Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 120 The Mystery of Soul Ring Martial Soul Evolution

Reabsorbing a spirit ring does indeed allow one to absorb spirit beast spirit rings of different types and ages than the original spirit rings.

However, it is clear that such a spirit ring will repel the original spirit ring position.

The reason, of course, is that the original spirit ring position is accustomed to the type and effect of the original spirit ring.

Furthermore, the position of a spirit ring is fixed. Otherwise, after the first spirit ring explodes and disappears, the absorbed spirit ring should appear in the position after the third spirit ring, instead of reappearing in the position of the first spirit ring.

However, now that a new spirit ring has been absorbed, it will still appear in the position of the first spirit ring, proving that the positions of spirit rings are fixed.

At the same time, Ning Feiliu also gained some understanding of the Soul Master system in Douluo Continent.

If we say that the Soul Master system in Douluo Continent is like building a tall building from the ground up, with each floor being a foundation for the next, then the first floor is the foundation for the second floor, and the second floor is the foundation for the third floor.

So... what exactly are spirit rings?

Only after cultivating to level ten of soul power can one absorb a soul ring, and only then can one continue cultivating to the next level.

However, it is not necessary to have a spirit ring to cultivate spirit power, because according to the original story, a spirit master can still cultivate even if he does not obtain a spirit ring after breaking through.

However, the soul power accumulated through cultivation can only be manifested after obtaining a soul ring.

In other words, a Soul Master can cultivate Soul Power without absorbing Soul Rings, and continue cultivating until level 90, before absorbing nine Soul Rings in one go.

This way, one can break through to the Title Douluo level in an instant.

However, without a spirit ring, you won't be able to sense how much your spirit power level has exceeded the limit.

For example, even if you have reached level 90 soul power, but you haven't absorbed a single soul ring, you can only sense level 10 soul power.

Furthermore, without a spirit ring, your cultivation speed will be slower, and you will not be able to easily display powerful strength.

Therefore, spirit rings are not the foundation, nor the steel frame of a tall building, but rather...

"Bones... artificial bones!" Ning Feiliu suddenly said.

"Skeleton? Artificial bone?" Dugu Yan asked curiously, "Little Fei Liu, what are you talking about?"

"N-nothing..." Ning Feiliu immediately came to her senses, shook her head, and said.

The world of Douluo Continent... seems rather magical. If this is the setting, then the humans in this world... or rather, the Soul Masters, must be born lacking a very important ability.

Soul Masters cannot generate Soul Rings on their own, so they can only obtain Soul Rings by hunting Soul Beasts.

Just like humans in their previous lives, they were unable to synthesize vitamin C themselves, so they had to obtain vitamin C from fresh fruits and vegetables to sustain life.

The same principle applies to the Soul Masters of this world.

However, for a Soul Master, Soul Rings are not like Vitamin C, but more like bones.

Only when bones are formed can the body be supported to grow taller and better unleash power; otherwise, it's just having muscles but no way to exert force.

Therefore, spirit rings are artificial implanted bones made by spirit masters to stimulate growth and unleash power. Therefore, absorbing spirit rings will also affect the spirit and thus "evolve".

A high-quality spirit ring is like a bone with excellent hardness and length, which naturally stimulates the muscles to develop into stronger and longer ones.

Poor quality spirit rings will only allow your muscles to grow to a certain extent and then stop growing.

This is the drawback of having poor-quality spirit rings.

However, a spirit ring that exceeds one's own limits is like a spear implanted into the body. No matter how long the body is, it cannot support the spear for the time being, and will naturally explode due to overload.

Ning Feiliu actually had a guess, and she used the example of the lack of vitamin C synthesis function in the human body in her previous life.

In fact, ancient humans were able to synthesize vitamin C themselves, but later, during the process of evolution, humans discovered that vitamin C could be obtained through fruits and vegetables.

In particular, consuming fruits and vegetables not only provides vitamin C but also a large amount of other nutrients, making the body grow stronger.

Therefore, it was those individuals who could synthesize vitamin C who died out, while those human individuals who lacked vitamin C and needed to consume large amounts of fruits and vegetables from nature survived to this day and passed on their genes.

In fact, in the ancient times, Soul Masters in the Douluo Continent world were the same as Soul Beasts; they could synthesize Soul Rings on their own without absorbing them.

However, the soul rings they synthesize themselves make the difference between humans and soul beasts almost negligible; on the contrary, soul beasts have far superior physical attributes and some of their traits compared to humans.

At this time, some humans with genetic mutations who were unable to synthesize spirit rings on their own discovered that killing spirit beasts and absorbing their spirit rings allowed them to harness the power of the spirit beasts for their own use, enabling them to cultivate again and gain powerful skills.

At that moment, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him—it was…a sudden realization!

Perhaps... the emergence of martial spirits, especially beast martial spirits, is also a result of absorbing spirit rings!

An ancient Soul Master, due to limited hunting grounds and a cautious approach, consistently absorbed Soul Rings from only one type of Soul Beast, eventually piecing together the Martial Soul of that particular Soul Beast…

So what about weapon spirits? How did they evolve? It seems that beast spirits came first, and then weapon spirits followed...

He was now filled with curiosity about the process of martial soul evolution and its necessary connection with soul rings.

This thought suddenly popped into Ning Feiliu's mind.

Just then...

[Explore the evolution of Martial Souls and Soul Rings to obtain the incomplete World Rune—the Unsealing Manual.]

A line of small print appeared before Ning Feiliu's eyes.

This surprised him again.

"Kid! What's wrong with you?!" But just then, Dugu Bo's voice pulled him back to reality.

Ning Feiliu turned his head and saw that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were both looking at him with strange expressions.

Dugu Yan looked extremely anxious.

"No...it's really nothing." This time, Ning Feiliu was fully awake, took a deep breath, and said.

The evolution of martial spirits and spirit rings in this world... Exploring this mystery will definitely take a lot of time, and it is by no means an easy task to complete.

That is why the reward for this quest is the Keystone Rune of the Overworld—the Unsealed Tome.

This is absolutely the most powerful world rune he has ever seen. Even if it is incomplete, it is probably far more powerful than the complete Calm Mind rune... at least a hundred times more powerful.

But precisely because it is powerful enough, completing this task will probably be very, very difficult!

It's not something we can study right now.

It's better to focus on yourself for now... for example, his conclusions about reabsorbing spirit rings after they were destroyed.

Destroying a spirit ring and then absorbing it is equivalent to re-implanting new bones, and naturally the body that was originally adapted to it will experience rejection.

Ning Feiliu absorbed another spirit ring. Due to this rejection reaction, she can now choose spirit beasts of different types than the original spirit rings, but she will have to lower her spirit ring absorption limit...

"What were you spacing out about just now?" Dugu Bo asked him curiously.

"I was just thinking of some fallacies... Why would humans need to absorb soul rings?" Ning Feiliu said softly.

He had nothing to hide from Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, especially when it came to this kind of question.

Perhaps if you asked Dugu Bo, what else could Dugu Bo possibly know...?

(End of this chapter)