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Because this "Blue Silver Emperor" soul ring was tailored specifically to Ye Lan's ultimate physical limits, and because it was formed from the voluntary contribution of Blue Silver Soul Power by the grass itself, the absorption process was entirely different from before.
Compared to the previous one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, Ye Lan felt absolutely no pain during the absorption. On the contrary, it was an extremely comfortable experience.
As he absorbed the ring, Ye Lan could feel a wave of pious worship and devotion emanating from the endless Blue Silver Grass.
Inside his "Spiritual World," after observing his Martial Soul, "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life," absorb the Blue Silver Soul Power, Ye Lan shifted his focus to observing the interplay between his internal Martial Soul and the external red soul ring.
At this moment, the "Bloodline Factors" of the soul ring and the "Bloodline Factors" of his Martial Soul were intertwining.
As the soul ring was being absorbed, the soul power contained within it was simultaneously being ingested by his Martial Soul.
The solid-state soul power inside the ring was first converted into liquid soul power, and then further transformed into a gaseous state to match the soul power within Ye Lan's dantian. Furthermore, Ye Lan discovered that during this transition from solid to liquid and then to gas, the "Bloodline Factors"—essentially the "distribution structure of soul power particles"—were being fundamentally altered.
After this gaseous Blue Silver Soul Power passed through the transit station that was his "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" Martial Soul, a massive amount of "Blue Silver Soul Power" was converted into a tiny, concentrated amount of "Radiant Life Ultimate Soul Power."
This discovery led Ye Lan to understand why the soul power of soul beasts did not conflict with human soul power when humans absorbed soul rings.
It turned out that through the conversion process of the Martial Soul, the beast soul power within the ring is transformed into the type of soul power most suitable for the Martial Soul. In this way, the beast's energy creates no conflict with the human's energy.
In the instant the "Solid Blue Silver Soul Power" was converted into "Radiant Life Ultimate Soul Power," this energy was once again absorbed by the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life." During this absorption, Ye Lan noticed that the quality of this converted soul power was far more condensed and substantial than the Ultimate Soul Power currently sitting in his dantian.
If the soul power in his dantian was level fifty, then this wisp of converted limit-breaking soul power was at the level of a level fifty-one Soul King.
When the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" absorbed this wisp of limit-breaking soul power, Ye Lan once again heard the sound of his Martial Soul shattering—the same sound he heard when he absorbed the "Blue God Prophet" soul ring.
At this moment, the upper limit of the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" was unsealed, and Ye Lan simultaneously sensed the loosening of the bottleneck to the next realm.
In other words, that single wisp of limit soul power stimulated the Martial Soul, leading directly to the unsealing of the Martial Soul.
Simultaneous with the unsealing of the Martial Soul, the "Bloodline Factors" of that soul ring were also undergoing drastic changes.
Since the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" had already reached its evolutionary limit, the "120,000-year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring" could not change the essence of the Martial Soul even slightly.
However, the "Bloodline Factors" of the 120,000-year ring were trending towards the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life." Although it was impossible for them to match the Martial Soul's factors perfectly, the ring's factors had undeniably changed.
Ye Lan guessed that this was the reason for "Soul Skill Self-Selection"—the ability to choose a skill from the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" skill library.
A soul skill is the result of the combination of a soul beast's bloodline factors and a Martial Soul's bloodline factors. The soul skill is dominated by the Martial Soul, and since Ye Lan's Martial Soul was exceptionally powerful, it was inevitable that the soul ring's bloodline factors would shift to mimic the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life."
This could also be seen in his other soul skills; their bloodline factors had all begun to invariably trend towards the bloodline factors of the "Radiant Life."
As the bloodline factors of the ring and the soul merged continuously, Ye Lan found that after the majority of the soul power was converted into "Radiant Life Ultimate Soul Power," it was all absorbed by his Martial Soul.
As the Martial Soul continued to absorb the power within the ring, its physical form began to grow slowly. Ye Lan knew this was a qualitative change from "Soul Ancestor-level Blue Silver Grass" to "Soul King-level Blue Silver Grass."
Because there wasn't a vast amount of solid soul power inside the ring, after the "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" grew by thirty percent and evolved to level fifty-one, the solid soul power within the ring was completely exhausted.
(Note: The soul ring obtained from the "Blue Silver Awakening" ritual does not increase the level by much, raising it by only one rank. In the original work, Tang San absorbed the first fifty levels—including two levels of stored power, making it fifty-two—and was fifty-three after absorption. Therefore, the limit-year soul ring obtained through the "Blue Silver Forest" can only increase the level by one.)
At this point, Ye Lan's Martial Soul had evolved to level fifty-one, but the soul power in his dantian remained at level fifty.
Ye Lan then sensed a change occurring in the soul power within his dantian; this energy began to flow toward his Martial Soul.
After flowing through the level fifty-one "Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life" Martial Soul, this soul power transformed into level fifty-one soul power.
Approximately one hundred units of level fifty soul power were converted into seventy-seven units of level fifty-one soul power.
After committing all the changes that occurred during the absorption to memory, Ye Lan finally turned his attention to the "Blue Silver Forest" around him.
He discovered that the nearby Blue Silver Grass was now fifty times larger than when he first arrived in the forest.
Within a two-hundred-meter radius of the center where Ye Lan sat, the Blue Silver Grass had evolved from mere years or decades of cultivation to hundreds or even thousands of years.
The Blue Silver Grass outside the "Natural Domain" also received a five-fold increase, with most evolving into decades-old or century-old grass.
Now, the "Blue Silver Forest" lived up to its name; it was truly a Blue Silver Ocean!
Standing in the very center of this ocean, Ye Lan felt his spiritual power slowly increasing.
The moment Ye Lan finished absorbing the soul ring marked the end of the "Blue Silver Awakening" ritual.
The "Blue Silver King" and the "Blue Silver Emperor" awoke from their evolution with a start.
The moment the Blue Silver King woke up, he immediately shouted, "Lord God!!! Little Tree's admiration for you is like the surging waters of the Heavenly River, endless and unceasing! You are the benevolent, kind, supreme, and strongest God of the 'Blue Silver Clan'! You are the first ray of light in the universe! You..."
"Stop! Stop, stop!!" Ye Lan hurriedly waved his hand. This "Blue Silver King" was too ridiculous; his flattery was making Ye Lan embarrassed.
Silver Wolf laughed loudly. "Little Lan, forget about going back to Spirit Hall, just stay here and call yourself a God!"
"Uncle Wolf, I'm only a Soul King. Becoming a God is still a long way off," Ye Lan said, sweating slightly.
"It's only a matter of time," Silver Wolf sighed with emotion.
Ye Lan's talent refreshed his worldview time and time again. In Silver Wolf's opinion, even the legendary gods probably couldn't compare to Ye Lan when they were at the Soul King stage.
"I'll borrow your auspicious words, Uncle Wolf," Ye Lan said helplessly.
He then looked at the "Blue Silver King" and Ah Yin, asking curiously, "How much have you grown?"
"Lord God, I am now a ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine-year-old Blue Silver King!" The Blue Silver King said with incomparable excitement. This was exactly why he worshipped the Lord God so much.
Moreover, for some reason, after regaining consciousness, the Blue Silver King felt his connection to the Lord God was even tighter, and he acknowledged Ye Lan's status as the "God of Blue Silver" even more profoundly.
Ah Yin felt the same way as the Blue Silver King. At this moment, Ye Lan seemed to have truly become her only God, and she was merely the Lord's humble maidservant.
Ah Yin didn't dare look directly into Ye Lan's eyes and stammered, "Lo... Lord, my cultivation has reached thirty thousand years. Lord, you are truly too amazing!"
Ye Lan nodded with satisfaction. If Ah Yin were not still present, the "Blue Silver King" would likely have already become a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.
However, a cultivation of 99,999 years was sufficient. Protecting this group of thousand-year and hundred-year Blue Silver Grass would not be difficult for him.
Ah Yin's improvement was also terrifying, growing by twenty thousand years in a single bound.
Looking at the Blue Silver Grass covering the ground and the nearly hundred-thousand-year-old "Blue Silver King," as the "God of the Blue Silver Clan," he could not simply ignore them.
After all, Tang Hao had been here. Since Tang San had already received the Asura God's trials, his strength would undoubtedly increase rapidly.
Therefore, he could not leave these Blue Silver Grass here; he had to migrate them.
Using the "Natural Domain," Ye Lan informed the Blue Silver King of the location of the "Sunset Forest" and the "Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well," then said, "Little Tree, your next task is to escort the Blue Silver subjects to this location. The 'Blue Silver Forest' has already been discovered by Tang Hao and his son; you are not safe here. When migrating, remember to use your mass camouflage skill to avoid detection by soul beasts and humans."
"Yes, Lord God. Your humble subject guarantees the mission will be completed!" The Blue Silver King swayed his trunk and patted his chest in assurance.
After Ye Lan finished his instructions, the Blue Silver King's body shone with dazzling blue light. Subsequently, the endless Blue Silver Grass within the forest began to blend seamlessly with the environment.
Then, this Blue Silver Army began its march toward the "Sunset Forest." They moved slowly; arriving at the "Sunset Forest" and the "Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well" might take several months.
But as long as they left this place, free from Tang Hao's threat, they would be safe.
Silver Wolf watched in amazement as the "Blue Silver Ocean" blended into the environment with extreme speed after the subjects were settled. If these "Blue Silver Grass" were to participate in a war, they would likely be an extremely formidable force.
Silver Wolf looked expectantly at Ye Lan's fifth red soul ring and sighed, "Little Lan, your current strength must be absolutely ridiculous, right? I didn't expect you to obtain another hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and I fear the age of this ring isn't just one hundred thousand years."
The trembling body of the Blue Silver Emperor also represented the unrest in her heart. This was the talent of the "God of the Blue Silver Clan"!
Ah Yin had not expected that the age of the soul ring condensed by her Lord would already surpass her cultivation from her previous life. Furthermore, through the Lord's domain and awakening aura, the subjects in the "Blue Silver Forest" had all evolved. Instead of draining the forest's foundation accumulated over the years, they had gained even more.
Ah Yin felt happy for these Blue Silver Grasses. Presumably, these subjects, like her, would recognize the Lord even more now.
"Uncle Wolf, your perception is correct. This soul ring has reached the limit of my body. It is a 120,000-year soul ring, and the soul skills it grants me are terrifying."
"The first skill allows the 'Blue Silver Grass' to continue growing larger and increases life force."
"The second skill solves the side effects of my fourth soul ring and grants me area-of-effect Life Attribute damage!" Ye Lan said excitedly.
"Sure enough, my guess that you are the illegitimate child of the Goddess of Luck was not wrong! And based on what I know of you, these two soul skills are definitely not as simple as you described," Silver Wolf remarked.
"Hehe, you're making me blush. Since there's no one around, I'll take this opportunity to test the characteristics of the new soul skills," Ye Lan said.
"Good, let Uncle Wolf witness the strength of the strongest Soul King in history!" Silver Wolf said with anticipation.
Ah Yin also began to stare unblinkingly at her Lord. The stronger the soul skill the "Blue Silver Clan" contributed to the Lord, the more consolidated the Clan's position would be in his heart.
[Ye Lan's Status & Ability Review]
Before the test, Ye Lan activated his "Eight-Faced Exquisite Heart," "Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart," and "Consciousness Acceleration" to organize his abilities, ensuring he wouldn't miss any details in the upcoming test.
Current Status: After obtaining the fifth soul ring, his Martial Soul level reached Level 51 (Soul King). Martial Soul: Blue Silver Grass – Radiant Life. Attributes: Ultimate Life, Ultimate Light, Ultimate Water.
Base Capabilities:
Combat Blue Silver Grass: Base health increased by another 30% over the Soul Ancestor base. Size increased by 30%. Summonable units increased from 45 to 54.
Immunities: Due to the Three Ultimate Attributes and consuming the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, he possesses immunity to Light, Fire, Water, Ice, and Poison attributes.
Attribute Conversion: Can convert internal Combat Blue Silver Grass energy into Ultimate Water and Ultimate Light energy.
Life Conversion: Can convert Blue Silver Grass into life force to boost his own health regeneration.
Mental Cultivation: Can increase spiritual power through mimicry cultivation and enter the "Plant Consciousness World" to obtain plant self-information.
Cultivation Efficiency: High efficiency; daily cultivation requirements are met in just two hours.
Soul Bones (6 Total):
External: Tentacles of the Ancient Beast.
Right Hand: Pseudo-God Level Water Dragon King Claw.
Left Eye: Pseudo-God Level Golden Dragon Pupil - Fiery Eyes of Truth (Left).
Right Eye: Pseudo-God Level Golden Dragon Pupil - Fiery Eyes of Truth (Right).
Body: 100,000-Year Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone.
Right Arm: Pseudo-God Level Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone. (Note: Pseudo-God Level bones scale in age with Ye Lan's overall strength, up to God King level.)
Self-Created Soul Skills:
Soul Power Limit Attachment Method: Excavating the limit of soul power attachment to improve control and efficiency (100% limit). Improved via his first soul skill "I Want to Grow Up" to sense all meridians, increasing his limit to 130% (Normal masters are ~75%).
Instant Step (Shunpo): High-frequency ground stomping to store power in leg muscles, releasing it for instant propulsion akin to teleportation.
Sound Move: Compressing and releasing massive soul power based on external release principles for teleportation-like movement.
Meteor: Compressing massive soul power in the arms for a powerful explosive attack.
Blood Armor: Requires "Limit Attachment." Attaches massive soul power to blood, speeding up flow to harden muscles and increase defense.
Blood Armor (Complete Form): Requires "Blood Armor" + "Massive Vitality." Used on the whole body, boiling the blood. Consumes massive amounts of blood to boost overall stats.
Solar Furnace: Converts Blue Silver Grass to Ultimate Light. Uses compression to generate powerful light attacks or power other light skills.
Blue Silver Armament: Multi-thread control to cover the body in Blue Silver Grass for defense.
Golden Pupil: Requires "Limit Attachment." Grants True Sight, ignores illusions, and dynamic vision.
Golden Dragon Pupil: True World Vision, Soul Power Particle Perception.
Golden Gaze: Mental attack skill gained from Yearning for Love herb. Based on Spirit/Eye power. Same-level priority, no backlash.
Dragon Might: Qualitative change to "Golden Gaze" via Golden Dragon Pupils. Deals 5x Spirit Damage.
Form of the Formless: "Formless Matter" from spiritual awakening. Can transform into any shape; strength scales with spirit.
Flash: Uses "Form of the Formless" to create arcs, altering air flow and fixing accelerated soul particles. Gold effect. Speed +150%.
Perfect Water Shield: Uses "Form of the Formless" + "Ultimate Water" for omnidirectional shielding. Resists elemental/mental attacks. Grants mental stealth.
Isolation Barrier: Uses "Formless" + "Water" + "Light" to absorb light and sound inside, creating a zone invisible and inaudible to the outside.
Origin Light (Sense the Serenity of Light): Converts all grass to Ultimate Light, condensing a "White Hole." Massive Light damage.
Boundless Billows (Witness the Vastness of the Azure): Converts all grass to Ultimate Water, condensing a tsunami shockwave. Massive Water damage.
Soul Bone Skills:
Soul Power Boost: Ancient Beast Tentacles. +50% Soul Power.
Eight-Faced Exquisite Heart: Adds 8 external processing brains.
Water Flame: Ancient Beast Tentacles Form 2. Mecha-style hydro-thermal thrusters for flight.
Gravity Mire: Instantly alters gravity in a range (up to 20x increase).
Titan Firmament Breaker: Compresses air into terrifying energy. 5x Strength damage.
Dragon God Claw (Ultimate Ice): Taught by Dragon God, combined with Water Dragon King's understanding. 10x Ice damage. Evolvable.
Boundless Ocean: Domain skill. AoE Water damage. Slows enemies by 30%. Disables enemy displacement skills within the domain.
Death Ray: Condenses Ultimate Fire into a beam. 10x Fire energy damage.
Consciousness Acceleration: Accelerates thought processing by 100x.
Ultimate Conversion (Water to Ice): Water Dragon Claw ability.
Ultimate Conversion (Light to Fire): Golden Dragon Pupil ability.
Self-Learned Skills:
Distraction Control: Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart level (Control 7 things simultaneously).
Soul Ring Skills:
1st Ring: I Want to Grow Up
Absorbs solar energy to improve cultivation talent, martial soul quality, and life force bonuses. Each stage increases by 100%. Time required increases by 30% per stage.
Current: Talent at Innate Level 20 (Max), Martial Soul at Double Ultimate (Max), Life Force +800% (Next stage: 800 days).
2nd Ring: Blue God Prophet
Adds Water attribute to Martial Soul. Total Life Bonus +50% (Boosted to 100% and Ultimate Water via Immortal Herbs).
Active: Combines 3 "Combat Blue Silver Grass" into 1 "Blue Silver Priest." HP = Sum of parts. Can attack autonomously, sense Ye Lan's will, and acts as a summon unit.
3rd Ring: Life Sharing
Within consciousness range, HP of life units can be shared.
Mechanism: Shared Total HP = Sum of all linked units. Total HP can be transferred to any unit. When a unit is attacked, damage is transferred to the Shared Pool (calculated based on the attacked unit's defense). As long as Shared Pool > 0, linked units refuse to die. If Pool = 0, all die.
Note: Summon units count as life units. Injuries transfer; Status Effects (Stun, Knock-up) do not transfer and still apply.
4th Ring:
Titan Divine Body: "Combat Blue Silver Grass" gains Titan Bloodline power (50% of HP converts to Strength). Strength scales with size.
Active: Activates "Titan Divine Body" for a target. Consumes 2% Total HP/sec. Size and strength grow based on Total HP. Cancels below 10% HP.
Titanification: Blue Silver Grass size +100%.
Active: All grass goes berserk. Attack Speed +100%, Size massively increased.
5th Ring (Exclusive Blue Silver Soul Ring - Scales with Ye Lan):
Grow Bigger Quickly: Bond with Blue Silver Clan deepens.
Active: Increases "Blue Silver Unit" total size by 100%, HP by 100%.
Note: Summons count as Blue Silver Clan. HP bonus is a separate multiplier.
Blue Silver Sublimation: Where "Radiant Life" exists, grass growth speed is 10x.
Active: Activates "Blue Silver Sublimation" for the clan. Size +100%. HP +100%. Recovers 2% Total HP/sec. Deals Life Attribute Damage equal to the recovery amount per second (Range depends on size). Every 50% HP recovered deals an additional burst of 50% Life Damage.
Note: Ye Lan is recognized as the "God of Blue Silver."
Domains:
Natural Domain: Blue Silver Grass HP +50% within range (Separate multiplier). All natural life grows 10x faster. Can slowly respawn via any natural life. Consciousness communication with all natural life.
Martial Soul Fusion Skills:
Twelve-Winged Origin Angel (with Qian Renxue):
Resets all states. Transforms into God-King level "Twelve-Winged Origin Angel."
Attributes: Ultimate Light, Fire, Life, Holy.
Origin Domain:
Forbidden: Disables enemy domains below God Level.
Balance: Self stats +20%, Enemy stats -20%.
Purification: Melts 1% of enemy energy (Soul/Mental/Divine) per second.
Solidification: Cleanses self-debuffs 10 times/sec.
Abilities: "Eye of the Sun" (Shared vision with the sun), "Origin Sacred Sword" (Infinite range light blade; where light shines, judgment falls), "Divinity Cannot Be Watched" (Memory of the form erased unless directly observed).
God Skill: Sealed.
Nine Heart Sacred Armor (with Ye Lengleng):
Gains armor "Nine Heart Sacred Armor." Infinite duration. Can cancel at will.
Trait 1: Gains all of Ye Lengleng's soul power and skills.
Trait 2: Infinite Recovery (Regenerates 20% Total Soul Power/sec).
Status: Unlocked.
(End of Chapter)