Volume One

"Fourteenth Chapter of Volume One: From Beginner to Burial." "Eighteenth place: the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul, an exceptionally powerful support-type martial soul. Only one inheritor can exist in each generation, and no more than two Nine-Heart Begonia soul masters may be alive at the same time. Only after one dies can another possibly appear among their descendants. It can be said to be the rarest martial soul in existence." Beast martial souls combined the human body with the martial soul, adding the beast's power to oneself to achieve unity between human and soul. This was known as Martial Soul Possession. Furthermore, when a soul master absorbed a soul ring, their will had to be sufficiently resilient. Otherwise, if they could not withstand the soul ring's power, they would explode and die. "If I finish all these books, I'll probably go straight from beginner to burial," Su Xing muttered. Tool martial souls were different. Most tool martial souls functioned away from the body, and their supportive qualities generally exceeded those of beast martial souls. There were also some martial souls that could be used as food. Any food-type martial soul could be eaten. Soul Power could be understood as a form of energy; when living beings ate, they were absorbing energy. Secondly, soul beasts were extremely proud. They would not allow themselves to be captured. Once severely injured, they often prevented soul masters from absorbing their soul rings by self-destructing. "Not bad. I've finished the basic introduction to martial souls, so next I'll look at books about martial soul cultivation." Su Xing continued reading. Seeing this, Su Xing licked his cracked lips and thought, My sickle is a tool martial soul with decent offensive power. I should probably develop toward the combat type. After returning to the single dormitory prepared by the academy, Su Xing rested briefly before beginning his meditation training. "Sixth place: the Seven-Kill Sword martial soul. One of the rare top-tier tool martial souls capable of contending with the Clear Sky Hammer. The Seven-Kill Sword is four chi and three cun long, around three cun wide, with a hilt one chi and two cun long. It can be said to be one of the martial souls with the strongest offensive power." Soul beasts' ages were mainly identified by observing the color of their Soul Power when they attacked. The color of a soul beast's attacks was identical to the color of its soul ring: ten-year soul beasts were white, hundred-year ones yellow, thousand-year ones purple, and so on. "Four hundred seventy-third place: the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, a typical trash martial soul. Its possessors almost had no Soul Power, could not cultivate their martial souls, and could not become soul masters." ... Publisher: Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy Press. "Nineteenth place: the Golden Crocodile King martial soul, an exceptionally powerful beast martial soul. Its defensive power could be called the strongest on Douluo Continent. Legend said it could withstand attacks from the strongest tool martial souls." Editor-in-chief: Yu Xiaogang. After finishing Detailed Explanation of Douluo Continent Martial Souls, Su Xing let out a long breath and closed the book. Although Su Xing had yet to obtain a soul ring, meditation training could not raise his Soul Power Level for now, but it could accumulate Soul Power for him. Once he obtained a soul ring, his Soul Power Level would be able to rise in a short period of time... Every soul master had a different direction of development, such as food, scouting, combat, healing, control, and support. "Fifth place: the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, evolved from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. It was undoubtedly the strongest support martial soul and existed only in the legends of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect." Su Xing opened Detailed Explanation of Douluo Continent Martial Souls and flipped through it casually. Soul rings could not only enhance a soul master's attributes, but also grant special skills. For example, if one obtained a compatible ten-year soul ring, the unique attribute of one's martial soul would increase by ten. If it was a hundred-year soul ring, that unique attribute would increase by one hundred. Only after determining a martial soul's development direction could one avoid conflicts between the martial soul and soul rings during the process of obtaining soul rings in the future. There was also a copy of Peerless Martial Soul Record, forgotten in a dusty corner. With that, Su Xing opened Basics of Martial Soul Cultivation: Although absorbing soul rings could increase a soul master's strength, the requirements for attaching soul rings were extremely demanding. First, after a soul beast died, its soul ring existed for only a very short time, and the soul ring it produced could only be absorbed by the soul master who killed it. "Second place: the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul. As the origin of the dragon clan, it possessed powerful light energy and naturally restrained all evil. Possessors of the Golden Sacred Dragon martial soul were certain to be born with full innate Soul Power. It once appeared on Douluo Continent, but had now been lost." Under normal circumstances, the skills granted by a hundred-year soul ring far surpassed those granted by a ten-year soul ring. "Two hundred twelfth place: the Residual Dream martial soul. This martial soul was extremely rare and terrifying. It belonged to the spiritual category and could weave nightmares for people, causing them to die miserably within their own dreams." At the end, Su Xing discovered that this book had actually been compiled by the Grandmaster, leaving him somewhat amused and helpless. "Fourth place: the Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, the direct-line martial soul of the Clear Sky Sect. It bore the title of the world's number one tool martial soul and was renowned for its immense strength and explosive force. It was the nemesis of all power-attack martial souls." ... Looking at the stacks of books in his hands, Su Xing vaguely recalled his study life during his senior year of high school in his previous life. That had been a passionate time that also made one lose their hair. They corresponded to the five soul ring colors of white, yellow, purple, black, and red. The longer a soul beast cultivated, the stronger it became, and the better the effects of the soul ring it produced. They were, respectively, ten-year soul beasts, hundred-year soul beasts, thousand-year soul beasts, ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. "First place: the Six-Winged Angel martial soul, the inherited martial soul of the Qian Family of Spirit Hall. It was the martial soul closest to godhood on Douluo Continent, the representative of the Angel God—noble, sacred, and inviolable. Those with the Six-Winged Angel martial soul were born with innate Soul Power at level twenty." Detailed Explanation of Douluo Continent Martial Souls, Douluo Continent Soul Beast Identification Manual, Basics of Martial Soul Cultivation, How Soul Masters Should Hunt Soul Beasts, Five Thousand Years of Douluo Continent, Self-Cultivation of a Soul Master, Beauty Appreciation Manual, How to Become a Sea King... "Two hundred thirteenth place: the Lone Wolf martial soul, a typical beast martial soul that possessed the icy attribute of wolf martial souls." "Twentieth place: the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul. The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was a neutral immortal herb. Consuming it could circulate energy through the limbs and blood through the eight meridians, forging an indestructible body. It was among the finest plant-type martial souls." However, although hundred-year and nine-hundred-year soul rings had the same color, the difference in their added attributes was enormous. Under normal circumstances, the limit the first soul ring could withstand should be four hundred twenty-three years, while the second soul ring... Soul beasts, on the other hand, were generally divided into five ranks according to their age. "Third place: the Sea God martial soul, a god-tier martial soul on par with the Angel God. Its image was the Sea God wielding the Seagod Trident. Soul masters with the Sea God martial soul could easily command the power of the sea and were nearly invincible within it." ... "Huff..." The rankings above were in no particular order. After storing the books in his Soul Tool, Su Xing jogged back to his dormitory and began studying them earnestly. "Two hundred fourteenth place: the Thunder Eagle martial soul, an avian beast martial soul renowned among soul masters for its extraordinary speed and powerful explosive force." Martial souls were divided into two major categories: beast martial souls and tool martial souls. After finishing his meditation training, Su Xing first went to the school cafeteria for a simple meal, then headed to Nuoding Academy's library to borrow several books on martial soul cultivation.