Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul, the Dragon Abyss Sword, has become its scabbard.

Chapter 239, Level 98!

"I will not break my promise, but..." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's voice was heavy as he looked at his enormous corpse.

It was truly bizarre to see one's own corpse from the perspective of a soul. Then, upon seeing the two deep-sea demon whales in front of his enormous body, the Deep-Sea Demon Whale King's expression was no longer so serious.

"It seems you had some plans beforehand." Ding Quan also saw the two deep-sea demon whales that appeared. Although they were different in size from the deep-sea demon whale king, they were still enormous creatures.

"That's only natural! I just didn't expect it to end like this."

"Isn't this good? Following us offers the chance to ascend to the realm of gods." Ding Quan's expression was solemn, and his terrifying spiritual power swept through, turning the surrounding water, which had begun to ripple, into a mirror-like surface. "Or do you think I can't do it now?"

"You definitely have that potential! They may not be as good as you, but they certainly have a better chance than me."

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King looked at Wei'er and Zhu Zhuqing beside him. Wei'er had just fought with him. Although they did not clash directly, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had seen Wei'er's terrifying strength. She was also a peerless being whose strength was comparable to that of a ferocious beast, even though she had not obtained a ninth soul ring.

"In that case, senior, it's up to you now." As Ding Quan spoke, a brilliant golden domain rapidly spread from his body, then enveloped an area of ​​several kilometers around him, isolating the aura of that area.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King nodded, then led everyone toward his own corpse, which was floating on the surface of the sea.

As Ding Quan and his group approached, the two deep-sea demon whales in the sea began to shrink, and then, in everyone's eyes, they transformed into two equally tall women.

"Husband, what do you look like now?" A woman who had transformed into human form and looked to be under thirty years old looked at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King who walked in with a heavy gaze. Although the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's aura was stronger than before, her husband's corpse was here. What bothered her even more was that she saw a golden soul ring appear on Ding Quan's body.

This golden spirit ring carries the aura of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

"Demon Emperor, just as you see, I have become his spirit ring."

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King pointed at Ding Quan, who nodded to the Deep Sea Demon Whale that had transformed into a human. The Deep Sea Demon Whale King's wife was actually named Demon Emperor. However, judging from the lifespan of soul beasts, only those who have lived for more than 100,000 years can become the emperor of their race, so this name is quite appropriate.

Ding Quan stared at the Demon Emperor before him. The wife of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was much stronger than he had imagined. At this moment, her lifespan had actually reached the bottleneck of about 500,000 years.

At this age, her strength might not be as good as a level 99 powerhouse, but it would be unrealistic for a level 99 powerhouse to deal with her, just like the solemn-looking Golden Crocodile Douluo beside her.

He was clearly surprised that the two deep-sea demon whales had transformed into human form. He had originally thought that only those who had reached the age of the Deep-Sea Demon Whale King, or whose strength had reached the level of Ding Quan's seventh soul ring, could transform into human form, but now it seemed that this was not the case.

"I saw it." The Demon Emperor immediately realized that the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had sacrificed himself to the Soul Master in front of him.

Otherwise, she wouldn't be here now. The only way to get the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to sacrifice himself is for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to do so willingly. The Demon Emperor knows this, and no one can force the Deep Sea Demon Whale King to do so.

"Demon Emperor, you should be able to break through 500,000 years by absorbing the energy of my body. I hope that after you break through, you can sacrifice yourself to her!" The Deep Sea Demon Whale King stared at the Demon Emperor and said seriously, then pointed to Wei'er beside him.

"Absorb your energy? Sacrifice it to her?" Upon hearing this, the Demon Emperor's expression changed. Once the sacrifice was initiated, it meant death. But then he glanced at the soul of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King in front of him. Could he still live after the sacrifice?

Or is it something that can only be accomplished over a million years? But the Demon Whale King is her husband, and he wouldn't do anything that would be detrimental to her.

"That's right. He was able to retain his complete soul after my sacrifice. There's more than just my soul inside him; one of them is just as powerful as me."

"Not inferior to you?"

"I am no match for you now." The figure of Xue Di flew out from Ding Quan's soul ring and looked at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, whose soul strength had reached the god level after devouring the spiritual essence of the Evil Emperor. "You sacrificed yourselves to them. Once they become gods, you will also be able to enter the God Realm."

"Enter the realm of the gods!"

"That's right, he already has the ability to become a god, and she also has divine power. Their talents are no less than theirs, and they do indeed have the potential to become gods." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King gestured for the Demon Emperor to look at Ling and Ding Quan. Ling could use divine artifacts and already had some divine power. As for Ding Quan, he now possessed a divine soul.

"So that's how it is, becoming a god?" The Demon Emperor now understood why the Deep Sea Demon Whale King had made the sacrifice, and nodded under the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's gaze.

A moment later, Ding Quan saw the Demon Emperor who had released the Demon Whale Domain and her daughter, named Buddha Child, not far away. Such a name was truly strange.

The Demon Emperor's lifespan is close to 500,000 years. After absorbing the massive energy from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King through the Demon Whale Domain, it would be easy for his lifespan to exceed 500,000 years.

However, the Demon Emperor's daughter's lifespan is currently over 300,000 years. After absorbing all the energy from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's body, she should only be able to reach 400,000 years, making it difficult to break through 500,000 years.

The soul power contained within the body of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King was indeed enormous. In the original story, Tang San used the Eight Spider Lances to inject the massive soul power from the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's corpse into the bodies of the Shrek Seven Devils, causing their strength to surge in a very short time.

However, the lifespan of 500,000 years is the most difficult threshold for soul beasts to cross. 500,000 years is equivalent to the strength of a human soul master at level 99. To break through this lifespan, the required soul power is enormous.

"Is the Evil Emperor's soul still there?" Ding Quan's consciousness returned to the Sea of ​​Spirit, and seeing that the Evil Emperor, whose spiritual origin was no longer there, nodded.

Without his spiritual origin, the Evil Emperor no longer posed a threat to Ding Quan. Ding Quan's eighth spirit ring was also released because of the Evil Emperor's origin. Now, this spirit ring has seven golden patterns, and under the influence of the hundreds of thousands of years old Evil Eye Tyrant spirit ring, the eighth golden pattern is faintly visible.

"Ding Quan, I've absorbed the spiritual essence of this giant eyeball, and combined with the spiritual power you asked me to preserve, my spiritual essence has now reached the level of a million years!"

The soul of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King returned to Ding Quan's spiritual sea, and as he spoke, a golden halo appeared above his head.

"Your previous guess was correct." Xue Di also arrived at Ding Quan's spiritual sea at this time. Looking at the huge halo that appeared above the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's head, she could feel the enormous spiritual power within it.

At this moment, the Evil Eye Tyrant, who was completely motionless in the corner, had one eyeball turn gray and lifeless.

"Millions of years of spiritual essence, Demon Whale King, can you now do what I said before?"

"I cannot provide you with a new martial soul." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King shook his head.

Can't I do it? Is it because I'm too strong?

Ten thousand years later, Huo Gua absorbed the soul ring of the million-year-old Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, which could provide Huo Gua with a blank martial soul slot.

At that time, Huo Gua was only level 10, just starting out as a Soul Master.

Now that his strength has reached level 98, and his mental power has stepped into the realm of gods, his mental power is no less than that of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's million-year-old mental essence. It is normal that the other party cannot do what he cannot do.

Ding Quan didn't care too much about whether he possessed twin martial souls or not. With his current strength, twin martial souls were no longer of much use to him.

In addition, the Deep Sea Whale King did not refute another matter.

"However, if I release this spiritual essence, I can increase the age of your spirit rings." Sure enough, Ding Quan's eyes lit up at the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's words. Although the age of his own spirit rings had already reached an extremely exaggerated level, no spirit master would not want the age of their spirit rings to be higher.

Although the low age of Ding Quan's first few soul rings did not have a significant impact on him, once the age increased, the soul power consumed would be significantly reduced, and the power and effect would be even more terrifying.

Ding Quan sensed the five-colored soul core in his chest. Once the age of the soul ring increased, his control over the five elements would become much easier.

"So all that work before wasn't for nothing." After the Deep Sea Demon Whale King made his sacrifice, Ding Quan asked the Deep Sea Demon Whale King not to use his spiritual essence. When the Deep Sea Demon Whale King made his sacrifice, his lifespan exceeded one million years, but his spiritual power did not reach the god level.

This is probably why he sacrificed himself immediately after breaking through, causing his spirit to separate from his body.

Spiritual power relies on the physical body for existence. Once the body is gone, spiritual power is like a rootless duckweed, which can dissipate at any time. This is why the soul needs to reside in the spiritual sea of ​​others.

The soul of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King devoured the spiritual essence of the Evil Emperor, and coupled with his eventual entry into the realm of gods, it is reasonable that he has now reached god-level spiritual power.

And once he uses his million-year-old spiritual essence, it's not surprising that the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm could extend the lifespan of Huo's soul ring ten thousand years later.

"Then I'll release it directly." The Demon Whale King nodded. Ding Quan's mental power had now reached the level of a god. Although he possessed a god-level mental origin, it was something he had just plundered, and his control over his mind was far inferior to that of Ding Quan.

Since he currently only possesses a soul form, the only option left is to wait for Ding Quan to become a god and resurrect him. Therefore, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King did not hesitate and directly released his spiritual essence.

On the Dragon Abyss Sword, nine soul rings—two yellow, one purple, two black, three red, and one gold—rotated, and then several of the soul rings lit up simultaneously.

"A million years of spiritual essence, I wonder how high it can raise Ding Quan's soul rings!" Shui Bing'er watched as Ding Quan's soul rings lit up, clearly she already knew Ding Quan's plan.

"The attributes of Quan's first five spirit rings need to be balanced. As expected, the age of Quan's first five spirit rings will reach the level of ferocious beast spirit rings, and there will be no further improvement after that." Ling looked at the bright light of Ding Quan's first five spirit rings. Ding Quan's spirit ring plan was absorbed under the witness of her and Wei'er, so she knew Ding Quan's spirit rings quite well.

"Doesn't that mean Ding Quan's spirit rings will all be over 200,000 years old? What level is Ding Quan?" Shui Bing stared at Ding Quan, whose spirit rings had changed color and were all over 200,000 years old. What level of strength could he reach?

Given Ding Quan's current strength, perhaps only a true god could be his opponent.

"Level ninety-nine is an insurmountable barrier. In addition, this spiritual origin already belongs to the spring. The spring's level has just increased by one level. Now that the spring's soul ring age has increased, its level will not increase."

"That's right!" The others already knew Ding Quan's current level. After absorbing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's soul ring and soul bone, his level reached level 97. After absorbing the Evil Emperor's spiritual essence, his soul power reached level 98.

If other people were to absorb the soul rings and soul bones of a soul beast that is nearly a million years old, plus a soul beast that is 790,000 years old, they would probably be able to raise their level to 99.

"However, with the three soul cores that Quan currently possesses, it will likely become quite difficult for him to break through to level ninety-nine."

Xue Di flew out of Ding Quan's spiritual sea, looked at the change in the color of Ding Quan's soul rings, and nodded slightly.

"Senior Snow Empress, if Ding Quan were to advance to level ninety-nine, his strength would undoubtedly reach an unprecedented height!"

"indeed!"

"Moreover, for us now, there is no longer a bottleneck to breaking through level 99, it just takes time, and we have plenty of time!" Becoming a peak Douluo in one's twenties, and even possessing several or more red spirit rings, considering that a level 99 Title Douluo can live for a thousand years, there is plenty of time left for us.

As for level 99, possessing a complete set of soul bones, several domains, and a thorough understanding of martial souls is more than enough, and it won't take long to cultivate to the peerless realm.

"The color is starting to change." Shui Bing'er nodded, watching as the color of Ding Quan's soul ring began to change.

The two yellow spirit rings had already developed a purple hue, and then, after reaching a certain limit, they turned into a bright purple.

As the purple color deepened, and when it reached the same depth as the third purple spirit ring, the color of all three purple spirit rings began to change.

Seeing this, Ling nodded. It was just as he had thought. The first five spirit rings needed to be balanced, and the lifespan of the next five spirit rings should eventually be consistent.

The purple deepened, and five black spirit rings appeared. The five black spirit rings then became increasingly dense, and finally, at some point, they all turned red.

Nine terrifying spirit rings—eight red and one gold—appeared on Ding Quan's body, a configuration that left those present horrified.

As time passed, the sky brightened again, as the horizon began to lighten.

Ding Quan suddenly opened his eyes, and the Dragon Abyss Sword flew into his hand. As the five elements circulated in his chest, the sixth soul ring, which was originally gray-red, began to light up. The red light became brighter and brighter, and then it disappeared, turning into gray-gold!

The nine soul rings—five red, one gray, two gold, one bright gold, and one brilliant gold—are rotating.

Ding Quan had completely lost his imposing presence, and his aura was completely unfathomable to Ling and Shui Bing'er.

"The aura of a god!" Outside the Demon Whale Sea, Tang Chen's killing domain suddenly appeared, and beside him, Poseidon's blue-gold domain was also released involuntarily.

The two spoke in unison, their expressions horrified.

There was no mistake about that aura that had just appeared; it was the aura that truly belonged to a god!

Over ten thousand years, following the sea god, a new deity has emerged.