Qian Renxue's curiosity and desire to conquer, Li Sen's surging soul power and hard-to-improve physique

Yu Xiaogang said through tear-filled eyes, "Although the method Tang San used to evolve his martial souls through Li Sen's martial soul evolution theory is very important to me."

"But... you're more important. I don't want you to get hurt."

"I'm in no hurry!"

Liu Erlong felt only that Yu Xiaogang cared about her, and that all her years of waiting had been worth it.

Her attention instantly shifted to the martial soul evolution theory, and she spoke excitedly.

"Xiaogang, the only reason your cultivation can't break past level twenty-nine is that your martial soul is too weak and your innate soul power is too low.

"With the martial soul evolution theory's help, once Sanpao evolves, you'll definitely break through that bottleneck!"

"Neither of you needs to say another word! I'll be careful, but I'm going right now!"

"I want Xiaogang to break through sooner so he can reach greater heights in the future!"

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang said helplessly, "In that case, be extremely careful, Erlong!"

Inside, he was wild with joy. His craving for the martial soul evolution theory wouldn't let him wait even one more day.

Flender was useless, gutless, and brainless. Even if he couldn't beat Li Sen, couldn't he beat Tang San?

Fortunately, Liu Erlong's mind worked just as it always had, and her temper remained as fiery as ever.

The people nearby couldn't help digging at their ears after hearing that exchange.

Good heavens, was that supposed to be talking her out of it?

Crack~~~

Flender stood rooted to the spot, as though his entire body had turned into a stone statue.

Damn it, was this persuasion or fanning the flames?

With Yu Xiaogang's support, Liu Erlong left brimming with motivation.

At Shrek Academy in Suotuo City, Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing again after Li Sen's departure and felt puzzled.

He kept feeling that the girl looked familiar, and their auras seemed somewhat compatible.

But since he had never gotten close to her, he suspected it was just his imagination.

Dai Mubai didn't dwell on it. With his resolve to grow stronger firmed up, he left Shrek Academy.

He remembered Tang San saying that Li Sen was willing to take disciples, though it would have to wait a while.

At Shrek, he had to cultivate on his own anyway, and the dean had vanished for dozens of days. There was no point staying. He might as well keep himself ready to become Li Sen's disciple.

Meanwhile, after Dugu Yan was taken away, the Imperial Fighting Team waited a few days and gathered information.

Once they confirmed that Li Sen had taken her, they hurriedly set off for Heaven Dou City.

Qin Ming's face was gloomy, and he felt utterly hopeless about his future.

Dugu Yan was the Poison Douluo's granddaughter. Having let someone take her away without being able to bring her back, he figured he was going to die.

However, only after Qin Ming returned to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and finished his report did he discover that he had worried for nothing.

Dugu Yan had already returned to the academy with Dugu Bo, broken through to Soul Ancestor, and completed the formalities to withdraw.

At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe received news of Li Sen at the same time and was so shocked that he stayed awake all night.

"Twenty-six years old, a thunder dragon martial soul that can leave his body, and a battle against the Bone Douluo. He's even more talented than I am. No matter how he did it, he must become mine!"

Xue Qinghe clutched the letter and murmured to himself.

She was a woman disguised as a man, a civet cat substituted for the crown prince.

Her true identity was Spirit Hall's young mistress, the Supreme Pontiff's daughter, and the granddaughter of Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined—the world's only genius with innate level 20 soul power.

She was around twenty now, a Soul Emperor, and might not reach Title Douluo by twenty-six. Yet a young man named Li Sen had fought the Bone Douluo at that age.

In an instant, Qian Renxue, who was disguised as Xue Qinghe, became intensely curious about Li Sen, and a powerful desire to conquer him rose in her heart.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Bo had slipped away without anyone noticing.

After nearly a full day, Tang San finally finished absorbing the immortal herbs.

He opened his eyes, and both martial souls emerged at once.

The Clear Sky Hammer had evolved into the Vajra Clear Sky Hammer. Its entire body had turned gold, with sharply defined edges at both ends of its head.

The Blue Silver King had evolved into the Converging Source Blue Silver King. With the same amount of soul power infused into it, its size, recovery, toughness, and hardness had all doubled.

Seeing the Blue Silver King's appearance, Tang San was bewildered.

If he remembered correctly, he carried the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline. After using an immortal herb brimming with vitality, shouldn't it have evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor?

Tang San couldn't quite understand it and sighed.

"I'll have to ask Teacher later."

Since he hadn't absorbed a soul ring, Tang San's soul power remained at level 40.

Thanks to the immortal herbs' enhancement, the age of the soul ring he could absorb had risen from twenty thousand years to forty thousand years. His spiritual power was also sufficient, thanks to the Purple Demon Eye's enhancement and Li Sen's hellish training.

In the original story, Tang San had absorbed two immortal herbs whose attributes didn't match his, along with a stalk of Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, raising his level from thirty-three to thirty-seven.

Now, he had likewise absorbed two immortal herbs and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, but his cultivation had risen by seven levels.

And those weren't Soul Elder levels, but Soul Ancestor levels.

Since he hadn't absorbed a soul ring, the soul power Tang San displayed was still level 40.

In other words, after absorbing his fourth soul ring, the ring's power would give Tang San a very strong chance of reaching level fifty directly.

Tang San stood up, made sure Li Sen was fine, then began looking for Xiao Wu.

When he saw Xiao Wu, he froze on the spot.

His Purple Demon Eye, which had just broken through and had yet to be reined in, actually revealed a pink Soft Bone Rabbit.

"Her soul is showing outwardly. Xiao Wu is actually a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast!"

Tang San murmured to himself, the corner of his mouth twitching.

Under Li Sen's instruction, he had not only learned the continent's common knowledge and Tang Hao's identity, but also about the great battle twelve years ago and his mother's identity.

His mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, had also been a transformed hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and she had died in that battle.

His bloodline was half human, half beast.

Tang San hadn't expected to inherit his father's tradition of finding soul beasts. The girl he had fallen for after spending six years with her was also a transformed soul beast.

He said nothing, both because of the love in his heart and because Li Sen was so powerful. If he could absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, how could he fail to recognize a transformed soul beast?

Since Li Sen hadn't acted, Xiao Wu surely meant no harm.

Seeing his teacher's woman chatting with Xiao Wu, Tang San found a corner and sat down.

Just then, Dugu Bo returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with his granddaughter.

His strength had soared, and all the toxins threatening his life had been resolved, leaving him in an excellent mood.

Seeing Tang San, he approached with a hearty laugh. "Kid, have you broken through yet?"

"Your master is still cultivating. I'll take you hunting for soul rings."

Tang San's eyes lit up. He rose and cupped his fist.

"Sorry for the trouble, Senior."

He happened to need quite a few soul rings now.

Aside from the Converging Source Blue Silver King.

He could also begin adding them to the Clear Sky Hammer.

One day after the two left, Li Sen finally stirred. Soul power surged around him, rumbling thunderously.

The dragon egg formed by his second martial soul cracked open, revealing the form of an Eastern divine dragon, with whiskers, deer ears, a long body, eagle claws, and fish scales.

He had no wings and floated in midair, his entire body covered in purple lightning so dark it was almost black.

A super evolution, with the ultimate lightning attribute: the Purple Sky Thunder Dragon.

The Blue Silver Tree appeared behind him, its branches and foliage luxuriant, blazing with azure light.

The Blue Silver Tree had evolved slightly into the Blue Silver Life Tree!

Recovery, vitality, size, growth rate, toughness, and hardness had all doubled.

Li Sen opened his eyes. Two soul cores appeared in his abdomen, one of blood qi and one of soul power.

Even so, his soul power level had risen from level sixty-four, which he had reached after absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and soul bone, to level sixty-nine.

A five-level rise at the Soul Emperor stage—the several dragon-type spirit herbs and immortal herbs that the Purple Sky Thunder Dragon had swallowed and absorbed accounted for most of the effect.

The corners of Li Sen's mouth curled high. He couldn't suppress his smile at all.

Aside from increasing his soul power, he had created the Soul Core Condensation Method and One Piece's Flash Step Method in succession.

From now on, he could roam the skies with his physical body alone.

At last, he murmured.

"A martial soul that can leave the body is still far too overpowered. It's equivalent to another me with five times my absorption capacity!"

"Now, the Purple Sky Thunder Dragon and the Blue Silver Life Tree alone can fight a Title Douluo."

"The only pity is that my body is too strong. Immortal herbs improve talent and soul power, but don't do much for my body.

"Even after condensing a blood qi soul core, my strength only increased by twenty percent. The soul ring age I can absorb has roughly risen to three hundred thousand years."

"As I am now, I could probably easily beat Gu Rong without Ning Fengzhi's enhancement."