Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 397 Breakthrough, Title Douluo

"This dragon scale soul bone is primarily for illusion and secondarily for destiny."

Lin Rong reached out and took the blue dragon scale in her hand, then pulled the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon over with her other hand and compared it to the reverse scale on its neck.

Nine-Bend Vine Dragon looked dazed, then turned its head to look over.

"The shape and size are the same, what a big surprise, it's even a sensitive spot."

This discovery brought a smile to Lin Rong's face, and the old butler beside him also showed heartfelt joy, not for any other reason than that he was happy that the young master had such an opportunity.

With this Reverse Scale Soul Bone, Lin Rong now possesses a total of nine Soul Bones.

Among them, six are regular soul bones:
The head and soul bones of the Azure Bamboo, and the torso bones of the Azure Bull Python;

The left arm bone of the Acacia Heartbreak Red, and the right arm bone of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng;
Thunderous Yama Vine's left leg bone, Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone.

Three external soul bones:

The Heart of Banyan Tree, the Emperor's Holy Spear, and the Reverse Scales of a Hidden Dragon.

In the world of Soul Masters, there is an ancient saying:

The benefits of soul rings and soul bones produced by the same soul beast can be maximized.

Of Lin Rong's nine soul bones, eight are connected to her own soul rings.

The first spirit ring and the heart of the banyan tree;
The second spirit ring and the spirit bone from the head of the Sky Green Bamboo;

The fourth spirit ring and the left leg bone of the Thunderous Hell Vine;
The sixth spirit ring and the Emperor's Holy Lance;
The seventh soul ring, along with the left arm bone of the Acacia Heartbreak Red and the right arm bone of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng;
The Eighth Soul Ring and the Torso Bones of the Azure Bull Python
The Ninth Soul Ring and the Hidden Dragon's Reverse Scale.

The only exception is the right leg bone of the Blue Silver Emperor, but the spirit beast of Lin Rong's sixth spirit ring is the 85,000-year-old Blue Silver King, which absorbed the bloodline essence of the Blue Silver Empress and evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor.

Both the Blue Silver King and the Blue Silver Empress are Blue Silver Grass, and the former evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor by absorbing the blood essence of the latter. Although the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone did not come from the same spirit beast as the sixth spirit ring, it was as if it came from the same spirit beast.

Seeing the Azure Dragon Soul Ring so close at hand, Lin Rong took a deep breath, activated the Marrow Cleansing Scripture to guide the Soul Ring to his body, and began to absorb it.

The ninth spirit ring is the last spirit ring in a spirit master's career, and it is the end of everything. Just as the first spirit ring is the starting point for a spirit master, it is extremely important.

Therefore, the eighth spirit ring can be given to the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon to absorb on his behalf, but the ninth spirit ring cannot. Moreover, this spirit ring also contains the power of destiny, so Lin Rong needs to personally absorb it in order to make the most of this power of destiny.

In the valley, the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon originally intended to continue wandering around outside, but the command that rang in its mind made it obediently return to its master's body.

Absorbing other spirit rings is acceptable, but the ninth spirit ring involves breaking through to the fourth realm of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture. Martial spirits are the foundation of the Douluo world, so no accidents can be tolerated.

Below the Azure Dragon Soul Ring, eight Soul Rings—four black and four red—floated rhythmically.

These eight spirit rings were originally five black and three red. In the past year or so, the fifth spirit ring, nurtured by the Tree of Life, successfully increased its age to 100,000 years.

The remaining four spirit rings are all over 50,000 years old, especially the fourth spirit ring, which is over 90,000 years old. It won't be long before it becomes his sixth 100,000-year spirit ring.

A sky-blue mist flowed around Lin Rong, and the illusory Reverse Scale of the Hidden Dragon also began to merge with him as Lin Rong absorbed the Hidden Dragon Soul Ring.

The elemental power of the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon also emerged:

Life, destruction, wood, wind, thunder, water, space, time.

Beyond the eight elements, as the Hidden Dragon Soul Ring gradually absorbs them, the power of illusion and the power of destiny also begin to merge with the power of these eight elements.

Of the ten elements, life and wood occupy the absolute core, followed by water, then destruction, wind, and thunder. Space, time, illusion, and fate are mixed together, enveloping the first six elements.

As the absorption and fusion of the Hidden Dragon Soul Ring and the Hidden Dragon Reverse Scale deepened, Lin Rong's aura became increasingly profound and heavy. The pressure of his soul power continuously impacted an invisible barrier, and the immense pressure caused the valley to shatter.

Affected by this, the floating island turtles frightened themselves and remained motionless.

The two people and one beast on its back were none of those beings it could afford to offend.

Lin Rong absorbed the pressure emanating from the soul ring and soul bone. The old steward and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, one a God of Light and the other a million-year soul beast, were naturally unaffected. However, the floating island turtle was just a small hundred-thousand-year soul beast, its small arms and legs unable to withstand the torment.

……

deep in consciousness.

Lin Rong was absorbing the Hidden Dragon Soul Ring by circulating the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, and somehow found himself in an unknown space.

Here, there is no bounds, no direction, no gravity, no temperature, no air...

"Outer space?"

As a time traveler, Lin Rong immediately recognized the name of her surroundings.

Although I wasn't an astronaut in my previous life and had never been to space, I had watched quite a few videos about space on the science channel.

To put it simply, it's like someone who's never eaten pork but has at least seen a pig run.
Lin Rong tried to summon his martial soul, but found that he had lost the connection with the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon. Not only the martial soul, but also the soul ring and soul bone could not be sensed.

Only the three abilities of mindset, mental clarity, and salvation bestowed upon him by the Marrow Cleansing Classic remained; otherwise, he would have truly believed that what happened to him in Douluo Continent was just a mirage.

“I didn’t appear here for no reason. I can’t use my martial soul, soul ring, or soul bone. Only the Marrow Cleansing Scripture can still be used. This should be the test space for breaking through to the fourth realm of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.”

Lin Rong calmed himself down and recalled the introduction to the fourth realm of the Marrow Cleansing Classic:
"A snap of the fingers transcends the beginningless": Through cultivation, practitioners can transcend the constraints of time and reach a state of transcendence.

"To transcend the constraints of time and reach a state of transcendence."

……

outside world.

The absorption of the soul ring and soul bone had ended, and Lin Rong had completely concealed his aura, but he remained motionless for a long time.

If you went up to check, you would find that he had not only stopped breathing, but his pulse had also stopped beating.

"suspended animation?"

The old steward was deeply worried upon seeing this.

He could sense that the young master was still alive, and he knew that the reason for this situation was because of another breakthrough in the Marrow Cleansing Classic.

However, the state of feigned death is also real. He was worried that if the young master failed to break through the final stage of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture within a certain time, this feigned death might turn into a real death.

The old steward was unaware that such a thing would happen during the breakthrough of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture. If he had known, he would definitely have advised the young master to give up cultivating the Marrow Cleansing Scripture.

But what's done is done, and it's too late to say anything. All he can do is pray silently.
"Young Master, you must succeed!"

(End of this chapter)