Xu Zhengyang was extremely excited at this moment, recalling what Xu Yuanxuan had said before: the book about forging Martial Soul was in the collection of the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
Illustrious Virtue Hall is the supreme existence of the Sun Moon Empire. In the entire Douluo World, Illustrious Virtue Hall, Body Sect and Shrek Academy are known as the three top forces, and Illustrious Virtue Hall is also the highest hall of Soul Engineer.
Xu Jie led Xu Zhengyang through the Illustrious Virtue Hall and soon arrived at a special place where there were additional guards and even a special lock on the main gate.
The guards seemed to recognize Xu Jie: " Xu Jie, weren't you teaching? What brings you to the Illustrious Virtue Hall library today? And the person next to you, he doesn't seem to be qualified to enter the library."
Xu Jie said, "This is a student from our class. He has a question that only this library can answer, so I brought him here specifically."
With a wink from Xu Jie, Xu Zhengyang quickly took out his student ID and Soul Engineer ID.
The guard took the student's certificate and shook his head. "A first-year student? First-year students aren't qualified to enter the Illustrious Virtue Hall library."
Xu Jie said, "I know the rules. Look closely, he's surnamed Xu, and he's a member of my Sun Radiance Lineage."
The guard's expression changed. He looked at Xu Zhengyang's student ID again, and after a moment's thought, he spoke.
"Special personnel are allowed to enter, but they cannot take the books away."
After the guard finished speaking and a series of verifications were completed, the gate slowly opened.
After entering the library, Xu Jie led Xu Zhengyang through several turns before finally arriving at their destination.
" Xu Zhengyang, I cannot explain your doubts, but perhaps the books here can resolve them."
Xu Zhengyang quickly asked, "Thank you, teacher. Why do the books here look different from those outside?"
Xu Jie smiled and said, "The books in our Sun Moon Royal Academy library are open to anyone. All books have been carefully selected, so even ordinary Soul Master won't be misled."
"But the library in the Illustrious Virtue Hall is different. Many of its contents are limited to theoretical aspects and cannot be proven in practice in the short term. It even contains many ingenious ideas from previous Soul Engineer. These only provide a direction for Soul Tool research, without specific blueprints or even actual operation."
"These things are the most valuable assets of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, and they represent the future of our Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, and even the future of our Sun Moon Empire."
Xu Zhengyang instantly understood the meaning of these words. The true strength of the Illustrious Virtue Hall was not the Soul Tool it was currently manufacturing, but rather some concepts far ahead of their time, such as the Humanoid Soul Tool that was currently being planned but not yet in mass production. This was something that could change the landscape of the Soul Master World.
" Xu Zhengyang, you stay here and look around for now. I have some things to take care of at the Illustrious Virtue Hall. We'll leave together in three hours."
After saying this, Xu Jie left immediately, while Xu Zhengyang looked at the ancient books with some excitement.
Soon, Xu Zhengyang found the books he wanted, including " Concepts Concerning Life-Bound Soul Tool," " The Connection Between Martial Soul and Soul Tool," " The Combination of Martial Soul and Soul Tool," and " Humanoid Soul Tool Concepts "...
These books all seem to be groundbreaking, even considered impossible, but thousands of years later, many of them have actually come to fruition, and some have even changed the entire world.
Xu Zhengyang opened the book " Concepts Concerning Life-Bound Soul Tool " and began to study it carefully.
This book doesn't look thick, and you could even say it's a bit simplistic, and it doesn't really offer any practical guidance. But every word inside is precious, as if it's describing a broad and promising path, and it also seems to have great foresight.
It's fair to say that if modern Soul Master or Soul Engineer were to read these books, they would only be filled with skepticism and dismiss them as mere fantasies.
However, Xu Zhengyang was very clear that Life-Bound Soul Tool definitely existed. Even at this time, theoretically speaking, only one and a half Life-Bound Soul Tool had been born in the entire Douluo World. The only Soul Tool was the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield in the hands of Kong Deming, the Hall Master of the Sun Moon Empire's Offering Hall. It was also the only Level 10 Soul Tool in the entire Soul World.
After breaking through to Super Douluo, Kong Deming fused his Martial Soul with his Soul Tool, upgrading the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to Level 10 Soul Tool, making it a divine artifact.
The other half was the longsword in Ji Juechen's hand. That longsword was neither Martial Soul nor Soul Tool, but Ji Juechen was able to forge it into shape, and it was even extremely powerful, somewhat like a Life-Bound Soul Tool that was related to his own life. In fact, this longsword could even grow, so Xu Zhengyang called it half a Life-Bound Soul Tool.
Although Xu Zhengyang knew the original work, he was not clear about the specific creation process, nor did he know how the two people had managed to do it.
After reading these books, Xu Zhengyang gradually realized that he had been too one-sided and too theoretical in the past.
As the book says, Life-Bound Soul Tool can be seen as a detached Martial Soul, which is fundamentally connected to the Soul Master and can advance as the Soul Master's cultivation level increases, while also extending various wonderful abilities.
Furthermore, the Life-Bound Soul Tool possesses the characteristics of Soul Tool, providing feedback to the Soul Engineer during the refinement and advancement process, thus promoting the Soul Engineer's improvement.
It can be said that the Life-Bound Soul Tool has endless uses and is incredibly powerful, but at present only one person has been able to create it successfully. This is because Kong Mingde is not only the most skilled Soul Engineer in the world, but he is also a true top-level Soul Master, and even has Twin Martial Souls.
From these books, Xu Zhengyang's gaze focused on two words: destiny and separation from the body.
According to Xu Zhengyang's understanding, each Martial Soul has an independent life, an imprint engraved in one's bone marrow and even soul. After the Martial Soul leaves the body, it is like having a second life, but if the Martial Soul returns to the body, it enters a semi-dormant state.
No matter how strong a Soul Master is, their control over their Martial Soul and Soul Power is ultimately limited. Only Soul Master truly reach the level of Level 99 Limit Douluo) can perfectly combine their body and Martial Soul and unleash the strongest power of their Martial Soul. This is why everyone below Ultimate Douluo is like an ant.
It can be said that there is an insurmountable gap between Level 98 and Level 99. Even at this stage, only a very few top geniuses, with extraordinary luck, can perfectly combine their body and Martial Soul to break through Level 99. Top geniuses like Du Busi and Xuan Zi have never been able to cross the last step.
"I understand a bit now. Even if Martial Soul is alive, it still needs constant nurturing. Ji Juechen used his Soul Power and spiritual power to nurture the longsword in his hand at all times, which is why he was able to forge the sword into something similar to Life-Bound Soul Tool."