SWNOVELXO Chapter 20: Chapter 20: I Want to Grow Up
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Although these powerful spirit abilities held immense potential for the future, Ye Lan's current dilemma was his innate spirit power of just Level 3. Breaking through to even Level 30 would be incredibly difficult—he simply didn't have the soul ring slots needed to support a full system.
Ye Lan was already eleven years old. If he didn't use his remaining youth to enhance his innate talent...
Once his body fully matured, it would be too late for any meaningful change.
Ye Lan tirelessly browsed through the "Spirit Ability Selection" panel until he finally discovered a gold-tier ability:
Spirit Ability Name: I Want to Grow Up
Passive Effect: Blue Silver Grass absorbs the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree's obsessive will to grow and gradually evolves into Radiant Lifebloom Grass by absorbing sunlight.
Detailed Description: For every full eight hours of daily sun exposure, cultivation speed increases by 1%, and Blue Silver Grass's vitality increases by 1%. Each time cultivation speed or vitality reaches a 100% increase, it advances one tier. For every tier advanced, the required sunbathing duration increases by 30%.
Note: Only eight hours of sunlight per day are counted.
Maximum cultivation speed increase reaches innate Level 20 full spirit power. At this point, Blue Silver Grass evolves into Radiant Lifebloom Grass, possessing both Extreme Light and Extreme Life attributes.
With 20 levels of innate spirit power and an Extreme Attribute Martial Soul, cultivation speed will no longer be restricted.
Active Ability: None.
Reading the description of I Want to Grow Up, Ye Lan's eyes lit up with golden excitement. Wasn't this essentially the Douluo Continent version of "getting stronger by sunbathing"?
Evolving into Radiant Lifebloom Grass meant gaining dual Extreme Attributes! More importantly, his own talent could grow to innate Level 20—resolving the slow cultivation issue that plagues Extreme Attribute Martial Souls in the mid-stage.
Although the sunbathing system capped innate spirit power growth at Level 20…
…the vitality boost for Blue Silver Grass had no ceiling. It would simply scale more slowly as the percentages grew.
The cultivation speed progression was easy to estimate. In 100 days, Ye Lan's innate spirit power could grow to Level 6!
In 130 days, it could reach the full Level 9!
Continuing that pattern, Ye Lan would need around 1,200 days—just over three years—for Blue Silver Grass to fully evolve into Radiant Lifebloom Grass.
Three and a half years later, the vitality bonus would reach 500%. In just over a decade, it could reach 1,000%. Of course, growth would slow over time.
Unfortunately, this vitality bonus only applied to Radiant Lifebloom Grass, not to Ye Lan himself.
However, as his talent and affinity increased, Ye Lan's physical constitution would also improve significantly.
Eventually, Ye Lan's Martial Soul and innate spirit power talent would rival that of Qian Renxue herself!
The only regret was that I Want to Grow Up didn't come with an active ability. But a spirit ability that could evolve both Martial Soul and talent? That would drive the entire Douluo Continent into a frenzy!
Ye Lan scanned the other abilities again and found none better than I Want to Grow Up, so he confidently locked it in.
"Uncle Tao, I'm going to start absorbing this spirit ring now. It might take a while," Ye Lan said, turning back.
Su Yuntao nodded, encouraging him, "Good luck, Xiaolan! Based on my experience, you must stay conscious during the whole process. Only by remaining aware can you absorb the spirit ring's energy to the fullest."
"I'll be careful, Uncle Tao." Ye Lan nodded. Su Yuntao immediately went on high alert, standing guard for him.
Ye Lan sat cross-legged amidst the shattered remains of the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree and calmed his mind to begin the spirit ring absorption.
Soon, a few glowing strands of Blue Silver Grass sprouted from his body. The grass swayed gently, slowly inching toward the spirit ring.
In moments, the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree's ring was drawn toward the grass, circling Ye Lan's body in a slow, mesmerizing rotation.
Ye Lan began the absorption.
The yellow spirit ring gradually shrank until it was no larger than a bracelet.
The Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree's spirit ring then floated into Ye Lan's Blue Silver Grass. Immediately, a warm current surged through his meridians, soaking his entire body in comforting heat.
In Ye Lan's spiritual sea, Blue Silver Grass became wrapped in radiant golden light.
Gradually, the grass began to change, assimilated by the golden glow.
Its blue markings faded, replaced by threads of pale gold that crept across every strand.
At that moment, all of Ye Lan's internal spirit power felt as though it had been ignited.
Ye Lan's mind was completely overwhelmed by searing heat—it was too hot!
He felt like he was about to be roasted alive, as though he had become a flame lord, his entire body engulfed in fire!
At that moment, the golden Blue Silver Grass within his spiritual sea began to absorb all of the surrounding golden light!
As the Blue Silver Grass absorbed the glow, Ye Lan's body started to change. His meridians became tougher, his bones harder, and his muscles seemed to be reborn—becoming incredibly supple and resilient.
Slowly, the unbearable heat faded, replaced by a cool, soothing sensation. Then—crack!—a shattering sound rang out.
It was the sound of Ye Lan breaking through his soul power limit—he was no longer a mere Level 10 soul master!
In that instant, Ye Lan experienced the most euphoric, refreshing sensation of his life. Every pore in his body felt like it was breathing in crisp, clean air.
When Ye Lan slowly opened his eyes, he realized the night had passed—the sun was already rising from the east.
He looked down and noticed that the blue markings on his Blue Silver Grass had completely disappeared. In their place were patterns of pale gold.
The once-deep-blue grass stems had transformed into a radiant jade-green, with leaf veins shimmering like molten gold!
Beyond color, the most striking change was in size.
The Blue Silver Grass stalks were now roughly ten centimeters thick, and the leaves had grown significantly—some were even larger than Ye Lan's own head.
At a glance, anyone unfamiliar with Ye Lan's spirit would never guess this was Blue Silver Grass.
The grass now gleamed with a noble golden light, the blend of green and pale gold incredibly pleasing to the eye.
Ye Lan also discovered tremendous changes in his body. His muscles were more flexible and agile than ever—evidence that his physical potential had been elevated.
When Ye Lan stood up, Su Yuntao gasped in astonishment.
"Xiaolan, you've grown taller again! Five centimeters overnight! And your hair—it's dark gold now. You look even more handsome—so much brighter and full of vitality!"
Only then did Ye Lan notice that his perspective seemed slightly higher than yesterday.
Next, he checked his soul power—and confirmed he was now a Level 11 Soul Master!
Considering the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree soul ring was nearly 700 years old, only gaining one level might seem underwhelming.
But Ye Lan wasn't disappointed in the slightest.
That's because the ability I Want to Grow Up had consumed a huge portion of the spirit ring's power.
The synergy between the Sun-Chasing Immolation Tree and Blue Silver Grass was exceptionally high, so most of the soul energy had been used to evolve the Martial Soul itself.
Being able to trade current soul power for future potential—that was more than worth it!
With the ability I Want to Grow Up, Ye Lan no longer had to worry about his cultivation speed ever again!
Su Yuntao quickly asked about the new spirit ability, concerned. Ye Lan replied,
"Uncle Tao, unfortunately, this ring doesn't come with an active soul skill. But it evolved my Blue Silver Grass—and my innate soul power jumped from Level 3 to about Level 8!"
(End of Chapter)