Xiao Wu understood what Gu You really meant, but she could not bring herself to say that word, so she used "disappear" instead.
"Exactly. The final fate of Soul Beasts was decided long ago. As long as humans and Soul Masters still existed, they would inevitably reach that endpoint."
This was not a problem that could be solved by Huo Yuhao appearing or creating the Soul Spirit method. Soul Spirits were fundamentally still Soul Beasts. They merely changed the number of Soul Rings a single Soul Beast could provide from one fixed Ring to several Rings provided simultaneously according to the Soul Beast's cultivation and strength.
The emergence of Soul Spirits had even made the living environment of Soul Beasts worse. A Soul Spirit made from a powerful Soul Beast could provide several powerful Soul Skills. These Soul Skills increased a Soul Master's strength, making it easier for them to hunt powerful Soul Beasts.
The emergence of Soul Spirits had put the average effectiveness of Soul Master Soul Skills on the fast track. In a mere ten thousand years, the strength of Soul Skills had improved far more than it had during the long period after the Soul Master profession first appeared.
During the Douluo I period of the original story, Tang San's Soul Skills were still merely Entangle, Parasite, and Spiderweb Binding. By Douluo II, they had become Simulation and Group Weakening.
But once Soul Spirits appeared, Tang Wulin's Soul Skills ten thousand years later were still Entangle for his First Soul Skill, but his Second Soul Skill was Blue Silver Thorn Formation, his Third Soul Skill was Blue Silver Golden Light Formation, and his Fourth Soul Skill was Blue Silver Overlord Transformation. Aside from having "Blue Silver" in their names, they truly had little to do with Blue