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Soul Skill Name: Titan Divine Body (passive)
Effect (passive): Titan — a race formed from primordial matter at the birth of a certain universe. Colossal in stature like sky-gods and nurtured by the World Soul. Legends call them an ancient divine race that once ruled the world — a miracle of evolutionary life. The Blue-Silver Grass excavated the bloodline of the "Titan Great Ape," sifted through countless contaminated and inferior bloodlines to find one compatible with the Titan race, and ultimately obtained the power of the Titan bloodline. This grants fifty percent of one's life-force as power, scaled by body size.
Active Soul Skill: Open the Titan Divine Body for a life unit (as judged by subjective consciousness). Consumes 2% of total life-force per second. Body size is determined by total life-force: the larger the life pool, the larger the form and the greater the power gained. Automatically cancels if life falls below 10%.
Concrete Values:
Soul Master level life: body size +100%; gain power = 10% of life-force.
Great Soul Master level life: body size +200%; gain power = 20% of life-force.
Grand Soul Master level life: body size +300%; gain power = 30% of life-force.
Soul Lord level life: body size +500%; gain power = 40% of life-force.
Soul Sect level life: body size +800%; gain power = 50% of life-force.
Soul King level life: body size +1300%; gain power = 60% of life-force.
Soul Emperor level life: body size +2100%; gain power = 70% of life-force.
Soul Saint level life: body size +3400%; gain power = 80% of life-force.
Douluo level life: body size +5500%; gain power = 90% of life-force.
Title Douluo level life: body size +8900%; gain power = 100% of life-force.
Half-god?????
Quasi-god?????
God??????
Ye Lan read Titan Divine Body and his head filled with question marks.
"Goddess, did you really push this one through?"
What did it mean to "sift through countless contaminated inferior bloodlines to find a Titan-compatible bloodline and ultimately obtain Titan bloodline power"? This soul skill was so overpowered that Ye Lan had to double-check it just to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.
First, the passive: Blue-Silver Grass obtained the Titan bloodline's power and gains strength based on life-force. The higher the life-force, the more power is granted.
And it isn't converting life into power — it grants power proportionate to life. For example, if the "Blue God Seer"'s life-force reaches Title Douluo level, the Blue God Seer would automatically receive fifty percent of its life-force as Titan bloodline power — that is, Douluo-level power. Douluo power plus the Blue God Seer's own strength would be barely comparable to Title Douluo-level strength.
In that case, Blue-Silver Grass ceases to be something with high life but low combat value; it truly becomes a fighting unit.
As for the "Titan Great Ape Puppet"? Sorry — unfamiliar!
The active skill is even more interesting. Although activating Titan Divine Body costs 2% of total life per second, its effect is terrifying: it adaptively increases body size according to life-force. Each size bracket grants different power — upon reaching Title Douluo, the gain ratio can rise to 100%.
And for half-gods, quasi-gods, or even higher tiers, this ratio might exceed 100%!
What's worse (or better, depending on your view), the growth isn't linear — it follows the Fibonacci sequence!!
As Ye Lan's life-tier rose, his size would scale to terrifying proportions.
Most crucially: Titan Divine Body is a universal life-form buff (UFF) — any life unit can directly activate Titan Divine Body!!
That meant the four skills — I Want to Grow, Blue God Seer, Life Share, and Titan Divine Body — could all chain together.
I Want to Grow provides unlimited life bonuses; Blue God Seer summons Blue-Silver Sacrifices and, via Life Share, links their life pools; Titan Divine Body then grants the Titan buff to every linked Blue-Silver Sacrifice.
Even with the 2% per second life drain, under such massive numerical increases, who needs anything else?
With colossal life bonuses, Ye Lan would become a gigantically proportioned final boss!!!
Ye Lan looked at Titan Divine Body, swallowed saliva crazily, and immediately locked it in.
At this moment Ye Lan did not exit the "Soul Skill Selection" panel; the panel still hovered in his mind, but the counter in the upper-left corner changed from (0/2) to (1/2).
Originally (0/2) meant choosing two skills. Under the temptation of Titan Divine Body, Ye Lan even forgot that a 100,000-year spirit ring could yield two skills.
Without overthinking, Ye Lan continued to choose from the "Soul Skill Selection" panel.
After a while he finally picked a skill that matched Titan Divine Body.
Soul Skill Name: Titanization (passive)
Effect (passive): Titans — primordial-formed race at universe birth, massive like sky-gods, birthed by the World Soul. Blue-Silver Grass longs to be as huge as the Titans: base body size +100%.
Active Soul Skill: All Blue-Silver Grass units go berserk: attack speed +100%, and their body sizes increase drastically.
Concrete Values:
Soul King level life: body size +1300.
Soul Emperor level life: body size +2100.
Soul Saint level life: body size +3400.
Douluo level life: body size +5500.
Title Douluo level life: body size +8900.
Half-god????
Again, the growth follows a Fibonacci progression. Taken alone, Titanization would be almost useless for Ye Lan, but paired with the passive of Titan Divine Body, increasing Blue-Silver Grass body sizes equates to increasing their power.
Also, Titanization does not cost 2% life per second. Ye Lan could permanently enable Titanization as Blue-Silver Grass' standing combat skill.
Why did Ye Lan, who possessed Titan Divine Body, still choose Titanization? Because at his current life-body size he could only open Titan Divine Body for himself, not for the Blue-Silver Sacrifices.
Under Life Share, all Blue-Silver Sacrifices' life would fuse into one super long life bar with Ye Lan.
If Ye Lan opened Titan Divine Body for himself and simultaneously for fifteen Blue-Silver Sacrifices, the shared life bar would plummet at an appalling 26% per second (2% × 13 units? — translator: original text claims 26%), meaning Ye Lan could only fight for three seconds!
But possessing Titanization changed everything: while Ye Lan could open Titan Divine Body for himself, he could open Titanization for the Blue-Silver Sacrifices.
He even thought of an even more terrifying tactic.
Open Life Share, transfer all Blue-Silver Sacrifices' life into a single Blue-Silver unit, then activate Titanization on that single Sacrifice.
That one Sacrifice would enjoy massive size and power bonuses without the 2%/sec life drain of Titan Divine Body.
If only he were a Blue-Silver Grass himself, Ye Lan mused.
Shaking off the thought, Ye Lan confirmed Titanization.
The "Soul Skill Selection" panel vanished. The Titan Great Ape's crimson spirit ring condensed slowly.
Silver Wolf watched as a red spirit ring rose around Ye Lan and breathed a sigh of relief.
It looked like Xiao Lan (Ye Lan) was about to succeed — the Douluo Continent would soon see a soul lord getting a 100,000-year ring.
And not by some shortcut "spirit-body" method, but by the traditional route — a true 100,000-year ring for a soul sect rank!
At that moment, Xiao Wu beside Silver Wolf slowly woke.
She stared at Ye Lan's body bathing in red light, watching a red spirit ring gradually condense. She remembered the recording she had made earlier.
Could Deming already be dead?
At that thought, huge tears spilled from Xiao Wu's eyes.
She wailed, "Deming!! Deming!!! Give me Deming back!!!"
She beat on Silver Wolf in grief. Annoyed, Silver Wolf kicked Xiao Wu aside and coldly said:
"What right do you have to cry? Wasn't that your choice?"
"If the Titan Great Ape didn't like you, it wouldn't have willingly let you sacrifice to Ye Lan."
"On that count, I have to thank you: if not for you, Xiao Lan wouldn't have obtained the 100,000-year ring!"
Xiao Wu's pupils dilated; she didn't know what to do next.
Now Ye Lan had leverage over her — he could blackmail her forever. Her best friend Deming had been handed to Ye Lan by her own actions. If she hadn't recorded the plea at Ye Lan's behest, Deming wouldn't have been forced.
She was the one who caused Deming's death!
Xiao Wu cried, "It wasn't me!! It was Ye Lan!! It was Ye Lan!!"
"If it weren't for Ye Lan, I would never have deceived Deming!!"
Silver Wolf had already guessed that Ye Lan used the "Memory Crystal Sphere" to record something terrible and then used it to coerce Xiao Wu.
He said, "Haven't you any fault? When you were picking between Tang San and Deming, you simply chose Tang San."
Xiao Wu was speechless. He was right — Third Brother was her only pillar. As long as she could be with him, she would give up everything…
Xiao Wu stared numbly as Ye Lan finished absorbing the 100,000-year ring. When Ye Lan's golden pupils opened, she immediately averted her eyes.
She looked like a frightened rabbit — she dared not look her predator Ye Lan in the face.
Ye Lan opened his eyes and saw Xiao Wu. He sneered:
"Xiao Wu, I must thank you. Without you, the Titan Great Ape wouldn't have surrendered."
Ye Lan's words pushed Xiao Wu to collapse in bitter sobs.
"You—Ye Lan!! The Hao Tian Douluo will never let you off!!!"
"Hehe, Tang Hao? You think he has good intentions?" Ye Lan mocked.
"You, the Titan Great Ape, the Azure-Blue Serpent — they are all a 100,000-year ring reserve Tang San prepared for his father," Ye Lan said.
"What?! Tang Hao would never be such a person. He saw through my identity long ago. If he were like that, I'd already be a 100,000-year bone!" Xiao Wu blushed in fury.
"Tell me — when you met Tang San, could he already absorb a 100,000-year ring?"
"If Tang San could absorb a 100,000-year ring then, you would have become Tang San's ring and bone long ago," Ye Lan replied.
"I—"
Xiao Wu could not refute Ye Lan. She trusted Tang San absolutely; Tang Hao had merely behaved out of respect for Tang San's father.
After hearing the ruthless truth, Xiao Wu — who had already suffered Ye Lan's cruel torment — matured a bit. She realized Tang Hao likely had no good intentions.
Seeing Xiao Wu's change, and planning to use her to control Tang San later, Ye Lan continued his mental assault:
"Tang Hao told you his wife was a 100,000-year beast, didn't he?"
"How do you know that?" Xiao Wu wiped away her tears, surprised.
"It's common knowledge. I even know Tang Hao's wife was a 100,000-year beast — the Blue-Silver Empress," Ye Lan said.
"The Blue-Silver Empress?! No wonder I haven't seen her these past years," Xiao Wu exclaimed, remembering the Blue-Silver Empress of the Star Dou Forest.
Before transforming into human form she loved to eat Blue-Silver Grass; she ate so much she attracted the Blue-Silver Empress herself.
After some dealings, Xiao Wu promised the Empress she'd eat less Blue-Silver Grass — that was how their past relationship arose.
Unexpectedly, when she learned of the Empress again, both beasts had already become human.
"That's right. The Blue-Silver Empress's trait is likely familiar to you — near-immortality. But I'll tell you this: the Blue-Silver Empress is dead," Ye Lan said calmly.
"What? How could she be dead?!" Xiao Wu couldn't believe it.
"Heh. How do you think Tang Hao's 100,000-year ring came to be?" Ye Lan revealed the cruel truth.
Xiao Wu remembered Tang Hao's ninth spirit ring was red — and it turned out that ring was the Blue-Silver Empress's!
Recalling how Tang Hao had intervened, Xiao Wu's face turned pale.
Silver Wolf nodded: "Xiao Lan's right. Back then Tang Hao ran around with the soon-to-be-delivering Blue-Silver Empress, and that attracted the previous Pope's pursuit — no one could ignore 100,000-year bones and rings running about."
"In the end, on the night the Blue-Silver Empress gave birth to Tang San, the previous Pope found Tang Hao and the Empress. After they collided, the Empress sacrificed herself."
Xiao Wu clutched her head and protested: "Nonsense! It was the Spirit Hall chasing the Blue-Silver Empress and Tang Hao that caused that sacrifice!!"
"Oh? Then let me add another fact: the former Grand Exalted of Spirit Hall, the current invincible in the sky and Limit Douluo — Qian Daoliu — had an agreement with the former head of the Wu Tian Sect that Spirit Hall would never step foot in the Hao Tian Sect's domain."
"And the current Hao Tian Sect leader once loved the Blue-Silver Empress as well. In other words, if Tang Hao had had the Empress give birth inside Hao Tian Sect, the Spirit Hall would not have chased them."
"So why was the Blue-Silver Empress pursued and ultimately sacrificed?"
"Isn't it because Tang Hao ran around the world with the Empress? Only by forcing the Empress to sacrifice could Tang Hao obtain a 100,000-year ring."
"Otherwise, even if Tang Hao had killed the Empress, she could use Blue-Silver Grass to be reborn and then never meet Tang Hao again."
Hearing the full truth, Xiao Wu was shocked.
She hadn't expected the great Hao Tian Douluo to be a man with a beast's heart who trampled love. As a beast-turned-human, she understood the Empress's genuine feelings; otherwise she wouldn't have agreed to the Empress's noble sacrifice. Behind that beautiful sacrifice story was Tang Hao's sinister design.
Seeing Xiao Wu remain silent a long time, Ye Lan knew he'd planted a nail in her heart.
He waved a hand: "Xiao Wu, go back. Return to the Azure-Blue Serpent."
Xiao Wu pointed to herself in confusion: "You're letting me go back? Don't you want to kill me and take the 100,000-year bone?"
"I promised the Titan Great Ape: if you sacrificed, I'd let you go," Ye Lan said calmly.
At that moment, Ye Lan's fourth spirit ring settled completely.
Presumably because Ye Lan had kept his promise, the 100,000-year Titan Great Ape ring fully fused with Blue-Silver Grass — Radiant Life.
Hearing that Deming had pleaded for her, Xiao Wu felt a tug at her heart.
She hadn't expected Deming to love her so much — to have sacrificed himself for her by appealing to Ye Lan.
Then Xiao Wu turned and walked away silently.
Ye Lan called after her: "Xiao Wu, remember what's in my hands. About Zhao Wuji and me — I advise you not to speak carelessly."
Xiao Wu trembled at Ye Lan's threat.
If she spoke out, he would release the recording. She would be ruined.
Although she no longer trusted Tang Hao, she still held a sliver of faith in Tang San. Now she dared not tell anyone.
Besides, she had to figure out how to explain things to Deming's family when she returned.
After Xiao Wu left, Silver Wolf couldn't help but ask eagerly:
"Xiao Lan, how was the haul? Is the 100,000-year soul skill strong?"
Ye Lan laughed: "Uncle Wolf!! This harvest is enormous."
"First, I got a 100,000-year Titan Great Ape left-arm bone — it greatly enhanced my bodily attributes!!"
"And the bone granted me two soul-bone skills: Titan Sky Break and Gravity Quagmire!"
"Titan Sky Break lets me use gravity control to compress air instantaneously into terrifying energy, dealing roughly five times power damage!"
(Note: in the original this was the Titan Great Ape's full-power strike; here the 100,000-year soul skill multipliers float around five times for balance — otherwise Ye Lan's soul power couldn't sustain the full strike.)
"Gravity Quagmire can instantly increase or decrease gravity within a certain area; the magnitude of that change scales with the user's soul power supply. At maximum, gravity in a given area can be multiplied up to twenty times!"
(Twenty times gravity was a raw value in the original. Take it for what it is — high expressive value.)
"Good, good — worthy of a 100,000-year Titan Great Ape soul-bone skill. Titan Great Apes are top-tier soul beasts; such warped bone skills are to be expected!!"
"Xiao Lan, these two bone skills rival many Title Douluo ninth-ring skills," Silver Wolf laughed.
Ye Lan nodded. After all, the core benefit of a soul bone is improving the body. Rarely would bones yield such exquisite skills — truly worthy of a lead character's soul-bone techniques from the old Douluo tales.
But now they were his!
"Tang San, your skills are so useful!!"
"Xiao Lan, what about your 100,000-year ring skills?" Silver Wolf asked expectantly.
Ye Lan grinned. Titan Divine Body and Titanization were so absurd he wanted to test them. There was one point he needed to confirm.
"Uncle Wolf, don't faint when I tell you. The Titan Great Ape gave me two kinds of skills: one consumes life to boost size and strength; the other increases the Blue-Silver Grass' size and power. As for the exact damage — I'll show you shortly."
Ye Lan summoned his four spirit rings.
Deep yellow, purple, black-purple, and blood-red rings looped around him.
Silver Wolf admired the rings and asked, curious: "Xiao Lan, what is your current soul-power level?"
"Level 45!!" Ye Lan sensed his inner soul power and stated with certainty.
Silver Wolf nodded with satisfaction. Truly a 100,000-year ring — ordinary spirit rings usually raise one rank, but a 100,000-year ring could raise five ranks. Even if it was only to the Soul Sect stage, it was still terrifying!
At that moment, Ye Lan's body radiated a golden soul light.
"Blue-Silver Grass, summon!!"
Forty-five combat Blue-Silver Grasses were summoned. The Blue-Silver units increased from the original thirty-six to forty-five, giving Ye Lan 25% more life supply. The grass stalks grew thicker, and base life rose another 30%.
"Blue God Seer!"
"Natural Domain!"
"Life Share!"
Every three combat Blue-Silver Grasses synthesized into one Sky-Piercing Golden-Striped Galactic Vine — fifteen Blue-Silver Sacrifices rose from the ground.
Now each Blue-Silver Sacrifice stretched to an astonishing sixty-plus meters in length!!
With the bonuses from I Want to Grow, Extremal Water, and Natural Domain,
the Blue-Silver Sacrifices' life bonus reached 7,200%.
After the fifteen Blue-Silver Sacrifices linked to Ye Lan's life, Ye Lan's total life became his own life plus 10,800% of the Blue-Silver Grass base life — essentially 1,080 times the base Blue-Silver Grass!
Feeling the endless life-force filling his body, Ye Lan shouted with delight:
"爽!! (Awesome!!)"
At this point Ye Lan could withstand attacks from an ordinary Soul Saint; even Douluo-level strikes he could endure seven or eight times — equivalent to possessing Soul Saint-level life.
Then Ye Lan roared:
"Titan Divine Body!!"
His body size instantly increased by 3,400%, and he gained power equal to 80% of his life-force.
Silver Wolf watched, stunned, as Ye Lan's body swelled rapidly.
Two meters!
Three meters!
Five meters!
Six meters!
How tall is six meters?
At eye level, Silver Wolf could only see Ye Lan's knees.
He was amazed to see Ye Lan's clothes enlarging in proportion — what kind of soul skill caused that?
Ye Lan felt the endless power filling his body. Was this truly the power of a Soul Saint?
It was terrifying indeed.
Although the body increase didn't stretch Ye Lan to sixty-two meters tall like Ultraman, the growth scaled each bodily dimension (length, width, height) proportionally — that is, 3^4 = 3.3.
(End of Chapter)