Martial Soul Evolution Theory

"I studied those ancient myths and legends and found that once soul beasts reached a hundred thousand years, they could take human form. In that era, there were no traces of pure humans at all, or at least none recorded in the myths and legends. Even the ancient books that documented those myths vaguely suggested between the lines that their recorders were not human.

Our human race could not have appeared out of thin air. Coupled with the fact that soul beasts can transform into humans, as well as the various martial souls humans possess—especially those Beast Martial Soul masters—I guessed that humanity originated from the soul beast race.

Perhaps only a very small number of soul beasts could reach a hundred thousand years and transform, but humans have an extremely strong reproductive capacity. Counting twenty years as a generation, with such continuous exponential growth, it was not impossible for today's vast human population to evolve over ten thousand or even a hundred thousand years.

Besides, our martial souls come from the bloodline inheritance of both parents, so the source of those bloodline inheritances must also have come from soul beasts.

After all, martial souls all take the forms of soul beasts. Even those Weapon Martial Souls might, I guessed, be related to soul bones, the result of continual evolution. Otherwise, there was simply no way to explain them.

It couldn't be that our human ancestors forcibly did it with soul beasts, or were done by soul beasts, could it?

Animal-type soul beasts were one thing, but what about Plant System martial souls?

And everyone in the entire world can awaken a martial soul, without a single exception.

Coupled with the diversity of martial souls, especially Beast Martial Souls, aside from innate mutation types, nearly every Beast Martial Soul can be matched to a corresponding soul beast.

I had even seen someone whose martial soul possessed intelligence, like a soul beast.

Some people, after awakening their martial souls—or even from birth—developed beastlike features, such as animal ears and tails.

This was clearly no coincidence. Humanity's original bloodline had come from the soul beast race.

So, at present, the limits of human martial souls should correspond to those of the soul beast race. In the myths and legends, the strongest soul beasts were the Dragon God and the Nine Dragon Kings. It was said there were also powerful creatures such as Behemoths and Titan-like creatures.

Oh, right. There is a top-tier soul beast called the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear. I heard it possesses the bloodline of a Behemoth.

Those are the true top-tier soul beasts—or rather, Divine Beasts. Once they cultivated to the ultimate level, they could rival gods.

Compared to beings like that, what did the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon even count for?"

Tian Hao did not keep Ah Yin in suspense and took the opportunity to finish explaining his theoretical speculation.

He was not surprised by the guess that humans originated from soul beasts. In his previous life, humans had directly evolved from apes.

The soul beasts of this world could directly transform into humans. That was far more impressive than the ape evolution theory from his previous life, accomplishing it in one step.

In truth, the inspiration for this theory mainly came from Old Tang Family. Just look at the soul beast bloodline running through Old Tang Family. Yet as children of soul beasts, they did not possess the ability of transformed soul beasts to generate soul rings on their own. They still had to cultivate independently and obtain soul rings like ordinary soul masters.

That phenomenon alone explained many things. Old Tang Family mainly lived in the God Realm, where the flow of time was very slow. If they had truly lived and multiplied on Douluo Continent, after tens of thousands of years, their population would definitely have to be measured in the hundreds of millions.

Ah Yin fell into deep thought once more, unable to stop herself from wondering whether, if she and Hao had a child in the future, it would be a soul beast or a normal human soul master.

If it was the latter, would that not prove the youth's guess correct?

Tang Hao still refused to believe it. In the end, it was all just myths and legends.

Could myths and legends really be taken seriously?

"What else?"

Ah Yin took out another Silver Soul Coin and handed it to Tian Hao. She wanted to hear more, and her recognition of Tian Hao's talent and knowledge grew deeper.

Leaving aside anything else, as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she knew very well that the legends of the Dragon God and the Nine Dragon Kings were not fiction. They had truly existed.

The youth before her had analyzed so much based solely on a few myths and legends. That alone showed his wisdom.

"There is another way to evolve martial souls, which I call evolution theory. Its effects are far slower than directly cultivating a martial soul's innate traits, and it requires the unceasing efforts of generation after generation to produce results.

Old Li Tou's family in our village was among the first to settle here and mine. At first, their martial soul was a hoe, but after mining for several hundred years, the martial soul passed down through their family gradually became a mining pickaxe better suited for mining.

I looked through their family genealogy, which had been passed down for over twenty generations. Not one of the women who married into the family had a martial soul related to a mining pickaxe, nor had a single soul master in the family ever obtained a soul ring. External influences could basically be ruled out.

Since it was not an external factor, then the problem had to lie within themselves.

I guessed that they had always wanted to mine better and earn more money. They held a thought in their hearts, wanting their hoe martial souls to become mining pickaxes more suitable for mining. Under the gradual influence of their own consciousness, the form of their martial souls changed.

Perhaps the change in a single generation was minuscule, but passed down through dozens of generations, small gains accumulated into major changes.

And the lower the grade of the martial soul, the easier it should be to change. A purely cosmetic change in form should also be the easiest..."

Tian Hao earnestly spun his tale. Tang Hao found it increasingly impossible to listen, while Ah Yin continued listening attentively, agreeing with him more and more.

"If you are interested, you can investigate it yourselves. You should find something."

Tian Hao had created this theory based on the evolution theory from his previous life and used the Old Village Chief's genealogy as evidence. It should be broadly reliable.

"Even if this evolution theory of yours is true, as you said, not only is it slow to show results, it also has little effect on changing or even evolving high-grade martial souls. What use is it?"

Tang Hao refuted him again. Even if this evolution theory was sound, it was still useless.

What use was there in the martial souls of commoners changing shape, no matter how drastically?

What soul masters valued most was the quality of their martial souls.

"Hao!"

Coming back to her senses, Ah Yin tugged on her boyfriend's wrist. Those words had been too harsh.

She still wanted to earn the youth's trust and have him explain more of his theories.

Whether it could be used to ease the conflict between soul beasts and humans, or given as a gift to Hao's parents and brothers, it would be highly beneficial.

She believed that with such a generous gift, Hao's parents, relatives, and the entire Clear Sky Sect would acknowledge her identity.

She just did not understand why Tang Hao had become so extreme today. He had not been like this before.

Tang Hao felt sour all over again. He was so angry at a certain youth that his teeth itched, while also considering how to quickly persuade Ah Yin to leave. She could not keep interacting with that brat, or something would happen sooner or later.

That kid was simply Tang Hao's nemesis!

Tang Hao suppressed his anger, but when he saw the youth's utterly undisguised look of disdain, he nearly could not stop himself from pulling out his hammer and smashing him with it.

What was with that look?

"You calm down too."

Ah Yin shot the youth on the other side a glare, feeling miserable.

Were these two born enemies?

"Heh... Who told you it was useless?"

Tian Hao sneered. He would not do something pointless. He had long since come up with an idea.

As a transmigrator from a new era, he might not have much else, but his imagination was definitely broad enough.

"What do you mean?"

Tang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly, realizing this was not so simple.

That evolution theory had indeed sounded ridiculous, but if there was a way to improve the efficiency of that evolution, its value would be entirely different.

Could it be that this brat had even stranger ideas?

"One Silver Soul Coin. Take it."

Seeing that the youth had stopped speaking, Ah Yin could only irritably hand him another Silver Soul Coin.

"That evolutionary efficiency is indeed a bit low, but wouldn't it be enough to find a way to improve it?

If a cultivation method capable of strengthening Mental Power could be created, using stronger Mental Power for hypnotic guidance would definitely make it more efficient.

If the mysteries behind martial soul changes could be researched and a targeted secret art developed specifically for it, further increasing the efficiency, then perhaps a martial soul could undergo evolution and transformation in a single generation..."

Tian Hao cheerfully put away the Silver Soul Coin. As he explained, he poured the boiled water into two bowls, then picked two leaves from the Blue Silver Vine outside the house, washed them clean, and steeped them in the tea bowls.

"I accidentally discovered this Blue Silver Vine deep in the mountains. The leaves are a little bitter, but they are full of vitality. Brewing them as tea is very nourishing for the body."

He had discovered that Blue Silver Vine deep in the mountains half a year ago. After tasting it, he dug it up and replanted it in the courtyard, where it had since spread across the walls of the entire wooden house.

This thing had absurdly vigorous vitality. If he picked a leaf today, another would grow back in a few days. It was inexhaustible!

"Blue Silver Vine?"

Ah Yin looked at the leaves in the tea bowl, then at that Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass, feeling rather speechless.

That was clearly Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass, all right? How had it become a vine to him?

Still, Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass really did resemble a vine. Ordinary people truly would not recognize it, and probably no one would imagine that Blue Silver Grass could grow for a thousand years.

In fact, that was indeed the case. Tian Hao had not connected it to Thousand-Year Blue Silver Grass. Although its leaves resembled Blue Silver Grass, it really did look more like a vine.

Besides, the world was vast and full of wonders. Even in his previous life, there had been countless similar-looking plants, much less in this otherworld with a cultivation civilization.

Was it really so hard to understand the existence of a vine with leaves like Blue Silver Grass?

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