Rule Authority
Rule Authority, or God Authority, Rule Permission.
Generally speaking, this is a level of power that can only be accessed by those who venture into the realm of the gods.
Three Thousand Great Paths lead to the same destination.
At the mortal level, cultivation methods include Martial Soul, Yin Yang Crown, magic, Elements— a wide variety of approaches.
However, once they reach the level of gods, or rather, after ascending to the divine level, they begin to be involved in the power of heaven and earth and the rules of the world.
Take the Sea God as an example; he wields the power over the ocean. By leveraging this power, one can manipulate the forces of heaven and earth with minimal cost, unleashing power far exceeding the resources required.
Authority is a major factor in distinguishing the strength of deities and an important means for deities to transcend the mundane.
However, this does not mean that only gods can use or intervene in the power of Rule Authority.
In the Douluo World, what mortal beings see and know most is the "domain".
A domain is a weakened version of the Rule Authority.
Soul Master who possess a domain can unleash extraordinary abilities or various wondrous and mysterious special powers with minimal or even zero consumption.
For example, Bo Saixi's Sea God Sea God Domain Martial Sea God Martial Soul and the Ocean Domain of the Ocean Martial Soul.
The Sea God Domain and the Ocean Domain allowed Bo Saixi's combat power in the sea to skyrocket. Even at its limit, it could still boost her strength by half a level.
It is also like the Blue Silver Emperor's Blue Silver Domain. Its range and power in communicating with Blue Silver Grass are similar to or even better than a million-year-old Spiritual Sharing detection Soul Skill. The only limitation is that it is limited to Blue Silver Grass. Even so, it is already too overpowered and super-powerful.
There's also the Divine Slaughter's Domain, which directly weakens opponents and strengthens oneself, Slaughter Domain, which directly prohibits Soul Ring skills...
These are no longer ordinary skills, but abilities involving authority.
You Chen only clearly realized this point after learning about the structure of the Sea God Martial Soul from the knowledge given by the Sea God Poseidon.
Because the Sea God Sea God Domain Sea God Martial Soul is a lower-level authority granted by the Sea God from his own authority.
The same applies to the Divine Slaughter's Domain.
The fact that Martial Soul like the Blue Silver Emperor can possess their own domain is thanks to the blessings of the world, making it a unique advantage for the Douluo people.
The reason why gods can use authority is because of their divine position, not because they possess this ability themselves.
After relinquishing their authority, only a very few exceptionally insightful deities can retain some of their rule-level abilities.
Such deities are often more powerful than other deities of the same level, and thus inspire greater fear and respect from other deities.
Just like Poseidon, the Sea God.
You Chen guessed that this guy could probably do the same thing, which was why he didn't have much attachment to the divine position.
However, while the Rule Authority can be controlled, it can also in turn influence and control life.
Just as gods are limited by their divine positions, they cannot easily leave the Divine Realm and cannot freely roam the various lower realms.
This is the constraint.
In the mortal realm, there are domains controlled by Soul Master, and there are also situations like the Nine Heart Begonia, where bloodline tragedies occur due to the constraints of rules.
In terms of combat power alone, the Nine Heart Begonia is no match for those super Martial Soul.
But its extraordinary and valuable properties lie in its ability to revive the dead and heal the wounded.
If there are many Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master, then many super Martial Soul or super Soul Beast that should have been envied by the heavens can be healed by them and survive.
Of course, the main challenge lies with Soul Beast. These super Soul Beast are difficult to breed, so many have been lost to the history of the Douluo Continent, becoming what people today call ancient exotic species. But with the help of the Nine Heart Begonia, this difficulty will be greatly reduced.
The resources required for the growth of these super-beings could very well exceed the world's capacity to sustain them.
The rules of the world do not allow too many Nine Heart Begonia to exist.
Although this is only a theoretical possibility, after all, Soul Beast and Soul Master are mortal enemies who devour each other.
However, it cannot be ruled out that one day, an extraordinary individual or Soul Beast may emerge and simultaneously rule over Soul Master and Soul Beast. Under their subjective control, and with the help of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, super Martial Soul Master and super Soul Beast may be born in an endless stream. In that case, it is indeed possible that in just a few hundred years, tens of thousands or even more years' worth of ecological resources could be exhausted in one go, leaving the ecosystem unable to recover on its own and causing the ecological cycle to collapse.
The above is You Chen's conjecture, and its accuracy is not guaranteed.
Martial Soul are essentially a gift from the rules of the world, so it is reasonable and easy for the rules of the world to impose restrictions for their own sake.
If we take this assumption as true, there are roughly two ways to solve the problems of Ye Lingling's family.
One method involves mating with Soul Master who possesses a bloodline Soul Martial Soul capable of suppressing the Nine Heart Begonia, thus giving birth to a Soul Master with a non- Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul Master, thereby severing the Martial Soul's lineage. The problem would then be easily solved.
Another possibility is that, considering this rule might be bestowed by the world, to fight against it, one must possess god-level power, that is, power that allows Ye Lingling to wield authority or a power similar to that.
It's not a power that can only be used like a domain. After all, that kind of power is also externally bestowed and cannot solve this kind of internal problem that is deeply embedded in the underlying rules of Martial Soul.
It sounds like a fantasy.
After all, according to You Chen's analysis, even among the gods, only a great god like Poseidon can truly wield power, rather than merely being a tool of power.
However, it is not impossible for an ordinary being to control such power.
The problem originates from the same place, and that's exactly where we should solve it.
Martial Soul.
After reaching the perfect realm, You Chen did not feel that the perfect realm was divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, as if there was no way to advance further.
However, through the system resources such as "Flash of Inspiration" and "Glimpse of Origin," coupled with the Sea God's Martial Soul knowledge and his understanding of Ye Lingling's Martial Soul, You Chen finally vaguely sensed that there was another realm beyond perfection beyond this.
If one truly reaches this realm, even Martial Soul that doesn't inherently possess a domain can still develop its Martial Soul unique domain. Regardless of the strength of such a domain, its controllability far surpasses that of a divinely bestowed domain.
Going even deeper, perhaps, means truly mastering the underlying rules of the domain.
This level should be called—the law!
Deities can comprehend the rules through their divine positions, thereby truly mastering the power of authority. The ability to use this power without Rule Authority is called the power of law.
Just as gods can comprehend the power of laws through their divine positions.
Even ordinary people can use the domain to comprehend the power of laws.
The latter is naturally far more difficult than the former, but what if this field is not a gift from heaven or a deity, but is developed step by step by controlling the original power of the Martial Soul as Martial Soul foundation?
You Chen could vaguely see a broad and wide road.
He hasn't been able to truly develop it yet, but his intuition tells him that this is definitely a unique path for Douluo Soul Master, a path that takes a different approach!
The evidence for this is You Chen's control over the domain.
Perhaps because the Sacrifice Sanctuary is Innate Domain that is born without needing to be developed, You Chen has a unique advantage in this regard.
After getting on the right track, and after trying to change the strength of his domain by manipulating the changes in the Martial Soul Origin, he vaguely felt that his control over the power of the Martial Soul Origin had improved beyond what should have been a perfect level.
In the future, it may not be unrealistic to expect to reach the level of gods simply by developing Martial Soul.
But You Chen remained calm and composed.
It's better to have multiple legs than one.
Having a direction to advance on the path of Martial Soul cultivation does not mean that he intends to abandon other aspects of his training.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that his system is now complete, and progress in any one area can drive progress in other areas.
Most notably, his understanding of the Stardust Power also deepened.
Stardust Power is the fundamental power of the Stardust Dragon Martial Soul. A better understanding and control of the Martial Soul's power will naturally lead to improvement.
In addition, he felt that his comprehension had improved further, and as a result, the growth rate of his Divine Sense had also subtly increased.
You Chen's spiritual talent has always been unparalleled, and even after his spirit was elevated to Divine Sense, it has not stopped growing.
However, having already ascended to the realm of gods, no matter how fast it progresses, it's impossible for a huge change to occur in just one or two years. Especially compared to a physical body that cultivates with Immortal Spiritual Energy, it's naturally difficult to make leaps and bounds in progress.
But this does not mean there has been no progress.
If You Chen's strongest mental power was at the mid-stage of God Officer before, then it is now at the late-stage of God Officer.
With this increase in comprehension, breaking through to the level of Third-Level God shouldn't be too far off.
This was unexpected, yet also quite reasonable.
Martial Soul Martial Soul, seemingly a product of the integration of the three elements, actually holds the most important position in the Divine Soul.
Improving one's control over Martial Soul naturally leads to improved control over one's spirit.
You Chen even vaguely sensed that the name of the fourth realm after the realms of mastery over the Martial Soul Origin, following the realms of Subtlety, Spirit Realm, and perfection, was essentially related to this.
The rules are merely the "abilities" that come with this level of understanding.
The improvement in his control over his Martial Soul indirectly gave You Chen a new understanding of Martial Soul knowledge.
During this time, he had been using Zhu Zhuqing and Amona to research the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, not so that the two of them could use the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but to explore the path and direction of his own Martial Soul Evolution.
At that moment, he suddenly had a new idea.
"Summon Ignis to come find me."
You Chen gave this order to the members of the Beast Soul Alliance at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
As You Chen continued to advance in cultivating the three elements of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and spirit in unison, while also immersing himself in the study of Martial Soul, a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, the world was constantly changing.
The first thing that must be mentioned is Bibi Dong's alliance with various forces on the Douluo Continent to invade the sea.
During the three months of preparation, the Spirit Hall had already organized an advance force to invade the sea area. However, it seemed that the Sea God Island side had received the information in advance and sent out the Sacred Pillar Douluo, who severely damaged and repelled the advance force.
In this initial test, the Spirit Hall lost one Red Robe Bishop and several Black-robed Bishop at sea.
The war then truly began.
After several months of fighting, Sea God Island has several powerful Sacred Pillar Douluo. In order to ensure that the losses of the allied forces do not increase sharply due to the difference in top combat power, they have deployed titled-level combat power on each major attack route.
However, this attack on the sea was essentially led by the Spirit Hall. Other forces in the allied forces either did not have Titled Douluo, or if they did, they would not be able to send them to this kind of battlefield.
Therefore, only the Titled Douluo from the Spirit Hall Elder Hall joined the battlefield.
Bibi Dong has a limited number of elders she can fully control. Even though she used her influence to win them over for this war, the number of titled warriors she has is still less than that of the Sea God Island side.
If it weren't for the Allied Forces' superior numbers and their ability to turn the tide by relying on their numerical advantage at the Soul Douluo and Soul Sage levels, they probably wouldn't have been able to compete with the combat power of Sea God Island at all.
However, although the overall strength of the coalition forces is superior to that of Sea God Island, their morale is more scattered and their cohesion is far inferior to that of Sea God Island, so they are still at a disadvantage overall.
To avoid demoralizing the troops, Bibi Dong had no choice but to severely injure a Sacred Pillar Douluo.
To avoid the Rakshasa Divine Power entering her brain, Bibi Dong dared not truly exert her full strength.
The "full power" here refers only to the upper limit she can exert after suppressing the Rakshasa Divine Power, which is level 98.
That's why they only severely injured the Sacred Pillar Douluo, rather than killing him.
Even so, it was enough to make Sea God Island wary.
Among the Titled Douluo in the allied forces, Chrysanthemum and Ghost joined forces to rival Super Douluo, while the Pope displayed extraordinary strength.
To avoid being caught alone, the Sacred Pillar Douluo of Sea God Island must travel in groups when they go out.
This greatly reduces the effectiveness of Sea God Island's blockade network.
Fortunately, for some reason, Bibi Dong only made one move, thus preventing further damage to the titled combat forces of Sea God Island.
Even so, the Sea God Island faction dared not gamble on Bibi Dong would make another move, so their actions naturally became more restrained.
They are waiting, waiting for the high priest, who has been missing for a long time, to finally return and regain his strength!
Yes, shortly after the war between land and sea began, Bo Saixi had already returned to Sea God Island.
Thanks to the healing efforts of You Chen and Ye Lingling, Bo Saixi's already well-preserved arms were reattached without any lasting damage.
However, her level of attainment had ultimately fallen for too long.
It took several months for him to barely recover to the level of Titled Douluo.
It will take at least one or two years to recover to the level of Super Douluo, and it will probably take at least ten years to fully recover to level 99.
Therefore, Bo Saixi did not actively attack the Spirit Hall's allied forces like the other Sacred Pillar Douluo, but instead guarded Sea God Island.
Although the Sea God Martial Soul is no more, and his faith has vanished, he has been temporarily retained as the High Priest thanks to Sea God 'Poseidon initiative to grant him access.
Therefore, Bo Saixi was still able to mobilize the divine power of the Sea God Hall.
On Sea God Island, although she was only Titled Douluo, she could still unleash strength close to that of a peak Super Douluo.
The reason she stayed here was not only to defend against the Spirit Hall Allied Forces, but also to resist the disturbances caused by the Soul Beast in the sea...
The Sea Soul Beast didn't know the specifics of the humans, but they could see one thing clearly— the Sea God High Priestess who once ruled the ocean was no longer capable!