Absolute Dominance

Yang Ming pricked up his ears when he heard that Yang Wudi was going to teach him a personal Meditation Method and listened attentively.

Yang Wudi began to explain.

"Meditation! It is a required lesson for every Soul Master who wishes to grow stronger."

"Through meditation, Soul Masters can not only accumulate Soul Power and improve their hard strength, but also better understand their own Martial Souls and improve their soft strength. This is extremely important for a Soul Master's later cultivation!"

"And a Meditation Method, as the name implies, is a method of meditation."

"Currently, the most common and basic Meditation Method on the continent is for Soul Masters to use Internal Vision to observe their own bodies and visualize their Martial Souls. The Soul Master actively encourages their Martial Soul to absorb and convert the energy of heaven and earth, thereby increasing their Soul Power. This is basically the Meditation Method taught at elementary Soul Master Academies across the continent."

"Although this Meditation Method is the foundation of all Meditation Methods under heaven, it is itself very basic and inefficient. Its greatest advantage is its versatility—regardless of what Martial Soul one possesses, one can cultivate this Meditation Method."

"But for great Soul Master families and major sects, since their members mostly possess the same Martial Soul or similar types of Martial Souls, continuing to use this general version would be far too inefficient. For better cultivation, every family developed exclusive Meditation Methods suited to the traits of their own Martial Souls. Among the current Seven Great Sects, long-established Soul Master powers like our Breaking Clan basically all use this kind!"

At this point, Yang Wudi spoke seriously to Yang Ming.

"This kind of exclusive Meditation Method is one of every Soul Master family's most important foundations. Although members of other families may not achieve good results cultivating it, the leakage of an exclusive Meditation Method would allow enemies to understand the routes through which one's Soul Power circulates. That is extremely dangerous. So remember: you must never reveal our clan's Meditation Method to outsiders, nor investigate the Meditation Methods of other families. This is an untouchable taboo in the Soul Master World!"

Hearing the gravity in his Grandfather's voice, Yang Ming understood the importance of the matter and responded with a serious look on his handsome little face.

"I understand, Grandfather!"

Seeing his grandson's adorable expression, Yang Wudi could not quite maintain his stern face. He smiled slightly and continued teaching.

"Mm!"

"And the key to our Breaking Clan's Breaking Soul Meditation Method lies in this."

Yang Wudi then spent an hour teaching Yang Ming every detail of the Meditation Method and all the possible problems he might encounter. Yang Ming also absorbed and digested every point well. Once Yang Wudi saw that Yang Ming understood all the details and key points of circulating his power, he had Yang Ming begin meditating and cultivating while he stood guard at the side.

Yang Ming calmed his mind and used Internal Vision to examine his Martial Soul. He saw the transparent, ethereal Atlas Spear floating within blazing white flames. Through his Martial Soul, Yang Ming also saw the ever-present energy between heaven and earth. Countless points of starlight shimmered like a dream, illusory and beautiful. Yet Yang Ming, seeing it for the first time, felt nothing much about it. Those little lights are so pretty, but the Martial Soul should just swallow them. He immediately followed the Breaking Soul Meditation Method Yang Wudi had taught him, urging the Atlas Spear to absorb the energy of heaven and earth and cultivate Soul Power.

However, as soon as he began cultivating, Yang Ming felt that something was wrong. It was not that he could not cultivate Soul Power, nor was there anything wrong with the Soul Power he cultivated. After circulating the Breaking Soul Meditation Method, everything was exactly as Yang Wudi had described, so Yang Ming felt that he should not have made a mistake. Yet his instincts told him that they were deeply unsuited to this Meditation Method, that this was not the Meditation Method he should be using.

Following his instincts, much like when he wielded a spear, Yang Ming ran a very strange Meditation Method according to his own natural habits. Not only was the route of his Soul Power circulation unusual, but after completing it, Yang Ming felt his blood and vitality boil, leaving him full of spirit. Although his Soul Power grew much more slowly, its quality was clearly higher than the Soul Power cultivated through the Breaking Soul Meditation Method.

Meanwhile, outside.

Seeing that the aura of Yang Ming's Soul Power perfectly matched the Breaking Soul Meditation Method—breaking through all things, invincible against all obstacles—Yang Wudi nodded in satisfaction. As expected of my grandson, Yang Wudi's grandson. His comprehension is truly outstanding. He did it so perfectly on his first attempt. But the good times did not last. Yang Wudi soon sensed the aura of Yang Ming's Soul Power changing. It became more vast and grand, more tyrannical and majestic, giving people the feeling of Absolute Dominance!!!

Yang Wudi was startled. He had never imagined that Yang Ming would alter the Meditation Method on his first meditation session. That was an extremely dangerous act. One careless mistake could ruin his entire Soul Master career. But in order not to disturb Yang Ming, Yang Wudi could only wait anxiously.

Just as Yang Wudi was growing impatient and was about to forcibly interrupt him, Yang Ming stopped circulating the Meditation Method and opened his eyes. His heroic brows furrowed slightly as he began to think about the reason.

Seeing that something was wrong with his grandson's expression, Yang Wudi did not even have time to reprimand him. With an anxious look and urgent tone, he asked,

"Ming Er, are you alright?"

As he spoke, he ran his hands all over Yang Ming, checking whether he had been injured anywhere.

Seeing his Grandfather Yang Wudi's reaction, Yang Ming snapped out of his thoughts and replied somewhat puzzledly,

"Grandfather, what are you doing? I'm fine!"

Seeing that Yang Ming was indeed unharmed, Yang Wudi's anger surged up at once, and he began lecturing him.

"Yang Ming!!! Who told you to alter the Meditation Method on your own? Are you tired of living?!!"

"Or do you want this old man to experience once more the pain of watching the white-haired send off the black-haired?!!!"

Seeing his Grandfather so furious that he had even called him by his full name, Yang Ming realized that he had acted rashly. Feeling guilty, he hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Grandfather, I was wrong!"

Yang Wudi saw Yang Ming lower his eyes, furrow his brows slightly, and pull down the corners of his mouth. His face was indeed filled with sincere remorse and regret, so the anger in Yang Wudi's heart faded somewhat. With a sigh, he began to earnestly advise Yang Ming.

"Sigh!"

"Ming Er, your talent is extraordinarily high. There is no need to rush for the moment. Grandfather does not worry about your future achievements, but Grandfather hopes that you will take good care of yourself!"

"Alright?"

Yang Ming raised his head and saw fear lingering on Yang Wudi's resolute face, along with a pleading expression. His heart felt heavy, and he found himself unable to say anything. He could only nod heavily.

Seeing Yang Ming nod, Yang Wudi said no more and began asking why he had changed the Meditation Method's circulation route.

"Why did you change the Meditation Method's route? Did you discover some problem?"

Yang Ming honestly told his Grandfather everything he had realized earlier.

"It happened like this..."

After hearing Yang Ming's account and sensing the higher-quality Soul Power, Yang Wudi still could not accept the fact that Yang Ming had created a more powerful Meditation Method!

Was such a thing really possible? Was a Meditation Method something one could simply feel out for oneself?!! But the facts were right before him. He had no choice but to believe it.

Yang Wudi had originally wanted to try Yang Ming's new Meditation Method as well, but he discovered that he could not do it. Even knowing the route of the Soul Power circulation, he was unable to operate it. Seeing this, Yang Wudi could only sigh inwardly. The gap between people really could sometimes be greater than the gap between humans and Soul Beasts. Was he not even qualified to learn it?!!

But this was normal. "Absolute Dominance" had originally been a self-created combat technique that fused Spiritual Power and physical attacks, created ten thousand years later by Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo, a generation of Limit Douluo from Shrek Academy. By Yang Ming's era, after ten thousand years of refinement and summarization by successive Sea God Pavilion Masters, it had long since become a complete cultivation system. It not only contained methods for the fused use of blood and vitality, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power, but also methods for improving and cultivating all three.

If this top-tier secret technique had any flaw, it was probably that it was far too difficult! After all, those who could become Sea God Pavilion Masters of Shrek Academy were super geniuses among the super geniuses of the Soul Master World. One could not expect such people to understand the ordinary.

Helpless, Yang Wudi could only let Yang Ming practice it himself, reminding him to be careful not to hurt himself.

P.S. The benefits brought by the instinct cheat would only extend to Spear Art, spirit ring planning for spear-type Martial Souls, and the basic Absolute Dominance. As for his other abilities, they would recover later as his memories were unsealed, during the early stages.