Mu En's Admonition?! The Difficulty of Condensing a Soul Core!

Metal generated water, water generated wood, wood generated fire, fire generated earth, earth generated metal...

With every cycle, the Soul Power of the five attributes was compressed a little further, and every compression caused the pressure within his dantian to double.

Sweat began to bead on Lin Ciyan's forehead, and he recalled the conversation from three days earlier in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Shrek Academy, Sea God Pavilion.

Mu En reclined in his lounge chair as sunlight filtered through the Golden Tree's branches and leaves outside the window, casting mottled patterns of light and shadow across his aged face.

Lin Ciyan sat before him, holding a cup of tea brewed from Golden Tree leaves. The tea was golden and clear, while the rising steam diffused into a faint golden mist in the air.

"Teacher, there is something I wish to ask you." Lin Ciyan set down his teacup and folded his hands over his knees.

Mu En opened his eyes slightly, a gentle smile in those eyes that had witnessed the passage of ages. "It's rare to see you this serious. Go on."

"Once a Soul Master's Soul Power reaches the Title Douluo level, it transforms from its original liquid state into a solid state. Upon completing that solid-state transformation, one reaches the bottleneck at Rank 90. Only after obtaining the ninth Soul Ring does one become a Title Douluo."

"For the vast majority of Soul Masters, this bottleneck is exceedingly difficult to overcome." Lin Ciyan spoke unhurriedly, as though every word had been carefully considered.

"Once a Title Douluo's Soul Power enters a solid state, it becomes very difficult to improve further. Gaseous Soul Power can flow through the body, and so can liquid Soul Power... but solid Soul Power cannot."

"Therefore, a Title Douluo must break