Put simply, those who cultivated the New System developed all three branches simultaneously.
Previously, they might have specialized only in Martial Souls or the physique, with the soul as a secondary focus.
Now, however, all three directions advanced side by side.
Rather than becoming unfocused from having too many forms of power, they instead complemented one another.
Roughly speaking, it was like mathematics, language, and English having originally been three separate subjects.
Now that they had merged together, they became different branches of the same subject.
For example, mathematics itself contained many subfields.
As long as they focused on mastering mathematics, learning analysis, algebra, and statistics would not be too difficult.
This phenomenon also allowed the ranking units formerly used by the Spirit Master World to remain in use.
For example, due to cultivating the New System, members of the Hundred Schools had fallen from �-rank to �-rank.
Yet their overall strength had risen by far more than a single level.
That was because their former �-rank had been limited solely to the Martial Soul system.
Their current �-rank, however, encompassed branches from all three Power Systems.
How could the difference not be enormous?
In addition, the members of the Hundred Schools discovered that the advantages of soul rings might be further weakened.
The specific reason was that not only would the advantages provided by soul ring Soul Skills be replaced, but the energy within their bodies was also undergoing a qualitative transformation.
The strongest evidence for this was battle consumption.
Previously, their combat expenditure had been divided very clearly.
Soul-based attacks consumed Mental Power.
Various martial arts and Profound Techniques consumed physical strength.
The power of Martial Souls consumed Soul Power.
Now, however, what they consumed was a type of physical energy transformed from "Earth."
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