Bo Saixi's one sentence made Tang Lan absolutely ecstatic!
"For the time being, I will search the ocean for high-year soul beasts, knock them out, and store them in my spatial ring."
"I'll deliver them to you regularly so you can absorb their life energy and evolve your Lifeforce Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone."
"Until it reaches its ultimate form."
Oh ho!
This is amazing!
A Rank 99 Ultimate Douluo working for him for free—who would be stupid enough to refuse?!
"Then I'll trouble you, Sister Xi."
Bo Saixi didn't waste words.
In a flash, she vanished.
Not a single second wasted.
Tang Lan didn't linger either—his soul returned to his body.
Immediately, he activated the Black Hole Domain, drawing in even more energy for cultivation.
Seeing this, Head Maid Shelley felt a pang of distress.
But since Bo Saixi clearly didn't care, what could she do?
"Ice Emperor, Snow Emperor—time to work." Tang Lan called. "Same as last time, gather the thunderclouds."
The two soul spirits materialized and wordlessly got to work.
Even Little Thunder bounced out on its own—
"I get it, I get it! You need me to guide the lightning, right?"
Tang Lan nodded in satisfaction.
"Much appreciated."
Little Thunder pouted in grievance.
It was a million-year-old Thunder Hell Prison Vine!
It had sacrificed itself but only ended up with three soul bone abilities—fine, whatever.
Then its Destruction Thunder Left Leg Bone got completely wiped and became a blank slate.
Now, aside from Extreme Thunder, it had no soul skills left.
—What kind of pathetic life was this for a million-year soul beast?!
Sensing its low spirits, Tang Lan comforted it—
"Don't stress."
"Once we get to the Divine Realm, I'll rebuild your body—you'll get back everything you deserve."
"I'll even let you choose your own appearance. However you want to shape yourself, you can."
"How's that sound?"
Little Thunder perked up immediately.
It had witnessed the entire Thunder God Inheritance process.
Not to mention the Sea God, Destruction God, and Goddess of Fate.
And on top of that—
Even the Asura God King had taken a personal interest in Tang Lan!
Four First-Class Gods and One God King!
At this point, it wasn't even a matter of "Can he become a god?"—
It was just a question of "What kind of god does he want to be?"
Ascending to the Divine Realm?
It was already set in stone.
Realizing this—
Little Thunder no longer felt tired or sore.
It threw itself into work with boundless enthusiasm!
Leaving the external matters to his three soul spirits,
Tang Lan focused on running the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art.
—As a completely new technique, the passive Nine Yang Divine Skill auto-training no longer applied.
But fortunately—
Tang Lan had previously mastered split-focus training with the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart.
And after training mental strength with Bo Saixi, he had reached One Mind, Fifteen Uses.
So, even while focusing on other training—
He could still keep Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art running on the side.
As for the rest of his attention—
It was now fully dedicated to mastering a new divine ability.
—Three Heads, Six Arms!
Starting with the first level—One Head, Three Arms.
"RUMMMBLE——"
The first bolt of lightning struck down, shocking everyone out of their meditation!
Opening their eyes—
They saw Tang Lan, standing on the 298th step, being mercilessly bombarded by lightning!
Yet before the lightning could even reach him—
A protective light shield around his body would absorb it, converting it into pure energy to boost his cultivation.
Everyone was stunned.
Their first reaction—
"When did Tang Lan gain an ability like the Thunder Hell Prison Vine, absorbing lightning to grow stronger?"
Then their eyes widened even more!
—Tang Lan had reached the 298th step?!
They knew that—
Even the highest-ranked among them, Xiao Wu, could only maintain a stable position on the 85th step for daily training.
But Tang Lan?
298 steps?!
Even Xiao Wu's total steps didn't add up to his decimal points!
Absolutely insane!
But even more shocking—
Tang San, the former dead last, had now pulled ahead of Rank 47 Ning Rongrong—
Sitting at the 56th step!
Judging by the spirit fluctuations around him—
He had already broken through to Five Rings—Soul King?!
In just a few days…
That little nobody had jumped from Rank 45 to Rank 51?!
Can you even believe that?!
Finally—
All eyes turned back to Tang Lan.
Only he could be behind such a miraculous transformation.
But what they really wanted to know was—
Could they get in on this level-skipping action too?
After a few seconds of internal calculations—
Everyone suppressed their emotions and continued meditating.
—They absolutely could not let that little scoundrel, Tang San, surpass them!
Like a catalyst, Tang San had stirred up the entire group—
Forcing them all to train even harder.
Three Days Later—
Bo Saixi finally returned, appearing in a flash beside Tang Lan.
She threw out a pile of storage rings.
—These were originally gifts from Tang Lan to her.
"Try absorbing these soul beasts and see how much your soul bone can grow."
Tang Lan grabbed the rings with his spiritual power.
"Alright! I'll go test them now!"
Just as he was about to leave—
Bo Saixi raised her hand to stop him.
"Absorb them here. With the suppression of the Sea God's Light, the process will be much easier."
Oh?
Using public resources for personal gain?
Tang Lan wasn't about to refuse!
He picked up a storage ring and released the soul beasts inside.
A massive black sphere appeared—
Then burst apart, revealing over a hundred ghostly jellyfish, each spanning a hundred meters in length.
Under the Sea God's Light, they floated in midair, blocking out the sky!
"Ghostly Jellyfish?" Tang Lan immediately recognized them. "They grow a meter every ten years… So all of these are over ten thousand years old?"
It wasn't the age that shocked him—
It was the fact that—
The storage rings had a space limit of only five meters!
How the hell did Bo Saixi fit over a hundred, hundred-meter-long jellyfish inside?!
Tang Lan knew better than to ask.
Silently, he summoned his Lifeforce Blue Silver Emperor.
Activating his sixth soul skill—Ancient Tree of Life, he expanded his Lifeforce Domain.
The poor Ghostly Jellyfish were immediately enveloped.
Their spiritual power and lifeforce were completely drained.
Spiritual power was fed to Heavenly Pupils.Lifeforce was absorbed by the Lifeforce Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.Soul power was left untouched—since refined soul power couldn't be used for training.
After absorbing a hundred ten-thousand-year soul beasts—
Heavenly Pupils gained 40,000 years.
The Lifeforce Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone gained 20,000 years.
At first glance, it didn't seem like much.
But considering its base age was already 250,000 years—
An increase of 20,000 years was huge!
Even Bo Saixi, who had been anxious, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"At this rate, reaching a million years shouldn't take too long."
"If it can actually grow to that level."
Tang Lan grinned.
If his Lifeforce Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone reached a million years—
Then Heavenly Pupils should also get a free upgrade to a million years, right?
This was an absolute win!
Just then—
"SPLASH——"
From the Circulating Sea, a massive white shark leaped into the air—
Then landed on the shore, transforming into a human form.
It was none other than the 100,000-year-old Demon Spirit Great White Shark King—Xiao Bai.
"Great Priestess, you called for me?"
Bo Saixi waved her hand.
The floating Ghostly Jellyfish descended into the Circulating Sea.
"Xiao Bai, stay here for now."
"Once these soul beasts wake up, ensure they leave Sea God Island peacefully."
"...Huh?"
(End of Chapter.)