The Key to Martial Soul Growth Lies in Soul Power!

"It is true that some people choose a pure Dark Attribute Soul Beast as their First Spirit Ring, but their cultivation speed will be reduced, and in severe cases, they may not be able to continue cultivating."

Qingzhu Zhu did not hide anything and recounted the consequences of choosing a pure Dark Attribute Soul Master Soul Beast as the First Spirit Ring in the family records.

Example 1:

Zhu Mingzhu is said to be a member of the Spirit Cat Family from a thousand years ago. Her First Spirit Ring was the Dark Nether Tiger, a pure dark attribute Soul Beast with the Heart of Dark Nether, which can transform into a shadow while running, making it impossible to be hit by physical attacks.

However, when Zhu Mingzhu absorbed the Soul Ring of a Dark Nether Tiger with two hundred years of cultivation, her veins bulged, and she eventually ruptured, covered in blood, and died.

Example 2:

The timeline is still a thousand years ago.

The Zhu Family at the time believed that the Dark Nether Tiger's cultivation level was too high, so another disciple named Zhu Xiu chose the Dark Nether Tiger, whose cultivation level had just broken through a hundred years.

During the absorption process, Zhu Xiu also experienced great pain, with veins bulging all over his body...

In the end, Zhu Xiu succeeded!

However, perhaps during the absorption process, the meridians that circulate Soul Power in his body suffered irreversible damage, so when he cultivated again, his Soul Power improved extremely slowly. Zhu Xiu, who had reached level eight in Soul Power and should have been a potential Titled Douluo, only managed to break through to Soul Power Level at the age of fifty, and never broke through to the Soul Ancestor realm in his lifetime.

Although Qingzhu Zhu gave other examples, Zhou Qing had already confirmed her previous guess—

Without an extremely special Martial Soul or an extremely unique Soul Ring, it is impossible for Martial Soul to undergo a transformation!

The thing directly related to the growth of Martial Soul is still the Soul Master himself!

Martial Soul is like a seed planted within a human body:

The awakening ritual is like letting a seed sprout!

For this seed to grow into a towering tree, it needs soil, water, air, sunlight, and so on.

Among them, the Soul Master's body is the material foundation such as soil, water, and air required for the growth of the Martial Soul, while Soul Power is the energy foundation such as "sunlight" required for the growth of the Martial Soul.

And what about Soul Ring?

This is a process of "fertilization" that is artificially intervened; it is "fertilizer".

Fertilizer can help plants grow better, but it is by no means a necessity; it can only be a form of artificial regulation.

The rules of the Douluo Continent are by no means natural. When Soul Beast dies, it gives birth to a Soul Ring that can help Soul Master break through bottlenecks, or Soul Bone that is similar to human bones. These are all acts of "fertilization" after human intervention.

The key to the growth of Martial Soul lies solely in its Soul Power!

Fertilizer is not a necessity!

However, due to some unknown reasons, "fertilizer," that is, Soul Ring, has become an essential item that Soul Master and Martial Soul cannot do without during their growth.

However, the mastermind behind this process did not tell human Soul Master how to distinguish the most beneficial "fertilizer" for their growth, so that humans had to experiment on themselves, even at the cost of their Life, just so that future generations could avoid making mistakes.

Just like the direct descendants of the Nether Spirit Cat Clan, their Martial Soul are all Hell Spirit Cat, but their Dark Attribute are very weak when they first awaken.

Therefore, when acquiring the First Spirit Ring and Second Spirit Ring, the Soul Beast chosen must not be purely of the Dark Attribute, but only have a slight Dark Attribute.

Only in this way can the Martial Soul grow better and not be "burned" to death due to excessive "fertilization".

Just like Zhu Xiu and Zhu Mingzhu, whom Qingzhu Zhu cited as examples, they experienced such great pain during the process of absorbing Soul Ring, to the point that one suffered damage to his Meridians and the other died directly. This was because their Martial Soul had only recently awakened and their Dark Attribute were weak. Absorbing Soul Ring produced by Soul Beast with pure Dark Attribute was equivalent to piling a fistful of fertilizer onto a newly sprouted seedling that was only the size of a fingernail.

Will the seedlings grow better?

No!

They'll only burn to death!

The principle of moderation is also fully demonstrated in the process of Martial Soul growth!

At least the past examples of the Nether Spirit Cat Clan have already proven this point!

Soul Beast grow in stages, including infancy, Growth Period, and adulthood. Only after reaching the corresponding growth stage can Soul Beast possess the corresponding abilities.

This can be seen from the Spirit Rhyme Turtle: at the hundred-year level, it can provide the Soul Skill "Sleep"; at the thousand-year level, it can provide "Martial Soul Fusion Premonition".

Xiao Wu once told Zhou Qing and Tang San about the abilities that the Soft Bone Rabbit could control at different stages of its growth, which is also a living example.

Similarly.

The growth stages of Martial Soul are not much different from those of Soul Beast.

The only difference might be that during the growth process, Martial Soul can only acquire talent, while skills must be obtained by hunting Soul Beast...

No! That's not necessarily true! After reaching a certain stage of growth, one's talent will manifest. Soul Master can actually create their own Soul Skill based on their Martial Soul Soul's innate abilities. This is roughly how Self-Created Soul Skill come about. However, the path of hunting Soul Beast, obtaining Soul Ring, and acquiring Soul Skill is too convenient, so most Soul Master don't even consider creating their own.

How did this Cultivation System originate in the first place?

Zhou Qing didn't bother to speculate on related conspiracy theories, but one thing he was certain of was that this path absolutely suppressed, or even to a great extent stifled, the creativity of the human brain on the entire Douluo Continent!

Just like Tang San's "Mysterious Heaven Skill," the reason why its cultivation method can overwhelm the Douluo Continent is because of its basic theories about human meridians and acupoints.

And this is precisely the area where the cultivation system of the Douluo Continent is most lacking!

When Zhu Mingzhu and Zhu Xiu absorbed the Soul Ring, they could only rely on their Martial Soul and the vague Soul Power circulation routes that their Martial Soul provided. They had no idea about the functions of the various Meridians and acupoints in the human body.

What if they understood?

Therefore, they might not experience much pain during the process of absorbing the Dark Nether Tiger Soul Ring, and even if their Meridians are damaged afterward, they would know how to recuperate and recover.

In the original novel, Tang San absorbed Soul Ring beyond his level multiple times. Was it because of the Blue Silver Grass or the Blue Silver Emperor?

No!

It is based on the Mysterious Heaven Skill! It is based on the fundamental theories of another martial arts civilization contained within the Mysterious Heaven Skill!

It is precisely because he understands the functions and effects of the major meridians and acupoints in the human body that Tang San is able to restore his body to its most perfect state after each time he absorbs Soul Ring that is above his level and ruins his body!

And what about the other Soul Master?

At most, external physical injuries can be treated. However, there are no effective treatment methods for internal injuries involving the Meridians. The only way to suppress the injuries is to rely on the cultivation speed of the cultivation techniques brought by the high-quality Martial Soul and increase Soul Power Soul Power, which has a nourishing effect on the body.

Like Tang Hao, who gave up on himself, perhaps there was a reason why he knew he couldn't heal his hidden injuries...