Ling Xiao had initially thought that by absorbing the soul of the Primordial Hell Dragon into the Mountain River World, he could convert it into his own martial soul, just like other things.
But after trying, he realised he was a bit too naive.
This was the dragon soul of one of the nine Primordial Divine Dragons, not some ordinary object. How could it be so easily transformed into a martial soul?
“Ling Xiao!”
While he was puzzled, he heard someone calling him.
Dai Yuling?
Ling Xiao looked up, then leapt over to her.
“Are you alright, Senior Sister Yuling?”
Seeing Dai Yuling, Ling Xiao was overjoyed. If he had to rank them, among those who entered the Moonlight Treasure Pagoda this time, Dai Yuling was naturally the one he was closest to and had the best relationship with.
Thus, he hoped Dai Yuling could gain opportunities in the tower-climbing ceremony and achieve good results.
“Thanks to you, I found a great opportunity at the fourth level, and now my martial soul has transformed.”
As she spoke, Dai Yuling released her martial soul.
It was no longer a cherry tree but a gourd vine.
Legend has it that in ancient times, the Human King discovered a gourd vine bearing seven gourds, each representing a terrifying ability.
The Human King harvested the gourds and crafted them into seven magical treasures, among his most powerful artifacts.
Those treasures had vanished with the Human King’s disappearance.
But unexpectedly, the Moonlight Heavenly Lady had transplanted the gourd vine into the Moonlight Treasure Pagoda, and Dai Yuling had encountered it, receiving this formidable inheritance.
“Congratulations, Senior Sister Yuling.”
Ling Xiao was genuinely happy for Dai Yuling.
After inheriting this legacy, not only had Dai Yuling’s martial soul become immensely powerful, but her cultivation had also surged again, reaching the early stage of the Mortal Realm Seventh Layer, not far behind Leng Hao and Shangguan Lei.
“Thank you. Just now, you killed what must have been the Primordial Hell Dragon, right?”
Dai Yuling asked.
“Exactly.”
Ling Xiao smiled, then revealed a black orb of light, saying, “This is the soul orb of the Primordial Hell Dragon. Don’t be fooled by its apple-like size; it contains terrifying energy. If used as an attack, it could easily destroy a city. Even a Heaven Realm expert would be blasted to pieces.”
“Something that terrifying, what do you plan to do with it?”
Dai Yuling couldn’t help but ask.
Ling Xiao stared at the black orb for a moment, then grinned, “Eat it! Then transform it into my martial soul!”
Although converting it into a martial soul would strip the black orb of its immense destructive power, it would greatly benefit Ling Xiao’s future development.
This was a choice.
Use it as a weapon for attack or fuse it with his soul.
Ling Xiao chose the latter.
His cultivation would not stop here, nor at the Heaven Realm. A martial soul with growth potential was far better than a weapon that couldn’t improve.
Hearing Ling Xiao’s words, Dai Yuling shivered.
She knew well that swallowing the black orb and merging it with her soul and bloodline was extremely dangerous.
Even with Ling Xiao’s robust body, tempered inside and out, this wasn’t just any soul orb. It was the soul orb of the Primordial Hell Dragon, its dragon soul inheritance.
She could imagine the agony Ling Xiao would endure after swallowing it.
“You’d better think carefully. If the fusion fails, you might not even get the chance to be eliminated. You could die here forever.”
Dai Yuling earnestly advised.
Ling Xiao, of course, understood the risks. Even with the analytical and computational power of the Mountain River Martial Soul, success wasn’t guaranteed. It only increased his chances by ten to twenty percent.
He still faced the risk of death at any moment.
The worst part was that, because this energy was too powerful, it might even exceed the rules of the Moonlight Treasure Pagoda, potentially trapping him here forever, unable to be teleported out.
In simple terms, he could truly die.
Though Ling Xiao was calm and composed, able to stay cool in any situation, he was also cautious.
Faced with this life-or-death decision, he was genuinely uncertain.
But no one could help him now.
Dai Yuling couldn’t either; her cultivation was too weak. If he pinned his hopes on her, they might both end up dead.
Staring at the black soul orb, Ling Xiao sank into deep thought.
This thing was truly a double-edged sword.
Success would grant him the martial soul inheritance of the Primordial Hell Dragon.
Failure could shatter his body instantly, parting him from this world forever.
After all, he was just a fourteen-year-old boy, with no one to protect him in a crisis.
Death meant true death.
Ling Xiao stood there, his Mountain River Martial Soul rapidly calculating the odds of success.
For an ordinary person swallowing a dragon soul, the success rate was at most one percent.
Those who dared try mostly ended up with their bodies exploding.
Of course, there were ways to improve the success rate.
The best method was to have a powerful expert guard him. Even if he failed, he wouldn’t die, and the success rate would increase by about ten percent.
Ling Xiao clearly didn’t have such luck.
If he took this orb outside to swallow it with the Moon Lady guarding him, the likely outcome was the Moon Lady being ambushed and killed, and he would die as well.
He knew this all too well.
Thus, swallowing the Primordial Hell Dragon’s martial soul inheritance inside the Moonlight Treasure Pagoda was the safest option.
Especially at the fourth level, it was even safer.
The second method to boost the success rate was a pill.
This pill, called the “Dragon Soul Pill,” was only a low-grade yellow-tier pill.
Its sole effect was to increase the success rate when swallowing a dragon soul.
For most people, it was useless.
Otherwise, its grade might have been higher.
To refine the Dragon Soul Pill, other auxiliary materials were easy to find, but one thing was extremely rare: a dragon core or dragon pearl!
Coincidentally, Ling Xiao had one.
Though his Poison Dragon Pearl had lost one percent of its energy, it could still be used for alchemy.
Besides, he still had a Black Dragon Pearl.
Alchemy was Ling Xiao’s forte. Refining the Dragon Soul Pill would likely take only a quarter of an hour.
Taking the Dragon Soul Pill would increase the success rate by ten percent.
If Ling Xiao refined a perfect Dragon Soul Pill, that boost could reach twenty percent!
With this, his chances of success would rise significantly.
There was another method, unique to Ling Xiao: the powerful analytical and simulation capabilities of the Mountain River Martial Soul.
This could also greatly increase the success rate.
