Zhu Ziyang returned to his room and immediately opened the spatial gate, entering the Saint Law Demiplane.
Absorbing the eighth spirit ring and condensing the third soul core would inevitably cause unusual phenomena. If he were in Shrek Academy, there would naturally be no need to worry, but he was currently in Winter Extremity City. So, to be safe, it was better to do it in the Saint Law Demiplane, where at least Electrolux and four light experts would protect him.
Sitting on a platform carved from a giant rock, Zhu Ziyang took out the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core. After gazing at it for a moment, his eyes became resolute. He then swallowed the Dragon Core whole, closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and began to meditate wholeheartedly. His spirit power slowly circulated, and the surging spirit power contained within the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core, which he had swallowed, also began to release.
In an instant, Zhu Ziyang was engulfed by an immense surge of pure spirit power, like a towering wave. This spirit power took only a few seconds to invade all of Zhu Ziyang's meridians and acupoints. Zhu Ziyang could only maintain his composure, stabilize his mind, and control his own spirit power, hiding it in some obscure meridians, trembling.
This was the Ice Dragon King's spirit power. Although it no longer possessed divinity, such pure spirit power was by no means something ordinary people could possess and control. Zhu Ziyang absorbed it with great difficulty.
The phantom of the Heavenly Frost White Dragon King coiled behind Zhu Ziyang, and seven red spirit rings flashed rapidly, like alarm bells. They rotated desperately, trying to absorb, transform, and refine the foreign spirit power within Zhu Ziyang's body at maximum power.
To be honest, Zhu Ziyang was a bit overconfident. He underestimated the profound strength and power of a divine Dragon Core, and also overestimated his body's endurance.
A crack had already appeared on Zhu Ziyang's arm, meaning his body was nearing its limit. If he couldn't refine a portion of the Dragon Core's spirit power in a short time, he was highly likely to be burst open by the spirit power contained in the Dragon Core.
"Damn it, I'll gamble!" Zhu Ziyang had only two choices: either give up absorbing the Dragon Core, letting it completely dissipate into the world, losing a divine spirit ring, or take a gamble, first condensing the third soul core, then absorbing the spirit ring.
Evidently, Zhu Ziyang chose the second option: first condense the soul core, then absorb the spirit ring. The advantage of doing this was that the three soul cores forming the Three Powers United could greatly increase Zhu Ziyang's spirit power circulation and processing efficiency. The disadvantage was that without the support of a spirit ring, the difficulty coefficient of condensing the soul core multiplied, and the difficulty of establishing connections with the other two soul cores also increased significantly.
But Zhu Ziyang had no way out; he didn't want to give up this Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core.
So, he would go all out!
Zhu Ziyang made up his mind, and his spirit power immediately began to change direction, no longer resisting the invasion and compression of the Dragon Core's spirit power, but instead submitting to it. By the time all of Zhu Ziyang's meridians and acupoints were occupied by the Dragon Core's spirit power, his body had already swelled up.
Death was but a hair's breadth away; he would find life in Death. Zhu Ziyang began to act. He controlled the spirit power, now enveloped by the Dragon Core's spirit power, making it slowly rotate. The spirit power in his Danzhong Acupoint first formed a small spirit power vortex, followed by other parts also forming small spirit power vortices. Soon, small spirit power vortices appeared in all of Zhu Ziyang's meridians.
These spirit power vortices initially rotated slowly, but as time passed, they spun faster and faster, eventually drawing in the surrounding Dragon Core spirit power, turning the small vortices into medium-sized vortices.
These medium-sized vortices began to move along the spirit power circulation, their destination very clear: Zhu Ziyang's heart, the Danzhong Acupoint.
As the first medium-sized spirit power vortex entered the Danzhong Acupoint, the Danzhong Acupoint instantly opened wide, completely unguarded against these spirit power vortices. Soon, the second, third, fourth, and all other medium-sized spirit power vortices converged in the Danzhong Acupoint. These medium-sized spirit power vortices collided, merged, and fused, finally forming a super-large spirit power vortex, so much so that it affected the outside world from within Zhu Ziyang's body, drawing in the elemental energy within the Saint Law Demiplane above Zhu Ziyang's head, forming a funnel vortex.
However, with the appearance of the super-large spirit power vortex in his Danzhong Acupoint, Zhu Ziyang's swollen body also deflated, and the Dragon Core spirit power occupying his limbs and bones also decreased significantly, at least no longer posing a risk of bursting him. In fact, this was the best time to completely absorb the Dragon Core and form a spirit ring.
But Zhu Ziyang had no other choice. When the Danzhong Acupoint opened, a new power also surged from deep within his spine and entered the Danzhong Acupoint. If he didn't condense the soul core now, it would be difficult to condense it later.
So, he made a decisive move and immediately began to compress the spirit power vortex within the Danzhong Acupoint.
At this moment, within Zhu Ziyang's Danzhong Acupoint, the Ultimate Ice, bloodline power, and vital energy all converged within the spirit power vortex. As Zhu Ziyang compressed and refined them, these special powers began to intermingle and solidify, gradually merging into one. The super-large spirit power vortex spun faster and faster, becoming smaller and smaller under compression, finally forming a distinct rhomboid gaseous vortex.
The appearance of the rhomboid vortex meant that the condensation of the soul core had reached its final step. At this point, Zhu Ziyang finally let out a long breath, realizing that his crisis had been successfully overcome. Next, he only needed to complete the soul core condensation, construct the Three Powers United, and finally absorb the remaining Dragon Core spirit power to form the eighth spirit ring, and everything would be complete.
As his state of mind relaxed, his third soul core was finally completely formed.
A rhomboid crystal, almost identical in shape to the previous two soul cores, differing only in color. The Spirit of Destiny Soul Core was gold and silver, the Light of Death Soul Core was black and white, and this new soul core was red and blue. Red represented bloodline, and blue represented ice, so this third spirit ring was named the Extreme Cold Blood and Qi Soul Core.
Zhu Ziyang carefully added this Extreme Cold Blood and Qi Soul Core into his spirit power circulation, making it form a triangular structure with the upper Spirit soul core and the lower spirit power soul core, completing the final step of the Three Powers United.
The Extreme Cold Blood and Qi Soul Core, the 'Human' character soul core in the Three Powers United Soul Core Method, the 'Essence' aspect among Essence, Qi, and Spirit, residing in the Danzhong Acupoint of the heart, the source of vital energy in the human body.
Essence, that is, vital energy and physique. The Extreme Cold Blood and Qi Soul Core gathered Zhu Ziyang's vital energy, bloodline power, and Ultimate Ice, thoroughly refining and solidifying his Dragon King bloodline, making it Zhu Ziyang's unique bloodline, giving his Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Spirit the possibility of being inherited by future generations.
With all three powers in place, Zhu Ziyang's spirit power circulation was finally complete. Possessing three soul cores, he had finally reached the point where all the powers within his body were fully integrated and flowed without obstruction.
Without stopping, Zhu Ziyang immediately began his final task: refining the Dragon Core and absorbing the spirit ring.
After Zhu Ziyang possessed the Three Powers United Soul Core, the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core could no longer cause him trouble. All the spirit power contained within the Dragon Core was like fish on a chopping block, at Zhu Ziyang's mercy.
After spending a day and a night, the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core completely disappeared, replaced by the eighth spirit ring of Zhu Ziyang's Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Spirit, a dazzling golden spirit ring, a divine spirit ring!
Zhu Ziyang suddenly opened his eyes with an indescribable joy and excitement. With the Heavenly Frost Sacred White Dragon Spirit attached, and eight spirit rings, seven red and one gold, floating behind him, anyone who saw it would probably tremble and not dare to act rashly!
A golden spirit ring! This had only appeared twice in the history of the Douluo Continent. Ten thousand years ago, during the Battle of the Twin Gods, the Sea God Tang San's tenth spirit ring and the Angel God Qian Renxue's tenth spirit ring. As the only three clearly deified individuals in continental history, whether it was the Sea God Tang San or the Angel God Qian Renxue, their divine spirit rings were both tenth spirit rings obtained after becoming a god at level 100.
However, Zhu Ziyang possessed a golden divine spirit ring before becoming a god. From this perspective, Zhu Ziyang had already surpassed his predecessors, achieving something truly unprecedented!
"Ziyang, you really scared me, teacher!" Zhu Ziyang was still immersed in the joy of surpassing his predecessors when Electrolux said with lingering fear, "If I had known it would be so perilous, I would have stopped you no matter what!"
"Hehe! High risk, high reward, teacher!" Zhu Ziyang scratched his head sheepishly when he heard Electrolux, saying, "Look, aren't I doing great? Not only did I get a golden spirit ring, but I also directly increased my spirit power by five levels, reaching level 85! Which Spirit Douluo can reach level 85 right after absorbing a spirit ring?"
As he spoke, Zhu Ziyang even chuckled somewhat smugly.
"Sigh! You, really, well, at least it was a scare with no harm done!" Electrolux said with a helpless smile.