Recovery

"I don't know what it was either. Earlier, I discovered a Soul Power Seed inside my Martial Soul, and all Soul Beasts have Soul Power Seeds too. Previously, ordinary plants in the Lightning Attribute Area turned into Attribute Plants, and I found that an Attribute Soul Power Seed had appeared inside them. That means Soul Power Seeds can form after birth!"

"At first, I quickly condensed a Water Attribute Seed. Later, I condensed other attributes from heaven and earth. Then, when I tried to condense an Attribute-less one, an accident happened, and that Light Ball appeared!" Jerry explained.

The Soul Beasts all listened to Jerry's explanation. Condensing attributes by oneself—wasn't that something only gods could do?

Aside from a huge crater in the ground, there were fortunately no other accidents. Seeing that everything was fine, everyone left.

Jerry hurried over to Xiao Wu and pulled her into his arms. "Xiao Wu, you're so foolish. You're so foolish! It was so dangerous, yet you still ran over!"

"Brother Jerry, I was afraid you would leave me too," Xiao Wu said, her eyes red.

"If you ever encounter an irresistible danger again, run immediately. Don't worry about me! I don't want to see you get hurt!" Jerry told Xiao Wu sternly.

"No. I want to stay with Brother Jerry. Even if we die, we'll die together."

"Xiao Wu! You're not allowed to take risks again. Do you remember what I said before? If anyone wants to kill you, they'll have to step over my corpse! So whenever there's danger, I'll stand in front of you! Xiao Wu, I heard what you said earlier. Actually, I like you too! I've liked you for a very, very long time!"

Hearing Jerry say that he liked her, Xiao Wu was overjoyed. "Brother! I'm so happy right now!" After saying that, she kissed Jerry, then wrapped her arms around him and refused to let go.

Xiao Wu's sudden kiss made Jerry blush furiously. The situation had been too urgent earlier for him to think much of it, but now that it had happened so suddenly, his heart pounded wildly.

Jerry had never dated in his previous life either. He had been a homebody who often played League of Legends with his dormmates, and his social circle had been tiny. He had spent years in school without ever getting a girlfriend. Then, just after entering society and finding a job, he had transmigrated here.

He had no dating experience at all, so Xiao Wu was Jerry's first love—shy, innocent, and beautiful.

"Xiao Wu, your Soul Ring was absorbed. Did it affect you at all?"

Xiao Wu examined herself. "Brother Jerry, I think I became human directly! After Soul Beasts undergo Humanoid Transformation, the difference between us and humans is that we have Soul Rings in our bodies. The Soul Rings stay hidden inside us and constantly release Soul Power. Cultivation means absorbing that released Soul Power, and once we reach the mature stage and absorb it all, we become true humans. Now that my Soul Rings are gone, I can only absorb Soul Power from heaven and earth. In other words, I became human directly, and I no longer have any Soul Beast aura. Titled Douluo won't be able to discover me in the future!" Xiao Wu said excitedly.

"That's good, that's good!" Jerry finally felt relieved.

Jerry began examining his own condition. After the Crystal Ball flew into his head, it vanished. Even with Jerry's current powerful Spiritual Power, he could not find it.

Jerry's Martial Soul was slowly absorbing Soul Power and re-forming. The same was true of his Soul Rings! It seemed the Crystal Ball had only absorbed the energy of his Martial Soul and Soul Rings. His Martial Soul was still there!

Only then did Jerry remember that a shattered Martial Soul would recover! Look at Tang San's Blue Silver Grass—it had been broken so many times, yet it always repaired itself in the end! The same went for Soul Rings. People from the Clear Sky Sect were always using Ring Detonation, and after some time, their rings would recover! It seemed Martial Souls and Soul Rings were part of this world's laws! Laws were still very difficult to break!

That put Jerry at ease. He had been afraid he was crippled, but now that he could recover, it was good news!

This time, the expenditure had been too great, directly emptying all the Soul Power within his Martial Soul and Soul Rings! Even though Jerry could guide Soul Power with his Spiritual Power, it still took him a month to recover.

After recovering, there was only one Wood Attribute Soul Power Seed in his Martial Soul. All the others had vanished, and he was back to square one! Jerry tried condensing Soul Power Seeds again, but unfortunately, the moment Soul Power of other attributes touched him, it was absorbed into his head and disappeared! Jerry knew the Crystal Ball was behind it, but there was nothing he could do! It seemed he could no longer condense other attributes!

After Jerry's Soul Rings recovered, they were the same as before. Only his First Soul Skill and Fourth Soul Skill felt much smoother to use.

Jerry had previously studied Soul Rings. With his current Spiritual Power, he could observe that a Soul Ring contained a Soul Beast's Soul, its Soul Power Seed, and all of its cultivation! When activating a Soul Skill, Soul Power was fed into it and absorbed by the Soul Power Seed. Then the skill was activated through the Soul Beast's Soul, and the skill's power was related to the Soul Beast's cultivation!

Jerry had tested this before. When absorbing a Soul Ring, the Soul Beast's Soul, seed, and cultivation were absorbed together! First, one had to endure the Soul Beast's Soul Impact, then absorb its Soul Power Seed and cultivation! The souls of Soul Beasts below Ten Thousand Years were very weak, so ordinary Soul Masters would endure the impact without even noticing it! But at Ten Thousand Years, the soul underwent a transformation. When absorbed, its impact on a Soul Master's soul became extremely intense!

After enduring the Soul Impact, the Soul Beast's Soul would become an unconscious fragment of a soul and return to the Soul Ring!

Next came the absorption of the Soul Power Seed. A Soul Master's own Soul Power Seed absorbed the Soul Beast's Soul Power Seed. Those of the same attribute could be absorbed, while other attributes could not. In the end, Soul Power Seeds of other attributes would return to the Soul Ring as well!

Finally came the absorption of the Soul Beast's cultivation! At that point, it depended on Body Strength! If one endured it, the absorption would succeed. If not, it would fail! In many cases, failure meant one's body exploded and one died!

Jerry had observed his own Soul Rings. There was a Light Attribute Soul Power Seed in his First Soul Ring and a Lightning Attribute Soul Power Seed in his Fourth Soul Ring! The other three Soul Rings had no Soul Power Seeds. All the Soul Beasts Jerry had absorbed were Plant Type Soul Beasts, so they should have possessed Wood Attribute Soul Power Seeds. Those Wood Attribute Seeds had all been absorbed by the Wood Attribute Soul Power Seed in Jerry's Martial Soul!

Now it seemed that both the Light Attribute Soul Power Seed and the Lightning Attribute Soul Power Seed had been absorbed by the Crystal Ball! After recovering, all attributes aside from the Wood Attribute had vanished. And after those two attributes disappeared, Jerry found the two Soul Skills much smoother to use!

It seemed that although Soul Masters could successfully absorb other attributes, Soul Power Seeds with the same attribute as their Martial Souls would be directly absorbed by the Soul Power Seed within their Martial Souls! Those of different attributes would return to the Soul Ring. Since these uncontrolled attributes were constantly stored within the Soul Rings, they would somewhat hinder a Soul Master's use of Soul Skills. That hindrance was the cooldown time of Soul Skills!

Jerry had now perfectly mastered all his Soul Rings. As long as he had enough Soul Power, he could use them! There was no cooldown period for his Soul Skills! This was truly a huge gain!