Transmigrating to Douluo: Elder Yi Helps Me Research the Spirit Ring System

Facing Electrolux's confusion, Su Hui told him everything he could—the martial soul system, spirit ring age limits, and so on.

When it came to time travel, he deliberately blurred the details of his experience in "another world," glossing over it vaguely.

"So, you know me because of your experiences in your original world?"

Electrolux's voice was aged and hoarse, yet as steady as frozen earth in deep winter.

"You could say that."

He did not mention that he had read about these things in a novel.

"..."

Electrolux fell silent.

The gray-mist figure swayed slightly, as if digesting this information.

After a long while, he spoke again, a hint of self-deprecating amusement in his tone.

"I am but a remnant soul; I shall not press you on how you came to know my name. Every person has things that cannot be spoken of."

The stone in Su Hui's heart finally dropped.

Old Man Yi's attitude was more important than anything else; his decision not to pursue the matter was for the best.

After all, involving the various issues of the Peerless Tang Sect novel would be troublesome to explain.

The gray mist solidified slightly, and Electrolux's hollow eye sockets fixed upon Su Hui, his tone calm yet striking at the heart of the matter.

"Seeing me awaken, you were emotionally stirred; this must have to do with the troubles you currently face."

"What kind of trouble do you think this remnant soul of mine can help you solve?"

Bullseye!

Su Hui straightened his back, his fingers gripping the fabric on his knees tightly, and said word by word, "I might be dragged back to my original era at any time."

"The last time I traveled, I only stayed for thirty days."

He used the word "traveled," and Electrolux did not ask for details, simply listening quietly.

Su Hui continued, his speaking speed increasing as if he were chasing something.

Su Hui quickly laid out his worries.

The time he had to remain in this era might be limited.

He had experienced time travel once before, only to be forced back after staying in that era for a month.

He wanted to reap the greatest possible benefits in this era.

He had been quite lost, but Electrolux's awakening gave him a new direction for his thoughts.

He possessed the molted skin of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Furthermore, in ten days, the one-year cooldown for his Space Anywhere Door would end.

He could completely imitate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to capture the Ice Empress and persuade her to sacrifice herself to him, replacing his second spirit ring.

This was the greatest gain he could imagine in this era.

However, the prerequisite here was a method to allow the Ice Empress to store her soul and consciousness to become a sentient spirit ring.

In the original Peerless Tang Sect, only the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, as a million-year sentient spirit ring, knew such a method.

Although he did not have the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, he had Electrolux!

Old Man Yi was the Holy Necromancer; when it came to the study of souls and spiritual power, who could compare to him?

Even the future method of spirit souls was created by Old Man Yi.

The sea of consciousness remained silent for a full dozen breaths.

Electrolux's gray-mist figure swayed like a candle flame in the wind, then let out a low, hoarse laugh.

"Heh..."

The laughter was not loud, but it carried the vicissitudes and defiance of ten thousand years.

"Interesting."

Electrolux floated before Su Hui, his finger in the void tapping toward the center of his brow.

"I have seen too many people use the sacrifices of others to increase their strength."

"But what you want is for the sacrificed to retain their consciousness and memories, dwelling eternally in the form of a soul."

"What you seek is not consumption, but symbiosis."

Su Hui nodded solemnly: "Yes, I cannot withstand the Ice Empress's 390,000 years of cultivation as I am now. Only if she actively sacrifices herself while remaining conscious, and seals her own origin power layer by layer, can I possess her spirit ring."

"Let me think."

The gray mist surged like condensed thoughts.

"The contract between a martial soul and a spirit ring is, in essence, the anchoring of the spirit beast's residual life imprint by the hunter's spiritual power."

"After the spirit beast dies, the life imprint is absorbed along with the spirit ring, but the autonomous consciousness usually shatters the moment the contract is completed."

"What you must do is, before the collapse occurs, use a more powerful spiritual force field to envelop, isolate, and stabilize that sliver of consciousness—and then reverse-embed it into the internal structure of the spirit ring."

Electrolux spoke faster and faster, and faint, fine silver lights flickered within the gray mist, as if some form of autonomous deduction were taking place.

"An interesting proposition."

He turned toward Su Hui: "I need time."

"The underlying rules of the spirit master system and necromancy are not compatible; I must first dismantle the internal structure of your spirit ring before I can redesign a method for soul sealing."

Su Hui clenched his fist abruptly.

"With those words from you, Elder Yi, that is enough!"

He did not doubt for a moment that Electrolux could do it.

This was the very existence who, in the original work, forcibly fused necromancy with the spirit master system to create the Spirit Soul contract.

Now, merely requiring the preservation of a sacrificed spirit beast's soul to create an intelligent spirit ring was simply a targeted breakthrough in a specialized field.

To Electrolux, this was likely equivalent to asking a master swordsmith to forge a kitchen knife with a unique shape.

"Ten days."

Su Hui held up his fingers.

"Ten days from now, my Anywhere Door will finish its cooldown. Before then, what materials do you need? Spiritual power? Spirit power? Or... souls?"

He said the last word with some hesitation.

After all, he was not a villain who killed indiscriminately.

Electrolux, however, waved that translucent hand of his.

"I only need to observe the operation of your spirit ring; that will be sufficient."

Su Hui exhaled a long, heavy breath, then cupped his hands together and bowed to Electrolux with the most orthodox of courtesies.

"Many thanks, Elder Yi."

Electrolux accepted the gesture with indifference.

The gray mist slowly retracted into a spherical shape, finally leaving behind a light, airy remark.

"My consciousness has been in chaos for who knows how long; to wake up and be presented with such an interesting project can be considered a stroke of fortune."

Things were settled on Elder Yi's end.

The only remaining key was the Ice Empress.

The Ice Empress, that Ultimate Ice spirit beast with a jade scorpion tail and the face of a young girl—would she be willing to trade three hundred and ninety thousand years of freedom for a chance to survive?

Su Hui could not suppress the curve of his lips.

"If Elder Yi takes action personally, there shouldn't be any problems."

He believed that an Elder Yi who had nearly become a god would certainly be more persuasive than that big fat worm, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

"Oh, Tian Meng, while you were sleeping soundly in the Star Dou Great Forest, your buddy was already digging into the foundations of your creative ideas."

"When you and Huo Yuhao eventually discover that the Ice Empress is gone, don't be too surprised."

He closed his eyes and began to calculate.

Ten days later, he would enter the Far North; he only needed to use the Anywhere Door to travel directly to the Ice Empress's lair.

However, the risks involved were not small.

No one knew if the Ice Empress was inside her lair, nor if she was in a deep slumber.

If he made the trip only to find the Ice Empress wasn't home, it would have been a wasted journey.

By then, he would likely have to face the crisis of potentially alerting both the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress, the two sovereigns of the Far North.

"Forget it, just thinking about it gives me a headache."

Su Hui gave up on the thought.

It was more practical to think about how not to be frozen into an ice sculpture the moment they met.