Spirit Soul's Temptation and Conjecture

Over the following period, Ye Linyuan's life began to settle into a routine.

During the day, he worked alongside his senior brothers and elders of the Body Sect to build houses, while at night he meditated to cultivate his soul power and studied the Cold Sun Forging Heart Art left by that predecessor.

That evening.

Ye Linyuan sat cross-legged on the bed, murmuring to himself, "At this rate, it should be finished by tomorrow."

"Tsk, the cultivation world really is something else—everyone flying through the sky, lifting a thousand jin, the efficiency of building houses is no joke."

Just then, an aged voice suddenly rang out in Ye Linyuan's mind: "Linyuan, I've more or less finished studying the Cold Sun Forging Heart Art."

"Forging the body with the power of ice and fire, stimulating the flesh with the Heart Martial Soul to unlock potential—it's indeed a decent idea."

"But this method also has its flaws, and you need to be careful."

Ye Linyuan was startled by this and quickly asked, "Elder Yi, what flaws does this secret art have?"

Electrolux chuckled warmly, "No need to be tense, it's not a major issue."

"The logic of his secret art is correct, but he overlooked one point: since you're tempering the body with ice and fire power, you'll naturally absorb that ice and fire power during the process."

"However, in his early stages, limited by conditions, the ice and fire power he used for tempering came from the mundane—just ordinary flames and cold ice."

"As a result, the ice and fire power absorbed during his initial tempering was far too crude, lacking spiritual energy to nourish the flesh, which is why his foundation was damaged."

"To solve this problem, the method is simple: add ice and fire attribute spiritual herbs rich in spiritual energy during the tempering process."

"The higher the grade of the spiritual herb, the more abundant the spiritual energy, the better the tempering effect, and the less damage to the body."

Hearing this, Ye Linyuan's face lit up with surprise.

Ice and fire power rich in spiritual energy?

What a coincidence!

The Ice Spring and Fire Spring in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well—aren't they tailor-made heavenly treasures for this method?

Then, a thought flickered in Ye Linyuan's eyes as something occurred to him.

In Douluo II, the most interesting things were two.

One was Soul Tools, and the other was Spirit Souls.

Soul Tools were limited by forging techniques; though they were starting to advance rapidly now, it was still far from the true explosion period.

In Douluo II, the key to victory still lay with powerful soul masters.

But Spirit Souls were a different story!

For Douluo Continent, where soul beast resources were rapidly depleting, this thing was absolutely a groundbreaking creation!

Not only could it allow soul masters to obtain high-year spirit rings beyond their rank, but it also increased combat diversity and greatly eased the conflict between soul masters and soul beasts.

And the emergence of Spirit Souls was almost entirely thanks to Electrolux.

Now that Electrolux had been intercepted by him, could he find a way to ask Elder Yi to create Spirit Souls ahead of time?

His second martial soul, after being occupied by Elder Yi, couldn't gain soul skills through spirit rings, but it could still fuse with spirit rings to enhance his body.

So now, finding spirit rings for his second martial soul was actually easier—he just had to target those high-year soul beasts.

After all, with the inclusiveness of the divine attribute, he could accept anything.

As long as high-level soul beasts willingly signed a contract with him, he didn't have to wait until the eight-ring Soul Douluo stage to add spirit rings to his second martial soul.

He could add Spirit Souls early on, greatly speeding up his early development.

For example, the hundred-thousand-year plant-type soul beast in the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well!

Don't forget, the soul power boost from high-level Spirit Souls came without any hidden dangers!

Ye Linyuan's eyes brightened as he suddenly said, "Elder Yi, I once read something interesting in an ancient text."

"Soul masters on Douluo Continent can only advance in cultivation by fusing spirit rings."

"But after tens of thousands of years of development on Douluo Continent, the number of human soul masters has grown, while the number of soul beasts has sharply decreased."

"At this rate, it probably won't be long before soul beasts are hunted to the brink of extinction by human soul masters."

"When that happens, the soul beast race will surely wage an all-out war against human soul masters, to the death."

"In response to this situation, that ancient text proposed an intriguing idea."

"If a dying or near-lifespan soul beast willingly offers its power and forms a contract with a human soul master in need of a spirit ring, preserving its intelligence and surviving in a special life form..."

"Then, it could achieve a win-win situation for both soul masters and soul beasts."

"He called this unique existence form a Wisdom Spirit Ring, also known as a Spirit Soul!"

"Elder Yi, do you think his idea could be realized?"

Electrolux was taken aback, falling into deep thought.

Ye Linyuan didn't rush him, quietly waiting for Elder Yi's response.

After a long while.

Electrolux praised, "This man has great wisdom, his idea is so ahead of its time."

"Linyuan, when you were fusing with your spirit ring a few days ago, I carefully observed the entire process."

"From what I can tell, a spirit beast's ring energy is primarily composed of its spiritual origin, along with a very small fragment of the laws of power."

"To put it simply, a spirit ring is the shattered soul of a spirit beast."

"If a spirit beast is willing to offer up its soul, and uses some unique method to preserve its integrity while merging with a spirit master..."

"Then it is indeed possible to form what he called a Wisdom Spirit Ring."

Ye Linyuan's spirit jolted, and he probed, "Senior Electrolux, this method of merging must require an extremely high level of spiritual power, right?"

"If a spirit master isn't of the spiritual attribute, can they still accomplish this?"

Ye Linyuan remembered it very clearly.

The original text specifically emphasized that only spirit masters with the spiritual attribute could form a Spirit Contract, which was why Huo Gua got to reap the benefits.

But he always felt that claim was off.

The spiritual power and soul of a spiritual-attribute martial soul were indeed stronger than those of an ordinary spirit master, but the gap between ranks couldn't be ignored.

If a Spirit Ring-level spirit master with the spiritual attribute could form a Spirit Contract, then surely a Titled Douluo-level powerhouse's spiritual power and soul couldn't be weaker than theirs, right?

Couldn't they form a Spirit Contract as well?

Or did forming a Spirit Contract require some fixed spiritual trait that only spiritual-attribute spirit masters possessed?

Ye Linyuan's two martial souls were one evil and one righteous, neither possessing the spiritual attribute.

If that were the case, unless he gathered other spiritual-attribute spirit masters...

Otherwise, spirit souls would be out of his reach.

Electrolux chuckled. "Of course other spirit masters can. Spiritual power and the soul aren't exclusive to spiritual-attribute spirit masters."

"Every intelligent being on the continent has a spirit and a soul, don't they?"

"However, the path of the soul is extremely complex. If even the slightest mistake is made during the process, major problems can arise."

"I've never met a spiritual-attribute spirit master, but I can guess that their control over spiritual power should be far superior to that of ordinary spirit masters."

"It's like how everyone has hands, feet, eyes, and a heart, but ordinary spirit masters can't achieve the level of extreme control and development that you all can."

"If there truly exists a secret method for converting spirit souls, then theoretically, spiritual-attribute spirit masters would indeed find it much easier to execute."

"But that doesn't mean non-spiritual-attribute spirit masters can't do it. It just places higher demands on their soul and spiritual power."