Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 399 All Streams Return to Their Source
Half an hour later.

Lin Rong, carrying the fish tank, walked with the old butler to a rocky outcrop on the shore of the floating island and sat down.

In the aquarium, the deep-sea whale king, shrunk to the size of a palm, looks like an adorable little fish fry.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that this little fish fry looks like it has been bruised and battered, and its dark blue whale skin is also patchy with blue and purple marks, as if it has been rubbed and kneaded a thousand times, looking miserable.

"That feels so good, fucking satisfying!"

Lin Rong felt clear-headed at this moment. Having just broken through to the peak of level 94 by absorbing the soul ring, the bottleneck between him and level 95 seemed to have loosened considerably. If all went well, he would be able to break through this bottleneck and advance in a few days.

Release the Martial Soul Ring.

The Nine-Bend Vine Dragon had been trapped inside him for so long, and as soon as it came out, it started to move around, determined to get some fresh air.

The breakthrough to the final realm of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture caused some unknown changes in the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon. A faint power of destiny emanated from it, and coupled with its extraordinary and majestic appearance, it was undoubtedly an auspicious beast.

Especially the reverse scale on its neck, the most concentrated part of the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon's body is this dragon scale. Its unique moon white color makes the reverse scale stand out among the blue-gold dragon scales. Strands of gold flow in the reverse scale, and an ordinary person can see its extraordinary nature at a glance.

The spirit rings also changed.

It's not that the number of soul rings has increased from eight to nine, but rather the color of the soul rings.

Black, black, black, red, red, red, gold, red, red.

The breakthrough in the Marrow Cleansing Scripture helped the fourth spirit ring, which had been around for over 90,000 years, cross the threshold of 100,000 years. However, the fourth spirit ring changed from black (10,000 years) to red (100,000 years), and it was not particularly eye-catching among the many 100,000-year spirit rings.

Among the nine spirit rings, the most prominent one is the bloodline natal spirit ring, which symbolizes the true form of the martial spirit and is also the seventh spirit ring.

Before this, the seventh spirit ring was a regular 100,000-year spirit ring, with three light gold lines engraved on it indicating that the spirit ring's age was as high as 300,000 years, just like the current ninth spirit ring.

The seventh spirit ring has changed from a translucent blood red to a golden color.

It wasn't that deep, heavy, and rather gaudy dark gold, but a light, translucent, and textured pale gold, like flowing water mist.

The patterns on the spirit ring constantly change, forming a pale golden dragon that looks like a living creature. Its appearance is exactly the same as the Nine-Bend Vine Dragon, and the power of destiny is contained within it, making it sacred and inviolable.

"My natal soul ring should have reached the level of a divine ring in terms of quality, but in terms of quantity, it is still 300,000 years, which is a full 700,000 years away from the minimum of one million years for a divine ring."

"However, it is easy to increase the quantity of a spirit ring, but difficult to increase its quality. The most difficult quality to improve has reached the level of a divine ring. The missing 700,000 years of age can be gradually accumulated to bring the age of the seventh spirit ring to the level of one million years."

This is thanks to the divine artifact, the Ancient Tree of Life, which has the ability to activate spirit rings, allowing them to absorb the life force generated by the Ancient Tree of Life to increase their lifespan.

Breaking through to the Title Douluo level not only gave Lin Rong an extra spirit ring, but also significantly improved the quality of his spirit power and mental strength.

Previously, a small portion of the power that existed in the form of demigod power and demigod consciousness underwent a significant breakthrough in both quality and quantity. On a qualitative level, demigod power and demigod consciousness completely transformed into divine power and divine consciousness; on a quantitative level, the amount of divine power and divine consciousness was more than a hundred times greater than that of the previous demigod power and demigod consciousness, each accounting for half a percent of the total soul power and the total spiritual power, or one-twentieth.

Another one-fifth, or 20%, of the soul power and spiritual power transforms into demigod power and demigod consciousness, while the remaining 75% is soul power and spiritual power.

Even without transformation, this portion of soul power and spiritual power is still of extremely high quality, far surpassing the soul power and spiritual power of a divine inheritor who has completed nine trials and whose soul power reaches level ninety-nine.

In addition, the breakthrough to the fourth realm of the Marrow Cleansing Scripture, like the previous three realms, also granted Lin Rong a special ability.

Returning to the Source is the fourth ability Lin Rong acquired, following the three abilities of Mindset, Mind Mirror, and Salvation.

All things return to their source. The Nine-Bend Vine Dragon is no longer a martial soul given to him by the Douluo World, but has completely returned to its origin and become a part of himself.

Soul rings and soul bones are no longer external objects derived from absorbing the relics of soul beasts; they have become part of him as well. The soul rings and martial souls are integrated, and the soul bones are integrated with him.

After that, even if someone manages to kill him, his soul bone will not fall off, because it has already become one with him and is inseparable from him.

Even the magic-suppressing domain left by the God of Slaughter in the City of Slaughter could not imprison his spirit rings, because spirit rings, like martial spirits, are something that belongs to him personally, rather than something that is an external thing that absorbs the legacy of spirit beasts.

Moreover, even the future divine positions will not be like those of other gods, where the divine position and the god himself are relatively separate and can be passed on to others.

Under the effect of the convergence of all streams, the divine position that Lin Rong later created based on the three divine positions of life, destruction, and thunder, also became completely integrated with him, just like his martial soul, soul ring, and soul bone.

Unlike other deities, they cannot leave the divine realm without being stripped of their divine position. The divine position will not become a symbol of power and status, but also a shackle that prevents the deity from leaving the divine realm.

"Sigh, the Guiyuan ability is good, but it's a bit below my expectations."

"With a snap of the fingers, one transcends the beginningless past, able to transcend the constraints of time and reach a state of transcendence. According to my vision, the Marrow Cleansing Scripture should grant me transcendence of the river of time, with the three bodies of the past, future, and present becoming one, and my figure no longer appearing in the river of time, thus placing me above all living beings."

"However, the ability to transcend the river of time is just wishful thinking. After all, such an ability is too advanced in the Douluo world. Even if the Marrow Cleansing Scripture could grant me this ability, the Douluo world probably couldn't withstand such a huge karmic burden."

Having figured this out, Lin Rong no longer felt anxious or insecure.

Compared to the unity of the past, future, and present, the concept of "all streams returning to their source" is more in line with the current situation in the Douluo world and can bring tangible benefits.

Because it's impossible for the Douluo World to have the heaven-defying divine power of reversing the world's long river and going back in time to kill his past self, the most powerful aspect of the Three Bodies Unifying cannot be demonstrated here.

On the contrary, the convergence of all streams to the source instantly transformed Lin Rong's confidence in fusing with the divine position from 70-80% to an absolute certainty of success.

Moreover, it is not only applicable to oneself, but also effective in fusing the Star God position of the three gods of light, darkness and angels into the old steward.

(End of this chapter)