Where Did the Demonic Qi Come From?

"What Ninth Soul Skill? What are you talking about?" Huang Tieyi looked at the nine Soul Rings beneath his feet. Channeling Soul Power through his hand, he pressed down on the ninth ring, then used Overlord Ring to force it onto the fourth. Under the fusion of his vast Soul Power, the fourth ring turned into a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

"Kid, there's something downright uncanny about you! I can understand how you used that Overlord Ring to snatch the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's leader the other day. Evil Soul Master methods. But you can fuse your own Soul Rings together too? Doesn't that defy all common sense?" his Martial Soul, the Dragon Bamboo Vine, exclaimed.

"Does it? I don't think so. I'm only fusing Soul Rings of the same attribute. This ninth ring has a strong demonic nature. If I used it as the Ninth Soul Ring for my Titled Douluo stage, it would affect my path to godhood." Huang Tieyi scratched his head, only to brush against his tiger ear. He still wasn't used to it.

"Kid, weren't you going to become a god on your own? Why do you care about a Soul Ring's properties?" the Dragon Bamboo Vine asked, puzzled.

"Of course I care. My Martial Soul, the Golden Sacred Body, has an innate sacred attribute. If I gave myself a Ninth Soul Ring with a Dark Attribute, an evil attribute, or Demonic Qi, it would affect my Martial Soul. If you hadn't taken an interest in me and chosen me, Senior, I would have picked one with an absolute light attribute for my Eighth Soul Ring."

Huang Tieyi explained, "The Eighth Soul Ring you brought me has the Life Attribute, which carries both light and sacred properties. That makes it all the