Blood Essence Soul Ring Concept

Elder Electrolux's awakening delighted Mu Yuan.

"Your Second Sea of Consciousness is no ordinary place. Sleeping within you, my recovery naturally won't be slow."

Hearing this, Mu Yuan nodded deeply in agreement.

When he had absorbed the Titan Snow Demon's Soul Ring, the meridians within his body had shattered. He had endured solely through a single force of willpower. Throughout the process, he had not even needed to guide Soul Power to protect his meridians.

That was because the immense life force of the Blade of Life had helped him recover.

Once life force became sufficiently abundant, it was not only effective on the physical body; it also nourished the mind.

When the body grew stronger, the soul would naturally receive nourishment in return.

With Elder Electrolux's assessment, Mu Yuan was relieved as well.

To be honest, Electrolux had never said how long it would take for the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to transform into a soul beast.

He had observed it for the past three months without noticing any changes, and he had been somewhat anxious.

Now, however, he could finally relax.

At most, it would take one year.

In other words, it would happen almost exactly when he needed his Fifth Soul Ring.

"My Fourth Soul Ring is nearing twenty thousand years. If I cultivate normally until Rank 50, I might be able to withstand a forty-thousand-year Soul Ring. If I deliberately temper my body and push myself, perhaps I can reach fifty thousand, or even sixty thousand years. On top of that, the Blade of Life's passive effect might let me take another risk and raise it by ten thousand years..."

After calculating it all, it still fell short of one hundred thousand years.

Therefore, sacrifice was necessary.

As though he knew what Mu Yuan was thinking, Electrolux spoke.

"With the Blade of Life in your possession, and since you have helped this Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid take that crucial step, persuading it to sacrifice itself should not be difficult if you can preserve its Soul Origin."

Mu Yuan suddenly understood.

He understood what Elder Electrolux meant.

Wasn't this the Soul Spirit Method?

"Elder Electrolux, can you do it?"

"There is already a successful precedent. It should not be difficult for me to replicate it. However, the intelligence born from this Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid does not possess the capabilities of that insect, after all. I will need to further study your Soul Ring system and see whether I can design a Contract Array suitable for you."

Mu Yuan let out a breath of relief.

There was no need to doubt Elder Electrolux's abilities.

The original story had never actively explored the development of Soul Spirits. Now that they were deliberately pursuing that direction, one year should be enough.

With the Soul Ring issue resolved, Mu Yuan turned his attention back to cultivation.

He was in no hurry.

To be honest, ever since he had transmigrated here, he had still been in a period of growth.

He had yet to truly fight anyone outside his circle, nor had he made any sort of name for himself.

Mu Yuan felt no anxiety over that whatsoever.

He cherished this period of time greatly.

At least before the first Soul Master Tournament, Douluo Continent was truly peaceful. This was a genuine period for growth.

Only after this tournament would the continent truly become turbulent. By then, he might no longer be able to cultivate as peacefully as he did now.

Before the tournament, reaching Rank 49 in Soul Power cultivation will count as success. Perhaps under the pressure of the tournament, I may even have a chance to break through the shackles of Rank 50.

Aside from cultivating Soul Power, there was also Bloodline Power, Mental Power, and Combat Techniques.

The first three involved Essence, Qi, and Spirit. None of the three could be neglected. Furthermore, the Body Sect's Combat Techniques had previously often been limited to the level of Soul Power, but Mu Yuan intended to incorporate both Mental Power and Bloodline Power into them.

Cultivating each of them was no easy matter.

"My Mental Power and Bloodline Power are growing quickly, but that is only the lingering benefit of fusing with the Blade of Life and opening the Second Sea of Consciousness. Once this wave of nourishment ends—or once the growth of my Mental Power and Bloodline Power reaches a bottleneck—I have no clear direction forward. I could very well become stuck."

Planning ahead, Mu Yuan intended to create cultivation methods for these two systems.

Naturally, he knew his own capabilities.

The reason he had the idea of creating cultivation methods was naturally because he already had some ideas, and because the task itself was not particularly difficult.

"For Mental Power cultivation, visualization will be the main focus—visualizing the Eight-Armed Demonic God."

"As for Bloodline Power cultivation, it should focus on the Spirit Aperture Method, creating a method suited to Douluo Continent Soul Masters for cultivating Bloodline Power, one with the distinct characteristics of Douluo Soul Masters."

The so-called Spirit Aperture Method was naturally part of the cultivation system from Electrolux's world.

On the Shengmo Continent, cultivators cultivated Spiritual Power. Once their Spiritual Power reached a certain level, they could condense Spirit Apertures, with a maximum of ninety-nine Spirit Apertures!

Mu Yuan naturally would not completely replicate the Shengmo Continent's Spirit Apertures. He merely needed a reference.

"Elder Electrolux, now that you have awakened, I have some cultivation-related questions I would like to ask you."

"What questions do you have?" Electrolux was also curious about what was troubling Mu Yuan at this moment.

Wasn't Mu Yuan currently walking upon a broad and open road?

After carefully choosing his words, Mu Yuan asked, "Elder Electrolux, may I ask what cultivation is like in the plane you came from?"

At this, Electrolux was briefly stunned before falling into reminiscence.

He was only a fragment of Divine Sense.

He had initially been severely incomplete. After being nurtured by the Blade of Life, he had recovered considerably, and some of his memories had gradually returned as well.

He did retain memories of the Shengmo Continent.

Naturally, those memories included its most fundamental cultivation system.

He simply had not expected Mu Yuan to be curious about the cultivation system of the Shengmo Continent.

He did not hide anything from Mu Yuan and gave him a general explanation of cultivation on the Shengmo Continent.

"Spirit Apertures?"

Mu Yuan pondered thoughtfully.

Soon, enlightenment appeared on his face, and he asked excitedly, "Elder Electrolux, do you think my Bloodline Power cultivation can draw upon the Spirit Aperture Method?"

Upon hearing this, Electrolux fell into thought once more.

He discovered that Mu Yuan's ability to develop things was truly exceptional—or, more precisely, his ability to apply things was exceptional.

He could perfectly make use of everything at his disposal.

"Simulating the Spirit Aperture Method to cultivate Bloodline Power has a certain degree of feasibility. However, I must remind you that your body structure is ultimately different from that of the Shengmo Continent. Completely copying it is impossible. For example, your meridians contain no space where Spirit Apertures can be condensed. The only places where you can condense Spirit Apertures are your three Dantians, which must be used to condense Soul Cores."

Mu Yuan indicated that he understood.

"Don't worry, I will not copy it outright. I only want to imitate the method of condensing Spirit Apertures to refine Blood Qi."

Electrolux nodded.

Mu Yuan had not finished explaining his idea.

He pretended to think for a moment longer before proposing a new idea.

"Elder Electrolux, do you think it is possible for me to use the techniques for condensing Spirit Apertures, not to condense Spirit Apertures within my body, but to condense Soul Rings outside my body?"

"Since our body structure is different and we cannot condense Spirit Apertures within our bodies, then we should follow the system of us Soul Masters. Soul Masters naturally possess Soul Ring slots in cultivation. Martial Souls have Soul Ring slots—could this Blood Qi condense into something similar to a Soul Ring?"

Mu Yuan was actually exploring the process while already holding the answer.

He knew that once Blood Qi reached a certain level, things called Blood Essence Soul Rings could emerge.

Although Tang Wulin's circumstances were special, and his bloodline was practically a Martial Soul in itself, Mu Yuan was not without experience in artificially creating Martial Souls.

He had already used Electrolux's power to create a Second Martial Soul. Turning Blood Qi into something similar to a Martial Soul was not entirely without hope.