The Evil Soul Master is actually myself

Su Ming emerged from seclusion, smiling as he walked toward his sister's cultivation room. In his hand he held an exquisite jade box and a blood-red light source sealed by dense golden patterns.

“This is…?” Su Xuan’er asked in surprise from inside the quiet room.

"The box contains a divine-level 100,000-year-old soul bone. This blood source is the original rune that was bound by the ninth-level soul tool, the God Sealing Platform. Once unsealed, it will evolve into a soul ring worth hundreds of thousands of soul rings," Su Ming said softly.

If you ask where the spirit rings came from, they were naturally extracted by Su Ming from the origins of a group of powerful beings. A titled Douluo has nine spirit rings, which means he absorbed the origins of nine different spirit beasts.

Su Ming had mastered the Dao of Runes and could easily identify the relevant mysteries in the origin. He then used the alchemy furnace to refine them and combine them to form a divine-level soul ring whose soul skill attributes matched Su Xuan'er's martial soul. In a sense, this could also be considered a cannibalistic cultivation method.

Furthermore, during the research on stripping away the spirit rings, they unexpectedly discovered that the method to retain the spirit rings was the ninth-level spirit tool [Conferred God Platform] that bound the Snow Empress's origin. Since it could bind the origin of a 700,000-year-old ferocious beast, it could naturally also restrain the spirit rings generated from a portion of the origin of a spirit beast.

From then on, after hunting down spirit beasts, spirit rings could finally be preserved for a long time.

Its significance is no less than that of a groundbreaking product. You must know that when Soul Masters venture deep into the Star Dou Forest to hunt Soul Rings, they will inevitably kill Soul Beasts they don't want to kill. This is not because they are being impulsive, but because it is inevitable that humans will be hated by various Soul Beasts.

The soul rings of these killed soul beasts were mostly wasted because they did not fit their own martial souls and it was difficult to find a suitable person to absorb them in a short time.

Once the method for preserving spirit rings was developed, spirit rings that were no longer needed could be sealed, packaged, and brought back to the market to be sold to spirit masters who needed them. In addition, it greatly reduced the difficulty of finding spirit rings.

The Spirit Hall can monopolize the source of spirit rings for low-level spirit masters by using the Soul Hunter Token. Su Ming can maintain his leading position in the spirit master world for a long time simply by maintaining his power.

Of course, this also brought a problem: from then on, the Soul Hunter Corps became a business. As the saying goes, where there is buying and selling, there is harm. The Soul Beast Protection Association was about to be established!

Maintaining the method relies on a level nine soul tool, which is quite costly. However, this can be solved by the soul tool researchers at the [Flying Immortal Platform]. While maintaining the function, the energy consumption can be gradually reduced, allowing the level nine Conferred God Platform to degenerate into a level eight, level seven, or even a level one Conferred God Platform.

Meditation

“This…” Su Xuan’er reached out and took the jade box and a ball of crystal-clear blood, and hesitated before asking, “Brother, how did you get this 100,000-year-old soul ring and soul bone?”

Upon hearing this, Su Ming explained it again, and his sister finally understood.

"Brother, you're a genius, thank you." Su Xuan'er smiled and continued with emotion, "In the future, if someone studies runes to a certain extent, they might even be able to separate and preserve their own soul ring before they die, leaving a legacy for their family descendants."

Su Ming nodded, realizing that the rune system he had unintentionally discovered was becoming increasingly important, forming the foundation for his research into various Daoist cultivation techniques.

After chatting for a while, Su Xuan'er decided to go into seclusion.

Su Ming also received news that the four great empires had sent envoys to inquire about the situation in the world.

He had no choice but to leave the pavilion, but the sights along the way astonished him. He was surrounded by mountains covered with dense patterns, and in the valley, someone was digging something underground while several Soul Masters were measuring and calculating nearby.

Along the way, many more soul-guided devices appeared, but I don't know what they're for.

Fortunately, Su Ming ran into an acquaintance, a level nine soul master whom he had defeated and captured.

"What are you doing?" Su Ming asked curiously.

Xuan Ziwen was also there and interjected, "Weren't you going to research the Floating City project? We've thought about it a lot and realized that we can only succeed by using a valley as a soul tool."

He now possesses the cultivation resources of the River of Oblivion, and with the dedicated guidance of several level-nine soul masters during this period, he has also been promoted to become a level-nine soul master.

However, Xuan Ziwen's words stunned Su Ming: "I was just saying it casually, I'm afraid the current technology isn't up to par."

"It doesn't matter. Even if we can't build a Sky City, we can still create a Soul Tool Mountain Fortress," Xuan Ziwen said nonchalantly.

Since Su Ming acquired a large number of talented individuals in the battle, he put these idle Soul Masters to work and began a frenzy of infrastructure construction.

"By the way, what about the envoys from the four great empires?" Su Ming brought up another matter.

“They’re all staying in the guest rooms. They’ve been here for over half a month now, you should go and see them,” Xuan Ziwen nodded.

Upon hearing this, Su Ming leisurely walked into a tall pavilion.

In fact, his subordinates had already reached a pretty good agreement with the envoy within half a month, and all that was left was for Su Ming to come and nod in confirmation.

Regarding the three demands of the various countries, the first is to open up trade and provide convenience to the two major chambers of commerce under Su Ming's control; the second is to gradually transfer the right to awaken martial souls; and the third is to conduct in-depth cooperation with various countries in the fields of soul master and soul instructor.

All four empires agreed.

The original vassal state of Douluo had no choice but to comply with Su Ming's threat to halt the war. They were terrified by the Sun Moon Empire, their spines broken, and they were swept aside by others.

The Sun Moon Empire, on the other hand, has a different story. Xu Tianran is very smart; he won't act rashly until he finds a way to break free from the control.

With ease, a force comparable to the Spirit Hall was established. With the money from the caravans and enough manpower, various Awakening Halls were quickly set up in the four great empires.

The effects may not be visible in a year or two, but after ten years, the momentum will be established.

After dismissing the envoys from various countries, Su Ming returned to his seclusion. He didn't know how much longer the period of peace and tranquility would last, so he should take this opportunity to consolidate his gains and strive to improve himself.

Inside the cultivation room, Su Ming took out two clumps of soul beast blood, one from the Azure Bull Python and the other from the Titan Giant Ape.

The bright yellow color, with its turbid air flowing through it, is crystal clear and radiant, carrying a majestic aura of profound knowledge and vitality, just like the earth itself.

The azure color has a faint, rising radiance, a misty, auspicious glow, and a bright, clear light, containing a vast and boundless aura that encompasses all things, like a layer of azure sky.

The two distinct blood clusters resonated with each other, with a faint chaotic aura emanating between them.

With a buzzing sound, under Su Ming's guidance, two clumps of true blood entered his left and right palms respectively. The bright yellow blood fused with the dark gold claw bone, gradually evolving into strands of bright yellow patterns, and a heavy aura rose up.

The azure-colored one, with its black-gold palm bones, spread out fine black-blue dragon scales between its claws, exuding an aura of boundless grandeur.

Both shone with brilliant light. The scale bones extended from Su Ming's wrists to his arms, and a clear, clanging sound of steel rang out. It was as if the two great soul bones had transformed into exquisite arm armor that wrapped around Su Ming's arms, crystal clear.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Su Ming's forehead. He tried his best to control the two huge primordial energies to be devoured by the soul bone, and to scatter and rearrange the runes and mysteries within the true blood to match the attributes of the soul bone.

Rumble!

A faint rumble of thunder echoed within Su Ming's body. The source energy of the two Limit Douluo was too immense. If this energy were not controlled and exploded, the entire valley would be affected.

Fortunately, everything went smoothly. Su Ming perfectly fused the two clusters of true blood, and his left palm bone evolved to form an arm armor that was exquisite, majestic, and almost like divine armor.

The left arm armor of the Dark Demon God Tiger features five claw blades gleaming with cold light, adorned with intricately carved dragon patterns. The arm is encased in thick black gold, with wisps of purple veins forming scales that protect the wrist.

Above the wrists, the black and gold armor, gleaming with an immortal luster, clung to the long, powerful muscle curves of the arms, appearing both slender and heavy. Fine, dark blue dragon scales spread outwards, forming a ferocious blue dragon with its head resting on its broad shoulders, roaring outwards.

The other right arm armor was similar, but it was a dark gold color with a somber and luxurious feel. However, the shoulders were in the shape of a bear, resembling a bear but with a human appearance.

Su Ming sensed that the true blood of two soul beasts, even surpassing the origin of a Limit Douluo, had forcibly transformed the two soul bones into million-year-level items, just one step away from becoming divine equipment components.

Two major soul skills were derived from it.

The Dark Demon's left palm bone absorbed the essence of the Azure Bull Python, which combined with it to form the Soul Skill [Passing Time]. It mainly controls the laws of time and can slow down the opponent's movements, basically similar to the Azure Slowing Claw.

However, its true function is still 'assistance'. When added to time-related soul skills, it will enhance their power threefold. But Su Ming doesn't have any time-related soul skills, so it feels somewhat useless. Some of its clever uses still need to be explored.

On the other hand, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bone draws upon the true blood of the Titan Ape. Both are related to the earth element, and when combined, they form [Thick Earth Bears All Things], which allows the user to manipulate the gravity of a space.

It is not limited to increasing or decreasing gravity, but can also change the direction of gravity. This involves the laws of space, which can assist in the use of spatial soul skills and enhance their power three times.

This is very useful to Su Ming. Many of his soul skills are related to space, and aside from the amplification, their function is also a divine skill. In battle, a slight change in the gravity parameters can immediately make soul masters unable to adapt, and a small mistake can lead to the enemy's defeat.

Besides, the two soul skills seem to resonate with each other, and can form a fusion skill, whose power will surely be earth-shattering.

"My soul power has reached level 80. It seems I need to go to the abyss." Su Ming sighed softly as he emerged from seclusion and looked up at the sky.

I don't know how much time is left. I just hope that the Ancient God of Destruction can keep Tang San occupied.

Chapter 307 The Spiritual Core Method

Su Ming was not in a hurry to leave. He summoned Gu Yuena and Su Jue'er. As important members of the Forgotten River Path, the two had been in seclusion recently to concentrate their spiritual cores.

He wanted to make good use of this Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler to condense his spiritual core, and he needed a reference point. After all, although he had obtained the ultimate spiritual attribute of his second martial soul and the two spiritual seas of the Evil Eye of Destiny, he still had not studied the spiritual aspect in detail.

Therefore, it is necessary to invite professionals to teach. With a solid foundation, one can master the skills in just a few days.

"What did you call us here for?" Gu Yuena asked with a displeased expression upon arrival, while Su Jue'er stood beside her with a cold face.

Su Ming found it strange and clicked his tongue in amazement, saying, "What's going on? Who are you trying to impress with that sour face?"

"It's nothing, I'm just in a bad mood today." Gu Yuena hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help but ask, "Why did you ask Wangchuantu to give the Soul Ring Preservation Method to other Soul Masters?!"

Upon hearing this, Su Ming suddenly realized that the little dragon girl was too eager. Anyone with eyes could see that the Soul Ring Preservation Method would not only fail to reduce the hunting of soul beasts, but would actually exacerbate it.

Logically speaking, those who once entered the Star Dou realm could only obtain one soul ring by hunting one out of ten soul beasts. But now, they can obtain one out of ten. The remaining nine can be brought back to the outside world, which will reduce the need for nine soul masters. This will decrease the number of times humans hunt the Star Dou realm, allowing the soul beast race to reproduce peacefully.

Unfortunately, that's not how it works. Gu Yuena isn't that stupid. Humanity's demand for spirit rings will only become more and more intense. In the past, due to limitations in strength, most spirit masters were unable to obtain the spirit rings they wanted, and demand far exceeded supply.

Now, anyone with money can buy it. The restrictions on supply have been lifted, and all the Soul Masters in the human society will have to meet the demand. Even with the vast resources of Xing Dou, how can they supply it for several years?

This is why Gu Yuena and Su Jue'er were dissatisfied.

After Su Minglu understood the whole story, he couldn't help but laugh and made a promise: "It's inevitable that some people will be envious if one force monopolizes all the benefits of the Forgotten River Path. This Soul Ring Preservation Method must be shared. However, since we have the core technology, as long as we limit the number of participants, it will actually be of great benefit to us."

This is a two-birds-with-one-stone approach. Not only does it create interest groups, but it also effectively restricts Soul Masters from indiscriminately hunting Soul Beasts, thus protecting the ecological balance.

He went to great lengths to appease (or deceive) the two girls before finally bringing up the real matter.

"You taught me the method of constructing spiritual energy, so I naturally have to repay you in some way." Gu Yuena readily agreed and passed on the spiritual core she had created to Su Ming.

Although Su Ming found this method of constructing mental structures to be very crude, it did give him some inspiration.

"If you're talking about creating cultivation techniques, I'm not as good as you, but I can offer some guidance on the use of spiritual power." Su Jue'er glanced at the young man and said, "What a waste of your abundant spiritual power and ultimate spiritual attribute talent, you haven't even figured out the Evil Eye of Destiny."

Su Ming smiled and didn't refute the arrogant girl. In fact, his own Destiny Evil Eye and ultimate spiritual attributes were related to the Emperor Golden Lion, thus making up for his own shortcomings.

Along the way, regardless of how much it played a role, at least my mental defense is no longer afraid of some strange soul masters, allowing me to focus on making the most of my physical body.

"Then I will ask Teacher Jue'er for guidance," Su Ming said, feigning respect.

Su Jue'er blushed and glared at the boy.

Gu Yuena, who was standing to the side, felt something was wrong and became increasingly uneasy.

Inside the training field.

"Your spiritual power is vast, even capable of unleashing techniques like 'Mental Storm' and 'Mental Impact.' With twice the strength of your sea of ​​consciousness, its power is quite extraordinary, capable of briefly controlling a Title Douluo," Su Jue'er offered some guidance.

"But..." she smiled slightly and said, "Do you often feel the inadequacy of your own spiritual power? Although it can control Title Douluos, it is almost useless compared to your current combat strength and the level you are involved in."

"Of course, please teach me." Upon hearing this, Su Ming solemnly replied. He was using Nightmare Illusion and Mental Impact less and less because he felt unable to coordinate his entire body and had a feeling of being unable to exert his strength.

"That's because your control over mental energy is too low-level. You're just barely managing to condense your mental energy into a single burst, which looks impressive but actually dissipates its energy," Su Jue'er pointed out bluntly.

Su Ming was speechless. There was really nothing he could do. Neither mental shock nor mental storm was a soul skill. It was just a crude way of using his mind that he had figured out. It was already good enough that he could form a streak of light and send it flying.

Su Jue'er immediately began to patiently instruct and demonstrated it herself.

The 'mental shock' she unleashed by focusing her spiritual power was actually a small, three-inch-long, golden sword that could kill thousands of miles in the blink of an eye without stirring up a wisp of air, killing people invisibly, with unfathomable power.

Compared to Su Ming's spatial tremor, the storm was many times stronger.

Of course, Su Jue'er's most core talent (soul skill) is the Great Sun Furnace. When released, her third golden eye between her eyebrows shines brightly, and a vast and boundless spiritual power overflows, forming a sun that emits endless light and heat to protect her body. It is also extraordinary.

This golden sun, though illusory, could manifest and illuminate the real world. As soon as Su Ming got close, he felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows and his mental sea trembled. Once he released his mental thoughts, the tendrils were immediately burned, melted, and dissipated.

Both the former and the latter were far more sophisticated than Su Ming's own mental shock and psychological storm.