"Some ancient craftsmen tried engraving soul power patterns of specific dimensions and strengths onto gemstones and certain rare metals to draw out the energy within them. These were the earliest soul tools. Later, some people tried making soul tools from relatively ordinary materials. Although their service life dropped sharply, the demands on craftsmanship also decreased considerably."
"But at their core, soul tools were merely tools made by soul master craftsmen to help soul masters make better use of their strength."
"Yet now, the soul masters of the Douluo Three Kingdoms look down on soul tools from the bottom of their hearts. They consider them clever tricks and frivolous contraptions, believing that using them betrays their ancestral legacy. The Sun Moon Empire is the exact opposite. It places so much importance on soul tools that it has lost sight of their essence, neglecting the improvement of soul masters' own strength."
"They fail to realize that only when sufficiently powerful soul masters wield high-grade soul tools can one plus one truly equal two-or even exceed two. Ignoring a soul master's individual strength and focusing solely on an arms race, manufacturing soul tools like mad, carries a major drawback."
"Because rare metals are found throughout the Sun Moon Empire and are easy to mine, its soul tool research naturally centers on techniques that use them. You could say that all its soul tools operate through the special properties of the rare metals themselves. Once deprived of that wide variety of rare metals, the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology, along with the entire social system built around it, would collapse immediately."
At this point, Huo Yuhao smiled faintly and stopped. Going any further would mean discussing planning, or even refining rare metals. Those subjects were far too profound and far too ahead of