Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 42 The First "Flash of Inspiration"

Any soul skill, even a self-created one, as long as it involves the use of soul power, can basically train one's control over soul power.

Logically speaking, there's no need to specifically mention this characteristic.

But the "Breath Convergence Technique" is different.

It's not just because the skill of concealing one's aura inherently requires a high degree of control over one's soul power.

It's more like teaching you a more scientific and superior way to control your soul power.

The reason why those titled Douluo can use their soul power so skillfully is entirely due to their long experience.

To put it with high emotional intelligence, everyone has their own unique understanding of soul power control; to put it with low emotional intelligence, everyone is a self-taught individual.

The "Breath Convergence Technique" is something that comes from a formal training.

No wonder the system included it in the newbie gift pack.

You Chen pondered to himself.

As long as you keep practicing the "Concealing Breath Technique" and gradually memorize it as an instinct, your soul power control will rise accordingly.

If we categorize soul power control into levels, which are consistent with cultivation techniques and martial arts skills, then we can classify them as: Unskilled, Beginner, Minor Success, Major Success, and Perfection.

The corresponding cultivation stages of the "Breath Gathering Technique" also correspond to it.

Once you reach the minor mastery of the "Concealing Breath Technique," your soul power control will gradually improve to the minor mastery level during the process of practicing the "Concealing Breath Technique."

Once you reach the highest level, your control over your soul power will reach the highest level even faster.

According to You Chen's calculations, the control over soul power at the Great Perfection level is basically something that only a Title Douluo can achieve.

You Chen has been cultivating for twenty-nine years, never ceasing his daily practice of soul power cultivation. However, his current level of soul power control is only at the minor completion level.

Now that he is practicing the "Concealing Breath Technique," his soul power control is naturally not as good as it was when he was six years old, when he was still at the "beginner" level and only had the most rudimentary use of his soul power.

However, by simply updating his technique based on the more scientific soul power control methods in the "Concealing Breath Technique," he felt that his soul power control had improved.

The ability to control one's soul power and the cultivation level of the "Concealing Breath Technique" should be complementary.

In that instant of inspiration, You Chen had an idea about where to put the "Inspiration" reward from the quest.

To capture this fleeting inspiration, he didn't hesitate to use this "special tool".

In an instant, countless insights about the "Breath Convergence Technique" flooded his mind.

It felt as if I had undergone months or even years of secluded cultivation, yet it also felt as if it were just a fleeting thought.

Before thoughts even began to process, the soul power had already started to circulate naturally.

The barrier of the "Minor Completion" realm was broken in the blink of an eye. Under the operation of the "Concealing Breath Technique", You Chen's aura completely returned to nothingness.

For a moment, the "Concealing Breath Technique" even reached the Great Perfection realm, briefly standing on it, but quickly falling back down.

With a sudden flash of inspiration, You Chen's mind became clearer than ever before, and he instantly realized that this was because his accumulation of knowledge was still insufficient.

Normally, one either needs to cultivate for another year or two to accumulate experience before unleashing their full potential, or one needs to use a flash of inspiration or other methods to force and accumulate knowledge; otherwise, even if one climbs this ladder, it will all be a mirage.

He quickly made a choice.

Or rather, it was "inspiration" that guided him to make the best choice at that moment.

Taking advantage of the remaining time after a flash of inspiration, he used his first, second, and third soul skills in his training room without relying on his soul rings...

With the accumulated experience from his centuries-old and millennia-old soul skills, he finally reached a higher level.

A phantom that perfectly resembled him materialized.

Then, both of them opened their mouths at the same time.

The streaks of light that broke the sound barrier shot out and collided violently in mid-air.

boom!

Even though most of the energy canceled each other out, the impact of the aftershocks alone was enough to rip the roof off.

As the energy fluctuations subsided, Youchen's eyes regained their clarity.

However, he still seemed somewhat dazed.

You Chen raised his hand and looked at his palm. A dragon shape formed from soul power jumped up and down.

"According to my classification, my soul power control has reached the Great Perfection level?"

But after a brief moment of shock, You Chen shook his head.

He realized that it wasn't just a flash of inspiration that had such an exaggerated effect, allowing his soul power control to jump to the Title Douluo level in one go.

This is the result of his years of accumulation, combined with the "Concealing Breath Technique," which is even more advanced in controlling soul power, and the result of a burst of inspiration.

Even if he had ten more flashes of inspiration, without the accumulation of knowledge day after day, he would not have achieved such results.

In summary, the "Concealing Breath Technique" is to soul power manipulation skills what soul rings and soul skills are to self-created soul skills. The difficulty of mastering it to perfection is lower than the difficulty of achieving perfection in soul power control.

Although You Chen's soul power control reached the advanced level first, it is estimated that his soul power control will only catch up after he reaches the perfection of the "Concealing Breath Technique" by taking advantage of the hidden effect of the "Concealing Breath Technique".

"Then comes the Soul Skills."

With a thought, You Chen sent a transparent phantom out of his body and solidified.

However, before it could take on a concrete form, it vanished and shattered.

"snort!"

Upon seeing this, You Chen's eyes seemed to flicker with dark flames, and he immediately used the "Distraction Soul Refining Technique".

This time, the illusory image instantly solidified, looking exactly like You Chen. At first glance, it was impossible to tell the difference between the real and the fake.

If the "Distraction Soul Refining Technique" only allowed one to use one's mind for multiple purposes, with the arrogance hidden in You Chen's bones, he wouldn't have looked down on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's "Distraction Control Method" and dismissed it as trash.

Since we can use our minds for multiple purposes, why can't we combine them into one?

It was this idea that led Youchen to create the ability to enter a state of super-focus beyond 100% by "multi-tasking" and "unifying multiple minds".

This actually represents two directions for improvement in the "Distraction Soul Refining Technique".

It can control more parallel consciousnesses and gradually make them work with 100% precision.

Instead of focusing on quantity, increase the concentration of parallel consciousness that can be perfectly controlled, break through 100% concentration, and make each parallel consciousness move closer to a state of focus.

However, regardless of the type of practice, it will make it easier for practitioners to quickly enter a state of focus without being distracted.

The two paths are merely different schools of cultivation; the specific level of attainment is still assessed based on the "realm of several minds."

You Chen is currently in the realm of the Four Hearts, and his average precision in controlling the four hearts is only 90% of that in the normal state.

However, if you combine the four hearts with the one heart and enter a state of super focus, you can achieve 200% concentration.

It can do many things that are impossible under normal circumstances.

Not only will their control over soul power increase, but their understanding of the original power of their martial soul will also improve.

With the two combined, You Chen was able to initially use a simplified fourth soul skill without relying on soul rings.

As for the fifth soul skill...

With the modification of the Martial Soul Kiss, it is actually easier.

The advantage of "Starlight Avatar" being able to be cast without relying on spirit rings far surpasses that of other spirit skills...

In a sense, it can already be considered another soul skill.

After a moment's thought, You Chen named this type of soul skill to distinguish it—Self-Transformation Soul Skill. This means a soul ring skill that is completely transformed into one's own and can be used as if it were a self-created soul skill.

You Chen stared at his clone, and under the gaze of his eyes, which were noticeably brighter in a state of super concentration, the clone's form gradually shrank.

Soon, with You Chen's continuous corrections, it transformed into the appearance of Little You Chen.

puff--.

The clone suddenly exploded.

"Waaah..."

You Chen let out a low, mournful cry and rubbed his forehead.

Even with his intense focus, his proficiency is still far from sufficient, and the workload is too heavy for him at the moment.

Even with a terrible headache, You Chen still managed a playful smile.

"Having this extra ability makes the game much more convenient."

I'd appreciate some monthly votes; they seem to significantly impact the weight of the new book ranking.

(End of this chapter)