Douluo: I am the True Master

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This suddenly appearing spirit beast emitted not a trace of killing intent. Its aura was calm, as if it were merely wandering about casually. 

"Do you recognize this kind of spirit beast, Misael?" Ye Wen asked quietly. 

Misael fell into deep thought. Jellyfish-type spirit beasts were widespread in the ocean, but because jellyfish lacked brains, they were often subconsciously overlooked. This gigantic jellyfish was something she had never encountered before. 

After some deliberation, Misael hesitantly replied, "It seems to be a spirit beast called the Golden Light Jellyfish. However, these spirit beasts are usually only a few hundred years old. To reach such a massive size… I don't know how many tens of thousands of years it must have lived." 

"100,000 years," Ah Yin stated confidently. 

"And it has just broken through to 100,000 years. There's already a trace of heavenly tribulation energy emanating from its body. In another 1,000 years, it will face its tribulation." 

Though Misael didn't understand why Ah Yin was so certain, she didn't argue. 

"What do we do now? Are we going to fight it for the remains?" Misael asked. 

At this moment, the Golden Light Jellyfish had already begun devouring the corpse of the Many-Eyed Squid Emperor. 

Ye Wen's eyes flickered with indecision. 

After a while, he made up his mind and said to Ah Yin, "Ah Yin, take Misael and return first. I'm going to hunt this 100,000-year-old spirit beast and obtain its soul bone." 

Ah Yin seemed to recall something and silently nodded. She flapped her Blue Silver wings and took Misael far away—so far that Misael could no longer see Ye Wen. 

This left Misael puzzled. Even when facing the two-hundred-thousand-year-old Many-Eyed Squid Emperor, there hadn't been such an elaborate setup. 

However, being an intelligent member of the mermaid race, Misael began to suspect something. It seemed Ye Wen and Ah Yin were hiding something from her. 

With the situation akin to "being the fish on the chopping block," Misael dared not ask further questions. 

On the vast sea, Ye Wen coldly observed the Golden Light Jellyfish. 

Though he disliked killing sentient beings, the essence of life was survival of the fittest. Once necessity arose, Ye Wen would show no mercy. 

"Though you may not understand my words, I thank you for offering your soul ring, soul bone, and body," Ye Wen muttered. 

As he spoke, he clasped his hands together, palms rotating against each other. 

Seven soul rings emerged, glowing with an awe-inspiring brilliance. 

Yellow – Purple – Purple – Purple – Black – Black – Red!!! 

With the appearance of the seventh soul ring, the seven rings began to resonate with one another, eventually merging into a single massive red soul ring beneath Ye Wen's feet. 

Unlike the previous two golden stripes, this enormous soul ring bore three golden markings, signifying that it possessed the essence of 300,000 years. 

In Douluo I, there were three legendary soul ring techniques. 

The first was the Fusion Ring technique used by Huo Wu of the Blazing Academy during the early stages of the Soul Master Tournament. This technique was a self-created soul skill enhancement with no drawbacks aside from its long preparation time. 

Later came the Explosion Ring technique passed down by the Hao Tian Sect, paired with the Nine Extremes Techniques of Hao Tian. While immensely powerful, it inflicted internal injuries on the user. 

Finally, there was the Spirit Devouring Secret Technique of the Agile Clan, where a group of Swift-tailed Swallows consumed their own soul rings to free up a slot for a new one. However, this technique had significant flaws, which led to Bai Chenxiang's reduced potential in the manga version, allowing her to only undergo the Yellow Grade Trial of the Sea God. 

Of these three self-created techniques, Ye Wen was only interested in the Fusion Ring, as the others caused too much harm to the user. 

He had originally planned to visit the Blazing Academy someday to negotiate acquiring this secret technique, but unexpectedly, after obtaining his seventh soul ring, he spontaneously gained insight into it. 

"Seventh Soul Skill: True Body of the Martial Soul—" 

At his command, the 300,000-year soul ring that had been hovering at his feet abruptly expanded to fill the sky. 

In that instant, heaven and earth seemed to shift. 

The name of the soul skill quietly surfaced in his mind. 

"Domain Expansion: Supreme Dominance Over Heaven and Earth." 

Ye Wen opened his eyes again. All three of his eyes had turned silver-white, and it seemed as though there were no secrets left in the world. 

"So that's how it is. This is what my True Body of the Martial Soul is about," Ye Wen murmured to himself. 

In the state of the True Body of the Martial Soul, Ye Wen fully understood all the information about himself. 

The purpose of the external soul bone became clear—it allowed him to observe the aptitude of any living being. 

But that wasn't all. 

The first six soul skills, which Ye Wen had initially intended only as life-saving measures, underwent epic transformations under the influence of the seventh soul skill, True Body of the Martial Soul. 

First Soul Skill: Spiritual Space

Originally designed to allow his martial soul space, which could only store inanimate objects, to also store living beings, it evolved into the Law of Life. Within the domain's range, all living beings were locked and could not hide. 

Second Soul Skill: Mimicry Space

Initially a survival skill to hide oneself through mimicry, it later gained the ability to simulate anything due to the evolution of his spiritual power, greatly aiding his research work. After being enhanced by the True Body of the Martial Soul, it became the Law of Manifestation, granting Ye Wen the ability to materialize and simulate any element formed by molecules and atoms. This meant that in the True Body state, Ye Wen could unleash attacks of all attributes at their peak intensity. The previously intricate control required for the sixth soul skill variant, Overclock·Red, could now be unleashed brutally without worrying about recoil. 

Third Soul Skill: Void Control 

Originally created to overcome the limitation of summoning his martial soul only around his body, it evolved into the Law of Spatial Movement. Within the domain, Ye Wen could instantly teleport to any location with a mere thought. 

Fourth Soul Skill: Inner Void

This was Ye Wen's true absolute life-saving ability. As long as the opponent couldn't perform cross-dimensional attacks, Ye Wen was immune to all physical damage. 

This was the most dramatically transformed soul skill among all of Ye Wen's abilities. Under the influence of his True Body domain, the rules of the world were rewritten, creating an inner and outer world within the domain. Ye Wen could traverse between the void and reality. As long as the seventh soul skill wasn't deactivated, Ye Wen was effectively immune to all physical attacks. 

Fifth Soul Skill: Void Barrier 

Originally intended as a versatile support skill—useful for movement and filling the cooldown gap of Inner Void—it evolved into the Law of World Barriers, giving Ye Wen's domain the characteristic of being easy to enter but impossible to leave. In the world of Douluo, even gods might not possess the ability to tear through space, making this an absolute prison. 

Sixth Soul Skill: Spatial Oscillation

This skill received an absurdly powerful enhancement. Ye Wen gained the ability to sever all molecular motion, rendering any defense useless by breaking it down at the atomic level. 

All these abilities meant that enemies within Ye Wen's domain were like turtles in a jar, helpless and awaiting death. 

Invincibility had begun!

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