Douluo: Peerless Black Tortoise Moon God

Chapter 246 The Concept of Continuously Strengthening the Soul, Snow Empress's Teachings on Condensing the Soul Core, and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King
On the ocean, the Soul Guidance Ship sails majestically.

Xu Tianxi, who was temporarily using a wheelchair, appeared on the deck, with Meng Hongchen pushing him intently from behind. Xu Tianxi watched, somewhat speechless.

"Senior Meng, I actually think I'm already able to get out of the wheelchair, you don't need to insist on pushing me."

Today marks the forty-ninth day of Xue Di's grueling training. Xu Tianxi has been awake for over half a month, and his body has largely recovered, though he still cannot exert himself.

Upon hearing this, Meng Hongchen moved her hands from the armrests of the wheelchair to Xu Tianxi's shoulders and solemnly instructed him:

“No, that won’t do. Both Xuanzu and Kong Lao have said that you can’t stand for long. This wheelchair is a wonderful thing that Kong Lao and Xuanzu made together. You need to stay here a little longer.”

Xu Tianxi's lips twitched: "If I had known that fighting to the death would be this ruthless, I wouldn't have risked my life against the Demon Orca King. What a pity, I didn't even get his spirit ring."

“What can we do? You’ve been unconscious for a month, and the Soul Ring storage device can only hold it for a week at most. It’s already good that Ice Emperor took it away; at least it’s not a waste,” Meng Hongchen said.

Xu Tianxi nodded upon hearing this: "That's true."

He originally intended to use the Demon Orca King's spirit ring for his own purposes, since it was not easy to find a 100,000-year-old sea spirit beast as powerful as it; who would have thought that he would create a self-fusion martial spirit technique, excessively draining his power.

On the fifth day of his coma, Ice Emperor flew out and took away the 100,000-year soul ring of the Demon Orca King. He first sent it to Electrox for research, and then Ice Emperor devoured it.

As for Little Silver, the Silver Moon Wolf King, he had eaten too much and was then beaten up by the Demonic Orca King. He is currently recuperating in the Sea of ​​Spirit, using hibernation to achieve a transformation in his cultivation.

It's worth mentioning that Xiao Yin initially consumed spirit rings by sending them to Electrolux for research, analyzing the nature of their energy, and then converting it into energy that could be devoured by spirits. This led to the peculiar scene of Xiao Yin consuming spirit rings to enhance his cultivation.

After a soul forms a contract with a soul master, the soul itself will be subtly nourished by the soul master's martial soul bloodline and soul power, thus enhancing its strength, although this effect is not obvious in the short term.

With a batch of sea spirit beast spirit rings as research material, Electrolux successfully found that their energy characteristics were similar to those in the Spirit Ascension Platform of later generations, thus successfully solving the problem of spirits continuously becoming stronger.

The problem is that this energy can currently only be extracted from soul beasts, which is similar to the Holy Spirit Cult's method of ascending to higher realms. It cannot be made public and further research is needed.

Xu Tianxi remembered that the energy source of the Spirit Transmission Tower's Ascension Platform in later generations was a fragment of the God Realm. Such a thing could almost only be obtained by the Golden Dragon King in the God Realm's cage unleashing his power to shatter the God Realm. He could forget about getting it himself.

However, he believed that energy is convertible and can be extracted not only from soul beasts but also from soul masters. Just like when they attacked the Holy Spirit Cult branch, the Holy Unicorn Soul Spirit also absorbed a lot of energy along with Ye Guyi.

There aren't that many evil soul masters in the world, but before an ordinary soul master dies of old age, shouldn't they consider leaving some of their soul power to their soul spirit companion who has been with them throughout their life?
When everyone made the contract, they agreed that it was an equal contract. The soul abandoned the body and followed you for decades or even hundreds of years. It shouldn't be too much to leave some souvenirs for your old brothers and sisters before you die, right?
Considering the loss during energy transfer, if a Soul Master leaves some Soul Power for a ten-year Soul Spirit before dying, it might be possible to turn it into a hundred-year Soul Spirit.

If you don't give them any benefits, why should a spirit be your family's ancestor forever? If you don't want to do it, there are plenty of spirit masters who would.

Although doing this could theoretically lead to the evil situation where a spirit maliciously kills its master in order to inherit its gold coins, it's simple to fix. Just add some restrictions to the contract, and you can also ask big names in the spirit beast world like Ice Emperor and Snow Emperor to conduct regular inspections.

This idea was proposed by Xu Tianxi while he was recuperating from his injuries, and it received strong approval and support from the Ice and Snow Emperors. The Snow Emperor even suggested that he find a suitable soul beast to be his soul spirit in the later stages of his cultivation so that he could personally experience this feeling.

Xu Tianxi responded to Xue Di's words with a wry smile, saying, "Those guys in the far north are all your subordinates. If you want to find a pet, of course you can."

Xu Tianxi was more interested in Xue Di's transformation today.

He glanced at the Snow Empress, who was sitting cross-legged at the bow of the boat, surrounded by six black spirit rings, waiting for the sea spirit beasts to arrive, and said loudly:

"Snow Emperor, this is not your far north. You can't mobilize much power on the sea. It's best not to force it."

He knew that, given Xue Di's strong-willed nature, she would most likely be challenging a 100,000-year-old sea spirit beast just like him.

Upon hearing this, the Snow Emperor's icy blue eyes flashed brightly, and she said calmly, "Aren't you very interested in my experience of achieving oneness with heaven and man and condensing soul cores? Today, I will show you how to condense the first soul core and what the strongest state of achieving oneness with heaven and man truly is."

Xu Tianxi was surprised to hear this. "What did you say?"

Xue Di smiled calmly at Xu Tianxi: "It's just as you think. If you can condense a rudimentary soul core in your human form, then of course I can do it too!"

She stood up, and Snow Dance Frost appeared in her upper dantian. Her rich spiritual power and the extremely compressed Snow Soul Power intertwined and merged, forming a white black hole that devoured the surrounding天地元力 (heaven and earth elemental power) at an terrifying speed.

“Since I have chosen this path, I will spare no effort to become the strongest. What you have done has reminded me that you humans are born with three soul cores, which is a huge advantage over us soul beasts. Of course, I cannot give up this opportunity.” “Perhaps by cultivating three soul cores, it will be possible to break through the insurmountable barrier.”

As the Ice and Snow Maiden's martial spirit was released, the Snow Empress's body suddenly grew larger. She flicked her wrist towards the sky, and boundless snowflakes condensed on the ocean, spreading for miles without dissipating.

"This is Xue'er's signature move, Emperor Cold Heaven!"

Ice Emperor's excited voice rang in Xu Tianxi's ears. Green light flashed on the deck, and Ice Emperor's image flew out from Xu Tianxi's body, staring at Snow Emperor, the most powerful woman in the far north, with burning eyes.

Xu Tianxi glanced at the two emperors of the far north, Lala Scorpion, and Yao Qiangxue, and whispered to Meng Hongchen behind him, "Take out the photography soul guide device. It will be very useful for today's scene."

"Hmm." Meng Hongchen, captivated by Xue Di's charm, nodded and took out an all-around photographic soul tool to record the crucial moment when Xue Di fused with the soul core.

The commotion piqued the interest of Kong Deming, who was suspended in mid-air, and Xu Sanshi, who was beside the wheelchair. The latter, in particular, couldn't help but say to Xu Tianxi:
"Third Brother, do you think I can be like you and condense my first soul core before becoming a Title Douluo? I also want to improve; I don't want to be a laggard."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianxi gave him a serious look and reminded him, "This requires a strong foundation and the fusion of soul power and spiritual power at the level of the Unity of Heaven and Man. I cannot even attempt it now. I advise you to think it over carefully."

"It would be best if you followed us after we had cleared the way forward and found a clear and feasible path."

Ten thousand years later, in the Douluo Continent III era, Soul Masters could condense their first Soul Core at the Soul Saint stage, which shows that the Soul Master system has developed significantly. However, it is clear that we haven't reached that level yet. Huo Qubing's vast resources were only realized at the Soul Saint level.

Upon hearing this, Xu Sanshi compared himself to Xu Tianxi and Xue Di, and his head immediately drooped. "That's true, you two are more superhuman than each other. I'd better just be an ordinary genius."

Xu Tianxi can rival a 100,000-year-old soul beast on the ocean even without a soul core, so I shouldn't bother comparing myself to him; it's pointless.

“That’s right.” Xu Tianxi flicked the handle, watching the Snow Emperor condense her soul core.

Snow Empress is a naturally born elf from the far north. Spiritual power is neither her strength nor her weakness. Her spiritual power, accumulated over nearly 700,000 years, is immense. Her soul power is extremely condensed, and she has experience in condensing soul cores. Condensing her first soul core is not difficult for her.

Just a quarter of an hour later, a vortex of soul power resembling a white black hole appeared between her eyebrows, and then began to compress rapidly.

In the next instant, the vortex of soul power compressed and collapsed inward, and golden spatial rifts appeared around Xue Di. Xue Di's first soul core greedily devoured the spatial power contained in the spatial rifts. The spatial rifts grew larger and larger, and the soul core began to show unstable agitation.

Xu Tianxi used his mental power to perceive the details and noticed that Xue Di had suddenly increased her soul power and mental power to maintain the balance inside her soul core.

A quarter of an hour later, the soul core stabilized. Xue Di intentionally showed everyone her experience. Her soul core was a strange ball of light as white as snow, like a black hole vortex, swallowing everything in the outside world.

As the soul power vortex and even the soul core took shape, the area covered by Emperor Hantian expanded from several nautical miles to tens or even hundreds of nautical miles. Emperor Xue's cultivation level increased rapidly, jumping from level 62 to level 65.

Having finished all this, Xue Di paused to meditate for a moment, then suddenly stood up, smiled at Xu Tianxi, and asked, "How was it?"

Xu Tianxi, sitting in his wheelchair, solemnly clasped his hands in greeting: "I have benefited greatly from this."

The other party is truly open and honest.

"That's good. I never owe favors. Now, you just watch closely."

Xue Di nodded gently and asked Xu Xiaoyun, who had unknowingly returned to the air, "Has the soul beast I asked for arrived?"

Xu Xiaoyun pointed to the southeast and said, "A 100,000-year-old demonic soul great white shark king has been lured here by me using the essence blood and fragments left behind by the previous demonic orca king, along with its clan. I wonder if this can meet your needs?"

Xue Di nodded, a look of joy appearing in her icy blue eyes: "That's enough."

As they were talking, the soul-guided ship turned southeast, and large patches of silvery-white shark fins appeared on the surging sea, heading straight for the blood essence and scales of the demonic orca king scattered around the soul-guided ship.

The leader, the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, possessed a surging aura, not much weaker than the Evil Orca King, and its eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty desire.

For other sea spirit beasts, the aura of the Demon Orca King is enough to intimidate everything, but for the Demon Soul Great White Shark, which is also a ruler of the ocean, this is a good opportunity to deal with its natural enemy!
The Snow Emperor gazed into the distance from a high vantage point, then gracefully descended into the air, shouting from afar, "This path is blocked!"

(End of this chapter)