Chapter 57: The Newly Ascended Blue Silver Emperor
At the moment Lu Chen absorbed the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring, a surge of energy like a vast ocean swept through his body.
The Blue Silver King, with eighty-five thousand years of cultivation!
The surging energy accumulated within this spirit ring filled Lu Chen’s Meridians to the brim in just a few breaths.
His body was like a balloon being constantly inflated, starting to swell rapidly from head to toe.
Lu Chen had never faced such a dangerous moment while absorbing a spirit ring before.
This time, if he wasn’t careful, his body might be blown apart by the spirit ring.
Pain!
Boundless pain shot straight to Lu Chen’s crown, making his scalp go numb.
Fortunately, his Meridians, bones, muscles, and skin membranes were all emitting a faint golden light.
That was the Golden Body tempered for him by the two Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the fiery apricot delicate flower. Thanks to the Golden Body being strong enough, he could barely withstand the waves of surging energy.
Otherwise, his body would have likely exploded!
Only now did Lu Chen realize how lucky he had been when absorbing his first six spirit rings.
At that time, although he didn’t have a single spirit ring, he had spirit power as high as Level 60 dormant within him, allowing him to absorb spirit rings with ease.
But now, he truly only had Level 70 spirit power, with no extra spirit power to help him suppress this eighty-five-thousand-year spirit ring, making the absorption process incredibly difficult.
In this situation, it was thanks to the first six spirit rings, all of which were absorbed beyond their limits, greatly strengthening his physique. Additionally, absorbing the two Immortal Herbs, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the fiery apricot delicate flower, had further strengthened his body.
This prevented his body from being instantly blown apart.
Lu Chen gritted his teeth tightly, thinking with absolute determination:
’There’s no turning back! I’ve already absorbed the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring; I absolutely cannot spit it out now.’
’Although the massive energy of this spirit ring has inflated me like a balloon, it hasn’t blown my body apart yet. That means I have a chance to successfully refine it.’
At this thought, Lu Chen desperately activated his Blue Silver King Spirit, continuously devouring and refining this massive energy.
At this moment, his Blue Silver King Spirit was like a beast that hadn’t eaten for weeks, devouring the energy of the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring in huge gulps, eating ravenously without regard for whether it could even refine it all.
His Blue Silver King Spirit was too excited; it had never tasted such delicious energy in its life.
His Blue Silver King Spirit had originally been an ordinary Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
It was because Lu Chen’s previous six spirit rings were all absorbed beyond their limits, to the point where the combined years of the spirit rings had reached one hundred thousand years.
Coupled with the fact that he absorbed spirit rings from plant Spirit Beasts with powerful vitality, it finally evolved into the Blue Silver King Spirit.
The problem now was that his Blue Silver King Spirit had only absorbed other plant Spirit Beasts and never a Blue Silver Grass plant Spirit Beast. This resulted in an insufficient Foundation, an unstable Origin, and a lack of the most crucial Blue Silver Bloodline, making it unable to reach the level of the Blue Silver Emperor.
Otherwise, it would have evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor last time instead of stopping at the Blue Silver King level.
And this Blue Silver King with eighty-five thousand years of cultivation was the existence with the purest Bloodline, the most sufficient Foundation, and the most stable Origin after the death of the previous generation’s Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin. It was the one with the best chance to reach the Blue Silver Emperor level.
Even Tang San couldn’t compare to the Blue Silver King. Although he was a descendant of the Blue Silver Emperor, as a half-human, half-Spirit Beast, his own Bloodline was not pure enough.
For various reasons—perhaps because the Blue Silver King was loyal to the Blue Silver Emperor, or perhaps because it feared Tang Hao’s martial threat—it eventually gave the opportunity to evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor to Tang San.
If the Blue Silver King hadn’t voluntarily stepped aside, given Tang San’s half-human, half-Spirit Beast Bloodline and his absorption of a bunch of animal Spirit Beast spirit rings, he might not have been able to evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor even in his next life.
But now, this Blue Silver King had been killed by Lu Chen, and Lu Chen was absorbing its spirit ring.
Within that spirit ring lay the Blue Silver King’s purest Bloodline energy, which was exactly what Lu Chen needed most right now.
After his Blue Silver King Spirit absorbed this Bloodline energy, its own life level began to transform.
This time, it was a true transformation from King to Emperor!
Meanwhile, in the outside world!
Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan both involuntarily showed looks of worry as they watched Lu Chen, who had swollen into a ball.
Dugu Yan asked softly:
"Grandpa, Grandpa Lan Chen is pushing himself too hard. He’s trying to absorb a Spirit Beast spirit ring of over eighty thousand years for his Seventh Spirit Ring. He looks like he could explode at any moment."
Dugu Bo shook his head and said:
"Perhaps he has some unavoidable reason. The fact that absorbing a Spirit Beast spirit ring of over eighty thousand years didn’t instantly blow him apart is already good news. Maybe he really can succeed."
While Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were talking, another change occurred on Lu Chen’s side.
Since his mind was entirely focused on absorbing the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring, he could no longer maintain the disguise of his appearance through the Blue Silver Domain, and he reverted to his original form.
His long blue hair quickly turned black, and his originally ordinary middle-aged face returned to that of a youthful boy.
This scene made the pupils of both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan shrink.
Dugu Bo said with a face full of shock:
"So this is Brother Lan Chen’s true face. He’s too young; he looks no older than twenty, at most the same age as Yan Yan."
Dugu Yan stomped her feet in anger:
"Dammit! Grandpa, you’re too much. Why did you have to call him ’brother’? And this bastard Lan Chen, he doesn’t even look older than me, yet I actually had to call him ’Grandpa’!"
"Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Once he finishes absorbing this spirit ring, I’ll definitely give him a piece of my mind. He totally played with my feelings; I called him ’Grandpa’ and he actually accepted it!"
Listening to his granddaughter’s complaints, Dugu Bo could only shake his head with a bitter smile. This Lan Chen had kept him in the dark so well.
He hadn’t expected his true face to be so young. It seemed his decision to call him ’brother’ back then was indeed a bit hasty.
But then he thought about it again; a seven-ring Spirit Saint around thirty years old was already shocking enough.
Looking at Lu Chen’s appearance now, he was definitely not even twenty. A seven-ring Spirit Saint not yet twenty... as Dugu Bo thought about it, he gasped.
This is truly Heaven-Defying!
In the entire Douluo Continent, there has never been a seven-ring Spirit Saint under the age of twenty!
For those Spirit Masters around twenty years old, being able to Cultivate to a four-ring Spirit Ancestor would already make them a dragon among men, a favored child of heaven.
Dugu Bo could understand now why Lu Chen had to disguise his appearance.
If the bond between their family and Lu Chen wasn’t already so deep, seeing such a young seven-ring Spirit Saint might have even tempted him to harbor some ill intentions.
Meanwhile, Lu Chen’s process of absorbing the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring continued.
As time passed, the massive energy of the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring was eventually devoured and refined by Lu Chen’s Blue Silver King Spirit bit by bit.
Lu Chen’s body, which had swollen into a ball, also returned to its original size.
Currently, the position of the Blue Silver Emperor was vacant!
Lu Chen’s Blue Silver King Spirit absorbed the Blue Silver King’s spirit ring, completing its own Bloodline, Foundation, and Origin. In one fell swoop, it crossed that Bottleneck and successfully ascended to the position of the Blue Silver Emperor.
Speaking of the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, it might not be the most powerful, but in terms of cosmetic enhancement, it is absolutely second to none.
As Lu Chen was crowned Emperor, under the transformation of the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, his appearance underwent subtle changes.
His originally black long hair now turned completely blue, the same color as Blue Silver Grass.
His features didn’t change much, only undergoing some minor adjustments.
But it was these tiny adjustments that increased his overall attractiveness a hundredfold.
His stature grew further, exceeding one hundred and ninety centimeters and approaching two meters. Yet he wasn’t overly bulky; instead, because he was well-proportioned overall, he appeared tall and slender.
If nothing else, when it comes to cosmetic enhancement, anyone who sees the Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul would have to give it a thumbs up...
(End of Chapter)
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