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--- Chapter 372 ---
Han Yuan didn't take long to gather his allies for this short trip. The group consisted of Ah Yin, Xiao Rou, Xiao Wu, their recently recruited maid Bi Ji, and finally, himself.
Thirteen? Well, Thirteen didn't count because he was leading them to the new location. Fortunately, he didn't know about this, or he would be very upset.
"Are you not going to tell Di Tian?" Bi Ji asked frankly.
Han Yuan narrowed his eyes at her and smiled. "Let's just say this trip is a secret."
"Oh, alright, I understand!" Bi Ji blinked a few times and then nodded with an understanding look.
As a sensible and caring maid, Bi Ji wouldn't question her young master's decision, as long as those decisions weren't foolish.
Since Han Yuan deemed this trip a secret, it meant even Di Tian couldn't know about it, yet Bi Ji was allowed to accompany him.
Yet, this alone showed how much Han Yuan trusted her, making her feel appreciated.
Bi Ji pursed her lips in satisfaction. 'Hmm, it seems all my efforts in the last month haven't gone to waste.'
Meanwhile, Ah Yin and the mother-daughter rabbits exchanged glances, realizing what happened between Han Yuan and Bi Ji.
They hadn't spent much time with Han Yuan in recent months.
After Ah Yin returned to the Blue Silver Clan's Ancestral Home in the Blue Silver Forest, she felt regretful for neglecting them. She decided to help the Blue Silver King evolve into a new blue silver species using the Ten Thousand Beast Flame's seed.
AH Yin's help resulted in the creation of the Blue Silver Tree—a genuine 150,000-year-old super spirit beast known for its strong life force and control over vegetation.
She had also revised some of the commands she had previously issued and eliminated any unsuitable ones, like removing 'foreign' blue silver grass from the clan.
Besides all that, Ah Yin also focused on developing her new abilities and cultivating. As of now, she had stabilized her Level 96 Super Douluo realm, although her true strength was even greater.
As the Dark Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, who had once sacrificed herself and now returned, has surpassed her peak self. First, Ah Yin's first to sixth spirit rings have aged to the 99,999-year-old level once returning to the Blue Silver Clan.
She only needed another baptism of life for them to reach the 100,000-year-old realm, effectively rebuilding and perfecting her previously weak foundation.
Regardless, the biggest gain wasn't merely the increased age of her spirit rings.
Increasing the age of spirit rings is superficial. After all, Ah Yin could do it easily using the Dark Blue Silver Emperor's innate devouring, which not only absorbs spirit energy, life force, elemental power, but even the purest energy of heaven and earth.
Using this innate devouring power, Ah Yin improved her 'Monster-Eyed Tree King' Spirit Soul, Zi Mei's age, from a humble 150,000-year-old to an impressive 369,000-year-old ferocious level.
Accordingly, Zi Mei's spirit ring reached a ferocious level and transformed into orange-gold, producing two additional spirit rings to support Ah Yin break through to the Title Douluo Realm.
As a result, Ah Yin's current spirit ring configuration includes six black rings and three orange-gold rings.
Such a terrifying spirit ring configuration, right?
But Ah Yin's greatest gain wasn't this alone.
It was her breakthrough in Divine Arts and the addition of new Ultimate Attributes thanks to the Blue Silver Clan.
Even though Ah Yin didn't own the inheritances of gods like Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and the Ye Mother-Daughter duo, she did possess the quasi-divine attribute of life, which allowed her spirit power's density and purity to be 'infinitely' close to divine energy, enabling her to cultivate Divine Arts.
Furthermore, the Dark Blue Silver Emperor's strengthening of Space and Star attributes allowed Ah Yin to wield the Ultimate Space and Ultimate Star attributes by cultivating Blue Silver Rift Grass and Blue Silver Starry Grass.
Yes, two more variants of blue silver grass.
In short, Ah Yin deserved the title of the 'Strongest Mama Grass' for good reason. Of course, while leaving, she kept herself updated on her beloved son's life and learned that the majestic Emerald Swan had submitted to him.
At first, she didn't think much of it, but it soon became clear that it wasn't a 'normal' submission. With this realization, Ah Yin found herself at a loss for words. Her son's charm was indeed remarkably strong.
Meanwhile, Xiao Rou and Xiao Wu were in a pretty similar situation, having returned to the Center Lake where they had previously lived with Er Ming (Titan Giant Ape) and Da Ming (Azure Sky Bull Python) for years.
Xiao Rou and Xiao Wu are catching up on their lives while also cleansing and refining their bloodlines further.
Han Yuan had generously provided those close to him with some powerful Ten Thousand Beast Flame seeds.
While he could have performed the bloodline baptism personally for them, Xiao Rou knew he wasn't so idle. So, she let Xiao Wu have this chance and experience the bloodline evolution first.
A month later, Xiao Rou managed to catch up, and Er Ming and Da Ming also received flame seeds from Han Yuan.
The Ten Thousand Beast Flame doesn't work on Ah Yin because the Dark Blue Silver Emperor hasn't reached its full potential. At most, her origins have become stronger.
Xiao Wu's bloodline evolved from Soft-Boned Rabbit to Jade Rabbit, while Xiao Rou's bloodline evolved from Soft-Boned Rabbit to Moon Rabbit. After their evolutions, Xiao Rou and Xiao Wu can fuse their martial souls to perform a fusion known as Jade Rabbit Goddess's Descent.
This martial soul fusion might even reach a higher level if they incorporate Han Yue's martial soul, potentially becoming a god-level fusion.
Er Ming and Da Ming also evolved with the help of flame seeds, and they 'gradually' transformed into the Titan Giant Ape King and the Azure Sky Flood Dragon.
While both spirit beasts were quite opposed to the idea of Xiao Rou and Xiao Wu serving Han Yuan because he was their patron, one evolution was enough to convince them of his importance.
Thirteen also noticed that Ah Yin and the others had become significantly stronger than before. He couldn't help but acknowledge that the methods from another world were superior to those on Douluo Star.
Even though Thirteen himself could achieve similar results—awakening bloodlines and triggering evolution—he realized that the evolutionary paths available through Han Yuan's methods were much more diverse.
Despite this, Thirteen didn't feel inferior. Douluo Star was on its way to becoming a Divine Star.
As long as Han Yuan fulfilled his duty as the Son of Destiny, success was just around the corner.
Once the cultivation limit was 'naturally' raised, Douluo Star would also be able to accommodate god-level spirit masters.
At that point, Level 100 might not be the limit anymore, but rather a new starting point!
"Let's go," Thirteen said in a hurry.
"Okay," Han Yuan and the others replied, following Thirteen as he teleported everyone away from the Star Dou Forest.
Not long after, Di Tian appeared from thin air and asked, "Lord, should I chase after them?"
The Silver Dragon King huffed, "Let them be. That human wouldn't be able to run from me anyway. He'll be back sooner or later."
"I understand..." Di Tian felt guilty for tricking Han Yuan, but since the Silver Dragon King had ordered him, he had no choice but to comply.
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"Is this where the secret realm related to the Phoenix God is located?" Han Yuan asked as he looked around.
After Thirteen sent them all, they landed on a deserted island with some coconut trees. The island itself wasn't very big—about the size of three or four soccer fields.
Han Yuan scanned the island with his spiritual power and discovered nothing remarkable.
Thirteen snorted, "Observe more closely."
"Is that so?" Han Yuan furrowed his brows and activated the Eyes of Truth. This time, he discovered the true form of the island.
The surrounding landscape blurred, transforming into a vibrant paradise full of life, especially with numerous bird-type spirit beasts. Some of these bird-type spirit beasts have even reached a ferocious level.
Ah Yin, Xiao Rou, Xiao Wu, and Bi Ji also used their methods to see past the illusion and revealed the 'true' sight.
"Whoa!" Xiao Wu exclaimed in surprise.
"I-Impressive..." Xiao Rou blinked her eyes in awe.
"Such an immense life force," Ah Yin commented slowly.
Bi Ji covered her mouth, saying, "This..."
"My bloodline is trembling."
"Young Master, this place is indeed connected to the Phoenix Clan!"
"See?" Thirteen remarked toward Han Yuan.
"Alright, alright, don't be like that, Thirteen..." Han Yuan replied with a chuckle, feeling a bit awkward.