Absorbing a Spirit Bone

Looking at the scene before him, Tang Chuan widened his eyes. His heart trembled faintly, but he did not retreat.

He felt no hostility. Instead, he sensed an unprecedented gentleness and familiarity, as if he had suddenly been pulled into his mother's arms in a cold, merciless world.

It was an instinctive sense of safety and belonging.

The Blue Silver Grass leaves gently wrapped around his arm, shoulder, and chest, even brushing the corner of his cheek—as if a mother were wiping away the tears on her child's face.

"Mother."

Tang Chuan's lips trembled slightly, and before he realized it, his eyes had grown moist.

Before transmigrating, he had been an orphan. After arriving in the Douluo Continent, he had only learned that his mother, Ah Yin, had sacrificed herself for Tang Hao. He had never even met her.

Now, faced with this scene, he felt somewhat dazed. Although he had once not belonged to this world, he had been an orphan in his previous life. After genuinely experiencing maternal love, the emotions in his heart were clearly difficult to suppress.

He reached out and gently stroked the Blue Silver Grass wrapped around him, feeling a touch as gentle as his mother's palm. With his nose tingling, Tang Chuan slowly spoke, his voice low but resolute:

"Mother... I'll take you away from here right now."

"This place is dark and damp, and it never sees sunlight. It's completely unsuitable for a Plant-Type Spirit Beast. What you need is sunlight, fresh air, and rain and dew—a world that can nourish life, not a cave sealed off like a tomb."

As he spoke, he slowly took a small shovel from his robes.

Then he bent down and carefully inserted the shovel into the corner of the small mound of soil. His movements were extraordinarily gentle, as if he were afraid of damaging even an inch of the Blue Silver Grass's roots.

Just as Tang Chuan began gently loosening the soil, the Blue Silver Grass that had been softly wrapped around him suddenly shook violently!

"Are you Brother or younger brother?"

"Is your father doing well? It's been six years. Why hasn't he come to see me?"

"Right, why are you alone today?"

"..."

After seeing her son, Ah Yin desperately wanted to ask him about everything and learn how the father and son were doing. Yet she could not make a sound, because she was currently in plant form.

Likewise, Tang Chuan had no idea what Ah Yin was saying at that moment.

A moment later, he gently lifted Ah Yin along with the entire mass of original soil and placed her into the Small Flowerpot he had prepared beforehand. He had specially brought it with him before setting out.

After settling her in, Tang Chuan's hands trembled slightly as he smoothed the soil around the flowerpot's edge. He said softly, "Mother, rest for a while. I'll take you away from here soon."

With that, he slowly stood up and swept his gaze around the Stone Chamber.

The Stone Chamber remained silent. Aside from the roar of the waterfall, there was nothing unusual.

Just then, his gaze froze.

On a somewhat conspicuous section of Rock Wall to the right was an extremely subtle protrusion. Although its surface was covered in moss, its color was slightly lighter under the sunlight, making it different from the rest of the Rock Wall.

"Found it." A glint flashed through Tang Chuan's eyes.

He strode over, stopped in front of that section of Rock Wall, took a deep breath, and suddenly slammed his palm against it!

"Bang!!"

As his palm struck, the Rock Wall trembled faintly.

The next instant, a mechanism clicked somewhere above his head.

Boom—!

A hidden mechanism activated. A long black box fell from a crack in the stone at the top of the Rock Wall, scattering dust and sending an echoing crash through the entire Stone Chamber.

Looking at the scene before him, Tang Chuan's gaze grew heated.

Having read the original work thoroughly, he naturally knew that the box contained the Spirit Bone left behind after Ah Yin's sacrifice—the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Tang Chuan walked forward slowly, knelt on both knees, and carefully opened the box lid.

Click.

A soft sound rang out.

The next instant, an extraordinarily rich Life Aura surged toward him like a tidal wave!

The aura was as gentle as a spring breeze yet as powerful as a river or sea, instantly filling the entire Stone Chamber!

Immediately afterward, blue-gold light burst from the box, resembling the dawn at daybreak. It illuminated the four walls and even dyed the mist from the waterfall with a layer of sacred golden radiance!

Inside the box lay a Spirit Bone that was crystalline and translucent throughout, with faint blue-gold patterns. It looked as though it had been forged from colored glass, and the outline of a leg could be clearly discerned. Blue-gold Soul Power veins slowly flowed across its surface, as if it truly possessed vitality.

"As long as I absorb it..."

"My Innate Soul Power is only one rank, and my slow cultivation speed has always been my weakness. Once I absorb it, that shortcoming will be completely made up for. Perhaps... my Soul Power Level will even rise considerably in an extremely short time."

Tang Chuan muttered to himself, his voice hoarse and feverish.

On the Douluo Continent, Spirit Bones were more precious than Soul Rings not only because they were difficult to obtain, but also because Spirit Bone absorption had no Soul Power Level restrictions. In other words, if you were lucky enough to obtain a 100,000-Year Spirit Bone while your Soul Power was only at rank one, you could still absorb it successfully.

(ps: The passage above comes from the original Douluo Dalu I. When I wrote Douluo fan fiction in the past, many people asked why Xiao Xiao from Douluo Dalu II couldn't absorb the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Bone. The Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Palm Bone belongs to an External Soul Bone, and External Soul Bone absorption has restrictions.)

After saying that, Tang Chuan no longer hesitated. He extended both hands and carefully lifted the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from the box. The instant his fingertips touched the Spirit Bone, a chilly yet surging energy spread throughout his body like mercury pouring onto the ground.

Immediately afterward, he took a deep breath and slowly pressed the Spirit Bone against his right leg.

The instant they made contact!

Boom!!

An incomparably dazzling blue-gold light erupted from the Spirit Bone, instantly illuminating the entire Stone Chamber as brightly as broad daylight!

A powerful Spirit Power Fluctuation swept outward. Even a battle-hardened Titled Douluo would have been horrified if he had been inside the cave at that moment.

Tang Chuan's body jolted violently. His eyes opened wide, and blue-gold light flickered deep within his pupils!

He felt his right leg grow hot. His entire leg seemed to cease being flesh and blood, transforming instead into a pure, blazing, surging mass of blue-gold light.

The next second, an intense force of life surged into him,

The Soul Power within Tang Chuan's body roiled madly! It boiled! It surged explosively!

At the same time, deep within the Soul Hunting Forest.

Mist filled the forest, which was dark and damp.

In the center of a clearing wrapped in vines, a slender Snake Spirit Beast with a completely dusky-purple body lay motionless. Its body was covered in wounds, and it no longer had any breath of life.

In front of it, a youth wearing a blue martial outfit sat cross-legged. A belt as white as jade was fastened around his waist, his aura slightly disordered, cold sweat beading on his forehead.

That youth was none other than Tang San.

His eyes were tightly closed, his breathing rapid, while Soul Power flowed ceaselessly across the surface of his body.

Around his body, a pale-yellow Soul Ring appeared and vanished intermittently, like ripples on water.

Not far from him, the figure of a middle-aged man lay collapsed on the ground. His clothes were tattered, his face purple, and foam spilled from his mouth.

It was none other than Master, Yu Xiaogang.

The scene slowly pulled farther away.

More than ten meters from the clearing, a figure also stood atop the crown of a Towering Ancient Tree.