Meditation and Internal Cultivation

Limit-Breaking Weapon looked like a move that injured the enemy by a thousand while harming oneself by eight hundred, but in truth, the more this soul skill was used, the higher the Martial Soul's quality would become after it recovered, much like the muscles and bones of the human body.

These were not merely Li Fei's estimates, but conclusions that had been verified.

"Then if my first four soul skills all come from Gold Attribute Soul Beasts, won't I be countered in battle?"

Hearing Li Fei's suggestion, Li Fan was somewhat surprised and hurriedly voiced his concern.

"That's precisely why I recommended the Adamantine Bull and Direclaw Bear." At this point, Li Fei's little face turned serious. He continued, "Xiao Fan, all your Spirit Rings must come from purebred Gold Attribute Soul Beasts. According to my speculation, once all nine of your Spirit Rings have a single attribute, your Martial Soul will undergo a qualitative transformation. That will also be the key to your becoming a Titled Douluo."

At this point in time, Douluo Continent had no concept of Ultimate Attributes and did not understand their power. But Li Fei, as a transmigrator, knew that once an attribute reached the ultimate level, elemental counters would essentially vanish. The power of every move and technique would be far beyond that of ordinary attributes.

"Alright, I'll listen to you, Brother!" Li Fan pondered for a moment before replying with determination written all over his face.

"Then you'd better strictly follow the training plan I give you!"

"Mm!"

With Li Dan's Spirit Ring arrangement settled, Li Fei began making plans for himself.

His Martial Soul was his body, so naturally, he could not pursue an Ultimate Attribute like Li Dan. Although Ultimate Power was an option, Li Fei felt that Ultimate Attributes were unsuitable for a Body Martial Soul.

In Li Fei's view, balance was the most important thing for a Body Martial Soul. Pursuing an extreme in any aspect would cause the body to mutate.

Like many members of the Body Sect in the original work—either long-armed apes or big-footed freaks—their bodies had already become inhuman. Just thinking about it gave Li Fei the chills.

After going through the materials he had collected, Li Fei quickly determined the configuration for his first five Spirit Rings: Gluttony Pig, Adamantine Bull, Azure Spirit Toad, Tree of Life or Blue Silver King, and Blazing Monkey.

These five Soul Beasts corresponded to the Five Elements. Beginning with the earth-attributed Gluttony Pig, he would encompass the power of the Five Elements and bring balance to his body, artificially creating Five Breaths Convergence to raise his cultivation realm.

"Dad, Mom, Xiao Fan, keep looking. I'm going back to my room."

Having temporarily resolved the issue of Martial Soul configuration, Li Fei greeted the others and returned to his room to plan his cultivation.

"Brother Ming, I found it! Take a look—doesn't this resemble Fei Er's Martial Soul?"

Not long after Li Fei left, Jiang Xin suddenly cried out from nearby. She waved a very old book at Li Ming.

Li Ming and Li Fan immediately crowded around, wanting to know why Li Fei had not inherited either of his parents' Martial Souls and had instead awakened a Martial Soul they had never heard of.

"The book doesn't provide much introduction. It only says that, under extremely rare circumstances, one may awaken their body as a Martial Soul. Not only do those who awaken this kind of Martial Soul have relatively low combat strength at the same level, they can at most cultivate to the Spirit King level."

"Brother Ming, what should we do? Fei Er is such a proud person. If he learns that he can only cultivate to Spirit King, will he do something foolish?!"

Seeing the contents of the book, Jiang Xin suddenly panicked and asked in a fluster. As his mother, she understood her son very well. She knew there was an indescribable pride deep in Li Fei's bones. If he learned that Spirit King was the greatest achievement he could attain in his life, she truly feared that he might do something foolish.

"How about this: hide this book. Also, see whether there are any other books that introduce this kind of Martial Soul. If there are, hide all of them too. We absolutely cannot let Fei Er find out. By the time he cultivates to Spirit King himself, he should be able to withstand the blow!"

"This is the only way." Jiang Xin nodded, then turned to Li Fan with a stern expression. "Fan Er, remember not to let anything slip in front of Fei Er."

"I understand, Mom!" Li Fan said solemnly.

Li Fei had no idea that his parents and younger brother were hiding things from him because of his Martial Soul. But even if he knew, he would not care. At this time, Body Martial Souls had yet to be properly understood, so they were widely regarded as useless Martial Souls. Yet he knew that once the proper method was found, a Body Martial Soul would be no weaker—and perhaps even stronger—than the god-level Martial Soul awakened by Qian Renxue.

At that moment, Li Fei was using meditation to immerse his mind within his body, sensing the flow of Soul Power. He discovered that the Soul Power continuously circulated along a simple route.

"These routes should be the Meridians of the human body! The cultivation method Yu Xiaogang taught Tang San in the original work involved Meridians, and Tang San later confirmed this. That means cultivation in this world can rely not only on meditation, but also on circulating Soul Power through the Meridians. As long as I find the right method, creating some basic cultivation techniques should not be difficult with the control granted by a Body Martial Soul."

"Of course, meditation cannot be abandoned either. Although it is inferior to internal cultivation when it comes to accumulating Soul Power, it can increase spiritual power. If I want to successfully condense a Soul Core at the Soul Saint level, that will be extremely important. And if I want to absorb Spirit Rings beyond my limit, spiritual power is also the key!"

Recalling the cultivation methods of the Douluo world, Li Fei quickly settled on his future direction: during cultivation, he would open all the Meridians throughout his body. He had a feeling that the moment he opened every Meridian in his body, his Martial Soul would undergo another awakening.

In the days that followed, Li Fei spent the daytime tempering his body alongside Li Fan. At night, he cultivated Soul Power through meditation, while also attempting to open his blocked Meridians and use Soul Power to temper his body.

This was when the advantage of a Body Martial Soul became apparent. Although Li Fei had only just awakened it, his control over his body and Soul Power had already reached a terrifying level. Relying on that control, Li Fei gradually worked out several methods. Though their efficiency remained low, they were effective.

After incorporating these methods into his own Meditation Method, Li Fei could feel that his cultivation efficiency had improved slightly. He also taught this new Meditation Method to his parents and Li Fan so they could cultivate with it as well.

Li Ming and Jiang Xin were greatly shocked by the new Meditation Method Li Fei had created. They became even more convinced that they could not let Li Fei learn about the flaw in his Martial Soul.

Li Fan did not think that deeply about it. After practicing the Meditation Method Li Fei had given him, he admired and trusted Li Fei even more, believing that the Spirit Ring configuration Li Fei had chosen for him was unquestionably the best. He also worked harder to complete the exercise and meditation plans Li Fei had arranged for him, eagerly awaiting the soul-hunting expedition a year later.