Chapter 8: Martial Soul, Divine Ring, the Water Dragon King's Gift!
[Under the Heavenly Tribulation, you have died!]
[The third simulation is being settled.]
[Drawing random rewards…]
Wang Li stared at the simulator panel, hurriedly got up, poured himself a basin of water, and began washing his hands.
This pull absolutely could not go wrong!
Compared to the first simulation, the third simulation was terrifyingly more intense.
Not only was there a Level 1 Ice God's divine position, but there was also a million-year cultivation.
"Spirits of Heaven, spirits of Earth—immortals, gods, Buddhas, please reveal your divine power!"
[Host has obtained a random reward: Ice and Snow Spirit Martial Soul.]
"???"
Wang Li's mind filled with question marks. After clearly seeing the reward, the corner of his mouth lifted slightly.
Wasn't this the martial soul born from the final step of the third simulation—"shedding the golden cicada shell"?
Snow Empress was female. She was a spirit born in the Extreme North, the daughter of that land, known as the Ice Heavenly Snow Woman.
Wang Li was male, also a spirit born in the Extreme North. Naturally, he was not the Heavenly Snow Woman but an Ice and Snow Spirit.
[Host has obtained: one God-Level Soul Ring.]
Wang Li's eyes widened as he stared fixedly at the simulator panel.
Three simulations—two of them had reached god level.
He had never drawn a "god-level item" before. Of course, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul didn't count; it was only a martial soul and had no direct relation to a real God.
But a God Level Soul Ring was completely different.
This was a soul ring possessed only by gods!
Huo Yuhao's million-year soul ring?
That was merely a million-year soul ring. Before truly becoming a god, it could not reach the level of divinity.
Because that soul ring did not contain divine power!
[Host has obtained: the Water Dragon King's Gift.]
Wang Li: "..."
Silence. Wang Li spent the entire night in silence.
The rewards from the third simulation meant that he had effectively inherited all the "assets" left behind after the Ice and Snow Spirit completed its "golden cicada shedding" in the simulator.
Martial Soul. Divine Ring. The Water Dragon King's Gift.
Drawing even one of these would have been more than worth it.
Yet he had drawn all three—at once!
It was simply terrifying beyond belief!
Who knew how many gods and Buddhas across the heavens had blessed him that night? How exactly was he supposed to burn incense for all of them?
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Early the next morning, Wang Li packed his belongings and left the small fishing village without looking back.
At this moment, his appearance had not changed much, but his skin had become noticeably fairer.
Fishing year-round made it nearly impossible not to get tanned.
After obtaining the Ice and Snow Spirit Martial Soul, in just a single night, Wang Li's complexion had turned pale and refined, making him look exceptionally handsome.
After Wang Li left, more than thirty people appeared around his house.
They silently watched as he departed.
Wang Li wanted to turn back, but as a soul master now, he could not.
The small fishing village was, in the end, far too small.
"Little Wang Li has changed. We should congratulate him, not become stumbling blocks on his path forward," the old village chief said solemnly, leaning on his cane.
"This is his home. One day, he will return."
"Little Wang Li's house—please trouble everyone to occasionally clean and repair it."
"Don't worry, Village Chief. We watched Little Wang Li grow up," the villagers replied simply and earnestly.
Seeing this, the village chief nodded in satisfaction.
No one knew—Wang Li included—that this eighty-something-year-old village chief was also a soul master.
His soul power level was not high, only Rank 45.
Tired of the intrigue and strife of the soul master world, he had returned to the land that gave birth to and raised him.
As a Soul Ancestor powerhouse, though aged, he could still tell that Wang Li was no longer an ordinary person.
"Little Wang Li… Grandpa doesn't know what kind of fortuitous encounter you obtained to become a soul master…"
"But… the soul master world is dangerous. You must… You must be careful."
He was old. Even as a Soul Ancestor, he could not provide Wang Li with any help.
Wang Li, who did not look back, paused for a moment—then unconsciously quickened his pace.
"I will come back…"
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Time passed. Half a month later.
This was Wang Li's first time leaving the small fishing village, yet he was not wandering.
His first destination was the Star Dou Great Forest.
The next simulation would be a year later. He could not afford to sit around doing nothing while waiting for it to arrive.
Now possessing twin martial souls, with sixty levels of soul power yet only a single "soul ring," Wang Li urgently needed more soul rings to arm himself.
Douluo Continent was an extremely peculiar world.
Without soul rings, even if one's soul power exceeded Rank 10, they were still merely a Soul Warrior, unable to break through to the next title.
Wang Li had one "soul ring." His apparent combat strength had already reached the level of a quasi–Soul Grandmaster.
A quasi–Soul Grandmaster with sixty levels of soul power…
After pondering for a while, Wang Li ultimately decided to first add soul rings to the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul.
The current Douluo Continent was not ten thousand years in the future. People would not target a soul master based on martial soul traits.
Killing soul beasts to break through would not draw persecution either.
As long as no harm was done to humans, one would not be labeled a "Fallen One"—the evil soul masters of ten thousand years later.
Unknowingly, Wang Li arrived at a certain city.
Inside the city, he purchased a map of the Douluo Continent.
The small fishing village lay on the eastern sea, within the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire.
On the world map, it didn't even merit a mark.
"The nearest natural hunting forest to me is actually the Sunset Forest?"
The Star Dou Great Forest spanned between the two great empires, serving as a natural border.
The Sunset Forest, on the other hand, lay within the Heaven Dou Empire, near Heaven Dou City, and was the largest natural forest within the empire.
The city Wang Li was currently in was only five hundred li away from Heaven Dou City!
"Sunset Forest it is, then…"
Wang Li had no particular thoughts about the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. In his first simulation, the reward he obtained already included a physique imbued with immortal-herb properties.
In that first simulation, his simulated self had consumed Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Infernal Delicate Apricot, and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and had even used Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
After receiving the reward, it was equivalent to Wang Li having already taken those immortal herbs.
Taking them again would be of little use.
Moreover, he was currently only a one-ring soul master. Provoking Dugu Bo over immortal herbs with limited benefit was simply not worth it.
After several simulated lifetimes, Wang Li had learned one word: Lay low.
As long as you live, there is hope.
Once you die, you are truly dead!
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"Wow, what a handsome young man!"
Suddenly, a female voice rang out, pulling Wang Li back from his thoughts.
Before him stood several young girls, along with a slightly older woman.
One of the girls had stars in her eyes as she pointed at Wang Li, speaking without the slightest restraint.
"Yue'er, you're a girl—don't be so rude!"
The others were not surprised. They all knew that this girl was a lovestruck type.
Seeing this, Wang Li nodded politely and turned to leave.
He had already guessed the identities of these women, yet he had no intention of stopping.
"Huh?"
Wang Li's reaction left the women somewhat astonished.
Their academy accepted only beauties—so many stunning girls gathered together, yet he didn't even pause?
Shui Bing'er, with her arms crossed, gazed at Wang Li's retreating figure, deep in thought.
She felt as though she had seen that silhouette somewhere before, yet she could not recall where.
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