"Yes, Your Holiness."
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan knelt on one knee, his voice respectful and cautious.
Ghost Douluo Gui Mei knelt beside him, his head likewise bowed.
"I gathered Soul Masters from five level brackets-ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty-to conduct separate tests."
"I had them attempt to condense spirit rings themselves."
Bibi Dong sat high upon the papal throne, her icy eyes narrowing slightly beneath her purple-and-gold crown. "The results."
"Your Holiness,"
"The spirit rings they condensed were all the most suitable for their current levels, providing the optimal spirit ring distribution."
"The optimal standard spirit rings," Bibi Dong repeated softly.
The optimal standard spirit rings. Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black.
This was the spirit ring configuration that the vast majority of Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent pursued their entire lives.
For those of mediocre talent, assembling a complete set of spirit rings was already their limit.
They could forget about the optimal spirit ring distribution.
And now, obtaining this "standard" set required only cultivating to the corresponding level, then attempting to break through and condense a ring themselves.
There was no need whatsoever to hunt soul beasts and absorb spirit rings.
They did not even have to endure the impact of a spirit ring on their bodies.
Nor did they have to face the danger of an incompatible spirit ring causing a Soul Master to explode.
"Were there any other abnormalities?" After a brief silence, Bibi Dong spoke again.
"There were none."
"Once a spirit ring was condensed, the current level limit was broken through as well."
"I observed that breaking through bottlenecks by condensing spirit rings oneself was exceptionally smooth, even steadier than absorbing soul beast spirit rings."
"Except that the higher a Soul Master's level, the longer it took to condense a spirit ring."
"After