[You returned to the small town with Ah Yin.]
[Your life returned to its former tranquility.]
[Every day, you devoted yourself to cultivating soul power, studying soul skills, and tending carefully to Ah Yin.]
[You repeatedly pondered your first soul skill-Life Enhancement. Since this power could enhance the growth of Blue Silver Grass, could you reverse its application and use this vitality to repair your own injuries?]
[You took out a small knife and made a shallow cut on your arm.]
[Closing your eyes, you tried to draw that gentle power within the soul ring out of your martial soul and pour it back into your meridians instead, washing the wounded flesh with the vitality of Blue Silver Grass...]
[At first, nothing happened.]
[Undiscouraged, you adjusted the circulation route of your soul power again and again, letting that vitality flow out of the Blue Silver Grass in your palm and travel upstream along your arm...]
[Ah Yin curled beside your knees, her leaves gleaming faintly in the sunlight as she lazily unfurled and curled them.]
[Noticing something unusual about you, she raised her leaves slightly and curiously sensed the fluctuations of soul power around you.]
[After an unknown length of time, a warm sensation suddenly spread from your arm.]
[You looked down and saw the shallow wound on your arm healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Soon, it vanished without a trace, leaving not even the faintest scar.]
[Delight filled your heart, but you did not stop there.]
[Since this power could heal your own body, could it benefit other things?]
[You turned your palm over, and Blue Silver Grass quietly unfurled. A pale green glow flowed slowly along the veins of its leaves before becoming a faint strand of light that seeped into a blade of wild grass at your feet, wilted from excessive sun.]
[Tiny flecks of silver mingled with the green light, seeping into the soil like a gentle stream.]
[The wild grass unfurled at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its leaves turned from yellow to green, its stem straightened once more, and it even put out several fresh, tender shoots.]
[You stared blankly at your palm.]
[Ah Yin's mental fluctuations sounded in your mind, carrying unmistakable surprise. "How did you do that?"]
[You smiled and explained, "This is an extension of my first soul skill. I redirected the vitality my first soul skill uses for growth back into my body, converted it into healing power through a specific soul power circulation route, then channeled it out through Blue Silver Grass as a medium. That lets it nourish other things."]
[Looking at the wild grass standing upright again, you felt understanding rise within you.]
["I'll call this move All Things Revive!"]
[You lowered your head and thoughtfully studied the Blue Silver Grass in your palm, surrounded by a pale green glow.]
[Through a specific soul power circulation route, vitality could transform from the life force that stimulated plant growth into healing power that repaired flesh.]
[And this route essentially followed the pathways of the human body's meridians and acupoints.]
[Since soul power could travel backward along the meridians and change its properties, what would happen if you designed a complete circulation chart for it, drew the energy of heaven and earth into your body, circulated it through a full circuit of meridians, and refined it layer by layer?]
[At this thought, you could not help recalling the internal cultivation methods of your previous life.]
[The cultivation methods of soul masters in this world were appallingly crude.]
[They amounted to little more than sitting in meditation, passively absorbing the soul power drifting between heaven and earth, then waiting to level up automatically once they obtained a soul ring.]
[There were no meridian circulation charts, no full circuits, and certainly no principles of mutually generating and restraining properties.]
[They neither cultivated their inner substance nor tempered their bodies, relying entirely on plundering soul beasts.]
[They sat atop a mountain of gold, yet knew only how to smash people with it. It was a sheer squandering of heaven's gifts.]
[You thought of the "Mysterious Heaven Skill"-a Daoist internal cultivation method Tang San had brought from a martial arts world.]
[Once mastered, its internal energy circulated without end, nourishing the meridians and strengthening the body. It could even produce a certain resonance with the martial soul, increasing cultivation speed.]
[It was said that even after cultivating to the rank of God King, Tang San still found it mysterious and unfathomable.]
[You could not help marveling that the Douluo World truly deserved to be called "the sewer of fantasy."]
Su Yi: "Even the sewer of fantasy has at least stepped into the realm of fantasy."
[You had originally intended to get your hands on the "Mysterious Heaven Skill," then study it carefully to see just what mysteries it held.]
[But you soon abandoned that idea.]
[First, this cultivation method was a closely guarded secret of the Tang Sect.]
[Tang San was cautious and suspicious, valuing his sect's rules more than his own life. He would never teach it to anyone outside the Tang Sect, making no exception even for family. Prying the cultivation method out of him would be no easy feat.]
[Second, Ah Yin's current condition made meeting them inadvisable, and you had no wish to have much to do with the Tang family father and son.]
[In the end, you decided to create a cultivation method of your own.]
[A cultivation method was, in essence, a way to bring the small world within the body into resonance with the vast world outside.]
[Through specific breathing techniques, it followed a profound soul power circulation route-using the meridians as river channels and the acupoints as hubs, drawing heaven and earth soul power into the body and circulating it through a full circuit, continuously refining and accumulating it within the body to cleanse the meridians, nourish the martial soul, temper the flesh, and hone the mind.]
[You began a long journey of exploration.]
[By day, you observed the heavens; by night, you studied the river of stars.]
[Whenever dusk closed in and stars hung low over the fields, you sat alone on the bluestone in the courtyard, looking up at the firmament, carefully tracing the paths of the stars and contemplating the rhythm of the celestial cycle.]
[You pored over every text on soul power circulation you could find. Combining your shallow understanding of human meridians from your previous life with the perspective of a transmigrator and the aid of "top-tier comprehension," you matched the body's three hundred and sixty acupoints to the positions and powers of the stars, one by one.]
[For three months, you worked through your deductions day and night, forgetting food and sleep, devising soul power circulation routes by day and drawing in stellar power by night.]
[Little by little, you sketched out the routes of soul power circulation, scrutinizing and revising them repeatedly. Sometimes, you would sit motionless for an entire night just to determine the correspondence of a single acupoint.]
[With no one to guide you, you relied entirely on your own understanding. Soul power traveled through unfamiliar meridians like dancing on a blade's edge or wading through water in the dark. The slightest mistake could reverse the flow of your blood and qi at best, or sever all your meridians and send your cultivation into deviation at worst.]
[Several times, forcibly opening blocked acupoints caused your blood and qi to flow backward, your soul power to stagnate, and your meridians to suffer burns.]
[Fortunately, your "top-tier comprehension" gave you an almost instinctive sensitivity to the flow of soul power.]
[Whenever you approached the brink of losing control, you could detect the first signs of disorder in advance, cut off your soul power in time, and correct the route, minimizing the damage and avoiding truly fatal calamities.]
[Even so, occasional impatience for results led you to draw in power by force, tearing your meridians and sending your soul power out of control.]
[Whenever this happened, Ah Yin would release a strand of the Blue Silver Emperor's primal life force to soothe your scorched meridians.]
[Your self-created "All Things Revive" also grew increasingly practiced through these repeated cycles of damage and repair. Its gentle vitality flowed like a trickling stream, repairing minute hidden injuries on its own.]
[As a plant-type soul beast, Ah Yin could endure solitude better than you.]
[She did not know what kept you so busy. She simply stayed quietly beside you, accompanying and protecting you, her leaves swaying gently in the wind as their golden patterns flickered.]
[At first, she only felt that you were different from ordinary soul masters.]
[Those people sat in meditation, their auras shallow and stagnant. You, however, sat quietly beneath the starlight, soul power burbling around you like a stream, clear and enduring. Occasionally, tiny flecks of silver light descended from the night sky and silently sank into the top of your head.]
[She could not understand those traces, but instinctively sensed that you had gained a hint of an aura that even plants wanted to draw close to.]
[She could not say what it was, only vaguely feeling that you were touching something she had never seen before.]
[Gradually, faint starlight gathered around you.]
[It was not soul power, yet it was clearer and more boundless than soul power.]
[When she drew close to you, she felt even her own essence tremble faintly, as though something long asleep was quietly awakening.]
[Later, she grew accustomed to curling beside your knees. Your body temperature was steadier than sunlight, more reassuring than the soil.]
[She did not understand what a "cultivation method" was, but she knew you were doing something remarkable.]
[One night, three months later, you suddenly opened your eyes.]
[The soul power within you began circulating on its own along an unprecedented route.]
[Starting from your dantian, it passed through thirty-six major acupoints, made a complete circuit of your body, and finally returned to your dantian.]
[With every complete circuit, your soul power grew a little purer and your body a little stronger.]
[At the same time, you sensed the power of the stars. That distant starlight seemed to become fine strands of silver, pouring in through your Baihui acupoint and merging with your body, nourishing your Sea of Consciousness.]
[A faint silver glow appeared over your skin, like falling moonlight. Even the breath you inhaled and exhaled carried a hint of clear starlight.]
[Your Sea of Consciousness had originally been no more than a shallow pool. Now, shimmering ripples rose across it as starlight flowed within, like a miniature scroll depicting a river of stars.]
[Your perception extended outward at a visibly perceptible speed-the entire courtyard, the whole alley, and even more than half the small town came into view.]
["It worked!" The corners of your mouth lifted slightly.]
["Did you finally succeed?" Ah Yin's voice carried anticipation, and her leaves gently wound around your wrist, as though sharing your joy.]
["Yes." You stood, feeling the changes within your body, the star-filled sky reflected in your eyes. "I've named it the 'Zhou Tian Star Dou Art.' Cultivating this method is five times faster than ordinary meditation, and the soul power it condenses is purer, too."]
["At the same time, I can draw in stellar power to temper my body and spiritual power."]
["You're amazing!" Ah Yin praised you sincerely.]
[Though she had lost her memories of taking human form, she had seen quite a few soul masters during this time.]
[Some were greedy and bloodthirsty, others aggressive and vicious. Not one possessed your boldness-to attempt to steal the power of the stars with a mortal body.]
[She marveled at your talent, and even more at your persistence.]
[The birth of the "Zhou Tian Star Dou Art" completely changed the course of your cultivation.]
[During the day, you tempered your body with soul power, circulating it through full circuits along the cultivation method's routes.]
[With each circuit, your sinews and bones grew a little stronger, and your meridians widened a little more. Nourished by this cultivation method, your Blue Silver Grass martial soul also grew increasingly resilient, its leaves gleaming faintly silver as though coated in starlight.]
[At night, you drew in stellar power, using the Big Dipper as the foundation and the moon as support. Stellar power flowed into your Sea of Consciousness like a gentle stream.]
[Your perception grew sharper, your thoughts clearer.]
[At thirteen, your accumulated soul power reached level twenty-nine.]
[For a soul master with an innate soul power of level one, such a cultivation speed could only be called a miracle.]
[Under your meticulous care, Ah Yin's cultivation also increased steadily.]
[Nourished by both immortal herb essence and the starlight spilling from the "Zhou Tian Star Dou Art," her cultivation climbed steadily, finally breaking through the ten-thousand-year threshold and reaching twelve thousand years.]
[As a ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor, her life essence had undergone an earth-shaking transformation.]
[She grew taller and more luxuriant, her stems and leaves thick and upright. The golden patterns on her leaves grew denser and more dazzling, shimmering with a faint flowing light.]
[Even an ordinary person who knew nothing about soul beasts could tell at a glance that this grass was extraordinary.]
[More importantly, the life soul power surrounding her was dense and immense. The aura of her plant essence could no longer be concealed as easily as before.]
[She could no longer be passed off as an exotic plant or your pet.]
[A ten-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor meant an extremely high-quality ten thousand year soul ring, and potentially even a soul bone of at least the ten-thousand-year grade.]
[Those two things were enough to drive any Soul Douluo-level powerhouse mad, and even tempt a Titled Douluo.]
[Her aura would attract prying eyes, and her soul ring and soul bone would stir covetous desires.]
[Although your small town was extremely remote, you still sensed that danger had quietly arrived.]
[Ah Yin felt deeply apologetic, believing she had become a burden to you.]
[You, however, did not mind at all. Through your long companionship, you had long since come to regard her as your closest family and friend.]
[She had wanted to leave alone, but you refused.]
[Plant-type soul beasts already had difficulty moving, and she was of the life type, with extremely little combat power in her early stages.]
[Letting her leave alone now would surely mean nine chances of death and only one of survival.]
[After much deliberation, you finally decided to take her to the Blue Silver Forest.]
[It was the ancestral land of the Blue Silver Clan. With her kin's protection and nourishment from the ancestral land's power, it was the best environment for her growth.]
[Before departing, you made a detour deep into a soul beast forest and killed a two-thousand-five-hundred-year Essence Devouring Vine.]
[This plant was relatively small. Rather than needing to root itself in soil, it lived directly on the surface of other soul beasts as a parasite.]
[Its vines extended needles as fine as hairs, silently piercing the host's body and drawing out soul power and flesh day after day to nourish itself.]
[When you found it, it was wrapped around a two-thousand-year Wind Spirit Leopard.]
[The Wind Spirit Leopard was already emaciated and moving sluggishly.]
[With the assistance of Ah Yin's Blue Silver Domain, you used your powerful spiritual power to pinpoint the Essence Devouring Vine's main body-a gray-green ball of vines the size of a fist.]
[With one slash, you severed the main vine and peeled the vine ball off its host.]
[The Wind Spirit Leopard gave a low growl that sounded like relief and staggered away into the depths of the dense forest.]
[A purple soul ring slowly rose.]
[You sat cross-legged, guided it with your soul power, and began absorbing it.]
[The moment the soul ring entered your body, you felt a strange change.]
[Tiny openings, almost invisible to the naked eye, began appearing on the surface of your Blue Silver Grass. Like breathing pores, they opened and closed faintly in the air.]
[Your soul power level broke through to level twenty-nine, and you also gained your second soul skill-]
[Essence Devouring Absorption: as one waned, the other waxed, sustaining prolonged battle without rest. Fine, densely packed pores invisible to the naked eye grew across the surfaces of the Blue Silver Grass vines. Through these pores, the vines could independently absorb free-floating soul power from the air or directly draw soul power from anyone they touched, using it to strengthen themselves or replenish expended soul power.]
[You opened your eyes, sensing the potential of this soul skill.]
[This was a growth-type soul skill. The longer you fought, the more abundant your soul power would become, while your opponent would grow weaker and weaker.]
[Sustaining battle through battle, life continuing without end.]
[After packing your belongings, you carefully removed Ah Yin from the ground, placed her in a specially made pot of spirit soil, and put her into your Storage Soul Tool.]
[One person and one blade of grass set off on the road to the Blue Silver Forest.]
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