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--- Chapter 406 ---
[First Trial of Phoenix God's Trials completed!]
[Second Trial of Thunder God's Trials completed!]
[You have received the following rewards from God's Trials:
- All Spirit Rings have increased their age by 25,000 years
- Three Drops of Phoenix God's True Blood
- Three Innate Skills of Divine Plants
- Formless Clouds Martial Soul's Second Awakening.
- Thunder God's Token.]
"Hmm..." Han Yuan first accepted the 25,000-year upgrade reward for all of his spirit rings across the board.
Yes, this included the spirit rings that Neru and Di Yating had condensed for his Clear Sky Ant King and Heavenly Demon Body martial souls.
Although a 25,000-year upgrade might not seem that great at first glance, considering all of Han Yuan's spirit rings were at least 100,000 years old, it was still a significant enhancement.
In fact, 25,000 years is already a quarter of 100,000 years, and some of Han Yuan's spirit rings broke through their bottlenecks, acquiring an additional golden mark.
Of course, if any spirit masters on the Douluo Continent heard Han Yuan's perspective on these life-changing rewards, they would surely curse him for being ungrateful.
After all, a 25,000-year-old spirit ring is already considered a high-end black spirit ring that even Spirit Saints can absorb for their seventh spirit ring.
Then, again, it was expected as Han Yuan's seventh spirit ring is over a million years old.
As Han Yuan extended his hand and examined the three floating orbs of Phoenix God's True Blood, each the size of an adult's head, he couldn't help but comment, "With my current Divine Body, the Phoenix God's True Blood will definitely help me increase my proficiency much faster."
"Soon, my newly forged Divine Body will grow stronger and be upgraded to Minor Achievement and unlock more of its latent potential."
"In the past, I would have needed a long time to digest such dense blood and qi essence, but that's not the case anymore."
With a flick of Han Yuan's finger, a rift appeared, instantly swallowing the three drops of Phoenix God's True Blood. The Golden Spin Core spun and refined the blood without any waste, assimilating it into his body.
Lady Fenghuang watched this in astonishment. "He refined my blood so quickly."
"Han Yuan's Divine Body and Spirit Core are just absurd," Lady Fenghuang couldn't help but sigh in amazement. "His Divine Body not only possesses the power of Nine-Colored Divine Lightning from being tempered, but also embodies characteristics of four Holy Beasts: the Phoenix, Dragon, Tiger, and Tortoise."
"Remarkably, none of these characteristics clash within his body nor his other martial souls because his Spirit Core harmonizes his energy."
Lady Fenghuang believed that Han Yuan's Divine Body is unique, able to assimilate traits from other races by mimicking life creations.
To put it simply, as long as Han Yuan has enough life force or energy, he can acquire the traits of other races by absorbing their remains into his Divine Body.
It is mainly due to the unusual nature of Han Yuan's Spirit Core, which can draw power from the void and assimilate all creations.
If Lady Fenghuang had to name Han Yuan's Divine Body, she would call it the Heavenly Thunder Demon Body—this naming certainly fits the first stage of his evolution.
As for his bloodline, Han Yuan's condition is difficult to describe.
Yes, Han Yuan's body has awakened the bloodlines of both the Blue Silver Emperor and the Thunder Hell Prison Vine, which perfectly merged and then evolved after assimilating the essences of ancient plants and the Phoenix God's True Blood.
Yet, these bloodline essences don't exist normally within Han Yuan's body like other bloodlines, so instead, they merge into his soul, orbiting like a cluster of stars. They are part of him but not fully integrated.
Han Yuan's body has experienced so much destruction that it has evolved to adapt the bloodline powers into his soul instead. Though it may sound unusual, there is nothing fundamentally wrong with this adaptation.
However, Han Yuan's evolved bloodline is so unique that even the Phoenix God's True Blood has become merely an accessory. While this reality may be hard for Lady Fenghuang to accept, she understands that Han Yuan's destiny lies beyond the Phoenix Clan's grasp.
The Phoenix Clan is merely hoping to ride Han Yuan's coattails and regain its former prominence. For them, it is a risky 'one in a million' gamble, but for Han Yuan, it is an investment.
"Anyway, I am too tired," Lady Fenghuang sighed. "I need to take a nap for a while."
Once Lady Fenghuang's consciousness faded, Han Yuan totally digested the gains from the Phoenix God's True Blood.
The blood not only granted him some phoenix-related abilities, such as nirvana, flame manipulation, and blood transformation, but also enhanced the effects of spirit skills provided by the Phoenix God's Spirit Soul and Spirit Bones.
At the same time, Han Yuan also felt his fourth martial soul undergoing its second awakening.
The 'Formless Clouds' became increasingly imbued with the late Phoenix God's divine force, gaining a more phoenix-like aura, and the shadow of the phoenix within it became more lifelike.
Of course, this was merely a surface change upon the second awakening, and to truly comprehend the extent of this martial soul, Han Yuan knew he needed to experiment further.
Han Yuan put this matter aside first because the Formless Clouds martial soul could still awaken for the third, fourth, and so on. So, he gets the remaining rewards first.
"Huh, this is unexpected." When Han Yuan first saw the reward from the Thunder God's Trials, he expected the Three Innate Skills from Divine Plants in the Douluo Divine Realm would be something amazing.
Unfortunately, the reality is often disappointing. A tad bit that is.
The Three Innate Skills from Divine Plants in the Douluo Divine Realm are good, but they are not powerful per se. They are a more practical kind of skill.
The three skills are passive abilities. The first one is called Sturdy Fiber and Iron Skin, which significantly increases the sturdiness of a plant.
The second one is called Life Desolation, which absorbs the surrounding life energy to enhance one's prowess. The absorption will cause severe withering, and the life energy absorbed won't pollute one's reserve.
The last one is called the Great Sword of Life, which condenses a high-level vitality or life force into the shape of a giant greatsword that attacks any enemy within one's sight, annihilating them with pure life law.
"God of Destruction, you really thought you were slick, huh?" Han Yuan's mouth twitched slightly.
Even without using the Eyes of Truth, Han Yuan knew the only Godking who governs lives is the Goddess of Life, who is the God of Destruction's own wife.
Since the Goddess of Life governs the law of life, she also rules the Divine Plants in the Douluo Divine Realm, as her true form is the Ancient Tree of Life!
Han Yuan guessed that the Goddess of Life had probably taken a fancy to him because the Purple Silver Ruin Monarch had reached the level of the Ancient Tree of Life.
After all, it's nearly impossible to find such a strong heir who could wield both life and destruction laws. Not to mention, Han Yuan is tied close to the Flower Goddess's inheritors, Ye Xuelan and Ye Lingling.
The chance of Han Yuan inheriting both Godking of Life and Destruction is quite high. However, Han Yuan also knew that both Gods have their own problems, and cannot just give away their position casually.
There are too many things they must take into account. The stability of the Divine Realm is one thing for sure.
So, the Goddess of Life gave some 'small' benefits first. The Three Innate Skills of Divine Plants seemed ordinary at first, but they actually influence Han Yuan's base stats and are stackable with many of his enhancement-type skills.
The Life Desolation is actually a budget version of the Goddess of Life's Life Deprivation.
As for the Great Sword of Life, it's simply a crystallization of life energy and an advanced application of the Law of Life.
It's a secret instruction, so Han Yuan could master more of the Law of Life in advance, so the Goddess of Life could drop her trial.
Han Yuan shook his head, "The Goddess of Life and God of Destruction really know how to play, unlike that guy Asura, who just dropped off the Asura's God Seat like free real estate to Tang San."
"The last reward is..."
"Thunder God's Token?" Han Yuan focused on the last reward and got a Purple Gold token carved with a lightning-shaped symbol. He inspected the item and then discovered himself standing before a massive hall.
"This is..."
"Thunder God's Temple?"