At the same time, the Martial Soul Golden Core evolved a white Soul Ring. Yang Hao was stunned by the sight; it clearly hadn't been part of his calculations.
"Have I taken the path of Soul Beast Transformation and rebirth?"
He quickly guessed the reason. This situation resembled the way Soul Beasts transformed into human form and began cultivating anew. Clearly, his attempt to cultivate a Soul Beast Origin Soul Core system in a human body had been a success.
As the Martial Soul Golden Core transformed and the white Soul Ring appeared, Zhang Lexuan broke through the bottleneck in her Soul Power Level. Since her Soul Power Level had already been quite high, she rose straight to level twenty—or, rather, recovered to level twenty.
Yang Hao continued guiding Soul Power into her to help her advance, all the while sensing the various changes that came with the Golden Core's advancement.
This was precious data that would greatly help him further refine the Golden Core System.
Zhang Lexuan watched quietly as she meditated and cultivated, speeding up her Soul Power recovery so she could continue supplying it.
Although she still couldn't understand what he was doing, an increase in Soul Power Level was a good thing.
By the time Zhang Lexuan's Soul Power was exhausted, the Martial Soul Golden Core had finally transformed to yellow. A yellow Second Soul Ring had appeared, and the First Soul Ring had also been pulled along and upgraded to yellow, proving that it had reached the century-old level. Her Soul Power Level had reached thirty as well.
Yang Hao was surprised that the First Soul Ring had advanced, but he could understand it.
It was just like a transformed Soul Beast—or the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring God King Tang had. That Soul Ring could increase its age as its wielder grew stronger, eventually evolving into a 100,000-year Soul Ring.
And that was without even mentioning the Artificial Soul Rings that would appear in the future.
"Too bad it's just for show. It has no Soul Skill yet, so it still needs work."
After sensing the two Soul Rings, Yang Hao felt a little regretful.
It was still incomplete. For now, it had only evolved into blank Soul Rings, without producing any Soul Skills.
Still, this was already a huge step forward. He could even feel a vast surge of luck gathering around him. Clearly, the Plane Will was rewarding him.
If he could perfect this new cultivation system and spread it widely, completely replacing the current Soul Master system, then he would undoubtedly become the Son of the Plane—or even the Plane Master.
After all, both the current Soul Beast system and the Soul Master system originated with the Dragon God, who was the Plane Master of this plane.
Yang Hao's goal was to replace the Dragon God and become the new Plane Master.
He stilled his thoughts, ended the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and withdrew from Zhang Lexuan's body.
"You're trying to create a new Soul Master system?"
Zhang Lexuan finally understood. This was a new cultivation system, different from the methods used before, and its potential was terrifying.
That ability to make Soul Rings upgrade automatically was frightening enough on its own. Perhaps it could raise every Soul Ring to the 100,000-year level. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
"From now on, keep restoring your Soul Power and channeling it into the Martial Soul Golden Core every day."
Yang Hao didn't answer. After giving the instruction, he went to the bathroom to wash up, then came out and ate something before turning to remodel his own Martial Soul Core, converting it to that Golden Core structure.
He had planned this Golden Core structure, with its balanced circulation of Yin Yang Five Elements, long ago, but hadn't dared risk trying it on himself. Fortunately, he had Zhang Lexuan as a little test subject.
Now that it had worked, he naturally had to use it on himself.
Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan took one last look at the family portrait on the wall. Her thoughts in turmoil, she leaned against the wall and made her way out of the side hall. Ma Xiaotao had been waiting outside for a long time.
"Sister Lexuan, did that bastard hurt you?"
As soon as Zhang Lexuan came out, Ma Xiaotao hurried over, looking worried and anxious.
"I'm fine."
Zhang Lexuan was still pondering the changes and answered absentmindedly. But when an adult woman said "I'm fine," that was the worst thing of all.
Seeing Sister Lexuan's dazed look, pale face, and weak, trembling body, Ma Xiaotao clenched her fists. Her hatred and curses toward a certain someone only grew stronger.
He really had defiled Sister Lexuan.
That despicable bastard!
Yang Hao, still in the side hall, had no idea that he'd been branded with the label of lecher. He spent an entire day incorporating the Yin Yang Five Elements attributes into the Soul Core of his Chaos Eight-Wing Soul Bone, turning it into a Golden Core structure.
Then he converted his own Martial Soul Core to the new system. It went smoothly, and he was quite pleased to see the two yellow Soul Rings.
So it really worked!
"You've already perfected it this far?"
Ye Xishui was surprised by her disciple's results after he finished cultivating.
She had also taken part in refining and developing this new system, but she hadn't expected the results to be even better than imagined. He had even recreated the system of Soul Beast Transformation and rebirth.
"Teacher!"
Yang Hao nodded, then looked at the two yellow Soul Rings circling him.
"For now, they're still blank Soul Rings. I need to develop Soul Skills for them."
"Have you got any ideas? Will you keep drawing on the innate abilities of Soul Beast Soul Cores?"
Ye Xishui asked. Whatever her disciple chose, she would support him wholeheartedly.
"No. Self-Created Soul Skills are enough for combat. I want these naturally formed Soul Rings to develop from my Martial Soul's traits. For example, Sharpness. I want all nine Soul Ring Skills to enhance Sharpness, thereby increasing my attack power."
Yang Hao wanted to take an extreme approach to his attribute allocation and devote everything to increasing his edge.
"Extremely sharp, then?"
Ye Xishui understood and approved.
"You have a Cyclops as your Beast Martial Soul. It should be able to evolve into a Titan Giant in the future. For now, taking the path of extreme offense suits your three weapon Martial Souls best."
"Can your three weapon Martial Souls fuse?"
Her disciple's three weapon Martial Souls had been split off from a single Martial Soul, so in theory, they should be able to fuse, much like a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
"I can only fuse the God-Slaying Spear Martial Soul with the Demon Blade Martial Soul. The two are relatively incompatible with the Holy Sword Martial Soul's Holy Attribute. I'll need to turn the killing aura in the God-Slaying Spear's Divine Slaughter's Domain toward a positive aspect.
"If I could see a Martial Soul like the Seven Kill Sword, I should be able to learn something from it. Then I could try fusing it with the Holy Sword Martial Soul.
"The Demon Blade and Holy Sword Martial Souls are trickier. I need a deep understanding of the Holy and evil attributes."
As he spoke, Yang Hao fused his Demon Blade Martial Soul with his God-Slaying Spear Martial Soul, turning them into a Great Guan Dao. The Rakshasa Mark and Slaughter Domain fused as well, transforming into an extreme Slaughter Domain, much like Tang Chen after he had been tainted by Rakshasa Divine Power.
"The Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul and Bone Dragon Martial Soul have both been passed down since ten thousand years ago. The Bone Dragon Martial Soul is now in our Holy Spirit Cult. A hundred years ago, there was a Titled Douluo with the Seven Kill Sword, and he belonged to the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect."
"I'll capture him for you!"
Ye Xishui said indulgently. If he needed someone, she could simply capture them.
"Teacher, there's no need. I'll find a way to lure the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect into sending him out."
Yang Hao hurriedly stopped her. This was no time for her to make herself known.
Their destruction of the Strength Clan last time had already caused a major stir. According to the intelligence they'd received, Shrek Academy had even sent quite a few experts to investigate. If they attacked the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, they would inevitably draw the attention of all the major powers to the Holy Spirit Cult.
For now, they were still in the growth stage and needed to keep a low profile.
Chapter 51: Young Cult Master of the Bright Cult
Yang Hao went on to cultivate and improve his Martial Soul Golden Core, while also sparring with the people Feng Ling had arranged to help refine his combat style.
He also gave all the Soul Rings developed by his three Martial Souls the Sharpness attribute. This attribute came from the Martial Souls themselves; he was simply magnifying its effect.
But that wasn't all. Yang Hao was also compressing and condensing his Soul Power Core.
A Soul Master's Soul Power Core was far inferior to a Soul Beast's Origin Soul Core, but it could still speed up Soul Power recovery and even cultivation.
A Soul Core could accelerate the absorption and conversion of the energy of heaven and earth. Yang Hao had always believed that you could never have too much of anything that helped him cultivate.
However, he didn't condense Soul Cores in his Three Great Dantians. Instead, he condensed them in the acupoints in his palms and soles. That way, the force fields they formed were farther apart, making their mutual influence much weaker and allowing them to coexist more easily.
His compression method was also very different from that of ordinary Soul Masters. He hadn't refined any Soul Beast Soul Rings, so his Soul Power was extremely pure. On top of that, cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill had purified it even further, giving him far greater control and making it much easier to condense Soul Cores.
Then there was his powerful spiritual force. The Chaos Eight Wings had devoured quite a few Head Soul Bones, including some at the 100,000-year level, granting him immensely powerful spiritual force.
And then there was the Evil Emperor's eye, whose spiritual force was truly vast.
Those powers were more than enough to help him condense Soul Power Cores.
The condensation went smoothly, and Soul Cores formed in his palms and soles.
However, because of his Soul Power Level, the Soul Cores were tiny, only about the size of a mung bean.
But their small size also meant their force fields were much weaker, so they were unlikely to affect one another.
The four Soul Power Cores boosted his Soul Power recovery speed fourfold. He redirected all the Soul Power they restored into the Golden Cores of his three Martial Souls, speeding up the advancement of the Golden Cores and Soul Rings.
"I've finally reached the thousand-year level. What a struggle."
Looking at the four Soul Rings that had turned purple, Yang Hao let out a long breath.
Advancing Soul Rings was incredibly difficult.
By now, he had figured out the corresponding levels of the Golden Core System. The colorless state corresponded to a Soul Scholar without any Soul Rings.
The white state corresponded to a One-Ring Soul Master. The yellow state corresponded to a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster and a Three-Ring Soul Elder. The purple state corresponded to a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor. After that should come the Five-Ring Soul King, while the black state should correspond to a Six-Ring Soul Emperor. He couldn't say for sure what came after that.
Moreover, advancement came at a price. The farther he went, the harder it became.
"Power of Fate!"
His thoughts turned to the Evil Eye at his brow, and Yang Hao felt both anticipation and helplessness.
The Power of Fate was on a level far beyond his reach. He could only sense its presence, not wield it.
Most importantly, his teacher had sealed the Evil Eye's Origin Power. The Power of Fate was fused with that origin, so to reach it, he first had to completely refine the Evil Eye's spiritual force and then break the seal.
It would be difficult and take a long time.
"Teacher, I'm ready to set out."
After taking a bath and changing clothes, Yang Hao went to the main hall to bid farewell to his teacher, Ye Xishui.
It was time to leave. The Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy's enrollment period was about to end, and he had to get there as soon as possible.
He should have left a few days ago, but he'd delayed until now so he could break through.
"Have you evolved a thousand-year Soul Ring?"
Ye Xishui opened her eyes as she cultivated, seeing that her disciple had broken through.
"I have."
Yang Hao nodded and manifested the Soul Rings of his four Martial Souls: sixteen purple Soul Rings in total, four each for the Demon Blade, Holy Sword, God-Slaying Spear, and Cyclops Martial Souls.
"You've made history."
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