Bibi Dong's Great Improvement

While Su Mo consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to digest the extreme attribute energies of the two Immortal Spiritual Herbs, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Dugu Bo, and Bibi Dong also successively consumed their respective immortal herbs.

Yue Guan had originally planned to keep the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum he had obtained and admire it day and night.

But under Gui Mei's relentless persuasion, Yue Guan ultimately gave up on that idea. Instead, like Gui Mei, he decided to see whether he could use the power of the Immortal Spiritual Herb to break through directly to Titled Douluo.

However, Yue Guan and Gui Mei consumed their respective Immortal Spiritual Herbs at the same time, and both of their cultivation levels were at level eighty-two.

Yet after Yue Guan consumed his Immortal Spiritual Herb, his cultivation rose a full five levels, advancing from level eighty-two to level eighty-seven.

But after Gui Mei consumed the Immortal Spiritual Herb, Ink Jade Star Moon Epiphyllum, his cultivation only rose three levels, advancing from level eighty-two to level eighty-five.

This left Gui Mei rather helpless.

Who would have thought that after partnering with Yue Guan for decades, with the two of them having always been evenly matched in cultivation, he would now be left so far behind by Yue Guan?

But they were both Immortal Spiritual Herbs, so why had Yue Guan's cultivation increased so much more than his?

Gui Mei was deeply puzzled by this.

Still, if one had to explain it, the explanation was actually quite simple.

The two had different energy absorption rates for the Immortal Spiritual Herbs they consumed.

Even with the same grade of Immortal Spiritual Herb, differing energy absorption rates meant differing amounts of energy absorbed. Naturally, the extent of their cultivation increases would also differ.

Yue Guan's martial soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum itself, making it maximally compatible with the Immortal Spiritual Herb, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. Thus, his energy absorption rate was naturally the highest.

Although the Immortal Spiritual Herb Gui Mei consumed, Ink Jade Star Moon Epiphyllum, suited Gui Mei's attributes very well, its energy absorption rate still could not compare to Yue Guan's.

Still, gaining three levels was already quite impressive!

In the original story, when Tang San and the others consumed Immortal Spiritual Herbs, their cultivation only increased by an average of seven or eight levels. And that was seven or eight levels in the Soul Elder realm.

A Soul Douluo stood a full five major realms above a Soul Elder!

While Yue Guan and Gui Mei consumed their Immortal Spiritual Herbs and saw their cultivation rise dramatically, Dugu Bo also consumed the Immortal Spiritual Herb, Azure Jade Serpent Orchid.

However, since his cultivation was still at level seventy-nine, Dugu Bo's cultivation did not increase dramatically. For the time being, he merely advanced to level eighty.

But unlike Yue Guan and Gui Mei, Dugu Bo's martial soul evolved as well, changing from the Jade Phosphorous Serpent into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor!

After his cultivation broke through to level eighty, Bibi Dong had Yue Guan and Gui Mei accompany Dugu Bo to the Star Dou Great Forest to help him hunt a Soul Beast.

For the time being, she remained at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, consuming Immortal Spiritual Herbs to cultivate while taking care of Su Mo.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei agreed to this.

Because now, all four of them were on the same side!

When Su Mo left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after consuming another portion of the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, he learned from Bibi Dong that Yue Guan and Gui Mei had gone to help Dugu Bo hunt a Soul Beast. He could not help but find it amusing.

After all, in the original story, these three had been mortal enemies!

Yet now, the three had become friends.

While Su Mo cultivated by consuming the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Bibi Dong also consumed the Immortal Spiritual Herb, Aromatic Silk Beauty.

However, just like Dugu Bo, Bibi Dong's cultivation was only at level fifty-nine. Thus, even after consuming the Immortal Spiritual Herb, Aromatic Silk Beauty, she only broke through to level sixty.

But this was precisely the result Bibi Dong wanted.

On the surface, an Aromatic Silk Beauty that should have raised her cultivation by ten levels had only raised her Soul Power Level by one, which seemed like quite a loss.

But Bibi Dong knew that the Soul Power Level increase she should have gained from consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty had not vanished. Once she finished absorbing a Soul Ring, it would immediately manifest.

This theory had actually been discovered by Spirit Hall.

A Soul Master in Spirit Hall whose cultivation had been stuck at a bottleneck for a long time had consumed an exceptional medicinal herb he had obtained by chance—one that should have increased his soul power by several levels—in order to break through. And he succeeded.

At first, the Soul Master believed that the herb's medicinal effect had only helped him break through. But after absorbing a Soul Ring, his soul power unexpectedly rose by another one or two levels.

The Soul Master reported this occurrence to Spirit Hall, and after conducting research, Spirit Hall discovered the reason behind it.

However, Spirit Hall did not publicize this discovery.

It was ultimately published under Yu Xiaogang's name!

In truth, with even a little careful thought, one could tell that there was absolutely no way Yu Xiaogang had researched this theory himself.

To develop this theory, aside from breaking through by consuming an exceptional medicinal herb like that Spirit Hall Soul Master, one would have to reach the limit of a realm and choose not to immediately absorb a Soul Ring to break through.

Instead, one would have to cultivate diligently until reaching the point where one could gain another level in the next realm, then absorb the Soul Ring. Only then would the cultivation accumulated before the breakthrough reveal itself.

But Yu Xiaogang was utterly useless. He would be overjoyed just to raise his cultivation by one level. After breaking through a major realm, he would probably have been so excited that he could not sleep all night, rushing off to hunt a Soul Beast and absorb a Soul Ring.

How could he possibly have discovered this theory on his own?

And as for discovering this theory through studying others, the conditions needed to uncover it were incredibly stringent. Most likely, no one would have been willing to cooperate, not even with Bibi Dong's help!

So where Yu Xiaogang's theory had come from was abundantly clear!

Ahem... back to the point.

The reason Bibi Dong was willing to consume the Aromatic Silk Beauty at level fifty-nine was mainly to conceal the increase in her cultivation.

If Qian Xunji discovered that her cultivation had suddenly risen by ten levels, there was an eighty or ninety percent chance that the matter of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Immortal Spiritual Herbs could no longer be kept hidden.

After taking the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Bibi Dong took another Immortal Spiritual Herb—Dark Night Beauty.

Bibi Dong chose to take this Immortal Spiritual Herb because, according to the Immortal Herb Compendium, Dark Night Beauty could evolve certain Martial Souls into humanoid forms.

For example, after Soul Masters with snake-type Martial Souls consumed Dark Night Beauty, their Martial Souls could evolve into the Medusa Spirit, while fish-type Martial Souls could evolve into the Mermaid Spirit.

As for spider-type Martial Souls, according to the description, they could actually evolve into the Spider Queen Spirit, with a spider's lower body and a beautiful woman's upper body.

This naturally delighted Bibi Dong, who had always been dissatisfied with the appearance of her Martial Souls, and she immediately chose to consume it!

Besides that, Bibi Dong also consumed the Immortal Spiritual Herb—Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew!

According to the Immortal Herb Compendium, aside from increasing cultivation, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew could also greatly enhance the spiritual power of spiritual-type Soul Masters.

Since Bibi Dong possessed not only the Death Spider Emperor Spirit, but also the spiritual-attributed Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Spirit, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew was also highly useful to her.

After consuming three Immortal Spiritual Herbs in succession, although Bibi Dong had only visibly advanced by one level, from level fifty-nine to level sixty, once Bibi Dong absorbed a Soul Ring, her cultivation would definitely leap forward by an entire major realm—perhaps even two!

And that was only the immediate increase in Soul Power; the subtle, long-term benefits the three Immortal Spiritual Herbs brought to Bibi Dong absolutely could not be overlooked.

After consuming these three Immortal Spiritual Herbs, Bibi Dong would definitely break through to the realm of a Titled Douluo within five years!

Ahem. I passed my exam today, so I was just too excited and failed to make up the missed chapter. But tomorrow, I'll try to get up earlier and make up for the missing update. Sorry!