Leaving the Sun and Moon Empire aside, where Xu Tianran was drawing a big, round pie for Ju Zi, Lin Yun had returned to the Great Star Dou Forest after more than half a month of leisure.
He had gotten his ideal sixth spirit ring, which even exceeded his original estimate in cultivation years. His spirit power level had reached sixty-nine. This kind of leap in progress allowed Lin Yun to relax and reward himself.
Lin Yun's original thought was that as long as he broke through to the Spirit Emperor rank, he would consider it a success. After all, his spirit power progression up to this point—besides absorbing the Darkness Evil God Tiger's spirit ring and his first experience of consuming immortal herbs at the Eyes of Ice and Fire—wasn't particularly exaggerated.
That one time, he broke through the level forty bottleneck and instantly reached level fifty-six.
This time, with the Eyes of Ice and Fire combined with a high-level spirit ring, Lin Yun went from level fifty-seven to sixty-nine in an instant.
He was on the verge of breaking through to the Spirit Saint rank!
The time it took him to go from level forty to sixty-nine was less than a year!
According to the timeline, there were still more than three months left in the Shrek Academy's outer court's vacation, yet Lin Yun had managed to add three spirit rings and increase his level by nearly thirty in less than a year.
This would be almost impossible in any world that required a strong foundation, but the Douluo Continent didn't care about such things.
And Lin Yun truly needed to calm down and carefully digest this surge in power.
Sometimes, moving too fast isn't a good thing. Losing the experiences one should have had could lead to getting stuck later on, perhaps for a lifetime. Lin Yun didn't want to end up like that.
Just like Tang San.
After abandoning his Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer, he couldn't improve his Divine King rank as the God of Slaughter. His only way to get stronger was to harvest faith to advance his Sea God rank.
Lin Yun didn't want to be limited by his Golden Dragon King bloodline at a certain level in the future, forced to absorb the blood of all living things just to get stronger.
Currently, the Golden Dragon King bloodline and martial soul were indeed his biggest cheat. All of his abilities were based on the Golden Dragon King bloodline, but he wasn't satisfied with that.
His true goal was to surpass not just the Golden Dragon King, but the Dragon God himself.
With this thought in mind, Lin Yun was in no hurry to return to the Douluo Continent. He extended a journey that would have taken a few days into half a month.
He also honored the Ice Emperor's request, stopping to stay overnight on any island with a nice view.
The Ice and Snow Emperors were responsible for finding the ingredients they wanted to eat, and Lin Yun was responsible for preparing a delicious, lavish dinner for the two of them.
During this process, the Ice Emperor satisfied her desire for good food, the Snow Emperor experienced many new and unique things, and Lin Yun calmed down his inflated mentality from the sudden increase in spirit power.
All three of them had different gains.
Of course, during this time, the Ice Emperor, as the best wingwoman and the Snow Emperor's friend, didn't hold back in pushing things along.
After their intimate contact that night, Lin Yun and the Snow Emperor had a preliminary relationship. So the Ice Emperor, with the Snow Emperor present, began to get bolder, often making very intimate gestures with Lin Yun.
This little girl even encouraged Lin Yun and the Snow Emperor to get closer.
Such a good wingwoman certainly lived up to all the meals Lin Yun had cooked for her; she was truly a great help.
Overall, it was effective.
Going all the way to the final step was definitely impossible. The Snow Emperor didn't think so little of herself, but she didn't resist holding hands, hugging her waist, and an occasional kiss.
Because... cuddling with Lin Yun was also part of her "experiencing new and unique things"...
Lin Yun was happy to take his time. Fine wine only becomes more fragrant the longer it's aged.
He just wasn't interested in being a simp; he wasn't so fragile that he didn't have the patience to enjoy the romance with his own woman.
And so, Lin Yun, the Ice Emperor, and the Snow Emperor spent over half a month eating and playing before returning from the depths of the ocean to the Great Star Dou Forest. The old dragon, Di Tian, who was watching over the Lake of Life, almost couldn't stop himself from going out to sea to search for Lin Yun.
What kind of person goes on a soul-hunting trip for a full month?!
Especially with the Ice and Snow Emperors, his two bodyguards, helping out!
Di Tian nearly lost his cool.
He knew that he was the Magellan of Douluo, a seasoned traveler who had completed a world tour of the Douluo star. He was very well aware of how many Fierce Beasts were hidden in the depths of the ocean.
There were creatures there whose cultivation was not inferior to his own.
Di Tian was truly afraid that some blind, idiotic fool would provoke their honored master!
Fortunately, Lin Yun had finally returned, safe and sound, and his spirit power fluctuations were much stronger than before. It seemed he had gained a lot, and Di Tian could finally let go of his worries.
Lin Yun didn't notice anything unusual about Di Tian. Di Tian hadn't shown it, so Lin Yun didn't think much of it. Instead, he found Xue Qingci and Xi Xi, who were living not far from the Lake of Life.
As two human females, even though they were his "friend" and servant, the Lake of Life was ultimately not a convenient place for them to live.
So Di Tian had Bi Ji find a small valley with a good geographical location for them to live in and warned the surrounding spirit beasts to strictly not harm the two women.
As a result, they were living quite well in the Great Star Dou Forest.
Even though it was only on the outskirts of the Lake of Life, it was still filled with a rich life force and spiritual energy, giving them the best cultivation environment.
Xue Qingci was being taught by Electrolux. Necromancy was extremely compatible with her martial soul and attributes, so she had been busy learning it and inheriting Electrolux's legacy.
There was even less to say about Xi Xi.
The backstabbing from Shrek Academy had completely shattered Xi Xi's former illusions and beliefs. The level of hatred she had for the academy, which had kicked her out, was something that the people of the Sun and Moon Empire couldn't even compare to.
Her motivation to cultivate was even stronger than Xue Qingci's, who was under the threat of her martial soul and desperately needed to extend her life.
Only those who have been betrayed know how much betrayal hurts.
She was a ruthless person who was willing to sell her body and soul to Lin Yun for power. Destroying Shrek Academy was her biggest motivation to cultivate and her best tool to push herself.
Lin Yun, who had been secretly observing them, was very satisfied with their performance.
There were many beautiful women on the Douluo Continent, but most of them were just pretty faces. Lin Yun's motto for finding women was that he could help them fly, but they couldn't lack ambition.
A pretty face with no ambition, no matter how beautiful, was only good for looking at.
Wanting to improve is a good thing; Lin Yun himself was very eager to improve.
(End of Chapter)
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