The Classification of Spiritual Power

"Soul Power and spiritual power could be converted in one direction. From this perspective, spiritual power was like an attribute, a subsidiary branch of Soul Power."

"However, unlike other attributes, spiritual power possessed the characteristic of being able to interfere with Soul Power in reverse. Like Soul Power, spiritual power also had clear classifications.

"The Soul Master world classified spiritual power this way. First came Formless and Intangible, which could neither be seen nor touched and belonged to an extension of human perception."

"Formed and Intangible was a transitional stage of spiritual power. For ordinary Soul Masters, reaching this stage was only possible after becoming Titled Douluo.

"All known Titled Douluo of the present era should be at this level—or rather, they had to be at this level.

"The characteristics of Formed and Intangible spiritual power were spiritual flames and emotional infection. It could create spiritual avatars and interfere with elements and Soul Power."

Within the dim dungeon, Uncle Yu spoke through the wall, teaching Lin En and Zhang Lexuan about Soul Masters.

Teaching the two children was one of the few pleasures left to these adults.

After pondering for a moment, Lin En asked, "Uncle, why do you say that Titled Douluo must possess Formed and Intangible spiritual power?"

Zhang Lexuan sat outside the cell, crouched on a little stool, confusion also filling her black eyes.

"Because of Soul Cores, child."

The burly man from the Star Luo Empire next door answered Uncle Yu's question for him.

"Long ago, Titled Douluo did not have particularly high requirements for spiritual power because Soul Cores had not yet appeared.

"The emergence of Soul Cores greatly lowered the difficulty of breaking through to Titled Douluo."

"The original method of breaking through to Titled Douluo was to comprehend one's Martial Soul, use that insight to fuse together everything one had learned in life, and complete the promotion to Titled Douluo through Martial Soul Evolution and sublimation."

"That was why, in the past, a Martial Soul Evolution was inevitable when breaking through to Titled Douluo."

"But Soul Cores shattered that rule. The first person to condense a Soul Core proved that no damned insight was necessary. It was entirely possible to use a Soul Core to mobilize massive amounts of heaven-and-earth energy and forcibly charge into the Titled Douluo realm."

"From then on, Titled Douluo were no longer mysterious. Large numbers of Soul Masters chose to use quantitative change to trigger qualitative change—brute force could break through anything."

"But Soul Cores had a flaw. After a Soul Master entered the Titled Douluo realm, their Soul Power became solid. Solid Soul Power was difficult to circulate and had to be cut into countless tiny particles.

"And that process was extremely dangerous. A moment of carelessness could shatter every meridian. The higher the rank, the greater the danger. That was why so many Titled Douluo stopped at Rank 91."

"Therefore, if one wished to continue breaking through, one's spiritual power had to meet the standard. One had to use spiritual power to precisely cut the solid Soul Power, force those particles to circulate, and even make the solid state display the properties of liquid and gaseous Soul Power."

After finishing his explanation, the burly man's spiritual power slowly spun, displaying an image of a Soul Core for the two of them.

There had once been many strands of spiritual power extending through this prison. Now, only that burly man from the Star Luo Empire could still reach them.

After three full years of suppression and erosion, every adult was in terrible condition.

The adults at the Soul Emperor level could barely remain conscious now. They were muddled and dazed, liable to die at any moment.

Of the ten adults, three had already died. Two Soul Douluo, three Soul Saints, and two High-Level Soul Emperors remained.

The Soul Saints could no longer project their spiritual power. They could only occasionally respond when Lin En and Zhang Lexuan called to them.

The burly man and Uncle Yu were stronger and counted as valuable talents.

Those Evil Soul Masters valued the two men's souls greatly. Their torture was gradual, intended to preserve the integrity of their souls throughout the erosion.

"He's right, but all that is still too far away from you. Condensing a Soul Core is something only quasi-Titled Douluo need to consider."

Uncle Yu nodded in agreement. The burly man was right; only Formed and Intangible spiritual power could support the circulation of solid Soul Power at the Titled Douluo level.

"After saying all that, the point is simply to let you know that as the era advances, spiritual power will become increasingly important. Even operating Soul Tools requires spiritual power."

"Ah, that guy interrupted me and made me forget to tell you about the highest realm of spiritual power."

The man slapped his forehead, then laughed heartily.

"Formed and Tangible is the strongest known realm of spiritual power in the current Soul Master world. Throughout the history of the entire continent, fewer than five humans have reached this realm."

"At that level, spiritual power could materialize. It would not be a Formed and Intangible spiritual projection, but a real object with volume.

"With a single thought, one could turn thoughts and emotions into reality. Without the main body even moving, one could rival an army of a hundred thousand."

"Information regarding this realm is far too scarce. Even the library of Sea God Pavilion at our Shrek Academy contains only scattered fragments."

"But if you ask me, kid, you might have a chance to enter this realm. Your spiritual power should be able to cover the entire dungeon by now, right?"

Uncle Yu tapped on the wall. Feeling the faint tremor in it, Lin En shrugged.

"More or less."

Leaning against the wall, he slightly spread his hand. Flickering golden claws extended from his fingertips, the muscles in his arm swelled, and two bulges faintly appeared on his back.

The abnormal changes did not last long before everything returned to stillness. Yu Mu'en could sense Lin En's changes, but he said nothing.

Over these three years, Lin En's spiritual power had not only developed at astonishing speed; his Immune System had also grown stronger through battle after battle.

Zhang Lexuan could see it too. A flash of heartache passed through her black eyes, and her small mouth opened as if she wanted to say something. Over these three years, she had already come to regard Lin En as a younger brother unrelated by blood.

Even though that rotten little brother enjoyed teasing her and calling her Mom.

Lin En gently raised a finger to his lips, smiling.

She slowly closed her mouth and pressed her lips together.

Three years of experiments had not left Lin En entirely empty-handed. The Immune System had been battling all kinds of bloodlines every moment.

War was the best catalyst for military power, just as calm seas could not produce outstanding sailors.

Through battle, Lin En learned to make use of these bloodlines. He used his ever-strengthening spiritual power to guide different bloodlines into fighting one another, before letting the Next-Generation Species bloodline step in to reap the harvest.

The Dragon Clan Bloodline was extraordinarily corrosive and was currently Lin En's strongest fallback mechanism.

Perhaps because it was an invasive foreign species, Lin En had tested it. He was completely unaffected by any bloodline pressure.

Even if Uncle Yu revealed his aura, the Next-Generation Species bloodline would not react in the slightest. Lin En even felt an inexplicable appetite.

A Douluo's sword could not behead a Dragon Clan official. If they wanted to suppress Lin En, they would need to bring Norton and Xia Mi, the strongest Next-Generation Species, across.

Under Lin En's deliberate control, a portion of the bloodlines remained within his body. The gifts these bloodlines left behind allowed him to display some traits of Soul Beasts.

An ordinary person would have died a hundred times over under such circumstances, but with Lin En controlling his Immune System, his body showed no immune rejection.

However, these Soul Beast bloodlines still did not belong to Lin En himself. Over time, they would gradually be completely Devoured by the Next-Generation Species bloodline, and those Soul Beast traits would disappear along with them.

If he wanted to preserve those traits, the core of Little Sage's solution was the Mysterious Heaven Skill and the first Soul Ring.

Over these three years, Little Sage had slowly repaired and improved the Mysterious Heaven Skill using the Dragon Clan Memory Bank. It might no longer have been the same cultivation method as the original version and was better suited to the constitution of Dragon Clan babies.

At the same time, Little Sage discovered that this cultivation method also possessed some ability to Devour bloodlines.

That reminded Lin En of the fifth installment of the Douluo series. The new function Tang San unlocked for the Mysterious Heaven Skill on Falan Star was the ability to Devour bloodlines and claim the abilities of different bloodlines for himself.

Unexpectedly, Little Sage's modification of the Mysterious Heaven Skill through the knowledge in the Dragon Clan Memory Bank had accidentally activated this special effect.

The second core of the plan was Lin En's first Soul Ring. Combined with that old man's Soul Beast books, if the Immune System Martial Soul could obtain the Soul Ring of a Silver Hero Beast and gain an imprint of that Soul Beast's innate soul skill, Lin En would truly lack nothing!