"Cultivating Original Soul Power is similar to cultivating soul power."
Soul power cultivation raised the upper limit, and the soul power consumed in battle could quickly recover to the cultivated upper limit.
Original Soul Power was the same.
The reason Original Soul Power was Original Soul Power was that it lacked the traits granted by the martial soul and could not continue becoming a Soul Master's soul power.
The martial soul itself had a certain range of authority for bestowing traits. The process of cultivation was the gradual development of that authority. Within the scope of authority that had already been developed, traits could be bestowed with ease to restore soul power, but for the undeveloped portions, the martial soul could not continue bestowing them rapidly.
The accumulation of Original Soul Power, meanwhile, was similar to opening up the Martial Soul Space.
Upon reaching the bottleneck at every ten levels, the martial soul's authority for that stage had already been developed to its limit. Only by obtaining a soul ring could the next stage of authority be opened.
If one continued cultivating, Original Soul Power would pile up in the Martial Soul Space, expanding that space bit by bit.
After it was consumed, it could likewise quickly absorb Heaven and Earth Origin Qi to recover.
This was also the reason Su Wen dared to use Original Soul Power in yesterday's battle.
Otherwise, if the Original Soul Power he had painstakingly accumulated over several months was permanently consumed in a single battle, that would be far too much of a loss.
"Cultivating Original Soul Power, consuming Original Soul Power, and recovering Original Soul Power can greatly help me sense the existence of the Martial Soul Space."
At the same time, if the theory was correct, then as his cultivation continued and more Original Soul Power accumulated, the Martial Soul Space would be expanded further, and during the process of expansion, it should become easier to sense.
In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
It was the start of another school year.
More than half a year had already passed since Su Wen's soul power reached level ten, yet he still had not rushed to hunt a soul beast and attach a soul ring.
"Sensing the Martial Soul Space was within expectations." Su Wen was very satisfied with the progress of his cultivation.
A dusty gray book hovered in front of him, flickering with a faint glow.
"Using pure Original Soul Power to directly strengthen the martial soul is more cost-effective."
Instead of using soul power to strengthen the summoned martial soul, Su Wen directly used Original Soul Power within the Martial Soul Space to enhance the martial soul.
This kind of strengthening was more obvious, as though it strengthened the Martial Soul Origin itself.
Moreover, in essence, it still was not the martial soul's own strength.
"Original Soul Power can directly enhance the martial soul, but it still can't merge into the martial soul and truly strengthen the Martial Soul Origin." Su Wen summarized the results of his attempts during this period.
"Soul rings."
There was a reason Soul Masters needed to obtain soul rings for their martial souls to transform, and for their soul power to continue cultivating.
"I hope that during the process of absorbing a soul ring, Original Soul Power can merge into the power of the soul ring and strengthen the martial soul together with it."
Su Wen could not be certain whether his idea was feasible.
But he needed to try.
Only this way could he, under the circumstances of being unable to absorb a soul ring beyond his level, use the process of absorbing his First Soul Ring to let his martial soul undergo a transformation equivalent to absorbing a higher-age soul ring.
"I'm not asking for much. Around seven or eight hundred years will do. Of course, if it can reach the level of strengthening from a Thousand Year Soul Ring, I wouldn't mind that either."
And to accomplish that, he first needed enough Original Soul Power!
"I still have to stay stuck at level ten for a while."
Accumulate!
Continue cultivating.
Accumulate enough Original Soul Power, then absorb the First Soul Ring and achieve the martial soul's first transformation.
Su Wen's presence made life much better for the Work-Study Students.
Driven by him, the Work-Study Students of Dorm Seven also began to devote themselves more to arduous cultivation.
Knock, knock.
The door of Dorm Seven was knocked on.
"Hello, is this Dorm Seven?"
A boy dressed in worn cloth clothing appeared at the doorway. His cloth clothes had many patches, and although they were shabby, they were very clean.
"Are you a new Work-Study Student this year?"
"That's right. My name is Tang San."
Su Wen opened his eyes and looked toward the doorway.
Tang San also looked at Su Wen.
After their gazes met, Su Wen withdrew his eyes.
No matter what the root cause was, the deaths of Su Wen's parents were inseparable from Tang Hao, Qian Xunji of Spirit Hall, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
Although it had merely been caused by the aftershocks of their battle, at most it might have been nothing to them, but to Su Wen, it was a blood feud.
If you were fleeing for your life, then flee. If you were pursuing someone to kill them, then pursue. But since I was dragged into it, I won't care about any other reasons. An enemy is an enemy.
So, by nature, Su Wen stood opposed to Tang Hao and Tang San.
Two years ago, Su Wen had even tried to become Grandmaster's disciple, because at the time, Grandmaster and Tang San had not yet been connected.
But now, they probably were.
Which made him an enemy.
On the road of revenge, whoever blocked the way was the enemy.
Su Wen did not believe Tang San could simply stand by and let him kill Tang Hao, nor did he believe Grandmaster would refrain from stopping him during that process.
So, from the moment their master-disciple relationship was established, Grandmaster and Su Wen stood on opposing sides.
Tang Hao was definitely watching from some unknown corner, so Su Wen could not do anything to Tang San either.
As for Grandmaster?
The man was a Soul Grandmaster.
Of course, the most important point was that Su Wen's current strength did not allow him to do anything anyway.
"I'm confident I can evolve my martial soul step by step and reach the peak of the continent, but I don't have much time. I have to do it before Tang San."
Fortunately, Su Wen was two years older than Tang San.
"Excuse me, is this Dorm Seven?" a cute girl's voice called from the doorway.
It was Xiao Wu.
She was far more popular than Tang San.
Su Wen glanced at her, then paid her no further attention.
A hundred-thousand-year-old rabbit. He was not interested.
He absolutely did not believe that a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast could hold back and never mate even once. Biological instinct was not something that could be restrained.
And Xiao Wu was not some rabbit wholeheartedly devoted to cultivation and the pursuit of the true meaning of practice.
Most importantly, a soul beast's intelligence only developed later on. At the ten-year, hundred-year, and even thousand-year stages, most survived by instinct and had very low intelligence.
Who knew what she had done over all that time?
In the blink of an eye, another half a year passed.
"I've already stayed at rank ten for over a year. I can't keep going like this."
Su Wen had remained at rank ten for more than a year.
Though he had a conjecture, it had not been verified in the end, and Su Wen had limits on how far he was willing to go in testing that conjecture himself.
Over the course of a year, even if there had been mistakes, he had still been cultivating his soul power all along. He had merely lacked the difference brought by higher-level soul power.
It did not count as too much of a waste.
Moreover, throughout that year, Su Wen's cultivation of Original Soul Power had also been a way of storing up strength for himself.
"I didn't take a master, and the Dean has already said everything he needed to say. He won't continue helping me obtain a Soul Ring."
Su Wen did not regret it.
At the end of the day, the Dean was also Grandmaster's friend.
He and the Dean truly were not suited to each other.
"I'll remember the favor of his advice on developing my martial soul."
Any more than that, and he could not owe it.
As for the warrant for the Soul Hunting Forest, which required guarantees from three nobles...
"I'll have to ask Su Yuntao."
Although he was a Deacon of Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao's relationship with Spirit Hall was different from the indirect relationship Grandmaster and even the Dean had with Tang Hao.
At the very least, it was certain that if Su Wen wanted to kill the two Titled Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, Su Yuntao would not stop him.
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