Life Soul Ring!

Inherited moves are moves passed down from parent Pokémon to their offspring. Offspring Pokémon can use them the moment they are born.

Since Ralts became a Martial Soul, there are no parent Pokémon. Therefore, the possibility of inherited moves is basically ruled out.

What exactly is this unknown power that Ralts is sensing?

"Life-bound Soul Ring, secondary awakening, Martial Soul evolution, innate domain." Listing the hidden powers he knew of one by one, Bai Cai hugged Ralts tightly.

"First, rule out an innate domain."

An innate domain is related to the quality of a Martial Soul, but there have been many exceptions in the history of the Douluo Continent. For example, Tang San's aunt had a negatively mutated Martial Soul and her Soul Power could not break through level nine, yet she awakened an innate domain: the Noble Ring.

However, an innate domain is a range-based soul skill inherent to the Martial Soul; it does not require an attached Soul Ring, nor does it affect its usage. Therefore, this unknown power is definitely not an innate domain.

"Next, rule out secondary awakening and Martial Soul evolution."

A level ten Soul Master cannot even bear the Soul Power deficit required for a secondary awakening. By the same token, Martial Soul evolution requires either external stimulation—such as immortal herbs or suitable Soul Rings—or reaching a high-level Soul Master rank where one's Soul Power Level forces the Martial Soul to evolve.

The Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, saw his Jade Phosphor Serpent evolve into the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor after his Soul Power broke through level ninety. Most high-quality Martial Souls have a chance to undergo varying degrees of evolution upon obtaining their Martial Soul Avatar or breaking through level ninety.

In fact, similar situations occur with soul beasts. The Blue Silver Grass and Blue Silver Emperor, the Ice Jade Scorpion and Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, the Evil Orca and Evil Orca King, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale and Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

Bai Cai has been practicing diligently at Farnos Junior Soul Master Academy, never having consumed any drugs to assist his cultivation, nor does he eat anything indiscriminately.

Furthermore, in the Pokémon games, Ralts evolves into Kirlia at level twenty. Since it has become a Martial Soul, the evolution level should be no lower than level twenty.

According to Bai Cai's speculation, the Soul Power Level required for Ralts to evolve should be related to the watersheds of a Soul Master. A three-ring Soul Elder can absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring, resulting in a qualitative change in strength. A five-ring Soul King can absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, also resulting in a qualitative change. This corresponds perfectly with Kirlia and Gardevoir.

"Excluding the others, could this unknown power be a life-bound Soul Ring?" Bai Cai muttered.

When soul beasts take human form, they can condense a Soul Ring before reaching level sixty. For the offspring of a human-form soul beast and a Soul Master—such as Tang San—the Blue Silver King guided the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline power within Tang San's body to condense a life-bound Soul Ring, causing his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to undergo a secondary awakening and become the Blue Silver Emperor.

The life-bound Soul Ring of the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, the bloodline power of the Blue Silver Emperor. Ralts's unknown power, Gardevoir's origin power.

The characteristics are so similar; even as Ralts guides this unknown power, the bottleneck in his Soul Power shows signs of loosening.

"Ralts, will this unknown power be dangerous?" Bai Cai asked cautiously, not losing his head.

The Soul Power Ralts gains from executing meditation techniques, combined with the Soul Power he gains from his own meditation, will allow his Soul Power Level to exceed level twenty after three years, which is fully capable of meeting the special enrollment requirements of Shrek Academy.

Looking at the timeline for condensing a life-bound Soul Ring, Tang San broke through level fifty to become a Soul King, his fourth Soul Ring was already ten thousand years old, and he had consumed three types of immortal herbs to temper his body with ice and fire.

Bai Cai vaguely remembered that it took the Blue Silver King and a large number of Blue Silver Grass over seven days to condense a life-bound Soul Ring for Tang San.

If Ralts condenses a life-bound Soul Ring, will his own Soul Power be able to support the process?

Without the help of external forces, will it consume Ralts's origin power and damage his foundation?

If Ralts spends ten days or half a month condensing a life-bound Soul Ring, how could he hide it from the teachers and the dean of Farnos Junior Soul Master Academy?

The color difference between a life-bound Soul Ring and a normal one, the relationship between the life-bound Soul Ring's skill effects and its age... there are too many problems waiting to be solved.

"Ralts, Ralts!" the little guy with blue hair said earnestly.

When attempting to guide the unknown power, Ralts did not sense any danger and could stop at any time. Ralts could feel that the unknown power would not harm him.

"It won't be dangerous." Bai Cai weighed the pros and cons. "Without power, how can I control my own destiny?"

"A million-year Soul Ring, the Holy Necromancer Electrolux, Martial Soul Fusion Skills, the favor of the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Even someone as strong as Huo Gua still experienced the pain of separation and death."

"Except for my parents and friends, I have nothing but Ralts; I cannot afford to lose the only things I have."

"A life-bound Soul Ring is even more precious than a God-Bestowed Soul Ring. If Ralts's life-bound Soul Ring can only be condensed at the Soul Master stage, giving it up now would surely be a lifelong regret."

With a firm conviction, Bai Cai decided to condense the life-bound Soul Ring as soon as possible. To do this, he needed to apply for leave from the academy, prepare enough food and water, avoid all other Soul Masters, and find a safe location.

When ordinary Soul Masters condense Soul Rings, it is either from a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form or one containing a dense soul beast bloodline. The former leads to hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and soul bones; the latter provides clues to them.

How did Ah Yin die? How did Xiao Wu die?

Most Soul Masters would rather kill the wrong one than let one go. Even if their Soul Rings are full and their potential exhausted, they would keep them in captivity for their descendants.

"Compared to the soul beast forests and the wilderness, Cainong Village is safer." Taking a deep breath to calm his emotions, Bai Cai immediately planned his itinerary. "As the end of the semester approaches, I can apply for leave under the pretext of missing my family, connecting it with the summer break. That will give me plenty of time to condense the life-bound Soul Ring."

"For geniuses with high Innate Soul Power, the academy does not strictly require them to finish all cultural courses. As long as I show a Soul Power Level above seven, the academy will surely think I am practicing diligently and approve the leave."

"I'll go home to visit relatives, bring some food and local specialties to cover the food consumption during my secret training, and since Cainong Village is surrounded by streams, I can easily get water."

"A perfect plan!"

Releasing Ralts, Bai Cai found two sets of paper and pens. Ralts used his telekinesis to control the stationery and pens, writing the application for home leave on his behalf. Ralts often did homework for other students to earn money, so imitating Bai Cai's handwriting was easy.

Bai Cai focused intently, listing the key points of his plan and recording them on the stationery one by one.

"With the living subsidy provided by the academy and the payment from Ralts doing homework, buying food won't be a problem."

"In the woods near Cainong Village, wolves and black bears often appear, and venomous snakes and insects are common. I should buy weapons and repellents for snakes and insects."

"I cannot predict the color difference of the life-bound Soul Ring, so I should leave the academy as soon as possible after condensing it."

"The Ice Silkworm has strong camouflage and can create illusions; Ralts's telekinesis and telepathy happen to counter it. It's a pity that the Ice Silkworm lives in the Cold Pine Forest and ice plains of the far north, which is too far away."

"My second Soul Ring must have a camouflage-effect soul skill."

"The Star Dou Great Forest borders the Star Luo Empire and is rich in soul beast species, including many spirit-type soul beasts proficient in camouflage. If I'm lucky, not only will I be able to obtain a suitable second Soul Ring, but I might even get to mooch some of Huo Yuhao's secret grilled fish..."