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"My Second Soul Skill was Berserk. It could increase all attributes by 200% across the board. Its duration depended on the battle and would end once my Soul Power was depleted, after which I'd fall into a weakened state."

"Could it stack?" Zhu Jiuyang asked.

"It could. If other enhancement-type Soul Skills were used first, then Berserk was activated afterward, it could stack with those enhancements," Su Ming said with certainty.

Hiss—

Zhu Jiuyang sucked in a cold breath.

That question had actually been somewhat unnecessary. Berserk-type Soul Skills generally amplified the state a Soul Master was already in when activating the skill.

With its ability to stack, Su Ming's Berserk enhancement was simply absurd.

A 200% increase!

In other words, if Su Ming used his First Soul Skill to enter Vajra Body, enhanced himself with Dark Gold Power, and then entered a Berserk state, both his strength and defense would increase by more than tenfold.

Of course, using both Soul Skills at once would drain Su Ming tremendously. The Dark Gold Power enhanced by his First Soul Skill would likely be burned up by Berserk as well, exhausting his Soul Power within minutes.

That was the nature of Berserk-type Soul Skills.

Because they burned all power, every enhancement already obtained could be amplified once again.

"There was definitely something unusual about your Body Martial Soul. The values of two consecutive Soul Skills were ridiculously high."

If those values had been given to another Martial Soul, such as a top-tier beast Martial Soul, it could probably fight above its rank with ease. A Soul Grandmaster fighting a Soul Elder would be no problem.

The Main Body was somewhat fragile. That was the only weakness of Su Ming's current Martial Soul.

Yet even so, the strength of his Body Martial Soul, combined with the values of these two Soul Skills, could still surpass those top-tier beast Martial Souls.

Su Ming said, "Teacher, it wasn't that there was something unusual about the Body Martial Soul. It was the effects of absorbing a Soul Ring beyond my level."

Was the effect of a Thousand-Year Soul Ring really that amazing?

No!

What was powerful was having a Thousand-Year Soul Ring in the position of the Second Soul Ring.

"With the same Soul Spirit, still this Dark Gold Bear, if I absorbed it at Level 30, I would still obtain the Berserk Soul Skill. But I estimate its value would drop to at least 150%, perhaps even just 100%."

Su Ming's First Soul Skill had also come from absorbing beyond his level, which was why its effect was so astonishing.

After thinking it over carefully, Zhu Jiuyang felt that Su Ming made sense.

"As your teacher, I can no longer absorb beyond my level, but Little Gold still has a chance."

Duan Jin was only a Soul Elder. It was certainly impossible for his Fourth Soul Ring to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring beyond his level, but starting preparations now could still improve his chances considerably.

"Teacher, I only used Thousand-Year Whale Rubber. We haven't tried Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber yet, and its effect should be even better. Before anyone else discovers the use of Whale Rubber, we need to act first and get our hands on as much of it as possible."

Zhu Jiuyang nodded, approving Su Ming's suggestion.

"I have tried Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber once as well. A whole piece could probably improve one's physical constitution by a thousand years. That was a one-time effect. If it was paired with other ingredients rich in energy as a dietary supplement and digested over the course of a year, the effect could increase by another twenty to thirty percent at least."

That, combined with Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, would amount to an improvement of sixteen hundred years.

The limit for an ordinary Soul Master's Fourth Soul Ring was around five thousand years. An increase of sixteen hundred years was extremely significant.

With the successful absorption of a Second Soul Ring beyond his level and no mishaps in the Soul Spirit conversion, Su Ming was naturally satisfied.

However, the news from his Dou Er self soon made his heart sink.

Dou Er.

Body Sect.

After Su Ming joined the Body Sect and gained an initial understanding of the sect's cultivation rhythm, he adapted quickly.

The sect's restrictions on its disciples were not particularly strict. As far as he knew, most disciples cultivated alone across the continent except during special periods.

He only remained at the Body Sect's inherited mountain gate on Snow Demon Mountain in the Heaven Dou Empire because he had much to learn.

At the same time his Dou Yi self completed the Soul Spirit conversion, Su Ming of Dou Er could not resist attempting Spiritual Forging.

"If I created the first Soul Spirit ten thousand years ago, and it truly could affect the future, then over these ten thousand years, the laws related to spirituality should have changed as well."

He activated his forging station and began hammering intensely.

Of the three versions of himself, he found Forging the most strenuous.

With every strike, he gave it his all. The Forging Hammer in his hand was steadier than ever, each blow landing on the most precise point. Crisp and heavy rings echoed in turns, even dispersing the scorching heat from the raging flames within the forging station.

Soul Power flowed into the Forging Hammer, which was a Soul Tool.

His Soul Power seeped through the hammer's surface into the metal, communicating with it again and again, trying to receive a response from the Spirituality within.

Yet as blow after blow fell, an empty feeling gradually swept through his heart.

Su Ming did not give up. He repeated the process over and over until his strength was exhausted, but he was ultimately forced to face reality.

He stopped Forging, looked at the Sinking Silver before him that had been tempered to its limit, and sighed.

"My Dou Yi self has undeniably made a change and created Soul Spirits, yet it has not affected the present. Could it be that the Butterfly Effect does not apply either? Does my Dou Yi self need to actively promote Soul Spirits and allow them to grow before the laws of the Douluo Plane can be affected?"

Su Ming fell into deep thought.

"Or was Electrolux's death necessary? Was his death the finest sacrifice for the evolution of the laws?"

"Or perhaps Tang Hao was also an indispensable link?"

Dou San.

"Xiao Ming, pack up. Get ready to go to Heaven Dou City with me." Zhang Tianyang interrupted Su Ming's cultivation and brought him good news.

"Heaven Dou City?" Su Ming's eyes lit up. "Teacher, did you get in touch with the Divine Blacksmith?"

"More or less. I found a senior from Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. With that senior's recommendation, we have essentially made an appointment with the Divine Blacksmith."

Su Ming did not hesitate and immediately began packing.

Previously, he had not been in a hurry. But after his Dou Yi self failed to change history, all three versions of him desperately wanted to discover the reason and find a solution to the issue of spirituality as quickly as possible.

Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua was clearly the person who could give him that answer fastest.

Heaven Dou City.

A crimson Mecha streaked through the air like a flaming meteor, leaving a dazzling trail of fire behind it.

The Mecha landed on the rooftop of the Spirit Pagoda in Heaven Dou City.

The hatch on the Mecha's chest opened, and Zhang Tianyang and Su Ming jumped out of the main and secondary cockpits one after another.

An elderly man was already waiting on the Rooftop.

The moment Su Ming saw him, his mind roared. It felt as though he were facing an Abyss, as if the boundless Spiritual Power before him could drown him with a single wave.

"Oh? Your Spiritual Power has actually reached the Spirit Sea Realm?"

"I was fortunate enough to break through," Su Ming replied respectfully.

Zhang Tianyang reminded Su Ming, "This is the honorary Tower Master of our Spirit Pagoda, the continent's number one Illusion Master, Han Tianyi. This time, we must rely on Old Han's connections with the Body Sect to persuade the Divine Blacksmith to accept you."

"Thank you, Old Han."

Su Ming was astonished inwardly.

Of course he knew Han Tianyi. He was a Limit Douluo of the Spirit Pagoda, and his Martial Soul was his brain. Yet Su Ming had not known that Han Tianyi belonged to the Body Sect.

"Mhm. Most people of the Body Sect are Blacksmiths. There are even two Saint Craftsmen among them, so they still carry some weight in the Blacksmith Association."

Although Han Tianyi's explanation was simple, it stirred towering waves in Su Ming's heart.

Something was wrong!

Hadn't the Body Sect declined until only a scattered handful remained?

Han Tianyi should not even count as a member of the Body Sect.

Su Ming's heart began pounding violently.

He thought of a possibility.