Heaven Dou Royal Academy

The dormitories at Heaven Dou Royal Academy were excellent.

Su Wen had a single room to himself. It was over a hundred square meters and even had a cultivation room for meditation. Of course, under normal circumstances, Su Wen probably would not cultivate in the cultivation room.

After all, it was merely a cultivation room, not a Mimicry Cultivation environment.

"At least until I develop the Visualization Method and make the cultivation effects of the Mimicry environment permanent, so that cultivating anywhere won't affect my efficiency, this cultivation room won't be of much use."

But was the Visualization Method really easy to develop?

Su Wen had hesitated before.

Obtaining his Second Soul Ring, using a Mental Attribute soul ring to stimulate the growth of his mental power, and opening his Sea of Consciousness—this had been his plan back when he was still in New Moon Village. It was also the necessary preparation for researching the Visualization Method.

However, after obtaining his Second Soul Ring and gaining the Second Soul Skill, Control, Su Wen felt much more at ease.

"Although the Soul Skill can only Control the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi outside the body, when combined with my Enhanced Perception talent, it can allow me to develop the talent that can only Control my internal condition into Control over my Sea of Consciousness."

Su Wen's talent could be developed.

His perception of the Martial Soul Space was proof of that.

"Soul skills were meant to be developed."

This was Su Wen's deepest understanding of martial soul cultivation on the Douluo Continent.

No matter what kind of Soul Skill it was, it essentially provided a foundation for a Soul Master. Starting from that foundation, one could develop numerous Self-Created Soul Skills and form one's own system.

That was the proper use of a Soul Skill.

Not releasing Soul Skills in a mindless, formulaic manner.

Having the nine Soul Skill slots complement one another to form a system?

The limitations were far too great.

It was better to use each Soul Skill as a core and build a combat system suited to oneself. Of course, if the system developed from nine Soul Skills could also be organically combined, and a unique combat system belonging to the Soul Master could be developed with the nine Soul Skills as different nodes, that would naturally be even better.

For example, Su Wen's Second Soul Skill could use the slight affinity for the wind and fire elements possessed by his Book Martial Soul during the absorption of the Soul Ring to derive the ability to Control both elements.

During the acquisition of his later Soul Rings, in addition to achieving the effects Su Wen expected, if they could further grant his martial soul an affinity for other elements, then by combining them with his Second Soul Skill, Su Wen might be able to develop Control over all elemental attributes.

The next day.

"Uncle Zhan."

"Mm. It looks like you're in excellent condition." Xiao Zhan was very satisfied with Su Wen's state.

"I first need to understand the extent of your Control over the two elemental powers."

The so-called Elemental Control did not mean possessing absolute authority over the corresponding elemental power.

More accurately, it meant mastering it.

It gave one the ability to mobilize and transform the corresponding elemental power.

The Heavenly Book appeared. A yellow and a purple Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet, and the second Soul Ring began to shine with purple light.

"My Second Soul Skill still relies on my martial soul as a medium to mobilize elemental power."

Whoosh!

Flames began to rise before Su Wen. They were the result of the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi outside his body being transformed into the Fire Attribute and activated under the urging of his Soul Power.

"Mm, just as Lao Bai said. Your Fire Element Control relies on mental power to mobilize the elemental power outside your body."

Just now, Su Wen had expended mental power and Soul Power to cast his Soul Skill, drawing in a small amount of the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi outside his body and releasing it as flames.

"Your Fire Element Control has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can draw upon the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi outside your body and transform it into flames. But the disadvantage is also obvious: since the flames are not transformed from your own power, they are difficult to Control freely."

As Xiao Zhan pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of Su Wen's method of Fire Element Control, he demonstrated it himself.

A flame appeared out of thin air in his palm.

Su Wen could sense that it was Xiao Zhan's Soul Power emerging from his body and transforming into flame.

"Flames directly transformed from Soul Power are much easier to Control."

The flame in Xiao Zhan's hand changed into various shapes. One moment it was a fireball, and the next it was a flaming saber. Finally, a massive flame compressed and condensed into a long flame needle!

Su Wen stared at the long flame needle and took a deep breath.

He could sense the explosive elemental fluctuations within the flaming needle.

Once the needle struck its target, it could easily explode again and inflict secondary damage.

At the same time, he noticed a crucial point—Xiao Zhan had not relied on a Soul Ring. He had not even released his martial soul!

Had his Control over his martial soul already reached such a level?

Su Wen was amazed.

He had also imagined completely digesting the power of his martial soul, but he had yet to make any progress.

"Although your Fire Element Control has its advantages, judging from your current mastery of this Soul Skill, you still can't make full use of the mental power and Soul Power you expend."

By casting the Soul Skill, he consumed his own mental power and Soul Power in exchange for the ability to simply mobilize the Heaven and Earth Origin Qi outside his body and transform it into an element. But could he maximize the ability during that process?

"Transform more flames with less expenditure!" Xiao Zhan first set Su Wen's goal for the next period of time. "For the next three months, your task is to repeatedly cast this Soul Skill and constantly increase the amount of flame you can transform with the same amount of Soul Power."

"Both the quality and the quantity of the flames!" he added.

Quality meant the temperature and explosive intensity of the flames.

Quantity meant the area covered by the flames.

"Yes!" Su Wen replied.

Instead of training immediately, he asked Xiao Zhan about the technique he had used to cast his Soul Skill earlier without activating his martial soul or Soul Ring.

"Haha, you observed very carefully. This is a technique Lao Bai and I developed together. By using the Inclusivity Trait of the book, I internalize the Soul Skills I've mastered and turn them into my own power."

As he spoke, Xiao Zhan began to demonstrate.

Terrifying Soul Power suddenly erupted beneath his feet, violently explosive. At the same time, flames detonated, producing terrifying thrust that turned him into a blur.

Xiao Zhan's entire body ignited with terrifying, explosive flames. The flames gathered and spun around his right fist, and with the momentum of his charge, he suddenly punched forward.

Boom!

A hole wreathed in flames appeared in the trunk of the thick tree twenty meters away.

Explosive Step combined with Baji Collapse?

Su Wen drew a sharp breath.

And Fire Demon Xiao Zhan, with the Fire Demon Tome as his martial soul—wasn't he a mage?

Recalling Xiao Zhan's completely transformed bearing when he had demonstrated the technique, along with Xiao Zhan's straightforward personality, Su Wen felt a pang in his teeth.

It seemed—

"It seems Uncle Zhan isn't a mage."

No. Considering his methods of mobilizing flames, he could also launch ranged attacks. It would be fair to call him a melee mage.

"I just used three Soul Skills, but I didn't need to release my martial soul or Soul Rings, and no one would see the Soul Rings flashing." Xiao Zhan was very satisfied with Su Wen's reaction.

That was right. He should be shocked.

"This is a technique Lao Bai and I developed together, but I'm the only one who has mastered it. And I was able to master it because of the ability of the Martial Soul Avatar."

"Martial Soul Avatar?"