Spirit City.
Bibi Dong was cultivating in seclusion.
There was no substantive conflict between Spirit Hall and the Blacksmith Association.
Because of Su Ming's strength, even though Bibi Dong remained fixated on the Soul Annihilation Operation, she had no choice but to restrain herself.
As for Spirit Hall's plan to unify the continent, that too had to be shelved for the time being.
There was no helping it. The key to that plan's success had always been Spirit Hall's absolute strength.
If its strength could no longer overwhelm everyone else, how could it unify the continent?
With all her plans forced to a halt, Bibi Dong could only find ways to improve herself.
If her strength was insufficient, she would raise it until it was sufficient.
The rise of the forging system meant a great deal to her, especially spiritual forging and soul forging. Even if they could not effectively boost her combat power, they could still significantly improve her ability to withstand soul rings.
She could first fuse with battle armor, then absorb a soul ring. At that point, even if the battle armor was gone, the soul ring would already have been absorbed and would not place too much strain on the Soul Master, because the benefits from absorbing it would be enough to make up for that deficiency in physical strength.
This was essentially using something first and paying later, and it was the key to how most powerful figures in Dou San could obtain soul rings beyond the optimal configuration.
The many problems caused by the limits of spiritual power capacity in Dou San would all be alleviated once a Soul Master became a Two-word Battle Armor Master.
Those whose early soul spirits were weak could go to the Spirit Ascension Platform to strengthen them.
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