Chapter 248: The Ultimate Body Tempering - Breaking Through Limits
In the Divine Realm, within the Sea God Palace, two massive figures sat together, one blue and one blood-red. These two were none other than the Sea God and the Shura God.
The Sea God looked serious at this moment.
"Shura, you're really willing to go this far. If I had accidentally used too much force just now, this Yang Xiong, with his mere mortal mental strength, wouldn't have been able to withstand the power of a deity. He would have truly died."
Shura God shook his head.
"Don't say it that way. This is his own fate. The kid is determined to break through his limits, so naturally, he has to pay a price."
"You should know that it's extremely difficult for anyone to break their limits, especially for someone like him, just a semi-Soul Douluo. He's really too weak."
"This Yang Xiong is a bit unexpected. His physical strength is so powerful, something very rare on Douluo Star. Especially after this transformation, his strength is likely to undergo a qualitative increase. This kind of fearless and unyielding personality is what truly qualifies him to inherit my Shura God position."
The Sea God sighed.
"A good seed like this, and you don't cherish it? Aren't you afraid of accidentally killing him? It's a pity you snatched him away. Otherwise, I would have really liked to make him my Sea God successor."
Shura God said, "Sea God, it's not that I look down on you, but this kid Yang Xiong is extremely ambitious. He probably always had the goal of reaching godhood at level 100, and not just to become a god, but the strongest god. The position of Sea God might not satisfy his ambitions."
The Sea God looked puzzled. "That shouldn't be possible. How could he possibly know about gods so early? How did you deduce this?"
"Furthermore, his martial soul has a very strong compatibility. Now, he only lacks the last two soul rings. If he absorbs a water attribute soul ring, he can adapt to my Sea God's position."
Shura God said, "Did you not notice the attributes of all of Yang Xiong's soul rings? From the first one, he absorbed soul rings with the attributes of gold, wood, fire, and earth, including space and darkness attributes. Especially after every trial, the age of his soul rings increased. Under your Sea God's power, the first four rings' attributes have greatly improved. Now, he just lacks the last water attribute soul ring."
"If nothing unexpected happens, Yang Xiong must have known the effect of Tidal Body Tempering from the beginning. That's why he never absorbed the God-given soul ring — to push its power to the extreme."
The Sea God thought for a moment. "So, after he absorbs the God-given soul ring, he will be able to control the five elements—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth? Will his body be able to harmonize with all five?"
Shura God shook his head. "No, he won't. The eighth soul ring cannot make him control water elements. Normally, a God-given soul ring adapts to a soul master's best attribute. Yang Xiong has always followed a pure power path, along with different elements. But the God-given soul ring won't automatically match his water attribute; it will be more aligned with his extreme power attributes."
"So, he will definitely pursue the ultimate ninth soul ring. He has probably already set his sights on your little whale."
The Sea God's expression turned serious. "That's not right. Even if Yang Xiong is strong, there should be no one in the Douluo world who can defeat the Deep Sea Magic Whale King. Even Poseidon can't do it."
"Besides, is pursuing the five-element path really feasible for him?"
Shura God snorted. "Of course it is feasible. There are various attributes in the world, but the five elements are the foundation. If someone fully masters all five elements, unexpected changes will certainly happen."
The Sea God hurriedly spoke. "In that case, why haven't the gods in our realm considered this?"
Shura God shook his head. "It's not that it hasn't been considered, but it's simply impossible."
"Once a person becomes a god, their body's attributes are fixed. They can only strengthen a specific aspect, and gods cannot increase their different attributes by absorbing soul rings, or their godly body would not be able to bear it."
"Even for regular human soul masters, their martial soul has its own inherent attributes, making it impossible to reconcile too many elemental attributes. If they absorb too many different soul rings, their bodies will inevitably clash, causing them to explode."
"Yang Xiong is different. His martial soul is his body, and soul masters with body-based martial souls have very strong compatibility. That's why he can absorb soul rings with multiple elemental attributes. Coupled with his unique meditation method and self-created soul skill, he can reduce conflicts between elements."
"I'm even looking forward to what power Yang Xiong will have when he masters all five elements. It might surpass all of our understanding."
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On Sea God Island, Yang Xiong carefully sensed the changes in his body.
At this moment, Yang Xiong not only felt his mental strength vastly improve, but his physical fitness had also undergone a substantial leap.
From a mental strength perspective, his 85,000-year Blue Silver King head soul bone seemed to have finally broken through a certain limit under the influence of Sea God's power, reaching a 100,000-year level.
Not only did his mental strength increase greatly, but from a mental power level, he had likely reached the limit of soul masters, the legendary fourth realm of the Purple Extreme Magic Eyes: Vastness.
To put it into perspective, reaching the Vastness realm meant reaching the ultimate limit of this world, equivalent to the mental power of an Extreme Douluo.
The key to this transformation was the Blue Silver King head soul bone.
Originally, the soul bone skill of the Blue Silver King head was called "Endless Spirit," which allowed one to maintain clarity in any situation, continuously supplying mental power.
However, after evolving to the 100,000-year level, the Endless Spirit skill had evolved into something stronger: Immortality.
Even when facing true mental power masters or Extreme Douluos, with the Immortality attribute, Yang Xiong could now resist them.
What surprised Yang Xiong even more was that his physical martial soul had finally reawakened after being struck by the endless power of the vast sea.
As for the exact level of this awakening, Yang Xiong himself wasn't entirely sure.
Since his martial soul had awakened, it had gone through several awakenings, including the Silver-level awakening from the Ice and Fire Body Tempering, the second awakening from the Blood River of Slaughter City, and now, under the impact of the Vast Sea's power, another awakening had occurred.
Yang Xiong felt his martial soul had become incredibly powerful, far surpassing the legendary Golden-level awakening.
Normally, a Golden-level awakening would increase attack power by one to three times, and mental power and control would undergo a qualitative change, even altering the martial soul's form.
But after summoning his martial soul, his entire body turned golden, with golden veins coursing through it. His attack power increased by over three times, and his strength surged several times.
More importantly, his Killing Field seemed to have grown even stronger, and it merged perfectly with his body and martial soul. His control over killing intent had become far more potent.
In terms of martial soul quality, his martial soul was now on par with Poseidon's Sea God Martial Soul, and in some ways, even stronger.
If Poseidon's Sea God Martial Soul could harness the Vast Sea's power, Yang Xiong's martial soul could now be considered the Shura Martial Soul. He felt like a Shura, able to wield all killing intent in the world for himself.
Yang Xiong also realized that his killing energy was gradually transforming into killing power, and under the influence of this killing power, it was just as strong as Poseidon's Sea God's power.
Through further research, Yang Xiong discovered that killing power wasn't just simple slaughter. It wasn't just about ending lives, but about using killing to maintain order. This was the essence of everything.
Now, his martial soul wasn't just a regular body-based martial soul—it was truly a divine-level martial soul. Yang Xiong had named his martial soul Shura.
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After fully understanding his body, Yang Xiong quickly turned to Ning Rongrong.
"Rongrong, how long did I stay on the Silver Pillar during this Tidal Body Tempering session?"
Ning Rongrong looked worried.
"Xiongzi, you stayed on the Silver Pillar for a full month this time. You didn't eat or drink during that month, and even Senior Poseidon said you were hanging on by pure willpower. Since you didn't completely pass out, she couldn't interrupt you."
Yang Xiong quickly responded, "How are you all doing now? You've all passed your trials, right?"
Ning Rongrong nodded. "We've all passed the trials. Fire Dance even exceeded her task. In the last month, she managed to keep up for thirteen hours a day, the longest of all of us."
Yang Xiong finally let out a sigh of relief. At that moment, a voice echoed in his mind.
"Yang Xiong, you have passed the third trial of the top-tier eight trials—double Tidal Body Tempering."
"You broke through your limits and exceeded the trial requirements. As a reward, all soul rings' ages have been increased by 3,000 years, and your soul power has increased by one level."
After learning about everyone's progress, Yang Xiong was overjoyed. Finally, after the Tidal Body Tempering, every person's physical fitness had greatly improved.
The biggest improvement was seen in Fire Dance and Shui Bing'er. Fire Dance's martial soul, Fire Shadow, had finally undergone its second awakening, and Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix martial soul had also changed after the Tidal Body Tempering, growing stronger and more perfect than before.
Once Yang Xiong had recovered enough, Poseidon approached him. "Yang Xiong, congratulations. Are you planning to absorb the God-given soul ring now?"
Yang Xiong nodded. "Thank you, Senior!"
Yang Xiong seemed to remember something and quickly spoke, "By the way, Senior, I want to help Fire Dance and Shui Bing'er get a soul ring. Can you tell me how to proceed?"
Poseidon said, "Fire Dance and Shui Bing'er are both Sea God Island's black and red extreme testers. If you need soul rings, just go to Oya. He'll make the arrangements."
With that, Poseidon conjured a golden God-given soul ring and, using soul power, quickly brought it to Yang Xiong.
Yang Xiong quickly sat down, summoned his martial soul and soul rings, and even summoned all his soul bones, preparing to absorb this crucial God-given soul ring.
(END CHAPTER)
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