In Wang Hao's view, the Body Refinement in the Douluo World has a major flaw: everyone's ultimate achievement is basically derived from heredity, similar to the Naruto World model.
The stronger the Martial Soul inherited from one's parents, the higher their potential and the greater their future achievements.
For example, those top-tier Martial Soul owners in the Douluo Continent are guaranteed to become Soul Saint. With a little effort, reaching the Soul Douluo level is not difficult. Only becoming Titled Douluo is slightly more challenging.
If the quality of Innate's inherited Martial Soul is poor, then one's future achievements are predictable. This is why none of the Titled Douluo have ordinary Martial Soul, unless they have an extraordinary opportunity.
As for the statement made by Grandmaster in the original Douluo novel, "There are no useless Martial Soul, only useless Soul Master," that's pure nonsense.
If you think about it carefully, you'll realize that, taking Tang San, the absolute protagonist, for example, was the opponent's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul really that strong?
Actually, that's not the case. Blue Silver Grass itself isn't very powerful. Even with the blessing of Innate Full Soul Power, its advantage is mainly reflected in its cultivation speed.
The Blue Silver Grass itself doesn't offer much enhancement. The reason Tang San's Blue Silver Grass is so powerful is mainly because its Martial Soul absorption is basically stuck at the very limit.
The Soul Skill power obtained through this extreme absorption method is the most powerful. They even used two immortal Immortal Herb to give the Blue Silver Grass the ability to be immune to water and fire.
Finally, it absorbed Soul Ring beyond its lifespan, which made the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul so powerful.
Even so, Blue Silver Grass does not have much of an advantage when fighting against other top-tier Martial Soul, and sometimes it is even at a great disadvantage.
The main reason why Tang San's combat power is so strong is that he has a cheat code: he has the Tang Sect's inheritance, which is different from that in the Douluo Continent.
Whether it's the fundamental Mysterious Heaven Skill, the Purple Demon Eye that enhances perception, the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, the Crane Control Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon Technique, or even the Mysterious Jade Hand, they are all powerful martial arts that should not be underestimated.
All these advantages combined are what make Tang San so powerful. Even so, when facing certain geniuses, he still can't gain much of an advantage, and may even be at a disadvantage.
As for the Grandmaster's theory of Martial Soul Evolution, it's utter nonsense. Take, for example, the few Martial Soul Evolution examples in Douluo I, such as Ma Hongjun the Evil Fire Phoenix and Ning Rongrong with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. These were all transformed by using immortal herbs, which are treasures comparable to Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
All of these are external forces, not the result of their own Martial Soul Evolution.
Even Tang San, the absolute protagonist, evolved his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul by relying on the Blue Silver King and his own Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline, and it had little to do with his own efforts.
Therefore, the Grandmaster's theory is merely an development based on the existing foundation, an effective means of tapping into the potential of Soul Master, and cannot be considered an innovation.
The most fatal flaw is that Douluo's Soul Master system has a fatal defect.
When Wang Hao first arrived in the Douluo Continent, he was completely bewildered. You should know that the combat power system in both the Douluo novel and the Douluo anime is quite average.
It's comparable to the alternate worlds of Hokage and One Piece, except that the power level of that Divine Realm is slightly higher.
But after understanding the levels and realms of Soul Master, Wang Hao was shocked.
Originally, his predecessor was just a level 30 Soul Grandmaster, which, in comparison, was actually at the Mortal Realm Peak, but the combat power he displayed was quite pathetic.
The combat power displayed by a typical level 30 Soul Grandmaster is at most equivalent to the Mortal Realm Third Layer, which is far from the actual peak of the Mortal Realm Ninth Layer!
Such a huge gap between cultivation level and actual combat strength is clearly problematic.
Moreover, the cultivation speed of Soul Master is far too fast compared to their cultivation levels; those Titled Douluo will basically break through before the age of one hundred.
To break through to the level equivalent to the Half-Step Taiyi Realm at the age of one hundred is simply unbelievable.
If this cultivation speed were in the Primordial World, it would be truly heaven-defying.
Such a rapid pace of cultivation clearly has a fatal flaw.
After investigation, Wang Hao was able to determine that the problem lay with those Soul Ring.
Soul Beast's Soul Ring is clearly a pure external force. Using this external force to break through cultivation is a demonic method that will severely damage one's own foundation.
If this continues, their own combat strength will inevitably fall far short of the original version.
Of course, this is only one aspect. The Douluo Soul Master Body Refinement also has many flaws. For example, like the Naruto World, it does not place much emphasis on tempering the body's strength.
The most fundamental aspect is one's basic physical qualities, which determine the limits of Soul Skill's potential.
Your basic stats are mediocre, so what difference does it make if your Soul Skill increase your combat power by 1000%?
For example, if a Soul Master with a physical attribute of 1 has their Soul Skill amplification increased by 100%, the result will be two points of damage.
A Soul Master with a physical attribute of 2 only has a 50% increase in Soul Skill amplification, but the result of their burst can cause 3 points of damage.
This is not to say that the quality of Soul Skill is unimportant; rather, compared to the quality of Soul Skill, the physical attributes of Soul Master are equally important, or even more important.
Failing to improve basic skills often leads to a fatal flaw: lifespan.
In this world, apart from Titled Douluo, even the Soul Saint Soul Douluo level experts have lifespans that are not much different from ordinary people.
This is very similar to the Chakra Body Refinement in the Naruto World, both of which are high-attack, fragile classes with extremely unbalanced specializations.
" Xiao Gang, my Martial Soul has indeed regressed by one level, and the power of each Soul Ring and Soul Skill has also decreased to varying degrees."
Bibi Dong had fallen out of the Soul Douluo realm, frowned slightly. Although she trusted her beloved man unconditionally, the weakened state of her overall strength still made her very uneasy.
Turn your head and look at your Martial Soul!
Smiling, Wang Hao gestured towards the Dark Spider Emperor, a powerful Martial Soul, indicating that he was quite satisfied with Bibi Dong's training results this time.
"It's gotten smaller, but it seems to have become more powerful?"
After observing the Dark Spider Emperor behind her for a long time, Bibi Dong was somewhat uncertain.
Having just completed its first regression, it displayed an even more powerful aura because its potential was not concealed.
With this brief respite, most of the potential was absorbed deep into the body, so it didn't seem like the person had become much stronger.
If we wait a little longer, until this potential is fully integrated, it will appear weaker than before, as if it is truly regressing.
After this degeneration, the Dark Spider Emperor not only shrank significantly in size, but its originally ferocious barbs and claws also shrank, and it is degenerating into a normal spider form.
Once the spider truly transforms into its ordinary form, that marks the completion of the degeneration technique, and one can then begin formal cultivation.
"The powerful Soul Ring has both made you powerful and limited you. Our previous cultivation has only been about exploring the potential inherent in the inherited Martial Soul itself."
However, this potential has its limits; even the most powerful top-tier Martial Soul have limitations.
Once you've exhausted all the potential of your martial Martial Soul, that's your limit. It's almost impossible to break through further unless you have an extraordinary stroke of luck.
Therefore, I want to use my Acquired cultivation to continuously enhance the potential of my Martial Soul, allowing Martial Soul to evolve continuously, so that we can possess almost limitless potential.
The most direct manifestation of Martial Soul's potential is its Innate Soul Power.
Innate Soul Power is almost impossible to change, and even using medicinal herbs and treasures to build a foundation before Awakening Martial Soul will only result in very limited improvement.
This was Innate and could not be changed in the past, but I want to challenge this long-standing ironclad rule.
This is a method I deduced for cultivating Innate Soul Power. You should study it carefully in the future. Once your Martial Soul has completely degenerated into its initial form, you can begin cultivating it.
After speaking, Wang Hao reached out and tapped Bibi Dong's fair forehead, transmitting the subsequent cultivation methods he had developed to her.
This was a method of Soul Power inheritance that he specially developed after he noticed that Bibi Dong was averse to flipping through the paper manuscripts of her memories.
It can transmit information directly through Soul Power.
However, this transmission is fraught with danger and places high demands on the recipient.
Because Wang Hao is currently only controlling this weak puppet clone, his control is limited, and his Soul Power is even more limited, so he can only transmit all the information at once.
Receiving such a massive amount of information at once is a considerable burden for the recipient, and a single misstep could lead to disaster.
In milder cases, the person collapses and becomes a vegetable; in more severe cases, their brains explode and they die.
Even someone as powerful as Bibi Dong, with the blessing of the Wisdom Skull, still experienced a moment of dizziness and nearly collapsed onto the bed. Two streaks of blood oozed from her delicate nose, clearly indicating that the massive amount of information had caused her considerable damage.
"Can't you be a little gentler?!"
Rubbing her forehead, Bibi Dong looked at Wang Hao with a resentful gaze. Just now, she felt like her brain was about to explode, and her head was still throbbing.
Without the support of that Wisdom Skull that was nearly 100,000 years old, her head would probably have exploded.
"I've calculated your tolerance limit; at most, it'll be a little pain, and that'll be something you won't want to do while reading."
Shrugging, Wang Hao indicated that he wouldn't take the blame.
"You're still the same as always. I really don't know how that tyrannical Liu Erlong can put up with you!"
Bibi Dong's eyes were filled with even more resentment. It was just that her beloved man had such low emotional intelligence; he was a complete clueless straight man!
When she first started dating him, she focused entirely on his talent and overlooked his other strengths. Now, looking back, she realizes that these were all huge pitfalls!
It's fine for her to be gentle by nature, but Liu Erlong is a fiery and tyrannical woman, and getting along with her is really difficult for her.
For a moment, Bibi Dong felt a pang of sympathy for her rival in love Liu Erlong.
"This trip consumed a lot of my Soul Power, so I have to head back early."
Feeling the immense Soul Power he had expended to send the message to Bibi Dong, Wang Hao felt a pang of heartache and decided to end the rendezvous as soon as possible.
"By the way, could you please find two pieces of the Wisdom Skull tomorrow? I'll process them and you can send one to Yu Xiaogang. That way, it'll be easier for me to control it remotely."
Wang Hao revealed a request he had planned long ago: the Soul Power required for remote control was too great, and even maintaining it for half a day could only barely achieve a balance.
And this is just the normal state. Once you have to do something, such as directly transmitting a large amount of information to Bibi Dong like just now, the consumption of Soul Power will increase exponentially.
Unfortunately, although he had taken away most of the Clear Sky Sect's resources during the battle by using the spatial power of the Haotian Mirror, there were very few Soul Bone among them.
The powerful Soul Bone had already been used and refined by the people of the Clear Sky Sect. The Soul Bone he used for this puppet Soul Tool was just a left leg bone that was barely a hundred years old.
It's obviously too trashy; the people of the Clear Sky Sect wouldn't even look at it, which is why it's still there.
It's utterly tasteless and a waste to throw away—like chicken ribs.
This thing is barely usable; it would be best to find a millennia-old Wisdom Skull to replace it, which would make remote control much easier.