Xu Yuan's True Advantage

"Xiao Yuan, you must remember this: the most important thing in a soul master's cultivation is to strengthen oneself, not to target one's opponents. Of course, while strengthening yourself, finding ways to deal with enemies is naturally even better."

What Xu Shengqun said came from his own experience.

Only when one was strong could one speak of anything else.

"The deterrence of a True Dragon Spirit means that for soul masters with Beast Souls, as long as they do not also possess a True Dragon Spirit, they will almost inevitably be instinctively suppressed. This is suppression in terms of rank, something soul masters can hardly change after the fact—unless they encounter an opportunity for their Martial Soul to mutate and surpass the other party in bloodline quality."

"Xiao Yuan, you are different from me. We have Weapon Souls, and likewise, our Weapon Souls have no connection whatsoever to Beast Souls. This basically means that pure Weapon Souls like ours will not be subjected to rank-based suppression."

"And without rank-based suppression, all you need to do is strengthen yourself."

"Even so-called Dragon Might is merely a strength unique to Dragon Martial Souls. It can be regarded as an innate passive Mental Attribute weakening skill possessed by Dragon Martial Souls."

"As long as a soul master's will is strong enough, it can offset this. What remains still depends on the soul master's own strength."

Xu Shengqun's words made Xu Yuan suddenly see the light.

He had only considered that the Golden Dragon King's rank was absurdly high, so high that its suppression of any dragon- or beast-type Martial Soul was overwhelming. Even without direct rank-based suppression, there was still its terrifying Dragon Might. Yet he had forgotten that, no matter what, the Golden Dragon King Bloodline's only advantage he truly needed to deal with was Dragon Might.

And Dragon Might, just as Xu Shengqun had said, was purely a passive, group-targeted mental weakening skill.

At a time like this, strengthening his Spiritual Power and tempering his will were the best ways to counter Dragon Might.

Moreover, this was not merely about dealing with Dragon Might. It was cultivation that soul masters themselves ought to undergo.

Although Xu Shengqun did not know just how terrifying the Golden Dragon King's rank was and was merely guiding Xu Yuan on how to deal with True Dragon Spirits, he had still given Xu Yuan a line of thought.

"As long as I am not weaker than the Golden Dragon King Bloodline in terms of rank, then all I need to deal with is Dragon Might's effect on my will."

When it came to willpower, Xu Yuan did not dare make any guarantees, but he had confidence in his Spiritual Power.

In terms of Spiritual Power, Xu Yuan even dared compare himself to Gu Yue, the Silver Dragon King who had rebuilt her cultivation with Spiritual Power at the God King Realm.

Although an adult soul from his previous life being converted into Spiritual Power in this fantasy realm was weak, it had nevertheless increased Xu Yuan's initial Spiritual Power value. In fact, his Spiritual Power had grown based on that initial value.

A normal human might have only a negligible amount of Spiritual Power at birth, but Xu Yuan might have started directly with ten points. Then, without considering any other factors and relying solely on physical development, a normal human might reach two or three points of Spiritual Power by age six, whereas Xu Yuan could reach twenty or thirty!

But in reality, Xu Yuan's Martial Soul was his brain. Even before awakening, it passively boosted his natural growth, doubling the natural increase of his Spiritual Power once more.

The stimulation at the moment his Martial Soul awakened allowed him to possess a staggering eighty-one points of Spiritual Power immediately after awakening it.

And that was only the situation at and before his Martial Soul awakening.

Once his Martial Soul awakened, the Brain Martial Soul's boost to his naturally growing Spiritual Power would only become more obvious. If he absorbed a Soul Spirit with a Mental Attribute, the natural increase of his Spiritual Power would become even more monstrous.

"Spiritual Power is my true advantage, and it happens to fit Uncle's method for dealing with soul masters who possess Dragon Martial Souls."

Xu Yuan suddenly felt as though a burden had been lifted from his shoulders.

He was not afraid of being unable to deal with it. He was afraid of not even seeing the possibility of a solution.

Even if this method required Xu Yuan's Spiritual Power to be monstrously high among those of the same age, it was still a thread of hope.

"Uncle missed one point as well: Soul Spirits." Xu Yuan lowered his head and continued considering what he had overlooked.

The Golden Dragon King's rank was outrageous. It might even be able to affect a soul master through a Soul Spirit.

Therefore, it was best not to choose dragon- or beast-type Soul Spirits either.

The moment he thought of this, Xu Yuan's head began to ache.

He would rather not have thought of it.

Precisely because he had thought of it, he now had reservations. He truly found it hard to imagine what targets he could have if he did not absorb beast-type Soul Spirits.

Plant-type ones?

"The early stages should be fine, but once Tang Wulin awakens the Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline and the Sea God Bloodline, or even gains the identity of Child of Nature, things will become difficult."

Xu Yuan also knew he was being overly cautious.

But these were all matters that needed careful consideration.

"Should I just go all the way and kill Tang Wulin?"

In only an instant, Xu Yuan abandoned the idea.

The God King Tang San's at least three chances to intervene, combined with Tang Hao and the other Plane Master, meant this plan was doomed to fail.

"Ah, other than beast-type and plant-type Soul Spirits, what other kinds of Soul Spirits are there?" Even Xu Yuan had a headache now.

Xu Yuan lowered his head in deep thought, his expression shifting, and Xu Shengqun took it all in.

He did not know what was wrong with his nephew or what difficulty he had encountered, but in his understanding, his nephew had his own way of thinking and was nearly on par with an adult in intellect. For that very reason, even though Xu Yuan seemed to have run into a major problem, Xu Shengqun would not interfere unless Xu Yuan asked him for help.

"Uncle, do you have any plans for my Soul Spirit?" After struggling with it for a long time, Xu Yuan decided to seek some help from Xu Shengqun.

"Soul Spirit?" Xu Shengqun froze.

Only then did he remember that Xu Yuan had just said he had broken through to Level 8 as soon as he completed a full circulation of Soul Power. In other words, he was actually very close to Level 10.

Given the talent Xu Yuan had displayed, he would definitely reach Level 10 within a year. He might even have a chance to break through in half a year.

In that case, a Soul Spirit needed to be prepared in advance.

Compared to ten thousand years ago, under current conditions, it was not excessive at all for soul masters to prepare each Soul Spirit several years early.

"Your Martial Soul is the Heaven Origin Brush, so there are many suitable Soul Spirits. Vine Soul Spirits are the most compatible. Beyond that, beast-type Soul Spirits might have a chance of merging into your Heaven Origin Brush and becoming combat methods."

There was a powerful expert on Douluo Continent whose Martial Soul was a brush. He bore the title Brush God, and he was even an Ultimate Douluo. He was an influential figure across the entire continent, one of the military's three great leaders and the Regiment Commander of the Central Army Corps!

Brush God Douluo Yu Guanzhi used his Martial Soul to paint images of Soul Beasts, turning the illusory into reality and fighting through that method.

Xu Shengqun was not sure whether the Heaven Origin Brush had such potential, but he still considered this possible direction of development for Xu Yuan.

Who would have thought that Xu Yuan would immediately shake his head and reject the proposal.

He absolutely could not take that path!

If he had to draw Soul Beasts to summon Soul Beasts for battle, would that not be delivering himself right to the enemy?

"Uncle, Brush God Douluo's path does not suit me. As for Vine Soul Spirits, rather than taking the control-system route with the Heaven Origin Brush, I would prefer to develop in the power attack system."

"Hm?" Xu Shengqun frowned and looked at Xu Yuan, waiting for his explanation.