The second, and most favorable, option for Xiang Yang is to split the Evil Fire at its source, using the "Li" trigram as a guide to form "Yinli Fire" and "Yangli Fire".
Li represents fire, the Sun and light, and also represents attachment and dependence. It has two sides, and the latter can also correspond to Evil Fire.
Actually, Xiang Yang initially thought of the legendary Vermilion Bird's South Ming Li Fire, but there doesn't seem to be Vermilion Bird in the Douluo Continent. At least he couldn't find any records of it, only some vague "Li Fire Bird" or something similar. That's why he went towards the "Li Trigram".
Two types of Soul Beasts best meet the requirements: one is called the Brightflame Li Fire Crane, which has the ability to purify and is a dual attribute of light and fire;
One is the South Li Sparrow, which is also the Soul Beast that best matches Xiang Yang's impression of the Vermilion Bird. It is rumored that most "Li Fire Bird" are hybrids of it and other Soul Beasts. Its specific abilities are unknown, but it is known that it can travel to any place and remain untainted.
It is extremely rare, of course, and Xiang Yang didn't expect it. However, quite a few people have seen the Brightflame Li Fire Crane. If all else fails, other ordinary Li Fire Birds can be used, but the effect will definitely not be as good, and it may be necessary to absorb another Soul Ring.
Under the Xiang Yang's gaze, Ma Hongjun playfully cackled, "Look at my Yin-Yang Phoenix!"
Under his control, a brand-new bird-shaped Martial Soul, primarily red with black and white patterns, appeared in his palm.
Xiang Yang was somewhat surprised, not only because of the strange appearance of this Martial Soul, but also because he did not feel any signs of the temperature rising, which could not be explained by simple control.
Ma Hongjun proudly stated, "The Dean and the others spent half a month searching in the Star Dou Great Forest before finally finding the Brightflame Li Fire Crane. Although it's a bit old, I think it's alright."
Dai Mubai chuckled to himself but didn't expose him. He had heard that the guy was screaming like a pig being slaughtered. If it weren't for the timely consumption of the Immortal Herb and the treatment from Teacher Shao Xin, he would have truly become a "roasted chicken."
Xiang Yang carefully examined Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul with his Heavenly Eye. Ma Hongjun's martial soul did indeed contain many lines of law, but they were rather chaotic. Although there were twice as many Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor, they weren't as "regular" as Tang San's or his own.
He couldn't help but exclaim, "So this is one of those situations!"
Ma Hongjun asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Dai Mubai also heard Xiang Yang's words and turned to deliberately scare him, saying, "Maybe the evolution failed."
Ma Hongjun angrily retorted, "Nonsense, that's impossible!" Then he looked at Xiang Yang and asked pitifully, "Brother Yang—"
"Is my Martial Soul alright?"
Xiang Yang snapped out of his daze and chuckled, "Don't worry, it's nothing. It just taught me a few things."
After obtaining his Ultimate Attribute, he thought that if Ma Hongjun truly followed the plan he provided, he might become the second person in Shrek to possess Ultimate Martial Soul, after himself.
When Xiang Yang saw him, he didn't feel anything similar to what he felt for Qian Renxue. He thought he had failed, but unexpectedly, in his Heavenly Eye just now, the "quantity" of the Law Lines was obviously enough, but they were not completely integrated and got stuck.
Even so, it clearly exceeds the scope of a top-tier Martial Soul, and is almost on par with the current Blue Silver Emperor. Moreover, it can be mastered through proper comprehension in the future. The specific operation is similar to combining different Dao Patterns or runes into a complete magic array.
While thinking about these things, Xiang Yang also took the opportunity to explain the definition of the Ultimate Martial Soul to the two of them.
Ma Hongjun became excited and said, "So, my Phoenix Martial Soul has surpassed Boss Dai's White Tiger?"
As two of the team's top-tier Beast Martial Soul, his phoenix is no less powerful than Dai Mubai's White Tiger, only their development paths are different. But undeniably, unlike himself, the other has no uncontrollable flaws.
Fortunately, Xiang Yang's plan helped him get rid of this trouble, but Ma Hongjun had always thought that he could reach the strength of the White Tiger, and that was how he always viewed his evolved Phoenix Martial Soul.
So that was Ma Hongjun's first reaction upon hearing this.
Click, click!
But these words annoyed Dai Mubai. He clenched his fist and said, "Little Fatty, what were you talking about in your sleep? Should I wake you up?"
Upon seeing this, Ma Hongjun immediately made his escape. Dai Mubai didn't chase after him; he just wanted to scare him, and it wasn't convenient here anyway. There would be plenty of opportunities during later training sessions.
So he looked at Xiang Yang and said, "What about our Martial Souls? Can they also become Ultimate Martial Souls?" According to Xiang Yang, Ultimate Martial Souls are existences that completely surpass top-tier Martial Souls, so he naturally didn't want to let them go.
Xiang Yang shook his head. "It's difficult, but not impossible."
Dai Mubai's eyes lit up. "What do you mean?"
Xiang Yang said seriously, "First, you need to choose an attribute, whether it's light or gold, or a combination of both, but that might be more difficult."
Then you'll need to spend a lot of time comprehending it. As for how to comprehend it, that depends on yourself. Soul Rings can only provide basic materials; they can't determine whether you succeed.
The reason why the Soul Skills within the Soul Ring can be formed is because they also contain more or less "Dao Patterns arrays", but their scale is very small. Xiang Yang thinks that they are likely related to the rune arrays on the Soul Tool, but it is not easy to say which came first.
However, regardless of the circumstances, the laws are an inevitable path for Soul Masters to become gods at level 100, so if possible, it's best to let your companions prepare in advance.
Moreover, under the influence of his Heavenly Eye, he can also identify and fill in any gaps in their knowledge. This is based on his recent insights gained from combining Ma Hongjun's experience with his previous work on refining Soul Tools.
Ma Hongjun's problem is that he doesn't have a cognitive framework for the current [Yin Yangli Fire Phoenix]. The original "fire" is easy to understand, but the state after the "Yin Yang separation" with the Xiang Yang is beyond his comprehension.
If it's an attribute that Martial Soul possesses innately, then it's fine. But for those who achieve it later in life, it becomes related to their own understanding. For example, Xiang Yang himself, the current form of his Martial Soul and some of its abilities are due to his understanding of the [Sun].
These ideas from his past life even influenced Wu Huang, which could be considered a kind of spiritual pollution, whether good or bad.
Dai Mubai wanted to say, "Of course I want them all," but seeing Xiang Yang's serious expression, he knew he needed to think carefully about it. So Dai Mubai said, "Hmm, I'll think about it."
Seeing his thoughtful expression, Xiang Yang knew he had taken it to heart and was even more curious about his final choice.
But the most important thing right now is to have a good meal. Xiang Yang got up and ladled out another bowl of soup. "It smells so good!"
Xiang Yang even felt an urge to cry. For the past six months, he and Tang San had mostly eaten the Soul Beasts caught by Tang Hao. Although the ingredients were good, one of them was a theorist and the other could only make simple porridge, rice, and side dishes.
Therefore, they usually eat roasted Soul Beast together. Soul Beast meat contains Soul Power, so even if it doesn't taste very good originally, it can be made palatable with the nourishment of seasonings and Soul Power.
This can be considered the human body's instinctive pursuit of high-energy substances; at least Xiang Yang didn't think any animal Soul Beast could be considered unpalatable.
But even that couldn't keep up with eating it every day. Several times, Xiang Yang wanted to return to the academy early or go back every now and then, but Tang San stopped him on this matter.
He said: You can only become a true strong person after experiencing seven layers of loneliness.
Xiang Yang: Huh?
Tang San: Huh?! Didn't you say that?
In reality, Tang San didn't want to waste time on this. He understood that once this precedent was set, more would inevitably follow.
Tang San himself became more and more engrossed in researching Soul Tools, constantly thinking about how to improve his Tang Sect Hidden Weapons after figuring out the Soul Guidance Array.
For example, he had already made the Godly Zhuge Crossbow a mechanism-based Hidden Weapon that could be activated with gunpowder. If a tracking array were added to it, or if it were modified into a series of Soul Power rays, the thought of it would be irresistible.
Furthermore, there's Xiang Yang's own idea of Self-Condensed Soul Rings, which requires a lot of time to achieve results. They've only just started, so how could Tang San let him waste his time?