A Frog at the Bottom of a Well

Innate Soul Power is an attribute, representing the upper limit of a Soul Master's future potential.

However, whether this qualification can be translated into real strength depends on too many external factors.

Even someone as talented as Sing from "Kung Fu World" is a martial arts prodigy, one in a million. But if he hadn't been brutally beaten by the Beast, which fatefully stimulated his potential, he wouldn't have been able to transform into a butterfly.

If he had been given a small business to run from the start and lived a peaceful life, he would probably have remained a resilient bug until his death, never becoming the Bruce Lee could destroy a building with a single slap.

A true dragon cannot be raised in shallow waters, and even a thoroughbred horse raised in captivity will have its good bones ruined.

Given the limited resources of the [Water Wood Duchy], it is extremely difficult to cultivate truly strong individuals.

Just as the Heaven Dou Empire has no officially Titled Douluo, the entire Water Wood Duchy has no Soul Douluo- level beings on the surface.

The few veteran Soul Saint were either elders of Grand Duke Mu Feng or elders of several marquises in the duchy. The dean of the [Plant Academy], however, was originally a freelance Control System Soul Saint who was sincerely invited by Grand Duke Mu Feng's father to semi-join the duchy's official ranks, cultivating and retaining high-quality talent for the [Water Wood Duchy].

Throughout the entire Water Wood Duchy, almost all the genius Soul Master share this idea: to go to the territories of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, or to join the Spirit Hall, to escape the small pond of the Water Wood Duchy and head towards the wider lakes and seas.

Those with Innate Soul Power of level six or above will almost always be offered a position by the deacons of the Spirit Hall. Unless they come from a well-established Soul Master family, most people, whether commoners or from small families, will not refuse such an opportunity to join the number one power in the Douluo Continent.

The Spirit Hall also uses this opportunity to recruit a large number of talented commoners and Soul Master from small families every year.

Of course, as long as one has Innate Soul Power and is capable of becoming Soul Master, the Spirit Hall Spirit Hall not refuse to let them join. After all, it is a valuable asset, and their future children may well have high aptitude and talent.

Even with qualifications and a good training environment, it doesn't guarantee the best growth trajectory.

Many people only focus on the cool Soul Ring and Soul Skill of the main characters, but little do they know that the best Soul Ring age configuration during the Douluo I Continent was something that 90% of the Soul Master in the Douluo Continent longed for but could not achieve.

In the original novel, Tang San revealed his First Soul Ring, a hundred-year-old spirit ring, which immediately stunned Xiao Chenyu, the son of the city lord, who was overthinking things.

Of course, in a sense, Xiao Chenyu wasn't wrong in his assumptions; Tang San's background truly was one of the strongest and most powerful forces in the Douluo Continent.

Later, when Ye Zhiqiu, a minor character and the director of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Canghui Academy, displayed his Soul King strength, it caused a stir among the onlookers. The description of Soul King strength is rare on the Douluo Continent; their power is immense, and in some kingdoms they could hold titles such as viscount or even Earl.

Where was it at that time?

In the market town more than a hundred miles away from the Star Dou Great Forest, it can be said that Soul Master gather in large numbers.

Therefore, the Soul King holds an absolutely pivotal position in the [Water Wood Duchy].

Even though Ye Zhiqiu is described in such a subtle way, he only has one white, two yellow, and two purple Soul Ring Configuration.

After being humiliated and beaten several times by the protagonist group with the words "Only mediocre people dare not cause trouble," Zhao Wuji, the Vice Dean Zhao Immovable Wisdom King match for him. He made a timely appearance and, with his Soul Saint level strength, imitated Tang Hao's beating of him, slapping the other party away without using his Martial Soul, showing off his extremely smooth and round face.

Aside from the minor character Ye Zhiqiu, there's Qin Ming, a supporting character who is known as the second youngest Soul Emperor in the history of the Douluo Continent according to the records of the Spirit Hall. This genius who graduated from the first class of the Shrek Academy still has a purple, thousand-year-old Soul Ring Configuration for his Fifth Soul Ring.

Decades later in the original story's timeline, during the "Continent-Wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament" for the protagonist group, so many young geniuses emerged. It was purely to highlight the protagonists' strength that it seemed as if luck had struck, causing a cluster of geniuses to appear.

Meanwhile, the most outstanding young Soul Master gathered in the entire [Water Wood Duchy], the main team members of the [Plant Academy], were still defeated by Ma Hongjun in a seven-on-one battle.

The vast majority of the participants in the competition were not teenagers like the main characters in the original work; they were mostly under twenty-five years old.

Of the seven main members of the [Plant Academy], only three are Soul Ancestor, while the other four are Soul Elder.

One of Martial Soul, Control System Battle Soul Ancestor "Scarlet Flame Thorn," is a minor character without even a name. His Soul Ring Configuration is three yellow and one purple.

There are also two powerful supporting characters, "Snake Lance Douluo" She Long and "Pufferfish Douluo" Ci Xue. These are powerful Titled Douluo- level experts, but their Soul Ring Configuration are only two yellow, three purple, and four black!

Those who can cultivate to the Titled Douluo, who on the entire Douluo Continent can say that their talent is not good?

The longer Ling Yi stayed in the small Water Wood Duchy, the more he felt a growing sense of security, but also a persistent feeling of constraint.

If he were a native citizen of the Duchy, Ling Yi would have been just like those guys who traveled thousands of miles to study at advanced Soul Master Academy within the Heaven Dou Empire. Two years ago, he would have eagerly followed Lou Gao to Gengxin City and, through the Blacksmith Association, sought out a Soul Master at the starting Soul Saint level to become his apprentice.

But Ling Yi didn't.

It wasn't that he wasn't tempted by the backing of Soul Saint- level expert, but rather that he knew that what he wanted to learn couldn't be taught by a Soul Saint- level expert, let alone by Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, both of the Titled Douluo!

He, Ling Yi, is not like Tang San, the protagonist of the original novel, who has a fake and useless Martial Soul called "Blue Silver Grass". He is a true genius with the bloodline of "Blue Silver Emperor" and the Top-Level Martial Soul "Clear Sky Hammer".

Oh, and he also possesses the profound and unique skills from the "Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record," the highest inheritance of the Tang Sect in his previous life's martial arts world.

Ling Yi is the true owner of the useless Martial Soul "Blue Silver Grass"!

Half a level of Innate Soul Power is enough to explain everything!

Yu Xiaogang, who also possessed half a level of Innate Soul Power, had a father who was the patriarch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Titled Douluo of Level 95 or higher. Even he couldn't solve the cultivation problems caused by Yu Xiaogang's innate talent.

Bibi Dong, the Holy Maiden of the Spirit Hall, was so love-struck that she abandoned her status as Holy Maiden and the Spirit Hall that had taught and raised her for many years. Did she ever think of helping Yu Xiaogang solve his problem of low innate talent?

Even if the cost is high enough that the Spirit Hall is unwilling to pay, if given the chance, wouldn't Bibi Dong inform Yu Xiaogang after finding out?

Given Yu Xiaogang's status, he might be able to go home and ask his father for help.

The most likely explanation is that, over the years, there have been very few cases in the Douluo Continent where the innate aptitude of Soul Master has been resolved.

Those lucky ones who happen to be lucky will usually keep such news to themselves, treating it as a family secret to be passed down through generations.

Or perhaps, it cannot be copied?

Just like Dugu Bo, the first famous "Jade Phosphorous Serpent" Soul Master in history, did he become Titled Douluo and thus Martial Soul Evolution into the "Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor," or did he become Titled Douluo because his Martial Soul Evolution into the "Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor"?

The original work doesn't say, and we don't know where Dugu Bo is now either. All of Ling Yi's guesses are just that—guesses.

In any case, Dugu Bo's son died from the backlash of his Martial Soul, and his granddaughter Dugu Yan's Martial Soul was "Jade Phosphorous Serpent". She did not inherit the qualities of "Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor", but her body was still eroded by the poison of her Martial Soul.