It took quite a while for Kong Deming to fully digest the shocking news that Xu Tianhao possessed the potential for a million-year spirit ring.
After calming the shock in his heart, Kong Deming's gaze became steady again, and he began to plan the next steps for Xu Tianhao.
He looked at Xu Tianhao and said in a serious and earnest tone, "Since the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm has already decided to stay as your seventh spirit ring, your fifth spirit ring is still vacant and must be filled as soon as possible."
"The higher the Rank of the spirit ring, the more beneficial it is for your future growth. Especially since you are so gifted now, you cannot afford to settle."
"After what happened, to ensure your safety, you won't need to act with me for the time being."
"Just stay inside the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to Cultivate in peace, stabilize your Realm, and sense the improvement of your mental force while I go and catch that Silver Hero Beast for you."
Xu Tianhao was deeply moved.
He did not refuse and said respectfully, "Then I thank you, Teacher."
"With this Fusion with Tianmeng, my mental force has indeed improved significantly. I'll take this Opportunity to sense it properly and consolidate my cultivation."
After speaking, Kong Deming didn't waste any words. He had always acted decisively; he nodded and left the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
The so-called leaving Xu Tianhao behind didn't mean abandoning him there alone.
Instead, Kong Deming took the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield with him, concealed his figure, and searched the Star Dou Great Forest alone.
The Silver Moon Divine Light Shield was Kong Deming's Life Spirit Tool, possessing unparalleled defense.
As long as Xu Tianhao stayed inside, even a Limit Douluo would find it difficult to break through, ensuring his safety.
Without the "burden" of Xu Tianhao needing constant protection, Kong Deming's movement speed could increase infinitely.
Furthermore, with his spatial mastery, as long as he didn't deliberately approach the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest, that group of Vicious Beasts would find it hard to detect his tracks.
This way, he could both quickly find a suitable Spirit Beast and ensure safety to the greatest extent; it was the most reliable plan.
In fact, this was Kong Deming's original idea.
However, at that time, Xu Tianhao hadn't found the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm yet, and Electrolux hadn't arrived, so they naturally couldn't afford to be so low-profile.
Now that Tianmeng and Electrolux were secured, there was naturally no need for Xu Tianhao to insist on following.
Meanwhile, in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest, Tang Ya was sitting cross-legged on a patch of soft grass, surrounded by three spirit rings: two yellow and one purple.
After several hours of refining, she finally succeeded in absorbing the Datura Snake's spirit ring, her face filled with excitement and agitation that was hard to hide.
"I did it! Bei Bei, I successfully absorbed my third soul ring!"
Tang Ya leaped up and ran toward Bei Bei, who was not far away, her tone full of joy.
Seeing her full of Origin Qi, Bei Bei's eyes showed a gentle smile, and he nodded, saying:
"Congratulations, Xiao Ya. Now you are also a Spirit Elder, and there is one more hope for the revival of the Tang Sect."
Tang Ya nodded vigorously, her heart full of vision for the future, and immediately said, "Let's leave the Star Dou Great Forest quickly and return to Shrek Academy."
The two smiled at each other, immediately packed their things, and walked side-by-side toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest.
But just as they were about to exit the forest edge, an extremely rich aroma of Roasted Fish suddenly drifted over with the breeze, making one's mouth water.
By a small stream, a black-haired young boy was roasting fish.
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Time flew by, and another whole week passed.
Deep in the Star Dou Great Forest, Kong Deming's figure flickered through the forest like a Gui Mei, with Spatial Power flowing around him silently.
During these seven days, he had searched through almost half of the Star Dou Great Forest and screened countless Spirit Beasts, finally locking onto a target in a dark valley.
A Silver Hero Beast with a cultivation of thirty-five thousand years, its body entirely silver-white and covered in scales, with eyes as agile as stars.
The Silver Hero Beast was naturally alert and excelled in mental force and speed; it was an extremely rare mental-type Spirit Beast.
With Xu Tianhao's current Foundation, whether it was Physical Body strength, mental force level, or spirit power Foundation, he far surpassed Spirit Masters of the same Rank.
Absorbing this thirty-five-thousand-year spirit ring would not only be effortless but would also maximize the spirit ring's potential.
After confirming the target, Kong Deming did not hesitate. Spatial Power erupted suddenly, instantly sealing off the entire valley, giving the Silver Hero Beast no chance to escape.
Faced with Kong Deming's terrifying strength, the Silver Hero Beast was simply unable to resist.
Within just a few breaths, it was easily subdued by Kong Deming and brought into the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
"Tianhao, I found it. A Silver Hero Beast with thirty-five thousand years of cultivation, just right for you." Kong Deming threw the weakened Silver Hero Beast in front of Xu Tianhao.
Xu Tianhao looked at the Silver Hero Beast before him, sensing its pure mental force fluctuations, and a flash of satisfaction appeared in his eyes.
He did not delay and immediately finished off the Silver Hero Beast cleanly.
A pitch-black ten-thousand-year spirit ring slowly rose, hovering in front of Xu Tianhao.
He took a deep breath, sat down cross-legged, and began to guide the spirit ring's power, slowly merging it into his body.
Three hours later, the spirit power fluctuations around Xu Tianhao suddenly surged, and a powerful aura spread out with him as the center.
On his body, three purple thousand-year spirit rings and two black ten-thousand-year spirit rings hovered neatly, the five spirit rings glowing and shining brightly.
A spirit ring configuration of three purple and two black was considered Heaven-Defying in the entire Spirit Master's world!
At the same time, his spirit power Rank soared like a rocket, breaking through from the original Rank 50 all the way to Rank 54!
If his Foundation hadn't been so deep, his spirit power Rank could probably have broken through even further.
Of course, as mentioned before, without this Heaven-Defying Foundation, let alone increasing his Rank, even absorbing this thirty-thousand-year spirit ring would have been nothing but a pipe dream.
After the spirit ring absorption was complete, his fifth Spirit Ability was, as expected, Spiritual Imprint.
However, a Spirit Master's Spirit Ability is never a simple replica of a Spirit Beast's ability.
Instead, it is the product of the perfect Fusion of the Spirit Beast's talent with the Spirit Master's own Spirit, spirit power, and mental force.
Even when absorbing a spirit ring from the same type of Spirit Beast, if the Spirit and talent are different, the resulting Spirit Ability will be worlds apart.
Xu Tianhao's Sun Moon Divine Pupils were entirely different from Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, and his mental force Origin was even more substantial.
Therefore, his Spiritual Imprint had a fundamental difference from Huo Yuhao's ability in the original story.
Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Imprint could only store one Spirit Ability at a time, and it would disappear after use, requiring a re-imprint.
But Xu Tianhao's Spiritual Imprint could store multiple Spirit Abilities!
Now that he was a five-ring Spirit King, he could store five Spirit Abilities in advance.
In the future, as the number of spirit rings increased, the storage limit would also rise.
Although the stored Spirit Abilities were still one-time use and required re-imprinting.
But preparing multiple Spirit Abilities in advance was undoubtedly equivalent to having several more trump cards.
In battle, there was no need for temporary imprinting; he could directly use the stored Spirit Abilities.
Whether for a surprise attack, defense, or distraction, he possessed operational space and tactical flexibility far beyond ordinary people.
Xu Tianhao informed Kong Deming in detail about the effect of his fifth Spirit Ability.
After hearing it, a brilliant light instantly erupted in Kong Deming's eyes, and his face was filled with uncontrollable joy.
Just one look and he could copy others' Spirit Abilities at any time; this was already an extremely Heaven-Defying ability, let alone that Xu Tianhao could store multiple ones simultaneously!
This meant that in battle, as long as Xu Tianhao had enough spirit power, he could have almost infinite Spirit Ability combinations.
Even when facing a powerful enemy, he could return the blow using their own power by copying their abilities.
This was of incalculable strategic value for a Spirit Master.
Compared to Kong Deming's ecstatic joy, Xu Tianhao was currently pondering another even bolder question.
Could his Spiritual Imprint copy someone else's Martial Soul True Body?
One must know that for over ninety-nine percent of Spirit Masters, the seventh Spirit Ability is the Martial Soul True Body.
It is the watershed of a Spirit Master's strength and one of their most powerful trump cards.
If Spiritual Imprint could copy the Martial Soul True Body now, even if he couldn't fully exert its power, it would be enough to make his strength surge once again.
Once this thought arose in his mind, it spread like wildfire, making Xu Tianhao unable to suppress the excitement and anticipation in his heart.
He could almost imagine how exhilarating future battles would be if he could truly copy the Martial Soul True Body.
But at this moment, there were only the two of them, master and disciple, in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Kong Deming was a Titled Douluo, and the power of his Martial Soul True Body was too terrifying; testing it rashly would not only fail but might also cause danger.
Therefore, Xu Tianhao could only suppress the thoughts in his heart and wait until they returned to the Bright Capital to find a suitable Opportunity to test this ability.
This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest could be said to be a full harvest for Xu Tianhao.
Not only did he successfully obtain the million-year Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux, but he also absorbed a thirty-five-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast spirit ring, and his spirit power broke through to Rank 54.
The master and disciple smiled at each other, both returning with a full load.
Although Kong Deming didn't find an Opportunity for himself on this trip, he received the million-year sloughed skin of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm gifted by Xu Tianhao.
This harvest was far more precious than any Heaven And Earth Treasure.
This layer of sloughed skin seemed ordinary, but it came from the million-year Spirit Beast Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm; it was the only one of its kind in the entire Douluo Continent, unique.
For ordinary Spirit Masters, it might only be used to make tools for concealing one's figure, with limited use.
But for Kong Deming, a Great Grandmaster in the field of spirit tools, its value was incalculable.
Not only could it serve as a core material to refine top-tier spirit tools,
But he could also study its material structure and energy fluctuations to try and copy or derive even more rare Materials.
Overall, both master and disciple were incredibly satisfied with the gains from this trip.
Looking at Xu Tianhao beside him, whose aura was becoming increasingly steady and whose potential was unfathomable, Kong Deming's heart was filled with gratification.