The Deformed Cultivation System of Douluo Continent, and Di Tian's Expectations

"Little Phoenix." Medicine Elder took a deep breath and said, "Now that you have eaten the Humanoid Transformation Pill, although your appearance is like a human's, the problem is that some parts of you are still different from humans." ... "Furthermore, in this place called Douluo Continent, the relationship between humans and Soul Beasts is terrible. ... Seriously, I have never seen such a deformed cultivation system. On the Dou Qi Continent, regardless of whether they are humans or Magical Beasts, basically everyone cultivates Battle Qi. ... Besides, there are cultivation methods and Battle Skills, but none of these exist on Douluo Continent. People on Douluo Continent get stronger and acquire soul skills by cultivating martial souls, hunting Soul Beasts, and obtaining soul rings. All of these are powers gained by hunting Soul Beasts. ... It is very deformed. If one day there are no Soul Beasts left, how will humans be able to grow stronger then? And how will they cultivate their martial souls? ... You have eaten the Humanoid Transformation Pill now, but on Douluo Continent, you must first cultivate your martial soul. Slowly, after you are able to cultivate, can perceive Battle Qi, and can even transform Soul Power into Battle Qi, will you be able to begin cultivating Battle Qi. ... Before that, you can only cultivate your martial soul and soul rings first. After all, you have eaten the Humanoid Transformation Pill, so you can awaken a martial soul. ... As for soul rings, you should be able to condense them yourself, but seriously, this continent's system is too deformed." ... These words of Medicine Elder's also expressed the views within his heart. ... Humans on Douluo Continent grow stronger by cultivating martial souls, hunting Soul Beasts, and obtaining soul rings, but the problem is that no one has ever thought about what humans will do if one day all the Soul Beasts are hunted to extinction? ... What will humans do then? What will they cultivate to grow stronger? ... Therefore, this is also the aspect of Douluo Continent that leaves Medicine Elder rather speechless. So many years have passed, yet they still rely on hunting Soul Beasts to grow stronger, and he can only sigh at how numerous Soul Beasts are. ... Moreover, there is another point, which is that ninety-nine percent of the humans on Douluo Continent cannot cultivate. ... (Note: This is what most readers on the internet who have read Douluo Continent said when attacking Yu Xiaogang's theories. Is it really like this? I am not sure either, but I have continued to use this view here.) ... Medicine Elder learned that on Douluo Continent there are god-level martial souls, super martial souls, top-tier martial souls, high-grade martial souls, intermediate martial souls, low-grade martial souls, as well as trash martial souls and so on. ... These martial souls basically determine a person's cultivation path. If a low-grade martial soul is awakened, then one can cultivate, but the problem is that the upper limit is very low, at most not exceeding a Soul Ancestor. ... If it is an intermediate martial soul, it can probably reach a Soul King or Soul Emperor; if it is a high-grade martial soul, it can probably reach a Soul Sage and Soul Douluo. ... If it is a top-tier martial soul, there is a chance to become a Titled Douluo, becoming an existence possessing nine rings and the title of Titled Douluo. ... The remaining ones are super martial souls, as well as the legendary god-level martial souls. ... As long as they cultivate properly, owners of super martial souls are destined to become powerhouses at the Titled Douluo or even Super Douluo level. ... If they cultivate a god-level martial soul, even casual cultivation will destine them to become a Super Douluo in the future. If they work hard at cultivation, they might even become peak powerhouses in the future, and possibly even legendary god-level powerhouses. ... This is roughly equivalent to a Dou Emperor of the Dou Qi Continent. ... However, on Douluo Continent, the martial souls of most commoners are trash martial souls. Only a few commoners can awaken mutated martial souls, or perhaps awaken high-grade martial souls and the like. ... Spirit Hall providing free martial soul awakenings for people across the entire continent, even in remote mountain regions, besides being their system, is also out of the hope of gambling on commoners awakening outstanding martial souls to strengthen Spirit Hall's power. This is indeed very good. ... Even so, Douluo Continent is still a society that looks at bloodlines. The martial souls awakened by most people on Douluo Continent are trash martial souls, and basically ninety-nine percent of the people have trash martial souls. ... The majority of people on Douluo Continent possess trash martial souls. ... Even among the soldiers of the two empires, whether it is the Star Luo Empire or the Heaven Dou Empire, many people—even among the regular and elite soldiers—have trash martial souls, and they choose to train their bodies and become soldiers to make money. ... The guards of the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family do possess a certain degree of strength, but the problem is that they are not particularly formidable either, counting at most as intermediate or low-grade martial souls. ... In short, the martial soul cultivation system for humans on Douluo Continent is indeed very deformed; bloodline determines everything. ... Unlike the cultivation system of the Dou Qi Continent, where everyone can cultivate. ... "Teacher, I know all this, but the problem is what can be done now? We are not on the Dou Qi Continent right now; being on Douluo Continent, it can only be this way. But Teacher, I want to ask: my true form belongs to the beast clan, so do I not need to hunt Soul Beasts and be able to condense soul rings by myself?" ...

Transformed Soul Beasts retain their original hundred-thousand-year foundation. Upon every breakthrough of 10 ranks (reaching level 20/30/40/50/60), the energy within their bodies automatically generates soul rings of the corresponding age (hundred-year → thousand-year → gradually increasing), and soul skills are usually transformed from their own beastly innate abilities.

A typical example is Xiao Wu, who never hunted Soul Beasts in the early stages.

However, after reaching the seven-ring Soul Sage level, some version settings dictate that the first seven soul rings can be self-generated, but upon reaching the Soul Sage (level 70) / Soul Douluo stage, the transformed Soul Beast has completely "become human", and the subsequent method of obtaining soul rings is the same as that of human soul masters—requiring the hunting of high-grade Soul Beasts or accepting soul beast sacrifice to obtain them.

... Phoenix King knew that his true form was the Heavenly Demon Phoenix. Although it was not a Soul Beast, the problem was that it was still considered part of the beast clan. So, would he be just like the other Soul Beasts on Douluo Continent, able to condense soul rings by himself in the early stages and needing to hunt Soul Beasts to obtain soul rings in the later stages? ... "I don't know this either, but the problem is let's wait until you awaken your martial soul first." ... Medicine Elder spoke in this manner, and Di Tian also agreed with this view—wait for Phoenix King to awaken his martial soul first. ... "Right, Elder Medicine, the lord asked me to say that once the mistress is ready, you all can begin..." ... Di Tian said cryptically at this moment. Because why would Gu Yuena treat Phoenix King with so many good provisions? Everyone knew, and she even directly made him her mistress—to put it bluntly, she was getting ready to pluck the fruit so that she could taste the Heavenly Demon Phoenix bloodline when the time came. ... Di Tian had no objections to this either. Initially, he felt that dragons and phoenixes should be able to awaken very outstanding bloodlines, but after hearing that Medicine Elder's world possessed an existence called a Dragon Phoenix. ... According to Medicine Elder's words, a long time ago, when the powers of the Ancient Void Dragon and the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix combined, an Ancient Dragon Phoenix was born. ... It was rumored that this was the most formidable Magical Beast on the Dou Qi Continent, hailed as the number one Magical Beast on the Dou Qi Continent's rankings. It was the most formidable existence, and upon growing to its peak, it was not the least bit inferior to a Dou Di. ... Upon hearing this, Di Tian felt that Gu Yuena was a dragon, and Phoenix King's true form was a descendant of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix; therefore, if the two of them combined, they should be able to gestate a similar existence. ... Thus, he had always hoped that Phoenix King would grow up sooner, so that when the time came... there was no need to say much more.