Douluo Continent: Who says evil soul masters can't achieve sainthood through merit?

The words "million-year soul beast" exploded in her mind, making it almost impossible for her to think.

She had seen evil soul masters with ten thousand years of experience, and she had also seen titled Douluo, but a million years—that was a legend, a myth, a word that only appeared in ancient books.

"What should we do?"

Thinking of this, she lowered her voice to a whisper, her voice trembling barely concealed, and asked, "Should we fight?"

Huo Yuhao, who was standing next to him, felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.

He stared wide-eyed at Ye Guyi, then at the enormous jade worm, feeling as if he must be going crazy.

beat?

Fighting a million-year-old soul beast?

He knows every single word, so why can't he understand it when they're put together?

Li Qing, however, remained unusually calm.

He slowly withdrew the Black Lotus of Annihilation. The lotus flower, which exuded an aura of destruction, vanished in his palm as if it had never existed.

He stepped forward, shielding Ye Guyi and Huo Yuhao behind him, and stared directly at the enormous creature that claimed to be a million-year-old soul beast.

"Since you are a million-year-old soul beast..."

Li Qing's voice was calm, showing no sign of panic, as he asked, "Then how did you end up here? And what do you want with us?"

The enormous body of the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm twisted and turned, its pair of bright little eyes darting around as it sized up the three people in front of it.

Its gaze lingered on Li Qing the longest, then on Ye Guyi, and finally swept over Huo Yuhao.

"hey-hey…"

It suddenly laughed, its voice childish yet carrying a hint of old-fashioned wisdom: "Brother is about to give you a great opportunity."

Both Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi were stunned by these words.

Opportunity?

They're not here to kill them, but to offer them a golden opportunity?

Ye Guyi's vigilance did not decrease; on the contrary, it increased.

She stared at the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, trying to discern something from its small eyes.

But the soul beast's expression was too simple; she could only see a mixture of excitement and eagerness.

Li Qing's expression remained calm: "What opportunity?"

The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm did not answer, or rather, it answered with its actions.

Suddenly, its enormous body began to glow.

It wasn't ordinary light, but a soft, milky-white glow emanating from deep within it.

The light grew brighter and brighter, illuminating the entire forest as if it were daytime.

In the light, its body began to become transparent, and ten golden rings could be vaguely seen flowing within it.

"Wait, what are you doing?!" Ye Guyi exclaimed, instinctively about to release her martial soul.

But Li Qing raised his hand to stop her.

Because this is exactly the result I wanted.

"It is in..."

Before the words were finished, the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's body completely transformed into a stream of light.

The stream of light was pure and vast, carrying indescribable vitality and spiritual power, rushing straight towards Li Qing like a celestial river pouring down!

Ye Guyi's pupils shrank suddenly, and her expression changed drastically.

Disregarding everything else, she instantly released her Holy Angel Martial Soul, her golden wings unfurled, and a light sword materialized in her hand, ready to block Li Qing's path.

"Bone Garment!"

Li Qing shouted sharply, grabbing her wrist at the same time, explaining, "Don't move! It's a sacrifice!"

A sacrifice?

Ye Guyi froze.

She had heard of this term before—a soul beast voluntarily offering its life and soul, giving all its power to a soul master. This is the most perfect and rarest way for a soul master to obtain a soul ring.

Because almost no soul beast would be willing to do that.

So the question is, why would the other party do this?

Keep in mind, this was a sacrifice made voluntarily by a million-year-old soul beast.

How is that possible?

In the instant she was stunned, the vast stream of light had already entered Li Qing's body.

Li Qing groaned, his face instantly turning pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

But he did not resist; instead, he sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes.

"Protect me." His voice was soft, yet carried an undeniable firmness.

Ye Guyi bit her lip, finally withdrew her martial spirit, and stood in front of Li Qing, warily watching her surroundings.

She believed Li Qing's judgment—even though it sounded utterly absurd.

Huo Yuhao was completely dumbfounded.

He watched as the white light gradually emanated from Li Qing's body. The light was so pure and so sacred, unlike any other spirit ring he knew.

At the center of the light, ten golden lines could be faintly seen flowing.

"This...this is..." he murmured.

"A million-year soul ring."

Ye Guyi's voice was somewhat hoarse as he softly said, "He is absorbing a million-year soul ring."

Huo Yuhao gasped.

He looked at the boy sitting cross-legged again, his eyes filled with awe—and a hint of unspeakable envy.

A million-year soul ring, a treasure coveted by every soul master, was being absorbed right before his eyes.

An eerie silence fell over the forest.

Only the light emanating from Li Qing was pulsating, carrying a certain rhythm, like a heartbeat.

There was an invisible energy flowing in the air, and the plants and trees all bent slightly in Li Qing's direction.

Time passes little by little.

Ye Guyi dared not relax for a moment, her gaze sweeping over every shadow and every tree.

The Holy Angel Martial Soul is extremely sensitive to evil auras, but at this moment she only sensed pure and immense life force and spiritual power—the power left behind by the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm.

After an unknown amount of time, Huo Yuhao suddenly spoke in a low voice, "Um... Sister?"

Ye Guyi turned her head and saw the boy's face filled with embarrassment and expectation: "Can I leave now? I still need to obtain my first spirit ring."

Ye Guyi then remembered that Huo Yuhao came to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his first spirit ring.

She glanced at Li Qing, who was still in meditation, then at Huo Yuhao, and after a moment's thought, said, "I'll help you find a suitable soul beast. What kind of soul ring do you want?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up, but then dimmed: "I...I don't know either. My martial soul is the Spirit Eye, a spiritual attribute, but I'm not quite sure what kind of soul beast is suitable..."

Ye Guyi pondered for a moment: "Spiritual attribute soul beasts are rare to begin with, and those over a hundred years old are even rarer. But since we've encountered one, I'll try to find one for you. It's better than that baboon you just met."

"Thank you so much, sister!" Huo Yuhao quickly said.

Ye Guyi dared not go too far, after all, Li Qing was still at a critical moment in absorbing the soul ring.

She told Huo Yuhao to stay where he was, while she released her senses and carefully searched a radius of 100 meters around Li Qing.

Perhaps it was good luck, or perhaps it was Huo Yuhao's destiny, but in less than a quarter of an hour, Ye Guyi found a soul beast in a bush not far away.

It was a fox that was entirely silver-gray in color. It wasn't very big, only about the size of an average house dog, but its eyes had a faint blue glow.

It was huddled in the bushes, watching the leaf-bone shrub warily.