Douluo Continent: Starting with the Tiger Emperor Template

late at night.

The hustle and bustle of Mingdu gradually subsided into the night. After the prosperity faded, only the guiding streetlights cast a dim yellow light on the empty streets.

The lights were still on in an inconspicuous little courtyard.

This is the courtyard that Nana rented using the gold soul coins left by Lu Ren. It's not big, but it's secluded.

The courtyard is located deep in a secluded alley in the old city of Mingdu, surrounded by ordinary people, and rarely visited by outsiders.

An old locust tree grows in the courtyard, its dense foliage casting shadows over most of the yard.

At this moment, the courtyard was bustling with activity.

Ji Juechen was brought in by Lu Ren.

The sword fanatic's clothes were soaked in black, evil blood, clinging tightly to his body and emitting a faint stench of decay.

His left arm hung limply at his side, with a gruesome wound pierced by a bone spur on his sleeve. Although he had used his soul power to simply seal the bleeding, the white flesh at the edge of the wound indicated that the injury was far more serious than it appeared.

There was a dent in his ribcage, and with each breath came a faint cracking sound, causing his brows to furrow slightly involuntarily.

But his right hand always gripped that silver-white longsword.

From beginning to end, they never let up.

Nana was startled when she saw this.

"Go get the medicine quickly!"

She lowered her voice and gave urgent instructions to the people behind her.

Several people quickly rummaged through their storage soul tools and filled the table in the side room with medical supplies.

Ji Juechen was helped to sit on the bed. His expression remained calm, as if he could not feel the pain in his body. He only frowned slightly when someone touched the wound on his left arm.

"I'll do it myself."

His voice was hoarse as he reached out his right hand to take the bandage.

Although her movements were somewhat stiff, her technique was surprisingly skilled, as if she had done the same thing countless times.

Nana was about to say something, but Lu Ren stopped her, saying, "That's just how he is. Don't worry about him. He can take care of himself."

Since even Lu Ren said so, Nana naturally wouldn't meddle in other people's business. She quietly left the room with him and closed the door.

She let out a soft breath in the corridor.

"Where's my room?"

Lu Ren looked somewhat tired. Although his soul power and spell power had not been depleted, he was running out of energy and needed to rest.

"Master, your room is this way, please follow me."

Nana bowed respectfully, then stepped aside to lead the way, guiding Lu Ren to the largest room in the center of the courtyard.

The moment I opened the door, a faint fragrance wafted out, indicating that the room had been carefully prepared.

Lu Ren didn't have time to look at the room's layout at all. Instead, he quickly sat down cross-legged on the bed, preparing to enter a meditative state.

"Owner?"

Nana asked, somewhat confused.

"I'm fine."

Lu Ren quickly explained:

"I'm about to break through, I need to meditate."

"Get out and close the door."

Nana nodded immediately. She didn't dare to ask any more questions. She quietly left the room, grasped the doorknob with both hands, and slowly closed the door.

Just as the door was about to close completely, she saw Lu Ren close his eyes, and a faint glow of soul power began to emanate from his body.

"Wishing Master a successful breakthrough."

She said it in a low voice, then closed the door completely.

The door lock clicked shut.

Lu Ren was the only one left in the room.

He sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and focused all his mind on his body.

The moment he broke through level 50, some kind of change occurred within his body that he himself had not anticipated.

Although the increase in soul power and spell power was enormous, it was still within his expectations.

What truly caught him off guard was the change in his spiritual sea.

After absorbing enough magical power during the destruction of the Holy Spirit Cult's stronghold, he had been suppressing that restless force.

He dared not break through when he was outside, for fear of causing too much of a commotion and being noticed by the Holy Spirit Cult.

Back in the courtyard, the power had been suppressed to its limit and could break through the valve at any moment.

Now, he can finally let go of his inhibitions.

The moment consciousness sinks into the sea of ​​the spirit.

"Click."

A crisp cracking sound exploded deep within his mind.

Immediately afterwards, the sea of ​​spirit began to expand wildly.

What was originally a small pond of spiritual energy spread in all directions at an exaggerated speed amidst a series of crisp sounds, quickly transforming into a lake-sized spiritual sea.

But the changes continued, and after a long time, the lake became an ocean.

Even the spiritual sea, which has already formed an ocean, continues to expand, as if it wants to extend to an endless extent.

Lu Ren's consciousness stood in the center of his own spiritual sea, and as far as the eye could see, all he could see was seawater formed from spiritual energy.

The seawater had a pale golden hue, like melting sunlight being poured into this space of consciousness.

The sea is calm and still, yet it contains unfathomable power.

Above my head was a vast, empty dome.

There were no clouds, no stars, no sun or moon, only a faint golden halo rising from the sea and spreading to every corner of the entire space.

Beneath their feet lay crystal-clear seawater imbued with spiritual energy.

Through the water, you can see that the seabed is covered with fine crystal sand, each grain of which is a strand of spiritual energy condensed to the extreme.

They lie quietly on the seabed, like sleeping stars.

The transformation of the spiritual sea is complete.

If Lu Ren's mental strength was previously only equivalent to that of an ordinary Soul King, then now it is at least at the level of a Soul Saint.

It could even be higher.

Because he could clearly sense that although this sea of ​​spirit had expanded to a seemingly boundless extent, its edges were still constantly extending.

Every minute and every second, new seawater surges from the void and flows into this ocean.

Although the pace of expansion has slowed, it has never stopped.

This means that his spiritual ocean has not yet reached its true limit.

Just then, a familiar mechanical voice sounded in my mind.

[Congratulations, host, on successfully breaking through to the Soul King realm.]

[Host's mental strength level has been detected to have reached the threshold of the Spirit Abyss Realm. Reward: Incantation Technique.]

[System Notification: The next stage of rewards will be unlocked when your Spiritual Power reaches the late stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm. At that time, the spell "Projection Spell" will be unlocked.]

Lu Ren's consciousness stirred slightly.

Spirit Abyss Realm?

Of course he remembered what the Spirit Abyss Realm represented.

That was ten thousand years later, when the Douluo Continent officially established its system for classifying spiritual power levels.

From lowest to highest, they are: Spirit Origin Realm, Spirit Connection Realm, Spirit Sea Realm, Spirit Abyss Realm, Spirit Domain Realm, and Divine Origin Realm.

Each realm represents a qualitative change in spiritual power, and each leap signifies a significant improvement in control over one's own abilities.

Now, the system tells him that his spiritual power has reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, as defined by Soul Masters on the continent ten thousand years later in their exploration of spiritual power.

With a thought, Lu Ren summoned the system panel.

A semi-transparent light screen unfolded before his eyes, densely displaying his current status information.

[Host: Lu Ren]

[Soul Power Level: Level 50]

[Mental Strength Level: Spirit Abyss Realm, 6666 points]

[Soul Ring Configuration: Purple, Purple, Black, Black]

[Currently available spells: Demon-Subduing Chef, Crimson Blood Manipulation, Incantation...]