Chapter 596: Blood Energy Soul Ring!
At its core, a soul ring is simply a form of specialized energy.
Divine Bestowal Soul Rings are no exception.
Even a third tier god can pass down their god position, as long as they possess one. However, before granting a god position, they must conduct a series of trials for their chosen successor.
During these trials, they can bestow a Divine Bestowal Soul Ring.
Since third tier gods lack the ability to perform higher tier miracles, Huo Yuhao speculated that Divine Bestowal Soul Rings were essentially created by manipulating the fundamental nature of soul rings, using the existing energy within the God Realm.
And what types of energy exist in the God Realm?
Divine Power, Faith Energy, and Immortal Qi.
Conveniently, Huo Yuhao had access to all three.
Staring at the Water Dragon King's Divine Core, he took a deep breath.
He instinctively activated the Water Dragon King's Skull Bone within his body.
In Dragon King's Legend, a soul beast's soul core would often transform into a soul bone upon death. However, for an existence as powerful as a God King, this rule clearly did not apply.
Even for a God King like the Water Dragon King, soul bones were extremely important, forming a strong connection with the Divine Core.
Huo Yuhao planned to use this connection as a foundation to absorb the Divine Core's energy.
A brilliant ice blue light emanated from the Water Dragon King's Skull Bone, gradually enveloping Huo Yuhao's head.
The Divine Core trembled in response, as if reuniting with its long lost owner, releasing a joyous surge of divine power that continuously poured into his head.
A cool sensation spread through his body, filling him with a sense of absolute comfort.
At the same time, within his spiritual perception, he could feel the concentration of Water Dragon King bloodline rapidly increasing.
Faintly, a dragon's roar echoed within him, synchronized with the flow of his blood.
This was completely expected after all, a Divine Core contained pure divine energy, and the Water Dragon King, as a former God King, naturally had an immense reserve of divine power stored within its core.
Estimating the rate at which his bloodline was improving, Huo Yuhao decided to increase the intensity of the process.
He then activated the Ice God's Flame in his Spiritual Sea.
Almost instantly, the Divine Core's tremors intensified, and the surging divine power erupted like a tidal wave, completely engulfing his entire body.
Ice blue dragon scales rapidly spread across his skin.
His breathing quickened.
Using spiritual sight, he observed his bones, meridians, and even internal organs turning ice blue, becoming stronger and more resilient under the influence of divine energy.
However, the good times did not last long.
Before long, a sharp pain began radiating from his bones, meridians, and organs.
Even worse, the pain continued to intensify over time.
This was a very bad sign.
When Tang Wulin was born, the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core was already inside his body.
If Kindness and Evil Gods, along with Tang San, hadn't sealed it and sent him to Soul Land, a world nearly devoid of divine energy, he would have exploded from the sheer power of the Divine Core just as the Golden Dragon King intended.
Even though Huo Yuhao's physical strength was now far superior to the original Yuhao in canon, there was absolutely no way he could withstand the full divine power of a God King's Core.
"I've reached my limit I need to stop now."
Unlike Tang Wulin, he didn't have three God Kings helping to suppress his divine power.
So, instead of recklessly absorbing more, he immediately halted his use of Ice God's Flame and deactivated the Water Dragon King's Skull Bone.
A flash of ice blue light flickered in his eyes as he cut off the connection between himself and the Divine Core using his spiritual will.
BOOM!
A wave of invisible energy surged outward.
The Divine Core stopped trembling, ceasing its flow of divine power into him.
Gradually, the ice blue tint on his bones, meridians, and organs faded.
The dragon scales receded, revealing his normal skin once more.
"Whew…"
He let out a deep breath, sensing a tremendous improvement in his physical body.
Sweeping his divine sense over himself, he quickly analyzed the results.
"My physical strength is now equivalent to a Rank 95 Super Douluo!"
"This means I can handle even more of the primordial power that Tianmeng and the others sealed within me."
"Impressive. As expected of a God King's power it's incredible!"
"In the future, I can continue absorbing more of the Divine Core's energy until I eventually drain it completely."
A smile appeared on his face.
Without thinking, he instinctively activated his now much stronger Water Dragon King bloodline, mentally visualizing the shape of a soul ring.
Divine Fire surged.
Spiritual Power condensed.
As a majestic dragon's roar echoed from within him, his soul power surged, and a brilliant, ice blue soul ring manifested around him.
It hovered there, alone radiating a unique and overwhelming draconic might.
Huo Yuhao was momentarily stunned.
"So my plan to replace my eighth soul ring failed… but I gained a Blood Energy Soul Ring instead."
"That means once I fully absorb the Divine Core, my number of Blood Energy Soul Rings should increase significantly."
"By then, my strength will skyrocket and my power after becoming a god will be even greater."
He recalled a detail from Tang Wulin's story.
When Tang Wulin unlocked his seventeenth Golden Dragon Seal and gained his eighth Blood Energy Soul Ring, he reached the power of a First Class God.
The Water Dragon King was also a God King.
And the difference in power between the Water Dragon King and Golden Dragon King shouldn't be too large especially since the Golden Dragon King was incomplete.
After all, the Golden Dragon King didn't even possess the Dragon God's Heart!
"In the end, my power after ascending will depend on my foundation and divine position."
He analyzed.
For example, when Tang San first became a god, his foundation was stronger than Qian Renxue's.
Thus, despite both having First Class Divine Positions, Tang San was stronger.
"So, my only option is to try using a Divine Bestowal Soul Ring for my eighth ring?"
He thought aloud.
After all, every notable ice type soul beast had already become his Soul Spirit.
It would be pointless to choose a weaker soul beast.
"Wait… if Divine Bestowal Soul Rings exist… then could Divine Bestowal Soul Spirits be a thing too?"
A new idea sparked in his mind.
If future generations could create artificial 100,000 year soul spirits, then a divinely bestowed soul spirit should be possible too.
Perhaps…
This could be the key to perfecting his path to godhood.
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