Boom!!!!!!!!
A tremendous roar, as if crashing down from beyond the Ninth Heaven, violently tore through the tranquility of the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
A blade light several hundred zhang long, wrapped in brilliant starlight, cleaved straight down like the wrath of a god. Wherever it passed, space shattered piece by piece like glass, and the terrifying energy fluctuations caused Spirit Beasts a thousand miles away to tremble, prostrating themselves as if the end of the world had arrived.
High in the sky, a figure stood proudly.
It was a black-clothed, black-haired, unshaven young man with a cold, stern face and eyes sharp as blades. He held a uniquely shaped pitch-black long saber in his hand, and surging purple flames burned around him, shooting up into the sky and dyeing the entire expanse a deep violet.
He had just swung his saber.
And the target of this strike was an ancient giant tree below, unbelievably massive, its canopy covering the sky!
Sensing the fatal threat, the giant tree frantically gathered massive green energy, forming an emerald barrier above its canopy, thick as a mountain.
However.
Before that destructive purple blade light, this seemingly indestructible barrier was as fragile as paper!
"Crack—"
The barrier couldn't even hold for an instant, instantly shattering into countless specks of light.
The blade light, unstoppable, fiercely struck the giant tree's main body!
Another soul-shaking boom—"CRACK!!!"
That towering ancient tree, which had survived for untold tens of thousands of years, was forcibly cleaved in two!
The earth violently shook, and the residual blade energy sliced into the ground, leaving behind a terrifying, bottomless ravine a thousand meters long.
The young man's eyes were icy cold. Without the slightest pause, he shouted again:
"Spirit Bone Skill—Star Horn Demonic Whale Cannon!"
Roar!!!
A whale roar, seemingly from the ancient deep sea, shook heaven and earth! A massive purple-gold Demonic Whale phantom, enormous as a mountain range, suddenly appeared behind the young man, exuding a terrifying pressure like that of a primordial fierce beast.
The Demonic Whale phantom's single horn suddenly lit up, gathering extremely compressed, terrifying energy. The next moment, a purple light cannon, dazzling to the extreme, shot forth like a river of stars pouring down, accurately blasting the remnants of the giant tree.
"Sizzle—Boom!"
Under the impact of the purple light cannon, the giant tree remnants quickly melted and disintegrated, dissolving into the most primitive particles in the air.
A moment later, the light dispersed.
In its place, only a dazzling spirit ring silently floated.
That spirit ring was red like hot blood, so rich it seemed impossible to dissolve! And on that bloody red halo, a clear golden pattern shone brilliantly, demonstrating its power far surpassing an ordinary hundred thousand year spirit ring!
The young man flashed, landing in front of the spirit ring. His face was pale from the expenditure of power, but his eyes sparkled with irrepressible joy.
"Indeed... this is a fierce beast whose cultivation far exceeds hundred thousand years!" he muttered, his voice weary yet filled with excitement.
"As long as I absorb this spirit ring, I, Yu Qing, can ascend to the realm of Titled Douluo today!"
With a thought, the pitch-black long saber named "black star sinking abyss" in his hand dissipated. At the same time, he beckoned with his right hand—a right leg bone radiating powerful life energy flew into his grasp.
"My fourth Spirit Bone," Yu Qing murmured, a slight smile forming on his lips.
He sat down cross-legged without hesitation, beginning to fuse the Spirit Bone while circulating his cultivation method to restore his spirit power.
While Yu Qing was absorbing the Spirit Bone, his thoughts drifted far away.
His name was Yu Qing, but he was not a native of this world. His soul came from Lan Star. His previous life was ordinary, and precisely because of this, the flame of unwillingness to be mediocre burned fiercely within him after transmigrating to the Douluo Continent!
However, fate played a joke on him.
The day his Spirit awakened at age six was the most humiliating day of his two lives.
He awakened two Spirits: an ordinary Green Leaf, and... a rusty iron block.
Innate spirit power, Rank Three.
"Innate Rank Three."
"What a pity it's a trash Spirit!"
"The family's resources are limited; we cannot afford to nurture a trash Spirit."
"If only your Spirit had been the Azure Willow, how great that would have been."
Those looks of pity and helplessness were deeply etched into his soul.
Starting with a trash Spirit?
So what!
He refused to believe in fate! He would shatter the shackles of the Spirit and fight with his life! He would forge a path that belonged only to him!
Fortunately, he was not without reliance. Besides being a transmigrator, his greatest reliance was his eyes.
These eyes could glimpse the light of "Fortune" on all things in heaven and earth! White, yellow, purple, black, red—the deeper the color, the greater the opportunity or potential. He called it the Eye of Fortune!
Relying on these eyes, he was able to find hope in desperate situations and seize fleeting opportunities.
He still remembered reading novels in his past life and learning about a ruthless individual named Ji Juechen in Douluo II, who also had only Rank Three Innate spirit power and whose Spirit was just an iron sword, yet he eventually cultivated to the Titled Douluo realm.
This gave him endless confidence! So what if his Spirit was an iron block? Could an iron block not be forged into a divine weapon? Moreover, he possessed twin spirits!
Thus, starting at age six, Yu Qing began the self-abusive "forging" of his iron block Spirit.
Each forging involved a deep fusion of mental force, will, and spirit power with the Spirit, subjecting it to thousands of refinements in his imagination. The process was agonizing, like casting his soul into a furnace.
But he grit his teeth and persisted for six years! Completing ten thousand quenchings!
The benefits brought by this inhuman torture were also enormous. Every quenching was equivalent to strengthening his body, spirit, and Spirit. His physique became comparable to that of a defense-type Spirit Master of the same rank, and his mental force was far more condensed than ordinary people.
Six years and ten thousand quenchings forged his rock-solid will.
Finally, the rusty iron block transformed in Yu Qing's hands into a pitch-black long saber radiating chilling intent.
He named it—black star sinking abyss!
That year, at age twelve, relying on the Eye of Fortune, he discovered a soaring red light of fortune in a remote coastal town!
The source of the light was surprisingly a black and red whale resin block tossed in the corner of a general store. Because its outer shell was unusually hard, it had always been treated as scrap, priced at only ten gold coin.
Yu Qing bought it without hesitation. He eventually broke open the whale resin shell and obtained the heaven-defying opportunity within—a complete hundred thousand year torso bone and hundred thousand year whale resin essence!
These two treasures completely changed his fate! They not only improved his physique and broadened his meridians but also laid the foundation for him to absorb spirit rings above his rank!
His first spirit ring was directly absorbed from a three-thousand-year Purple Sun Ginseng! From then on, he embarked on the path of "absorption of spirit rings beyond the limit"!
In the days that followed, he remained extremely low-key. While relying on the Eye of Fortune to seek opportunities, he also created his own unique cultivation method.
Because he discovered that the common meditation methods on the Douluo Continent were too rudimentary! With his Rank Three Innate spirit power talent, his cultivation speed was extremely slow!
After countless deductions and attempts, he finally created his own unique meditation method at the age of eighteen—the Star Meditation Scripture!
This cultivation method guided the power of the stars into his body, tempering his physique and condensing his spirit power, with efficiency far exceeding ordinary meditation methods!
All of this was thanks to that hundred thousand year torso bone. It originated from the "Star Horn Demon Whale," a Spirit Beast naturally capable of absorbing the power of the stars. Yu Qing drew upon its secrets to create the Star Meditation Scripture.
That year, he advanced to Spirit King, and his spirit ring configuration was the shocking Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black!
But because his First Spirit, "Green Leaf," followed the Life Support System path, he had to continue hiding his strength and developing cautiously.
Later, he combined the power of the stars to create self-created Spirit Abilitys such as the "Four Forms of Star Shattering" and the "Sunken Abyss Star Extinguishing Slash," causing his actual combat ability to skyrocket.
Relying on the Star Meditation Scripture and the Eye of Fortune, Yu Qing's cultivation advanced rapidly, finally breaking through to Rank 90 at age twenty-eight, becoming a Quasi-Titled Douluo!
However, he had extremely high expectations for his ninth spirit ring. He was not satisfied with an ordinary hundred thousand year spirit ring; he wanted to find a fierce beast with cultivation exceeding hundred thousand years!
This search lasted two years. He traversed all the perilous lands of the continent, finally locating this plant-type fierce beast in the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest!
...Half an hour later, the hundred thousand year right leg bone was fully absorbed. Yu Qing's spirit power had recovered by about eighty percent.
He opened his eyes, a sharp light flashing and disappearing instantly. He gazed intently at the blood-red, gold-patterned spirit ring and took a deep breath.
"The main event is next!"
He extended his right hand, and his First Spirit, named "Green Leaf," appeared. The leaf was purple-gold, nine-pointed, and emitted a rich aura of life.
Simultaneously, eight spirit rings rose beneath Yu Qing's feet: Purple! Purple! Black! Black! Black! Black! Red! Red!
This spirit ring configuration, which surpassed the optimal ratio, was enough to cause a tremor throughout the entire continent!
Yu Qing used his spirit power to draw in the spirit ring, simultaneously using a Spirit Bone Skill to tunnel underground and excavate a temporary cave.
Absorbing the spirit ring here was much safer than on the surface.
"Let's begin!"
As long as he successfully absorbed this spirit ring, he would truly stand among the ranks of the strong on the Douluo Continent!
Time flew by as Yu Qing fully focused on absorbing the spirit ring.
The process of absorbing this ultra-hundred thousand year spirit ring was more painful and dangerous than any time before! The massive energy slammed against his meridians and soul; each impact felt like it would tear him apart!
Yu Qing firmly guarded his spiritual platform, refining the energy with the Star Meditation Scripture, and relying on his powerful physique and will to endure.
This absorption lasted seven days and seven nights!
Deep underground, the bloody red spirit ring finally settled, attaching itself to Yu Qing's ninth spirit ring slot!
"Buzz!!"
The moment Yu Qing successfully absorbed it, his aura violently erupted! The purple flames soaring into the sky became deeper, mixed with wisps of golden light!
Yu Qing suddenly opened his eyes, sensing the vast new power within his body and feeling a completely different level of life, and he burst into laughter:
"Hahaha! After more than twenty years of arduous cultivation and countless trials, today, I, Yu Qing, have finally become a Titled Douluo!"
The hearty laughter echoed in the underground cave.
He recalled the past: the pain of quenching the iron block Spirit; the danger of absorbing spirit rings above his rank; exhausting his effort researching Spirit evolution; countless sleepless nights creating his own cultivation method; surviving near-death experiences hunting Spirit Beasts... every step was like walking on thin ice.
All the suffering and persistence were rewarded today!
Yu Qing remembered that the youngest Titled Douluo in the original work, Tang Hao, only broke through at age forty-four. If it weren't for searching for this perfect ninth spirit ring, he could have attempted the breakthrough at age twenty-eight!
The immense energy of this ultra-hundred thousand year spirit ring directly caused his spirit power rank to soar to Rank 94 after the breakthrough!
Coupled with his unprecedented spirit ring and Spirit Bone configuration, his current actual combat power was enough to crush the vast majority of Rank 95 Super Douluo!
"Hoo..." Yu Qing suppressed his laughter, his excitement calming down.
After the joy subsided, realistic problems surfaced in his mind.
All nine spirit rings for his First Spirit, Green Leaf, had been acquired. However, his Second Spirit, "black star sinking abyss," had yet to attach a single spirit ring!
After experiencing a hundred thousand year spirit ring, ordinary ten-thousand-year spirit rings were simply beneath his notice. His goal was at least the hundred thousand year level!
But Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts on the Douluo Continent were too rare! Each one was a hegemon-level existence, difficult to track down.
Even if he hunted known Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts according to the original work's clues, he might not be able to gather nine spirit rings for his Second Spirit. Furthermore, spirit rings needed to be compatible with the Spirit's attributes.
There were very few powerful offensive Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts that could perfectly match "black star sinking abyss": Titan Giant Ape, Evil Spirit Orca King, Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, Deep Sea Demon Whale King... As for peerless fierce beasts like Di Tian... he decided not to even think about it. Setting aside whether he could defeat them, even if he managed to kill one, the Silver Dragon King behind it would likely trigger a frenzy of Spirit Beast revenge.
"Sigh, this is truly a happy dilemma..." Yu Qing rubbed his temples helplessly.
Forget it, he wouldn't worry about these things for now. He was only thirty, and his lifespan was long; he had plenty of time. If worst came to worst, once his strength increased further, he would seek out a Godhood Inheritance Trial!
Thinking of this, Yu Qing's mood suddenly brightened. He stood up, dusted himself off, and prepared to leave the underground cave.
However—
Just as he took his first step!
His body suddenly froze in place! As if chilled by invisible ice!
The expression on his face solidified, his eyes became vacant, and all his consciousness was drawn away!
Because at that very moment, a cold, mechanical voice exploded deep within his mind:
[Ding! Detecting host life level ascension, soul strength met requirements, fulfilling binding conditions...]
[invincible family system is currently binding...!]