Chapter 87: Lin Yan Comes to a Decision — Absorbs Deprived Soul Power, Directly Reaches Soul King!
In the end, Lin Yan's final goals were personal.
In his past life, his three favorite female characters from the Douluo Dalu series were:
Two from Douluo Dalu I — Zhu Zhuqing and Qian Renxue.
Both had experienced hardship and heartache, and of course, were stunningly beautiful.
And one from Douluo Dalu III — Gu Yuena.
For these three goddesses he had adored in his previous life, Lin Yan swore that if he had the ability, he would absolutely change their fates.
Take Zhu Zhuqing for instance — forced to marry a scumbag like Dai Mubai. Lin Yan simply couldn't accept it.
Did Dai Mubai's character in the original novel really deserve someone like Zhu Zhuqing?
What a joke!
Of course, Lin Yan admitted he himself was quite flirtatious, even a bit of a player.
But this was Douluo Dalu, an ancient world where having multiple wives wasn't illegal.
So why couldn't he have three or four if he had the power?
At the very least, he believed he had better character than Dai Mubai.
If he had been in Dai Mubai's shoes, he wouldn't have abandoned his betrothed — bound to him by life and death — to suffer in Star Luo City, while he went off living it up in Soto City.
Then there was Qian Renxue, who ended up falling in love with that hypocrite, double-standard phony Tang San — that made Lin Yan even more furious.
Tang San was the one responsible for the rise of evil soul masters during Douluo Dalu II, and his personality was a complete disaster.
He schemed against his mother's soul beast kin, tormented his own son-in-law Huo Yuhao in the Love Valley—
And even as a God Realm Law Enforcer, he broke divine rules by descending into the mortal realm, using his child to threaten Empress Xuanyu of the Sun Moon Empire, interfering with the unification of Douluo Continent.
In Lin Yan's view, Tang San was the lowest of the low among all novel protagonists he'd ever seen.
As for Gu Yuena — the leader of the soul beast clan, who had lived hundreds of thousands or even millions of years—
She turned into a hopeless romantic the moment she met Tang San's son, Tang Wulin.
Maybe in a fictional novel that's tolerable, but in this real world?
Unless Tang San was meddling behind the scenes, it was completely unbelievable!
In short, Lin Yan's current goals were:
First, ensure Spirit Hall was reformed, not destroyed. Ideally, he wanted peace and unity across Douluo Continent.
Second, change the relationship between soul beasts and soul masters.
Third, change the fates of his three favorite goddesses — and ruthlessly crush and destroy Tang San and everyone else he couldn't stand.
As for other female characters?
Well, that would depend on fate.
Right now, the story had already been completely derailed by Lin Yan's interference and the livestream system.
He had already taken in Xiao Wu and Ah Yin — primarily to emotionally destroy Tang San and Tang Hao later.
If other beautiful girls crossed his path, he certainly wouldn't mind pursuing a relationship.
After all, Lin Yan was a simple man.
As a firm believer in the harem path, now that he had transmigrated into a fantasy world—
There was no way he could stay indifferent when confronted with the girls he had once admired.
Yes, Lin Yan was driven by lust. He admitted it. But he was honest about it.
Thinking of this, Lin Yan recalled Zhu Zhuqing's earlier rejection.
Aside from not having met him in person yet and finding it hard to accept his feelings—
The bigger reason, most likely, was that she didn't believe he had the strength to protect her.
But did he really lack that strength?
At his current level, even if he unleashed both martial spirits, all his external spirit bones, and the techniques of the Xuanwu True Art, he might only be able to defeat a Soul King or maybe a Soul Emperor.
However, Lin Yan had a shortcut: the system allowed him to absorb soul power stripped from those who answered livestream questions incorrectly.
After calculating—
He realized the soul power stored in the system's punishment vault, once refined, was enough to push him straight to the Soul Douluo level—maybe even Titled Douluo.
He had hesitated before due to worries, influenced by novels in his past life, that doing so might harm his foundation.
But now he realized—
Even his martial spirit came from the system. Why hesitate to absorb system-refined soul power from others? That was just stupid!
The system had clearly stated:
Soul power it refines is perfectly pure, fully absorbable, and has no side effects.
So what was there to worry about?
At the moment, the punishment vault also held several ten-thousand-year spirit rings.
The most powerful came from Bibi Dong — a 100,000-year ring. Then there were five others in the 10,000–20,000-year range.
Lin Yan didn't plan to absorb Bibi Dong's 100,000-year ring, since it originally belonged to Xiao Wu's mother — he didn't want Xiao Wu to sense it.
But the others?
He consulted the system and confirmed that four of them — spirit, fire, light, and earth attributes — were all safe to absorb.
The fifth was the eighth ring of Huyan Zhen, taken during the first Q&A — a ring over 50,000 years old, still too powerful for Lin Yan to handle just yet.
He planned to wait until he mastered the Life and Death Nirvana Guidance Technique from his Annihilation Spear Art, which included the Five Hearts to Heaven cultivation method. That would enhance his body to the point he could safely absorb it.
And he believed that wouldn't take long.
…
Having made his decision, Lin Yan prepared to act.
"System, begin. Convert the stored soul power into purified energy and infuse it into my body for absorption and refinement!"
Sitting cross-legged on the forest floor, Lin Yan spoke to the system.
Though he had previously consumed Dragon Essence—
Most of that energy had been used to awaken and integrate the Golden Sacred Dragon martial spirit.
The rest had gone into strengthening his body.
Very little of it had increased his soul power.
Which was why he had only reached Rank 18 and hadn't even broken through Rank 20.
Now, as he activated the absorption process—
The system's cold mechanical voice rang out:
"Ding! Soul power is being refined… Infusion imminent. Host, prepare to absorb and refine!"
As soon as the voice faded, warm waves of energy surged from the void into Lin Yan's body.
He sat in deep meditation, eyes closed, quietly circulating the Longevity Technique.
He refined the constant influx of soul energy, transforming it into true qi.
Gradually, as he continued absorbing and refining—
When he reached Rank 20, Lin Yan paused.
He chose to absorb a ten-thousand-year light-type ring—
Gaining his second soul skill: Purifying World White Lotus.
Then he ascended to Rank 30, then 40, then 50.
At each milestone, he absorbed the remaining rings:
Spirit-type: Annihilation Black LotusFire-type: Karmic Flame Red LotusEarth-type: Heaven and Earth Cauldron
(END CHAPTER)
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