Sunset Forest.
The cave behind the waterfall was already covered in cracks.
Blue-gold motes of light circled Chen Jin, slowly merging into the crimson Soul Ring.
The Nine-Heaven Divine Phoenix hovered in midair, its nine-colored wings covering the cave ceiling.
The Phoenix Cry faded.
The hundred-thousand-year pressure swiftly receded.
Chen Jin opened his eyes and looked at the Soul Rings beneath his feet.
Yellow.
Yellow.
Purple.
Red.
The essence from Ah Yin's sacrifice had not formed a fifth Soul Ring.
All that hundred-thousand-year power had merged into his original fourth Soul Ring.
Chen Jin raised his right hand.
The crimson Soul Ring lit up.
Nine-Colored Flame gathered in his palm, forming a sharp phoenix claw covered in blue-gold patterns.
The moment the claw appeared, dozens of cracks split the stone wall ahead.
"The first Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill."
"Phoenix Emperor Annihilation Claw."
As the Soul Ring's age increased, the power of the original Phoenix Claw had changed completely.
The annihilation fire could destroy Soul Power defenses.
The Blue Silver Emperor Origin had granted the Soul Skill Life Lock.
Once it locked onto a target's aura, the attack would pursue them until its Soul Power ran out or it struck its opponent.
Chen Jin curled his fingers inward.
The nine-colored phoenix claw dissipated.
His fourth Soul Ring flashed again.
A vast expanse of blue-gold flames rose beneath his feet.
Where the flames passed, the cracked rock walls stopped crumbling, and tiny blades of Blue Silver Grass instead sprouted from the crevices.
The lingering injuries in his meridians also healed rapidly under this power.
"The second Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill."
"Blue Silver Nirvana."
As long as his essence had not completely shattered, he could draw on the Blue Silver Emperor's vitality and the divine phoenix's Nirvana Flame to heal his