Douluo: On Becoming a God through Science

Even though the Spirit Hall has not officially established a country, it is actually no different from a real country in Douluo Continent.

This is especially true for those orphans who were adopted by the Spirit Hall since childhood, as well as the family forces that have long since devoted themselves to the Spirit Hall.

You Chen grew up in Wuhun City. It can be said that all his achievements and interpersonal relationships were established here. Naturally, he also has a sense of belonging to the Wuhun Hall that is close to that of a country.

What he said before about "leaving the Spirit Hall" is similar to immigrating and living in seclusion abroad.

But choosing to stand on Tang San's side is equivalent to helping foreigners destroy their own country!

Maybe the Spirit Hall does have some shortcomings, but it is definitely not absolutely righteous as some fan fiction or unscrupulous editors say.

There is no such thing as the best future being for the Wuhun Empire to rule the world!

But it is not a question of right or wrong, but a question of stance!

Suppose he gets Bibi Dong out of office and takes over himself, but that would also be an internal problem of the Spirit Hall itself.

No matter what the final situation is, he will eventually preserve the Spirit Hall as an organization.

After all, that was the mark of his life...

In addition to Tang San, You Chen naturally also had the task of brushing Yu Xiaogang.

However, this guy is already an old man after all, and perhaps he knows in his heart that he can't afford to offend You Chen, and his destiny power is far inferior to Tang San. Even if You Chen teases him more times, the number of tasks triggered is barely the same as Tang San's number of tasks.

The unexpected surprise was that he allowed You Chen to discover a hidden secret - multiple task objects could be merged into the same task.

This is the so-called "power mission" or "group mission".

On one occasion, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, the master and disciple, were particularly united in their hatred of a common enemy. The result was not that only one task was triggered and the other task was castrated or postponed, but that the two tasks were merged into the same task.

The mission rewards are not deducted, but directly added up, and even higher quality rewards are produced.

Unfortunately, in a whole year, You Chen only triggered the group mission once and was unable to conduct more in-depth research on this.

In fact, the tasks are only secondary.

The most important thing this year, in addition to further digesting the system rewards, is Tang San’s "dog-licking" plan, commonly known as the "dog training plan."

So far, the "dog training plan" has been very smooth and has achieved phased progress without causing Tang Hao to overreact.

Tang San's cultivation is also much slower than in the original novel.

First of all, in the third month of school at Notting City Academy, in order to collect the one hundred Zhuge Divine Crossbows that he lost to You Chen, Tang San had to make at least one Zhuge Divine Crossbow every day while working in the blacksmith shop.

Secondly, Xiao Wu was not in Dormitory 7 this time. Tang San, who did not like to show off but could not bring himself to push the tasks to his roommates, could not avoid the chores of a part-time student, which was another waste of time.

In the end, what held Tang San back the most was a hidden mental drain on him by the presence of You Xing and Xiao Wu, which could not be measured in specific time.

Like time and money, the less people have it, the more they need it.

For example, if a monthly salary is 3,000 or 6,000, the actual disposable funds will be far more than twice the salary because the expenses of rent, utilities, and food must be deducted.

The same goes for time.

After deducting the time for rest, eating, studying, etc., the remaining time, every extra minute is not much from the perspective of a whole day, but when it comes to the time available for Tang San to practice, it is a huge loss.

A year has passed, and in the early stage of rapid leveling, Tang San has only risen from level 13 to level 15. At this speed, whether he can break through to the Great Spirit Master level before the three-year agreement comes, depends on how far Tang San can push himself...

Tang San doesn't have soul beast meat to eat every day like he did in Shrek. If he squeezes his potential like this, it will be a hidden loss...

In addition to the situation of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang in Notting City, the reaction of Bibi Dong in Wuhun City is also worth mentioning.

You Chen couldn't see Bibi Dong's expression, but he could guess a little.

The sign that read "Yu Xiaogang and dogs are not allowed to enter" was ordered to be removed by the Lord of Notting City not long after.

However, Tang San probably thought that You Chen was kind-hearted because of him, and he came to thank him for no apparent reason.

Half a month later, the two yellow-robed deacons in the remote Notting City were a bit of a waste of manpower, so two more yellow-robed deacons were inexplicably dispatched. The outrageous thing was that one of them had reached the Soul King realm. Logically speaking, this strength was enough to become a purple-robed cardinal.

Of course, the others did not have You Chen’s eyesight, and although they were puzzled by the fact that there were two more yellow-robed deacons, they were not too shocked if they did not know that one of them was a Soul King.

You Chen could easily guess the reason why these people were sent here: it was to "keep an eye" on him and prevent him from continuing to torture Yu Xiaoang.

The powers of the four yellow-robed deacons in Notting City are naturally divided accordingly. So no matter what You Chen wants to do with his yellow robe, the constraints he will face will be greatly strengthened. It is not like before, when the hall master was busy and didn't notice and couldn't control You Chen.

Now, there is at least one deacon in yellow who is always keeping an eye on You Chen.

And this is all in line with the rules and regulations of the Spirit Hall.

You Chen guessed that Bibi Dong probably thought that the reason why she "self-exiled" to Notting City was to target Yu Xiaogang...

Others might just think that You Chen was just doing it casually.

But in Bibi Dong's eyes, Yu Xiaogang has such value.

Even though You Chen was a person standing at the top of the theoretical world, he deliberately demoted himself for a mere Yu Xiaogang, and then spent several years hiding in Notting City just to target Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong felt that it was reasonable when she looked at it through a filter.

In this regard, You Chen could only secretly rejoice.

He hated Bibi Dong for thinking like this.

Maybe Bibi Dong is now feeling complacent about how she "realized" You Chen's purpose of going to Notting City so quickly.

As for the dead Soul Emperor Bai Hu? It seemed that he really died in vain. Judging from the fact that the strongest Soul Master Bibi Dong sent to Notting City was only a Soul King, she probably didn't think that You Chen killed Bai Hu.

Compared to Tang San's hindered cultivation progress and Bibi Dong's blindness when monitoring You Chen, You Chen's progress in all aspects was very smooth.

Chapter 86: A Year in the Blink of an Eye (3)

A year later, relying solely on his own practice, his soul power level increased by more than two levels, from level 54 to level 57.

In terms of the physical body, with the help of "The Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Power", there has naturally been a leap forward.

Although the incomplete version of the system, "Divine Elephant Prison Power", only has the effect of training the physical body, without any additional magical powers and methods, and even the physical strength alone is hardly one hundred millionth of the original. Even if a giant elephant is bred in the body, it does not really gain the power of a giant elephant.

But just the entry-level "Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Power" can still allow You Chen to cultivate his body to the Titled Douluo level of this world.

Relying on a large amount of resources, You Chen spent a year and still did not fully cultivate the entry-level "Divine Elephant Prison Power", but he only used less than one-third of the 840 million particles in the human body to breed a "giant elephant". When he switched to a large size, his physical strength had reached the Soul Saint level! When the keratin membrane appeared on the cortex of the body, the most significant improvement was naturally the body's defense performance!

Just considering the level of defense, it is enough to rival his original strongest reaction ability and speed!

However, in order to maintain the three-element balance, he did not plan to continue practicing until his soul power level broke through to the next stage.

The large body is at Soul Saint level, and the small body has reached Soul Emperor level, which is completely sufficient at this stage. If Tang San knew that the target he would face in two years would be such a physical monster, he would probably start EMO now, right?

Among the skills acquired by the system, the next ones are "Soul-Shocking Art" and "Breath-Containing Art"!

You Chen's talent in the spiritual realm is beyond doubt. Even if he only put a part of his energy into it, he still cultivated the "Soul-Shocking Art" from the minor success to the major success level at an extremely fast speed!

If the "Soul-Shock Art" of the minor success level is only a two-thousand-year level soul skill, and in the hands of a talented person like You Chen it can only last for three thousand years at best, then the "Soul-Shock Art" of the major success level is definitely a ten-thousand-year level soul skill!

If used in a state of super concentration, the power of this spiritual skill will be doubled!

With You Chen's spiritual talent, it will never be outdated when he becomes a Titled Douluo!

Of course, it only took one year to reach the great success realm, but it is hard to say how many years it will take to reach perfection.

With You Chen's level of mental strength a year ago, it might take him ten years to get started.

But...if it were now, this time might have to be shortened by five years.

There is no other reason. After picking up the practice of "The Art of Distracting and Refining the Soul" again, You Chen has now reached the Five Hearts Realm. The value of his mental power has at least doubled, and he is extremely close to the peak realm of the Lingyuan Realm.

And the "Breath-Containing Art" that You Chen paid great attention to also successfully reached the great perfection realm under the impetus of his great perfection level of soul power control.

The "Breath-Containing Art" at the minor success stage can perfectly restrain soul power under normal circumstances, and You Chen has already experienced the effect of the major success stage in advance through "super concentration".

That is, "the perfect convergence of the spirit ring under the state of martial spirit possession."

This is also the reason why You Chen used the pseudonym You Xing, and after he used his martial spirit to possess his body, no one saw his spirit ring appear. (PS: I thought about it in my mind at the time, but I forgot and didn't write it down, sweat.)

And after achieving great success, You Chen can also directly experience the effects of the perfection level through super concentration.

The perfect level of "Lianxi Jue" is even better in terms of gathering breath and controlling soul power! Compared to the perfect level, which is just perfect gathering of soul rings, the perfect level can even use soul ring soul skills directly without revealing the soul ring!

In addition to this, after repeated use and testing, You Chen also discovered its hidden effect - simulating and changing the color of spirit rings.

The principle is somewhat similar to suppressing the level of soul power intensity, but a more clever method is used here. It is not suppression but convergence of the energy displayed by the soul ring, thereby achieving the effect of changing the color of the soul ring.

After that, among the remaining system skills and martial arts, the most noteworthy one is the "Cloud Moving Fist".

Clouds, using air to control water, condense water into clouds. The so-called air is also the side profile of wind.

In the process of practicing Yundong Fist, You Chen did not spend much effort to realize a martial art that was more suitable for him - Fengdong Fist.

If you use two types of boxing at the same time, you can perform a boxing style that is even more advanced - "Wind and Cloud Moving"!

During this year, You Chen also made some summaries of the skills and martial arts given by the system and gave them simple ratings.

This time, it is not the same "entry, small success, great success" approach, but a division based on one's own value.

Ordinary: Basically useless, ranging from garbage to things with certain borrowing value and analogy, all fall into this category. The Five Qi Sha Gong was thrown into this level by You Chen.

Useful: As the name suggests, it is somewhat useful and can be put to use with a little practice and accumulation. Like clouds moving fists, grass flying.

Strong: This can be classified as a main skill, which is almost as important as the graduation outfit that must be carefully crafted in online games. Soul-Shocking Art can be classified as this.

God among gods: God among gods. It can be used to skip classes, become invincible, or give you super strong confidence and capital. In short, after using it, you can't help but shout out three words "God among gods". Its status is similar to that of the artifact in online games that can break through the version limit or be used to skip classes. The Breath-Retaining Art and the Divine Elephant Prison-Suppressing Power are both gods among gods. Everyone who has used it says it's good.

The Wind Moving Fist can barely be ranked as "strong", and the Wind and Cloud Moving Fist formed by the combination of the originally ordinary Cloud Moving Fist is a high-level skill that is really worth studying in depth. Although it is not as fast to practice as the Soul Shocking Art, and it is not as convenient and versatile to use, and because the properties of the Cloud Moving Fist are not perfectly adapted to You Chen, this move consumes a lot of energy, but it is definitely not bad!

As You Chen's understanding of the original power of his martial soul deepens, there is hope for further development.

With a little bit of magic modification, "Wind Wing Blade" and "Storm Airstream" seem to be ready for retirement.

Fortunately, You Chen was very busy with his time and didn't have the time to spare, so the two soul rings and soul skills were temporarily not blocked by You Chen's skill camp.

May I ask where You Chen spends his time...?

First, the research on the soul ring absorption period and methods to increase the period mentioned earlier.

Naturally, You Chen had already received the information that Wan had been asked to collect.

One year is certainly more than enough time for You Chen to use for analysis and verification.

To arrive at the optimal age is like deriving a formula. There are four main variables: mental strength, physical fitness, soul power level, and optimal age. The first two variables can be basically determined. Although the last variable does not have an exact value, it also has a data range formed by a large amount of data.

Coupled with You Chen's rich theoretical knowledge, it would not be difficult to deduce a rough idea.

Of course, this research will eventually be implemented on himself, so You Chen will naturally pursue a more precise range. After all... it requires certain experiments to implement.

Then, there is the “method to increase the years”.

Chapter 87: A Year in the Blink of an Eye (4)

You Chen has basically determined that at this stage, continuing to improve his physical fitness will not have any effect on the optimal lifespan of his spirit ring.

Not to mention the Soul Emperor-level physical strength of Yusei's character card, even a body as strong as a Soul King has probably reached the upper limit of this formula.

In You Chen's speculation, the inference formula for the second soul ring limit is: the spiritual power starting from the Lingyuan Realm + the physical strength of the soul king +? Soul power level ≈ the lower limit of the seventh soul ring age of the soul emperor in the old era.

That is... about 30,000 years.

A bucket made of three wooden boards is enough to roughly show the upper limit of the amount of water it can hold.

So the problem ultimately comes back to the shortest plank.

With a soul power of level 20, You Chen’s current upper limit for the second ring is about years, which is the best age for the sixth ring in the old era.

You Chen's thoughts naturally shifted to how to break through this level.

Rather, it could be said that he had developed it after using “a flash of inspiration” twice, and its name was – “Soul Power Borrowing Method”.

Of course, this was not something You Chen imagined out of thin air.

But let me ask, in this world with old-fashioned thinking, all soul masters follow the rules and have never thought that their level can exceed the bottleneck level when absorbing soul rings. In fact, there is no such necessity before. Where did the reference come from?

The answer is - wouldn’t it be better to refer to things from other worlds?

In the original novel, there is something that is well known to have broken the inherent cognition of soul masters - the "Xuan Tian Gong" that can cultivate soul power before the martial soul awakens.

To get the "Xuan Tian Gong" from Tang San is like snatching food from a tiger's mouth.

Fortunately, what You Chen needed was not the practice method of Xuantian Gong, but just the effect of Xuantian Gong in breaking the rules of the world to a certain extent.

And You Chen is obviously the one who has the most direct contact with "Xuan Tian Gong".

The phrase "common progress" is not empty talk.

Time and again, he guided the battles and sparred with Tang San like an elder brother, or injected his own soul power into Tang San's body during the battle, or used the excuse of nurturing the soul power to forcibly inject soul power into the knocked-out Tang San, and then explored the route and logic of the Xuan Tian Gong.

Without knowing the original full picture of "Xuan Tian Gong", it is extremely difficult to truly gain something that can open up your mind through this method, even for a research genius like You Chen.