Flame Meditation Method

A powerful sensation of strength surged through his body, filling him with an intense urge to destroy.

Yan hurriedly activated the Flame-Turning God Clan's cultivation method, calming the restless blood and qi within him.

The phantom of his Martial Soul behind him faded away, and the flame patterns that had appeared across Yan's bare body gradually receded as well.

The abnormally high body temperature brought on by his Martial Soul's enhancement also slowly returned to normal.

At the same time, a strong sticky, greasy sensation spread across his body.

These were the various impurities expelled from his body when he had swallowed the Whale Rubber. Although the high heat from Martial Soul Possession had evaporated much of it at the time, plenty still remained.

Yan shrugged his body, feeling rather uncomfortable. He took a step forward, intending to leave the cultivation room and wash himself in the bathroom, rinsing away the impurities clinging to his body.

But the moment he moved, he felt as though he had become weightless, as if he would topple over the next instant. Yan hastily tried to steady himself, but then came a crack.

The floor beneath his forcefully planted foot suddenly caved in. That single step had shattered the cultivation room's floor!

Daring not to move carelessly again, Yan quickly circulated his cultivation method to stabilize himself, a stunned expression appearing on his face.

"Has my strength increased too quickly, leaving my control over my body unable to keep up?"

Yan muttered softly, looking both amused and helpless. He had never expected to experience the kind of trouble Superman once had.

Carefully pulling his foot free from the rubble, Yan spent some time adjusting before finally moving again.

What should have been a short walk to take a bath had now become an obstacle course.

He had to focus completely, sensing every minute movement of every muscle as he coordinated the balance between his suddenly surging strength and his body's center of gravity.

"Phew..."

After only a dozen or so meters, Yan had already broken out in a fine layer of sweat by the time he reached the bathroom door.

It was not from exhaustion, but from the intense concentration required to control his body.

After carefully bathing and changing into clean clothes,

when he returned to the cultivation room, Yan did not continue cultivating. Instead, he practiced a foundational diagram from the Flame God Body Tempering Method: Earth-Born Fire.

Earth-Born Fire was a foundation-building diagram. It could regulate the body and smooth the blood and qi, making it perfectly suited for Yan to adapt to his suddenly increased strength.

He had practiced this stance countless times, and it had long become instinct. Yet when he assumed it again now, the feeling was completely different.

His center of gravity sank, his feet rooted to the earth, and his mental power descended into his mind as he visualized the power of the diagram.

Earth-Born Fire: strength rose from the ground, fire formed the foundation. What it sought was stability.

In the past, he had needed to calm his mind for quite some time before entering this state, but now he reached it naturally, without the slightest sense of the old sluggishness.

He could even sense the exceedingly subtle feedback of energy flowing through the ground beneath his feet.

His arms encircled before him, as though embracing a furnace.

Every slight stretch and contraction of his arm muscles contained several times the power they had before.

His blood and qi rushed through broad, resilient meridians, producing a deep sound like the tide that only he could hear.

He closed his eyes and concentrated. He no longer thought about control, but simply felt.

He felt the tension in every inch of muscle, the support of every bone, and the circulation of every thread of blood and qi.

His mind and body became highly unified, gradually adapting to this powerful shell of flesh.

Gradually, the sensation of weightlessness and loss of control began to fade, and he regained precise command over his body.

About the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Yan slowly withdrew his stance and opened his eyes.

The divine light in his eyes was restrained, and the slight unsteadiness from before had vanished.

He tried lightly jumping in place.

His body rose nimbly, half a foot off the ground. When he landed, there was no sound at all. His control over his strength had returned to a refined level.

Faintly, he seemed to have gained the feeling of lifting heavy weights as lightly as though they were nothing.

Over the next few days, Yan did not continue practicing the Yan God Body Refining Technique.

Although his body had gradually adapted to the surge in strength brought about by consuming Whale Rubber, he could still sense a subtle feeling of discord in the finer details of his body.

This was not because anything had gone wrong with his cultivation. Rather, it was the imbalance caused by his Soul Master realm remaining stagnant while his strength as a Martial Artist continued pulling further and further ahead.

Yan knew that this was his Martial Soul's protest. The Flame Overlord could no longer wait to absorb a Soul Ring and increase its strength.

In the Douluo World, Martial Souls were wondrous existences. They were part of a Soul Master, yet they also possessed their own spirituality.

Clearly, the rapid increase in his physical strength had made it difficult for his Martial Soul to maintain balance between the inside and outside.

Yan himself had long been prepared. He had merely been waiting for Xie Yue and Hu Liena.

As early as ten days ago, Xie Yue had raised his Soul Power to level ten.

During this time, Xie Yue had continuously consumed low-year Whale Rubber to improve his physique, hoping to absorb a Soul Ring with a higher age limit.

Hu Liena's talent was roughly on par with Xie Yue's, so her progress should have been about the same as his by now.

As a Soul Scholar who had yet to absorb his first Soul Ring, and unlike Yan, who had undergone systematic physical training, Xie Yue was nearly at the limit of how much Whale Rubber he could consume.

The day they went hunting for their first Soul Rings was likely not far away.

Over the following days, Yan waited for Xie Yue to reach his limit while also cultivating his own Soul Power with all his strength.

Although Yan possessed Innate Full Soul Power, without obtaining a Soul Ring, no amount of cultivation could raise his Soul Power Level.

However, the Soul Power gained through cultivation would not dissipate. Instead, it would accumulate within a Soul Master's body, resulting in a corresponding increase after obtaining a Soul Ring.

The meditation method Yan practiced now was no longer the one originally passed down by Spirit Hall. With the Flame Emperor's inherited memories and a broader perspective, Yan had already modified the Spirit Hall Meditation Method.

Not only had he optimized the route through which Soul Power circulated, but he had also made it more suited to fire-attribute Soul Masters. Its cultivation speed was at least fifty percent faster than before, and Yan named it the Flame Meditation Method.

This was only because Yan's understanding of Soul Master theory was not particularly profound. Otherwise, if he continued refining it, its cultivation speed could still improve considerably.

He only wondered, compared with Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, which had the greater cultivation efficiency: the Flame Meditation Method he had modified, or the Mysterious Heaven Skill?

A few more days passed. Just as Yan felt that his Soul Power was nearing its own limit of accumulation, good news arrived.

Xie Yue had reached the current limit of how much Whale Rubber he could consume.

This undoubtedly meant that obtaining their first Soul Rings could finally be placed on the agenda.

At the same time, the Soul Saint who instructed Xie Yue and Yan in cultivation brought an order from Bibi Dong of the Pope Palace: in three days, they would head to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain their first Soul Rings.

"Finally, it's coming."

After receiving the news, Yan could not help but feel excited. "I wonder what my first Soul Ring will be like."