From afar, the colossal crimson vertical eye—Evil Emperor—was tearing through the skies, its body radiating violent spiritual fluctuations as it surged forward in rage.
Ye Yu only smiled faintly, his expression calm and unshaken.
The Evil Emperor might well be infamous across the Sun Moon Continent, its baleful reputation spreading unchecked. Even on Douluo Star, among the countless spirit beasts, it ranked among the most powerful existences.
But in front of him, it was nothing worth fearing.
Evil Eye Tyrant Emperor?
So what if you're called the Evil Eye Tyrant Emperor?
Ye Yu narrowed his eyes, sneering coldly. With a single thought, he unfurled his Blue Silver Domain, summoning forth his Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul.
Two purple, four black, and three red Spirit Rings—nine in total—rose from beneath his feet in sequence, encircling his body in steady rhythm.
"Seventh Spirit Ability—Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree True Body!"
At once, his seventh ring shone brilliantly.
Accompanied by a terrifying surge of Spirit Power, the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree Martial Soul, already towering over a thousand meters high, erupted in dazzling azure-silver radiance.
In that radiant glow, the tree expanded wildly.
In the blink of an eye, it became a sky-piercing crystal giant, as though sculpted entirely from flawless blue crystal. Its height surpassed five thousand meters, its dense canopy sprawling outward like a starry firmament, a sacred tree holding up the heavens.
Immediately afterward, Ye Yu's eighth and ninth Spirit Rings also lit up in turn.
Spirit Power roared like a tidal wave as a second manifestation appeared:
A Blue Silver Thousand-Armed Buddha, more than five thousand meters tall, emerged in divine splendor. Thousands of arms unfolded from its back like concentric rings, each one extending endlessly outward. The titanic figure sat cross-legged, expression serene, fingers poised in a flower-pinching mudra—yet its presence radiated divine might.
It looked less like a spirit ability and more like a god descending into the mortal realm.
"What… what is that?!"
Both the Evil Emperor and Xu Tianchen's group were struck dumb by the sight.
That towering Thousand-Armed Buddha, its colossal body seemingly upholding the heavens themselves, left them utterly shaken.
After unleashing the second ability of the Eighth Ring—True Thousand Hands, summoning the Blue Silver Thousand-Armed Buddha, Ye Yu immediately followed with the first ability of the same ring—Advent of a World of Flowering Trees.
The ground split open as countless colossal Blue Silver Spirit Jade Trees erupted upward, surging madly toward the Evil Emperor to bind it.
"What trickery is this?!"
Enraged, the Evil Emperor unleashed its spiritual might. Its overwhelming psychic power erupted outward, forming a Spiritual Storm to tear apart the trees.
As the apex of spiritual-type beasts on Douluo Star, the Evil Emperor had cultivated its mental strength to the absolute limit.
Its spiritual power was not pure spirit—it was fused with the power of space.
Thus, when it unleashed its Spiritual Storm, it also became a Spatial Storm, its destructive force immense.
But Ye Yu's Eighth Spirit Ring had already surpassed the million-year threshold.
The Blue Silver Spirit Jade Trees he summoned now were unimaginably resilient, their vitality and regenerative ability terrifying beyond measure.
Even under the Evil Emperor's devastating Spatial Storm, the trees were merely scarred on the surface. They could not be shredded apart.
Unable to break through the Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, the Evil Emperor was quickly overwhelmed.
In the next moment, countless massive Blue Silver Spirit Jade Trees pierced through its storm, entwining tightly around its colossal crimson vertical eye and its hundreds of writhing tentacles.
"Damn it! What kind of plant is this?!"
The Evil Emperor roared furiously, unleashing every ability it possessed—Spiritual Storm, Spatial Power, Light of Destruction.
But at most, its attacks only blasted gaping holes through some of the binding trees. With their insane regeneration, the wounds sealed in moments, returning to full strength.
While the Evil Emperor was trapped, the towering Blue Silver Thousand-Armed Buddha struck.
Thousands of arms unfurled in unison, becoming blurs of afterimages.
A deafening chorus of howls filled the skies as countless gigantic fists rained down upon the bound Evil Emperor.
Sensing mortal danger, the beast bellowed in rage and terror.
But no matter how it struggled, the bindings of the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Trees held firm.
The Buddha's fists descended.
One after another, the blows landed like collapsing mountains, their force enough to shatter peaks and rend valleys.
In moments, the Evil Emperor's massive scarlet eye was crushed under a storm of blows.
Blood sprayed wildly. Flesh and tentacles were ripped apart, reduced to a grotesque pile of gore the size of a small mountain.
From afar, Xu Tianchen and his three royal attendants could only stare in shock.
The Evil Eye Tyrant Emperor—the most powerful spirit beast of the Sun Moon Continent—had been obliterated before their very eyes, reduced to nothing more than a heap of bloody remains.
Scarlet motes of Spirit Power scattered into the air, condensing into a colossal Spirit Ring over a hundred meters in diameter above the corpse.
Xu Tianchen's expression froze, his voice trembling as he muttered in disbelief:
"That… what is that? Could it be… a god?"
His attendants were no less stunned, their minds reeling in horror and awe.
Meanwhile, Ye Yu's gaze shifted to the remnants of the Evil Emperor's body.
From the shattered flesh, a dark-blue light sphere emerged, within which lay a palm-sized vertical eye-shaped Spirit Bone.
Ye Yu's heart surged with satisfaction.
"Excellent. This external Spirit Bone, Evil Eye Tyrant Emperor's Eye, will certainly enhance my spiritual power significantly."
But as the sovereign of the Evil Eye race, the Evil Emperor's death might draw other powerful Evil Eyes from the Evildemon Forest.
To prevent interference during absorption, Ye Yu summoned his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul. With the Ice Emperor and the Blue Silver Spirit Jade Tree standing guard, he began the process.
When the colossal Spirit Ring above the corpse condensed fully, Ye Yu sat cross-legged beneath it, circulating Mysterious Heaven Skill to guide the ring onto himself.
The Evil Emperor was indeed the mightiest spiritual-type beast of Douluo Star, and its mental strength was overwhelming.
The soul-shock from absorbing its Spirit Ring was the strongest Ye Yu had ever faced.
But he was well prepared. He had once received the sacrifice of the Skydream Iceworm, cultivated his second Martial Soul—the Spirit Eyes—absorbed countless ten-thousand-year spiritual rings, and trained relentlessly.
His spiritual reserves already surpassed the fragmented remnant soul of the Evil Emperor.
From childhood, he had practiced Inner Core Method.
Later, he consumed the immortal herb Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, further refining his perception.
He mastered the Purple Demon Eyes, perfected fusion techniques of blood and Spirit Power, and even created his own ultimate spiritual-physical fusion ability, Dominating Heaven.
In quality as well as quantity, his spirit far exceeded the Evil Emperor's fading essence.
Thus, he endured the soul-shock with ease, successfully absorbing the ring.
The colossal Spirit Ring descended, merging into his second Martial Soul, the Spirit Eyes—
—becoming its Eighth Spirit Ring!