Shuofang Si held the pearl in his palm and was about to examine it closely when it suddenly began to change.
The surface of the gray-black pearl writhed, as though something alive was trying to burrow out.
Then markings resembling the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's tail hook emerged from within the pearl. They spread across its surface, wound around it, and settled into a new shape, embedding themselves deep within it.
The entire pearl took on a more sinister air, and its touch became bone-chillingly cold.
He tried feeding a thread of soul power into it. The instant his soul power touched its surface, an utterly evil aura coiled around that thread and rushed straight toward his mind, as though it had caught the scent of blood.
Shuofang Si frowned. True qi from the Eight-Nine Mysterious Art surged out instantly, wrapping tightly around that evil aura.
Suppressed by his true qi, the evil aura immediately settled down. It no longer dared attack his mind and instead began transmitting information.
As it turned out, the pearl contained the Evil God's power.
That power could form an entirely new martial soul: the Evil God.
The Evil God martial soul possessed a natural affinity for multiple attributes, encompassing darkness, space, time, lightning, wind, and strength.
It also had a special effect: soul rings attached to the Evil God martial soul could absorb soul power from other soul masters or soul beasts to increase their age, surpassing their original limits. Each soul ring could gain up to ten thousand years.
"Ten thousand years? Not much, but being able to cross a threshold is pretty good," Shuofang Si mused, rubbing his chin.
Ten thousand years was nothing much, but used well, it could bring about a qualitative transformation in quite a few soul rings.