Chapter 18: A Turning Point — Straight to Titled Douluo!
[Due to the Water Dragon King's attribute, its divine ring was ice-gold in color—crystal-clear like translucent ice, yet mixed with streaks of gold.]
[After comprehending the changes within yourself, you began searching for suitable prey in the Frozen Forest.]
[You wandered around aimlessly and gradually fell into confusion.]
[Your soul power appeared to be at rank sixty, but in truth, it was far higher. You had no clear idea what your exact soul power level actually was.]
[There was still an enormous amount of energy within your body—vast, absorbable energy. You estimated that once it was fully refined, you could break through to Titled Douluo.]
[There were many ten-thousand-year soul beasts in the Frozen Forest, but you couldn't bring yourself to care about beasts in the twenty-to-thirty-thousand-year range.]
[Soul rings of this level were no longer qualified to become your soul rings.]
[You possessed a true ice-and-fire alchemy body. After a brief moment of thought, you decided to venture deeper!]
The Extreme North!
Wang Li: "..."
Go on, keep pushing it—keep pushing it. Sooner or later, you'll push yourself to death!!
Was this really necessary? Wasn't this a bit too inflated?
He, Wang Li, was also incredibly powerful now, yet you didn't see him being even the slightest bit arrogant.
Every step he took was like walking on thin ice…
[You crossed the Frozen Forest and arrived at the outer perimeter of the Extreme North. You lost your sense of direction amid the boundless snowfields.]
[You strolled through the Extreme North, actively avoiding conflict with weaker soul beasts.]
[A young Ice Bear blocked your path. You beat the little Ice Bear up.]
Wang Li: "..."
The Ice Bear clan was a major race in the Extreme North. Within their clan existed a ferocious beast ancestor—one that even acknowledged the Snow Empress as its mother…
Such an existence could hardly be considered weak.
[You continued wandering through the Far North and encountered an Ice Jade Scorpion. Its age was too low, so you ignored it.]
[You kept wandering, heading deeper and deeper into the Extreme North…]
[By sheer accident, you fell into a cavern…]
Wang Li: "A familiar plotline—don't tell me it's…?"
During the third simulation, his simulated self had also fallen into a cavern and obtained a massive amount of Manifold Mysterious Ice Essences.
[You stared wide-eyed at a gigantic ice silkworm…]
"???"
[You recognized the ice silkworm—it was none other than the future Tianmeng. At this point, it already possessed over nine hundred thousand years of cultivation, only a single step away from breaking through to one million years.]
[This final step might require tens of thousands of years to cross.]
[It was preparing to break through the ice layer and leave the cavern when you suddenly smashed down onto its head, startling it badly.]
[Your eyes lit up as you stared fixedly at the Tianmeng Iceworm. Though it had little actual combat strength, its soul ring age was absurdly high!]
[Moreover, its origin energy could even increase the age of your earlier soul rings.]
[You began to deceive—no, sincerely invite—the Tianmeng Iceworm to join the God-Making Plan.]
[Tianmeng didn't believe you. You fought it and beat it soundly.]
[Tianmeng possessed immense soul power but almost no combat ability, and despite having ice-attribute immunity, it was still no match for you.]
[You released the pressure of the two Dragon Kings. Tianmeng finally believed you, but it raised one condition—you had to bring the Ice Empress along!]
[You didn't hesitate at all and immediately agreed, swearing an oath upon the Dragon God…]
Wang Li: "Swearing on the Dragon God—what the hell?!"
That kind of thing only works on Tianmeng Iceworm. No other soul beast would ever believe it.
At this point, Tianmeng was not yet the Tianmeng of later years. It had almost no contact with the outside world—pure and innocent like a blank sheet of paper.
That was precisely why the simulated Wang Li could successfully fool—convince—it.
[Tianmeng did not hesitate and became your intelligent soul ring. During the fusion, the energy within your body merged with it, unexpectedly allowing it to break through to the million-year level ahead of time!]
[This delighted Tianmeng beyond measure and made you suck in a sharp breath of cold air. Not only did you obtain Tianmeng's soul ring, but you also gained a million-year head soul bone!]
[As for a martial soul—there was none. You already possessed two extremely powerful martial souls, and Tianmeng did not do anything unnecessary.]
[You… broke through!]
[Your soul power level leapt from sixty to seventy!]
[Your soul ring ages underwent a transformation!]
[Red, red, red, red, ice-gold, white.]
[Although Tianmeng Iceworm was a million-year soul beast, it did not possess divine power. Therefore, its soul ring was "white." Once it gained divine power, the soul ring would evolve into white-gold.]
[Following the route provided by Tianmeng, you found the Ice Empress. You and Tianmeng worked together to persuade her, and she likewise transformed into your intelligent soul ring.]
[You… broke through again!]
[Your soul power reached rank eighty!]
[The three of you shamelessly—seamlessly—worked together and found the Snow Empress. You convinced her, and the Ice Bear King, Xiao Bai, became your eighth soul ring.]
"???"
So they convinced the Snow Empress, yet Ice Bear King Xiao Bai ended up as the eighth soul ring instead.
[You broke through yet again!]
[Your soul power reached rank eighty-seven!]
[The Snow Empress gave instructions to the Titan Snow Demon King, then transformed into human form and followed you to the human world. You returned to Sky Water Academy.]
[This year, you turned fourteen.]
[You had been gone for nearly two years. Your adoptive mother was extremely worried. Upon seeing you again, she had intended to give you a stern look—but then she noticed the Snow Empress behind you.]
[You hurriedly explained that Snow Empress was a very powerful senior and that your relationship was not that kind of relationship.]
[Shui Muwan smiled without saying much.]
[You settled down at Sky Water Academy. This place has always been your home.]
[The Snow Empress waited for you to break through to Titled Douluo, while you calmly refined the energy within your body.]
[Given enough time, breaking through to Titled Douluo was a foregone conclusion.]
[One year later, after refining most of the energy within your body, you successfully broke through to the Titled Douluo level. You and the Snow Empress headed toward the Extreme North.]
[The Snow Empress became your intelligent soul ring. Your mind was now lively enough to fill an entire table. You broke through yet again…]
[After fusing with the Snow Empress, your soul power rank reached ninety-six!]
[At this point, you possessed the Water Dragon King's right arm divine bone, the Fire Dragon King's left arm divine bone, the million-year Tianmeng Iceworm head soul bone, the four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor torso soul bone, the seven-hundred-thousand-year Snow Empress left leg soul bone, and the two-hundred-thousand-year Ice Bear King right leg soul bone.]
[When Ice Empress and Snow Empress fused with you, due to the intervention of Tianmeng Iceworm's origin, they both broke through as well.]
[Six-piece divine set—complete!]
[You arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest. You killed the gatekeeper beasts, Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape. Your second martial soul obtained two soul rings, and your soul power level rose once more.]
[You reached rank ninety-seven!]
[You ambushed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Although it only had around sixty thousand years of cultivation, you still chose to absorb its soul ring—you had your eye on its Evil God Pearl!]
Wang Li: "..."
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