Soul Skill—Ninefold Yama Gates

Soul Skill—Ninefold Yama Gates

As everyone knew!

In the manga Naruto, there was a forbidden technique known as the Eight Gates Formation.

Its principle was to unlock the restrictions on Chakra flow, allowing excessive Chakra to surge through the body and temporarily enhance one's physical strength.

It did not merely increase the amount of Chakra in the body. Instead, it allowed a person to rapidly absorb and utilize Chakra. Opening each "valve" released the body's own latent potential.

Past a certain point, it could even drain one's life force!

It did not necessarily require opening the Eighth Gate, but opening the Eighth Gate would certainly drain one's life force.

Once your body could no longer bear the price of opening the valves, it would pay the debt with your life! This manifested as red steam produced by evaporating blood.

Of course, it was impossible to cultivate such a forbidden technique on Douluo Continent, since the two systems were entirely different.

But!

Here was the interesting part. In Ning Wuque's memories, Douluo One had a secret technique called Ring Blasting.

Its principle was to release all the Soul Power within one's Soul Rings at once, creating an explosive surge in Soul Power.

Moreover, although Ring Blasting would temporarily seal one's Soul Rings and Soul Skills afterward, the released power could remain after its burst and transform into strength and defense!

The degree of enhancement from Ring Blasting depended only on how many Soul Rings were blasted and the age of those Soul Rings.

However, this secret technique required two vessels.

The first was a sufficiently powerful Martial Soul. Otherwise, it would be unable to withstand the Soul Power increase brought by Ring Blasting. In severe cases, the Martial Soul might even be blown to pieces!

The second was a sufficiently robust physique. Otherwise, one would not be able to endure the effects and subsequent temporary enhancement brought by Ring Blasting. Just like a shattered Martial Soul, if the body could not hold on, it might be lit up like fireworks.

At the same time, when using Ring Blasting, a Soul Master needed sufficient Spiritual Power to control the explosive energy. Otherwise, at best they would suffer backlash; at worst, they would self-destruct!

In summary.

Although the two had little necessary connection, Soul Power and Chakra did share a few similarities.

For example, they were both highly malleable forms of energy.

But!

The human body on Douluo Continent also had meridians, and Martial Souls possessed an extremely strong connection to their Soul Masters. Calling them one body with two souls would not be an exaggeration!

And this became the point where these two unrelated secret techniques could be combined, as well as the theoretical foundation for Ning Wuque to defy fate!

After a storm of thoughts, Ning Wuque's expression changed where he stood.

He clenched his teeth. This might be his only chance in this life to defy fate.

When he thought of how, in less than a few decades, he would become cannon fodder and die in the Sun Moon Empire's invasion of Douluo Continent.

Damn it.

He would do it!

Wasn't it just inhuman training? Wasn't it just the agony of suffocation? Wasn't it merely being a pioneer who forged a new path?

Compared to his life, compared to becoming an insignificant nobody.

Ning Wuque dared to declare: none of that was anything! He would climb step by step, step by step.

Until he reached the very top! He would become the damn Ning Gao of Douluo Continent!

"He's..."

From afar, Ning Tian had been watching Ning Wuque. She realized that he seemed to have changed.

Soon, the awakening ceremony came to an end.

After Zhang Can packed up his things, he carried Ning Wuque away.

Ning Wuque now lived in his residence, while all the inheritance left by his parents had been deposited into the treasury of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and converted into "clan contributions" for Ning Wuque.

Their purchasing power was equivalent to one and a half times that of Gold Soul Coins outside. With that amount, Ning Wuque could purchase at least three properties within the Mountain Gate of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.

As long as he did not squander it, he could live a wealthy life under his parents' protection. Staying within the clan would mean safety.

After returning home and having dinner with Zhang Can, Ning Wuque immediately hurried back to his room.

His room was simple, containing only a bed, a desk, and two bookcases filled with books of every kind.

After all, he was not an ordinary child. He understood the importance of knowledge, so once he had learned all the characters, he spent the time others used for playing and fooling around on reading.

Every morning, he went out for a run and morning exercises. He also ate a meal of ten-year Soul Beast meat every day, giving him good habits and a solid physical foundation.

"Defy fate! Defy fate!"

Sitting at his desk, Ning Wuque looked at the stack of blank paper and pens before him, as well as the books beside him concerning human meridians and Soul Power circulation, and quietly encouraged himself.

He was not afraid that others would discover his creation.

Nor would he hide what he was doing.

The reason was simple. If anyone could follow his line of thought and cultivate according to it, he would even take the initiative to befriend them! To exchange knowledge and learn together!

Not everyone possessed the determination to endure hardship, nor could everyone risk their lives for power.

It was easy to talk big, but overcoming one's body and instincts was incomparably difficult!

Outside the room, Zhang Can stood with his hands behind his back and opened the door a crack to peek at Ning Wuque. Only after seeing that the boy was not secretly crying did he turn and leave.

"Defy fate... is it?"

He shook his head. Childless, he had long regarded Ning Wuque as his own grandson.

No matter what, he would be the boy's steadfast support and warm harbor.

Inside the room, Ning Wuque had no idea that Grandpa Zhang had intended to comfort the "unmasked" him. He focused intently on writing theories onto paper.

At the same time, to prevent unnecessary trouble, he wrote down the theory and conjectures behind Ring Blasting in painstaking detail, from what he had heard to his speculations and its feasibility.

He also combined several key points of the Eight Gates Formation with the body's meridians, making bold assumptions and conjectures.

This continued for a full half month.

While the other children had already begun cultivating, Ning Wuque shut himself in his room, endlessly forming theoretical assumptions and cultivation plans.

At the same time, he personally tested them with his own body to verify their feasibility.

"Finally! Defy fate! Defy fate! I will definitely defy fate—!"

Ning Wuque roared excitedly, his eyes bloodshot. His delighted laughter echoed through the room.

He had succeeded!

Since Ring Blasting required a powerful Martial Soul, and since the Eight Gates Formation required breaking through the body's shackles and using more powerful energy to strengthen it.

Then...

On the Possibility of Deep Possession and Fusion Between a Martial Soul and Soul Master

Ning Wuque did not have a powerful Martial Soul, but he could fuse his Martial Soul with himself and turn them into a single whole, thereby reaching the standard required for Ring Blasting!

He would pour all energy into his own body, then use the theoretical concepts of the Eight Gates Formation to break through the body's shackles, allowing violent Soul Power to rage through his meridians and support and strengthen his body!

Come on.

Let this world see what the damn astonishing wisdom of a high school student was!

"You should have a new name. A name that belongs to this world, and belongs to me!"

Ning Wuque organized all his manuscripts, then stared at them excitedly before finally settling on its name:

"This Soul Skill shall be called—Ninefold Yama Gates! Blast nine rings, pass through Yama's nine gates!"