Zhu Ziyang returned to his room and immediately opened a spatial gate to enter the Holy Law Demiplane.
Absorbing the eighth soul ring and condensing the third soul core would definitely trigger anomalies. If he were still in Shrek Academy, it wouldn't be a concern—but in Winterpole City, it was safer to do this in the sub-dimension, where Electrolux and the four Light attribute powerhouses could protect him.
Sitting cross-legged atop a stone-carved platform, Zhu Ziyang took out the Dragon Core of the Ice Dragon King. After gazing at it for a moment, determination flickered in his eyes. He swallowed the core in one gulp, then closed his eyes and emptied his mind, entering a meditative state as soul power began circulating through his body. At the same time, the Ice Dragon King's core began to unleash its immense and surging soul power.
In an instant, Zhu Ziyang was engulfed by a torrent of unimaginably powerful, pure soul energy—like a tsunami. Within seconds, it had flooded all of his meridians and acupoints. All he could do was stabilize his mind and hide a portion of his own soul power in remote meridian nodes, trembling as he did so.
This was the soul power of a divine dragon. Though its divinity had faded, the purity and might of this energy were not something ordinary beings could bear. Zhu Ziyang struggled immensely.
Behind him, the phantom of the Heavenly Frost White Dragon King coiled. Seven red soul rings flickered rapidly, like alarm signals operating at full throttle, working furiously to absorb, convert, and refine the invading soul power.
Truthfully, Zhu Ziyang had miscalculated—he underestimated the might of a divine Dragon Core and overestimated his body's limits.
Cracks had already begun to form on his arms—clear signs that his body was reaching its breaking point. If he couldn't refine some of the core's energy soon, his body would be destroyed by the overload.
"Damn it... I'll gamble everything!"
Zhu Ziyang had only two choices: abandon the Dragon Core and let its power dissipate into the world—losing a divine-level soul ring—or take a massive risk and condense his third soul core first, then absorb the soul ring.
Of course, he chose the second.
While this path offered a substantial increase in soul circuit capacity and processing power by forming a Threefold Alignment, the downside was steep—the difficulty of condensing a core without the support of a soul ring was exponentially higher, and linking it to the other two existing soul cores was even more complex.
But Zhu Ziyang had no retreat. He refused to give up the Dragon Core.
So, he went all in.
His soul power stopped resisting and began flowing with the invading force. As his meridians and acupoints became fully occupied by the core's power, his body swelled unnaturally.
Death was now just a breath away—but that was also where rebirth began.
He acted.
He controlled the force-possessed soul power and began to spin it. A small vortex first formed in his dantian, then others emerged throughout his body. These small whirlpools started slowly but gradually accelerated, eventually growing into mid-sized vortices that drew in the Dragon Core's power.
These swirling torrents moved purposefully toward his heart—the Shanzhong acupoint.
As the first one entered, the acupoint opened without resistance. Soon, all the mid-sized vortices merged into the Shanzhong point, colliding, fusing, and merging until they became one massive vortex. This movement was so intense that it extended beyond his body, forming a visible funnel above his head within the Holy Law Demiplane.
Fortunately, his swelling body deflated. The immediate threat of being burst from within was gone. In fact, this was the perfect time to refine the soul power and absorb the soul ring.
But he couldn't pause—at that moment, a new force rose from the depths of his spine, entering the Shanzhong acupoint. If he didn't condense his third soul core now, it would be too late later.
He compressed the vortex.
Inside this soul vortex, Extreme Ice, bloodline power, and vital essence began blending, condensing, and integrating. The massive vortex spun faster and faster, shrinking into a rhomboid-shaped gaseous swirl.
This diamond-shaped vortex signaled the final stage of soul core formation. Zhu Ziyang finally breathed a sigh of relief—the worst was over. All that remained was to complete the Threefold Alignment, absorb the Dragon Core's power, and form the eighth soul ring.
His third soul core was complete.
It was a crystal-like rhomboid, shaped like the other two, but with different colors—red and blue. The red represented his bloodline, the blue his ice element. This was the Extreme Frost Bloodline Soul Core.
Zhu Ziyang gently added this soul core to his energy circuit, forming a triangle with the top Spiritual-Destiny Core and the bottom Light-Death Core—thus finalizing the Threefold Alignment.
This third core, residing in the heart's Shanzhong point, embodied "Essence"—the vitality and physical strength of his being. It represented the integration of his bloodline, physical energy, and extreme cold, solidifying the Heavenly Frost White Dragon King martial soul's inheritance and its potential to be passed down to future generations.
With all three positions filled, his energy circuit was complete. All his power flowed freely in unity.
Without pause, he began the final task—refining the Dragon Core and absorbing the soul ring.
Now that he had three soul cores, the core's energy no longer posed a threat. Its power became something he could manipulate at will.
After a full day and night, the Ice Dragon King's Dragon Core had been completely refined. In its place—his eighth soul ring appeared, glowing with brilliant gold—a Divine-Class Soul Ring!
Zhu Ziyang's eyes snapped open, full of indescribable joy and excitement. With his martial soul possessed, eight soul rings floated behind him—seven red and one golden. Anyone who saw this scene would likely tremble on the spot!
A golden soul ring—this had only appeared twice in the history of Douluo Continent: during the Twin Gods War ten thousand years ago, as the tenth rings of Sea God Tang San and Angel God Qian Renxue. And both of those were gained after reaching godhood.
But Zhu Ziyang—he possessed a golden soul ring before becoming a god.
In this regard, he had already surpassed the legends and achieved something unprecedented!
"Ziyang, you nearly scared me to death!" said Electrolux, still shaken. "If I had known how dangerous this was, I would've stopped you no matter what!"
"Hehe! High risk, high reward, Teacher!" Zhu Ziyang scratched his head sheepishly. "Look at me now—not only did I get a golden ring, but my soul power jumped five levels—I'm now Rank 85! What other Soul Douluo could pull that off just by absorbing a soul ring?"
He chuckled proudly.
"Sigh… You!" Electrolux smiled helplessly. "Well, I suppose all's well that ends well."
(End of Chapter)
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