Soul Elder or Soul Ancestor? Challenging the Strongest

"He's Cang Yun. His Martial Soul is the Ironback Rhinoceros, and he's just broken through to Soul Elder. His First Soul Ring is even a white one."

Tang Shan looked surprised. "If he got into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, his background can't be ordinary. So why is his First Soul Ring only a ten-year ring?"

Ning Guang coughed lightly, his expression turning strange.

"Apparently, the kid developed a little early in certain respects, so he started doing, well, that too soon. When he tried to absorb his Soul Ring, his body was so weak that he nearly exploded. If his grandfather hadn't reacted quickly and stopped him, he would've died."

Tang Shan was speechless. How hard had Cang Yun pushed himself to end up like that?

"Then how did he manage to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Ring later?"

Tang Shan was puzzled. Had his physical strength improved that quickly?

"His family supposedly paid a fortune for some Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue. Even that only barely made up for what he'd drained from his body. And to this day, he still hasn't produced an heir."

Tang Shan was stunned. Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue could raise an ordinary Soul Master's Soul Ring absorption limit by two or three thousand years, yet from the sound of it, Cang Yun was still weak. Just how far did he take his "daily activities"?

"Senior Ning, just pick the strongest one for me. Have some faith in me. Even if I lose, it's only one loss, and I'll still have three chances afterward. As for Cang Yun, anyone who can run himself into the ground like that is bound to be trouble, whether I can beat him or not."

Tang Shan shook his head, declining Ning Guang's suggestion. Ning Guang hesitated, then gave in and pointed to a