Ye Feng had expected to condense a new Soul Ring, but instead, his newly acquired talent shattered the fifth Soul Ring, allowing it to truly break through its limits and reach the 100,000-year level!
Of course, Ye Feng felt that a large part of this achievement was due to the Ice Empress .
Without the Ice Empress 's Source Power, Ye Feng suspected that even if he had awakened his talent, he might still have been unable to breach the 100,000-year threshold.
The new Soul Skill Ye Feng obtained could be described as an incredibly powerful mental-type ability—Star Eyes·All Creation!
This Soul Skill originated from his "Starry Eyes," though now that his Starry Eyes had undergone a second awakening, they could be referred to as "Star Eyes."
The first benefit the Star Eyes awakening brought Ye Feng was an enhancement in spiritual power!
Long ago, Ye Feng's spiritual power had already reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm.
Later, before entering Slaughter City, his spiritual power advanced to the Spirit Abyss Realm.
And after condensing his Soul Core, his spiritual power had reached the mid-stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm.
But now, with the awakening of his "Star Eyes," his spiritual power was directly propelled to the legendary "Spirit Domain Realm"!
Spiritual power at the Spirit Domain Realm was the minimum standard for determining whether one could become a Limit Douluo.
In other words, Ye Feng now had one foot already inside the threshold of a Limit Douluo.
Of course, the greatest gain this time was still his brand-new Soul Skill.
Ye Feng's "Star Eyes" were related to spiritual power, so the newly emerged Soul Skill was naturally a mental-type ability.
The primary function of Star Eyes·All Creation was to pull targets into an illusion.
This illusion was woven by Ye Feng—utterly lifelike, indistinguishable from reality for those trapped within it!
Once inside the illusion, the target's memories prior to entering would be sealed, leaving only the new memories formed within the illusion.
As long as the target's spiritual power had not reached the Spirit Domain Realm, they would never be able to break free from the illusion!
It was essentially an inescapable form of control!
Of course, using this skill purely as a control-type ability was the most superficial application...
With Star Eyes·All Creation, Ye Feng could craft a beautiful dream for his target, allowing them to live an entire lifetime within it until their physical body perished...
He could also create a nightmare, dredging up the target's deepest fears and forcing them to relive them a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand times!
Until their very soul was terrified into dissipation!
With just a single thought, Ye Feng could conjure any illusion, making its applications limitless!
Moreover, the illusions he created could also accommodate a wisp of his own spiritual power, allowing him to enter them.
Within the illusion, he was akin to a "god," omnipotent.
Beyond crafting illusions, he could also shape dreams, invading a target's mind while they slept.
He could enter their dreams and manipulate their course...
"What an insane skill~"
After learning the full extent of this Soul Skill's capabilities, even Ye Feng was left stunned.
This ability could no longer be simply classified as a "control-type skill"—it was nothing short of a Divine Skill!
However, while this skill was effective against Titled Douluo, against Super Douluo of rank 95 and above or Limit Douluo, it could only serve as an ordinary control-type Soul Skill.
After all, experts of that caliber had spiritual power that had already reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
Naturally, this was also due to the fundamental nature of Ye Feng's illusions.
Ye Feng's illusion didn't require continuous mental energy input to sustain. The entire illusion was maintained using the target's own mental energy as fuel.
All Ye Feng needed to do was input a "world setting."
The advantage was that it could last indefinitely—as long as the target's body remained alive, they would be permanently trapped in the illusion.
The drawback was that if the target saw through the illusion, the illusory world would shatter.
This was actually quite idealistic.
As long as they firmly believed the world was false, everything would dissolve into nothingness, allowing them to break free from the illusion.
Of course, this only worked on those whose mental energy had reached the Spirit Domain Realm.
After all, once mental energy reached that level, one's perception of the world would ascend to an entirely new plane, making it easy to see through illusions and granting the ability to break free.
If one's mental energy hadn't reached the Spirit Domain Realm, even if they truly discovered flaws in the world and believed it to be false, they still wouldn't be able to escape.
Only those with exceptionally strong willpower, who firmly believed the world was fake and struggled for decades, might have a chance to break free...
However, if their physical body outside the illusion wasn't cared for, most would die within a few days. Surviving for decades was another matter entirely.
Of course, creating illusions was just one of the abilities. With slight adjustments to its application, it could also achieve hypnosis, memory modification, and more.
The full extent of its effects still awaited Ye Feng's exploration.
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Beyond that, the breakthrough of his fifth Soul Ring's age limit to 100,000 years had also greatly enhanced his other Soul Skill, "Star Dragon Offering."
Though 100,000 years was just one year more than 99,999, the consumption required for the "Star Dragon Offering" sacrifice was directly halved!
In other words, sacrificing the same drop of Essence Blood now granted double the bonus!
The effect skyrocketed from the original 999% to a terrifying 2000%!
While the upper limit hadn't changed much—still constrained by Ye Feng's physical attributes—the boost to his capabilities was significant, and his future potential grew even stronger.
The age limits of his first and second Soul Rings increased slightly by a few thousand years, while the third Soul Ring's limit shot straight to 99,999 years. The fourth Soul Ring's limit remained unchanged, still stuck at 99,999 years.
100,000 years was a major bottleneck.
Ye Feng had nearly drained the Ice Empress dry just to barely push his fifth Soul Ring past this threshold, highlighting the immense difficulty.
"Is this what they call Bloodline Talent? This is way too overpowered..."
The Ice Empress stared blankly at Ye Feng, her mind somewhat dazed.
Because she actually felt an overwhelming sense of pressure emanating from him.
Not just from his bloodline, but also from his cultivation.
In other words, Ye Feng's current strength had far surpassed hers!
Even after losing a significant amount of her Source Power, she was still a 100,000-year Soul Beast. With her Ultimate Ice abilities, she could hold her own against a human Titled Douluo of the 95th rank.
Yet before Ye Feng, she felt utterly powerless, incapable of even putting up a fight...
"Ice Empress , thank you~"
In high spirits, Ye Feng flashed to the dazed Ice Empress 's side and planted a loud kiss on her pale, cool cheek.
"Hey, what are you—how can you just kiss someone like that?!"
The Ice Empress pushed Ye Feng's face away with her small hand, her golden eyes glaring as she huffed in annoyance.
"I was just too happy~" Ye Feng laughed heartily, seeing the Ice Empress 's adorable appearance made him want to kiss her again.
"A Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring? Young Master, how exactly did this happen? Can Spirit Rings actually evolve?" Bi Ji finally approached at this moment, asking curiously.
The Ice Empress also perked up her ears, equally curious.
After all, Ye Feng was completely different from any human she had encountered before. Could human bloodlines truly be powerful to such an extent?
She even began to suspect whether Ye Feng might be some ancient true dragon who had shape-shifted and re-cultivated. But even if he were a shape-shifted true dragon, it shouldn't be this extreme...
"Just bloodline talent."
Ye Feng waved his hand lightly with a smile.
This wasn't an evasion but the truth—everything stemmed from his formidable bloodline, which wasn't easy to explain.
Hearing this, neither the Ice Empress nor Bi Ji pressed further.
The trio set off again and, after half a day's journey, left the Land of Extreme North.
They found an inn to stay in a city called "Frost Snow City," the nearest settlement to the Land of Extreme North.
This was also part of Ye Feng's plan. Since the Ice Empress needed to wait for her injuries to heal somewhat before shape-shifting, he might as well help her adapt to the human world first.
(End of Chapter)