134: Chapter 134 The Seventh Soul Ring

After the conclusion of the first trial of the Seagod Nine Trials, Ji Xuan and his group returned to the city lord's mansion in Seahorse City.

Having just finished a year of high-intensity Cultivation, Ji Xuan told everyone to take two days off.

The lively Shui Yueer immediately grabbed the others, clamoring to explore every corner of Seahorse City.

Feng Xiaotian wanted to stay in the mansion, but Huo Wu grabbed his arm and dragged him along, half-willingly.

In the quiet room of the city lord's mansion.

Ji Xuan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed.

The Sword of Order hovered in front of him, with six spirit rings circling his body.

spirit rings were products of the Laws of the Douluo Continent, their age and attributes determined by those Laws.

And the Power of Order that Ji Xuan controlled could see through these Laws, and even rewrite them.

Today, he intended to use this power to attempt to change the age of his spirit rings.

Ji Xuan's mind stirred, and the hovering Sword of Order suddenly erupted with golden light. The runes on the blade intertwined and swam, and the brilliant radiance instantly lit up the entire quiet room.

A wisp of the Power of Order peeled away from the blade, winding like a spiritual snake as it moved toward his first spirit ring.

The moment the Power of Order touched the spirit ring, it drilled inside.

Ji Xuan held his breath and focused, carefully controlling that wisp of power as it slowly traveled through the spirit ring.

In an instant, the fine lines of Laws inside the spirit ring appeared clearly in his mind.

He took a deep breath and tried to drive the Power of Order to nudge the thread of Law that determined the age of the spirit ring.

But after only a moment, the previously stable first spirit ring suddenly trembled violently, and the energy inside surged wildly, with the spirit ring showing faint signs of shattering.

Ji Xuan's heart tightened, and thinking 'not good', he quickly withdrew that wisp of power from the spirit ring.

Losing the external agitation, the energy inside the spirit ring gradually calmed down and returned to stability.

The first attempt ended in failure, almost destroying his first spirit ring.

Ji Xuan slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

It wasn't that the Power of Order wasn't enough to shake the Laws, but that he had been too impatient, which caused the energy to become restless.

"The spirit ring is interwoven with countless tiny threads of Laws. Moving one affects the whole. It must be done step by step—first unraveling, then reshaping."

Having made his decision, he circulated his Soul Power to catch his breath for a moment.

Once his state was fully restored, the Sword of Order in front of him glowed brightly again, and a wisp of the Power of Order probed into the first spirit ring once more.

This time, Ji Xuan completely immersed his mind in it.

He controlled the wisp of the Power of Order, turning it into countless tiny points of light that traveled slowly along the threads of Laws within the spirit ring, with every bit clearly fed back into his mental sea.

In the quiet room, time passed quietly.

Ji Xuan's first spirit ring began to tremble slightly, and its original pale purple deepened—thirteen hundred years, fifteen hundred years...

It wasn't until it broke through the two-thousand-year level that Ji Xuan slowly withdrew his hand and pulled the Power of Order away.

Hum—

A slight humming sound rang out in the quiet room, and the first spirit ring became completely stable, without the slightest sense of rejection.

Ji Xuan slowly opened his eyes, feeling the stable energy flowing within the spirit ring, and a smile involuntarily tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"Finally succeeded."

He had not only successfully increased the age of the spirit ring but also figured out the operation of the Laws within it.

This meant that from now on, he could truly, like a god, increase the age of spirit rings for others.

Ji Xuan got up and walked out of the quiet room; he didn't continue to increase the age.

With his current physical fitness, it wouldn't be difficult to raise all his spirit rings to the ten-thousand-year level.

It was just that he was still on Sea God Island, and if all his spirit rings were to become ten-thousand-year level, it would be too conspicuous.

He would wait until he left Sea God Island to increase them one by one.

...

Time flew by in the blink of an eye; eight months had passed.

Ji Xuan and his group were not in a hurry to rush the second trial, but instead focused on their Cultivation; the stronger they were, the easier the subsequent trials would be.

One day, a surge of massive Soul Power fluctuated within the city lord's mansion.

In eight months, Ji Xuan's Soul Power had finally stepped from the Peak of level 67 to the quasi-Spirit Saint of level 70.

Level 70 was an important watershed for a Spirit Master's Cultivation; once the seventh spirit ring, the Martial Soul Avatar, was obtained, there would be a qualitative leap in strength.

Ji Xuan had long had ideas for the seventh spirit ring, with his target set directly on one hundred thousand years.

However, practical difficulties followed one after another.

Currently, his Junior Martial Uncle from the Elder Hall was not here, and it was impossible for him alone to hunt a one-hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast.

And High Priestess Bo Saixi, the High Priestess of Sea God Island, could not possibly help someone from Spirit Hall.

Although settling for less and absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring and then increasing it himself was not impossible, the increase in Soul Power brought by directly absorbing a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring was much more substantial.

He had to seize every opportunity to rapidly increase his strength, and only in this way could he remain invincible in the future situation.

The god-bestowed spirit ring thus became his only choice.

But the rules of the trials clearly limited it: one could only obtain a god-bestowed spirit ring when breaking through a Bottleneck for the first time.

And Ji Xuan had already taken one when he broke through to level 60 previously.

However, would that Sea God, who was anxious to resign and run away, really strictly abide by the rules? This matter could most likely be an exception.

Thinking of this, Ji Xuan no longer hesitated and got up to head toward the Sea God Temple.

...

A moment later, Ji Xuan stopped at the foot of the mountain and said loudly: "Senior Bo Saixi."

As soon as the words fell, High Priestess Bo Saixi's figure appeared in front of him instantly.

Her gaze was calm: "Ji Xuan, what are you looking for me for?"

"I've reached level 70." Ji Xuan smiled slightly, "Senior, give me another god-bestowed spirit ring."

"No." High Priestess Bo Saixi shook her head slightly, her tone unyielding, "I already made the rules of the trials clear before; no exceptions can be made."

"Can't it really be accommodated once? I am undergoing the Seagod Nine Trials, not a Black-level trial. This small exception should be allowed, right?"

High Priestess Bo Saixi fell into deep thought.

If it were any other successor to the Sea God, given the weight of the Seagod Nine Trials, she might really make an exception at her discretion.

But Ji Xuan was different; he was a person from Spirit Hall. With this identity, how could she sincerely help him?

If it weren't for the explicit oracle from Lord Sea God, she would have already driven these people from Spirit Hall off Sea God Island.

Just as High Priestess Bo Saixi was about to refuse, the trident mark on the center of Ji Xuan's brow suddenly flashed for a moment.

Immediately after, Poseidon's voice sounded directly in High Priestess Bo Saixi's mind: "Bo Saixi, give him a god-bestowed spirit ring."

"Yes, Lord Sea God." High Priestess Bo Saixi's expression tightened.

Helplessly, she had to take out another god-bestowed spirit ring.

"Many thanks." Ji Xuan took the spirit ring, nodded with a smile, turned around, and went straight back to the city lord's mansion in Seahorse City.

As soon as he arrived, he found Shui Binger and gave her some brief instructions, then walked straight into the quiet room.

In the quiet room, Ji Xuan crushed the god-bestowed spirit ring and began to absorb...

This time, Ji Xuan completely fell into a state of meditation.