A Brand New Cultivation System

Bibi Dong stood in the center of the great hall, her face pale, yet her back remained perfectly straight.

She looked at Tang Ling. The fear from before was gone from her eyes, replaced by a complicated expression mingling humiliation and curiosity.

"Master." She lowered her head, her voice cool and clear. "Now... what are your orders?"

Tang Ling watched her faintly trembling lashes and tightly clenched fists, and found himself feeling a little more admiration for this woman. A Titled Douluo, the ruler of the continent's most powerful faction—yet when faced with absolute suppression, she had made the most rational choice, and after signing the contract, she had swiftly adjusted her mindset. Such patience and decisiveness would have been first-rate qualities even in the cultivation world.

"Sit down."

With a casual wave, Tang Ling conjured a chair of spiritual energy out of thin air and sat opposite Bibi Dong. Without saying anything further, Bibi Dong waved everyone away.

Only the two of them remained in the great hall.

"First." Tang Ling raised one finger. "From today onward, Spirit Hall will no longer hunt transformed soul beasts. Of course, soul beasts that slaughter humans without restraint are excluded. If such soul beasts are discovered, send out experts to execute them in the shortest possible time."

Bibi Dong's gaze sharpened slightly. "Transformed soul beasts... To Soul Masters, hundred-thousand-year soul beasts..."

"I know." Tang Ling cut her off, his tone calm yet unquestionable. "But that was before. From now on, this rule changes."

Bibi Dong fell silent for a moment, then nodded. "Yes."

"Second." Tang Ling raised a second finger. "Starting this year, children aged six must receive basic cultural education. Any child who has not received an education, regardless of their background, will not be allowed to claim subsidies."

Bibi Dong frowned. "Cultural education? What would it include?"

"History, morality, law, and so on." Tang Ling spoke as though he were listing the simplest things in the world. "To become a good Soul Master, one must first learn how to be a proper person. If power falls into the hands of people without a sense of right and wrong, it will only become a disaster."

Bibi Dong's expression turned subtle.

She did not like the reforms this man was proposing... yet she found herself unable to refute his words.

"How exactly would this be implemented?" Bibi Dong asked. "Spirit Hall has limited manpower. We can't establish schools in every village."

"That's your problem." Tang Ling's reply was exceptionally blunt.

"You are the Pope. How to implement policy is what you should be thinking about. I only want results."

The corner of Bibi Dong's eye twitched, but in the end, she said nothing more.

"Third." Tang Ling raised a third finger. "I want to introduce a new cultivation system across Soul Land."

Bibi Dong abruptly lifted her head. "What system?"

Tang Ling did not answer. He merely raised a hand, and a strand of pale cyan spiritual energy gathered in his palm. It was not violent, yet it contained a fluctuation of power Bibi Dong had never sensed before.

Unlike soul power, which was wild and outwardly explosive, it was restrained and profound, like a pool of deep water whose bottom could not be seen.

"This is spiritual energy." Tang Ling's voice was calm, but Bibi Dong's heartbeat involuntarily accelerated. "It is different from your world's soul power system, which is centered around martial souls.

This system does not rely on martial souls. Anyone—even those who awaken utterly useless trash martial souls—can cultivate according to these techniques. Reaching the peak of the Innate Realm or the Qi Refining Realm is equivalent to reaching the peak of a Soul Master in your world."

Bibi Dong's breathing abruptly caught.

Anyone. No need to consider the quality of one's martial soul. No need to consider one's innate soul power level. Anyone could cultivate to the peak of a Soul Master?

Her fingers unconsciously tightened around the armrest, her knuckles turning faintly white from the force.

If this was true...

It would utterly overturn the foundation of Soul Land's martial-soul supremacy that had endured for thousands of years!

Those children abandoned by their clans for awakening trash martial souls, those commoners mocked for their low innate soul power, those at the bottom who could never become Soul Masters in their entire lives—they would all have another path.

A path that required neither talent nor bloodline, only effort to walk to the end.

"This system... can truly allow people with trash martial souls to cultivate to the peak of a Soul Master?" Bibi Dong's voice trembled slightly, though she did not notice it herself.

"It can." Tang Ling's answer was simple and certain. "And this is only the first-stage technique. There are further techniques for Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, and so on. Among them, the Foundation Establishment Realm roughly corresponds to your world's Great Soul Masters and Soul Elders; the Golden Core Realm corresponds to Soul Ancestors, Soul Kings, and Soul Emperors; the Nascent Soul Realm corresponds to your Soul Sages, Soul Douluos, and Titled Douluos. Spirit Transformation corresponds to your Super Douluos and Limit Douluos...

These techniques are also divided into two categories: one for cultivators with spiritual roots, and another for ordinary people without spiritual roots. However, these later techniques will not be taught without conditions."

Bibi Dong's heart pounded wildly.

Limit Douluo!

Not reaching the level of a Limit Douluo through martial soul cultivation, but through an entirely different system!

What did that mean? It meant that, outside the existing Soul Master system, Spirit Hall could cultivate another group of powerful individuals entirely unrestricted by martial soul talent!

"What are the conditions?" Bibi Dong's voice regained its composure, but the burning excitement in her eyes could not be concealed.

Tang Ling tossed her a jade slip. "This contains the complete contents of the technique. After reaching the peak of Qi Refining, anyone who wishes to obtain the subsequent techniques must meet two conditions. First, they must formally join Spirit Hall's core and sign a loyalty contract. Second, they must meet the contribution point requirement and exchange contribution points for the later techniques.

Methods of earning contribution points include, but are not limited to, completing Spirit Hall missions, teaching, research, and years of service. You can determine the specific contribution point system yourself, but it cannot deviate from my principles."

Bibi Dong extended her divine sense into the jade slip and roughly scanned the contents of the technique. The more she read, the more shocked she became.

This technique was completely different from the soul power cultivation she knew. Its theoretical basis was "the primordial energy of heaven and earth"—that is, the "spiritual energy" of this world. Then there were the meridian system, dantian theory, yin and yang, the five elements...

She had never heard of these concepts before, yet upon careful consideration, they vaguely seemed more rigorous and systematic than soul power theory.

If this technique was real, then for all of Soul Land, it would be an upheaval unseen in a thousand years.

"Master." Bibi Dong raised her head, her gaze complicated. "Why are you doing this? With your strength, you do not need Spirit Hall at all. You could establish your own sect anywhere and pass down your own legacy. Why did you choose Spirit Hall?"

Tang Ling looked at her, a faint smile rising at the corner of his lips. "Because I'm lazy. And Spirit Hall does have its merits. It is far better than those so-called nobles and aristocrats. Otherwise, when I came here, I would not have merely talked things over with you."