Douluo Continent: Martial Soul Young Gilas, Sandstorm King!

Chapter 144 Found it!
Om-!
The moment the soul power touched the crown's body, a sudden change occurred!

The previously restrained starlight suddenly erupted! It wasn't dazzling, but rather, centered on Lin Xia, it projected a deep, vast, slowly rotating three-dimensional star map!

Countless points of light, some bright and some dim, floated in mid-air in the quiet room, outlining constellation trajectories that Lin Xia had never seen before. The complex star trails connected with each other, forming a mysterious three-dimensional network that enveloped the entire room, as if she were in a corner of the boundless universe.

"This is……"

Lin Xia's pupils contracted slightly, her dark golden eyes instantly filled with this magnificent and mysterious scene.
He could sense the vast, ancient, and pure power contained in the star chart. It was an aura that was completely different from the soul power of the living beings on the Douluo Continent and was closer to the fundamental laws of the world—pure star power!

Young Kiras also suddenly raised his head, his scarlet eyes wide open, and a low, guttural "gurgle" came from his throat, filled with surprise and instinctive wariness.

Its perception of energy is extremely keen. The moment the star map unfolded, it felt a kind of pressure from the vast starry sky, as well as a... strange attraction, which made the dragon pattern mark on its chest slightly hot.

Lin Xia immediately focused her mind and concentrated all her attention on the star map.

He tried to use his mental power to touch those points of light and analyze the direction of those star trails.

However, this star map seemed to be merely a projection of some kind of power, a pure display, rather than a specific rune or magic circle.

Its structure is too grand and too abstract; with Lin Xia's current level of mental strength and knowledge, she simply cannot understand its profound meaning.

The trajectory of star trails is mysterious and unpredictable. Every attempt to capture it feels like my mind is being thrown into an endless vortex, making me dizzy.

Lin Xia endured the discomfort and observed for a full half-incense stick's time, but her mental energy seemed to be wandering through a fog, unable to find the way in.

In the end, he could only sigh helplessly and temporarily give up on the seemingly close yet unattainable mysteries of the stars.

"It seems that this star map is more of a manifestation of power or an identity verification than something that needs to be repaired..."

Lin Xia murmured to herself, shifting her gaze from the ethereal star map to refocusing on the crown itself in her palm.

Since we can't work on the external star map, let's focus on its internal structure—the soul guidance array!
He condensed his spiritual energy into finer threads, carefully penetrating the starlight-filled outer shell of the crown and probing into its interior.

boom!
An indescribable, massive flow of information surged forth instantly!

Lin Xia felt as if her brain had been hit hard by a giant hammer, and her vision suddenly went black, almost causing her to faint!

He gritted his teeth and forced himself to stay calm, thus preventing his mental energy from collapsing.

The scene he "saw" before him completely shocked him!
Inside the Starry Crown was not the simple magic array composed of a few main circuits that he had imagined, but a soul guidance matrix that was so huge that it made his scalp tingle! It was formed by countless layers and countless miniature magic arrays nested and superimposed and interconnected.
These miniature magic arrays are extremely complex, with each soul power engraving as fine as a hair, yet they contain exquisite rules for the flow of energy.

They are like dust particles in the cosmos, yet they are precisely combined into a perfect whole.

Countless streams of energy flowed continuously within it, operating along complex paths that Lin Xia could hardly comprehend.

The entire interior space is like a miniature, living star universe!
Its complexity far exceeds any soul tool blueprints he had previously encountered at the Blacksmith Association, and is even ten or a hundred times more complex than the core magic arrays in the ancient ruins that his master Lou Gao restored!
"This...how is this possible?!"

A storm raged in Lin Xia's heart.

The so-called high-level soul guidance arrays he had previously obtained from Lou Gao's memories were nothing more than child's scribbles compared to the internal structure of this Starry Crown! This was not a simple soul guidance array at all, but a pinnacle creation that condensed unimaginable wisdom and power!

No wonder it became the national treasure of the Star Luo royal family!

The intense thirst for knowledge instantly overcame the mental discomfort.

Lin Xia knew that although this was a huge challenge, it was also a tremendous opportunity!

If one could understand even a fraction of it, the improvement in his mastery of soul guidance arrays and soul guidance devices would be immeasurable!
Lin Xia forcibly concentrated his mental energy, which had been somewhat scattered by the impact, and like the most precise probe, began to try to analyze the outermost layer of the magic array circuit.

The direction of each trajectory and the connection of each energy node require him to deduce and understand them with great effort.

Time slipped away silently amidst the painful realization. Sweat seeped from Lin Xia's forehead and slid down her cheeks.

Lin Xia's face gradually turned pale, her temples throbbed, and her mental energy was being frantically drawn out and consumed by the bottomless soul guidance matrix like a floodgate being opened!
"Uh……"

Lin Xia couldn't help but let out a suppressed groan of pain, feeling as if her soul was being repeatedly crushed on a millstone.

The pain of having one's mental energy rapidly drained far surpasses any physical injury.

But he didn't stop!

He stared intently at the intricate and despair-inducing matrix structure, his gaze like that of a thirsty traveler who had found a spring of sweet water, greedily absorbing the knowledge and secrets it contained.

"Connection... Energy guidance... Resonance... Spatial stability... And... Defense and counterattack?!"

As Lin Xia struggled to analyze the situation, she was deeply shocked.

He recognized the function of a small portion of the circuits, which was the core problem of the mech's core control system he was conceiving, and the one that gave him the most headaches: how to efficiently, stably, and without delay deliver massive amounts of energy to all the drive units and weapon systems throughout the mech, and form a perfect energy cycle and defense network!
A core sub-array within the Starry Crown perfectly embodies this ultimate form of "global energy linking and coordination"!
"found it!"

Lin Xia was overjoyed, as if she had finally found the key in a dark maze.

Although it was still difficult and obscure to understand, like climbing a dangerous peak, he understood the structural principles of the magic array and the "Tao" of energy flow!

This is practically a ticket to a higher level of Soul Guidance Hall, tailor-made for him!
He endured the splitting headache, mustered his last bit of mental strength, and in an almost branding manner, deeply imprinted the outrageously complex structure of the "Star Link Matrix" into the depths of his mind!
Every detail, every turning point, every flow of energy—we strive for absolute precision!

The moment the last circuit was painstakingly imprinted into her mind, Lin Xia felt her mental energy completely exhausted!

"Hahaha……"

He suddenly leaned back against the soft couch, his chest heaving violently as he gasped for breath like a fish out of water.

Sweat had soaked through his back, his mind was blank, and only sharp pain and extreme exhaustion were screaming at him.

My vision blurred, and the world seemed to be spinning.

(End of this chapter)