Yang Hao smiled but didn't answer, and his silence seemed to confirm it.
There was no need to explain. Even Jing Hongchen and the others had never asked him for details about it.
A Martial Soul and the effects of its Soul Skills were secrets every Soul Master needed to keep. Otherwise, if an enemy learned about them, it would be easy to exploit their weaknesses.
So keeping his abilities secret was perfectly reasonable.
"A Soul Skill that controls metal?"
Meng Hongchen understood, but she was still amazed. Even her brother, who had the Three-Legged Golden Toad Martial Soul, hadn't noticed.
"Practice makes perfect, but what matters more is how well you control your Soul Power. Yours isn't condensed or pure enough. You probably raised it too quickly by taking too many drugs.
"That'll seriously affect your cultivation later. Given your current condition, becoming a Titled Douluo should be possible, but you can forget about becoming a Super Douluo."
Yang Hao shifted the conversation to cultivation, his expression growing more serious.
"A Soul Master should cultivate as quickly as possible. Once you pass thirty, your cultivation speed drops sharply."
Xiao Hongchen objected. They were in their golden years for cultivation, so naturally, the faster they progressed, the better.
"That saying is true, but it only applies before you become a Titled Douluo. After reaching that rank, your lifespan increases, and your body ages much more slowly.
"Cultivation then becomes more about building a solid foundation, especially once you reach the Super Douluo level.
"Every time a Super Douluo advances by one level, their Martial Soul evolves, which is equivalent to an increase in their combat strength and potential.
"Your empire has never produced a Super Douluo, and you've always focused on the Soul Tool system. It's only natural you don't know this."
Yang Hao patiently explained. The two siblings had plenty of potential and were worth investing in.
"Martial Soul Evolution?"
The siblings were stunned. Was there really such a thing?
"That's the secret of the Super Douluo level, and one of the main reasons so many Super Douluos have emerged on the Douluo Continent.
"The Soul Master cultivation system in the Sun Moon Empire deserves more attention too. We need to focus on strengthening our foundations if we want to produce more Super Douluos.
"Super Douluos are the threshold for becoming Level 10 Soul Engineers, as I see it. If you want to break through the limits of the current Soul Engineer system and become the first Level 10 Soul Engineers in history, you have to build a solid foundation and become Super Douluos."
Yang Hao spoke earnestly. There was nothing wrong with cultivating through medicine, but everything had its limits. Clearly, these two had gone too far.
"Could you let me feel your Soul Power?"
Xiao Hongchen's expression turned serious. He was taking this to heart now.
He naturally wanted to become the unprecedented Level 10 Soul Engineer, too.
The empire already had plenty of Level 9 Soul Engineers. Even if he became one himself, he'd have a hard time competing with those veteran experts. Only by becoming a Level 10 Soul Engineer could he stand out.
"Call me Boss!"
Yang Hao was displeased. If you were asking for a favor, you had to show some respect.
"Boss!"
Xiao Hongchen's face darkened, but he could only call him Boss.
Only then was Yang Hao satisfied. He sent a stream of Soul Power into each of the siblings.
"My Soul Power Level is only forty-one, far below yours, but my Soul Power is much more condensed and pure than yours."
Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen carefully sensed it. Sure enough, the other party's Soul Power was incredibly condensed. Whenever theirs touched his, it was swept aside, unable to resist at all.
It was a difference in quality. If his Soul Power was water, then theirs was water vapor.
"But you're about our age, and your Soul Power Level isn't low. You're cultivating fast, too."
Xiao Hongchen couldn't understand it. Why was their rapid progress unstable while Yang Hao's was so solid?
Wasn't that a double standard?
"That's the difference in cultivation methods. You use the traditional Meditation Method, guiding the energy of heaven and earth into your body through your Martial Soul and turning it into Soul Power.
"We use a more complicated method to cultivate efficiently, so we can build a solid foundation while still progressing quickly."
Yang Hao smiled mysteriously, making it clear that this was a secret he wouldn't share.
It was bait. If the siblings were clever, they'd take it.
"A more efficient cultivation method?"
Meng Hongchen was interested. She quietly calculated how much of her grandfather's hidden wealth they could spend, wondering if it would be enough to trade for such an efficient cultivation method.
Chapter 62: Fire Domain
"Martial Soul Evolution! A more efficient cultivation method?"
After hearing his grandchildren's account, Jing Hongchen fell into thought.
As a high-ranking member of the Sun Moon Empire and a Level 9 Soul Engineer, he knew all too well that Soul Masters in their empire had a weakness: they really did struggle to become Super Douluos.
In fact, there was only one Super Douluo in the empire right now, and even that was uncertain. The man rarely appeared, and the royal family kept his information tightly sealed. Jing Hongchen could only guess at his Soul Power Level.
When it came to powerful experts, they lagged far behind the Douluo Continent.
That was the main thing holding their Soul Engineers back from advancing to Level 10.
Then there was the Martial Soul Evolution that happened at the Super Douluo level. He truly hadn't known about that secret.
Still, it suggested that the boy's teacher was likely a Super Douluo. Otherwise, he couldn't have known something like this.
"Grandpa, how can we trade with him for that more efficient cultivation method?"
Meng Hongchen really wanted to become a Super Douluo. That cultivation method might be her chance.
"That kind of cultivation method can't be obtained with material things."
Jing Hongchen shook his head slightly. He knew how valuable that method was. It was undoubtedly the Bright Cult's greatest secret.
"Let's wait and see. I'll observe that boy and confirm how effective his cultivation method is."
He already had an idea: have his grandchildren join the Bright Cult.
It was a gamble, and he needed to investigate first.
They needed to learn not only how effective that cultivation method was, but also everything they could about the Bright Cult.
While Jing Hongchen pondered all this, Yang Hao wasn't in a hurry. He had plenty of patience.
Over this period, he gradually got to know Ji Juechen, who had comprehended Sword Intent. Yang Hao was very interested in this kind of power.
The Willpower System was no weaker than the Soul Power System. Cultivated to its peak, it could likewise grant godhood and allow one to wield the power of laws.
But he had never seen a power based on will before. No matter how powerful the Golden Finger made his comprehension, he couldn't conjure something from nothing.
That was another reason he had come to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy: to use Ji Juechen to understand the essence of Sword Intent, then comprehend his own.
He was also curious about the Judgment Sword, in which light and darkness coexisted. Although it was only a Level 8 Soul Tool, the coexistence of light and darkness was rare.
Perhaps it could help him fuse his Blade and Sword Martial Souls, and ultimately merge all three of his Martial Souls into one.
As the days passed, Yang Hao still hadn't managed to cultivate his own Sword Intent with Ji Juechen's help. Instead, his Fire Domain took shape first, and it was incredibly powerful.
The moment it formed, it expanded rapidly, engulfing a hundred meters around him in the blink of an eye.
This wasn't an ordinary Fire Domain, either. It was Ultimate Fire.
It had formed from the fire attribute of Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame and the Ice Fire Spring Water, along with the Soul Bone of the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
It even contained the Ultimate Fire attribute from Qian Renxue's Angel Divine Power. Its power was naturally extraordinary.
Most importantly, this fire attribute originated from his Chaos Eight-Wing Soul Bone, which had now reached a million years. With a foundation like that, it was only natural for the resulting domain to be formidable.
But it had clearly exceeded Yang Hao's ability to control it, and the domain showed signs of collapsing.
The collapsing parts were the source power of the Soul Bone's Ultimate Fire attribute. Losing even a little would be a major blow.
Yang Hao immediately unleashed his spiritual power to compress the domain, while taking out his stockpile of Milk Bottles to replenish his Soul Power.
A domain this vast consumed an enormous amount of energy. He couldn't dispel it now, or the part he couldn't control would collapse and leave him with a huge loss.
As Yang Hao struggled to compress the domain, it had already set the entire villa ablaze. The surrounding trees were burning too, engulfed in roaring flames. Even the ground and metal objects began to melt.
Faced with Ultimate Fire, these ordinary things couldn't withstand it at all.
Fortunately, Yang Hao had a detached villa because of his special status, so no one else was harmed.
Such a commotion naturally drew people over. When they arrived, they were stunned.
They had been shocked by the power of the Ultimate Fire.
"What domineering fire attribute! Could this be the legendary Ultimate Fire?"
Jing Hongchen was among those who arrived, and he was just as shocked. That fire attribute was so domineering that he didn't dare approach.
"Wait, is that a domain?"
He soon noticed the mystery within it, and his eyes nearly popped out of his head.
Domains were rare in the Sun Moon Empire, but there were a few. He'd seen one before, and the sensation had left a lasting impression.
Had that boy awakened a domain?
Thinking of the youth, Jing Hongchen's expression grew even more grave.
"Everyone, return at once. No one is to remain here."
Jing Hongchen gave the order without hesitation, then took out and activated a Level 9 Defensive Soul Tool. A vast energy barrier spread out, enclosing the area.
That child's situation still needed to remain secret. Outsiders couldn't be allowed to find out.
The people who had come were curious about the sudden change, but after hearing the order, they went back the way they'd come.
Jing Hongchen waited outside in silence. Yang Hao spent the entire night compressing the domain until it was only ten meters across and stable at last.
After being compressed, the Fire Domain became much denser, and its power increased considerably. Even the magma within its range began to vaporize, showing just how high the temperature was.
Only because Yang Hao was the domain's master could he avoid being reduced to ashes. Otherwise, not even his bones would have remained.
His reserve of Milk Bottles had run dry, showing just how much energy the process had consumed.
"Looks like I can't keep a low profile anymore."
Looking at the magma-covered ground, Yang Hao understood that his strength no longer allowed him to keep a low profile.
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