Soul Power Compatibility

Question: How does Soul Power increase? Answer: By using a Meditation Method. Question: How does one operate a Meditation Method?

Answer: Use Mental Power to circulate Soul Power through the Meridians.

Question: Why can using Mental Power to circulate Soul Power through the Meridians increase Soul Power?

One theory held that prolonged circulation widened the Meridians, allowing them to contain more Soul Power. Once a certain limit was reached, the Soul Power Level would naturally rise.

Another theory held that circulating Soul Power through the Meridians for a long time increased their compatibility with Soul Power, improving absorption efficiency, circulation efficiency, capacity, and so on.

Or perhaps all of the above were true.

Han Tao's Innate Soul Power was especially low, which also caused his Mental Power to remain constant for a relatively long period.

As his Meditation Method deepened, he discovered that with the same Mental Power, the width of the Meridians and their Soul Power Compatibility affected cultivation efficiency.

(The possibility that the seasons affected cultivation efficiency could not be ruled out.) These were the control group and the experimental group. It was simple; everyone had learned about them before transmigrating.

What did this mean? It meant that circulating the Meditation Method for a long time could effectively improve one's initial talent.

But the question that followed was: Why could Yu Xiaogang not break through to Level 29? Did he not know how to circulate a Meditation Method? That was clearly impossible. With so many soul masters on Douluo Continent, everyone cultivated through a Meditation Method. Someone would eventually discover this pattern.

Han Tao soon got his answer.

The difficulty of increasing one's Soul Power Level was far greater than the speed at which one's talent grew. When your talent reached a certain limit but failed to overcome the difficulty of raising your Soul Power Level, you would become stuck.

At that point, unless you had some heavenly treasure, Soul Bone, cultivation technique, or the like, you would remain stuck at that level forever.

At that point, you had only three strategies. The first was to alter the route through the Meridians. That was Optimize Meditation Method, and it was extremely difficult, with only a slim chance of survival.

The second was to widen the Meridians. But widening the Meridians required an impact from Soul Power. If your Martial Soul was inadequate, your Growth Base would be low, and both your total Soul Power and Mental Power would be weak. How could you produce an effective impact? The third was to increase Soul Power Compatibility. Han Tao found this approach rather laughable.

Although it was effective, it was far, far too slow. A year of Soul Power circulation only increased Soul Power Compatibility by a handful of points. To be honest, this still depended on one's innate qualities.

However, reaching these two conclusions was not meaningless.

The definition of Soul Power Compatibility made Han Tao understand that talent could be changed, but it required an extremely long period of Soul Power Circulation.

The number of Meridians circulated by the Mysterious Heaven Skill was far greater than that of a Meditation Method, and the speed at which it circulated Soul Power was also much faster. Thus, Tang San had been strengthening his Cultivation Talent since childhood.

Although his Soul Power was currently Innate Full Soul Power, his talent had not reached the level of Innate Full Soul Power, because talent did not improve that quickly.

"Martial Souls of the mental type are truly heaven's favorites. Even if their Innate Soul Power isn't particularly strong, they can use powerful Mental Power to mobilize Soul Power and cleanse their Meridians, thereby strengthening their talent."

Thanks to the discovery of Soul Power Compatibility and his deeper understanding of the Meditation Method, Han Tao's Cultivation Speed increased once again.

Before the holidays arrived, Han Tao's Soul Power reached the peak of Level Three, just a hair away from Level Four.

In one year, he had risen from Level One Soul Power to the peak of Level Three—a full two and a half levels. This was quite an impressive increase.

Especially for someone whose Innate Soul Power was only Level One, such a Cultivation Speed was clearly abnormal. However, because his Soul Power Level was still too low, few people paid attention to Han Tao's changes.

After saying goodbye to his Teacher and Classmate, Han Tao returned to Holy Soul Village once more.

"Han Tao, speaking of which, our village has you to thank."

Old Jack came over with a smile and welcomed Han Tao back to the village. "Because two people with Soul Power appeared in our village last year, Spirit Hall exempted us from this year's taxes."

Looking at the village chief's smile, even the wheat fields by the village seemed to have become a little brighter. These villagers were all ordinary people. They did not understand the comings and goings of soul masters; they only felt joy when the crops in their fields yielded a good harvest.

"Village Chief, I might have to wait a little longer before paying you back!"

Han Tao laughed awkwardly as he chatted with the old village chief. But clearly, Old Jack did not care about it at all.

If Han Tao had not remembered clearly, he might even have suspected that Old Jack had forgotten about the loan.

Meanwhile, elsewhere...

In another corner of Holy Soul Village, a disheveled yet powerfully built man held a heavy hammer. With a twist of his waist, he smashed the hammer heavily into a piece of raw iron.

If someone from the Clear Sky Sect had been standing nearby, they would have recognized that this extraordinary smithing technique was the embryonic form of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

A child stood beside the man. Purple light glimmered in his eyes as he observed the muscles in the powerfully built man's body—their movement, their flow, and the transmission of force. All of it gradually imprinted itself into his mind.

That's right. These two were Tang Hao and his son.

"Give it a try!"

Tang Hao held the iron hammer out horizontally. This movement required tremendous strength, and Han Tao was currently incapable of doing it.

Tang Hao selected another piece of raw iron from the miscellaneous items and gestured for Tang San to strike it with the hammer technique he had just taught him.

Tang San's body was thin and weak, but his physical fitness was still superior to Han Tao's. Using Tang Hao's technique from before, he began gathering strength and turning his body, condensing his force again and again before striking the raw iron.

"At the instant your heart beats, begin exerting force from both calves, then pass it through your thighs, waist, back, and arms before releasing it. When the hammer bounces up and is about to reach its highest point, guide it into a circular motion. Use the rebound force produced by the hammer's collision with the metal as the starting point for your next strike. After that, every strike will surpass the user's full strength. Swing the hammer eighty-one times in succession with this technique, and you can forge a piece of raw iron into whatever shape you desire."

Tang Hao's instruction was extremely detailed. It was so detailed that even Han Tao would have benefited greatly if he had been standing nearby.

Did Han Tao want to learn by secretly observing? Even if he had been eager to do so, would he have dared?

One was a Titled Douluo, and the other possessed the Purple Demon Eyes. If he secretly learned from them, what made him think he would not be discovered?

Once discovered, he would have been courting death. There was absolutely no chance of surviving.

Therefore, Han Tao had long since hidden far away.

After much difficulty, he found a place in Holy Soul Village lush with herbs and began his Soul Power Cultivation.

"Why is it so noisy?"

Clang! Bang! Crash! Clatter! From a distant corner, the faint sound of smithing gradually reached his ears.

This made Han Tao feel irritated, but he had no way to deal with Tang Hao and his son.

"That damn Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer again!"

Han Tao muttered under his breath, but it seemed that he had suddenly thought of something.

A hammer strike could transmit force through a specific method. Could Soul Power work the same way?

Han Tao did not understand smithing, but he understood the Meditation Method. After Soul Power circulated through the Meridians once, it had to be condensed again.

Could he borrow the principles behind the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer?