Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

He had originally planned to take the initiative in the communication by using Bloody Mary's information, but seeing Hu Liena's unmoved attitude, Tang San felt that something unexpected might have already happened.

"How many consecutive victories have you achieved in the Hell Slaughter Arena?" Taking a deep breath to calm his agitated mind, Tang San asked calmly.

"Tomorrow I'll be participating in my seventy-first match." There was no point in hiding it, so Hu Liena answered frankly.

"You must have a thorough understanding of what the Slaughter City is by now. How about we cooperate? The trials after achieving a hundred victories won't be easy." Tang San extended an invitation. This was the purpose of his trip to find Hu Liena: to cooperate with her briefly and brave the Hell Road together.

"Oh?" Hu Liena was somewhat surprised, her mind racing. She was definitely going to brave the Hell Road with Qian Renxue and the others, but this couldn't be made public. After all, Tang Shan's connection with the Spirit Hall was still a secret. Although the Spirit Hall and Tang Shan, with their current strength, weren't afraid of the trouble that would come if their identities were exposed, Qian Renxue's plan to seize the country was about to succeed, so why add any more variables?

While pondering, Hu Liena didn't forget to reply to Tang Shan: "Let me think about it for a while. Anyway, it's still a long way from 100 wins. I'll give you an answer when we reach 90 wins."

Tang San nodded. Hu Liena's hesitation was normal. If she had readily agreed, he would have suspected something was amiss. However, to increase the probability of cooperation, he emphasized, "We did have some conflicts before, but don't forget, Tang Shan's conflict with your Spirit Hall is even greater. Don't forget the collapsed Papal Palace. There are three of them. If they harbor ill intentions towards us, our fate will be self-evident."

Hu Liena's face darkened. Tang San's words struck a nerve. Didn't she know perfectly well why the Papal Palace collapsed? Yet he had brought up the very thing she didn't want to talk about; it was simply outrageous.

Seeing Hu Liena's annoyance, Tang San, who thought he had hit the Spirit Hall's sore spot, chuckled, took out a porcelain bottle from his storage soul tool, bent down and placed it on the ground, then turned and disappeared into the darkness. Only his last words slowly echoed: "This is an antidote pill that can cure the poison in Bloody Mary. You can try it and see if it works. This is my sincerity."

Although he didn't have the chance to go to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Tang San didn't give up his research on poisons and medicines, after all, this was the core inheritance of his Tang Sect and the foundation of the sect.

Watching Tang San leave, Hu Liena narrowed her eyes, not touching the porcelain bottle. No one knew if there were any tricks left by the other party on it, so it was best not to touch it just in case.

"Cooperate?" After considering it for a moment, Hu Liena finally decided to let Qian Renxue make the decision, since the latter was the best successor to the Spirit Hall in terms of both title and actual power.

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The spiritual power of the Spirit Realm is divided into eight strands, which follow the seven virtual consciousnesses and Tang Shan's main consciousness to explore and comprehend within the soul ring. The fragments of the power rules are gradually understood by Tang Shan and transformed into his foundation. The invisible rule fluctuations become increasingly intense, rippling around Tang Shan's body.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth rose and fell with the fluctuations of the rules, and Tangshan's breathing followed the rhythm of the rules, establishing a delicate balance among the three, flowing and responding to each other.

A deep, resonant breath was heard. The primordial energy of heaven and earth, slowly gathering due to the fluctuations in the rules, was frantically absorbed by Tang Shan like a whale sucking in water. The liquid soul power within his body accelerated its circulation, rapidly refining the primordial energy of heaven and earth into droplets that settled in Tang Shan's dantian.

Although Tangshan has not yet broken through to level 80, his training during this period has not been in vain. The accumulated soul power will become his foundation and will fully erupt after the breakthrough. It is not impossible for his soul power to increase by several levels in succession at that time.

Opening his eyes, Tang Shan withdrew his spiritual power from his spirit ring, deactivated his first spirit skill, and stopped his rule comprehension for the day.

However, the cultivation was not yet complete. He raised his hand, mobilized the soul power within his body, and let it surge out of his right hand, starting to slowly rotate in his right palm.

Whoohoo!

The slight rotation generated gusts of wind, and as time passed and soul power was infused, a tiny vortex of soul power formed in Tang Shan's palm.

The vortex of soul power spun faster, and the primordial energy of heaven and earth began to converge. Unlike the slow pace when comprehending the rules before, this time, the primordial energy of heaven and earth seemed to have spotted an exquisite delicacy and rushed over at an accelerated speed.

The concentration of vital energy around Tang Shan increased rapidly. In just a few breaths, he reached the peak he had reached when he comprehended the rules earlier, and soon surpassed it, climbing towards a higher level.

He remained unmoved, focusing on releasing his spiritual power, sensing the changes in the soul power vortex, and making appropriate adjustments. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged into the vortex, causing it to expand rapidly. However, under the control of his spiritual power at the Spirit Realm level, everything remained stable, and no unexpected events occurred.

This is the external condensation of a soul core. Before coming to the City of Slaughter, Tang Shan had already learned how to condense a soul core from Di Tian. With the support of his own outstanding spiritual power, he quickly mastered the technique of condensing a soul core. If he had wanted to, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to condense one on the spot.

Tang Shan still has a long way to go before becoming a Title Douluo, and his decision to condense his soul core after achieving the title will not change. The reason he familiarizes himself with the material in advance is to see if he can create a human soul bone.

As is well known, soul bones are formed when a soul beast's soul core or a rudimentary soul core combines with a certain body part and condenses after its death. If soul beasts can condense soul bones, why can't soul masters?

If you understand the composition of spirit rings and have Gu Yue's help, you can create spirit rings by hand; but if you understand the composition of spirit bones and have the great Silver Dragon King ponder it, can you directly create spirit bones by hand?

Tang Shan doesn't know the answer to this question. The experiment will definitely have to wait until he leaves the City of Slaughter. But practicing soul core condensation is definitely not wrong. If all else fails, he can treat it as a rehearsal for condensing a titled Douluo.

In fact, during the process of condensing the soul core, Tang Shan also gained a relatively thorough understanding of the soul core. He also had a rough guess as to why a Title Douluo could fight against a 100,000-year-old soul beast after condensing his soul core.

The soul core is not composed of pure soul power, or rather, before it is fully absorbed by the soul master, the soul core is not composed of pure soul power.

This can actually be seen from the condensation process of the soul core. After the surging heaven and earth energy rushes into the nascent soul core, will it become the soul power of the soul master? Of course not. How can the heaven and earth energy that needs to be refined after entering the human body naturally transform into the soul power of the soul master in the nascent soul core condensed in the outside world?

With the above information, we can conclude that the nascent soul core before being contained by the outside world not only contained soul power but also the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and that the primordial energy of heaven and earth was definitely the dominant force.

Before being absorbed by a Soul Master, the rudimentary Soul Core possesses the primordial energy of heaven and earth; after being absorbed by a Soul Master, the Soul Core lacks this primordial energy. Considering the changes in the combat power of a Title Douluo, the answer is self-evident.

Simply put, a soul core can be seen as an alternative energy pile. The soul master's original soul power is only a part of the core material for building this energy pile, while the rest of the material and the energy of the energy pile are all composed of the heaven and earth primordial energy swept and drawn by the soul power vortex, and its total amount is more than ten times that of the soul master's original soul power.

The so-called "containing the soul core," whether it is outside or inside the body, is essentially about refining the primordial energy of heaven and earth, transforming the energy pile formed together with heaven and earth into an energy pile unique to the soul master.

The original stream of soul power within the body directly evolves into an energy pile, how could the strength not increase? After condensing the soul core, it is not surprising that a Title Douluo can fight against a 100,000-year-old soul beast, after all, the increase in energy is too great, and numbers are the truth.

"As expected, the difference between the titled cultivation in the Douyi era and the Douer era is even greater than I imagined."

The first battle opens up the upper limit of martial souls, thereby purifying soul power, reducing the soul power volume, and increasing the soul power level;

In Douluo Continent II, soul power is used directly as an energy source. The effects and creation of martial souls are completely irrelevant to them. The numerical value of soul power alone can achieve overwhelming dominance.

The former focuses on unlocking the upper limit of a martial spirit, enhancing its essence and characteristics, and grasping the mechanism, while the latter focuses on accumulating values ​​and playing the game of brute force.

"My path is correct. By organically combining the two, the power that can be unleashed will be unimaginable. Moreover, the soul power refined through the martial soul will inevitably condense into an even more powerful soul core. These two cultivation paths are not unrelated, but rather completely complementary."

P.S.: I was a bit overwhelmed revising Chapter 2 yesterday, so today's chapter is only 4000 words.

Chapter 507 Ferocious Beast Soul Rings and Soaring Soul Power

The power rules swirled rhythmically around Tang Shan, and his spiritual power and the fluctuations of the rules formed a slight connection. His soul power circulated regularly in his meridians, preparing to receive the next soul ring.

Having reached his peak condition, Tang Shan no longer hesitated. He took out the divine soul ring given to him by Qian Renxue, grabbed it, and crushed it in an instant.

hum!

An invisible force briefly spread, and a golden spirit ring descended from the sky, slowly encircling Tang Shan. The brilliant gold spirit ring instantly turned white, and then, as time passed, its color shifted towards pale yellow.

Tang Shan's other seven spirit rings appeared one by one, and he activated his first spirit skill. Relying on his connection with the divinely bestowed spirit rings, he quickly entered the space of the divinely bestowed spirit rings.

The rules of heaven and earth form the foundation of the soul ring. A continuous stream of pure energy descends from the invisible, transforming into the base of the soul ring, and the core of the soul ring is already vaguely taking shape.

Without hesitation, Tang Shan drew his will close to the core of the forming spirit ring and established a connection with it, a strange sense of control welling up in his heart.

A deep intuition told Tang Shan that he could erase the rudimentary form of the soul skill with a single thought. The moment he understood this, Tang Shan did so without hesitation, completely destroying the original rudimentary form of the soul skill.

Afterwards, he used his will as a pen to begin drawing on the core of the spirit ring. As his will moved, subtle fluctuations of rules began to permeate the space in which the spirit ring was composed. Each stroke was precise and followed a certain rhythm of heaven and earth.

When Tang Shan's will felt visibly fatigued, he engraved this perception soul skill related to the rules of power onto the core of his soul ring.

Tang Shan created a simple perception soul skill that utilizes the rules of power, and it has many flaws. At best, it is equivalent to a decent thousand-year soul skill. Fortunately, he had a countermeasure in mind.

As we all know, the effect of a soul skill increases with the age of the soul ring. So as long as the age of the soul ring is high enough, the soul skill will naturally be perfected with the help of heaven and earth.

So, give me some points to my spirit rings!

With the soul skill already inscribed, Tang Shan immediately focused his mind and began to formally absorb the divinely bestowed soul ring.

A divinely bestowed soul ring can only be obtained by passing a divine test. There is no specific time limit for it; the upper limit depends on the soul master's physical tolerance.

It's impossible to say there's no upper limit. Tangshan estimates that the upper limit for this divinely bestowed soul ring is at most a million years.

As for the idea that the deity is stuck at the 100,000-year soul ring and won't let you continue absorbing it, that's highly unlikely. Creating a 100,000-year soul beast deity isn't difficult, so there's no need for them to be so stingy.

Pure energy surged within his meridians, followed closely by Tang Shan's liquid soul power, which refined it. As his soul power gathered and grew, the invisible bottleneck shattered instantly, and his cultivation successfully broke through to the Soul Douluo level.

After breaking through level 80, the growth of his soul power did not stop. The results of his cultivation over this period of time, combined with his dual cultivation with Gu Yue, caused Tang Shan's soul power level to soar to level 85 before stopping.

The growth of soul power continued slowly, while the color of the soul rings on Tang Shan's body deepened rapidly. In just a few breaths, it changed from white to light yellow, and then from light yellow to light purple.

After a few more breaths, the light purple soul ring turned into a deep purple, and without any pause, it turned into a light black.

The speed at which the spirit ring broke through from ten thousand years to one hundred thousand years was also quite fast. The enormous and pure energy was quickly refined by Tang Shan. In the blink of an eye, a blood-red color appeared on the pitch-black spirit ring, and this blood-red color spread rapidly, soon dyeing the entire spirit ring blood red.

After breaking through 100,000 years, the growth rate of the Soul Ring's age only slowed down slightly, but with each breath, its age would increase by several thousand years.

hum!

The blood-red spirit ring trembled once more, and invisible waves stirred up layers of ripples. The pressure of the 100,000-year spirit ring increased dramatically again, and a faint golden pattern appeared on the spirit ring.

Then came the second one, the third one...

As time went by, the golden patterns on the spirit ring slowly increased, while the pressure from the divine spirit ring also increased exponentially, covering Tang Shan's entire body.

Crunch!

When the fourth golden line appeared, it meant that the spirit ring's age had reached exactly 400,000 years, and Tang Shan's bones let out a mournful cry of unbearable strain.

A brilliant golden light flowed around Tang Shan, triggering the second awakening of his Gold-level Martial Soul. His physical attributes increased dramatically once again. Moreover, he activated self-control over his first Soul Ring, instantly releasing cellular-level control, which boosted Tang Shan's endurance by more than one level.

With the boost to his physical attributes, the changes in his spirit ring, which had begun to slow down, accelerated again. Half an hour later, the fifth golden pattern appeared, and the spirit ring's age officially reached 500,000 years.

An unparalleled amount of pressure was exerted on Tang Shan, whose body trembled slightly, but he gritted his teeth and barely persevered.

hum!

The spirit ring stopped changing, and Tang Shan's spirit ring finally stopped at a terrifying age of 550,000 years. The originally crude spirit skill became more and more profound and complex under the blessing of the natural changes in heaven and earth.

The Soul Ring's age limit is locked; absorption officially begins.

The surging energy, like a mighty river, violently boiled and surged through Tangshan's meridians. What does 550,000 years mean? For a soul beast, it is enough to rival a Limit Douluo, except for the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, of course.

Even with Tang Shan's incredibly strong body, absorbing this spirit ring still put immense pressure on him. His meridians throbbed with pain as the liquid spirit power and liquid energy interacted and exerted pressure on his body, placing a severe strain on him.

"Shock!" Tang Shan roared in his heart, and his boundless will, which had reached the limit of the human realm, suddenly erupted, directly suppressing the raging pure energy. At the same time, his spiritual power of the Spirit Realm was released to regulate the conflict between the two energies.

Fortunately, Tang Shan possessed extraordinary mental strength and willpower; otherwise, even without the danger of soul tremor, forcibly absorbing a soul ring with an age of 550,000 years would have only resulted in his body exploding and dying.

Ripples spread across the space around his body, a result of the disturbance caused by the energy within Tang Shan's body. His aura fluctuated violently, rising and falling, before finally returning to calm after a long while.

The riotous energy was ultimately suppressed by the combined forces of soul power, willpower, and spiritual power, and reluctantly circulated in the meridians, becoming part of Tangshan's soul power.

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"Is the teacher alright? The atmosphere in the room is terrifying." Outside the door, Zhu Zhuyun leaned against the wall, her brows furrowed, her eyes filled with worry.

"It'll be fine. The limit of a divinely bestowed soul ring is the limit that the human body can withstand. There's no possibility of forcibly absorbing it, and there's no soul shock. It might be a little stressful for him, but it's definitely not dangerous." Qian Renxue said casually, her hands folded in front of her chest, her cascading golden hair falling naturally.

Just as Qian Renxue said, the turbulent atmosphere in the room quickly returned to normal, and apart from the steadily increasing soul power fluctuations, there were no more waves emanating from it.

"Sister Xue." Her voice arrived before she did, and looking in the direction of the voice, a young girl was seen walking up the stairs to the second floor.

Her black hair was tied in a ponytail, and her liveliness couldn't hide her innate charm, but compared to Zhu Zhuyun next to her, she always seemed like a small fry compared to a big fish.

Her neat and tidy outfit accentuated her beautiful figure, and a short sword was inserted into an elegant scabbard, adding a touch of heroic spirit to her.

"Nana, what brings you here?" Qian Renxue glanced at Zhu Zhuyun and swallowed the question that was on the tip of her tongue. She originally wanted to ask Zhu Zhuyun what exactly happened that day, since the way she walked back didn't seem like she was "injured". But since Hu Liena was here, she decided to postpone the matter.

"Sister Xue, Tang San wants to invite me to go through the Hell Road together. I said I need to think about it and that's what I'm doing, so I'm keeping him occupied for now. I'll definitely go with you guys, but I don't know how to reply to him." Once on the second floor, Hu Liena spoke frankly about her troubles.

"Tang San invited you to venture into Hell together?" Qian Renxue was somewhat surprised, tapping her forehead with her fingers as she fell into deep thought.

The trouble with Tang San inviting Hu Liena was never about their relationship, but rather that if Tang San saw Hu Liena and Tang San venturing into Hell Road together, he would inevitably become suspicious, and might even use this to imply that the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire had a problem with his identity, which was something Qian Renxue did not want to see.

"I've got it. When the time comes, you should refuse him first. After we reach 100 wins, we won't start the trial for the time being. We'll start it together after we all reach 100 wins. During the few days when the trial starts, I'll have my subordinates that I've recruited here cause him trouble and delay him for a while."

"At most, he's just inviting you. You know the environment of the Slaughter City; they can't keep an eye on us all the time. Once we're all gone, he won't know whether you went alone or joined forces with us." Qian Renxue's plan wasn't particularly ingenious, but it wasn't difficult to execute, as long as Tang San didn't see the four of them venturing into Hell Road together.

"Sister Xue is so clever! How come I didn't think of this idea?" Hu Liena's eyes lit up, her face full of admiration.

Just then, waves of soul power emanated from the room behind Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuyun. Even though only a trace of the terrifying soul power leaked out, it made the three people outside the door feel an unparalleled sense of oppression.