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

Looking at the irregular, black mass on the table, Su Yuntao seriously suspected that her father had been fooled. Whale glue could improve a Soul Master's physical qualities, so how could it be so unattractive?

"Why don't we give it a try and see?"

Tang Shan smiled maliciously, looking at Su Haichao standing to the side.

"Dad, break off a small piece, heat it up, and wait until it turns golden brown and smells fragrant before letting eldest brother eat it."

Looking at the whale collagen on the table, Hai Chao's lips twitched slightly.

To be honest, if he hadn't taken a small piece and tested it himself after buying it, and had indeed felt a very slight improvement in his physical fitness, he would never have believed that this aphrodisiac whale gel could also improve the physical fitness of a Soul Master.

However, the feeling after taking it may not be so pleasant.

"Shanzi, make sure you don't need to find one for your older brother."

Tangshan shook his head without hesitation.

"Father, the effects of medicine are ultimately limited. If we find one, the effects will all be released by my eldest brother, and there won't be much effect left. We have to tough it out to maximize its effects."

"Yun Tao, I wish you all the best!"

Su Haichao patted Su Yuntao on the shoulder, then cut off about one-tenth of the whale glue with a knife and went into the kitchen to start processing it.

At this moment, Su Yuntao didn't know what expression she should have. Seeing that she was about to take a medicine that greatly replenished her yang energy but couldn't exert its original effect, she was in a terrible predicament.

"Brother, relax. The actual effect isn't that strong. Just bear with it and it will pass. You don't believe me, but don't you believe in the willpower you've built up through hard work and training over the past few days?"

Tangshan patted his older brother's thigh reassuringly, signaling him to calm down.

Hearing his younger brother's words of comfort, Tao Ge, who had been somewhat tense, relaxed.

After training these days, he felt that his greatest gain was not the gradual improvement in his physical fitness, but the unwavering and steadfast will that remained steadfast despite all kinds of aches and pains.

"Yeah, it's just whale glue, what's so scary about it?"

Seeing his elder brother regain his confidence, Tang Shan couldn't help but smile.

While willpower is certainly a problem, this is whale glue.

To use a somewhat inappropriate analogy, as the pinnacle of martial prowess in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lü Bu's pain tolerance was undoubtedly second to none, and his willpower was also quite strong. However, no matter how strong his pain tolerance was, it couldn't change the fact that he was influenced by Diao Chan and quarreled with his adoptive father.

After heating for about half an hour, Su Haichao came out carrying a plate. The plate was white and contained a golden, gelatinous substance that emitted a strong aroma.

Tang Shan approached to take a closer look and quickly greeted them.

"Brother, come and eat quickly, don't let it get cold and waste its effects."

After adjusting his mindset, Su Yuntao was fearless. He decisively picked up the whole piece of whale glue with his fork and swallowed it.

"What does it taste like, brother?"

Tang Shan was very curious. If he hadn't been thinking of waiting until his own martial soul awakened before using whale glue to maximize its effect, he would have already asked Su Haichao to heat up a piece for him to try.

"It has no other flavor besides being fragrant."

Su Yuntao smacked her lips, still somewhat unsatisfied.

I must say, it really smells good.

"Alright, brother, let's go outside. The effects of the medicine should be kicking in soon, and the exercise should be quite effective now."

Tang Shan saw Su Yuntao sitting there still reminiscing, and slapped her thigh in annoyance.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I feel like I'm the younger brother."

While complaining, Su Yuntao didn't hesitate at all and quickly walked outside.

Watching the two brothers playfully run outside, Su Haichao smiled without saying a word.

In his view, Su Yuntao was indeed more like a younger brother, while Tang Shan, who was only three years old, was more like an older brother, guiding the other's growth and planning the other's future.

The abandoned baby in the alley three years ago changed his and his son's future lives. Even though he didn't know what the future held, the past three years had been unprecedentedly joyful, fulfilling, and wonderful.

"Little brother, this is what you meant by 'just bear with it, and it will pass...' *huff*"

At this moment, Su Yuntao, whose entire body had turned bright red, sat with her legs together, and Tang Shan sat on the soles of her feet. Su Yuntao had her hands behind her head, with a brick between her hands, and was doing sit-ups.

Tangshan had no awareness of his own deception; one could say he was thoroughly enjoying the spectacle.

"Brother, don't worry, the effect will wear off quickly. You only used one-tenth of the dosage this time, so it won't last long."

While swinging his legs, he carefully observed the changes in Su Yuntao after she swallowed the whale jelly.

The medicinal herbs in Douluo Continent are truly amazing; even whale jelly, which is ingested, has such a rapid effect.

There's also the incredible improvement in physical fitness in such a short time. Before, my older brother could only do about 190 sit-ups in one go without stopping or slowing down, but now he can do 300, which is simply unbelievable.

As for why Su Yuntao doesn't do push-ups or squats, Tang Shan said that he wanted his older brother to improve his physical fitness rather than have the Su family line end or have his older brother burst from exhaustion.

Given his brother's condition after taking whale gelatin, he really didn't know if his brother's "legs" could support doing push-ups.

As for squats, Tangshan is also aware that squats have the same aphrodisiac effect. Doing squats now is no different from adding fuel to the fire.

……

And so the days passed by, and life in Tangshan was very fulfilling every day.

I do simple daily exercises to make myself stronger than other kids my age. When I have free time, I stroll to the Spirit Hall in Notting City to read books, and then I follow Su Yuntao's cultivation and training.

In order to provide an excellent cover for the second ring of the millennium, Su Yuntao has been training his body in Notting City for the past few years. As a result, Xingsou Cangdou learned that the son of the Hall Master of the Spirit Hall in Notting City was training his body like crazy in order to verify the master's theoretical research.

It is worth mentioning that after taking whale gelatin for the first time, Su Yuntao's soul power broke through to level fourteen. You should know that when he returned from hunting souls, his soul power had already reached level thirteen. Even if he had accumulated more than half of his soul power, he should not have made such a huge progress.

Later, Tang Shan studied it for a long time and found the reason: when Su Yuntao took whale gelatin, her blood and qi were boiling, which seemed to promote her own soul power.

However, once the effects of the whale gel wear off, this rapid improvement disappears.

The biggest influencing factor is the boiling of Qi and blood, or rather, the rapid flow of Qi and blood.

The Qi and blood drive the soul power to accelerate the transformation, thus strengthening the body and generating even more powerful Qi and blood.

This is similar to the ancient Chinese theory that essence and qi share the same origin, but it is not easy to study qi and blood. Now we are in the first stage of the Dipper, not the second, and there is no original sect, so how can we study qi and blood?

Helpless, Tang Shan simply wrote another article and sent it to the Spirit Hall.

Not long after the Spirit Hall received its gold coins, the Spirit Hall newspaper published his "Three Theories on Spirits." This article caused a great sensation in the Spirit Master world. Because the theory was published anonymously, the Spirit Masters simply referred to the author of "Three Theories on Spirits" as a master. As a result, the Spirit Hall deliberately gave Su Haichao a "Master Medal," claiming that it was for talents who had made outstanding contributions to the field of Spirit research. Since he was unwilling to reveal his true identity, Su Haichao would be the one to receive it.

Initially, the title of "master" was not widely recognized in the Soul Master world. It wasn't that Tang Shan's theory had any problems, but rather that they believed that simply proposing the "Three Theories of Martial Soul" was not enough to be hailed as a master.

Some Soul Masters disagreed, arguing that while the "Three Theories of Martial Souls" didn't change the landscape of Soul Master cultivation, it did point out another path for some Soul Masters with low innate Soul Power. It might not be a bright future, but it was definitely a new possibility, deserving the title of Grandmaster.

As a result, many lower-level Soul Masters fought each other.

However, all the controversy largely disappeared after Tang Shan released "The Fourth Treatise on Martial Soul" when he was four years old. As for why it didn't all disappear, Tang Shan said, "After all, I'm not a Gold Soul Coin, so I can't please everyone."

In "The Fourth Treatise on Martial Souls," Tang Shan mainly discusses the matching between the absorbed soul rings and the soul master himself.

The most important point is: apart from weapon spirits, whether it is a plant spirit or a beast spirit, try to find spirit beasts that match the nature of your own spirit to hunt and absorb spirit rings to break through. Unless you can get a 100,000-year spirit beast to offer itself as a sacrifice, try not to absorb spirit rings that do not match the nature of your own spirit.

In this theory, he provided all Soul Masters with a completely new perspective. If we classify Martial Souls according to the trend of absorbing Soul Rings, then Plant Martial Souls and Beast Martial Souls can be grouped together. After all, it is not difficult to find Soul Beasts that are similar in essence to these two types of Martial Souls in reality. On the contrary, Tool Martial Souls should be classified separately, since there are currently no tools in the Douluo Continent that have become sentient and then become Soul Beasts.

After that, his title of master was fully established, and the Spirit Hall later sent him another 10,000 gold soul coins.

When Tang Shan was five years old, he published "The Fifth Treatise on Martial Souls," which discussed the relationship between Qi and Blood and Soul Power. It was a simple treatise. Leaving aside the impact it had on the Douluo Continent, he acquired another 10,000 Gold Soul Coins.

The theory may seem useless, but it is actually of extraordinary significance.

Tang Shan doesn't consider himself a genius. He has some creative ideas and has read enough novels. If he really wants to make achievements in martial soul research, his strength alone is definitely not enough. All he can do is help the people of Douluo Continent break through their knowledge barriers and guide them in which direction to work hard.

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Tangshan is now six years old and about to awaken his martial spirit.

That year, Heaven Dou City changed its crown prince;

In this year, the two stars of Haotian shone brightly over the continent;

That year, an unremarkable, dejected middle-aged man entered Nottingham College.

Chapter 11's unique random soul skill allowed Su Yuntao to awaken my martial soul.

On a small hilltop, two figures, one tall and one short, sat back to back.

The setting sun cast golden-red rays, making the distant sky exceptionally enchanting.

"Shanzi, your martial spirit will awaken in a few days. How are you feeling? Are you nervous?"

Upon hearing Su Yuntao's question, Tang Shan took a deep breath and told the truth.

"It would be a lie to say I wasn't nervous, but I've done the best I could: an incredibly healthy body, never lacking in nutrition, and the rest is up to fate."

In classical Chinese, Su Yuntao didn't mention the matter of martial soul awakening again, but instead changed the subject.

“Little brother, when will you release your sixth theory of martial spirit? I’ve seen quite a few high-ranking members of the Spirit Hall asking Father about it. This time, Bishop Salas even set off in person.”

"No rush, no rush. This should be something that happens after my martial soul awakens, and it should be related to the quality of my martial soul."

"Martial Soul quality?"

Su Yuntao was somewhat surprised.

Tangshan didn't say much, but instead teased, "Brother, three years have passed, how come you still haven't broken through to level 20?"

In classical Chinese, Su Yuntao replied irritably, "I've been training and cultivating all this time, which is hard enough. But my basic talent is what it is. Reaching the peak of level eighteen is already the limit of my aptitude after absorbing soul rings."

Seemingly remembering something, Su Yuntao's anger intensified.

"And that Sisi from the Spirit Hall, she's always hanging around me, affecting my cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Tang Shan turned his head and looked at his elder brother with a strange expression, confirming that the other's expression was genuine and that they were not in Versailles. His sense of unease grew even stronger.

“You should know that she is young and in the prime of her life. She is just as young. Why is she not thinking about cultivating properly all day long? What is she doing wandering around me?”

Oh no! I've turned my older brother into a cultivation fanatic.

Tang Shan silently mourned for Sisi. Could this be a case of the wheel of fortune turning? In other parallel worlds, you might have had Tao Ge under your control, but in this world, things have completely reversed.

"Alright, little brother, let's head back. Father should be able to hunt down the souls and return in a few days."

Su Yuntao got up and dusted herself off. Tang Shan also stood up and followed his older brother down the mountain.

Wisps of smoke rose from the village not far away, accompanied by the sounds of children playing and roosters crowing.

After taking a deep look at the village, Tang Shan and Su Yuntao embarked on their journey back to Nottingham.

That is Holy Soul Village, the place where the story begins. If nothing changes, then the Wheel of Fate will begin to turn from this small village, eventually affecting the entire continent.

Unfortunately, everything has changed, and it remains to be seen whether that "God-King" will appear following the course of history.

……

The dense forest blocked out the sun, with only sparse rays of light able to penetrate through tiny gaps.

A giant wolf, nearly three meters long and entirely white, has died.

A deep purple soul ring was then placed on Su Haichao's body, and powerful soul energy waves emanated from him, indicating that he was about to successfully break through.

Salas stood with his hands behind his back, observing Su Haichao with great interest.

"His talent is decent; he has a chance to reach the Soul Saint level in his lifetime."

As the Platinum Bishop of Heaven Dou City, even if Su Haichao possessed the potential to become a Soul Saint, he would never personally allow Salas to lead Su Haichao to hunt for Soul Rings. After all, potential is one thing, but whether it can be fully realized is another matter entirely, unless...

Su Haichao is a peak Soul Emperor, only one Soul Ring away from becoming a Soul Saint.

"It's truly fortunate that His Highness has taken a liking to that theoretical master hidden behind the scenes."

Salas stroked his chin. He had personally brought Su Haichao to hunt souls on the orders of the "Heavenly Fighting Prince" to completely sever ties with the mysterious master should anything happen to Su Haichao.

The Spirit Hall did consider sending people to secretly follow them, but even with Salas himself taking action, they still couldn't find any trace of that powerful figure. In the end, the higher-ups unanimously concluded that the powerful figure was at least a Title Douluo, or even a Super Douluo, otherwise it would have been impossible for him to leave no trace at all.

Finally, the Spirit Hall simply gave up on pursuing the master's true identity. After all, given the master's true strength, it was impossible for them not to have noticed their previous tracking. If they were to send even stronger individuals to pursue him, they might completely alienate the master. Even if they couldn't recruit him, obtaining the master's theories would already be a huge profit.

Naturally, some people suspected that the master might actually be Su Haichao himself, but this was immediately denied by the titled Douluo of the Spirit Hall.

Putting aside the benefits of anonymously publishing theories for Su Haichao, who is a member of the Spirit Hall, the depth of the theory alone makes it impossible for a Soul Master to have researched it.

According to one of the titled elders of the Spirit Hall, "Don't be fooled by how simple these theories seem. After reading them, we might feel that they are nothing special. But ask yourselves, before these theories came out, who had these understandings?"

To put it bluntly, we've taken the fruits of this senior's labor for nothing. This senior must have had extremely profound cultivation, and it was only through a long period of understanding cultivation that he was able to extract these concise and essential points of cultivation from his own profound insights.

I even suspect that this senior must have encountered some misfortune and is likely nearing the end of his life. Otherwise, if he wanted to publish these theories, he could have easily showcased his talents by joining any sect or academy, let alone joining our Spirit Hall. Why would he need to publish his research results on the mainland through our Spirit Hall?

As soon as this conjecture was made, it was quickly confirmed that the image of an old senior who was frail and old but concerned about the development of Soul Masters naturally came to mind.

At this moment, a certain "master" with "profound cultivation and nearing the end of his life" is joyfully welcoming his father's return.

"Father, how did the soul ring hunt go this time?"

Back home, before Su Haichao could even sit down, Tang Shan eagerly rushed over.