Sharpness

At this point in time on the Douluo Continent, there was no proper classification of spiritual power, and its application was still extremely crude.

It was nothing like tens of thousands of years later, when detailed realms such as Spirit Origin, Spirit Connection, and Spirit Sea would be defined.

At this time, spiritual power basically increased passively alongside Soul Power cultivation.

Having lived three lives, Lin Yang had somewhat stronger spiritual power than his peers, as could be seen from his immunity to charm control.

But even he could not say exactly what level it had reached.

Still, he could broadly divide spiritual power into the following stages:

The first was that of ordinary people, who possessed only the most basic spiritual power and could not wield it, corresponding to the Spirit Origin Realm.

Next, after awakening their Martial Souls, their spiritual power began to grow passively through the imperceptible influence of continued cultivation and acquiring Soul Rings.

At this level, Soul Masters could only use spiritual power crudely for perception and detection, but could not exert any substantial influence on reality.

This roughly corresponded to the Spirit Connection Realm.

Because there were no dedicated methods for cultivating spiritual power, nor even any concept of Soul Spirits.

The vast majority of Soul Masters were therefore at this level, with even Soul Kings, Soul Emperors, and Soul Saints falling within this range.

The differences between them amounted to nothing more than Soul Masters with higher cultivation having broader perceptual ranges and being able to detect things farther away.

Once spiritual power advanced another step, one could look inward into one's spiritual world and interfere with a target's mind and Soul Power.

This corresponded to the beginning of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Using the divisions of Tang San's Purple Demon Eye, it should be called "Mustard Seed"!

At present, Lin Yang should have been at the level of someone just entering the Spirit Sea Realm.

As for Shi Nian, the disgrace of Soul Saints, he was a Soul Master specializing in spiritual power.

His spiritual power was already sufficient to interfere with other people's minds, and he could even easily drag others into illusions.

That level should have amounted to spiritual power in the middle to upper stages of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Had he not been so reckless, perhaps the Douluo Continent really might have seen a spiritual-type Titled Douluo emerge.

Unfortunately, not only had he become a complete and utter "clown," he had even personally delivered a precious Head Soul Bone to someone else.

As for the Spirit Abyss Realm beyond that, probably only those few Level 99 Limit Douluos could possibly reach it.

Let alone the subsequent Spirit Domain Realm and Divine Origin Realm.

This was not a matter of insufficient talent, but the limitations of the era.

Without the support of Soul Spirits, breaking through the upper limit with one's own spiritual power alone was as difficult as ascending to heaven!

That was getting a little off track.

But regardless, a breakthrough in spiritual power was ultimately a good thing for Lin Yang, and might even bring some unexpected changes.

After withdrawing from his spiritual world, Lin Yang hurried to make the most of his time and refine the Soul Ring.

Because the demon god body had acted on its own, it had "eaten" most of the energy within the Soul Ring in preparation for nurturing the third Soul Ring.

The residual energy left for him was barely enough to take him a little farther into Level 31.

It was easy to imagine that a Soul Ring nurtured by devouring so much energy would certainly be a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.

But this conflicted somewhat with Lin Yang's later plans.

So he decisively had the demon god body Martial Soul "spit out" most of the energy nurturing the third Soul Skill and used it instead to increase the age of the first Soul Ring.

The first Soul Ring, originally only three thousand years old, rapidly grew older.

Four thousand years... five thousand years... seven thousand years... ten thousand years.

The moment it broke through the ten-thousand-year threshold, the first Soul Ring abruptly changed from a deep purple to a profound black, floating slowly around him and giving off an invisible pressure.

Lin Yang continued using the remaining energy to increase its age, only stopping once the demon god body Martial Soul's first Soul Ring reached eleven thousand years.

Meanwhile, because of his favoritism, the third Soul Ring nurtured by the demon god body was actually just a pitiful two-hundred-year Soul Ring.

It gave off a pale yellow glow all on its own.

The third Soul Ring, which could originally have become the "big brother," had become the runt of the litter in the blink of an eye.

With such an enormous fall from grace, why did thinking about it somehow make it seem a little pitiful?

Actually, Lin Yang could hardly be blamed for playing favorites. The demon god body's third Soul Skill was called "Bone Manipulation."

One could tell just from the name that it was a combat skill, which merely gave him another means of attack.

And Heaven Dou City, where he was heading next, was not a suitable place to reveal his second Martial Soul.

Likewise, it was not a suitable place to reveal the Soul Rings attached to his Nichirin Blade Martial Soul.

One yellow, one purple, and one black-once this Soul Ring configuration, so far beyond ordinary understanding, was exposed, it would certainly draw the attention of Spirit Hall and the powerful experts of those sects.

When that happened, what could he do in the face of these powerful factions?

Was he supposed to reveal the secret of whale rubber?

That would be the most foolish choice.

So he had increased the age of the demon god body's first Soul Ring without hesitation precisely to strengthen the skill "Invisibility."

As long as he was a little careful, even a Soul Douluo could forget about seeing his true Soul Ring configuration clearly.

After absorbing the Soul Skills, Lin Yang had six Soul Rings circling him: two black, two purple, and two yellow.

In terms of Soul Ring count alone, he was already on par with a Soul Emperor, not to mention that he also possessed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and an external soul bone.

He could guarantee that even a real Soul Emperor was not as loaded as he was!

Meanwhile, after absorbing the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast's Soul Ring, the Nichirin Blade's Martial Soul Origin had strengthened once again, and its pitch-black blade faintly gleamed with pale golden light.

Facing its edge, even he could feel a hair-raising sharpness-sharpness taken to the extreme!

Lin Yang raised his eyebrows, held Crimson Interval upright, and then let go.

Crimson Interval fell freely.

Whoosh!

Without the slightest sound, Crimson Interval's blade effortlessly pierced the ground, leaving only its hilt exposed.

It had to be noted that Crimson Interval had been only a dozen or so centimeters above the ground, and he had not applied any force. It had pierced the ground entirely through its own sharpness.

Pulling Crimson Interval from the ground, Lin Yang gripped its hilt and casually swung it forward.

A shrill whistle cut through the air, leaving a faint streak of golden light.

Clang!

That faint streak of golden light detached directly from the blade's tip and sank into the cave's rocky wall, leaving a smooth slash mark.

At the sight, Lin Yang was somewhat astonished. He thought of the golden light the Golden Lion-Tiger Beast had spat out earlier.

Could the Nichirin Blade have inherited that trait as well?

This should be called "blade light," right?

Then an irrepressible smile appeared on his face. His ability to slash out blade light now meant that his attack range had expanded.

From now on, he had large-scale area attacks too.

Afterward, he also tested his third Soul Skill.

As the skill of his first Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, it was also very simple and brutal, and likewise an attribute-enhancing Soul Skill.

Third Soul Skill, Sharpness!

It greatly increased his attack attribute, raising it to as much as three hundred percent!

One slash, triple the attack!

I wonder, my friends, can you withstand it?