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

Chapter 154 Dugu Bo's Breakthrough

Meanwhile, at night, the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire.

"What? You're going to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring to re-absorb your third soul ring?" Dugu Bo stared wide-eyed at Ning Feiliu.

Dugu Yan was also here. She blinked when she heard what Ning Feiliu had just said.

Ning Feiliu was just about to explain and persuade her with her own ideas.

However, before he could speak, Dugu Bo suddenly calmed down and said, "Forget it, you never do anything you're not sure of. There might be danger, but you were able to absorb an eight-thousand-year soul ring last time, so absorbing a ten-thousand-year one now... alright."

Dugu Yan nodded and said, "Little Fei Liu, it seems you can absorb ten-thousand-year soul rings without any problems now. After all, you can absorb eight-thousand-year soul rings."

Ning Feiliu was taken aback. He glanced at Dugu Yan with a strange expression, then at his cheap teacher, Dugu Bo.

"Aren't you going to stop me this time?" Ning Feiliu asked, somewhat puzzled.

"You kid... you're too abnormal. According to normal logic, I certainly wouldn't intend to let you take such a risk." Dugu Bo glanced at him and rolled his eyes. "However, you're not a normal person."

Ning Feiliu's lips twitched. He knew that Dugu Bo was praising him, but why did he still feel that this cheap teacher was scolding him?

Dugu Yan nodded and said, "Xiao Feiliu is amazing! And Xiao Feiliu never fails at anything she decides to do, so I believe in you."

Ning Feiliu had already done too many incredible things, so now, after Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan thought about it carefully, setting aside common sense, they felt that it was feasible.

After all, Ning Feiliu had previously reabsorbed his first soul ring of seven thousand years and his second soul ring of eight thousand years. By that logic, his third soul ring should be able to absorb a soul ring of ten thousand years.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring is only two thousand years longer than an eight-thousand-year soul ring.

Although the two thousand years limit can allow the quantitative change of the soul ring of a ten-thousand-year soul beast to achieve a qualitative change, it is still the same as before. Normally, let alone the third soul ring absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring, even if it is like the third brother in the original plot who absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring with his fourth soul ring, they would worry and try to stop him.

However, Ning Feiliu cannot be measured by common sense. Therefore, as long as the theory is successful, even if there is a little more danger, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan can believe him because of the "credibility" he has accumulated.

What they didn't know was that the quantitative change leading to the qualitative change of a ten-thousand-year soul ring was not as simple as the mainstream theory in the ordinary soul master world, such as a ten-year soul ring becoming a hundred-year soul ring, or a hundred-year soul ring becoming a thousand-year soul ring.

Soul beasts can be said to have embarked on a heaven-defying path from breaking through from a thousand years to ten thousand years ago, with their cultivation level increasing exponentially over time.

Over thousands of years, the souls of spirit beasts gradually take shape, and at this time they begin to possess intelligence similar to that of a three-year-old human child.

At the same time, after killing a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, absorbing its soul ring will result in a mental impact from the soul of the dead soul beast.

The difference between a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast and a one-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast is self-evident. Not only does it suddenly possess strength comparable to a level 95 peak Douluo, but it also gains intelligence almost identical to that of an ordinary human, and can even choose to shed its soul beast form and become human.

(In the Douluo Continent I universe, Title Douluos of level 95 and above are called Peak Douluos, and Title Douluos of level 99 are called Peerless Douluos.)

In later installments of Douluo Continent, the setting changed to: Title Douluos above level 95 are called Super Douluos, and Title Douluos at level 99 are called Limit Douluos.

This is currently a timeline of Douluo Continent, using the same title and setting as the first part.

After that, every thousand years, the soul beasts would undergo a tribulation, and their strength would change more and more. After three hundred thousand years, five hundred thousand years, seven hundred thousand years... after seven hundred thousand years, their strength would be vastly different with each tribulation.

When a million-year-old soul beast becomes a god, it truly breaks free from the constraints of its soul beast form and ascends to godhood in the mortal realm.

However, due to the Dragon God's actions, he was killed and his words became law, preventing the soul beasts from becoming gods.

Therefore, even if a soul beast becomes a god, it will not have a divine position. At most, it can become a god without a divine position, like the Demon Emperor. Although it becomes a god, it seems that it has not truly achieved godhood.

However, after a soul beast breaks through a million, the increase in its strength is real and substantial, and it is freed from the suffering of the Heavenly Tribulation in the future.

Therefore, the conditions required to absorb a higher-level spirit ring after a ten-thousand-year spirit ring are more stringent.

Why is it generally accepted in the Soul Master world that a 100,000-year Soul Ring must be a Soul Master's ninth Soul Ring?

Before this, unless it was a soul beast sacrifice, only a prodigy who had reached the level of a Title Douluo could successfully absorb a 100,000-year soul ring.

By extension, the absorption of a ten-thousand-year soul ring is the same.

Normally, a Soul Master can only absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring when they reach their fifth Soul Ring.

Because all the Soul Masters who had tried to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring before this had died.

No matter how talented, powerful, or gifted those Soul Masters are.

After countless bloody lessons, even those in the Soul Master world who were unaware of the mental impact of ten-thousand-year Soul Rings concluded that absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring required at least the cultivation level of a Soul King.

But what they didn't know was why almost all the Soul Masters who tried to absorb the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring earlier died.

Even those genius soul masters with extremely strong physical talents due to their powerful martial souls died.

That's because absorbing a ten-thousand-year spirit ring requires not only enduring the impact of the spirit ring on the body, but also a powerful mental impact!

Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo were also unaware of this, which is why they chose to believe Ning Feiliu.

But if they were like Xiao Wu, knowing that absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring involves a mental shock, they would never allow Ning Feiliu to take the risk.

After all, they had no idea that Ning Feiliu was a transmigrator, whose spiritual power, having merged with two souls, was no longer just that of a mere thirteen-year-old soul.

However, Ning Feiliu had actually prepared an excuse, namely that the Moon Essence Breathing Technique had greatly enhanced his mental strength.

Just in case, this titled Douluo Dugu Bo had some unexpected understanding of the concept of mental impact.

But now that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan have chosen to believe him directly, he was caught off guard.

But... this is probably for the best.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to stand by me tomorrow, teacher." Ning Feiliu immediately relaxed and said with a smile.

"No problem, it's another Silver Moon Mane Lion this time, right? A ten-thousand-year-old Silver Moon Mane Lion..." Dugu Bo shook his head and said, "They're not easy to find in my Sunset Forest. Why don't we go to the Star Dou Great Forest to look for them this time?"

Sunset Forest is ultimately a relatively small gathering place for soul beasts. Although it has blessed lands like the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, it can still attract a large number of soul beasts to Sunset Forest.

However, most of them are special soul beasts like the Cave Spider and the King of the Earth.

However, the key issue is that Dugu Bo has enclosed the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, preventing the soul beasts from enjoying the various benefits it brings. The benefits they can enjoy from the outer perimeter are also very limited, so it doesn't accelerate their cultivation much.

Especially some unique and powerful soul beasts, such as the Silver Moon Mane Lion.

In addition, Sunset Forest was indeed relatively small, so Dugu Bo didn't remember much about it.

Therefore, it is more likely to find the Ten Thousand Year Silver Moon Mane Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ning Feiliu had no objection and said, "Yes, I'm fine with it."

He was also somewhat curious, since the Star Dou Great Forest was, after all, the largest gathering place of soul beasts in the Douluo Continent story that spanned tens of thousands of years.

No matter how many versions have changed since then, the strongest members of the Soul Beast faction in each generation have basically come from the Star Dou Great Forest.

The first part featured the Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape; the second part featured the Beast God Emperor Tian and Bear Lord, among other ferocious beasts; and in the third part… well, if we don't count Gu Yuena, then it's the Demon Emperor, not the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

In short, the Star Dou Great Forest can be considered the absolute base camp for soul beasts on the Douluo Continent.

Ning Feiliu was also very curious about what the Star Dou Great Forest, which had been described in several books, was like.

And he will see him tomorrow.

"By the way, just what you mentioned about the essence blood of exotic beasts, we should be able to find a few kinds in the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow," Dugu Bo said with a smile.

When Ning Feiliu returned, she asked Dugu Bo to help her find the essence blood of ten kinds of exotic beasts related to the mission. However, exotic beasts seem to be even harder to find than soul beasts.

In the world of Douluo Continent, there are actually three types of beasts, one of which is naturally the soul beast.

They can cultivate, evolve, and even develop intelligence at higher levels, making them the second most powerful species on the Douluo Continent after humans.

Unfortunately, human soul masters need to hunt soul beasts to absorb soul rings, so even if they are as powerful as humans, they can only be used as prey and occasionally as food by humans.

The second type is ordinary beasts, just like the common animals in Ning Feiliu's previous life. These beasts have been domesticated by powerful humans, such as livestock and poultry.

There are even wild horses that have been domesticated into mounts. That's why, even though there are Soul Masters in this world, there are still cavalry.

Furthermore, the Heaven Dou Royal Knights, which the Heaven Dou royal family is so proud of, have even hybridized ordinary horses with horse-type soul beasts to create the so-called half-soul beast horse—the Heaven Soul Horse—as the mount of the Heaven Dou Royal Knights.

The third type is the so-called exotic beasts, but exotic beasts are extremely rare. After all, their strength is basically no stronger than that of soul beasts, and they are not tamed by humans like ordinary beasts.

But in the Star Dou Great Forest, there are probably quite a few.

Nothing happened that night; as usual, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan began their cultivation after expelling the poison.

Ning Feiliu conducted a few experiments and then joined in the cultivation.

Regardless, in the Douluo Continent, strength is paramount, and he had slightly neglected his cultivation due to missions such as the Xuan Shui Dan.

Now it's time to focus a little more on my own cultivation.

With the blessing of the Moon Essence Breathing Technique, three streams of moonlight descended from the bright moon in the sky onto the three individuals, and their auras grew stronger.

Especially Dugu Bo... He always had a feeling that his breakthrough was not far off.

As the toxins in his body were gradually driven into the soul bone in his head, coupled with the unique restorative ability of the Moon Essence Breathing Technique, he now felt a sense of rebirth.

……

the next day.

As the moonlight faded and the scorching sunlight slowly rose from the east, Dugu Yan was the first to open her eyes.

"Grandpa... um..." She felt her soul power had increased significantly again. After stretching comfortably, she planned to greet Dugu Bo beside her as usual.

As for Ning Feiliu, since he absorbed the Blazing Apricot Blossom, he can currently switch to the Sunlight Breathing Technique to absorb sunlight and continue his cultivation.

Therefore, he would usually continue to cultivate for a while during the early morning hours.

Therefore, Dugu Yan was well aware that she would not disturb Ning Feiliu immediately, but would wait for Ning Feiliu to stop cultivating on her own before she would greet her.

But Grandpa Dugu Bo was different.

Usually, Dugu Bo and she would stop cultivating at this time, so Dugu Yan would directly greet her grandfather.

However, Dugu Bo acted strangely this time, not responding to her as he usually did.

Dugu Yan was immediately puzzled. "Grandpa... what's wrong?"

She rubbed her eyes and looked at Dugu Bo, only to find that he was still cultivating with his eyes closed, and that he was radiating an extremely powerful aura of soul power that flowed around him.

At this moment, Dugu Bo's green soul power almost became tangible, radiating a stronger soul power aura than before.

"This is..." Dugu Yan thought in disbelief...

"Is Grandpa about to break through to a higher level?!"

Ning Feiliu was also affected by the powerful soul energy emanating from Dugu Bo at this moment, and he could only interrupt his cultivation and look at Dugu Bo not far away.

Seeing the surge of energy emanating from Dugu Bo, he smiled with satisfaction.

The cheap teacher... has finally made a breakthrough.

It's worth noting that in the original story, Tang San not only almost cured Dugu Bo's poison backlash problem in half a year, but also directly increased Dugu Bo's soul power by one level.

Ning Feiliu used the same method her third brother used, and even taught Dugu Boyuehua's breathing technique, which would help her heal and cultivate better.

In addition, there will be a Xuan Shui Pill.

So Dugu Bo should be able to break through soon, no matter what.

It's at least faster than the original storyline of six months.

I never expected it to happen today!

Dugu Bo is about to break through!

He had his eyes closed, and his expression was not tense at all; on the contrary, it was relaxed.

Emerald green soul power swirled around him at high speed, and his aura continued to strengthen until suddenly his soul power exploded.

Like a small, dark green sun, it illuminated the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire. Although it was early morning, the sunlight was not strong, and the Yin-Yang Eye of Ice and Fire was still somewhat dark.

But at this moment, Dugu Bo completely illuminated the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, making the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye lush and green.

The next moment, Dugu Bo opened his eyes, and then his originally powerful soul energy gradually subsided, eventually stabilizing and becoming too calm.

"Congratulations, teacher, on another step forward in your cultivation." Ning Feiliu immediately stepped forward with a smile to congratulate him.

(End of this chapter)