Grafting

As a result, Zhou Qing overturned a portion of his conjecture from his time in Holy Soul Village and arrived at a new conjecture: the role of Soul Ring for Soul Master is more about granting a Soul Skill and breaking through the current realm.

As long as the attributes of the hunted Soul Beast are consistent with the Martial Soul, the Martial Soul can better connect with it, thereby maximizing the effectiveness of its Soul Skill.

Moreover, when Soul Master absorbs a Soul Beast with the same attribute as their Martial Soul, the probability of the Martial Soul acquiring the most fundamental skill of that Soul Beast is even greater.

Just like the Mandala Snake, its most fundamental skill should be poison. However, after the Blue Silver Grass in the original work absorbed this Soul Ring, the only skill it gained was Entangling, and the effect of poison was greatly weakened, becoming only an incidental effect when using Soul Skill.

In Zhou Qing's view, acquiring Soul Ring for Martial Soul is like building with blocks. If the concave and convex parts fit together, the soul can naturally inherit the more fundamental skills and power of the Soul Beast. If the concave and convex parts don't fit together, the Soul Ring will probably require time to polish the concave and convex parts so that they can fit together.

In the latter case, it may cause the Soul Master to suffer greatly or even die when absorbing the Soul Ring.

After all, this process is not about inheriting the skills of Soul Beast, but about refining the existing skills of Soul Beast to a certain extent, so that they are forcibly adapted to one's own Martial Soul!

It can be said that if Tang San in the original novel hadn't possessed the Mysterious Heaven Skill, he would have died when absorbing his First Spirit Ring because of the incompatibility between the Soul Ring and his Martial Soul. His later ability to continuously absorb various animal-type Soul Ring beyond his level was entirely due to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well providing him with a tremendous boost to his physical abilities and opening up his Meridians, thus enabling Tang San to perform feats like lifting bricks with incredible strength.

He doesn't care what kind of Soul Beast it is, as long as its age is high enough, he will accept it all. He will use the cultivation age and quality of the Soul Beast to obtain Soul Skill that can overwhelm others, thus making up for the shortcomings of the Blue Silver Emperor's attributes.

However, if someone possessed the same Martial Soul as Tang San, and the same number of Soul Ring, but Soul Ring were all plant-based, their power would definitely be greater than Tang San's.

It's just that others didn't have the same opportunities as Tang San...

From the perspective of the original work, Tang San's actions were more about cultivating his Martial Soul in order to break through the Mysterious Heaven Skill. In combat, he used the various techniques and Hidden Weapon of the Tang Sect the most.

Aside from the early stages of his growth, when he used Entangling, Parasitism, and Spider Web Restraint more often, the skill that Blue Silver Emperor will use most often in the future is his fifth Soul Skill Soul Skill after awakening: Blue Silver Emperor Blue Silver Overlord Spear.

This is because this fifth Soul Ring is Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor's natal Soul Ring. The Soul Ring's age can increase as his Soul Power Level increases, and the power of his skills can also continuously grow stronger.

Um?

[Soul Ring Age Increased? Soul Skill Power Enhanced?]

This ability was similar to the effect of the First Spirit Ring that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm gave to Romantina.

But!

The lifespan of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Intelligent Soul Ring is already fixed at one million years. The increase in its skill power is merely a result of Romantina's future strength increasing.

However, Tang San's Blue Silver Overlord Spear is different. It is an innate skill formed from the Martial Soul Origin after the awakening of his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline. It can grow with Tang San and its growth potential is definitely over a million years.

From this perspective, if the Soul Ring Soul Ring, or rather the skills it brings, could become a complete part of the Martial Soul, then could the power of its Soul Skill and the lifespan of the Soul Ring evolve along with the increase of one's own Soul Power and the growth of the Martial Soul?

"This is too much—"

After hearing Zhou Qing's ideas about increasing the age of Soul Ring, Tang San was speechless.

Back in Holy Soul Village, Zhou Qing had a unique understanding of cultivation techniques and skills. Now, he has even come up with a way to improve the proficiency of Soul Ring and Soul Skill through training, just like the Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon and Dragon Capture Techniques, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.

No!

This doesn't even require training; it allows the Soul Ring and Soul Skill to grow stronger together with the increase of one's own Soul Power and the growth of Martial Soul.

Tang San also gained a clearer understanding of the cultivation of Martial Soul:

Excluding situations where innate mutations, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, special Soul Beast Soul Ring can cause changes to Martial Soul, the potential of Martial Soul is already determined at the moment of awakening.

Because the "cultivation techniques" that come with Martial Soul will not change, only the Soul Master will improve their Spiritual Power as they cultivate, and will be able to perceive more of the Soul Power circulation routes.

As a proverb in Holy Soul Village goes: Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and rats are born knowing how to dig holes.

All Soul Master ' Martial Soul can be likened to the seed of a sapling—

Martial Soul Awakening is like a seed sprouting.

The tree's Innate Soul Power determines its growth potential. However, during the growth process, some saplings may occasionally encounter unpredictable situations, potentially exceeding their originally predetermined potential and achieving a breakthrough...

The improvement of Soul Power, while strengthening the Soul Master's own strength, is also equivalent to watering and fertilizing the sapling, promoting its vigorous growth.

Finally, the role of Soul Ring in Martial Soul is like pruning a sapling, allowing the Martial Soul sapling to grow into the shape one desires.

"A very apt metaphor."

Zhou Qing thought to himself: It's so easy to communicate with smart people.

"But comparing the relationship between the final Soul Ring and the Martial Soul to pruning is inappropriate."

"Then what analogy should we use?" Tang San asked curiously.

"Uncle Wang's family in Holy Soul Village has an acre of land used to grow peach trees. I once heard Grandpa Jack say that the peaches from those trees were small, astringent, and fuzzy, only good for making wine... But we saw them in the summer, the peach trees on that acre of land were full of huge, plump peaches. Uncle Wang didn't mind us picking them, as long as we didn't bring sacks... After the blacksmith's workshop was built, Uncle Wang even gave you some peaches, big and red..."

When Zhou Qing recounted the past, Tang San also revealed a touch of nostalgia, feeling moved by the simplicity of the Holy Soul Village, but he didn't understand why Zhou Qing mentioned Uncle Wang.

Do you know why the peaches we see are so big and plump?

"Uncle Wang used better fertilizer and went to catch insects and water the plants every day," Tang San guessed.

"No, because he bought peach tree branches from another village that specializes in growing peaches."

Zhou Qing provided the answer, "Peach trees have different varieties. Some peaches are large, some have yellow flesh, and some are juicy. Uncle Wang Grafting peach tree branches he bought from other villages onto his own peach trees. So the peaches that grew were no longer small and hard like walnuts, but were the size of a fist, and the flesh was white, tender, and juicy."

At this point, Tang San suddenly realized the truth.

In my previous life, in the villages Tang Sect, the villagers did indeed use similar methods to grow fruits and vegetables, which helped them grow better.

Isn't it similar to how Martial Soul gains Soul Skill after obtaining Soul Ring?

Zhou Qing made a simple analogy:

Peach tree (small, unpalatable fruit) → [Grafting a branch from another peach variety] → Successful Grafting → Peach tree (large, delicious fruit)

Martial Soul (no Soul Skill, weak) → [Hunting Soul Ring, Soul Ring Dropped, Absorbed] → Absorption Successful → Martial Soul (possesses one Soul Skill, powerful)