Breakthrough to Divine Sense, Changes in Strength, Wings Fully Grown

Soul Ring Skills: Curse of the Stardust Heart; Light of Despair.

Soul Bone Skill: Curse of the Heart of the Ocean; Mermaid's Protection.

When the production of Soul Ring and Soul Bone is the same, both can receive a bonus. Naturally, the bonus will be greater for two energy reflection skills with the same effect.

It is even more powerful than the original Heart of the Ocean due to the high compatibility brought about by the Soul Sacrifice.

The original Heart of the Ocean had a one-month cooldown, while the two rebound skills, You Chen, each only had a half-month cooldown.

If you use them in rotation, it's equivalent to only having a quarter of the cooling capacity.

If both Soul Skill are activated at the same time, there are additional effects.

The original Heart of the Ocean lacked the ability to defend against and absorb physical attacks, but under this dual Soul Skill, it directly transformed into "all attacks." In other words, the true effect became short-term invincibility, gathering all the energy and power of attacks onto oneself to enhance the next attack.

Moreover... You Chen vaguely sensed the hidden effect of this Soul Skill.

Just like the Heart of the Ocean, which claims to resist and deflect "all energy attacks", there is still an upper limit to this "all".

The Invincible Golden Body clearly states that it can only be immune to damage below "God-level", and attacks at the God-level will only be reduced in damage.

The Heart of the Ocean did not explicitly state that it possessed "everything" that included energy attacks of god-like strength.

However, reaching the god level means transcending the rules of the world to a certain extent, which means that god-level attacks cannot be accurately measured, hence the ambiguity.

The strength that the Heart of the Ocean can withstand is most likely only up to the level of God Officer.

The combined power of Stardust Heart and Heart of the Ocean... let's call it Stardust Sea Heart for now. You Chen vaguely sensed that the limit of this dual Soul Skill was far beyond that of Heart of the Ocean.

As for whether it can withstand attacks from a Third-Level God or Second-Level God, it's hard to say until it's actually used.

As for the remaining two Soul Skills, they were also enhanced compared to the original version, but they were not as overpowered as the first two Soul Skills.

Soul Ring Skill: Light of Despair.

It fires a white wave that can instantly seal the target's Soul Power and imprison their movement for up to 5 seconds. It is a forced control skill similar to Stardust Demon's Snare.

Generally speaking, this type of mandatory skill will have usage restrictions.

However, unlike Stardust Demon's Snare, the Light of Despair is not limited by its attribute, so its cooldown time, which is normally restricted by the Soul Skill, is slower than the time it takes for energy to regenerate naturally...

Therefore, its cooling limit is working correctly. It can only be used three times a day.

Finally, there's the Soul Bone Skill: Mermaid's Protection.

Unlike the original version, which required bloodline restrictions, You Chen's Soul Bone Skill Soul Skill be used directly as long as a spiritual anchor point is left in the target's spiritual sea. The spiritual anchor point will draw spiritual power from the target's spiritual sea to maintain itself, and will remain as long as You Chen does not actively remove it.

Through mental anchors, You Chen can sense the general situation of a target and provide alerts when the target is in danger. He can pull the target to his side at any time or actively teleport to the target's location.

Planting a spiritual anchor doesn't consume much Soul Power, but teleportation requires increasing Soul Power based on the distance and the target's life level. Given You Chen's strength, the Soul Power consumption for active teleportation would far exceed that of rescuing someone.

This Soul Skill can anchor a maximum of 3 targets at the same time. If a fourth target is forcibly anchored when three targets are already anchored, the first mental anchor point will automatically be released in sequence.

It can be used a maximum of three times per month.

Given You Chen's current mental speed, confirming this information would only take him a blink of an eye.

Now was not the time to confirm the specific effects of the Soul Skill, and he didn't care about Li Na's current situation. He directly took out the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew from his Storage Soul Tool.

Even You Chen was somewhat moved at this moment.

With a 600,000- Soul Ring primarily focused on mental power, and a 600,000-year Head Soul Bone specifically designed to enhance mental power, the combination of these two factors caused You Chen's mental power to increase at a rocket-like rate.

If he hadn't deliberately suppressed it, his surging spiritual power would have directly broken through the peak of the Spirit Domain Realm and reached the God Origin Realm.

The reason he deliberately suppressed it was quite simple.

All Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures will have significantly reduced effects once the user's corresponding attributes reach the divine level.

He wanted to use up the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew before his spiritual power truly transformed, so as to maximize the effect of this Immortal Herb during the brief period when his consciousness transformed into Divine Sense!

Unlike when he suppressed his spiritual power to break through to the Spirit Domain Realm, the transformation of his Divine Sense could not be easily suppressed even with You Chen's abilities. Without any hesitation, he chose to refine the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in an instant!

Boom!

In a daze, You Chen felt his spiritual sea emit a tremendous roar, as if the universe had just been created.

The Mental Soul Core, located in the Upper Dantian (the Mental Soul Core), rotated rapidly, causing the surging spiritual sea to become turbulent and unpredictable.

But at one moment, the sea suddenly returned to calm.

Given the vastness and endlessness of the ocean, such calm without a single ripple seems somewhat eerie.

Only that crystal-clear Mental Soul Core continued to operate at high speed.

From that Soul Core, a golden light suddenly burst forth, enveloping the entire world in golden radiance.

You Chen's consciousness has naturally transformed into Divine Sense!

Perhaps because he had just broken through, his control was insufficient, and his overly powerful Divine Sense overflowed from his body.

You Chen himself did not stop the leakage of his Divine Sense. Instead, he added a bit of force as if pushing the wave, and naturally spread his Divine Sense to spread freely, naturally covering the outside world.

Everything came into You Chen, as if he were seeing it with his own eyes.

The Sea Soul Beast surrounding the outer ring of the Core Palace had anxious faces, and the structure of the mysterious Crystal Palace ruins, passed down from an unknown era, was breathtaking...

Then came the azure waves and the clear blue sky.

An unprecedented feeling welled up in You Chen's heart.

The world was so vast, yet he seemed to be able to easily control it all.

However, despite possessing such abilities, You Chen did not entertain any such thoughts. Instead, he allowed his spirit and will to merge into this harmonious and expansive world.

A surge of joy welled up in You Chen's heart.

At that moment, he forgot his ambition and the worries about the many threats.

In this state of non-calculation and non-thought, he managed to think without thinking.

It is a paradox, yet it can be made so naturally.

He realized that this was what those who cultivated their minds referred to as the state of selflessness.

Heart of Clear Mirror Still Water.

The insights gained over the past six months from studying the completely opposite "Distraction Control Soul Refining Art" to understand the state of Heart of Clear Mirror Still Water have now erupted at this moment.

You Chen's consciousness had never been so clear.

"If Hyperfocus is about overloading the mind, expending vast amounts of mental energy to achieve faster thinking and a more concentrated mental density after compression, then Heart of Clear Mirror Still Water is the complete opposite, placing the mind in a state of zero load. In this state, the concept of thinking speed disappears; each thought appears like a bubble and bursts as soon as it's released. Therefore, despite countless thought processes, there is no burden or pressure on the mind. It's even a means of restoring mental energy."

You Chen felt as if his thoughts could extend indefinitely, but that was ultimately just an illusion.

This state does not involve consumption, but it is by no means a state that can be maintained indefinitely.

If it could truly be maintained indefinitely, then human consciousness could probably rise all the way to the level of an omniscient and omnipotent creator.

Having grasped the true meaning of the Heart of Clear Mirror Still Water, and having resolved this doubt for himself, You Chen naturally broke free from it.

However, compared to the last time and the time before that, You Chen's face showed no regret.

Unlike before, You Chen is now somewhat confident in actively entering this state again, but he still can't maintain 100% stability like Yusei Fudo in the original work.

But he was certain that he had indeed reached the state of Heart of Clear Mirror Still Water.

If one can enter anytime, anywhere, with a 100% probability, that is roughly what is called "the supreme Heart of Clear Mirror Still Water".

'It really does have the effect of restoring mental strength. Even the weakness in my soul caused by the Spirit Realm Burst has been completely restored?'

You Chen's eyes lit up slightly.

Afterwards, he finally had the time to check on Li Na's condition.

You Chen immediately had a thought, his consciousness entering his Sixth Soul Ring, and asked, "Li Na, how is she?"

In fact, he already knew the answer when he asked the question.

His Divine Sense had already detected Li Na's soul within the Soul Ring.

Furthermore, he has complete control over the permissions of this Soul Ring and can grant Li Na permissions as needed.

The permissions, from highest to lowest, are: forced sleep, soul hibernation; autonomy of the soul within the Soul Ring; the ability to actively communicate with You Chen's soul; the ability for Li Na to extend her spiritual power out of the Soul Ring to observe the outside world; and the ability for Li Na's soul body to directly manifest in the outside world.

You Chen secretly curled his lip as he recalled how Xiao Wu could easily escape at will Soul Sacrifice to Tang San in the original novel.

This little guy might not have any Divine Sense and not know that he could operate this authority, or he might have given Xiao Wu complete freedom, but You Chen had no interest in having someone constantly observing his life.

However, having promised Li Na he would help her rebuild her body later, You Chen granted her the autonomy of her soul within the Soul Ring, allowing her to sleep and wake whenever she wanted. As for the rest, he'd deal with that later.

'Master, you didn't lie to me! I can still stay conscious! That's wonderful!'

Li Na's joyful voice came through You Chen's Mental Link.

You Chen replied, "You've expended a lot of energy helping me absorb the Soul Ring and Soul Bone, so go and rest first. I'll wake you up after I bring your two daughters back."

'Thank you, Master!'

Soon, Li Na fell silent.

During You Chen's investigation, the Sea Princess seemed to have just finished a vigorous workout and was fast asleep within the Soul Ring.

Seeing that Li Na had fallen asleep, You Chen immediately began the experimental test and switched back to his First Incarnation.

He had always been curious about what happened to the other character card when he switched between two character cards, and this was a good opportunity to peek into it.

As for why Li Na was put to sleep before the test?

You Chen wasn't sure if the system would treat Li Na as a foreign object and reset her immediately after he switched back, leaving him with no soul.

If that really happens, at least give her a peaceful death. With this in mind, You Chen let Li Na go to sleep first. Even if she dies, dying in her sleep wouldn't be such a bad way to die, right?

Fortunately, this isn't the first or second time the system has been bugged.

After switching, You Chen discovered that although he could not sense the Soul Ring of his Second Incarnation, he could still inexplicably sense Li Na's presence. However, he could not grant Li Na any permissions.

Then, he quickly noticed another problem.

'So, "no burden" only refers to the time spent absorbing Soul Ring?'

During the process of switching between the two character cards, You Chen could clearly feel the weight of these 600,000 Soul Ring.

It's definitely not the kind of situation where you can get the full boost of a 600,000-year Soul Ring having to bear the pressure of one.

That makes sense, as the original text describes it this way: under such a sacrificial condition, regardless of Tang San's strength or whether he has reached the level requiring Soul Ring, the fusion of this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring with him will be absolutely successful. He only needs to reach the corresponding level to continue improving.

The so-called "burden-free" does not mean that the Soul Ring itself is without burden, but that the absorption process will be absolutely stress-free, and can achieve perfect absorption regardless of the Soul Master's tolerance limit.

For example, as Tang San's own endurance increased, the enhancement of his Soul Ring was gradually restored to the level that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring should have.

This is actually a dynamic adjustment. For example, if Tang San absorbs another Soul Ring that exceeds his own limit, the strength and burden of Xiao Wu's Soul Ring will continuously decrease until she can absorb it successfully. Of course, if the Soul Ring's strength drops to the ten-year limit and she still can't absorb it... then this Soul Sacrifice Soul Ring is useless no matter how dynamically it's adjusted.

In addition, due to perfect absorption, the burden on the Soul Ring from Soul Sacrifice is indeed smaller.

For You Chen, the burden of You Chen Sea Princess Soul Ring was indeed greatly reduced compared to Soul Ring of the same age and quality. Despite the 600,000-level enhancement, it was estimated to be only as much of a physical burden as a 200,000-300,000-year-old Ferocious Beast Soul Ring.

In other words, You Chen's current Second Incarnation is blessed with a total lifespan of 910,000 years, but only bears the burden of Soul Ring that lasts for about 600,000 years.

In that case, the maximum lifespan that You Chen's Second Incarnation can ultimately withstand will naturally be higher.

The maximum lifespan Soul Ring can withstand is mainly related to physical strength. The reason why other factors such as mental strength are not so important is that the physical requirements of Soul Ring are the easiest to reach the limit, and the difference between them and other factors is relatively large. Therefore, it is not wrong to directly regard physical strength as the maximum lifespan Soul Master can withstand.

According to You Chen's calculations, Titled Douluo's physique can withstand Soul Ring of about 900,000 years at most. Only if the physique breaks through to the level of Super Douluo can it absorb Million-Year Soul Ring.

Situations such as Soul Sacrifice and self-sealing are not included.

The difficulty of killing a million-year-old Soul Beast is not taken into account.

But... normally, only Super Douluo or a very small number of Titled Douluo can achieve the physique of Super Douluo. But if you're already Super Douluo, where would you find Soul Ring slot?

Therefore, under normal circumstances, only Twin Martial Souls have a chance to acquire Million-Year Soul Ring. Although, even Twin Martial Souls are hardly considered normal anymore...

Of course, in this new era, given the true limit of Soul Ring lifespan—100,000 years for a seventh ring and 200,000 years for an eighth ring—with a little effort, it is not impossible to break through this threshold ahead of time.

The problem is that by this time, your Soul Ring's lifespan has already been occupied by at least 300,000 years, so you won't be able to absorb Million-Year Soul Ring.

Therefore, in reality, Million-Year Soul Ring is an additional optional feature for Twin Martial Souls.

Titled Douluo can only withstand about 900,000 years of Soul Ring duration, Super Douluo goes a step further and can withstand about 1.2 million years of Soul Ring duration, while Limit Douluo... can withstand at least two million years of spirit ring duration.

The above timeframes are based solely on physical strength and do not take into account the boost from Soul Ring attributes, so the actual timeframes would be higher.

When calculating the lifespan of Twin Martial Souls, the lifespan of the two Martial Soul is not simply added together. After all, the Martial Soul also bears a large part of the burden. The reason why it is affected by the lifespan of the Soul Ring borne by the other Martial Soul is probably largely due to the conflict between the Martial Soul.

You Chen didn't have more data on how to calculate it, so it was difficult for him to draw a conclusion.

However, judging from Tang San's ending in the original novel, at least after reaching the Limit Douluo, considering the additional physical enhancement brought by the Soul Ring, a single Martial Soul should be able to withstand a lifespan of two million years.

If one only has a single Martial Soul, given the Soul Ring Configuration, its maximum lifespan could probably reach three million years!

As for the current Second Incarnation's Soul Ring age limit, it is completely within the acceptable range, so the strength of its Soul Ring is naturally fully unlocked, and the corresponding load is also at its maximum.

The approximately 300,000 years of endurance provided by the Sea Princess's Soul Ring also allows You Chen to be more daring and relaxed in his the Choice of Soul Rings.

This Sea Princess Soul Ring Soul Ring primarily based on mental power. You Chen could feel the huge difference in mental power after switching between character cards.

If his spiritual power was at the early stage of the God Origin Realm in his First Incarnation, with more than 50,000 spiritual power, then after obtaining the Sea Princess's Soul Ring to amplify his spiritual power, it had reached nearly 70,000 points, which could be considered as the mid-stage of the God Origin Realm at the God Officer level.

In addition, the boost this Soul Ring provides to physical strength is absolutely top-tier among Soul Ring of the same level.

Even with the additional 10,000-year limited-time card from You Chen, which brought about a minor qualitative change to the Sea Princess's Soul Ring, the physical enhancement it provided to You Chen was only comparable to that of the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring.

It is not a super Soul Beast with top-level bloodline. At 500,000, it is already equivalent to a level 98 Super Douluo of human Soul Master. It is the kind of Super Douluo with Soul Core that will be available 10,000 years later. At 600,000, it is only about the same as going from an ordinary level 98 to the peak of level 98.

It is indeed not easy for Soul Beast to improve its strength.

Even mermaids with golden bloodlines are no match for ruthless characters like the Demonic Orca King Evil Tiger, Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear King Xiong Xiong Jun, and Black Dragon King Di Tian Na. Even with 600,000 power, they are only comparable to a Super Douluo at the peak of level 98.

Even so, You Chen's physique achieved another small breakthrough.

Icefire Body Refinement, You Chen's physical strength was at level 95. With the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength Dragon Elephant Chapter, he broke through to level 96, approaching level 97.

The Soul Ring of the Emperor Golden Lion Beast allowed his physical strength to break through the bottleneck and reach level 97. Then... the three Soul Rings of the Holy Spirit Bird, the Evil Orca King, and the Sea Princess finally allowed him to break through again, reaching level 98 in physical strength.

You Chen's evaluation criteria take into account strength, Toughness, and agility. For the Douluo people, whose evaluation criteria are relatively lenient, You Chen's body, which has no shortcomings in any aspect, can already be considered the absolute number one person below the Limit Douluo.

Despite having so many 100,000-year-level Soul Ring, the improvement has only been this slight...

Overall, the improvement to You Chen's physical body is only slightly more than one level.

However, as stated in the original work, for a powerhouse at the Super Douluo level, one or two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings are no longer enough to create a significant difference; the only true path is to master the power of one's Martial Soul Origin.

Most Limit Douluo, before breaking through to level 99, probably have physical qualities that are at most comparable to You Chen's current level. They rely on the leap in life level to allow their physical bodies to reach the limit, but they are definitely the foundation of the limit body.

As for You Chen... he just cultivated step by step, and with only two life leaps at levels 90 and 99, his physical body was able to be upgraded to at least the level of Di Tian ten thousand years later.

Di Tian's physical body is still considered a level 99 body, but it can only be said that... there are differences even among levels 99.

Soul Beast's physical bodies are usually one to two levels higher than humans'. However, as they get higher, they gradually develop into hexagonal shapes, and the difference in physical strength between humans and Soul Beast gradually decreases.

But those who are truly physically outstanding still have an advantage in this regard.

For example, Xiong Jun ten thousand years later, his physical body is definitely stronger than that of Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi in this era.

If we divide the level 99 physical body into beginner, minor success, Great Accomplishment, and perfection, then... Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi are at the early beginner stage, Xiong Jun, who has been comparable to a level 98 Super Douluo for forty-eight years, is at the late beginner stage, Di Tian must be at least at the late Great Accomplishment stage.

Why are there such detailed divisions when it's just a level 99 physical body? But considering that the original work divided level 99 into three seemingly insurmountable combat power levels—quasi-demigod, demigod, and quasi-god—there's really no problem with such detailed divisions.

Now, You Chen's Soul Power has naturally reached the level 90 bottleneck. With the extra Soul Power gained from absorbing the Sea Princess's Soul Ring, he can easily reach the Super Domain Soul Power Level by absorbing just one Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Physical body level 98, invincible below the limit.

His mental strength and Divine Sense are undoubtedly the strongest in the Douluo Continent today.

Its wings... are now fully grown.

You Chen clenched his fist, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

Even if his current strength is still insufficient to overcome the insurmountable barrier of the Limit, he is definitely capable of going toe-to-toe with Limit Douluo!

This level is comparable to the Du Busi who has mastered the Golden Awakening ten thousand years later!

In terms of burst damage, he's even more powerful than Du Busi!

A 100,000-year-old Martial Soul Avatar plus the Spirit Realm Burst is absolutely superior to the Golden Awakening of the Body Martial Soul Burning Life!

"Um?"

You Chen suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked up at the wall, but his gaze pierced through the barrier and looked towards the distant sea.

A slight twitch appeared at the corner of his mouth as he softly murmured, "Sea God Douluo, Bo Saixi?"

There was a hint of doubt in his eyes, but also a hint of suppressed... excitement!