have three Titled Douluo, along with Old Poison's battlefield control and protective Soul Power. That extreme cold can't stop us!

"Better yet, Spirit Hall and the two empires have no eyes or ears there. We can hunt with everything we've got!"

There was one thing worth noting.

Ever since Yin Yu, Tuoba Xi, Demon Bear, and Ghost Leopard Douluo had returned from their Soul Hunting expedition to the Far North,

its rich Spirit Beast resources had also caught Spirit Hall's attention.

Bibi Dong was already making preparations to go there and hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.