Solid Soul Power

"Lan'er, can someone without a dragon-type Martial Soul also condense a pellet similar to a dragon core?" Shui Qinghan couldn't help asking.

"Yes. Because the underlying principle is universal, as long as a Soul Master compresses the Soul Power inside their body into a solid state and stores it within the dantian, they can obtain a Soul Power core comparable to a dragon core. When that time comes, both combat prowess and Soul Power recovery speed will be greatly enhanced." Jiang Lan nodded and explained.

"Compress Soul Power into a solid state? How is it compressed?" Shui Qinghan asked without shame in learning from her junior.

"Drive Soul Power with spiritual power to rotate at high speed until the Soul Power completely condenses into solid crystals, forming a black-hole-like shape, and it's considered complete. However, compressing Soul Power carries a certain amount of danger; if you can't control it, the Soul Power will detonate in a massive explosion." Jiang Lan tried hard to recall the plot of Douluo Dalu II as he explained.

The concept of a Soul Core was actually very simple: it used spiritual power to drive Soul Power into continuous rotation, compressed liquid Soul Power into a solid state, and then allowed the rotating solid Soul Power to absorb the power of space, ultimately forming a black-hole-like shape. Once that was done, the condensation was successful.

In the original novel of Douluo Dalu II, the reason Huo Yuhao's condensation of a spiritual Soul Core was so dangerous was entirely because his Soul Power was insufficient.

As for Holy Spirit Cult Supreme Elder Xuanzi, he had already condensed an earth-attribute Soul Core at rank eighty-eight.

As long as one's Soul Power reached rank eighty-nine, even if the breakthrough to Title Rank failed, it would at most result in severe injuries without endangering one's life or origin foundation.

Not to mention that when Shui Qinghan condensed her Soul Core, she would have the assistance of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow essence, making her success rate ten thousand percent.

The possibility of failure simply did not exist.

"So that's how it is, I'll give it a try right now." Hearing this, Shui Qinghan immediately raised her hand, spreading out her fair palm, and water-blue Soul Power slowly overflowed from her pristine palm.

The Soul Power of an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo had long since condensed into a viscous liquid, coating her fair palm like a pool of water-blue gelatin. Under the firm control of her spiritual power, not a single bit of this viscous liquid Soul Power spilled outward.

Soon, this liquid Soul Power levitated from the center of Shui Qinghan's fair palm, slowly beginning to rotate.

Under the control of Shui Qinghan's spiritual power, the rotation speed of the Soul Power began to increase.

At the same time, the already viscous liquid Soul Power once again slowly began to compress.

"The Soul Power is actually starting to compress!" Joy welled up in Shui Qinghan's heart as she continued to inject Soul Power into the vortex in her palm.

The rotation speed of the Soul Power grew faster and faster, and the volume of the Soul Power vortex grew smaller and smaller, shifting increasingly toward a solid state.

Seeing that the Soul Power was about to be compressed into a solid, Shui Qinghan suddenly stopped. The rotation speed of the Soul Power gradually slowed down, finally dissipating into the air.

"Mom, why did you suddenly stop?" Shui Bing'er was watching with rapt attention, and upon discovering that Shui Qinghan had suddenly dispersed the Soul Power vortex, she couldn't help asking.

"Because I've already succeeded. Soul Power can indeed be compressed into a solid through rotation, and then condense into a pellet similar to a dragon core, helping me break through the bottleneck of the Title Rank." Shui Qinghan smiled and explained.

"Does that mean Mom will soon break through to the Title Rank?" Shui Bing'er nodded, asking with an excited look.

"Yes, this is all thanks to Lan'er." Shui Qinghan looked at Jiang Lan with a gentle gaze, affectionately stroked Jiang Lan's cheek, and sighed with emotion, "Teacher really doesn't know how to thank you enough."

"Teacher, you're being too polite. We're a family anyway, why bother with thanks?" Jiang Lan said nonchalantly.

"That's true." Shui Qinghan smiled faintly.

She had already intended to betroth Bing'er and Yue'er to Jiang Lan, so as a family, naturally there was no need to draw lines between themselves.

"Teacher, when do you plan to condense your Soul Core?" Jiang Lan asked.

"Soul Core?"

"It's just an abbreviation for the Soul Power core. We can't very well call solid Soul Power a pellet, can we?" Jiang Lan smiled.

"A Soul Power core? This name does indeed suit the condition of solid Soul Power." Shui Qinghan nodded slightly, then added:

"I need to test it out a few times first to check for omissions and fill in the gaps. In half a year at most, I will be able to condense my Soul Core and break through to the Title Rank."

"Teacher, before you condense your Soul Core, you can first absorb the essence of a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow, and then proceed with the condensation. The essence of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow can help you condense an ice-attribute Soul Core, allowing your ice attribute to undergo a qualitative transformation." Jiang Lan said again.

"Alright~" Shui Qinghan smiled upon hearing this, and added:

"Alright, it's probably getting bright outside, we should head back too."

"Yes, Teacher (Mom)!"

With that, the three of them immediately left the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave, then rapidly floated upward and left the Cold Spring.

Shui Qinghan dropped Jiang Lan and Shui Bing'er off at the hotel suite, letting the two of them rest securely and steadily in the room.

As for herself, she hurried to the outer perimeter of the Far North to compress the Soul Power within her body for experiments.

For a time, the outer perimeter of the Far North would occasionally produce booming explosions, startling many mercenary groups so much that they didn't dare approach the Far North.

However, some bold mercenaries, after the explosions ceased, quietly ran to the scene to observe.

When they saw the huge craters—measuring over forty meters in diameter and a full ten meters in depth—blasted out by the detonation of solid Soul Power, rumors that powerful Soul Beasts had appeared in the outer perimeter of the Far North spread like wildfire.

That night.

Inside the first-floor restaurant.

"Have you heard? Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts seem to have appeared in the outer perimeter of the Far North."

"Aren't the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of the Far North all in the mixed zone? What are they running to the outer zone for?"

"Rumor has it they're fighting over some treasure. The outer perimeter of the Far North has been blasted out with several huge craters, you know."

"Your information is already outdated. Several powerful soul-hunting teams have already entered the Far North, intending to snatch the treasure right out of the beasts' mouths."

"Really or fake?"

The mercenaries dining in the restaurant talked loudly about the events taking place in the Far North, describing them so vividly as if they had witnessed them with their own eyes.

Jiang Lan and Shui Bing'er exchanged a glance and subconsciously looked up at Shui Qinghan, who sat quietly beside them.

"What are you looking at? Eat." Shui Qinghan said with a calm expression.

"Oh~" The two quickly lowered their heads to shovel down their food.

After finishing dinner, Shui Qinghan once again sent the two—now wearing masks and draped in black robes—to the exterior of the Great Soul Arena.

It was still one singles match and one doubles match.

As soon as the two finished their soul duels, Shui Qinghan brought them out of Dragon City, sneaking into the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave at the spring eye of the Cold Spring to meditate and cultivate. Taking advantage of the simulated environment of the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave, they meditated to solidify their Soul Power and cement their foundations.

Although the process of solidifying Soul Power was extremely monotonous, the results were exceptionally brilliant.

Jiang Lan could feel that his Soul Power, which had previously appeared somewhat ethereal and unstable due to breaking through too quickly, was settling down and solidifying bit by bit.

This feeling of reaping rewards through hard work truly made Jiang Lan unable to stop.

The three of them cultivated all the way until dawn before leaving the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow Cave to return to the hotel room to rest.

Although doing this was a bit troublesome, its strengths lay in safety and concealment.

This structured routine lasted for nearly half a month.

It wasn't broken until the arrival of mother and daughter Shui Qingrou and Shui Yue'er.