Immediately afterward, the Firmament showed the scene of Ye Wuchen obtaining his Seventh Soul Ring.
At an Ice and Snow Altar in the Far North, a crystal-clear snow lotus bloomed.
This snow lotus originally had only eighty thousand years or so of cultivation, but with the Snow Empress using profound ice marrow to accelerate its growth, it crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold.
This hundred-thousand-year snow lotus was the Seventh Soul Ring the Snow Empress had prepared for her treasured disciple.
At this sight, countless Soul Masters across the continent grew red-eyed with jealousy.
A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!
A treasure that even many Titled Douluo lacked.
Yet Ye Wuchen could obtain one at the Soul Saint stage, and his master had even specially "ripened" it for him.
Scenes that inspired even greater envy were still to come.
Time advanced to the moment Ye Wuchen broke through to become a level 80 Soul Douluo.
The Snow Empress took him across the ice fields to the surging Deep Sea.
The Deep Sea was the home ground of sea soul beasts.
There was an enormous two-hundred-thousand-year Evil Orca King.
Its strength in the Deep Sea was incomparably formidable; even a level 97 Super Douluo would struggle to defeat it.
But before the Ruler of the Far North with seven hundred thousand years of cultivation-the Snow Empress-this overlord of the Deep Sea was like a lamb awaiting slaughter, barely able to resist.
With the Snow Empress standing guard, Ye Wuchen first absorbed the two-hundred-thousand-year Evil Spirit Orca Left Leg Bone.
Then he absorbed the two-hundred-thousand-year Red Soul Ring bearing two golden markings as his Eighth Soul Ring.
Once the absorption was complete, Ye Wuchen's Soul Power Level soared to level 83.
"A two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone!"
Inside Spirit Hall, the elders and Consecrated Elders beat their chests and stamped their feet as they watched.
Old fellows like them would fight until their heads split and blood flowed over a single Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
Yet Ye Wuchen had obtained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring at level seventy, then a Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone at level eighty.
Who could watch this without envy, without jealousy...
The image in the Firmament shifted one last time, settling on the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
It was precisely what Ye Wuchen had just experienced.
He absorbed gold of life, expanded his Sea of Consciousness, and, guided by the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's power of destiny, successfully formed yin-yang complementary dual soul cores, breaking through in one stroke to become a level 90 Quasi-Titled Douluo.
At this point, the review of Ye Wuchen ended.
Whether it was his cultivation speed, his opportunities, or his unyielding resolve, all of it proved one thing:
He was the greatest, most monstrous genius in the history of the Douluo Continent, without equal.
[Review complete.] [Exclusive rewards for the Douluo Continent's First Disciple: one million-year god-bestowed Soul Ring! Soul Power Level increased by 5! Super Divine Artifact-the Eternal Abyss Sword of Perpetual Silence!] [As the master of the "First Disciple," the Snow Empress receives bonus rewards: cultivation increased by one hundred thousand years! Divine artifact-the Heart of the Ice God!] [Exclusive rewards for the First Master: god-level martial soul-the Myriad Souls Banner! God-level spiritual power! Divine king godhood qualification!] [As the disciple of the "First Master," Shui Bing'er receives the following rewards: Soul Power Level increased by 3! One Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for a random location!]
As the string of rewards appeared in the Firmament, the beings of the Douluo Continent were all numb.
How were these rewards? This was practically the Firmament forcibly creating gods.
The Star Dou Great Forest, the Lake of Life.
"These rewards... I'm taking flight!" Ye Wuchen was wild with joy inwardly.
The Firmament had dropped a Million-Year Soul Ring and divine king godhood straight into his lap.
Beside him, the Snow Empress and Shui Bing'er were likewise overwhelmed with surprise and delight by the rewards.
As Ye Wuchen's master and disciple, they could also "hitch a ride" and obtain lavish rewards.
Disbelief gleamed in the Snow Empress's beautiful ice-blue eyes.
Another hundred thousand years of cultivation-for a ferocious beast at her level, this was a blessing one could encounter but never seek out.
And there was also the divine artifact that could stabilize her ice and snow godhood-the Heart of the Ice God!
The first to descend were Ye Wuchen's rewards.
A blue-gold Soul Ring descended from the sky and hovered above Ye Wuchen's head.
A Million-Year Soul Ring!
The energy contained within this Soul Ring was vast to an outrageous degree.
Ye Wuchen took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, sat cross-legged, and guided the Million-Year Soul Ring into his body.
Supported by his yin-yang complementary dual soul cores, together with his Sea of Consciousness expanded by gold of life, Ye Wuchen absorbed this Million-Year Soul Ring smoothly and swiftly.
The Heavenly Snow Woman's Ninth Soul Ring, at the million-year level!
Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red, blue-gold!
Ye Wuchen's level 90 Soul Power surged under the impact of this Soul Ring's energy.
Level 91, level 92, level 93, level 94!
Just by absorbing a single Million-Year Soul Ring, Ye Wuchen's Soul Power soared to level 94.
Yet the rewards had only just begun.
The "Soul Power Level +5" bestowed by the Firmament transformed into pure energy that surged through Ye Wuchen's limbs and bones.
Ultimately, Ye Wuchen's Soul Power settled firmly at level 99.
A twenty-four-year-old level 99 Peerless Douluo!
Ye Wuchen became the youngest Titled Douluo on the Douluo Continent, as well as its youngest Peerless Douluo.
He had even broken through all the way from level 90 to level 99 on the very same day.
Only the Firmament's rewards could accomplish this; otherwise, not even a deity could have done so.
At this moment, terrifying pressure radiated from Ye Wuchen's entire body.
A crystal-clear longsword emanating bone-piercing cold solidified in Ye Wuchen's hand.
The blade seemed forged from divine ice, with ice-blue light flowing along its edge.
That chill capable of freezing everything made even the Snow Empress beside him sense danger.
The Ice-Attribute Sword-Type Super Divine Artifact-the Eternal Abyss Sword of Perpetual Silence!
"What a fine sword!" Ye Wuchen tightened his grip on the Super Divine Artifact, feeling the power of extreme divine cold within it, and the chill radiating from his body grew even more biting.
Standing nearby, Gu Yuena watched the Super Divine Artifact in Ye Wuchen's hand, her breathtaking face alight with shifting brilliance.
As half of the Dragon God, she naturally understood what a Super Divine Artifact meant.
It was a supreme treasure that could make even Divine Kings red-eyed with envy.
Not every Divine King in the Divine Realm possessed a Super Divine Artifact.
Just as Ye Wuchen was immersed in the increase in strength brought by the Firmament's rewards, the Snow Empress's bonus rewards slowly descended.
A dazzling pillar of ice-blue light enveloped the Snow Empress's voluptuous, perfect figure.
Her cultivation surged by one hundred thousand years, reaching the nine-hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year level.
At the same time, an ice crystal that emitted soft blue light and pulsed like a heart merged into the space between the Snow Empress's brows.
The divine artifact-the Heart of the Ice God!
Nourished by the divine artifact, the Snow Empress's ice and snow godhood grew even more stable.
She could clearly feel that she was only one final step away from the legendary god level.
She needed only another fifty thousand years of cultivation to shatter the curse preventing soul beasts from becoming gods and ascend to godhood.
Ye Wuchen's rewards as the "First Master" descended.
A dark, fathomless ray of light fell from the Firmament, entering directly between Ye Wuchen's brows.
In his left palm, an ancient, pitch-black banner bearing endless deathly cold and soul pressure appeared-his second god-level martial soul, the Myriad Souls Banner!
Next came god-level spiritual power. Ye Wuchen's Sea of Consciousness rapidly expanded, crossing the limits of Soul Masters and truly entering the divine domain.
And deep within his soul, a supreme golden mark quietly condensed.
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