Douluo Continent: The Eye of Truth

Chapter 87 I asked, why?

A few days ago, Huo Yuhao's soul power had already reached the bottleneck of level 40.

According to Yu Xiaogang's theory from ten thousand years ago, a Soul Master can still cultivate Soul Power normally after reaching the tenth level bottleneck.

Although this extra soul power will not increase the soul master's strength, it will accumulate normally and will be converted into the soul master's own soul power level after absorbing the soul ring and breaking through the shackles.

However, firstly, the efficiency of soul power cultivation varies greatly among soul masters of different realms, and each soul ring acquired can also accelerate cultivation. Therefore, forcibly delaying the acquisition of soul rings is only a harmful and useless measure.

Secondly, the accumulated soul power is also limited by the limits of the soul master's body. The more one cultivates, the more the soul power in the body tends to be saturated and close to the limit, and in the end, it is difficult to make much progress.

Therefore, after leaving the arena, Huo Yuhao reported to Jin Peng, the Golden Body Douluo who had temporarily taken charge of the Body Sect after Du Busi left, and proposed to acquire the fourth spirit ring.

"Yuhao, due to the agreement with Shrek Academy and the threat of the ferocious beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest..."

"Therefore, unless there are special circumstances, our sect members cannot enter the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts at will, otherwise it may easily cause a backlash."

"Therefore, most of the time, our Body Sect will only seek opportunities to enter the Star Dou Great Forest at certain specific times."

"However, since it is our sect's young sect master who wants to hunt for the fourth spirit ring, then naturally the best equipment should be provided."

"Whether it's the sea spirit beasts in the ocean, the Star Dou Great Forest, or the spirit beasts in dangerous places like the far north and the Demon Forest."

"As long as it's your desired target, I will do my best to fulfill your needs. Just make your decision, and I will go and hunt it down for you."

Jin Peng smiled as he looked at Huo Yuhao in front of him. The more he looked at Huo Yuhao, the more satisfied he became.

The talent and amazing performance that Huo Yuhao has shown in the sect these days have all proven that Du Busi was right to have chosen him. It was absolutely worth betting on Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao nodded and said directly, "Then I'll have to trouble the Grand Elder. I do have a preferred choice regarding the acquisition of the fourth soul skill."

"As the Grand Elder said, it is very easy for people from our Body Sect, especially powerful figures like you, to provoke the wrath of high-level soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest."

"The ocean is vast and relatively undeveloped. Searching for specific spirit beasts there is ten times more difficult than on land. In addition, most spirit-attribute spirit beasts are solitary, making them difficult to find, and the time required will certainly not be short."

"Master went to the Demon Forest to hunt down the 100,000-year-old Evil Eye Tyrant. The Demon Forest must be in turmoil now, so it is not suitable as the next target."

"Therefore, after much consideration, I would like to ask the Grand Elder to help me go to the far north to hunt a silver fox with a cultivation level of around 50,000 years."

Jin Peng nodded: "Yes, the Silver Fox is good at bewitching and creating illusions. In addition, its personality is not violent, so the requirements for absorbing soul rings are also lower. However, a Silver Fox King of 50,000 years is considered rare even in the far north."

"Its innate talent is quite interesting, but silver foxes are rare, and those that can live to the 50,000-year mark are even rarer. Do you have any other potential candidates besides these?"

Huo Yuhao nodded: "Besides the Silver Fox, there are quite a few spirit-attribute soul beasts in the far north that are suitable for me."

"However, for me personally, the most important thing is a spirit-attribute spirit beast with a spirit ring of sufficient age, as it can help me become stronger more quickly."

"As for the soul skills attached to the soul rings, the strength of the soul skills that my fourth soul ring can attach to is no longer enough. I can create quite a few myself now, so there is no need to worry too much."

Upon hearing this, Jin Peng nodded: "Alright, then I will personally set off. However, during the time I am away from the sect, you must be very careful in your cultivation and do not be reckless."

Before parting, just as Du Bu Si (a character in the novel *Disease Is Not Dead*), Jin Peng gave Huo Yuhao a series of instructions. He was indeed a little worried, since Huo Yuhao never consulted him on his cultivation, highlighting his independence.

But precisely because of this, if a genius goes down a dead end and gets stuck in a rut, it is often harder for them to see through things than for ordinary people. Huo Yuhao is now the precious darling of the Body Sect, so naturally we have to give him a lot of advice.

After all, for disciples, Huo Yuhao's guidance is even more effective than their master's guidance in finding the loopholes in their combat skills.

For those elders who are already old and have little potential left, Huo Yuhao is the greatest hope for the future rise of the Body Sect, and they absolutely cannot afford any mishaps.

During the time that Golden Body Douluo Jinpeng left, Huo Yuhao also did not go to the sect's arena again, which made the disciples of the Body Sect feel somewhat lost.

After all, under Huo Yuhao's guidance, each of them seemed to have a cheat code, making rapid progress every day. Although the process was very painful, it was irresistible.

However, Huo Yuhao had already entered the special training room alone.

Huo Yuhao wanted to piece together a complete original martial soul that belonged to him by using his understanding of the original martial soul.

During this period, Huo Yuhao tried many times, but all of them ended in failure.

However, this is not because Huo Yuhao lacks understanding of his original martial soul.

After collecting a large amount of data, Huo Yuhao created a "True Body" martial soul that was similar to that of the Sect Master of the Body Sect, Poison Undying.

Aside from its fundamental attribute being spiritual, this martial soul model structure is perfect even compared to the original martial soul of Poison Undying, which has been cultivated to the level of ninety-eight.

However, Huo Yuhao was still not satisfied. Perhaps to the original inhabitants of Douluo Continent, the martial soul that Huo Yuhao had combined was the true original martial soul.

It can comprehensively enhance the individual combat power of a Soul Master without leaving any weaknesses. In addition, it has a powerful attribute influence, making it an ultimate attribute. This Martial Soul can definitely be considered a top-tier super Martial Soul.

Even from Du Bu Si's perspective, he had to admit that Huo Yuhao, even without the help of the Seed of Inheritance, could already achieve the Martial Soul True Body on his own.

However, for Huo Yuhao, from the Sea of ​​Spirit to his entire body, the only thing this martial soul could ultimately grant him was a comprehensive enhancement based on spiritual attributes.

In this way, although it can be considered a quantitative change, it is far from reaching the level of a qualitative change.

So what exactly constitutes a qualitative change, and what qualifies as a qualitative change that can be achieved on the Douluo Continent?

This problem has troubled Huo Yuhao for a long time. No matter how he builds it, even if it is based on mental attributes and different attributes are combined to build different body parts.

However, in Huo Yuhao's eyes, the final fused "original" martial soul was just like a Frankenstein's monster, and could not be called "perfect" at all.

Can a martial soul that can resonate with all attributes and receive the assistance of the power of heaven and earth be considered 'perfect'?

A martial soul that can simultaneously influence life energy and destructive energy. Although it cannot be made particularly powerful due to Huo Yuhao's current limitations, can such a martial soul be considered 'perfect'?

Without any clear ideas, Huo Yuhao tried to build many similar martial soul model structures by referring to the god-level or higher powerhouses in the original work, but he was not satisfied with any of them in the end.

Even if these martial souls were to reach a relatively perfect level in Huo Yuhao's mind, and then he were allowed to slowly optimize and refine them, it would still be impossible.

In Huo Yuhao's eyes, they were all awkward, because although through the third soul skill, these martial souls could be conjured up and normally receive feedback from the elemental power or natural power of heaven and earth.

However, these martial souls are ultimately illusory, and can be switched at any time without truly affecting Huo Yuhao himself.

However, if one of them were to be fixed and become Huo Yuhao's most important, and most important, martial soul in the world, then...

How can these ambiguous and imperfect "original" martial souls bear Huo Yuhao's expectations for higher-level development in the future?

After countless attempts and failures, Huo Yuhao suddenly thought of Electrolux.

He thought of this necromancer who did not belong to this world, and the 'Third Martial Soul' formed by necromancy and hidden in his body.

Through the other person, he also thought of himself, of himself, a transmigrator who should never have appeared in this world.

Huo Yuhao had a flash of inspiration.

Yes, why should we consider it based on mental attributes?

Why define your future based on everything in this world?

The world of Douluo Continent has its limits.

The power of the Dragon God, the power called Creation, and the fusion of the powers of the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King represent the highest limit reached by the strongest beings in this world.

But as it turns out, this path was wrong. At least in the end, the Dragon God failed. So why was Huo Yuhao still so concerned about how to continue down this wrong path?

The prerequisite for success is that, even if the road ahead is uncertain, at least it cannot be certain that failure will be the end of the road.

Huo Yuhao's path can only be defined by himself, not by the world.

So what is something that can be allowed by this world, yet cannot be defined by it?

That means it's just Huo Yuhao himself! No, to be precise, it should be Huo Yuhao himself as a transmigrator!

The original Martial Soul, which had already been constructed, dissipated in Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea.

The model structure of the "Original Body" Martial Soul was transformed back into the most basic Martial Soul model structure of the Eye of Truth.

Outside, a golden phantom of the Eye of Truth appeared behind Huo Yuhao.

Meanwhile, within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, the enormous Eye of Truth looked down upon him, piercing through the martial soul structure belonging to the Eye of Truth from a bizarre perspective.

Like peeling back layers of an onion, the structure of Lingmou's martial soul model began to be broken down layer by layer.

Those structures that Huo Yuhao had analyzed in his brain and eye martial souls began to be dissected from the main body.

What followed was a more abstract and smaller image than the original martial spirit.

This layer is also the underlying structure of most martial souls, which is different from that of the soul beast itself.

While there are subtle differences in the underlying structure of martial spirits such as beast martial spirits and weapon martial spirits, they generally share similarities, which are the parts where the martial spirit is combined with the human body.

After elimination, the already incredibly abstract Spirit Eye Martial Soul structure became even more unrecognizable, transforming into lines.

However, under the gaze of the Eye of Truth, it slowly decomposed again, leaving only a thin line-like structure in Huo Yuhao's eyes.

As this line continues to expand, many redundant and fragmented structures are further eliminated.

In the end, all that was left was an ordinary 'dot'.

It is precisely this point that makes Huo Yuhao's current martial soul "Eye of Truth" fundamentally different from Huo Yuhao's martial soul "Spirit Eye" in the original work.

"This is it!" Huo Yuhao murmured to himself in his spiritual sea.

Tianmeng Ice Silkworm rolled over and got up to take a look, but couldn't figure out what Huo Yuhao was doing. Then she fainted again and fell into a deep sleep.

Electrolux, however, frowned deeply. His intuition told him that what Huo Yuhao was researching was probably not simple.

Although he couldn't figure out what Huo Yuhao was researching, and although his memories weren't fully restored, it gave him a sense of déjà vu, as if he had come across it before.

For Huo Yuhao, now that he had found the 'root cause' of his problem, the next step was naturally very simple.

Starting from this 'root', we expand from 'points' to 'lines', from 'lines' to 'planes', and from 'planes' to 'solids'.

Only after the entire martial soul is formed from the structure of this 'point' can Huo Yuhao unveil the most suitable martial soul form for him, which only he can possess.

Huo Yuhao began to try. With the help of the Eye of Truth, he had taken in the structure of this 'point' and was about to start analyzing it.

However, contrary to his expectations, progress was unexpectedly slow.

The information contained in this tiny "dot" and its complex structure are so difficult to describe.

Even Huo Yuhao himself began to wonder how much more structure was hidden within this "point," and how long it would take him to decipher it.

Before Huo Yuhao could think further, his soul power reserves were already depleted.

The golden phantom of Huo Yuhao's original martial soul after its second awakening also dissipated behind him.

It's hard to imagine that after having the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm, a constantly optimized and improved soul power cultivation tool, Huo Yuhao experienced the feeling of soul power emptiness for the first time.

According to Huo Yuhao's own estimation, even though his martial soul's second awakening level is extremely high, simply maintaining the analysis wouldn't consume much soul power, given his soul power reserves and recovery speed.

It can maintain a low-consumption state for at least a day. He was just immersed in the process of analyzing the 'point'. How long did it take?

Huo Yuhao felt completely powerless, thanks to the immense life energy from the Life Gold, which was constantly replenishing his losses. However, Huo Yuhao's eyes remained clear and bright.

He has figured out his path ahead, and all he needs to do now is keep going.

(End of this chapter)