Concept of Artificial Spirit Rings

Just as Huo Yuhao was about to continue, the bell rang, signaling the end of class.

"Students, that's all for today's lesson. Yuhao, come with me to the office; I have something to discuss with you."

Wang Yan's expression was grave. He picked up the books from the podium and walked briskly toward the office.

The students in the classroom gradually shook off the heavy topic from the lecture, their smiles returning as they filed out of the room in twos and threes.

Many years later, when the students of Freshman Class 3 recalled this particular lesson, they would all be left in a daze.

Because in their youth, they had never anticipated that the massive war their classmate had spoken of—which they had dismissed as utterly absurd at the time—would eventually become a grim reality in the not-so-distant future.

Huo Yuhao followed in Wang Yan's footsteps, traversing a long corridor until they reached the exclusive office area for instructors.

Once Huo Yuhao stepped inside, Wang Yan locked the door behind him before sitting down. He looked at Huo Yuhao with a serious expression and asked, "Yuhao, was what you said earlier about the God of Spirit Beasts true?"

Huo Yuhao hadn't expected Wang Yan to take it so seriously. Seeing this, he could only laugh it off. "Teacher Wang, I was just speaking casually, purely guessing. I've never even been to the center of the Star Dou Great Forest, so how would I know?"

Wang Yan was taken aback for a moment, then gave an awkward smile. "I suppose I was grasping at straws. Yuhao, I keep forgetting you're only a twelve-year-old boy. Sometimes you seem so mature that I subconsciously treat you like an adult. My apologies."

Without waiting for a reply, he continued, his expression clouded with worry. "You don't know this, but in recent years, the Sun Moon Empire's ambitions have grown increasingly rampant. They have been sharpening their swords and training their horses. I have a persistent feeling that war is not far off."

"But your words today have awakened me. If the situation is as you say, once war breaks out, it won't just be a conflict between a few empires. It could very well escalate into a massive war that engulfs all life on the continent, leading to widespread devastation."

Huo Yuhao, hearing this, spoke instinctively: "Actually, war isn't necessarily all bad. The trend of the world is that long periods of division lead to unity, and long periods of unity lead to division. If one nation could truly unify the world, it might actually be a good thing for the common people in the long run."

"Furthermore, if we want to resolve the conflict between spirit masters and spirit beasts, only a unified political system could possibly achieve it."

Wang Yan's eyes lit up. "Oh? The conflict between spirit masters and spirit beasts can be resolved? How?"

Huo Yuhao's eyes darted as he spoke calmly, "This is just a hypothesis of mine, Teacher Wang, so please just listen and don't take it too seriously. The current conflict stems mainly from the fact that spirit masters must obtain spirit rings to break through their bottlenecks, while the reproduction rate of spirit beasts cannot keep up with humanity."

"If this continues, spirit beasts will inevitably be driven to extinction by humans. However, with the recent development of Soul Tools, I've been wondering: is it possible to develop artificial spirit rings?"

"Artificial spirit rings?" Wang Yan was startled. After a moment of deep thought, his eyes suddenly brightened.

"Yes, yes! Why didn't I think of that! Artificial spirit rings—what a genius idea!" Wang Yan stood up from his chair, dancing with excitement.

"Yuhao, you are a genius, a true genius! This idea is entirely feasible. If it succeeds, the entire landscape of the Douluo Continent will be completely transformed."

"I have decided to make this my life's work and strive for it. If I succeed, I, Wang Yan, will go down in the history of the Douluo Continent! Hahahaha!" Wang Yan grabbed Huo Yuhao's shoulders in his excitement, shaking him repeatedly.

Seeing Wang Yan's manic excitement, Huo Yuhao said cautiously, "Teacher Wang, this is just an idea; I don't even know if it's practical. There's no need to be this happy."

The concept of artificial spirit rings that Huo Yuhao proposed was consistent with the idea of "spirit souls" that appeared in the original work.

However, Huo Yuhao was well aware of the difficulty involved in creating such a thing.

The concept of the spirit soul was originally proposed by Elder Yi, who was currently slumbering in his mind.

It wouldn't be truly created and perfected until the era of Douluo III, ten thousand years later.

It had taken the Douluo Continent ten thousand years to experiment and mature the spirit soul system.

It was not something that could be achieved so easily.

Hearing Huo Yuhao's attempt to dampen his spirits, Wang Yan calmed down, though his expression remained fervent. "Yuhao, you don't understand. 'To hear the Truth in the morning, one can die content in the evening.' As someone who has studied martial souls and spirit beasts for so many years, having such a lifelong pursuit is my good fortune."

"Besides, in my view, a spirit ring is merely a collection of life energy left behind after a spirit beast dies, yet it helps spirit masters break through bottlenecks they otherwise couldn't overcome. That in itself is strange."

"In this era, the application of energy through Soul Tools is unparalleled. If we can find the underlying laws, why shouldn't I, Wang Yan, be able to complete such a great task?"

Wang Yan's eyes were brilliant; he was now filled with immense fanaticism and ambition for the project of artificial spirit rings.

Seeing this, Huo Yuhao could only remain silent.

Perhaps when I have the ability in the future, I can give him a hand, Huo Yuhao thought to himself.

If the conflict between humans and spirit beasts could truly be resolved early, it would be a good thing.

After being excited for a long time, Wang Yan suddenly realized he had forgotten the main point. He shook his head and smiled, "I've gotten off track. Yuhao, the reason I called you here today is that I wanted to see your miraculous martial soul. Lexuan told me all about your situation, and I'm very curious why your martial soul is so unique. Yuhao, could you show me?"

"My martial soul?" Hearing this, Huo Yuhao didn't intend to hide anything. He closed his eyes and opened them again, revealing the scarlet pupils and black tomoe once more.

"My martial soul is called the Sharingan; it is a spirit-attribute martial soul."

Seeing those eerie eyes, Wang Yan was stunned, clearly taken aback.

This martial soul... it looks like a mutated version of an eye-type martial soul. This is a mutated Body Martial Soul! Wang Yan thought to himself.

He then carefully observed the two tomoe in Huo Yuhao's pupils and asked curiously, "Yuhao, have there always been two tomoe in your eyes?"

Huo Yuhao was startled; he hadn't expected Wang Yan to be so sharp as to notice the changes in his eyes.

"No, at first there was only one. It wasn't until I added a spirit ring that the number of tomoe increased to two."

I plan to enter the Inner Court anyway, so exposing a few things doesn't matter, Huo Yuhao thought.

Hearing this, Wang Yan became even more astonished. "A secondary evolution of a martial soul? How miraculous!"

Following this, Wang Yan lowered his head and closed his eyes in deep thought. After a long while, he opened them again and said:

"Yuhao, do you know about the Body Sect?"

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