Spirit Hall's Brand New Theory Shocks Douluo Continent

While Xiao Lin and Tang San trained as usual, Spirit Hall published Xiao Lin's thesis in Spirit News.

For a time, common knowledge throughout the Soul Master world of Douluo Continent was overturned.

"Hey, hey, hey, did you read today's Spirit News?"

"That author named Xiao Yan said our Soul Power gets absorbed by our martial souls, then converted into the martial souls' Soul Power and fed back to us Soul Masters."

"Especially after absorbing soul rings, the effect becomes even greater. He suggests we shouldn't absorb too many Poison Attribute Soul Rings."

"Exactly, exactly! I was wondering why I'd been getting more and more worked up lately. So it was my martial soul's fault?"

"Heh, shameless."

"You can't control your lower half, yet you're blaming your martial soul?"

"Anyway, that author Xiao Yan is telling us to absorb purer soul rings, right? Not ones that are too mixed?"

Inside Heaven Dou City, several low-level Soul Masters chatted excitedly in a tavern.

Although the new thesis would not affect them for the time being, they would eventually break through and absorb new soul rings.

Besides, since martial souls and soul rings converted their own Soul Power, as long as they conducted enough experiments, they could, like Su Yuntao, improve their Combat Power to some extent.

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Within a massive azure jade main tower, Ning Fengzhi stared at the Spirit News in his hand for a long while without speaking.

"Fengzhi, this fellow called Xiao Yan is quite interesting."

Sword Dao Chenxin chuckled.

At the level of Titled Douluo, they had long known that martial souls affected a Soul Master's Soul Power. It was not a secret to them at all.

But judging by the examples used by the author Xiao Yan, one had a Blue Silver Grass martial soul, while the other had some sort of unknown wolf martial soul.

Neither looked particularly powerful, which meant Xiao Yan himself was probably not very strong either.

He had essentially completed this theory entirely through the various books he had read and a little research.

Still, someone who could find an argument in biographies—even biographies that could practically be called jokes—was no simple person.

"This fellow is indeed interesting. He seems to be exceptionally skilled in theoretical research. Perhaps he might even find a theory for Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to advance."

Gu Rong stroked his beard and gave an even higher appraisal.

On Douluo Continent, a place where almost no one thought, someone had actually published a new theory.

Such a change was no less significant than discovering a New Continent.

Now, Gu Rong only hoped that the author called Xiao Yan would continue publishing new theories—the more, the better.

He just hoped Xiao Yan would not be like a certain Grandmaster, who published one useless Spirit Ten Core Competitiveness Theory and then failed to update it for decades.

"Uncle Gu, Sword Uncle, for Xiao Yan to discover the advantages of Blue Silver Grass from such a trash martial soul, he must be someone skilled at observation."

"I think it would be best to invite him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect."

Ning Fengzhi saw matters very clearly. In fact, the moment he received this copy of Spirit News, he had already sent spies out to search for the author called Xiao Yan.

Heaven Dou Royal Family.

Xue Qinghe looked at the Spirit News in his hand, a faint curve rising at the corner of his lips.

"Interesting. That person has made another move?"

Xue Qinghe—no, it should have been Qian Renxue.

She had served as Crown Prince for a long time and had helped Xue Ye handle quite a few state affairs, so she naturally understood the value of this issue of Spirit News.

Over the coming years, decades, or even centuries, once all Soul Masters learned that the Soul Power of martial souls and soul rings could affect them, they would choose their soul rings more cautiously.

Then, cases of martial souls and soul rings causing backlash on this continent would become fewer and fewer.

That would make the Soul Masters deeply grateful to Spirit Hall.

And in Qian Renxue's eyes, that meant Bibi Dong was preparing to begin the next stage of her plan.

"Senior Pufferfish, please help me investigate this in secret."

As soon as Qian Renxue spoke, faint ripples inexplicably passed through an inconspicuous patch of shadow.

The next second, it was as though nothing had happened.

"What? Xin'er, I was the one who harmed you?"

In a residence near the Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Dugu Bo wore an expression of utter disbelief. Clutching his head with both hands, he tore out strands of his long green hair in grief and fury.

The copy of Spirit News on the ground had long since been shredded to pieces.

No matter what, Dugu Bo could not believe that he had been the one who caused the death of his own son, Dugu Xin.

It was laughable. Dugu Bo's poison arts were unmatched in the world, and among all Titled Douluo, he excelled most at group attacks. Yet he had never considered this possibility.

He had absorbed too many Poison Attribute Soul Rings, and his soul power had long since taken on poisonous attributes.

Now, not only was he constantly afflicted by deadly poison, but it also flared up whenever the weather turned rainy...

According to the contents of Spirit News, it was because both his body and soul power had developed poisonous attributes, which were then passed down to Xin'er.

Because his poison was incomparably powerful, the poison within Xin'er was also exceptionally terrifying.

And yet, he had chosen the method of Fight Poison with Poison, hoping to cure Dugu Xin.

What he had not expected was that he could endure the deadly poison only because he had broken through to become a Titled Douluo.

Dugu Xin, however, had not even become a Soul Saint, so he had died young.

According to Spirit News's theory, Dugu Yan had inherited less Soul Poison precisely because the poison in Dugu Xin's body had been weaker than Dugu Bo's.

That was also why Dugu Yan could still become a soul master and was even far more energetic than Dugu Xin had been.

However, he was now unable to cure the Soul Poison within Dugu Yan as well.

He could only stop Yan Yan from absorbing Poison Attribute Soul Rings.

But if that happened, Yan Yan's spirit would no longer have any use.

Dugu Bo believed that if he did not allow Yan Yan to absorb Poison Attribute Soul Rings, she would definitely come to hate him.

What if he tried Poison Attribute Soul Rings that could detoxify? At the very least, they might make Yan Yan feel better.

Dugu Bo was incomparably conflicted. He had clearly found a cure that could ease Yan Yan's suffering, yet he could not use it.

Yan Yan's body was in pain, but his heart hurt even more.

"No, no, no! I refuse to accept this!"

Dugu Bo snatched up the Spirit News that he had torn to pieces and, like a madman, began searching for information on its author.

"Xiao Yan, and that mentor Lin Dong."

"I will definitely find you."

Dugu Bo swore silently.

"Blue Silver Grass—the trash among Trash Spirits. If it can be cultivated, its Innate Soul Power must be at least rank two. If its rank is too low, no one could cultivate any Vitality from it."

"I only need to find a soul master with a Blue Silver Grass spirit."

Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy.

Inside a separate office.

Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was reading a copy of Spirit News in his hand.

However, Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang's expression was extremely unpleasant.

His eyes were bloodshot, and the veins on the back of the hand gripping Spirit News bulged as he crumpled the thin newspaper.

"Damn it, damn it! Who was it?"

Yu Xiaogang's face was terrifyingly dark. Others might not know—or perhaps might not be able to tell—who the person mentioned in Spirit News, whose spirit mutation had made it worse, was.

But when Yu Xiaogang read this Spirit News, it felt as though someone were pointing at his nose and cursing him.

It was as though they were openly mocking him to his face. Yu Xiaogang did not even dare imagine how the teachers and students of Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy would look at him now.

He had always called himself a master!