Using up all the accumulated experience felt extremely satisfying. Wang Li felt completely refreshed. In the past he had always been somewhat cautious, so he could not act without restraint.
Now he had graduated. No one was controlling him anymore. Moreover, with the disguise of his domain, his terrifying soul ring configuration of black, black, black, black, black, and red could still appear as yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, so it would not seem too shocking to others.
In the future, he could simply say he had received a god's inheritance. Even if someone discovered the truth, he would still have an explanation.
Five ten-thousand-year soul rings and one hundred-thousand-year soul ring had brought a tremendous enhancement to his body, allowing his dantian to contain even more soul power.
Now Wang Li cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well every day, refining the ice and fire energy within it to fill the energy his body required.
His soul skills were all extremely explosive and powerful. However, their consumption was also high. He truly needed an enormous amount of soul power to support them so he could use them freely.
The energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well was extremely high level, but since Wang Li had already consumed the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs, it was the most suitable energy for him.
The ice poison and fire poison within it were absorbed by his martial soul and further concentrated and strengthened. Later, they could still be used as a powerful killing move.
Between Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, the first piece of good news came from Dugu Bo.
Dugu Yan was still refining deadly poisons and tempering various medicinal herbs. Different herbs required different refining techniques. To create top-grade poisons, the process was naturally quite complicated.
More than a year had passed since Dugu Bo broke through to level 95 soul power. After accumulating soul power for a year, he had now broken through again.
He had truly become a level 96 Peak Douluo.
After Wang Li restored his youth, his cultivation speed returned to what it was when he was young. He had also consumed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon. When his martial soul absorbed its medicinal power, it underwent a partial transformation, gaining the power of the earth attribute.
The poison-attribute Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor now possessed a second attribute,the stable and heavy earth attribute. This improved his body's capacity and also allowed him to actively suppress the poison within himself.
After fully refining the earth attribute energy and integrating it into himself, Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor became even heavier, and its affinity with the earth greatly increased.
If it could not become a divine dragon soaring through the sky, then becoming the ancestor of serpents on the ground was also a good choice. Dugu Bo himself did not mind.
As long as he stood on the earth, he could obtain a continuous source of power. Whether cultivating or fighting, he would receive a significant boost.
It was precisely by drawing endless power from the earth, compressing it through his vortex and merging it into the dan bead that he was able to break through successfully.
The dan bead was the life-connected object Dugu Bo formed when he became a Titled Douluo and his Jade Phosphor Serpent evolved into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor. It was the source of half his power.
Dugu Bo condensed a vortex that connected outward to his dantian and inward to the dan bead. As it completely materialized, it absorbed and compressed soul power while polishing the dan bead to become increasingly transparent, emerald green, smooth, and round, giving off a somewhat mystical feeling.
At the small house outside the valley.
Dugu Bo carefully explained the entire process of his breakthrough to Wang Li and Dugu Yan. It was essentially sharing his experience, and he felt quite emotional about it.
Now that he had reached level 96, he had completely surpassed his former rivals, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
Dugu Yan said with admiration:
"Congratulations, Grandpa. Actually, when I break through to Titled Douluo in the future, I should also be able to condense a dan bead. With the addition of nine soul rings, my martial soul will evolve again. At that time, perhaps my martial soul should be called the Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor."
Wang Li also said:
"Grandpa is already a Titled Douluo, so he could completely refine the medicinal power of the Earth Dragon Golden Melon very quickly. But Sister Yan consumed two mutually supportive immortal herbs: Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and Yearning Heartbroken Red.
"Their medicinal power won't be fully absorbed so quickly. They will continue nourishing her martial soul. As she absorbs more soul rings in the future and further develops her potential, the Jade Phosphor Dragon evolving into the Jade Phosphor Dragon Emperor will definitely gain new powers."
This was Wang Li's reasonable guess. If the two immortal herbs had evolved Dugu Yan's martial soul into a top-tier martial soul, then there must still be more power to develop. It would not only devour poison and produce innate soul rings. Perhaps there could also be a Jade Phosphor Domain, or even an ultimate attribute.
Clearly the medicinal power of the two immortal herbs had not been completely refined. As Dugu Yan's strength improved, she would surely gain new abilities.
Dugu Bo agreed strongly.
"Xiao Li is right. Immortal herbs are truly miraculous. My strength and potential are already fixed, but Yan Yan, your potential surpasses mine. Your future achievements will definitely exceed mine."
"I have reached level 96 now. My next step is to force all the poison within my martial soul into the dan bead. Once I do that, I should be able to break through to level 97, and my poison attribute will reach an extreme."
"But by that time, my potential will probably be completely exhausted. Breaking through again will basically be impossible. However, Yan Yan, you still have limitless possibilities."
"When I reach level 97, even if I cannot ask others for help, I will definitely help you hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast so your future breakthroughs will be smoother."
After hearing this, Wang Li said to Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan:
"Actually, there are still so many immortal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. If we refine them into medicine, they can also be used to improve our strength. Grandpa, we are sitting on a treasure mountain. With this opportunity, level 97 is not the limit. Perhaps in the future you could even break through to level 98 or 99."
Dugu Yan said confidently:
"Grandpa, Xiao Li is right. Among the immortal herbs here, the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone naturally complement each other. Likewise, the Qiluo Tulip and the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid do the same."
"Their medicinal properties are compatible. After balancing them, they can become spiritual medicine that improves cultivation. I have already researched poison extensively. In the future I will also study medicinal herbs more. Once I am fully confident, I will begin refining spiritual medicine."
Dugu Bo looked at Dugu Yan and Wang Li, took a deep breath, and ultimately did not say anything to refuse. He now understood that his potential could probably only allow him to reach level 97. But did he truly have no desire at all to reach level 99?
Then he said to Wang Li:
"Xiao Li, how has your recent cultivation been? Your martial soul and innate soul power are much weaker than Yan Yan's. Although you cultivate quickly, after becoming a Titled Douluo, martial soul potential matters more. You might need these immortal herbs in the future."
Wang Li waved his hand and said:
"Grandpa, you don't need to worry about me. My martial soul is a mutated martial soul, and it can continue mutating. Its potential keeps increasing. Even though my strength is getting stronger, my cultivation speed hasn't slowed down. Instead, it's getting faster and faster,so fast it's unbelievable."
After hearing this, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan became quite curious. However, Wang Li did not reveal that he had already broken through to level 70. He planned to wait until his meridians and dantian were completely filled before telling them.
Meanwhile, while Wang Li was cultivating in seclusion and rapidly increasing his strength, many changes were also occurring in Heaven Dou City.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi exchanged a Human-Faced Demon Spider left arm soul bone for an Illusion Head Soul Bone. He did not use it himself but gave it to Ning Rongrong.
Among the younger generation, the Spirit Hall had the Golden Generation, who had already become Soul Kings at a young age.
Even stronger than them were Wang Li and Dugu Yan, talented Soul Kings cultivated by Poison Douluo Dugu Bo at such young ages.
Compared to them, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was facing a generational gap. Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong were still powerful, but they would eventually grow old.
Ning Fengzhi brought Ning Rongrong back and had her absorb the Illusion Head Soul Bone. After that, he ordered her to remain in the sect for cultivation and no longer allowed her to go outside, fearing that someone might target her for the head soul bone.
As for Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi invested a sum of money in Flender, and Flender completed Ning Rongrong's graduation procedures.
Among the original Shrek Seven Devils, Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Forest, while Tang San was taken by Tang Hao to a waterfall valley.
After Tang San's defeat in the Soul Master Tournament, all his negative emotions erupted. He became depressed, cowardly, and lacked fighting spirit and courage. Tang Hao wanted him to recover everything he had lost, so he made Tang San train the Disorderly Wind Hammer Technique with the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang San had been forging for many years, so he had some foundation. However, this time he had not consumed the Ice and Fire Immortal Herbs and did not have the Ice-Fire Refined Body. He only relied on the Mysterious Heaven Technique and perhaps the Eight Spider Lances.
His body strength could not reach the standard of the original story. Even with full effort, he could only swing the hammer twenty-seven times. To reach the peak of the hammer technique would require about a year of tempering, and that was with Tang Hao's guidance.
Tang Hao had a clear training plan. Within one year, Tang San must master the Disorderly Wind Hammer Technique and regain his lost courage and fighting spirit. Within three years, he must break through to level 50 soul power and become a Soul King before the age of eighteen. Within five years, he must complete training in the City of Slaughter and obtain the Killing God Domain for the Clear Sky Hammer.
Tang San, who possessed twin martial souls, was Tang Hao's hope for revenge against Spirit Hall. The key to solving the problem of adding soul rings to twin martial souls lay in the City of Slaughter, which was rumored to be the inheritance site left behind by a soul master who ascended to godhood after reaching level 100.
With Tang San and Xiao Wu gone, two members of the Shrek Seven Devils had already left. Now Ning Rongrong had graduated, leaving only four members.
Oscar was working hard. He wanted to reach level 40 as soon as possible. After graduating, he planned to continue pursuing the goddess at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. However, without immortal herbs in this life, whether he could solve his lack of combat ability remained uncertain.
Ma Hongjun indulged himself in brothels. As his strength increased, his evil fire also grew stronger, making it harder and harder to control himself.
All of his soul master subsidies were now spent there. Once he reached level 40 and became a Soul Ancestor, the subsidies would disappear. Without a stable income, he would probably have to travel everywhere after graduation just to earn money to continue visiting brothels. Unable to escape that lifestyle for the rest of his life, his ultimate achievement would probably only be Soul King or Soul Emperor.
Dai Mubai returned to his old habits, spending his days indulging in women. After the failure of Davis and Zhu Zhuyun, he could at least live freely until the age of twenty-five.
As for training hard and defeating Davis, he held no hope. If he could enjoy life for another seven or eight years, dying afterward would still feel worthwhile.
Zhu Zhuqing trained very seriously because a life-and-death crisis was approaching. Dai Mubai had briefly shown signs of improvement, but now he had returned to being a playboy. She no longer placed any hope in him.
Remaining at Shrek Academy, she trained frantically every day. Her only goal was to have enough strength to resist when the family eventually sent people for her.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang, the teacher of the Shrek Seven Devils, had lost his motivation to teach others after Tang San left.
He wanted to prove his theories to prove himself, and the key to that was Tang San. Now Tang San had been taken away by Tang Hao.
He locked himself in the attic, reading ancient texts to research body strength and divine domains, waiting for Tang San to return triumphantly so he could show everyone how outstanding his disciple truly was.
Yes, at Shrek Academy he had once again become someone who lived off others. However, Flender and Liu Erlong still tolerated him.
At the same time, Flender and Liu Erlong began arguing more often. Flender wanted to open an elite academy, while Liu Erlong insisted on maintaining a civilian academy.
Although Shrek Academy gained some attention during the Soul Master Tournament, most of the attention came from its bizarre uniforms,extremely ugly and covered with advertisements.
Talented soul masters were not willing to attend Shrek. Meanwhile, Shrek imposed various requirements and standards that limited civilian soul masters.
This time there was no financial support from the Heaven Dou royal family. Sooner or later the academy would collapse.
It was a pity for Blue Tyrant Academy, which had opened its doors to civilians and allowed ordinary soul masters to cultivate.
Given Flender's personality, once the academy ran out of new students and funding became scarce, his next step would be cutting expenses and eventually turning Shrek Academy back into the small school it once was in Soto City.
Back at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, about three months had passed.
Dugu Yan had finished refining her poisons. This time she produced many different poisons, as well as mixed poisons created by combining them. Their toxicity was so powerful that even Dugu Bo felt uneasy.
Even with Dugu Yan's martial soul talent, she did not dare swallow too much at once. It would not kill her, but it would make her intoxicated like being drunk. Poison intoxication would cause her to fall unconscious for a long time before her body could neutralize the poison.
Each time, Dugu Yan consumed only a small amount and then circulated her cultivation technique. Using her martial soul talent, she turned poisons capable of killing Soul Saints and Soul Douluo into her own soul power.
About ten days later, Dugu Yan officially broke through to level 60, becoming a quasi Soul Emperor. At that time, she was only twenty-two years old.
She happily shared the news with Dugu Bo and Wang Li, and Wang Li was naturally very happy for her.
At that moment, Wang Li looked inward at his own body. His meridians and dantian were now filled with extremely viscous liquid soul power, like liquid mercury.
As the soul power circulated, it resembled the surging waters of a heavenly river,vast and heavy. In terms of total soul power, Wang Li felt he was already close to an ordinary Titled Douluo.
However, in terms of quality, it was still inferior. He tried to compress it further, but the soul power seemed to lack a binding element. It could not truly solidify.
Therefore, he believed it was time to hunt the Blue Silver King, break through to Soul Saint, and evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor. Perhaps then he could find a solution.
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