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The colors of a Soul Master's soul rings are typically quite standardized.
Generally speaking, they do not carry the specific characteristics of the soul beasts they came from.
Unless, of course, the innate traits of the soul beast itself are exceptionally prominent.
Among them, the blood-red soul rings of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts will display their own unique, specialized coloration when observed closely. However, that is merely a manifestation of the soul ring's inherent will; the soul ring itself remains a pure, solid blood-red.
For instance, the soul ring bestowed by a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor is blood-red, but upon close inspection, one can catch a glimpse of a blue-gold tint.
Yet, that is not considered a truly unusual case. The genuinely exceptional one is the Dark Devilgod Tiger. The grey patterns upon its soul ring are tangibly present, representing a power that belongs to the level of gods.
As for Su Wen's fifth soul ring from the Void Silver-Moon Tapir, it was not because the tapir's spatial power had reached the god level, but rather due to the amplification from the minor world within Su Wen's Heavenly Book.
After all, the root of his spatial mastery still resided in his fifth soul ring. As his development of space progressed, everything fed back into this very ring.
The colors of those two soul rings grew increasingly deep, while their patterns became more and more dazzling.
Unfortunately, in the end, neither managed to metamorphose into true hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
However, Su Wen could feel that it was not far off.
Before this, he had been on the Heavenly Jewel Planet, primarily cultivating the Heavenly Jewel Master system. His nurturing of his soul rings had always been done across a seal, merely incubating their origin source.
Now, things were different.
Having returned to the Douluo Continent, Su Wen would very quickly be able to raise their cultivation years.
It couldn't be helped--the power of faith was simply too immense!
At the very least, his current power of faith was already enough for Su Wen to achieve godhood, though it was not quite sufficient for him to condense a First-Class God position just yet.
The transformations of his soul rings came to a halt.
Ultimately, the colors of his first six soul rings settled into black, black, red, black, black, black.
At the same time, the illusory soul ring circling the outside of Su Wen's body had also condensed into a solid form.
From white, to yellow, then to purple.
It was accomplished in a single, smooth breath.
While the colors of the first six soul rings had stabilized, Su Wen's seventh soul ring did not stop.
This natal soul ring was still in the process of condensing.
The Heavenly Book floating above Su Wen's head radiated a blinding light.
With the aid of the companion Meditation Heavenly Book and the Physical Form Heavenly Book, Su Wen fused them together while simultaneously excavating the core essence of the Heavenly Book. This brought about yet another metamorphosis for his Heavenly Book martial soul under the condensation of this natal soul ring.
This highlighted a disadvantage Su Wen had previously fretted over regarding condensing a soul ring entirely on one's own: it was merely an excavation of oneself, lacking any reinforcement from external powers.
Now, however, he had it.
It was just that this external power was a force that would be integrated into his martial soul sooner or later anyway.
The black soul ring did not hold out for long, quickly transforming into a blood-red color.
If it were just that, it would be one thing. The critical point was that Su Wen's blood-red soul ring was still changing.
The hue upon the blood-red ring grew increasingly deep and profound.
Soon, golden patterns began to surface on the blood-red soul ring. The golden patterns completed a closed loop across the entire ring, forming a distinct golden band.
This signified that the soul ring had already reached the level of a Great Beast.
No, more accurately, it was the level of a soul ring bestowed by a soul beast that had stepped onto the path of a Great Beast.
Su Wen had his own, more precise classification for soul beasts. After breaking through the hundred-thousand-year mark, a soul beast is granted a lifespan of one thousand years. Once those one thousand years pass, a Heavenly Tribulation will descend. Surviving it means the beast has embarked on the path of a Great Beast. Only after surviving the second Heavenly Tribulation can they be considered to possess a two-hundred-thousand-year cultivation base, which was the definition of a true Great Beast.
The appearance of a single golden band on Su Wen's seventh soul ring meant that it was comparable to a soul beast that had survived its first Heavenly Tribulation.
As for the tribulation faced at the hundred-thousand-year mark, while it was technically a Heavenly Tribulation, it was not counted toward the tribulations of a Great Beast.
Because that was a normal evolution.
The hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation still brought benefits; the soul beast would undergo a qualitative transformation and receive a noticeable boost.
In contrast, the Heavenly Tribulations of a Great Beast offered no enhancement whatsoever; they existed solely to destroy for the sake of destruction.
As the first golden band formed a complete loop, the transformation of Su Wen's natal soul ring did not cease.
His soul ring was still being reinforced.
This was power originating from the Meditation Heavenly Book and the Physical Form Heavenly Book, and it was also the true essence of Su Wen's martial soul, the Heavenly Book.
This was a natal soul ring.
The strength of the martial soul dictated the strength of the soul ring.
And the two companion Heavenly Books Su Wen had prepared for his martial soul were both god-level entities!
As these two great companion Heavenly Books merged into the martial soul, they instantly drove the condensation of Su Wen's natal soul ring in that exact direction.
The condensation of the second golden band did not slow down, proceeding steadily.
Then came the third band.
The fourth band.
It was not until the seventh golden band closed its loop that the changes in Su Wen's soul ring began to decelerate, though it was still transforming.
The eighth golden band condensed.
The ninth band...
Nine golden bands emerged upon the blood-red soul ring.
By this point, the entire soul ring was already suffused with a golden glow.
The proportion of golden patterns on the soul ring had become large enough that anyone looking at it for the first time would immediately notice the prominent, dazzling golden light within it.
The golden patterns continued to spread.
However, they were no longer just encircling the ring. Instead, they began to expand outward from the nine closed-loop bands, bleeding into the remaining red areas.
As time ticked away, this natal soul ring of Su Wen's became entirely engulfed in golden light.
Within that golden radiance, hints of a white light began to surface.
The moment the gold completely covered the entire soul ring, the color underwent a qualitative change, and a splash of white light melded into it.
After the light flashed, seven soul rings hovered outside Su Wen's body.
Black, black, red, black, black, black, and--
Platinum!
The seventh soul ring was platinum gold!
This platinum-gold soul ring did not lean toward a dull white; rather, it was a golden light carrying a distinct sheen of white, imparting a profound sense of sacredness and tranquility. It offered enlightenment; it offered wisdom.
Opening his eyes to look at the soul ring he had personally condensed, gazing upon this god-level soul ring, Su Wen let out a satisfied smile.
Hahaha!
A god-level soul ring!
Condensed by myself!
While Su Wen was condensing his natal soul ring, an oppressive atmosphere settled over the Academy.
"What a powerful sense of pressure. Is this coming from Grandmaster Wen's seclusion chamber?"
"What a formidable aura!"
"Why do I feel like this fluctuation is exactly like the one when a Soul Master obtains a soul ring?"
"It really is very similar. But Grandmaster Wen shouldn't have brought a soul beast inside with him, right? Besides, with pressure this immense, it's not something an ordinary soul beast could possess, and we definitely didn't notice one."
Lin Dong cut through the clamor of the Academy.
"Feel it carefully. This aura belongs to Grandmaster Wen's Heavenly Book."
"It does seem like it..."
Doubt and confusion spread.
As the pressure grew heavier and heavier, the students sat down cross-legged one after another, falling silent.
They had to circulate their soul power just to resist this crushing weight.
Lin Dong also frowned, staring in the direction of Su Wen's seclusion chamber.
What is Grandmaster Wen doing?
"With Grandmaster Wen's aptitude, cultivating from Rank 60 to Rank 70 should have been very fast. Yet, news of him becoming a Soul Saint has never gotten out. Moreover, he disappeared for four years, and right after coming back, he went into seclusion..."
Connecting the fluctuations Su Wen was currently producing with the powerful aura of the Heavenly Book martial soul...