Blood-red and blue-gold halos flickered as Xu Zihuang's entire body released intense spiritual fluctuations. His entire sea of spirit was boiling. The brilliant golden sea of spirit began to form a vortex-like swirling state.
The soul core at his forehead became even more stable. The rotational force inside the soul core had actually slowed down by ten times compared to before, but the soul power compressed within had become at least ten times more viscous.
The six-hundred-thousand-year soul ring energy from Sea Princess caused Xu Zihuang's spiritual power, which had already reached the peak of the tangible and qualitative realm, to continue climbing. His soul power cultivation also instantly broke through the level 80 bottleneck.
The energy contained in Sea Princess's soul ring enhanced Xu Zihuang's soul power cultivation and spiritual power, while that blue-gold heart was tempering his body from the inside out.
At this point, Xu Zihuang already knew the origin of that blue-gold heart. It was an external soul bone, the Heart of the Ocean. This was a special soul bone that could only drop after the fall of the Sea Princess lineage, containing the profound truths inherited within the mermaid clan's golden bloodline. Moreover, once a human soul master fused with it, they could also gain the favor of the great sea.
As the Heart of the Ocean gradually completed its fusion with Xu Zihuang, he saw some intermittent memory fragments from within it. These were the secrets passed down through the golden bloodline of the Sea Princess lineage.
Tens of thousands of years ago, when the first-generation Sea God conquered the ocean, he had once rescued the mermaid clan from an extremely powerful sea soul beast. That sea soul beast's cultivation was not much inferior to the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King of that time; its strength was extremely formidable.
At that time, the mermaid clan leader, the previous-generation Sea Princess, ultimately fell due to excessively severe injuries. However, to repay the first-generation Sea God's kindness, she gifted him the Heart of the Ocean, which contained the essence of her lifelong cultivation.
And that Heart of the Ocean was the predecessor of the Sea God's Heart. It was later embedded by the first-generation Sea God into his own martial soul, the Golden Trident, ultimately becoming the divine weapon Sea God's Trident.
If it were anyone else, they might have felt excited upon obtaining the Heart of the Ocean, but Xu Zihuang's heart was filled with dead silence.
After learning the secrets of the Heart of the Ocean, he sensed a strong aura of conspiracy within it. Everything was far too coincidental; he couldn't help but overthink it. Yet under the current circumstances, he was unable to forcibly stop the absorption of the Heart of the Ocean.
Elder Xuan and Elder Gu guarded Xu Zihuang's side, constantly monitoring his condition. The continent simulated by Elder Xuan through comprehending the true meaning of his own martial soul stood suspended five thousand meters in the air, so there was no need to worry about sea soul beasts from the extreme northern ice sea attacking from below.
Unless it was a super ferocious beast like Sea Princess, ordinary sea soul beasts simply could not reach this height.
At this moment, Du Busi returned. In his large hand, he was pinching the neck of a mermaid. This mermaid wore a silver crown on her head, with long water-blue hair cascading down to her waist, complementing her deep-blue fish tail. It was precisely the mermaid princess Li Jing.
However, Li Jing had already lost consciousness. Her jade arms hung limply, and there were still teardrops at the corners of her eyes. She was thrown onto the continent simulated by Elder Xuan just like that.
Seeing this scene, Elder Xuan immediately raised an eyebrow.
"Old Poison, when did you change your nature?"
Based on his understanding of Du Busi, those two ten-thousand-year mermaid princesses should not have been spared. These were ten-thousand-year soul rings and soul bones right in front of them. Even for a foundation as deep as the Body Sect, they could not be ignored.
Back then, the Star Dou Great Forest had launched a beast tide precisely because the Body Sect had continuously hunted several ten-thousand-year soul beasts within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Du Busi also appeared somewhat annoyed.
"When that Sea Princess earlier mobilized the power of the ocean, it wasn't just to unleash that soul skill; she also transferred the other mermaid out of this sea region."
Anyone with eyes could see that Li Ya, who shared more similar features with Sea Princess, was the more special one.
Upon hearing this, both Elder Xuan and Elder Gu showed expressions of surprise on their faces. It seemed that Sea Princess had already considered the worst possibility at that moment. No matter what, she had at least protected her youngest daughter.
Elder Gu chuckled.
"Old Poison, if I'm not mistaken, you're planning to leave this mermaid's soul ring and soul bone for Princess Wei Na, right? Princess Wei Na happens to possess dual martial souls with spiritual and ice attributes. Actually, this mermaid's attributes are even more compatible with her, and absorbing the soul ring should be easier as well."
"What you said makes sense, too." Du Busi's expression eased considerably. As he spoke, he took out a metal tray from his bosom. The metal tray was extremely exquisite, inlaid with at least a hundred gemstones of various colors.
Under the injection of soul power, the metal tray shot out a beam of white light, sucking Li Jing inside.
A level-nine soul tool, the God Sealing Platform. The interior of the God Sealing Platform could seal any life form, but it required the target to have no ability to struggle before sealing could be performed. Once sealed inside, even a Title Douluo-level expert would have no hope of escaping. It was generally used to seal powerful soul beasts that had lost their combat power, and was rarely used on human soul masters.
However, the God Sealing Platform was not without weaknesses. Its principle was to absorb the sealed individual's own soul power to maintain the seal, making it extremely strong internally but extremely weak externally. A certain degree of attack could shatter this level-nine soul tool.
Due to such limitations, the level-nine soul mentors from the Sun Moon Empire basically would not waste effort producing this God Sealing Platform.
But for a top-tier sect like the Body Sect, filled with powerhouses, this God Sealing Platform was perfect for assisting sect members in obtaining suitable, powerful soul rings. A long time ago, the Body Sect had secretly purchased one from the Sun Moon Empire under a hidden identity, spending a large sum of money.
It was precisely because of their understanding of the God Sealing Platform that, in Xu Zihuang's memories from his previous life, the Body Sect had been so confident when infiltrating Mingde Hall to steal the Snow Emperor embryo.
Elder Xuan and Elder Gu glanced at the God Sealing Platform in Du Busi's hand with strange expressions but said nothing.
Ten days passed quietly. During this period, Xu Zihuang fell into a state of deep meditative cultivation, sitting cross-legged in place without moving, allowing the energy from Sea Princess's soul ring and soul bone to fuse with his body.
On the morning of the tenth day, however, a sudden change occurred.
"Buzz buzz buzz—buzz buzz buzz—" A strange buzzing sound rang out like a Buddhist chant. A nearly solid ring of light suddenly lit up behind Xu Zihuang. The ring was circular, as if serving as his backdrop.
The moment this ring of light rose, thick blood qi erupted from his body. In an instant, the continent simulated by Elder Xuan felt as if magma was bursting from the ground, becoming scorching hot.
Even with the cultivations of Elder Xuan, Elder Gu, and Du Busi, all three felt as if the blood within their bodies was boiling.
Xu Zihuang's clothes quietly melted away. His entire body looked as if it had been cast from gold, presenting a divine golden-red color. When his eyes opened and closed, they had turned into a brilliant gold. At this moment, he had already withdrawn his Golden Eye martial soul and the soul rings around him; the golden eyes were completely a physical phenomenon.
Elder Xuan and Elder Gu widened their eyes, while Du Busi's reaction was even stronger—he suddenly stepped forward several paces.
"Peak-level Flawless Golden Body?!"
The Body Sect's innate secret technique also had another name, God Creation. Cultivating the Flawless Golden Body to the peak level meant that Xu Zihuang's physical body had reached the god level one step ahead. With the innate flawless body as the foundation, the Body Sect's secret techniques, and the Heart of the Ocean as the catalyst. For several thousand years, no one in the Body Sect had been able to reach this level, yet Xu Zihuang had achieved it.
The flesh had become a god!
Brilliant golden patterns emerged around Xu Zihuang's pupils. Circles of soul rings rose from beneath his feet.
Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Red! Bright Gold! Blue Gold!
Eight soul rings that were enough to shock anyone revolved around Xu Zihuang. Sea Princess's soul ring had originally only been six hundred thousand years old, but it had been forcibly raised to the million-year level by Xu Zihuang using the origin power of the Heaven Dream Ice Silkworm.
Deep and terrifying light flickered within Xu Zihuang's Golden Eyes. This entire world lost its color because of it. A spiritual intent that transcended this world swept over.
Demigod-level spiritual power!
Not only his body, but Xu Zihuang's spiritual power had also reached the god level after fusing with Sea Princess's soul ring.
Elder Xuan, Elder Gu, and Du Busi all sensed the spiritual pressure from Xu Zihuang that far surpassed Sea Princess, and their pupils contracted sharply.
At this very moment, a massive light figure holding a golden trident appeared out of thin air behind Xu Zihuang. The golden trident rune at Xu Zihuang's forehead also lit up.
That light figure had an appearance of only twenty-something years old, with a handsome face, yet possessed a pair of profound eyes. Amidst a deliberately majestic demeanor, there was also a hint of smugness as if a petty scheme had succeeded.
"Obtaining the Heart of the Ocean automatically completes the first eight of the Sea God's Nine Tests. Sea God affinity raised to ninety percent."
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