Douluo Continent: Starting from Tianshui Academy

Chapter 293 Challenging the 100,000-Year Soul Ring

Those who work hard are people of high status; those who work hard are the best of the best.

The spicy and fragrant seafood feast left everyone wanting more, especially Poseidon and Yali, who had never left Poseidon Island before. It was their first time experiencing such a unique flavor, and they found it particularly novel.

"Ye Liangchen, thank you for letting me eat such delicious food. I'll head back now and come find you again next time."

"thump…"

After the Great White Shark finished eating, it jumped directly into the circular lake, otherwise the prolonged dehydration would make it very uncomfortable.

"I know you can't stay out of the water for long, so goodbye then. Next time, remember to catch some lobsters, crabs, abalone, or something like that for me."

Ye Liangchen waved to the Demon Soul Great White Shark in the lake, finding it particularly fun.

"Okay, I'm going now."

"Splash... splash..."

After Xiaobai reverted to its original form as a Demon Soul Great White Shark, it happily swam towards the depths of the lake.

"A 100,000-year-old soul beast still can't live without water?"

Shui Bing'er and the others couldn't understand why this great white shark, which was so powerful, still couldn't live without water.

"If a sea spirit beast leaves the water for too long, it will die of dehydration, even if it has cultivated for 100,000 years," Poseidon explained the weakness of sea spirit beasts to Shui Bing'er and the others.

"Then why doesn't she transform into human form and start cultivating again? If she transforms into human form and starts cultivating again, she can avoid this weakness. With the backing of Seagod Island, no one can harm her, and reaching the peak of human cultivation will not be a problem."

Jin Ling'er believes that if the Demon Soul Great White Shark wants to avoid this weakness, it can simply transform and rebuild its form.

"But can't she transform into human form? She was just eating with us!"

Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and the others couldn't understand the situation of this great white shark, which could switch back and forth between its true form and human form.

"The Demon Soul Great White Shark is not a true human form; it can only temporarily transform into human form."

"She also has a powerful natural enemy. If she were to take human form, her 100,000 years of cultivation would be lost, and she would have to start cultivating again. In that case, she would be unable to protect her people."

"Furthermore, with the protection of Seagod Island, the tribulations of soul beasts pose no threat to this great white shark. She can easily cultivate to the level of a ferocious beast, or even reach the level of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."

"Unless she's mentally ill, she wouldn't choose to undergo a transformation and start over."

Ye Liangchen knew about the feud between the Demon Orca King and Xiaobai. Once Xiaobai took human form, the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan would surely perish.

"You seem to know a lot!"

Poseidon and Yali looked at Ye Liangchen with smiles, feeling that this little guy understood the Demon Soul Great White Shark Little White better than they did.

"Senior, I only know a little bit about this myself," Ye Liangchen said with a humble smile.

"You call this a little knowledge? We've never even heard of this stuff."

Shui Bing'er and the others rolled their eyes at Ye Liangchen's humble demeanor.

"I should return to the Temple of Poseidon now. You may stay here from now on."

"Yali, come back to the temple with me."

Poseidon bid farewell to Ye Liangchen and his group, and then, with Yali in tow, headed out of the manor.

"Goodbye, seniors." Everyone waved to Poseidon and Ari.

Why does Poseidon-senpai seem so lonely?

As Shui Bing'er, Hu Liena, Feng Xiaotian, and the others watched Poseidon leave, his back view appearing very lonely, they felt a tightness in their chests.

"Seniors are servants of the Sea God, destined to remain in the Sea God's Temple for life, never able to leave until death. You should be able to understand that feeling!"

Ye Liangchen knew that after Poseidon became the High Priestess of Poseidon Island, she could only stay in the temple year after year, and that kind of loneliness was something that ordinary people could not endure.

"Ah...this..."

Shui Bing'er, Feng Xiaotian, and the others felt sorry for Poseidon at that moment. Wasn't this just like being in prison? Even with great strength, it was meaningless.

"Brother Ye, Sister Li mentioned asking you to save Senior Poseidon, is that what you're referring to?"

Jin Ling'er looked at Ye Liangchen and felt that this guy was hiding too many things from everyone.

"How can we save them?"

Shui Bing'er and the others stared at Ye Liangchen curiously, remembering that when they first arrived on the island, Ye Liangchen had been taken away by Poseidon alone. So that's what happened.

"This matter involves the Sea God, and it's not something you can worry about. Don't bring it up again. I'll take care of these issues when the time is right."

"Everyone should rest now; we'll continue traversing the Sea God's Light tomorrow!"

Ye Liangchen got up and walked towards his room to rest.

Nothing happened that night. The next morning, before dawn, Shui Bing'er, Zhu Zhuqing, Huo Wu, Ye Lingling, Bai Chenxiang, and Hu Liena got up and hurriedly prepared breakfast for everyone.

"Ladies, it's your turn to make breakfast today, and tomorrow it'll be our turn as guys. We'll take turns, so you won't be left out."

Feng Xiaotian and his group of boys felt a little embarrassed eating the breakfast made by these beautiful girls.

"At least you guys have some conscience." Huo Wu rolled her eyes at Feng Xiaotian.

"Everyone, I can't cook, I can only eat."

Jin Ling'er smiled mischievously. In the Star Dou Forest, she was taken care of by Bi Ji. After coming to the human world with Ye Liangchen, she was also taken care of by everyone, and all she had to do was eat.

"Ling'er, just eat your food. You don't need to lift a finger."

Seeing Jin Ling'er's mischievous appearance, Shui Bing'er quickly picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into her mouth.

"Ling'er, all you have to do is eat."

No one else knew Jin Ling'er's true identity. They only knew that this little girl was a family member of the god-level expert behind Ye Liangchen and liked to stick to Ye Liangchen, so everyone doted on her like a little princess.

Thank you, everyone.

Jin Ling'er smiled sweetly, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of being cared for.

After breakfast, just as dawn broke, everyone packed up and quickly headed to the gravity field of the Sea God's Light.

"Everyone, go climb the ladder first. I need to absorb the soul ring and advance to the Soul Saint level."

Arriving at the foot of the mountain in front of the Sea God Temple, Ye Liangchen instructed everyone to climb the mountain while he prepared to absorb a soul ring. However, just to be on the safe side, Ye Liangchen first absorbed a soul bone to enhance his physical attributes.

"Buzzing..."

Ye Liangchen sat cross-legged on a stone slab. With a thought, he took out a right arm soul bone from a 100,000-year-old saber-toothed tiger soul beast from his game space and began to absorb it.

"Absorbing the soul bone is extremely important; let's protect him first!"

When Shui Bing'er and the others saw Ye Liangchen begin absorbing the soul bone, they knew that he was definitely going to break through to a higher-level soul ring, so they sat down quietly to watch over him and prevent anyone from disturbing him.

"You all go climb the ladder, I'll protect Brother Ye."

"You can't waste time. Besides climbing the ladder, Brother Ye also needs you to help Sister Bai Chenxiang train her combat skills. You'll be quite busy."

Jin Ling'er decided to stay behind alone to protect Ye Liangchen. After all, it was her first time challenging the 60th step, and it would take the others many days to catch up with her.

"Alright! Ling'er, you guard him, let's begin our journey through the Sea God's Light!"

Shui Bing'er felt that with Jin Ling'er by Ye Liangchen's side, there shouldn't be any problems, so she called everyone to climb the ladder.

"Buzzing..."

Time passed slowly, and two hours later, Ye Liangchen successfully absorbed the 100,000-year-old soul bone.

"Sister Bing'er, why are you looking at me like that? Hurry up and climb the stairs! Where are they?" After Ye Liangchen woke up, he found only Shui Bing'er standing quietly beside him.

"We've already climbed it once, and it's already noon. They're starting to climb the stairs again. Let's eat first; this is what Sister Li just brought."

After Shui Bing'er finished speaking, she took out a lunchbox from her soul tool and handed it to Ye Liangchen.

"Sister Li even cooks for us?" Ye Liangchen thought to himself as he ate: This treatment is too good!

"Eat up! We just ate at home. This was specially made for you by Sister Li. I don't know why she's so good to you."

Shui Bing'er looked at Ye Liangchen with a meaningful smile on her face.

"I gave Sister Li a bottle of Yu Hua Dan before. You know how potent Yu Hua Dan is for women."

Ye Liangchen ate while explaining to Shui Bing'er.

"You! You know how to capture the hearts of us women."

Shui Bing'er gave Ye Liangchen a charmingly disdainful look. Older women simply couldn't resist the beauty and health benefits of the Jade Flower Pill. No wonder that woman Ya Li was so good to this guy.

"Sister Bing'er, you're overthinking it."

"I'm going to start absorbing spirit rings. This time, I'm going to push the age of the spirit rings to 100,000 years."

After finishing his meal, Ye Liangchen took out the divine soul ring that Poseidon had given him, summoned his martial soul, and began to absorb it.

"What? You're aiming for a 100,000-year spirit ring?"

Shui Bing'er was stunned when she heard that Ye Liangchen was going to go all out this time, but she couldn't stop him and could only stand quietly by her side.

"Buzzing..."

As Ye Liangchen absorbed the energy, the golden energy transformed into a white spirit ring, which then quickly turned yellow, then purple, and after half an hour, the spirit ring began to turn black, reaching the ten-thousand-year level.

However, Ye Liangchen plans to obtain a 10-year soul ring this time, which shouldn't be a problem given his current physical strength.

In the original story, Tang San also got a 100,000-year soul ring for his seventh ring, but it took him 100 days. Ye Liangchen thought about it and felt it was a bit outrageous. He didn't eat or drink for 100 days, and his body was bleeding, yet he still didn't die.

"Swish..."

With this in mind, Ye Liangchen began to exert his full strength, increasing the age of his spirit rings.

Ten thousand years, twenty thousand years, thirty thousand years...

Time passed slowly, and six hours later, the age of the soul ring reached 80,000 years. Ye Liangchen felt a little pressure, but it was not a big problem. He continuously operated the Hunyuan Technique, dispersing the powerful energy in the soul ring to his limbs and bones.

"Why isn't it over yet?"

It was already late, and the others had long since finished their cultivation. They all stood around Ye Liangchen with Shui Bing'er, anxiously watching him.

"Does the Pavilion Master intend to challenge the 100,000-year limit with his seventh spirit ring?"

Feng Xiaotian, Xie Yue, Huo Wushuang, and the others saw that the energy fluctuations of the black soul ring on Ye Liangchen's body were extremely large, and its age was definitely beyond their ability to withstand.

"He's really daring, ladies. Think about it, he's always been pushing his limits since he was a child."

Shui Yue'er, Xue Wu, Yu Hai Rou, and the others watched Ye Liangchen grow up and were his closest people. The women had often seen Ye Liangchen challenge all kinds of limits.

"You all guessed right, Xiao Chen is trying to break through to a 100,000-year soul ring," Shui Bing'er said to everyone.

"Brother Chen..." Zhu Zhuqing didn't know what to say at this moment. This man was working too hard.

"Lingling, be ready to treat little Chen at any time," Dugu Yan reminded Ye Lingling, the super healer.

"Sister Yan, I will," Ye Lingling nodded.

"Don't worry, Brother Ye will succeed."

Jin Ling'er once used the Eye of Destiny to obtain some memories from Ye Liangchen, and she knew that this guy wouldn't do anything without being sure of success.

"They dare to claim a 100,000-year lifespan for their seventh spirit ring?"

"The Pavilion Master is far too audacious!"

Feng Xiaotian, Hu Liena, and others had witnessed Xiao Wu sacrifice herself to Ye Liangchen, but that kind of sacrifice was different from actively absorbing.

"Our fifth spirit ring is only 15,000 years old, while the Pavilion Master's seventh spirit ring is about to reach 100,000 years."

"This is the difference between a prodigy and an ordinary person."

Huo Wushuang and his sister, along with Jin Yue'er and the other Soul Kings, exchanged a knowing smile, realizing how weak they were.

Bai Chenxiang looked at these guys and thought: You guys have a fifth spirit ring that's 15,000 years old, and I only have 12,000 years!

"Swish..."

Just then, Poseidon floated down from Mount Poseidon and landed in front of everyone.

"The age of the spirit ring has reached more than 80,000 years, which is truly remarkable."

Poseidon used his mental power to sense the energy intensity of the soul ring on Ye Liangchen's body and quickly determined its age.

"It's been over 80,000 years, is he alright?" Shui Bing'er was very worried, fearing that something might have happened to Ye Liangchen.

"Buzzing..."

Ye Lingling immediately summoned the Sacred Heart Begonia Martial Soul to heal Ye Liangchen at any time.

"Lingling, don't be nervous. I can sense that Xiaochen has a very strong physique. He'll be fine."

"You all go back to the villa first. I'll stay here and watch over him."

Seeing that it was getting dark, Poseidon told Shui Bing'er and the others to return to Xitingju to rest.

"My senior and I will stay here. My Sacred Heart Begonia can heal little brother Xiao Chen at any time."

Ye Lingling was worried that Ye Liangchen's body would suffer if he forcibly pushed his spirit ring age limit, so she decided to stay here and watch over him.

"He's going to create a 100,000-year spirit ring; we don't want to miss out on that."

Everyone wanted to witness this moment and no one wanted to go back. Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and the other girls were even more reluctant to leave.

"Then open your eyes wide and watch how Brother Ye tries to break through to a 100,000-year soul ring. This will be a learning experience for us."

Jin Ling'er also wanted to get a 100,000-year soul ring at level 70, and she felt that with her physical abilities, it wouldn't be a problem.

Another night passed, and now it was dawn. Ye Liangchen's soul ring had reached 90,000 years in age, and he suddenly felt a lot of pressure. Some blood beads appeared on his skin, staining his clothes red.

However, Ye Liangchen did not stop. He checked his body with his divine sense and felt that he could still hold on, so he continued to push his spirit ring age limit. Sometimes you don't know how much potential you have until you push yourself.

"Senior, we can't let him keep pushing himself."

Shui Bing'er and the others were on tenterhooks as they looked at the bloodstains on Ye Liangchen's body, fearing that he would explode and die.

"Buzzing..."

At this moment, Ye Lingling summoned the Sacred Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and the soul rings lit up one after another to heal Ye Liangchen. However, as soon as he was healed, blood beads started to appear on his skin again.

"Senior, my healing can't keep up with the speed at which he's getting injured!" Ye Lingling felt that her martial soul was useless at this moment.

"I'll keep an eye on him. If it really doesn't work, I'll stop him from absorbing the soul ring."

Poseidon was also very worried at this moment, keeping her mental energy focused on Ye Liangchen, and found that Ye Liangchen was not seriously injured.

"Don't worry, Brother Ye will definitely be able to do it." Jin Ling'er possessed the power of destiny, but she wasn't worried about anything at all.

Ye Liangchen also felt pain in his body at this moment, and suddenly remembered that he had a cheat code, so he immediately activated the Life Domain.

"Buzzing..."

With the opening of the Life Realm, in an instant, a continuous stream of life force began to heal Ye Liangchen's injuries. As long as there was even a small scratch, the life force would immediately restore his injuries, and this cycle continued endlessly.

With the blessing of the life realm, all kinds of flowers and plants sprouted from the soil within a radius of several hundred meters and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's so beautiful."

The group found themselves surrounded by a world of lush green grass, and felt instantly refreshed and relaxed.

Five more hours passed, and Ye Liangchen's soul ring age reached 95,000 years.

"I thought you didn't know how to use the Life Domain!"

Just then, the Goddess of Life in Ye Liangchen's soul sea awoke and quietly observed the little guy's physical condition.

"Goddess, I'm not stupid. I wouldn't joke around with my life."

Ye Liangchen sensed that the Goddess of Life had awakened, so he communicated with her using his soul.

"Don't worry about increasing the age of your spirit rings. With me here, even 100,000-year or 200,000-year spirit rings are no problem."

"Goddess, two hundred thousand years? You really dare to dream of that. I'm afraid I'll explode and die."

"Don't worry. With me here, you can't die even if you want to."

Then the Goddess of Life floated out from Ye Liangchen's forehead and looked at the others with a smile.

"Goddess, is he alright?" Everyone was overjoyed to see this big shot come out.

"Don't worry, he's physically very strong. I also want to see where his limits are."

The Goddess of Life did not intervene to help Ye Liangchen for the time being. She sensed a magical power within the little guy, which was constantly dissolving the domineering energy in the divinely bestowed soul ring and protecting the little guy's body.

(End of this chapter)