Speculations on the Five Elements Four Phases Soul Core

Lin Yuan shifted his focus into his spiritual sea, where the God of Destruction had already condensed into a faint, elusive purple phantom.

"Teacher, how is your recovery coming along?"

"Still not great," the phantom of the God of Destruction shook his head.

"Let's first resolve the issue of your first soul ring. Not to mention that I can use Whale Glue to increase the ring's age, this beast you've selected actually shows a tendency toward a fire-attribute mutation."

"A tendency toward a fire-attribute mutation?" Lin Yuan caught the point; there was clearly a deeper meaning behind the God of Destruction's words.

The phantom nodded. "If it were any other attribute, I would let it slide, but the fire attribute is the most suitable for laying a foundation."

Lin Yuan reasonably suspected that the God of Destruction would have said the same thing regardless of the attribute.

He seemed to take a deep breath before saying something that left Lin Yuan utterly shocked.

"The foundation of a soul core."

"The foundation of a soul core?!" Lin Yuan's expression was one of absolute shock.

The God of Destruction nodded with satisfaction, not expecting his disciple to be on the same wavelength as him.

Then, Lin Yuan scratched his head in confusion. "What is the foundation of a soul core?"

Lin Yuan knew what a soul core was, but he didn't understand why it was being brought up while he was still just a low-level soul master.

Could it be that he was expected to start forging a soul core with his very first ring?

"If you don't know what it is, why did you put on such a shocked expression?" The God of Destruction's tone was somewhat helpless.

"I didn't understand, but I was still deeply shocked. Besides, wasn't I waiting for you, Teacher, to enlighten me?" Lin Yuan rubbed his hands together apologetically.

"What is called a soul core foundation is a hypothesis I just came up with. I have also studied the soul cores of your Douluo Continent," the God of Destruction began to explain.

"The fire attribute, while violent and difficult to tame, can provide a weak creature with the power to protect itself. In a world without a martial soul cultivation system, the fire attribute is a decent first choice for cultivation."

"My idea is to use the concepts of the Five Elements' mutual generation and restriction, or the Four Symbols, and borrow the excess attribute energy from your soul ring that you cannot use to build a five-core or four-core cultivation system for you."

"That powerful?!" Lin Yuan was truly stunned this time.

He had a real concept of the number of soul cores; every additional core brought an exponential increase in power to a soul master.

The God of Destruction nodded, not caring why a child as small as Lin Yuan knew the significance of soul cores.

"I can strip the fire attribute from this soul ring and plant it within your origin. It will grow stronger as you grow, and the only cost is that your cultivation speed will slow down slightly, which is negligible. It is just a pity..."

"Pity what?"

"It is a pity that even though I know where the opportunities of this era lie, it is still not enough to give you the potential for five soul cores. Four is the absolute limit." The phantom shook his head in regret.

If he had been able to keep the Golden Dragon King Divine Core back in the space-time tunnel, Lin Yuan would have possessed divine power comparable to the Dragon God.

At that point, once he broke through the shackles of godhood and converted his soul power into divine power through their combined divine inheritances, killing Tang San would be as easy as slaughtering a chicken.

However, lacking one soul core would not significantly affect the big picture; once Lin Yuan fully matured, he could still slaughter Tang San.

The process would just be less simple.

"Then at what level should I start condensing a soul core?" Lin Yuan asked the question he most wanted answered.

"Level thirty, perhaps. It doesn't have to be exactly when you hit thirty, but you must condense your first soul core before level forty."

After hearing the God of Destruction's words, Lin Yuan's expression immediately turned bitter.

While he didn't know how great it would feel to have a first soul core at the Soul Elder level, the process of condensing one would undoubtedly be an exceptionally difficult tug-of-war. It seemed his easy days were numbered.

"Let's absorb your first soul ring now. I will borrow your soul power to invade the ring and select a decent soul skill for you."

Lin Yuan immediately felt the soul power in his body begin to circulate in a strange way; he knew the God of Destruction had begun.

"You need to break through to the Soul Master level quickly; you are too weak right now. I barely dare to manipulate your soul power for fear of draining you dry."

Lin Yuan's consciousness returned to reality, though only an instant had passed in the real world.

"This is the one. I'll trouble you to guard me, Teacher." Lin Yuan pointed at the soul ring with a determined gaze.

"Good lad, take out the Whale Glue; I'll melt it for you."

After Lin Yuan handed the Whale Glue to Cao Xin, he cut off a portion, and the severed piece immediately began to melt.

It wasn't just fire-attribute soul masters who could generate heat; once one reached a sufficiently high level of cultivation, generating heat with soul power was a trivial matter.

Cao Xin moved with lightning speed, flicking his wrist to shove the freshly melted glue into Lin Yuan's mouth.

With his cheeks bulging, Lin Yuan immediately sat cross-legged and quickly swallowed the fishy-smelling, gelatinous substance.

Before the medicinal power of the Whale Glue could take effect, Lin Yuan quickly guided the Tyrannosaurus soul ring above his head.

"Xiao Tian, you can absorb your soul ring later. Wait for Xiao Yuan to finish first," Cao Xin said without looking back as he watched Lin Yuan close his eyes and enter the absorption process.

Ning Tian nodded sensibly, though she did not understand the stakes involved.

"During the process of absorbing the soul ring, you must rely on your own spiritual power and physical body to withstand the difficulties," the God of Destruction reminded him.

"After all, absorbing a soul ring is the process of assimilating external force into oneself. If you want to become a true powerhouse, this tempering of the will is absolutely indispensable."

Lin Yuan nodded with difficulty as the scorching medicinal power of the Whale Glue and the pressure of the soul ring surged over him simultaneously.

Outside, Cao Xin and Ning Tian saw a trace of pain flicker across Lin Yuan's expression, and beads of sweat naturally broke out across his forehead.

"Grandpa Cao, please, hurry and help Lin Yuan," Ning Tian said, sounding somewhat anxious.

"Wait, don't be hasty." Cao Xin remained in a posture ready to strike at any moment, his face filled with astonishment.

Under normal circumstances, Cao Xin should have intervened the moment Lin Yuan's aura became unstable to help him neutralize the pressure brought on by the volatile Whale Glue.

Based on Cao Xin's past experience, Lin Yuan should have indeed begun to show signs of an unstable aura very quickly under the weight of those two immense pressures.

Yet, even though he looked to be in pain, his aura remained incredibly steady, as if those two forces were having no effect on him at all.

While this was highly abnormal, didn't it simply prove that Lin Yuan possessed an exceptionally high level of comprehension in soul power cultivation?

As the tension mounted, Cao Xin's expression shifted to one of anticipation.

Consequently, he abandoned his plan to step in and help Lin Yuan dissipate the medicinal potency, wanting instead to see just how far this young man could go.