"So my grandson will be able to become a god someday?!"
Lin Qingze looked at Yu Tianling proudly.
"That's right. I will definitely become a god!"
Yu Tianling showed not the slightest modesty, his words brimming with confidence.
"Good, good, good!"
Lin Qingze was absolutely delighted. Usually so composed and calm, he now grinned from ear to ear.
Yu Tianling did not interrupt him. Only after a good while did he ask, "Grandfather, how effective was the immortal herb I had Ghost Elder bring back after you took it?"
Seeing that Yu Tianling had brought him up, Lin Qingze did not rush to answer. Instead, he stood and directly revealed his Martial Soul and Soul Rings.
In an instant, Lin Qingze completed Martial Soul Possession. Two yellow, two purple, and four black Soul Rings floated around him, eight in total.
"Thanks to that immortal herb, I broke straight through Level 80. After obtaining a Soul Ring with the academy teachers' help, I reached Level 87 directly. In another few years, I should be able to break through Level 90 and become a Titled Douluo."
As he spoke, Lin Qingze's words were full of anticipation for the future.
That was a Titled Douluo, one of the very highest ranks on the entire continent.
He had thought he would remain a Seven-Ring Soul Sage his entire life. He had never imagined that he would now be able to touch the threshold of Titled Douluo.
After his demonstration, Lin Qingze continued chatting with Yu Tianling.
Three years later.
On Spirit City's shopping streets, three young people wandered about, two girls and one boy. The boy was handsome and the girls beautiful, leaving countless onlookers green with envy.
The only boy wore a black robe and looked less than eighteen. An ordinary ring adorned his finger, and his long, silvery-white hair fell down his back. His features were refined and his expression aloof, drawing repeated backward glances from the women along the way.
If the boy drew women's eyes, the girls on either side of him drew the eyes of men and women alike.
The two girls appeared to be four or five years apart in age. The girl holding the boy's left arm looked only seventeen or eighteen. Dressed in a pure white dress, she was infinitely charming, her every word and movement steeped in allure.
The girl holding his right arm was even more eye-catching. Long black hair fell over her shoulders, and her features were exquisitely delicate. She stood around 1.6 meters tall, with exceptionally fair skin and an extremely voluptuous figure, into which the boy's right arm was currently nestled deep.
These three were none other than Yu Tianling, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing three years later. Having finished his day's cultivation and finding himself with nothing to do, Yu Tianling had come out to accompany the two girls shopping.
Over these three years, Yu Tianling had long since completed the third trial of the God of War's Nine Trials, earning a reward of twenty percent God of War affinity. He was now due to undertake the sixth trial.
"The fourth trial of the God of War's Nine Trials: defeat a Titled Douluo."
After breaking through to Soul Emperor, Yu Tianling had fought his grandfather, who had advanced to Titled Douluo. Relying on his sixth Soul Ring, over ninety thousand years old, he had barely defeated him, then received ten percent God of War affinity and a thousand-year increase to the age of every Soul Ring.
"The fifth trial of the God of War's Nine Trials: defeat Bibi Dong within one day while she is restricted to using six Soul Rings."
It had to be said that Bibi Dong was truly powerful. Even restricted to her first six Soul Skills, a Bibi Dong who did not hold back and had not gone mad was certainly not someone an ordinary Six-Ring Soul Emperor could handle. Even a massive cheat like Yu Tianling had only won in the final few hours.
Of course, since the fifth trial of the God of War's Nine Trials was so difficult, its reward was naturally extraordinary. Through it, Yu Tianling obtained his first great domain-the God of War Domain.
The God of War Domain increased his presence, boosted his side's combat strength by fifty percent, and weakened the enemy's combat strength by ten percent. Within the domain, his side's will to fight grew firmer, while the enemy's convictions wavered.
With the God of War Domain, Yu Tianling could practically be called a weapon of war. With buffs like these applied, what could the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire possibly use to win?
After learning of Yu Tianling's reward for the fifth trial, Bibi Dong was also utterly astonished. Inwardly, she was gradually leaning toward the belief that the God of War was a First-Level God.
Now that Yu Tianling had reached the sixth trial of the God of War's Nine Trials, he planned to set out for Slaughter City in a few days and obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain as soon as possible.
"The sixth trial of the God of War's Nine Trials: enter Slaughter City and obtain Divine Slaughter's Domain."
He had never worried about whether he could emerge safely from Slaughter City. In his dictionary, he would always be victorious in battle!
"Ling, I've already broken through Level 30. Take me to get my third Soul Ring."
Zhu Zhuqing tilted her head up slightly and spoke to Yu Tianling beside her.
"Qing'er reached Level 30 so soon?!"
Hu Liena looked particularly shocked at Zhu Zhuqing's words.
She knew that Zhu Zhuqing was not even eleven yet. Without the help of an immortal herb, she had actually broken through Level 30 and only needed to obtain a Soul Ring to become a Soul Elder.
Leaving aside a freak like Yu Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing's speed surely put her in first place.
"All right. Tomorrow, after I let Master know, I'll take you to the Star Dou Great Forest to get a Soul Ring. While we're at it, we'll see whether we can make your Martial Soul undergo a second evolution."
In stark contrast to Hu Liena's surprise, Yu Tianling remained calm upon hearing this, as though he had anticipated everything long ago.
Over these three years, he knew all too well how hard Zhu Zhuqing had worked. Ever since learning from him that, after she reached Level 30, they would test whether he could make her Martial Soul evolve, she had been especially eager for that day to arrive soon. Thus, she seized every day to cultivate without letting up.
She truly was a second Yu Tianling, persisting for three years. More than once during that time, she had cultivated excessively, and only after Yu Tianling used his own Soul Power to nourish her body had she finally recovered. It was through all this that she reached Level 30 before turning eleven.
"Mm, whatever you say, Ling."
After hearing Yu Tianling's words, Zhu Zhuqing nodded docilely.
The group then continued wandering aimlessly outside. Wrapped in tenderness, Yu Tianling could not help feeling somewhat reflective.
In the original story, Zhu Zhuqing had only escaped from home at eleven, so for a long time, she had worn a coldness that came from deep within, without a trace of vitality in her eyes.
But now, after following Yu Tianling to Spirit City, she lived and studied happily and fulfillingly every day, so her current temperament was like that of a docile little kitten.
Of course, that was only by Yu Tianling's side. Before others, she still wore an icy protective camouflage. Otherwise, she would have had no way to keep studying at Spirit Hall Academy, with men constantly coming to pester her and trying to get close to her.
Early the next morning, Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Yu Tianling's residence.
"Have you brought everything?"
"Mm!"
After receiving the girl's affirmative answer, Yu Tianling took her hand and boarded the carriage he had ordered prepared early that morning. They then headed straight toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
Their target this time was a dark-attribute Soul Beast Yu Tianling had already picked out long ago. This type of Soul Beast was most abundant in the Star Dou Great Forest, the largest Soul Beast forest.