Sun

Xu Yang stared at the golden sphere in his hand and fell silent. As the owner of the martial soul, he already knew what kind of martial soul it was.

The Sun Spirit, the original top-tier martial soul of the Sun Moon Continent's royal family, possessed Sun Power and was of Extreme Yang Extreme Strength. Its attributes approached Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light, and it could draw upon the power of the sun to strengthen itself and aid cultivation.

No wonder meditating under the sun had been more effective. So my martial soul was the sun!

Although he did not know why he possessed this martial soul, it was a top-tier Tool Spirit. Becoming a Titled Douluo should not be a problem, right?

At that thought, Xu Yang could not help but grow dazed.

"Xiao Yang, hurry and test your Soul Power!"

Ning Que carefully sensed the intensity of the Soul Power emanating from the sphere, then quickly handed the Soul Power Crystal to Xu Yang, his eyes filled with excitement.

"Just put your hand on it and inject your Soul Power!"

Xu Yang placed his hand on the crystal ball before him, closed his eyes, and used the Meditation Method to mobilize his Soul Power into it.

The Soul Power within the ball gradually rose. Before long, it filled the entire crystal ball, radiating a dazzling light.

"Innate Full Soul Power... no, it's close to Innate Full Soul Power. It should be around level nine and a half."

Ning Que discovered that the Soul Power was just short of filling the entire crystal, and he could not help crying out in surprise.

Why was there even a half level? Why wasn't it Innate Full Soul Power?

Xu Yang was speechless, but he was still delighted. Innate Soul Power represented aptitude. Although innate level nine and a half was inferior to Innate Full Soul Power, it definitely meant Titled Potential. As long as he did not act recklessly, becoming a Titled Douluo would be a certainty.

Inside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi was keeping a beautiful woman company, his eyes brimming with surprise and joy.

He had only learned today that his wife was pregnant. He had immediately set aside the sect's affairs and rushed over to celebrate properly.

Just then, a disciple responsible for the sect's external affairs ran in through the door and handed over the intelligence report in his hand. He then silently withdrew, unwilling to disturb the Sect Leader and his wife's private time or get force-fed their affection.

"Wonderful! Today truly brings double happiness! Not only are you pregnant, Qing Er, but a genius close to Innate Full Soul Power has awakened in our sect's orphanage. Heaven truly blesses the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"

After reading the report, Ning Fengzhi excitedly shared his joy with the beautiful woman beside him.

This was someone close to Innate Full Soul Power! There might not even be one among ten thousand Spirit Masters, yet one had awakened in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's orphanage. If this was not heaven blessing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then what was?

The beautiful woman leaned over and read through the report. When she saw the top-tier fire-attribute Tool Spirit in particular, her eyes were also filled with shock.

"Feng Zhi, what do you plan to do with this child?!"

"I plan to accept this child as my disciple. With Soul Power close to Innate Full Soul Power, as long as he is properly nurtured, he will definitely become a Titled Douluo in the future... Once our child is born, if it is a boy, I'll have the two become sworn brothers. If it is a girl, I'll have them marry. That should ensure the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's prosperity for a century without any problem!"

After reading the report, Ning Fengzhi had already made his plans. His own child would need a Battle Soul Master in the future, and there was no way he would let such a genius slip away.

"In a while, I plan to go see this child personally and assess him properly!"

"Alright, I'll go with you then!"

In an empty clearing within a remote courtyard of the orphanage.

Xu Yang stood in the center, a golden sun hovering above his head as he mobilized his Soul Power for an experiment.

As he mobilized his Spiritual Power and Soul Power, the golden sun above his head spat out tiny Fire Snakes that struck the logs prepared in the distance and instantly burned them into charcoal.

After doing all this, Xu Yang frowned tightly, seemingly dissatisfied with the martial soul's effects.

"The Sun Spirit's conventional attack method is to spew flames. The flames are impeccable in both temperature and speed, but they are extremely difficult to control. No matter how I mobilize my Soul Power and Spiritual Power, I can't manipulate these flames. That's a problem!"

Only after testing the martial soul's attack method did Xu Yang understand why an ability like Entanglement, which could be achieved with only simple manipulation, would become a Soul Skill. Direct martial soul attacks were simply too difficult to control. Without a Soul Skill, they could not be achieved at all.

"What makes the attacks released by this martial soul uncontrollable?!"

"Is it the laws of the world?! Or Spiritual Power?!"

"Or is it because a newly awakened martial soul hasn't fused sufficiently with its owner, making it difficult to control?"

"..."

Xu Yang boldly proposed all sorts of hypotheses to verify his guesses. If he absolutely needed Soul Skills for precise control, then the Sun Spirit's capabilities would be greatly diminished, which would not suit his cultivation plans.

Over the past few years, he had read many books in the orphanage about martial souls, Spirit Masters, and Spirit Beasts. He had also read Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Theories. He had developed his own understanding of martial souls and had long been preparing plans for after awakening his martial soul.

The true Ten Core Theories were far more than just ten named arguments. They contained a great deal of content and were packed with practical knowledge.

One could say Yu Xiaogang had plagiarized and compiled Spirit Hall's theories, making him suspect of deceiving the world and stealing fame, but his theoretical knowledge truly was extensive. That could not be denied.

After comparing those theories with memories from his previous life, Xu Yang realized that the greatest difference between the Spirit Master system and other cultivation systems was that it required Soul Rings to advance during growth. As a result, it was more easily influenced by Soul Rings.

If one hunted a Soul Ring suitable for one's martial soul, it could promote cultivation. If it was unsuitable, however, the result would be twice the effort for half the gain, or even no progress in cultivation at all.

If he could not achieve precise control, then he would need to focus his later Soul Ring configuration on attack- and control-type Soul Skills. But that conflicted with his original cultivation plan.

His original plan was for his first seven Soul Skills to be entirely enhancement skills, with only the final two being attack skills. That would be the ultimate Extreme Flow, and he could completely cosplay One-Punch Man.

The attack power of the earlier Soul Skills would not be particularly strong, but if the martial soul could be precisely controlled through training, creating one or two Self-Created Soul Skills to make up for it would be easy. Now, however, that seemed like nothing more than a fool's dream.

Still, the experiment had yielded another gain. Besides hovering above his head for conventional use, the Sun Spirit could also hover over his hand and be thrown directly, making its attack power even more terrifying.

But that also came with risks. Such attacks could easily cause the martial soul to shatter.

The Sun Spirit was not a metal martial soul like the Clear Sky Hammer, but one formed from elements. It was relatively easier to shatter, though the backlash was not as severe. Just like Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, it had been damaged countless times without any obvious effects.

So next, Xu Yang needed to study the effects that a shattered martial soul had on its owner and see whether he could throw the martial soul as a conventional attack method.