Chapter 223: The Sea God's Attention

Blood-colored light emerged from above the golden ring.

In the end, both women relied on their respective perseverance to reach the level of one hundred thousand years.

Naturally, the assistance of the two great Dragon King soul bones was indispensable in this.

It was precisely because of the two great Dragon King soul bones that the two women's energy absorption speed was exceptionally fast; in less than a month, both women had awakened from the absorption of their ten-thousand-year soul rings.

Dugu Yan's strength also rose from level fifty to level fifty-seven, on par with Zhu Zhuqing.

Ye Lingling also reached level fifty-five.

Most of the soul bone's power was used to improve and transform the two women's physiques and martial souls, so the soul power increase it brought was not large; most of the soul power increase came from the ten-thousand-year soul rings.

After the two women awakened from the soul ring absorption, Shi Quan was still immersed in his insights.

The abnormality on Shi Quan's side naturally attracted the attention of Dugu Bo and Zhu Zhuqing.

But even so, this was by no means comparable to a phantom image formed by soul power, because the divided clones possessed an equal amount of Internal Energy; although they could only use a single martial soul, they could still use soul bones, so their strength would not be affected too much.

With his thoughts turning, Shi Quan moved his mind, and the two incarnations merged into Shi Quan's body.

Another five days passed like this.

A rumbling sound echoed in Shi Quan's mind like a thunderclap.

He was currently at the Three Transformations Realm and could manifest two clones; the clones of the Three Transformations Realm were not independent and permanent, having a certain time limit. With Shi Quan's current strength, each manifestation could only be maintained for about one hour, and he could only manifest them again after an interval of three hours.

Various flashes of inspiration kept rolling in his sea of consciousness, and Shi Quan faintly had the feeling of parting the clouds to see the sun, making Shi Quan's heart beat faster uncontrollably.

"What is going on?"

Only then did Shi Quan's aura show fluctuations.

But they could perceive that the aura around Shi Quan was condensed and his soul power fluctuations were stable, with no abnormalities, so they did not rashly disturb Shi Quan's cultivation.

If Shi Quan could break through to the Three Divisions Realm, then the two incarnations would be independent bodies, like living people, possessing all of Shi Quan's strength and potential.

A flash of inspiration flickered, Shi Quan suddenly had an epiphany, the spiritual power in his mind kept rolling, and the Internal Energy in his body kept surging.

They could only wait quietly for Shi Quan to wake up.

Two rays of light separated to both sides, turning into two figures exactly the same as Shi Quan.

He only felt a peerless sharp sword suddenly appear above his head, crashing down, and endless sword light erupted, drowning his figure.

Moreover, the divided clones could only inherit a portion of Shi Quan's abilities. For example, the left clone inherited Shi Quan's Blue Silver Emperor Tree martial soul, and the right clone inherited Shi Quan's Earth Martial Soul.

While they were shocked, Shi Quan himself also looked at the two clones in front of him with quite a bit of amazement.

Perhaps because his strength was too weak, the One Qi Transforms into Three Purities he inherited had an extra realm added to the realms in the original *The Great Ruler*, named the Three Transformations Realm, followed by the Three Divisions Realm, the Three Unions Realm, and the Three Gods Realm.

"It should be because my strength is too weak that the system split this One Qi Transforms into Three Purities into such a Three Transformations Realm."

The three women and Dugu Bo had eyes full of astonishment, confusion, and shock.

Because they could all perceive that the auras of these three figures were almost identical, and it was impossible to tell who was the real Shi Quan.

The next second, Shi Quan's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

"Xiao Quan, was that your soul skill just now, or?" Dugu Bo looked at Shi Quan suspiciously.

Shi Quan touched his head and nodded, saying: "Something like that, you can just treat it as a special soul skill."

Hearing this, the four people saw that Shi Quan was unwilling to explain, so they did not continue to ask.

Looking at the two awakened women and understanding their gains, Shi Quan's gaze fell on the two huge dragon eggs of the Water and Fire Dragon Kings.

After a simple thought, he raised his hand and beckoned, and Shi Quan collected both dragon eggs into his Hundred Treasure Bag, then left the cave with the four people. On the way out of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Shi Quan also used the Hundred Treasure Bag to fill a large amount of spring water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to soak and nourish the two dragon eggs.

He brought these two dragon eggs out, naturally, for his own purposes.

Arriving outside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"Lingling, wait a moment." Shi Quan looked at Ye Lingling and took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud out from his bosom.

"Xiao Quan, is the thing you spent so much effort to obtain prepared for Lingling?" Dugu Bo asked with some surprise.

"What is this?" Ye Lingling also asked upon hearing this.

"The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud; in fact, it has another name called the Haichenzhixin."

"Haichenzhixin?" Dugu Bo asked with inevitable curiosity: "Xiao Quan, how do you know these things? And what is the use of this Haichenzhixin?"

"Actually, this Haichenzhixin is the inheritance object of the Sea God's divine residence. If she can obtain its recognition, then Lingling can go to Sea God Island to inherit the Sea God's divine position."

"What!? Divine residence inheritance?!" Dugu Bo stared fixedly at the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in Shi Quan's hand upon hearing this.

As a Title Douluo, he had naturally heard of the ethereal name of divine residence, but he did not expect that he would be so close to a divine residence at this moment.

"God?" Ye Lingling asked: "Are there really gods in this world?"

Although Shi Quan had mentioned it when they were in the Dragon Valley before, they had only listened to it as a legend. Now that the divine residence inheritance was placed right in front of her, Ye Lingling could not help but feel a bit dazed.

Shi Quan nodded, "Of course there are gods, and more than one. So-called gods are actually existences whose soul power level exceeds level one hundred. Gods also have different ranks, there are Third-level Gods, Second-level Gods, First-level Gods, and God Kings! The Sea God's position is a First-level God divine residence."

"So powerful, Xiao Quan, you should try to inherit it!" Ye Lingling shook her head and pushed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud toward Shi Quan.

"No need, divine residence inheritance is not my goal..."

"Hahaha, ambitious." Dugu Bo immediately understood Shi Quan's meaning upon hearing this; he could feel the powerful self-confidence radiating from Shi Quan.

"That may be so, but it is still too difficult, too difficult, to achieve a divine position by one's own ability." Shi Quan smiled and shook his head, looking at Ye Lingling, "Lingling, this Sea God's position is specially prepared for you. This is also one of the reasons why I let you absorb the Water Dragon King soul bone. You don't need to decline, take it."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingling's heart was full of emotion, and only then did she take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Shi Quan.

"Lingling, prick your finger and drip some blood on it." Shi Quan, who was well-versed in the original work, naturally knew the requirements of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

"Okay!" Ye Lingling nodded, bit her finger lightly, then moved it to the triangular pyramid and let the blood drip down.

As the blood made contact, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud instantly erupted with a brilliant blue halo. The halo touched the blood, and the blue light emitted turned blood-red. The next second, a faint suction force appeared out of thin air, continuously absorbing the wound on Ye Lingling's fingertip and drawing the blood out.

"It's stable." Shi Quan's eyes flashed.

The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud began to absorb the blood, which meant that Ye Lingling's physique had already met the requirements of the Haichenzhixin.

"Lingling, don't move, just let it suck your blood."

Hearing this, Ye Lingling kept her finger still and let the suction force draw her blood into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Not long after, a faint wisp of blue light drifted out from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, condensing into a very faint phantom. It looked at Ye Lingling, and the next second, a calm, aged voice rang out, "I do not know how much time has passed, but I have finally found blood with a pleasant taste. And I have finally found a constitution capable of bearing the power of the vast sea."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Bo could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly, "Why does this Sea God feel a bit strange? Found pleasant blood? How does this feel a bit like a vampire?"

"Xiao Quan, are you sure this Sea God isn't some kind of evil god?"

The phantom in the air froze for an instant, a blue light flashed, and it submerged back into the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, condensing into a speck of red light at the core, spinning around before landing in Ye Lingling's hand.

God Realm.

"What the hell... they actually think I'm an evil god?!" Inside the Sea God Temple, the Sea God sitting on the divine throne felt a stifled breath stuck in his chest from anger.

Speechless, he thought for a moment, then waved his hand to modify the Divine Sense of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, no longer saying such messy things; it was too insulting to his prestige as the Sea God.

It was rare to encounter a suitable successor; if they were scared away, he would be devastated.

Hearing this, Shi Quan hurriedly waved his hands to explain, "Rest assured, Grandpa Dugu, this Sea God is not some evil god. I would certainly never harm Lingling."

The wound on Ye Lingling's fingertip had already healed itself. Looking at the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in her hand, her gaze fell once again upon Shi Quan, "Xiao Quan, what do I need to do next?"

"Try injecting your soul power."

"Mm." Ye Lingling nodded, reached out, and injected her soul power.

Suddenly, blue light bloomed; the blue Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud seemed to come alive, its misty precious light flowing. Ye Lingling could clearly feel the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's craving for her soul power, and she subconsciously increased the input.

As Ye Lingling's soul power was continuously injected, the blue light became increasingly intense. Amidst the shining radiance, the azure triangular object slowly floated up from her palm, stopping only when it reached her face. Furthermore, it began to rotate slowly, beyond her control.

The next second, a beam of blue light shot out violently from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and submerged into the center of Ye Lingling's brow. Ye Lingling felt her whole body tremble as a massive amount of information instantly rushed into her brain via mental transmission.

The scenery before her eyes changed; Ye Lingling felt as if she were immersed in a wondrous world. It was an endless expanse of blue sea and sky. Beneath her feet was the surging, turbulent ocean, and above her head was a cloudless azure sky.

At the same time, information regarding the usage methods of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was transmitted and imprinted into Ye Lingling's mind one by one.

Meanwhile, in the Sea God Temple of the God Realm, the Sea God's body suddenly sat upright, for he had sensed the aura of the Dragon Clan!