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

Chapter 57 Absorbing Soul Rings Beyond One's Level

"By the way," Dugu Bo said with a smile, stroking his beard, "you've broken through, right? It's time to get your spirit rings."

At this point, Ning Feiliu nodded and said, "Yes, I broke through last night, and it's time to acquire a spirit ring."

"Perfect timing. My Sunset Forest, though not as grand as the Star Dou Great Forest, still boasts a wide variety of soul beasts. As for age, you've only just broken through to the Great Soul Master level, so you only need soul rings under a thousand years old. Therefore, it's not a big problem," Dugu Bo said with a smile.

However, Ning Feiliu shook her head and said, "Teacher...actually, for my second soul ring, I want to try absorbing a thousand-year soul ring."

It's here! One of the classic experiences that every transmigrator from Douluo Continent has to go through—absorbing a spirit ring from a higher level!

Ning Feiliu was no exception. After all, as a transmigrator with cheat codes, how could he be considered a protagonist if he didn't absorb soul rings beyond his level?

However, this was a complete surprise to both Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.

Although they had never heard of Gangzi's theory on absorbing ultimate spirit rings, there are unwritten rules in the spirit master world about how many years of spirit beast spirit rings a spirit master should absorb at each stage.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red – this is the optimal soul ring combination ratio for a normal soul master.

This signifies that the maximum number of soul rings a Soul Master can absorb from the Great Soul Master realm is no more than a thousand years, while the maximum number of soul rings a Soul Venerable can absorb from the Soul Grandmaster realm is no more than ten thousand years.

From Soul King to Soul Douluo, the maximum lifespan of Soul Rings is no more than 100,000 years.

Only those who reach the Title Douluo level can absorb a 100,000-year-old soul ring.

This is the law governing the absorption of spirit rings in the world of spirit masters. Anyone who does not conform to this law is generally considered to be cheating.

For example, those who possess twin martial souls, or Tang San and Huo Gua.

Now Ning Feiliu says he wants to absorb a thousand-year soul ring in his second soul ring?

That's absolutely insane!

"No! Fei Liu! You only have your second soul ring. Absorbing a thousand-year soul ring is very dangerous!" Dugu Yan exclaimed.

"You brat..." Dugu Bo frowned slightly, then relaxed, and said, "You're definitely not the kind of reckless person who doesn't know his place. Tell me, why?"

Although he had only known Ning Feiliu for a short time, judging from his behavior over the past two days, this kid... was definitely not the type to take huge risks.

This kid wouldn't say something like that unless he was 80% sure.

In addition, Ning Feiliu had indeed shown him too many impossibilities and too many miracles: gathering and consuming the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass and the Blazing Apricot Blossom, surviving the fall into the Yin-Yang Twin Springs, successfully resolving the long-standing intractable poison problem in his body, and just now successfully reforging his own martial soul...

These are truly remarkable achievements.

In Ning Feiliu's previous life, this would be equivalent to someone being hit by a dump truck and surviving, curing a terminal cancer patient, or suddenly transforming into a divine dragon right in front of you.

At this point, even if this person claimed to be superhuman, invincible, and invulnerable, you would probably believe him even if he said he was God.

Dugu Bo was the same way. No matter how outrageous it was, he still adhered to the idea of ​​"believing first, then questioning" and believed Ning Feiliu first.

"First of all," Ning Feiliu said with a chuckle, "the absorption of a spirit ring actually depends on the spirit master's physical fitness and spirit power level, as well as other additional factors, such as the quality of the spirit and external factors. But to put it bluntly, it mainly depends on the spirit master's physical fitness and spirit power level. This is why people who are not at the required spirit power level cannot absorb spirit beasts of higher age."

"Here, we'll set a threshold first, the threshold for a Soul Master to absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring. Only Soul Venerables can absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring, but obviously, a Soul Master who has broken through to Soul Venerable level is not at the threshold point where they can absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring."

Ning Feiliu said, "Because if it's just the threshold for absorbing a thousand-year spirit ring, then even if the absorbed spirit ring exceeds the age limit by just a little, the spirit master will explode and die, right?"

Dugu Bo and his grandson Dugu Yan immediately felt that what he said made sense. Although they still didn't quite understand it, they didn't know how to refute it.

"So the threshold for absorbing a thousand-year soul ring is actually a certain soul power level between a Great Soul Master and a Soul Venerable. The higher the soul power level, the higher the age of the soul ring that can be absorbed," Ning Feiliu said. "And right now, although I have just broken through to level 20 soul power, my actual soul power is far more than level 20."

"With this threshold approaching, I think it's feasible to absorb a thousand-year spirit ring, and absorbing a spirit ring in this way would also be of great benefit to me."

Please, he has already absorbed three great immortal herbs: the Eight-Cornered Mystic Ice Grass, the Fiery Apricot Blossom, and the Elegant Tulip.

Even if the Eight-Cornered Ice Grass and the Fiery Apricot Blossom are the same as in the original work, they cannot provide much help to the Soul Master who consumes these two immortal herbs in terms of cultivation improvement.

But what about the Qiluo Tulip?

In the original storyline, Ning Rongrong consumed the Qiluo Tulip, which upgraded her martial soul to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and increased her soul power by six levels!

That's a six-level increase in soul power for a Soul Master.

The overall soul power of a Soul Master at level six is ​​definitely higher than that of a Great Soul Master at level six.

Even with the minimum guarantee, Ning Feiliu still increased her soul power by six levels after breaking through level 20.

He currently possesses level 26 soul power, and could even be as exaggerated as level 28.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu should have no problem absorbing the thousand-year soul ring in her current condition.

Most importantly... he has fragments of the Rejuvenation Rune within him. As long as he doesn't instantly explode and die, he can gradually erode and absorb the Millennium Soul Ring through the Moon Essence Breathing Technique and the powerful restorative effect of the Rejuvenation Rune Fragment.

Therefore, Ning Feiliu felt that absorbing a thousand-year soul ring was indeed feasible, and she was 80% confident that she could absorb it safely.

If he absorbs a thousand-year soul ring at a higher level, he might be able to get soul power feedback from the soul ring all at once and jump two levels of soul power?

After all, spirit rings under ten thousand years old can generally be absorbed as long as the body can withstand them.

Because there was no mental impact from a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast before its death.

Hearing Ning Feiliu's reasonable and well-founded words, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan both nodded.

They simply couldn't think of any reason to refute it, and even if they had a reason to refute it, they had no reason to refute it.

After all, this would be extremely beneficial for Ning Feiliu if she succeeded.

Success brings great benefits, and the probability of failure is relatively small.

Then why not do it?

Everything in this world carries risks, but if the benefits outweigh the potential risks, then it's feasible!

"Alright," Dugu Bo said. "What kind of spirit beast do you want? Have you thought about it? Once you have, I'll take you to catch one."

"Please help me decide, teacher," Ning Feiliu shook her head and said, "I don't know much about soul beasts, so it's better if you decide, teacher. Then I'll try it out myself..."

"What exactly is my new martial soul like, and what will my battles be like?"

The handsome guy shed tears. This theory is getting longer and longer. Sometimes I find it very painful to write this stuff, as if I'm giving a thesis defense on the spot.

I feel like I can't not write it, because you can't just suddenly decide and get everyone else to agree with what the protagonist did, right? It's pure torture. I know you don't like reading it, and I don't really want to write it either, but I just have to.

(End of this chapter)