Soul Spirit?

Today, she had discovered another viable path for the concept of externalized martial souls.

That path was to cultivate a spirit master's mental power from a young age; once it reached a certain level, the spirit master could project their martial soul outward and control it through sheer mental force.

Because spirit masters specializing in mental attributes were pitifully rare on the Douluo Continent, research into controlling martial souls via mental power was scarce.

Most spirit masters did not deliberately train their mental power, and since externalizing a martial soul required immense mental strength to control, those with weak minds would find themselves overwhelmed, making direct martial soul possession far more practical.

However, the ability to manipulate an externalized martial soul while multitasking was ultimately more useful than direct possession; after all, two against one held a significant advantage over a one-on-one fight.

Take Qian Renxue, for example—who wouldn't want to fight side-by-side with a beautiful angel?

"Externalized martial souls are indeed the next direction for beast soul research. It's essentially treating a beast soul like a tool soul. Could we say that an externalized beast soul is the equivalent of a puppet among tool souls?"

Qian Xunqian pondered and pondered, unable to help but sigh toward the heavens:

"In this world, beast souls aren't worth a single strand of a tool soul!"

After leaving the Angel Temple and bidding her uncle Qian Daoliu a safe farewell, Qian Xunqian wasted no time in heading off to find Xue'er.

"It's time to test my first soul skill! Charm! Hehehe..."

The Angel God, who was boredly flipping through a novel titled The Untold Stories of My Uncle, the Clear Sky Douluo, and the Sea God Douluo, let out a sneeze.

"Little Qian looks like an honest person; she should treat soul beasts kindly, right..."

"Sigh! Qian Daoliu, that useless old man! The Clear Sky Sect has people! Does our Spirit Hall have no one? To be stupid enough to go to the Clear Sky Sect alone to save someone! Ugh!"

Qian Renxue gulped as she looked at the eighty-thousand-year-old Light Unicorn before her, then glanced hesitantly at her aunt.

"Au... Auntie, I'm only level 20! How could I possibly absorb an eighty-thousand-year-old soul beast!"

The accompanying Jiangmo Douluo and Qianjun both felt that Qian Xunqian had lost her mind.

Qian Xunqian was not like Tang San, who loved to take risks; every time she hunted soul beasts, she made sure to bring two Title Douluos along for help.

However, this time was a little different.

"Watch me perform!" Qian Xunqian crossed her arms over her chest and flashed a wicked, charming smile.

"First soul skill! Charm!"

Relying on her powerful mental strength, the little Light Unicorn was quickly charmed.

"Sixth soul skill! Sacred Domain!"

The Light Unicorn, already charmed by Qian Xunqian, found itself trapped within the Sacred Domain, constantly being bewitched and assimilated by the field.

Two hours later, the eighty-thousand-year-old Light Unicorn was so foolishly drooling that if Qian Xunqian gave the order to strike down its own parents, it wouldn't even furrow its brow.

"Go! Sacrifice yourself to my little niece! Don't let her absorb a soul bone; give me a skull bone instead!..."

The Light Unicorn obediently walked before Qian Renxue and, in a daze, began its sacrifice.

Light Unicorn: For the noble and charming Queen Qian Xunqian, everything is worth it! If she tells me to sacrifice, she must have her reasons. She is my god! She could never deceive me!

Whether it was a sudden spark of compassion or a memory of the Angel God's instructions, Qian Xunqian acted.

During the Light Unicorn's sacrifice, she channeled a sliver of the divine power granted by her Eight Angelic Trials to preserve the Light Unicorn's soul.

She then used her own soul power to condense an energy construct of the Light Unicorn and stored the soul within it.

Qian Renxue finished absorbing her first soul ring, and to her surprise, she now had a Light Unicorn in energy form by her side.

"This... what is this?"

Qian Xunqian watched the bouncing Light Unicorn and patted Qian Renxue on the shoulder.

"This is a Soul Spirit. I preserved the soul beast's soul and used my soul power to shape a body for it, though this Soul Spirit is currently independent."

"Because I used my soul power to temporarily create a vessel for its soul, your soul hasn't bonded with this Light Unicorn yet, so you can't control it."

Qian Xunqian patted the Light Unicorn's back and said:

"This child will become a god in the future. When that time comes, I will resurrect you, and you will be a divine beast. Do not resist her; complete the soul bond with little Xue!"

The Light Unicorn regained its senses after the sacrifice and was now on the verge of tears. It had boarded a pirate ship, and since this energy body was created by the human before it, the moment Qian Xunqian withdrew her soul power, its soul would have no vessel and would slowly dissipate.

What else could it do? Either vanish from the world entirely or listen to this devilish woman and take a gamble!

The Light Unicorn was no fool; it chose to bond its soul with Qian Renxue.

Once the soul bond was formed, Qian Renxue could provide the body for the Light Unicorn using her own soul power. Furthermore, the unicorn's soul was nourished by Qian Renxue's sea of consciousness; as long as Qian Renxue lived, its soul would not perish.

"As your combat partner, you can summon the Soul Spirit to fight alongside you. Its strength is directly proportional to your current level. Since you are a level 24 Great Soul Master, your Soul Spirit can only manifest the combat power of a level 24."

Qian Xunqian paused, then continued:

"Of course, as your cultivation improves, the Soul Spirit will also be nourished, and its corresponding age will increase. It won't be long before this Light Unicorn can chat with you!"

At the thought of having a group of soul beasts "chattering" in her head all day long in the future, Qian Renxue felt a wave of dizziness.

Qian Xunqian tossed the Light Unicorn's skull bone in her hand and said to Qian Renxue:

"Let's go! Let's see if Auntie can get you a hundred-thousand-year-old one!"

"Uncle Qianjun, Uncle Jiangmo, which of you wants this soul bone?"

The brothers, once inseparable, turned into bitter enemies in an instant.

"Me! Me! Me!"

Qianjun and Xiangmo, the two Douluo, summoned their Coiling Dragon Staffs in a flash, ready to brawl.

Qian Xunqian felt helpless; she should have kept her mouth shut.

In the end, Qian Xunqian decided to find another spirit bone for them, so they could split them later.

Qian Renxue now worshipped her aunt to the point of obsession. Is this the power of a spirit-type spirit master? To make a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast willingly offer a sacrifice—what kind of immense mental power must that require!

She looked at herself, suddenly feeling that her own Six-Winged Angel didn't seem quite as impressive anymore.

The four of them ventured deep into the Star Dou Forest, where they encountered an eighty-thousand-year Human-Faced Spider Emperor leading a pack of minions to corner a hundred-thousand-year Emerald Swan.

The Emerald Swan was purely a healing type and could only flee when faced with Human-Faced Demon Spiders. Even a two-hundred-thousand-year one couldn't win, let alone a hundred-thousand-year one, and it was soon beaten until it lost all mobility.

"See if you can save that Emerald Swan and make her willingly offer her sacrifice to Little Xue," Qian Xunqian said. "Uncle Qianjun, Uncle Xiangmo, move! Just kill that Human-Faced Spider Emperor, and the rest will scatter like birds and beasts!"