Chapter 254 - The Uncrowned King
"Is this... the true Blue Silver Grass?" Tang Ya gazed dreamily at the newly grown Blue Silver Grass in her palm, her eyes slightly unfocused.
The Blue Silver Grass now lacked the previous eerie and twisted appearance. The dark purple veins that contained toxins had vanished, and the thorns that once adorned the roots and leaves were no longer visible. In their place were smooth, glossy leaves and straight, slender roots.
After being infused with the life force from both the Golden Tree's source and the Gold of Life, the veins of the Blue Silver Grass had turned a magnificent blue-gold, giving it an extraordinarily noble appearance.
"Uh... this?" Du Qianjue hesitated as he looked at the Blue Silver Grass, his expression equally puzzled.
Blue-gold Blue Silver Grass—that was the Blue Silver Emperor, wasn't it?
Wasn't it said that only one Blue Silver Emperor could exist in an era? Why then did Tang Ya's evolved Blue Silver Grass resemble the Blue Silver Emperor?
"Xiao Ya, feel it carefully. Have you awakened a domain or something?" Du Qianjue asked.
Tang Ya nodded, holding the Blue Silver Grass to her chest and closing her eyes to deeply sense her evolved martial soul. The best way to verify if it was the Blue Silver Emperor was to see if she had awakened the domain of All-encompassing Flora and to feel if the wild Blue Silver Grass within the domain exhibited a sense of closeness and submission to the soul master.
If both were present, it would confirm that Tang Ya had successfully evolved her Blue Silver Grass martial soul into the Blue Silver Emperor.
Soon, a life-infused aura emanated from Tang Ya, spreading outward from her as the center. This was the domain.
Du Qianjue, who possessed several domains himself, immediately recognized the nature of this life energy.
It was the All-encompassing Flora domain, no doubt about it—this was the most characteristic ability of the Blue Silver Emperor.
As expected, when Tang Ya opened her eyes, she confirmed Du Qianjue's guess: "Master, my Blue Silver Grass martial soul has indeed awakened a domain called All-encompassing Flora. It allows me to control the plants within the domain to attack or use their life force for my recovery."
"Anything else? For example, do you feel that the Blue Silver Grass within the domain exhibits a sense of closeness and submission to you?" Du Qianjue asked further.
Being in one of the most luxurious hotels of the Sun-Moon Empire, the room naturally had green plant decorations, including potted Blue Silver Grass.
Even though Tang Ya's All-encompassing Flora domain didn't spread too far, it was sufficient to envelop the potted Blue Silver Grass.
Tang Ya nodded and then shook her head, "I feel a closeness, but not the submission you mentioned."
Closeness without submission?
Du Qianjue stroked his chin thoughtfully.
This made it clear—Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass might have evolved to the level of the Blue Silver Emperor in essence, but it lacked the status to command other Blue Silver Grass. After all, there could only be one emperor of a species.
Another Blue Silver Emperor was still alive. If this new Blue Silver Emperor, Tang Ya, didn't receive recognition and a voluntary abdication from the other, she would only truly possess the authority to command Blue Silver Grass by defeating the existing emperor.
For now, she might aptly be described as an "uncrowned king."
"Your martial soul can now be called the Blue Silver Emperor, and you're on the right path," Du Qianjue said. "Going forward, each of your soul rings should ideally be from life-attribute soul beasts. Matching soul rings to the Blue Silver Emperor will maximize your martial soul's strengths."
"I understand, Master, but..." Tang Ya nodded obediently, then looked at her feet.
Her four soul rings, previously two yellow and two purple, had all turned into black ten-thousand-year rings.
"What's happening with my soul rings?"
"Don't worry about that; it's a good thing for you," Du Qianjue waved it off. "Alright, you can go now. Take some time to understand your evolved martial soul and modified soul skills. Don't disappoint me."
Tang Ya nodded respectfully and walked out.
As she left the room, she looked back at Du Qianjue with a mix of gratitude and admiration. At that moment, Du Qianjue 's status in her heart reached its pinnacle, even surpassing her own life.
If Du Qianjue asked her to take her own life now, she wouldn't hesitate for a second.
This was the height of fanatic devotion.
After Tang Ya's departure, Du Qianjue also took a break. The Soul Battle Tournament was of no concern to him; with Jin Peng and Lang Ya around, nothing could go wrong for the members of the Body Sect.
Now, having broken through to level ninety, he was contemplating absorbing his ninth soul ring to become a Titled Douluo and how to condense his third soul core.
The third soul core was definitely going to be of the spirit attribute. Du Qianjue hoped to transform his spirit power during the condensation of the third soul core, elevating his soul to a divine level.
Thus, the condensation of the third soul core required careful consideration.
Huo Yuhao's method of condensing his third soul core involved the integration of the positive, negative, and positive forms, allowing the three soul cores to link through a yin-yang complementary method.
After he condensed his third soul core, the three soul cores in his dan tians, which were originally aligned in a straight line from top to bottom, were pulled by the yin-yang attraction to positions on his left and right shoulders, with the soul core in the upper dan tian remaining at the brow.
This method, while also extremely powerful, was not without flaws.
The two soul cores moving from the body's core to the shoulders undoubtedly did not perform as well as when they were in their original dan tians.
Thus, the positive, negative, positive yin-yang complementation still had room for optimization.
So, the question arose.
Was condensing all three soul cores in a yin-yang complementary manner truly the strongest method?
Du Qianjue was deep in thought.
It had been several years since he condensed his dual yin-yang complementary soul cores, and during these years, he had earnestly felt the state of these two soul cores.
On the surface, Du Qianjue's two soul cores—one at the chest and one at the lower abdomen—linked in a three-dimensional manner to achieve a yin-yang complementation. However, in reality, the link between the soul cores was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. A soul core is a highly compressed form of energy that not only links soul power but also involves a spatial link in the space around it.
The soul cores contain the power of space.
Thus, the actual form of the soul cores is based on a four-dimensional resonance in space.
Resonance...
Perhaps, the third soul core could resonate with the first and second soul cores simultaneously and complete its condensation? (End of Chapter)
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