If Soul Spirits Won't Work, Let's Try Exploding Rings First

If Soul Spirits Won't Work, Let's Try Exploding Rings First

"What? You want other Fierce Beasts to become your Wisdom Spirit Rings too? That... doesn't seem very realistic."

"What's unrealistic about it? As long as you, Brother Sky Dream, figure out how to create Wisdom Spirit Rings, then with top-tier spirit rings and the boost of Twin Martial Souls, becoming gods will practically be a sure thing for us. When that time comes, other Fierce Beasts will naturally want to join."

"But..."

"No buts. Believe in yourself, Brother Sky Dream. As the only Million Year Spirit Beast on the entire continent, you've already created a brand-new system. It just needs to be turned into something standardized. I believe you can do it."

Xiao Qiang spoke with complete sincerity. He truly believed Tian Meng could create Soul Spirits like Electrolux's, and he genuinely needed something like Soul Spirits.

With a system of Wisdom Spirit Rings, or rather Soul Spirits, he could push himself even further. If he ever faced Tang San in the future, having a sufficiently solid foundation would keep Xiao Qiang from being too passive.

Moreover, ordinary medicine could not possibly force Bai Qingshan up to Soul Douluo. With Innate Two Extremes Soul Power, plus all the inferior medicine he had consumed in his early years, even Ju Zi, the so-called Empress of War, had only been piled up to Seven-Ring Soul Sage through medicine. By then, Ju Zi was already an empress and had access to the finest pills in the Sun Moon Empire.

Yet even so, Ju Zi had only reached Seven-Ring Soul Sage. Compared to her, Bai Qingshan's age and early foundation were clearly much worse.

Though they could try refining Qianyuan Creation Pills in the future, Xiao Qiang was no master alchemist. Besides, Qianyuan Creation Pills were still pills. After taking so many pills before, he would have to continue taking them bit by bit. Xiao Qiang was not sure what balance could be achieved between their medicinal effects and accumulated pill toxins.

But it would be different with Soul Spirits or Wisdom Spirit Rings. If Bai Qingshan could not be pushed to Rank 8 Soul Douluo, could he not at least be pushed to Rank 6 Soul Emperor?

If he established a Soul Spirit system, Xiao Qiang could find a way to give Bai Qingshan a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Soul for his sixth spirit ring. With the boost of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, Bai Qingshan would have a chance of becoming a Titled Douluo, or even a Super Douluo. At the same time, it would provide somewhere for those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts Tian Meng intended to use for revenge.

After all, Xiao Qiang was different from Huo Yuhao. Whether for Tian Meng's sake or his own, that vengeance had to be carried out. Xiao Qiang alone could not consume all those dozens, perhaps even hundreds, of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. Bai Qingshan should naturally receive a share of those excess resources.

Xiao Qiang was not worried that Bai Qingshan would be unable to absorb them. During the Douluo II era, the level-seventy Xu Sanshi had fused with a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring without much burden. In Douluo I, Tang San had nearly died fusing with a two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and that was with him being the protagonist. In Douluo II, Xiao Xiao had been able to fuse with a two-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear because she already possessed two spirit bones.

But in the Douluo III era, Xu Xiaoyan could easily fuse with a Soul Spirit over three thousand years old for her third ring, with practically no pressure. Then there was Dai Yun'er, who seemingly did not even have spirit bones, yet possessed a Ten Thousand Year fourth ring. All of this showed that Soul Spirits allowed for a greater absorption age limit than spirit rings.

The principle was understandable. A hunted spirit ring contained the Soul Beast's resentment, so it wanted to perish together with the soul master who had killed it. It would therefore do everything possible to destroy the soul master's body. The Soul Beast was already dead, and all the spirit ring could do was seek revenge.

But because a Soul Spirit retained its consciousness, it did not want to die. As long as it wanted to live, it was tied to the soul master by the same rope. No matter how dissatisfied it might be, as long as it did not want to die, it would not desperately damage the soul master's body. It would even need to help the soul master absorb the spirit ring. Thus, the limit a spirit ring could bear was doubled.

In Douluo II, during the spirit-beast hunt led by senior disciple Zhang Lexuan that Huo Yuhao took part in, one Shrek soul master who needed a sixth spirit ring absorbed a thirty-five-thousand-year spirit ring.

Bai Qingshan's foundation was indeed much poorer than those from Shrek, but Xiao Qiang could equip him with Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones. Five Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, plus the torso bone first and then the rings—giving his sixth spirit ring a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Soul should not be too difficult.

A Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring would cleanse the body and wash away all the pill toxins left behind by the medicine he had taken before. That was established in Douluo II, and San Shao had not overturned that setting afterward.

Moreover, whether in Douluo II or Douluo III, the spirit rings produced by a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Soul numbered more than one or two. With just one Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Soul, Bai Qingshan could certainly reach Soul Douluo, and perhaps even Titled Douluo afterward. Reaching Super Douluo later on might not be difficult either.

Xiao Qiang himself and Bai Qingshan were his primary goals. Beyond that, once the Soul Spirit system was completed, the ability to let people absorb spirit rings above their level would be enough to grant Xiao Qiang considerable status.

With status, Xiao Qiang could try to put a stop to war.

Before he had strength or status, Xiao Qiang only wanted to avoid war because once he entered the battlefield, he could do nothing but serve as cannon fodder.

But after gaining status, Xiao Qiang could do everything he could to delay the war—delay it until he had grown strong enough. By then, perhaps the war would no longer be necessary.

Xiao Qiang did not care whether it was a war of unification. What justice could there possibly be in war under a feudal empire?

It was nothing more than those in power being consumed by greed, seeking the reputation of an Eternal Emperor.

By controlling public opinion, they sent a farmer's son to the battlefield for four Silver Soul Coins a month, making him travel thousands of miles to kill another farmer's son who also earned four Silver Soul Coins a month—or be killed by that other farmer's son.

And those farmers' sons, their collective existence numbering in the tens of thousands, became nothing more than casualty figures in the history books. They were dust that no one in history would ever notice, no different from the few words, "In years of great famine, people ate one another."

The final point was Soul Beasts. Once Soul Spirits replaced spirit rings, the number of Soul Beasts people needed would decrease. As long as those above managed things properly, the indiscriminate slaughter of Soul Beasts would lessen considerably.

As long as Xiao Qiang was around, he could slowly establish a suitable system of oversight. As long as Xiao Qiang was around, he could slowly determine what state was most appropriate and preserve ecological balance.

Of course, that was the lowest priority. Xiao Qiang was a pure-blooded human, and he had been one in both lives. He could not truly put himself in the place of Soul Beasts or empathize with them too deeply. As for Soul Beasts, especially low-level Soul Beasts, Xiao Qiang truly regarded them as little more than resources. He considered them only because he preferred sustainable development.

After all, no one empathized with the meat they ate every day. Anyone who empathized too much might as well stop living.

"No, absolutely not! Just thinking about that thing makes my head feel like it's about to explode! Wisdom Spirit Rings are absolutely impossible! Just extracting a Soul Beast's soul is already beyond what I can do, let alone everything that comes after!"

Tian Meng rejected Xiao Qiang's request. This was simply too difficult. Tian Meng truly could not do it.

"Extracting souls is impossible..." Xiao Qiang spoke as he thought about how one could extract a soul, only to realize that he had no method either.

"Yeah. I can't even figure out how to do the first step."

"Alright, then let's talk about it later. Brother Sky Dream, since that's the case, let's try Exploding Ring first."

"Huh?"