Ninefold Yama Gates: Basic Theory, the First Three Gates!

"Wuu~"

While Ning Wuque and Ning Tian were fooling around, Wu Feng, who was supporting Ning Tian, was very unhappy.

Because she could not stop any of it. Like a useless husband, she could only watch helplessly as someone else stole away her beloved.

Though she was the one who liked being bossed around, there was no difference.

"What, not convinced, Little Red Dragon?"

"Y-you, who are you calling Little Red Dragon?! Bastard! Don't think being strong now means you'll stay strong forever. Once I become a Soul Saint, have the guts to fight me again!"

Like a lit match, Wu Feng immediately became fierce and imposing. But she had learned to be smarter.

Rather than provoking Ning Wuque, she took the initiative to shift their grudge to something most favorable to herself. Soul Saints were the most important dividing line for soul masters with dragon-type martial souls.

Once she became a Soul Saint, even some weaker Soul Douluos might be unable to do anything to her—and might even be forcefully killed by her instead!

It was like collecting enough fragments to upgrade an A card to an S card: a massive transformation, and the confidence she needed to regain face before Ning Tian. For now, I'll endure it. Once I have seven rings, I'll make Ning Wuque suffer a crushing defeat!

"Forget it. I won't argue with you. Ning Tian, do you want to hear about that soul skill of mine?"

Was it finally coming?

Before Ning Wuque, Ning Tian slowly put away her smile. She then reached out and patted Wu Feng's back, signaling for her to quiet down, before nodding.

"Sure. But standing around like this is tiring. Let's sit down and rest."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ning Tian casually waved her hand and took a huge dark-blue stone from her Storage Soul Tool.

The stone was two meters long and half a meter wide, like a reclining slab made to measure.

Having read extensively, Ning Wuque immediately recognized the thing. His eyes lit up as he looked at the smug Ning Tian and cried out in surprise.

"Soul-Nourishing Jade! Such a huge piece of Soul-Nourishing Jade!"

"It's nothing worth mentioning. When I'm not cultivating Soul Power in the future, I can lend it to you~"

"I would brave fire and water for the young mistress without hesitation!"

Ning Wuque looked thrilled.

Soul-Nourishing Jade originated from an accidental discovery several thousand years ago. A group of miners discovered a peculiar piece of jade that emitted dense Soul Power, like a portable advanced Mimicry environment that could be used anywhere and suited soul masters of every martial soul.

Only after later research did people discover that inside the jade was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone whose Soul Power had completely dissipated, leaving it utterly ruined!

Now that the technology had matured, Soul-Nourishing Jade was an auxiliary cultivation tool that some major sects would grit their teeth and specially make for their sect's prodigies. It was not as good as a top-tier Mimicry environment, but it was convenient!

At that thought, Ning Wuque's eyes filled with envy. Ning Tian was practically Ning Rongrong from ten thousand years ago. How wealthy she was depended entirely on the limits of one's understanding of wealth.

Watching Ning Tian and Wu Feng sit together, Ning Wuque walked over in a few strides. He first gently ran his hand over the jade's texture, then slowly sat down on Ning Tian's other side.

The moment he sat down, warm Soul Power flowed through his limbs and body, making Ning Wuque's entire body practically cheer with joy.

He felt that if he cultivated on this, his cultivation speed could increase by at least thirty percent!

"Where do you want me to begin?"

After sensing it for a moment, Ning Wuque collected his thoughts and turned to ask Ning Tian.

Rubbing her chin, Ning Tian said, "Anywhere. Start wherever you want."

"Is that so? Alright, then I'll start with the basic theory. You know about Ring Blasting, right? The Ninefold Yama Gates is a soul skill I developed from the inspiration of Ring Blasting. It is stronger than Ring Blasting, but also more dangerous!"

Slowly, Ning Wuque began explaining everything about this soul skill.

The Ninefold Yama Gates was a combination of Ring Blasting and the Eight Gates Formation. But the bodies of people in Douluo could not be compared to those of people from that village, so Ning Wuque only adopted the underlying concepts in many areas, not the methods themselves.

The Eight Gates Formation opened the eight shackles within the human body, strengthening one step at a time. The Ninefold Yama Gates, meanwhile, started from the small and built toward the great, enhancing every aspect of a certain part of the body from within to without, piling upward like a pyramid.

The difference between them was enormous!

Soul Power was not Chakra. It was not nearly so gentle; on the contrary, it was incomparably violent! And it came entirely from the outside world!

Innate Soul Power proved that the human body could only absorb and store Soul Power, not generate it.

When all the Soul Power produced by Ring Blasting surged into his body, Ning Wuque's mind had no way to control where it flowed. So he took a shortcut.

Remember! In the original story, the martial soul, not the human body, bore the greatest impact from Ring Blasting! Even using Spiritual Power to control the explosive energy brought by Ring Blasting was only to ensure the body would not be directly blown into fireworks.

The martial soul's part could only endure it head-on!

This meant that even if Ning Wuque's Spiritual Power reached the limit below godhood, whether he could control the Soul Power impact produced by the explosion of the ninth soul ring was still unknown!

First, he trained his body until it became a qualified vessel. Then, through various mature methods, he trained his control over Soul Power. At the same time, while training, he controlled the Soul Power within his body to aid his recovery.

Those strange postures allowed his Soul Power to take advantage of the gaps created by his body's self-repair, opening circuit pathways throughout his body in advance.

Finally, using his control over Soul Power, he set guidance at the forks of those circuits, directing the Soul Power after Ring Blasting to actively rush in that direction!

Of course, this was extremely risky. Like a woman giving birth for the first time, Ning Wuque had to endure a supreme degree of expansion brought by that enormous Soul Power!

This was the foundational theory that had to be followed from the First Gate to the Ninth Gate of the Ninefold Yama Gates!

There were no shortcuts!

Couldn't endure it? Then die trying! Otherwise, why would Ning Wuque call it the "Ninefold Yama Gates"?

It literally meant taking nine trips to wander around Yama's domain!

"Following this theory, I have currently only figured out the pathways that need to be opened for the first three gates."

As Ning Wuque spoke, his words made the two beside him recall his posture from yesterday. He continued, "I call them the Body Training Three Gates: the First Gate, Blood Surge Gate; the Second Gate, Flesh Grinding Gate; and the Third Gate, Bone Forging Gate!"

Ning Wuque then explained the concepts and methods behind the Body Training Three Gates.

The Blood Surge Gate involved using Soul Power flowing throughout his body to stimulate and activate all his blood. Once it flowed through his limbs and body, this process was already half complete.

With Ning Wuque's control over Soul Power, he only needed to guide it slightly to accomplish it directly. At that point, every drop of blood in his body would become Soul Blood infused with active Soul Power!

This was the simplest and easiest gate to complete.

The Second Gate corresponded to the body's flesh and organs. It required further Ring Blasting to complete, because once his blood had been filled with Soul Power, the enormous excess Soul Power would have nowhere to go and could only rampage through the flesh all over his body.

Naturally, most of his bodily organs were included as well.

As for how to control it, Ning Wuque only had a preliminary idea.

The Third Gate was the bones. A powerful physique needed supporting pillars; otherwise, Ning Wuque would be the first one to die!

However, Ning Wuque still had no clue regarding the Third Gate. He could only research it slowly, or wait until he had completed the development of the Second Gate before gaining some direction.