Self-Created Soul Ring

In Gu Ziyi's view, Self-Created Soul Rings were not suitable for every soul master.

It had been right for Self-Created Soul Rings to be phased out in ancient times, because soul masters of that era placed greater importance on evolving their Martial Souls.

So even now, Self-Created Soul Rings were not suitable for all soul masters.

The Martial Soul quality of many soul masters was still too low. For them, Self-Created Soul Rings were not a particularly good choice.

Their innate talent was already poor, and they could barely raise their Soul Power Level through cultivation. If they also chose to create their own Soul Rings, they would only waste even more time.

More importantly, Self-Created Soul Rings could not evolve a Martial Soul. A low-quality Martial Soul might not even produce a soul skill through a Self-Created Soul Ring.

That soul master would be completely crippled! They could only become a soul master with Soul Power cultivation but virtually no combat ability.

Self-Created Soul Rings were most suitable for soul masters with top-quality Martial Souls.

Soul masters with Top Martial Souls would not lack cultivation talent. Their Self-Created Soul Rings could also produce soul skills. Though their early progress might not be as fast as those who gained rings by hunting soul beasts, the soul skills born from Self-Created Soul Rings suited them best, consumed less power, and offered greater control.

In the long run, they could continuously upgrade their Self-Created Soul Rings in the later stages, making them only stronger than soul beast Soul Rings.

Of course, Self-Created Soul Rings were not without drawbacks. The drawback was that one had to upgrade them personally.

This meant that besides cultivating their Soul Power Level, soul masters also had to cultivate their Soul Rings, which would consume even more time.

Hunting soul beasts, on the other hand, did not require that extra time and allowed one to grow stronger more quickly.

It depended on the soul master's own choice.

Moreover, soul masters with low-quality Martial Souls were not completely unable to choose Self-Created Soul Rings. For example, even if someone with Innate Soul Power Level 1 expended countless resources and cultivated as diligently as possible, they would still be stuck at Level 29, unable to break through.

If they chose a Self-Created Soul Ring instead, they could give up on soul skills and become a soul master with only Soul Power cultivation. After reaching Level 29, they could still make one final effort to upgrade their Self-Created Soul Ring.

The Soul Power contained within a Soul Ring could raise a soul master's level, though not proportionally.

Otherwise, there would be no difference between a soul master with a Hundred-Year Soul Ring and one with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. Their total amount of Soul Power would be the same.

However, part of the Soul Power within a Soul Ring would still feed back into the soul master and convert into Soul Power Levels.

Therefore, a soul master with Innate Soul Power Level 1 could absolutely try using this method to break through the Level 30 bottleneck. Then, for their Third Soul Ring, they could absorb a thousand-year-quality soul beast Soul Ring and achieve a better effect in evolving their Martial Soul.

In short, Self-Created Soul Rings were useful to every soul master. It all came down to how they weighed the trade-offs.

Besides, it would not be good if every soul master used Self-Created Soul Rings. That would lead to an overabundance of soul beasts, which would not benefit humanity's control over the continent.

But the emergence of Self-Created Soul Rings was absolutely necessary. Otherwise, as the era progressed, powerful soul beasts would only grow scarcer and scarcer. Eventually, high-level soul masters might find themselves unable to obtain high-quality soul beast Soul Rings.

Gu Ziyi had not read the later installments of Douluo Continent, but he had heard that soul beast Soul Rings really did seem to become insufficient in the later parts, leading to the development of other substitutes.

That was also a path forward.

But if one could create Soul Rings oneself, why keep searching for substitutes? Gu Ziyi felt that Self-Created Soul Rings might be the right path.

Other than the fact that substitutes for Soul Rings would appear in the future, Gu Ziyi explained everything else.

Gu Ziyi did not suggest what Spirit Hall should choose. He merely analyzed the situation surrounding Self-Created Soul Rings. As for the final choice, and whether Self-Created Soul Rings should be promoted, those were matters for Qian Daoliu and the others to consider.

If they chose to conceal it and treat Self-Created Soul Rings as a secret of Spirit Hall, using them only within Spirit Hall, Gu Ziyi had no objections either.

"Everything you analyzed is correct. Spirit Hall cannot make a rash decision for the time being. We need to study it carefully first!"

"Furthermore, Xiao Yi, your analysis is based on the premise that low-quality Martial Souls cannot produce soul skills through Self-Created Soul Rings. If all low-quality Martial Souls could produce soul skills like yours, then things would be different..."

"The same goes for high-quality Martial Souls. If high-quality Martial Souls also could not produce soul skills through Self-Created Soul Rings, then the situation would become even more complicated. We would need to carefully study the connection involved!"

"And you mentioned that absorbing soul beast Soul Rings might hinder the upgrading of Self-Created Soul Rings. That is also uncertain. We will only know after conducting experiments..."

After hearing Gu Ziyi's analysis, Qian Daoliu quickly gained a clearer understanding of Self-Created Soul Rings. At the same time, he pointed out the uncertainties in Gu Ziyi's analysis.

"Yes, Grand Elder!"

"We can only reach a final conclusion after testing all of this!"

Gu Ziyi was slightly taken aback before acknowledging it.

He had been planning to continue with those points, but Qian Daoliu had brought them up before he could.

"Indeed, we can only draw conclusions after conducting experiments!"

"Pope, you will arrange these experiments. Remember to maintain secrecy!"

"These matters are not suitable for public disclosure yet!"

Qian Daoliu nodded with a smile, then gave Qian Xunji his instructions.

Since Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong were present, Qian Daoliu did not call Qian Xunji by his childhood name and addressed him directly as Pope.

"Yes, Father!"

Qian Xunji promptly agreed.

"Dong'er, don't think about creating your own Soul Ring for now!"

"Don't end up condensing a low-quality Soul Ring. Not only would it lack a soul skill, but you might also be unable to upgrade your Self-Created Soul Ring afterward. That would be troublesome!"

After agreeing, Qian Xunji immediately turned to warn Bibi Dong.

He had seen the eagerness in Bibi Dong's eyes after she learned about Self-Created Soul Rings!

"Ah... I see!"

Bibi Dong pouted in disappointment. She had genuinely been thinking of trying it when she obtained her Fourth Soul Ring, and perhaps helping her Junior Brother verify it along the way.

Whether having soul beast soul rings meant that, even if she successfully created a Self-Created Soul Ring, she still would not be able to raise its quality.

"Your teacher is absolutely right. Your talent is exceptional, so you must not act recklessly!"

Seeing Bibi Dong's expression, Qian Daoliu also spoke up to warn her.

"Yes, Grand Elder!"

Since even Qian Daoliu had said so, Bibi Dong no longer dared to be playful and quickly agreed.

"Xiao Yi, do you know about the Self-Created Soul Skills of the Clear Sky Sect?"

After seeing that Bibi Dong understood, Qian Daoliu did not continue lecturing her. Instead, he turned to ask Gu Ziyi about the Clear Sky Sect.

For some reason, after hearing Gu Ziyi say that the soul skills born from Self-Created Soul Rings would be highly compatible with the martial soul itself, he had thought of Tang Chen's Self-Created Soul Skills.

Especially the Clear Sky Nine Perfections—anyone whose martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer could use them.

Even though he knew full well that Tang Chen's soul rings could not possibly have been Self-Created Soul Rings, Qian Daoliu still felt as though there was some kind of connection.