"This is my honor." The female Blue Silver Emperor's tone was reverent, her spiritual power rippling as her body ignited in blue-gold flames.
Yiner and Yao Ling, seeing this, immediately returned to the spiritual sea.
The blue flames burned brighter and brighter, and the Blue Silver Emperor's body soon became faintly illusory. Blue light interwoven with threads of gold flowed like water, converging above Yang Yunhai's head.
A pure blue soul ring, streaked with golden threads, quickly formed, exuding a vast aura of life.
After a long while, the Blue Silver Emperor's body became illusory as the blue-gold soul ring slowly descended, shrinking until it settled around Yang Yunhai's waist. At that moment, six soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple-gold, emerald-gold, and dark-green-gold—spread rhythmically beneath his feet.
Golden radiance burst from his body, becoming more and more dazzling. The next second, the light spread outward and condensed in an instant.
Yang Yunhai's form was submerged, replaced by a golden ancient tree that expanded in proportion until it reached 30 meters in height.
The surrounding plants were all dyed gold, trembling and swaying joyfully.
Pupupupu.
Like a heartbeat, the golden ancient tree suddenly released pulse after pulse of golden waves, surging out in all directions. Within moments, vast stretches of green forest were transformed, the golden tide spreading farther and farther.
Countless golden motes rose like fireflies, flocking toward the base of the golden giant tree.
At this moment, the blue-gold soul ring descended to about one meter above the roots, merging with the others to become the seventh soul ring, harmoniously pulsing with the rest.
Then, the innermost three soul rings began to change. The yellow-yellow-purple rapidly deepened into purple-purple-black, and then to black-black-black.
Moments later, the outer blue-gold soul ring also began to change. Another golden pattern emerged at a speed visible to the naked eye, shining ever more brightly.
In front of him, the Blue Silver Emperor's body fully dissipated, a dazzling blue-gold light merging swiftly into the golden trunk.
Within the spiritual sea, guided by Yiner and Yao Ling, the Blue Silver Emperor's soul took root in the form of a Blue Silver Grass with golden-veined leaves. The towering golden ancient tree radiated golden light, quickly dyeing the Blue Silver Emperor into gold as well.
Time passed little by little. In the forest, golden waves surged. In the spiritual sea, golden tides shimmered like auroras.
"I… I advanced!?" The Blue Silver Emperor was stunned, her emotions surging as her branches quivered with joy.
Glancing at Yiner, she willed the golden light around her body to flare.
The next instant, her jade-like feet touched the ground. The golden light receded slightly, leaving her clad in a blue-gold gown, graceful and noble, her face delicate and beautiful.
She looked to be in her early 20s, exuding elegance and dignified maturity. That was Yang Yunhai's first impression.
His spiritual power was monitoring the changes in the spiritual sea.
Her features resembled Yiner's by about 60%, but her aura was entirely different. Yiner radiated gentleness, while this Blue Silver Emperor carried regal poise.
'So, her soul can take human form. That means she has advanced to the level of a Savage Beast.' Yang Yunhai thought to himself, withdrawing his attention.
He began focusing on his own changes.
He could clearly feel his body and Martial Soul reaching a new level of fusion, akin to a Martial Soul True Body. Perhaps that explained why he could manifest as a Ancient Life Tree, and why all his soul ring ages had been elevated.
'But why is my seventh soul ring blue-gold instead of red?'
When Yao Ling sacrificed himself, his cultivation had reached 500,000 years—so Yang Yunhai could still understand why the ring wasn't red. But this Blue Silver Emperor had less than 200,000 years of cultivation. By reason, it should have been a 100,000 year red soul ring!
He truly didn't understand.
Lost in thought, he retracted the golden tree into his body. The soul rings at his feet vanished, and with a thud, his suspended feet landed firmly.
"Yao Ling, I'm curious—why is my seventh soul ring blue-gold instead of red?"
Yang Yunhai immediately transmitted the question into his spiritual sea.
"I am not entirely sure," Yao Ling answered, "but I suspect it is tied to your breakthrough into Soul Saint and the Martial Soul True Body. I sensed that in that moment, your body and Martial Soul achieved perfect fusion—you are the Ancient Life Tree, and the Ancient Life Tree is you."
"And since your Martial Soul has the ability to assimilate plants, I believe that at that moment of fusion, your Martial Soul assimilated the plant-type soul ring you absorbed. The Blue Silver Emperor's soul ring would naturally manifest as blue-gold, since that is its own attribute."
'Blue-gold… the Blue Silver Emperor's true form is indeed blue-gold.' Yang Yunhai pondered.
"In addition, my lord," Yao Ling continued, "I sensed that during this overwhelming surge of life energy, your soul bones also changed. Most likely, they can now grow stronger along with your cultivation. Of course, their quality is already extremely high, and your current cultivation is still low, so the growth may be slow. But it is certainly a good thing."
Yang Yunhai was overjoyed. "Thank you for explaining, Yao Ling."
"It is my duty," Yao Ling replied respectfully.
Then Yang Yunhai's voice sounded again, this time directed elsewhere: "Blue Silver Emperor, for convenience, let me give you a name. How about Yin Hua? The meaning is: washed of vulgarity, elegant and noble."
'From now on, all female Blue Silver Emperors can take the surname Yin, and males the surname Lan. The next Blue Silver King can be named Lan Hao or Lan Han, signifying vastness. After all, the Blue Silver clan has nothing if not numbers.' Yang Yunhai chuckled inwardly.
"Thank you for bestowing a name, my Emperor." The Blue Silver Emperor—now Yin Hua—was delighted.
"As long as you are satisfied," Yang Yunhai replied, withdrawing his awareness from the spiritual sea. Looking at the thriving Blue Silver Grass around him, he drew out a bottle of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's spring water, buried it at the place where Yin Hua had vanished, and covered it carefully.
Yin Hua was deeply moved. She could clearly sense her people growing stronger, infused with surging vitality.
"Thank you, my Emperor," she said reverently.
"It is only right," Yang Yunhai answered. As his utterly loyal subjects, the Blue Silver Grass would certainly be nurtured with care.
Smiling, he walked toward Ghost Douluo, who now looked slightly younger—clearly having benefited from the life energy overflow.
"Uncle, let's go. We'll head directly to Mingdu."
"Good." Ghost Douluo nodded with a smile, following Yang Yunhai northward.
On the way, Yang Yunhai explained his gains.
His soul power had reached rank 76, the current limit his body could handle. Advancing to Soul Saint, he could still rise another 6 ranks. That was already impressive, and he was very satisfied.
Besides soul power growth, he had also gained a left leg bone, with two abilities.
One was called Earth Nourishes All, able to draw underground energies, even the power of the earth itself, and convert them into life energy to sustain him. Clearly, this was derived from Yin Hua's evolved Blue Silver Domain.
The other was Life Guard, which condensed life energy into a defensive barrier, reinforced by the power of the earth.
'So, different Blue Silver Emperors yield different abilities?' Yang Yunhai mused.
The evolved Blue Silver Domain always provided conversion of energies into life energy, but beyond that, Yin Hua and Yiner clearly diverged into different paths.
'Yin Hua has fully developed root absorption—defense and endurance. Yiner went all-in on healing, restoring herself endlessly. And as for me, your True Emperor… I summon lightning!'
'Now, what about the Blue Silver King? I wonder what abilities he'll gain when he reaches 100,000 years and ascends to Blue Silver Emperor?'
Under the warm sunlight, the two figures disappeared beyond the horizon.
(End of Chapter)
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