Chapter 26: First Spirit Ring—Seven Kill Sword!
The Space Power extracted from it was indeed different from before. It was very stable, without that violent feeling. This was probably the difference between a Storage Soul Tool that could contain living things and other Soul Tools.
Suppressing his excitement, Tian Hao guided that wisp of Space Power into his Lower Dantian. Sure enough, he sensed that his Lower Dantian had expanded a tiny bit.
Although the expansion was minuscule, it had indeed expanded, proving that his guess had been correct.
"Sure enough, it works!"
A sharp gleam flashed in his eyes. Tian Hao continued while he was ahead, extracting more of the Space Power from the bottle and incorporating it into his Lower Dantian. The amount he extracted grew larger and larger.
After repeatedly resting and extracting, and after smearing Bone Douluo's blood over it eleven times, he finally extracted all the Space Power from the bottle. His Lower Dantian Space had also reached a diameter of three meters.
One had to understand that this was a diameter of three meters, not three cubic meters.
How much Soul Power could he store in such a large Dantian?
Generally speaking, a Soul Power reserve was limited by one's Soul Power Level, but the speed at which Soul Power recovered was far greater than the speed at which one's Soul Power improved.
Some Soul Masters might not even be able to raise their Soul Power Level by one rank in a year, but recovering Soul Power alone was very fast. With Medicine or a simulated environment to assist them, it would be even faster.
If he continuously transferred the Soul Power he recovered normally into his Dantian and stored it there, then even if it could not increase his explosive combat strength, it could greatly improve his ability to sustain a battle.
If his control was strong enough, he could even guide it out and unleash it in an overload burst, like the Clear Sky Sect's Ring Detonation Secret Method.
"It's just a pity that the farther the Dantian Space expands, the more Space Power it consumes. To continue expanding, I'll need more top-grade Storage Soul Tools.
"If I had an unlimited supply of top-grade Storage Soul Tools, I could completely expand my Dantian to a diameter of ten meters, or even a hundred meters. Ideally, I'd make it into a Sea of Wheels Secret Realm or Inner World like that Red-Haired Old Monster.
"The Middle Dantian needs to be expanded too."
After using Gu Rong's blood and Space Talent to sense the Dantian Space and confirming that it was stable and free of hidden dangers, Tian Hao became even more excited.
Human desire was limitless. A mere diameter of ten meters would not satisfy him. He wanted to expand it into a world, like the Inner World in the Divine Tomb written by the Red-Haired Old Monster, or the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm in Shrouding the Heavens.
Only then could he store more Soul Power. In the future, once his Spiritual power reached a certain level, he might even be able to condense and contain several Soul Cores simultaneously.
Your Soul Cores influence one another, don't they? Then I'll expand my Dantian to ten meters, a hundred meters, and see if you can still influence them.
As long as they don't interfere with one another, I can do whatever I want, right?
"I definitely can't collect that many Storage Soul Tools capable of holding living things by myself. I'll have to get the Pope to do it."
He soon thought of the Pope. Tian Hao knew that if he wanted to obtain as many of these top-tier Soul Tools as possible, he could only rely on the Pope.
For one thing, he did not have enough wealth. For another, he lacked the necessary channels and could not even come into contact with such top-tier Storage Soul Tools.
In any case, as long as he offered this discovery, that Pope and the High Priest would certainly do everything in their power to collect Soul Tools capable of storing living things throughout the Soul Master World. By then, he should be able to get a few for himself.
Forcibly steadying his emotions, Tian Hao's consciousness entered the Martial Soul's Sea of Spirit.
He still had not finished counting this harvest.
As soon as his consciousness entered the Martial Soul's Sea of Spirit, he indeed discovered a Seven Kill Sword there—a blood-red Seven Kill Sword.
"The one I extracted really was Teacher's Seven Kill Sword. Does my Martial Soul have such high standards?"
Tian Hao muttered inwardly, Just as I thought. At the time, he had already felt that his Martial Soul had probably devoured that Cheap Teacher's Martial Soul. He had not expected it to be true.
His Martial Soul had now treated Teacher's Seven Kill Sword as a Spirit Ring, allowing him to break through his Soul Power bottleneck and continue cultivating.
Clearly, his Martial Soul was not incapable of absorbing Spirit Rings. Its requirements were simply too high, and it looked down on those low-grade goods.
Teacher Chen Jianjun was a Level 98 Super Douluo. Judging from that exuberant laughter at the end, he had probably broken through and reached Level 99.
Such cultivation was comparable to that of a Ferocious Beast among Soul Beasts—and not just any Ferocious Beast, but one with an extremely high age.
Thus, his Martial Soul was equivalent to a Ferocious Beast's Spirit Ring. This showed just how high his Martial Soul's requirements were.
Even if he could absorb a Spirit Ring of that level without any side effects, how was he supposed to hunt those Ferocious Beasts?
One had to understand that the Ferocious Beasts in the Far North Lands and the Star Dou Great Forest were basically gathered in groups. Even Qian Daoliu would have difficulty gaining the upper hand if he went there.
"Why is it blood-red? Could it have been changed by merging with that power in my Martial Soul?"
His thoughts shifting, Tian Hao stared at the blood-red Seven Kill Sword and pondered the reason. He felt that it should be related to his Martial Soul. Clearly, this Martial Soul was not as simple as he had imagined.
"Could the World Mutation eighteen years ago really have been related to my transmigration, and could this Martial Soul's Sea of Spirit be my cheat?"
He soon thought of that World Mutation on the Douluo Continent. The timing of the World Mutation matched the time when his mother had become pregnant with him, leaving him no choice but to wonder.
After all, there had been no such World Mutation in the original Douluo story. The only difference now was that he, a transmigrator, had appeared.
The World Mutation had occurred precisely when his mother had become pregnant with him. It was far too coincidental.
When something was too coincidental, it was no longer a coincidence—especially when his Martial Soul was so unusual.
It took him quite some time to calm down. Tian Hao looked at the nine additional clusters of energy in the Martial Soul's Sea of Spirit: two yellow, two purple, and five black.
"Are these the nine Spirit Rings that Teacher fused into his Martial Soul? Were they rejected and expelled? Was my Martial Soul rejecting them, or is there something wrong with absorbing Soul Beast Spirit Rings in the current Soul Master System?
"It seems that even after Tang San became a god, he never used his old Spirit Ring Soul Skills again. Before, I thought it was simply because Divine Skills were too powerful. Now that I think about it, there should be another problem.
"But it's no wonder. Breaking through and improving by relying on external power is, to some extent, an evil path. It's just like the Star Absorption Art. It would be abnormal if there were no hidden dangers."
Tian Hao thought about many things at once and came up with an astonishing conjecture. Although it was still only a conjecture, there had to be a reason why his Martial Soul had expelled the Spirit Ring power from the Seven Kill Sword. This made him wary of the existing Soul Master System.
"I still have to find a way to develop a system for constructing my own Spirit Rings. Only power that belongs to me can truly be trusted."
His determination regarding the idea of constructing Spirit Rings himself grew even firmer.
With a thought, the Seven Kill Sword in the Sea of Spirit manifested in his hand. But less than a second after it appeared, the Sacred Light Soul Power within his body was drained dry, and the Seven Kill Sword transformed into a streak of blood-colored light and returned to the Sea of Spirit.
"The consumption is too great. It consumes even more than Tang San's hammer."
It took Tian Hao quite a while to recover, and he was still shaken.
That sword was Teacher Chen Jianjun's peak sword. Maintaining it alone required a massive amount of Soul Power, let alone using it to launch an attack.
"To use that sword, I'll probably have to fill the Lower Dantian with Soul Power. It would be even better if I could condense a Soul Core."
After sighing, Tian Hao did not immediately go through Ling Yuan to meet Pope Qian Xunji. Instead, he began cultivating, continuously filling his Lower Dantian with Sacred Light Soul Power.
He repeatedly recovered his Soul Power and filled the Dantian with it. After a month, the accumulated Sacred Light Soul Power reached the expected level. Then, using his immense Spiritual power, he controlled the Soul Power and formed it into a vortex within the Dantian.
He was not trying to condense a Soul Core. He simply wanted to form this vortex shape—or, in other words, a Soul Core Prototype.
In Douluo 2, Soul Cores were formed by continuously compressing Soul Power through a Soul Power Vortex. Naturally, this Soul Power Vortex also possessed some of a Soul Core's characteristics. Although it was inferior to a Soul Core, those characteristics still existed.
Sure enough, his guess had been correct.
As the Sacred Light Soul Power Vortex took shape, it gradually radiated a Devour force. It drew in the sunlight shining down from above and directly absorbed it. The surrounding Angel Divine Power was also drawn over and absorbed, making the process many times faster than ordinary meditation.
Cultivating on the rooftop, Tian Hao sensed this change and was incredibly excited. His guess had been right once again.
He had previously tried forming his Soul Power into a vortex in his palm and spinning it at high speed. It could indeed produce suction, but that Soul Power Vortex was too small. The Devour force it created was pitifully weak, completely incapable of drawing in the surrounding Heaven and Earth Origin Force.
Now, after accumulating dozens of times more Soul Power than he personally possessed in his Dantian, the suction force of the resulting Soul Power Vortex had also increased dozens of times.
Tian Someone: As long as you connect this kind of Seven Kill Sword Spirit Ring with the Prologue, you'll understand what's going on. What do you guys think of this idea?
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