The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

After this experience, he planned to go to the Earth Dragon Gate to let the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm absorb the energy of the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. Perhaps in the future, he could rely on the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm to upgrade the soul rings of ferocious beasts like Emperor Tian and Evil Emperor to the million-year level.

Of course, these things are still too far away for him at the moment.

As Xu Zihuang's thoughts raced, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm channeled the golden light cluster into his sea of ​​consciousness. His sea of ​​consciousness, like a golden ocean, instantly boiled over.

This golden ball of light contained the energy equivalent to a 100,000-year soul ring. Although it lacked the ferocity and savagery of the 100,000-year pure mental-type Evil Eye Tyrant soul ring that Xu Zihuang had absorbed, it would still take him at least several hours to integrate its energy.

His first three spirit rings had lifespans of 5,000 years, 5,000 years, and over 8,000 years, respectively.

On average, once he successfully completes the fusion, the age of his first three spirit rings can be increased to 40,000 years.

“Zihuang, although your physical strength can still improve, let’s leave it at that for now. It will take some time to adapt. You just absorbed a 100,000-year soul ring and a 100,000-year soul bone. If I were to unlock the seal on the second spiritual source, it might put a huge burden on your body.” Tianmeng Ice Silkworm remained unusually calm under these circumstances.

"That's what I originally thought."

Xu Zihuang certainly wouldn't object; this was also his initial plan. There was no need to rush to raise the age of the previous spirit rings to the 100,000-year level.

He is currently guiding the spiritual essence power fused with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, using his soul power to drive the Demon Whale, while simultaneously communicating with the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and projecting his spiritual power to perceive the surrounding situation. It is only thanks to his spiritual power breaking through to a tangible and substantial realm and his successful condensation of a spiritual attribute soul core that he can do this.

However, if they encounter a powerful sea spirit beast, they will find it difficult to defend themselves.

It was with these considerations in mind that he decided to merge with the spiritual essence of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and then rush to the vicinity of the Golden Flame Birds' habitat at full speed.

A thoughtful look appeared in Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's small eyes. After a moment of silence, it said, "Zihuang, do you remember what I told you back then? It was the first enemy I encountered when I crawled out from the bottom of the ice cave and reached the sea. If that guy is still alive, his territory is right next to your route."

"Is that the ten-thousand-year-old soul beast that you scared away with your mental power?" Xu Zihuang asked in recollection.

Hearing this, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm felt a little embarrassed. Back then, it had been so arrogant, thinking itself a powerful 900,000-year-old soul beast. But after meeting that guy, it realized it was nothing but a joke.

It possesses great cultivation, yet its combat power is inferior to some ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts.

"Ahem—" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm coughed lightly to cover up her embarrassment.

"There's nothing we can do. That guy is a demonic whale-type soul beast, a natural overlord of the ocean."

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Demon Whale?"

"Well, although that guy can't compare to the Deep Sea Demon Whale Clan or the Evil Demon Orca Clan, he's still considered one of the best among the Demon Whale-type Soul Beasts."

"..."

Time flew by as the human and the beast interacted. As dawn broke, Xu Zihuang finally fully integrated the spiritual essence energy of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

At the same time, he deactivated his soul-guiding shield, revealing his figure. The biting sea breeze rushed towards him, blowing his long black hair and causing his fluffy thousand-year-old sable fur coat to flutter.

Looking up into the distance, his deep purple eyes reflected the boundless deep blue sea, and a slight smile curved his lips.

An unparalleled aura was released, causing some sea spirit beasts on the iceberg not far away to tremble and lower their heads, letting out a whimper.

While his improved strength didn't cause much of a stir in his mind, there was no need to hide his joy.

With his current spirit ring configuration, plus the 80,000-year-old Thunderous Hell Vine right leg bone and the Radiant Dragon Claw, even among Title Douluo-level powerhouses, very few can surpass him in the quality of his spirit skills.

This is the confidence that comes with strength. The moment of his revenge is not far off.

Xu Zihuang then used all his soul power to propel the Demon Whale across the sea.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm was still enthusiastically chanting in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"By the way, Zihuang, those plant-type soul beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well aren't any good either. Their combat strength isn't that strong. Once you fuse with my million-year seventh soul ring, you'll definitely be able to easily crush them. Didn't those bastards try to scheme against you back then? Next time you go, dig them all out."

It grew more and more excited as it thought about it, and its ideas became more and more vicious. Just a moment ago, it mentioned digging out whale glue from the brain of that ten-thousand-year-old demon whale, and then it started grumbling about uprooting the plant-type soul beasts in the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

It gives off a feeling of someone taking advantage of their master's power.

However, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm was not ashamed at all; on the contrary, it was proud. It was extremely grateful that it had encountered Xu Zihuang.

So what if it's a dog relying on its master's power? At least it's finally gotten its revenge.

Xu Zihuang couldn't help but find it amusing. With Tianmeng Ice Silkworm constantly nagging in his ear, another half hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Along the way, he encountered several sea spirit beasts that attacked him, but he easily dealt with them without even using his spirit skills.

Xu Zihuang stood at the front of the Demon Whale, longsword Shark Tooth in hand, letting the sea breeze caress him. On the eastern horizon, the sun was just rising. The weather in the seas far from the mainland was completely different from that of Thousand Spirits City.

While snow falls year-round in Qianling City, the weather in this area where the nearshore and deep sea meet is exceptionally clear.

Xu Zihuang gazed at the golden sun rising slowly in the distance from the east, and as if sensing something, released his Golden Eye Martial Soul. A halo of light swirled around his obscure, complex, brilliant golden pupils, and then his pupils contracted.

In front of Jin Yang, he saw golden birds flying about, their bodies engulfed in golden flames, extraordinary and wondrous.

This must be the Golden Flame Bird that Shen Ce mentioned; it certainly has unique features.

The Golden Flame Birds were at least fifty kilometers away from him, and even with his Golden Eye Martial Soul's abilities, he could only vaguely make out their outlines. But one thing was certain: these Golden Flame Birds were absorbing the sun's energy.

Just then, a black figure, as fast as lightning, burst out of the water to Xu Zihuang's right.

It was a fish, entirely black, about eight meters long. Its mouth, resembling a sharp spear, was more than a third the length of its body. After leaping out of the water, its body shimmered with black light, and it accelerated again, aiming for his chest.

That extremely sharp aura was almost comparable to Ji Juechen's sword energy attack.

The Demon Arrow Fish, or more accurately, a Demon Arrow Fish with over 20,000 years of cultivation. This was the sea spirit beast that Shen Ce initially mentioned as suitable to become his sixth spirit ring. It lived in the area where the nearshore and deep-sea waters met, and it was a social fish with extremely strong aggression and territorial instincts.

Xu Zihuang bent his right hand, and the longsword Shark Tooth was held horizontally to his right side, effortlessly blocking the attack.

"Clang—"

The sharp upper jaws of the ancient swordfish sparked a series of sparks against the blade of the longsword shark, producing a sound similar to the clash of metal. This demonstrates the sword's incredible hardness.

Although Xu Zihuang blocked the attack, he and the Demon Whale were forced back by the terrifying force and slid dozens of meters across the sea.

According to his perception, there were at least a hundred more demonic arrow fish of varying cultivation levels rapidly approaching his location in the sea area where he was.

Xu Zihuang smiled coldly, and six incredibly powerful spirit rings rose one after another from beneath his feet.

Black! Black! Black! Black! Black! Red!

Five black and one red—that's his current spirit ring configuration. His second spirit ring, as black as ink, shone brightly, and strange dark red ripples instantly covered the sea surface within a two-kilometer radius.

The sea surface looked as if it had been neatly cut out, forming a huge dark red crystal cube.

"Destroy".

With a soft hum, the dark red crystal cube shattered silently. An incredibly shocking scene unfolded. A bottomless cubic gap appeared on the sea surface, the missing piece being the very dark red crystal cube.

The seawater, which had been condensed into dark red crystals by Xu Zihuang's second soul skill, Mirror Annihilation, was directly transformed into countless scattered crystal fragments.

Hundreds of soul rings of different colors—white, yellow, purple, and black—appeared in the cubic gap on the sea surface.

A powerful sea spirit beast clan was wiped out.

Countless seawater surged into the gap, swallowing up the rings of soul energy.

The waves surged hundreds of meters high and lingered for a long time before returning to calm.

This was the full power of his 40,000-year soul ring skill, Mirror Annihilation. Mirror Annihilation is a powerful soul skill that combines soul power and spiritual power. With the support of his soul core, coupled with the enhancement of his spiritual power at the tangible realm, it was only natural that Mirror Annihilation he unleashed possessed such power.

Layer upon layer of waves, with their powerful force, shattered chunks of floating ice, and several icebergs broke apart with a deafening roar. The chain reaction spread, and the commotion in the area grew increasingly intense, stretching for tens of kilometers.

Xu Zihuang had no choice but to put away the Demon Whale and ascend into the air by stepping on the dark red crystal mirror.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm couldn't help but swallow.

"Zihuang, you've made a huge commotion."

It had witnessed the entire confrontation from beginning to end. Although it thought that Xu Zihuang's strength was more than enough to easily deal with this group of demonic arrow fish, it did not expect that the power of Mirror Destruction, with its soul ring age increased to 40,000 years, would be so terrifying.

That's like condensing the two-kilometer-diameter SeaCube into dark red crystal.

"If that thing is still alive, this commotion would surely alert it. Tianmeng, just like you said, let's dig out that thing's whale blubber today. It'll be a way for you to vent your anger." Xu Zihuang smiled calmly, carefully sensing the situation in the nearby sea with his mental power.

His purpose in coming out this time was to gain experience, and the demonic whale-like soul beast that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had encountered back then was a suitable trial subject. Moreover, he now needed some high-quality whale glue to help Ye Guyi improve her physical attributes so that she could successfully fuse with the 100,000-year-old Blazing Apricot Soul Ring when she reached level 70.

He possessed a piece of 100,000-year-old whale glue given to him by the ancients, but this alone was clearly insufficient. Moreover, in addition to this, his plan was to have Ye Guyi consume another Acacia Heartbreak Red to ensure everything went smoothly.

This piqued Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's interest. Back then, that guy had made it look really bad.

"Zihuang, you're right. We must get our revenge on that bastard!"

"Weng—"

Before Tianmeng Bingcan finished speaking, the northern sea suddenly trembled, and the violent shock even reached the air. If it were any other Soul Emperor present, they would probably have been dizzy from the intense tremors.

A huge shadow was approaching Xu Zihuang's location, moving incredibly fast in the seawater, covering tens of kilometers in the blink of an eye, and clearly appearing in his sight.

It was a huge, deep blue whale, at least fifty meters long, radiating extremely powerful soul energy fluctuations.

Unlike the ten-thousand-year-old demonic tiger whale that Xu Zihuang had seen in person, this whale-like fish soul beast had a very peculiar body proportion, with its head being particularly huge, almost taking up two-thirds of its entire body.

The Giant Demon Whale is an extremely powerful demon whale-type soul beast. Judging from its size and soul power fluctuations, this Giant Demon Whale should have nearly 50,000 years of cultivation.

The giant demon whale's deep blue eyes revealed a cold yet greedy gaze. It was indeed startled by the commotion Xu Zihuang had just made, but what truly attracted it was Xu Zihuang's body, which exuded a pure life force.

The several gruesome wounds left on its massive head from battles with other sea spirit beasts writhed a few times, and a thick column of water, over five meters in diameter, with a distorted halo, shot into the sky. Immediately afterward, the seawater surged, and a deep whale roar echoed throughout the entire sea area, startling all the creatures in the area and plunging them into chaos.

A massive, deep blue vortex condensed at the blowhole on the giant whale's head, unleashing a powerful suction force.

The terrifying suction force was many times stronger than any gravity control soul skill Xu Zihuang had ever personally experienced. The surrounding air seemed to have become viscous, as if he were in a swamp, unable to move.

Upon seeing the familiar scars on the giant demon whale's head, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm confirmed its identity.

"Zihuang, this is that bastard!"

Xu Zihuang's body was drawn rapidly downwards by the deep blue vortex, but his expression remained unchanged as he sheathed his longsword, Shark Tooth. Beside him, five black and one red spirit rings slowly began to pulse.

With a sharp focus, the dark red crystal cube, two kilometers in diameter, reappeared, instantly enveloping the massive body of the giant demon whale. The swirling deep blue vortex was also forcibly halted.

The reason why the Demon Orca is so domineering in the ocean is because of its innate soul skill, which is a natural counter to other sea soul beasts.

With a crisp cracking sound, another cubic gap, like an abyss, formed on the sea surface. The body of the giant demon whale was suspended in the center of this gap.

No matter how powerful a sea spirit beast is, its overall strength will plummet once it leaves the seawater.

And in the next instant, Xu Zihuang's third soul skill, Time Distortion, arrived. The 40,000-year-level Time Distortion struck almost instantly, slowing down the giant demon whale's movements, the circulation of its soul power, and even its thoughts.

Finally, a silver-white light suddenly flashed in Xu Zihuang's golden eyes, the two colors blending together. A strange silver eye appeared out of thin air behind him.

A terrifying silver beam of light, three meters in diameter, shot out from the silver pupil and pierced straight through the head of the giant demon whale.

The 100,000-year-old soul bone skill, Evil Eye Gaze. The most powerful innate attack soul skill of the pure mental-type Evil Eye Tyrant, and also their most terrifying ability. Back then, when the Evil Eye Tyrant ruler personally used this skill to strike the Beast God Di Tian, ​​Di Tian was stunned for five seconds, forced to passively endure the attack.

As the most powerful innate attack soul skill of the pure mental type Evil Eye Tyrant, Evil Eye Gaze was naturally recorded in the head soul bone dropped by that 100,000-year-old pure mental type Evil Eye Tyrant and obtained by Xu Zihuang.

Chapter 305 Seeing Ma Xiaotao Again

Above the deep blue sea, a silver beam of light, over three meters in diameter, pierced the head of the giant demonic whale and extended for hundreds of meters further. The space around this enormous silver beam of light distorted violently.