'The power… it's incredible!' Song Qing thought, a wave of pure, raw energy coursing through his veins as the blood-red soul ring settled into place, becoming the sixth ring of his Primordial Life Tree Spirit. 'A Hundred and Forty Thousand Years… the energy is almost overwhelming, but… it feels right. Like it belongs.'
'Let's see… what new power have I gained?' he mused, focusing his inner senses on his Primordial Life Tree Spirit.
'First, the passive abilities… Nature's Embrace feels even stronger. I can sense the forest around me with an almost supernatural clarity. Every rustle of leaves, every subtle shift in the earth… it's all so vivid.'
'Ancient Wisdom… the understanding of the natural world feels deeper too. Insights into plants, beasts, healing… it's like a vast library of knowledge has just opened up within my mind.'
'And finally… the awakened passive, Emperor of All Plants… I can feel its power thrumming within me. The suppressive force I can exert on plant life… it's immense now. I can practically command the very flora of this forest if I wanted to. Especially the weaker ones… they would be like puppets in my hands.'
He then turned his attention to his soul rings, starting with the first. 'My First Soul Ring… Verdant Dominion. The healing aura… it's so much more potent now! Even severe injuries would mend rapidly within its radius. And the stamina restoration… instantaneous, almost. The added protection against harmful environmental effects and weaker negative energies is a welcome bonus.'
'And the passive abilities of the First Ring… Harmonious Restoration… the constant healing of my body and soul… it feels amplified, even more thorough. It's like any lingering imperfections are being constantly smoothed away.'
'Accelerated Evolution… the ability to speed up plant growth within Verdant Dominion… that has become even more significant. I could create entire forests in a matter of moments now, and their resilience and potency would be greatly enhanced.'
He moved on to his Second Soul Ring. 'Venomous Constriction… the thorny vines… they feel incredibly resilient now, and the poison… I can sense its potency has increased dramatically. It would drain an opponent's soul energy and vitality at an alarming rate. And the constriction force… capable of crushing bone? Definitely a significant upgrade.'
'The passive ability, Essence Replication… the ability to absorb and reproduce poisons and essences… that has also evolved. I can now synthesize complex medicinal compounds, even create entirely new types of toxins. The possibilities are endless.'
Next was his Third Soul Ring. 'Phantom Entrapment… the illusionary vines… they are so realistic now, it would be nearly impossible to distinguish them from the real thing. And the psychological effect… inducing the belief of being physically bound… that has become much stronger. Even sensory feedback… trapping opponents with weaker wills would be child's play.'
'Veiled Aura… the concealment of my soul power… it remains active without any cost, and its effect has been greatly enhanced. Even higher-level soul masters would be fooled by it now. Perfect for keeping my true strength hidden.'
He then considered his Fourth Soul Ring. 'Crimson Soul Assimilation… the Greater Life Drain… the tendrils of crimson energy… they would siphon life force at an even faster rate now, giving me a significant boost in vitality. A terrifying ability against multiple opponents.'
'And the Enhanced Spirit Power Siphon… the draining of an opponent's spiritual energy… that has also become more potent. Causing severe mental fatigue and weakening their soul skills… and now it even disrupts their mental focus and interferes with their ability to use soul skills effectively. A devastating ability against soul masters.'
'The passive skill of the Fourth Ring… Amplified Soul Ring Resonance… I can already feel the increase in age and potency of my previous soul rings. The absorption of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring has amplified this effect significantly.'
His thoughts then turned to his Fifth Soul Ring. 'The Hundred Thousand Year Ring… Illusionary True Transformation… Enhanced Form Manipulation. The control I have over my appearance now is incredible. Hair, eyes, skin, face, muscle, even bone structure… I can alter it all with perfect precision. And the ability to change my body size… becoming incredibly small and agile, or massively large with immense physical strength… though that enhanced strength is temporary, it's still an invaluable ability.'
'Perpetual Spirit Manifestation… keeping two abilities active at all times without any soul power consumption… that remains incredibly useful. The strategic combinations I can create are limitless.'
'And the passive skill, Primal Resilience… the immense toughness and resistance to physical and elemental attacks… and the greatly enhanced healing capabilities… I can feel the difference already. Recovering from grievous wounds will be much faster now.'
Finally, he focused on his newly acquired Sixth Soul Ring. 'Primordial Binding Forest… instantly conjuring a vast forest of ancient, magically reinforced trees and vines… that will be an incredible area-of-effect attack, capable of ensnaring multiple powerful opponents. Incredibly difficult to break free from, and the life energy drain… a constant weakening effect.'
'Life Essence Control… precise control over the life essence of all living beings within a considerable radius… this is an incredibly versatile ability. Accelerating ally healing, hindering enemy regeneration, and even directly manipulating the flow of life force… causing debilitating effects or premature aging… the applications are terrifying.'
'Primordial Heartbeat Resonance… emitting a powerful pulse of life energy… bolstering allies, disrupting enemies, and influencing plant growth… another powerful area-of-effect ability with multiple strategic uses.'
'Thousand Wood Spears… summoning thousands of razor-sharp spears made from solidified primordial wood… raining down with incredible speed and force… imbued with potent life energy… piercing defenses… controlled telekinetically… this will be a devastating offensive ability.'
And then, the realization hit him. 'The domain… I can feel it stirring within me. The Primordial Life Domain… it has finally awakened!'
He delved deeper into his consciousness, sensing the shift in his connection to the natural world. 'Within my domain… the environment transforms into a vibrant and ancient forest… under my complete control. My connection to plant life will be absolute… omniscience within the domain. The growth and manipulation of plants… instantaneous and effortless.'
'The life essence of allies within the domain will be amplified… accelerating healing and bolstering their strength. The life essence of enemies… suppressed, weakening them and hindering their abilities. I will be able to summon powerful plant-based entities and manipulate the terrain to my advantage. And the suppressive effect of Emperor of All Plants… greatly amplified within the domain… making it nearly impossible for plant-based life forms to act against my will. This… this is power beyond anything I imagined.'
A triumphant smile touched Song Qing's lips. The sacrifice of the Corrupted Emerald Arbor had been worth it. His Primordial Life Tree Spirit had reached a new level of power, and the future held endless possibilities.
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It wasn't just the incredible evolution of his Primordial Life Tree Spirit that Song Qing benefited from. As the sixth soul ring settled, a surge of accumulated soul power, a residual effect from the powerful soul ring he had recently acquired for his Abyssal Demonic Dragon God Emperor and the potent torso spirit bone he had absorbed, finally manifested. His soul power level jumped significantly, reaching an impressive 66.
'Soul Emperor at just twelve years old… and my control over plant life is now immense,' he thought, a quiet satisfaction filling him.
And as expected from a spirit beast of that caliber, the Corrupted Emerald Arbor yielded a spirit bone. It was a left arm bone, its surface a swirling pattern of dark green and black, radiating a subtle yet potent energy. A Hundred Thousand Year Old spirit bone.
Song Qing examined it briefly, a flicker of anticipation in his eyes. 'Another powerful addition to my collection,' he mused. However, he decided against absorbing it here in the Great Star Dou Forest. It would be best to wait until he was back in the familiar and secure environment of the Spirit Hall. He carefully stored the spirit bone within his soul storage device.
But perhaps one of the most immediate and practical benefits of his newfound power was the ease with which he could now maintain A'Rou's spiritual body. As a Soul Emperor with a soul power level of 66, coupled with the enhanced abilities of his Primordial Life Tree Spirit and the potent energy of his awakened domain, he no longer needed to constantly expend his own soul power to keep her manifested. He could now passively draw soul energy from the abundant plant spirits that thrived within the Great Star Dou Forest, using them as a virtually limitless source to sustain A'Rou's ethereal form.
'This is much more efficient,' he thought, a sense of relief washing over him. He wouldn't have to worry about A'Rou disappearing prematurely anymore, at least not for a good while.
With the Corrupted Emerald Arbor vanquished and his power significantly enhanced, Song Qing, accompanied by the two colossal spirit beasts, began their journey back towards the Lake of Life. Er Ming and Da Ming, their initial suspicion towards Song Qing having largely dissipated after witnessing his unique spirit and the confirmation from their Aunt A'Rou, moved with a newfound respect in their massive strides. They had seen firsthand the power he possessed, a power that could even overcome a spirit beast as formidable as the Corrupted Emerald Arbor.
'He's definitely not an ordinary human,' Da Ming rumbled to Er Ming telepathically. 'Aunt A'Rou was right. There's something special about him.'
'Yeah,' Er Ming mentally replied, still slightly awed by the battle. 'That tree was creepy strong, but that human finished it off like it was nothing with those weird vines.'
Soon, the trio emerged from the darkened domain of the Corrupted Emerald Arbor and made their way back to the familiar tranquility of the Lake of Life. Xiao Wu, who had been waiting anxiously, her rabbit ears constantly twitching towards the direction her brothers had gone, perked up immediately at their approach. Her eyes widened with relief as she saw Er Ming and Da Ming unharmed, and then lit up with joy as she spotted Song Qing, with the familiar ethereal glow of her mother beside him.
"Big Brother Er Ming! Big Brother Da Ming! You're back!" Xiao Wu exclaimed, rushing forward to greet her brothers. She then turned to Song Qing and A'Rou, her face beaming. "Mama! You're still here! And Big Brother Song Qing, you look much better!"
A'Rou smiled warmly at her daughter. "Of course, my dear. Song Qing is much stronger now. We have much more time to talk."
The reunion at the Lake of Life was a heartwarming scene. The initial tension had eased, replaced by a sense of camaraderie and shared purpose. Song Qing had proven his capabilities, and the spirit beasts, while still cautious, were now more willing to trust him, especially with A'Rou's reassurances and their own observations of his unique power.
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Name:Abyssal Demonic Dragon God Emperor
Passive Abilities:
Abyssal Divinity: Possesses a natural and profound affinity for abyssal energy, increasing the power and efficiency of all abyssal-based abilities by 50%. Grants a minor resistance to attacks imbued with divine power.Primordial Fear: Radiates an aura of primal, bone-chilling fear, overwhelming weaker opponents, causing them to freeze in terror, shatter their wills, or even lose consciousness.Emperor of the Beasts: Grants dominance over all beast-type spirits and spirit beasts, allowing suppression of their bloodlines and a degree of control.
First Soul Ring (12,000 Year): Black
Abyssal Void Dash: Grants incredible bursts of speed, leaving behind shadowy afterimages with the added ability to perform minor, short-distance teleportation. Abyssal Dragon Wings - Allows temporary flight using condensed shadow energy.
Second Soul Ring (15,000 Year): Black
Shadow Dominion: Creates a field of darkness that enhances the user's senses and abilities while weakening opponents within it and allows the user to control shadows in it.Shadowmeld - Allows the user to seamlessly merge with their Shadow Dominion, becoming virtually undetectable and while this ability is being used, it's impossible to hurt with Physical Attacks. Can only maintain this for a total of ten seconds within every three hours.
Third Soul Ring (23,000 Year): Black
Abyssal Draconic Claw: Manifests a massive claw of pure abyssal energy capable of tearing through the toughest defenses.Abyssal Draconic Space Rend - Infuses the Abyssal Draconic Claw with spatial energy, allowing it to tear through physical defenses and create localized spatial rifts upon impact. Dragon's Might - Unleashes a focused burst of draconic pressure, stunning or incapacitating weaker opponents.
Fourth Soul Ring (Nearly 50,000 Year): Black
First Ability: Frost Spike Barrage - Unleashes a volley of razor-sharp ice spikes infused with abyssal energy, piercing defenses and inflicting deep frostbite (increased number and resilience).Second Ability: Abyssal Flame Dragon Breath - Emits a torrent of black flames imbued with the corrosive power of the abyss, incinerating targets and rapidly depleting their soul power (increased attack power).First Passive Ability: Frostfire Resistance - Grants significant resistance to both ice and fire-based attacks.Second Passive Ability: Elemental Adaptation - Gradually adapts the user's body to extreme temperatures, providing immunity to heat and cold.
Fifth Soul Ring (Hundred Thousand Year): Blood-Red
Void Anchor - Allows the user to set up to three teleportation points for instant travel between them. Abyssal Shadow Barrier - Creates a powerful barrier of solidified shadow capable of withstanding physical and soul power attacks up to twice the user's soul power.
Inherent Ability:
Demonic Dragon Domain - When activated, creates a field of pure abyssal energy that amplifies the user's abyssal-based abilities by an additional 30%. Allows three free uses of Void Anchor teleportation within the domain per day, followed by a one-day cooldown.
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Name:Primordial Life Tree Spirit
Passive Abilities:
Nature's Embrace: Grants an innate connection to all forms of plant life, allowing the user to use their senses to greatly enhance sensory range. Ancient Wisdom: Provides an inherent understanding of the natural world, granting intuition in plants, beasts, healing, and life energy. Emperor of All Plants (Awakened Passive): Allows the user to exert a powerful suppressive force on all forms of plant life, significantly hindering their abilities and granting a degree of control over them. This suppression is particularly potent against weaker plant-based life forms.
First Soul Ring (15,000+ Year-Old Ring): Black
Verdant Dominion: Emits an intensely soothing green aura that rapidly heals even severe injuries and fully restores stamina to all living beings within a greatly expanded radius. The aura now also offers a degree of protection against harmful environmental effects and weaker negative energies. Passive Ability: Harmonious Restoration: Continuously harmonizes the body and soul of Song Qing and anyone within range, accelerating the healing of inherent weaknesses, imperfections, and even long-term ailments. This effect is significantly amplified. Second Passive Ability: Accelerated Evolution: Manipulates the flow of time for plant life within Verdant Dominion, drastically accelerating their growth, increasing their resilience, and enhancing their inherent potency and beneficial properties.
Second Soul Ring (24,000+ Year-Old Ring): Black
Venomous Constriction: Summons and manipulates incredibly resilient thorny vines imbued with a highly potent and corrosive poison that rapidly drains the soul energy and vitality of opponents upon contact, causing significant and lasting damage. The vines can now also constrict with immense force, capable of crushing bone. Passive Ability: Essence Replication: Absorbs a wide array of poisons and essence energies from various herbs and natural sources, allowing the Primordial Life Tree Spirit to reproduce them in a more potent form at will. This now includes the ability to synthesize complex medicinal compounds and even create new types of toxins.
Third Soul Ring (59,000+ Year-Old Ring): Black
Phantom Entrapment: Creates incredibly strong and realistic illusionary vines that ensnare and constrict opponents, inducing a powerful psychological effect that makes them believe they are physically bound even if they are not. The illusions are now much more difficult to distinguish from reality and can even induce sensory feedback, making escape nearly impossible for those with weaker wills. Veiled Aura: Conceals soul power, making it appear significantly weaker than its actual strength. This soul ring remains active indefinitely without any consumption of Soul Power and its concealment effect has been greatly enhanced, capable of fooling even higher-level soul masters.
Fourth Soul Ring (81,000+ Year-Old Ring): Black
Crimson Soul Assimilation: Greater Life Drain: Projects highly concentrated tendrils of crimson energy to rapidly siphon the life force from living beings upon contact, transferring it to the user at an accelerated rate and providing a significant boost to their vitality. Crimson Soul Assimilation: Enhanced Spirit Power Siphon: Projects potent tendrils of crimson energy to swiftly drain the spiritual energy of opponents, causing severe mental fatigue, weakening their soul skills, and significantly bolstering the user's spiritual reserves. This siphon now also disrupts the opponent's mental focus and can interfere with their ability to use soul skills effectively. Passive Skill: Amplified Soul Ring Resonance: Further increases the age and potency of previous soul rings each time a new soul ring is absorbed, with the effect being significantly amplified due to the absorption of the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
Fifth Soul Ring (110,000-Year-Old Ring): Blood Red
Illusionary True Transformation: Enhanced Form Manipulation: Can now transform his Physique and Soul Rings to anything he wants with greater precision and control. For the physique, he can drastically alter his hair color, eye color, skin color, and completely reshape his face structure, muscle structure, and even bone structure. He can now also transform his body size, allowing him to become either incredibly small and agile or massively large, gaining immense physical strength in the larger form, though this enhanced strength is temporary. Perpetual Spirit Manifestation: Can keep two abilities of Primordial Life Tree Spirit active at all times with no consumption of Soul Power. This allows for continuous application of passive effects or strategic combinations of active skills. Passive Skill: Primal Resilience: Grants immense toughness, making him highly resistant to physical and elemental attacks, and provides significantly greater healing capabilities, allowing for rapid recovery from even grievous wounds.
Sixth Soul Ring (140,000-Year-Old Ring): Red
Primordial Binding Forest: Instantly conjures a vast and dense forest of ancient, incredibly strong, and magically reinforced trees and vines that erupt from the ground, rapidly spreading and ensnaring all opponents within a large area. These bindings are incredibly difficult to break and possess inherent life energy that slowly drains the vitality of those trapped. Life Essence Control: Grants precise control over the life essence of all living beings within a considerable radius. This allows for various applications, including accelerating the healing of allies, hindering the regeneration of enemies, and even directly manipulating the flow of life force within a target, potentially causing debilitating effects or even premature aging. Primordial Heartbeat Resonance: Emits a powerful, rhythmic pulse of life energy that resonates with all living beings within a vast area. This resonance can have multiple effects, including bolstering the morale and vitality of allies, disrupting the focus and weakening the resolve of enemies, and even directly influencing the growth and health of plant life. Thousand Wood Spears: Summons thousands of razor-sharp spears made from solidified primordial wood that rain down upon opponents with incredible speed and force. These spears are imbued with potent life energy that can pierce through defenses and cause significant damage, and they can be controlled telekinetically for precise targeting.
Primordial Life Domain: Upon obtaining the Sixth Soul Ring, Song Qing awakens his Domain. Within the Primordial Life Domain, the environment transforms into a vibrant and ancient forest under his complete control. In this domain:
His connection to plant life is absolute, granting him omniscience within the domain. The growth and manipulation of plants are instantaneous and effortless. The life essence of allies within the domain is amplified, accelerating healing and bolstering their strength. The life essence of enemies within the domain is suppressed, weakening them and hindering their abilities. He can summon powerful plant-based entities and manipulate the terrain to his advantage. The suppressive effect of his "Emperor of All Plants" passive ability is greatly amplified within the domain, making it nearly impossible for plant-based life forms to act against his will.
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Ancient Void Dragonbone Wings (External Spirit Bone)
Primary Ability: Aerial Supremacy - Grants the user the power of flight, greatly enhancing agility, maneuverability, and speed in the air, with the added ability to perform short bursts of teleportation.
Defensive Skill: Abyssal Dragonbone Aegis - Focuses soul power to solidify the wings, forming a sturdy shield capable of deflecting significant force and possessing a corrosive abyssal aura.
Offensive Skill 1: Void Wing Barrage - Launches a volley of sharp, feather-like projectiles made of condensed bone, abyssal energy, and solidified void space.
Offensive Skill 2: Abyssal Void Dragon Dive - Channels draconic, abyssal, and spatial energy into the wings, allowing a powerful dive attack with devastating force and speed, capable of creating localized spatial distortions.
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Name: Dark Soul Emperor's Crown (External Spirit Bone)
Passive Abilities:
Enhanced Mental Energy: Greatly boosts mental clarity, focus, and processing speed. Enhanced Spiritual Energy: Significantly enhances spiritual power and expands sensory range.
Perception Abilities:
Void Sight Far Gaze: Provides exceptionally sharp vision over vast distances, capable of seeing through minor spatial distortions. Void Premonition: Grants clearer and more frequent glimpses of potential future events, enhancing danger anticipation. Illusion Piercer: Sees through all forms of illusions.
Soul Abilities:
Abyssal Soul Reading: Allows the user to read thoughts and intentions of those with significantly stronger soul power. Soul Consumption: Consumes the souls of defeated spirit beasts or soul masters, strengthening mental and spiritual energy.
Soul Seizure:
Grants the ability to steal a target's Soul Ring and store their soul within the Dark Soul Emperor's Crown (can store up to two souls).
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Name: Ancient Abyssal Void Wyvern's Torso (Torso Spirit Bone)
Primary Ability: Abyssal Void Dragon Armor - Manifests a full suit of incredibly resilient armor composed of swirling, obsidian-colored scales that ripple with both abyssal and spatial energy, providing immense physical and energy defence.
Passive Ability: Abyssal Core Regeneration - Provides a constant, subtle flow of abyssal energy that accelerates the user's soul power regeneration.
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