Putting It Together Myself

Qin Moyu quietly sensed the strength of the first soul ring surrounding him, a trace of satisfaction flashing through his eyes.

This God-bestowed Spirit Ring possessed roughly seven thousand years of cultivation, making it a decent starting point.

Part of this terrifying increase came from his age. More importantly, his Soul King-level foundation of abundant Soul Power had indirectly improved Qin Moyu's physique.

Combined with the tempering of his body by Whale Rubber, this allowed his first soul ring to surpass the absorption limit normally reached by a Soul Master's third soul ring.

Qin Moyu opened his diary, and the system panel clearly appeared.

[Martial Soul: Herrscher of Reason Divine Core]

[First Soul Ring cultivation: 7,000 years]

[Soul Skill: Particle Control.]

[Passive, always active: Possesses ultimate control over all matter and can clearly perceive the microscopic particles in the surrounding environment.]

[Active activation: Instantly controls the movement patterns of microscopic particles, achieving transformations in the state of matter.]

Transformation of matter states?

Could it mean... melting, solidification, liquefaction, vaporization?

Qin Moyu slowly closed his eyes. Without needing to activate it with Soul Power, the passive effect of his first soul skill triggered on its own.

This time, his vision was no longer pitch-black. In its place was a sky full of stars—vast, countless specks of light like a stellar sea, clearly presented within his perception.

"Herrscher of Reason, first soul skill—Particle Control!"

"Water element, condense!"

Qin Moyu murmured softly.

The next instant, water vapor particles invisible to the naked eye instantly gathered in the air. A droplet of water was born from nothing and quietly floated above Qin Moyu's palm.

Creating water from nothing, condensing form without a source.

The female leads of Soul Land I were all dumbfounded. This was yet another situation that overturned common sense.

Dugu Yan of Soul Land I: "Are you sure this isn't cheating? When he created gold from thin air before, at least you could see a mass of black material. But now? He's directly creating things from nothing?"

Ning Rongrong of Soul Land I: "Th-this is science too?"

Ning Tian of Soul Land II: "Ancestor, this is very scientific. The air is already filled with invisible water vapor. He merely controlled microscopic particles and completed the state transformation from gas to liquid..."

Gu Yuena of Soul Land III: "Is this water element control? No, that's not right. This is simply pure physical knowledge."

Leng Yaozhu of Soul Land III: "Nana, this soul skill's effect is similar to your elemental control. Judging by the soul ring's color, its cultivation is probably around seven thousand years..."

Leng Yaozhu of Soul Land III: "Perhaps your Martial Souls share the same origin. You might even unlock an exclusive Martial Soul Fusion Skill."

Gu Yuena of Soul Land III: "Pah, pah, pah! Who shares the same Martial Soul origin with him?!"

[Particle Control—elemental particles are particles too!]

[This looks very similar to Gu Yuena's elemental control. But she's nothing but a brute; she probably doesn't even know what microscopic particles, molecules, or atoms are...]

Gu Yuena of Soul Land III: "Who are you looking down on?! Just you wait!!!"

[Honestly, I feel that this soul skill has a very broad range of development. Not only does it possess part of the Silver Dragon King's elemental control, it also commands a deeper level of microscopic particle control.]

[As long as I have enough Soul Power, it seems I can replicate the "Guzheng Project"? To be honest, that plan is somewhat bloody...]

[The "Guzheng Project" originated from the novel The Three-Body Problem. On the vast, boundless sea, in order to fully capture confidential information aboard a cruise ship while preventing the enemy from destroying it, humanity developed a Flying Blade Nanomaterial.]

[Due to material limitations, the operation was recommended for daytime. If it took place at night, people lying down asleep might avoid the "guzheng" cuts. During the day, however, more people aboard the ship would be standing or sitting.]

[When the cruise ship sailed through, its path appeared empty, but the scythe of judgment had already fallen. The hard, heavy steel hull was evenly sliced apart like tofu.]

[Then, the entire cruise ship began to come apart layer by layer without the slightest pause, divided into strips fifty centimeters apart. The ensuing fires, explosions, and blood stained the entire sea red...]

[The enemies aboard the cruise ship died completely while standing, sitting, or chatting happily, eliminating any possibility of the confidential documents being destroyed.]

[As for the computers stored on the cruise ship, the nanomaterial's cuts were so sharp that existing technology could still repair them. The only ethical issue was that no one aboard the Judgment Day would survive—and they would die without ever realizing it...]

Qian Renxue of Soul Land I: "???"

Ye Guyi of Soul Land II: "???"

Gu Yuena of Soul Land III: "???"

So elemental control could be taken this far—microscopic particle cutting?

B-but merely imagining that scene filled it with wickedness and bloodshed!

In Douluo Continent, it would absolutely be the sort of evil Soul Master method that made people pale at the mention of it!

[With a seven-thousand-year first soul ring, continuing to consume Whale Rubber should allow my second soul ring's cultivation to rise beyond fifteen thousand years...]

"Herrscher of Reason, accelerate the thermal motion of the molecules inside the Whale Rubber!"

Qin Moyu calculated silently. Holding a thousand-year Whale Rubber in one hand and supporting his Martial Soul with the other, he began heating the Whale Rubber once more.

After swallowing a piece of Whale Rubber, he once again felt that scorching sensation that seemed ready to overflow from within him!

Qin Moyu hurriedly activated the God-bestowed Spirit Ring and began fusing it.

This time, the God-bestowed Spirit Ring's initial glow stopped at yellow, then gradually shifted toward purple and light black...

The instant it reached the critical point, the glow abruptly settled. The soul ring's color completely fixed into a deep, heavy black—a ten-thousand-year soul ring!

The system panel in Myriad Heavens Diary refreshed simultaneously.

[Martial Soul: Herrscher of Reason Divine Core]

[Second Soul Ring cultivation: 30,000 years]

[Soul Skill: Accelerated World]

[Active activation: Consciousness breaks free from the shackles of the body. In one's perception, the flow of time in the macroscopic material world drastically slows.]

"Accelerated World... is this an ability similar to Bullet Time?"

A sharp glint flashed through Qin Moyu's eyes as he silently compared the differences between the two concepts.

Conceptually, Bullet Time meant forcibly changing the flow of time in the surrounding environment when danger arrived, allowing one to evade the crisis. For example, when a bullet came flying, time would instantly slow, and the protagonist could easily dodge it.

Accelerated World was different. It changed only one's own consciousness, allowing the brain's thinking speed to instantly surpass the physical body.

In terms of raw power, Bullet Time, which could alter the flow of external time, was indeed more shocking.

Directly warping the time of the surrounding environment to grant oneself greater speed was similar to Marvel's The Flash. It was a pure numerical advantage.

But Accelerated World had one irreplaceable advantage.

In the "Accelerated World" state, the human brain possessed more time to think. That vast amount of thought time was enough for him, in a single instant, to deduce the flaws in an enemy's moves and plan his next course of action...

With his current twenty-thousand-year soul ring cultivation, one second was equivalent to an entire day in the real world!

If his future soul rings increased in cultivation, that duration would continue to grow!

And "Accelerated World" acted only upon the mind and consciousness. It would not cause the body to age, and its cost was practically negligible.

Moreover, from another perspective, Bullet Time essentially relied on external force to interfere with time, so its upper limit was already fixed. It was something that could be replicated through technological means.

One was an innate talent of the Martial Soul, while the other was a technological method.

Ultimately, "Accelerated World" itself was an ability inherent to the "Herrscher of Reason Divine Core." It had merely been forcibly stuffed into the Soul Master Martial Soul system because of some being's twisted sense of humor.

That was why Qin Moyu could only regain the "Herrscher of Reason Divine Core's" abilities by absorbing soul rings.

"So after all that, I still have to put it together myself?"

Having grasped this crucial point, Qin Moyu's face was filled with speechlessness.

No wonder he had always felt that the "Herrscher of Reason Divine Core" in his hands was far less powerful than its written description in his novel.

Now that the truth was revealed, it turned out that the weakness of the Martial Soul system had completely restricted the authority of the fourth-dimensional technology, the "Herrscher of Reason Divine Core"...