About an hour later, the soul power fluctuations swirling around Princess Vina were the first to settle.
After all, she had already been absorbing her soul ring for some time when Youheng returned. Besides, hers was only around ten thousand years old and came from a healing-type soul beast with little offensive ability, so absorbing it was naturally easy.
She slowly opened her eyes. A sharp gleam flashed through them, then gave way to overflowing joy.
Five soul rings-two yellow, two purple, and one black-circled her in order. Her soul power had also reached rank fifty-one, marking her advancement to Soul King.
Her delight was not just because she had become a Soul King. Her teacher in the Body Sect had said that once she reached that level, she would be allowed to begin cultivating her second martial soul.
Ideally, Vina should have waited until she had seven rings before cultivating her body martial soul. That way, the soul rings she could absorb would start at forty or fifty thousand years old.
But first, her first martial soul was purely for healing and had no combat ability whatsoever. As Vina grew older, the dangers that came with being a royal princess were also increasing. Though she never lacked guards, having the ability to protect herself was ultimately more important than relying on others.
Second, her body martial soul was her brain, a spiritual-type martial soul. Psychic Soul Beasts were scarce to begin with, let alone nine over fifty thousand years old. Her teacher therefore felt that for her first few soul rings, ten-thousand-year spiritual-type rings would be enough.
Vina rose lightly and walked over to Manyi, her gaze turning toward Dai Youheng, who was still absorbing his soul ring. She covered her mouth with a soft gasp. "A Heaven-Shaking Demon