Douluo: My Custom Achievement System

After learning what made Jiang Yi special and seeing the Soul Power Body-Tempering Method he had comprehended on his own, Li Lingyu could not help marveling at Jiang Yi's genius once again.

Tempering the body from the inside out could strengthen it to the greatest possible extent.

Without a doubt, it was the best way to lay a foundation for the Extreme Training Method.

Jiang Yi's training plan was meticulous, and Li Lingyu had no intention of changing it.

He merely added medicinal baths and meals after Jiang Yi finished training, so his body would not suffer hidden injuries.

He also prepared medicines that would help Jiang Yi's spiritual power grow, aiding him in training it.

That would allow Jiang Yi to communicate with more Blue Silver Grass.

The evenings were still reserved for study, except that now the two of them studied together.

After three months of cultivating this way, Jiang Yi had made tremendous progress.

His Soul Power had reached around level 0.6. For him, that was already an astonishing speed.

Jiang Nannan, who had possessed level-eight Innate Soul Power, had gained only two levels of Soul Power after three months of cultivation.

That he had managed a quarter of her progress was already enough to shock anyone.

Moreover, he had tempered his body in the process.

On top of that, he had obtained three achievements.

"Achievement name: Indomitable Perseverance. (Before a genius, your persistence seems a little futile, but persistence is the only thing you can do.)"

"Condition: cultivate for no less than three shichen every day for thirty consecutive days."

"Achievement reward: cultivation speed increased by ten percent."

"Achievement name: Soul Power Path Skilled Worker. (You know this path better than the road home.)"

"Condition: circulate Soul Power along the same path more than a thousand times."

"Achievement reward: meridian resilience increased by ten percent, width increased by ten percent."

"Achievement name: Stubbornness of the Soul Power Micro-Carver. (You use your feeble Soul Power to temper your body from the inside out, but your meticulous work does not seem to have done much good.)"

"Condition: use Soul Power to temper the body from the inside out for more than one month."

"Achievement reward: muscle density, bone hardness, and meridian resilience increased by five percent."

All three achievements were closely connected to Jiang Yi's cultivation.

They all improved his cultivation speed, though none by much.

His starting point was simply too low. Only when he obtained an achievement that raised his Innate Soul Power Level

could his cultivation speed undergo a true qualitative change.

His Soul Power body tempering, together with the achievement rewards from the system, had made his current physique as different as heaven and earth from what it had been when he first awakened his Martial Soul.

Li Lingyu had once found a level-ten Beast Martial Soul Soul Master who had not obtained a Soul Ring to spar with him.

With both sides holding back, the level-ten Soul Master had ultimately fought him to a draw.

If they had continued fighting, Jiang Yi would certainly have won.

But Jiang Yi knew this was only because neither had fused with a Soul Ring.

Only after fusing with a Soul Ring could one truly be called a Soul Master. The difference between having fused with one and not having done so was beyond comparison.

Even so, a physique that far surpassed his Soul Power Level astonished Li Lingyu, who knew nothing about the system.

He could only attribute it to the extraordinary effects of Jiang Yi's Soul Power body tempering and those exercises. More than that, of course, he believed it was the result of a Martial Soul Mutation.

This performance made Li Lingyu even more certain that Jiang Yi had been sent by heaven to help him perfect his theory.

In the early morning, the sun was hidden behind the clouds, casting a hazy light.

Neatly dressed, Jiang Yi walked to Jiang Nannan's door and knocked gently.

"Nannan, it's almost time. We should set off."

The moment he finished speaking, the patter of footsteps sounded from inside the room.

The door soon opened, revealing Jiang Nannan in a pale yellow training outfit, her long hair tied in a neat ponytail.

Although she was only six, her development had sped up after she awakened her Martial Soul.

Jiang Nannan was now around 1.3 meters tall. Dressed this way, with her exquisitely beautiful face, she looked every bit the spirited heroine.

"What do you think, Brother Jiang Yi? Do I look good in this?" Jiang Nannan asked a little shyly.

A flicker of admiration passed through Jiang Yi's eyes. Then he smiled and nodded. "Our Nannan looks good in anything."

Jiang Nannan smiled bashfully at his praise.

"Come with me. Teacher is already waiting for us outside," Jiang Yi continued.

"Mm," Jiang Nannan answered softly. She ran to Jiang Yi's side and linked her arm through his.

The two hurried to the courtyard gate, where Li Lingyu's carriage was already waiting. After saying goodbye to Aunt Rou, they boarded and set off for the Soul Beast forest.

Chapter 17: Mysterious Water Forest, Silver Moon Fox

The rising sun cast a warm glow, easing the morning chill.

Three months had passed, and winter had arrived in Spirit Mountain City. Although no snow had fallen, the near-freezing temperature still made it feel cold.

Rumble, rumble. A carriage sped out of Spirit Mountain City's eastern gate, heading toward the center of the Dou Ling Empire.

It was the carriage carrying Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan.

After three months of cultivation, Jiang Nannan had finally broken through to level ten, so naturally she needed to fuse with her First Soul Ring as soon as possible.

He had originally thought that when Jiang Nannan broke through to level ten, She Fei would send someone to help her obtain a Soul Ring.

To his surprise, however, She Fei had sent no one.

After asking around, he learned that She Fei had gone to the front on business some time ago and had yet to return.

Although he had not anticipated this, Jiang Nannan could not wait forever, so he had gone straight to Li Lingyu and asked him to take Jiang Nannan to hunt for a Soul Ring.

Since the two of them had relatively low cultivation, Li Lingyu had made a special effort to procure a carriage.

Their destination this time was not the Star Dou Great Forest, but a forest within the Dou Ling Empire.

That forest was home to a Soul Beast suited to Jiang Nannan.

Inside the carriage, Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan sat together.

Jiang Nannan talked nonstop, while Jiang Yi sat upright with a smile, responding from time to time.

He maintained that posture because Jiang Yi was cultivating at that moment.

Three months ago, he had tried dividing his attention between two tasks and cultivating while walking. At the time, he had managed to keep it up for only three minutes.

After three months of practice, he had made considerable progress in that area, though he had not devoted much time to it.

The carriage sped along the main road as the sky gradually darkened, but Li Lingyu did not stop. They were Soul Masters and had more stamina than ordinary people.

Traveling through the night was nothing much, and hunting for a Soul Ring would not require Jiang Yi or Jiang Nannan to fight.

In the carriage, Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan cultivated in place of rest.

On the morning of the third day, Li Lingyu, who was driving the carriage, slowly pulled on the reins. The galloping horses gradually slowed, then came to a complete stop.

"Little Yi, Nannan, get out," Li Lingyu said as he climbed down from the carriage.

Hearing his call, Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan quickly got out as well.

"Is that the Mysterious Water Forest up ahead?" Jiang Yi looked toward the dense forest before them.

This was their destination, the Mysterious Water Forest.

It was the largest forest in the Dou Ling Empire, with an abundance of Soul Beasts, especially water-attribute Soul Beasts, which were found there in great numbers.

Most of the ingredients used to refine the Mystic Water Pill, famous throughout the Douluo Continent, came from this forest.

It was refined from the blood essence of more than a dozen kinds of water-attribute Soul Beasts, along with dozens of medicinal herbs.

It could greatly increase Soul Power and cleanse the sinews and marrow, raising Innate Soul Power by one level.

Without a doubt, the Mystic Water Pill was what Jiang Yi wanted most right now.

Unfortunately, Mystic Water Pills were far too precious for him to get his hands on one.

Even his teacher would find it nearly impossible to obtain one.

In the original story, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi had been able to produce Mystic Water Pills because their backgrounds were so powerful.

One was the great-great-grandson of a Limit Douluo, while the other was the young master of the Mysterious Nether Sect.

Even with a Soul Emperor for a teacher, Jiang Yi could not begin to compare with them.

"That's right. While it's still early, let's enter the forest and start looking for a Silver Moon Fox. This kind of Soul Beast is very hard to catch at night, so we need to make the most of our time," Li Lingyu explained to them.

"All right," the two replied in unison.

Before setting out for the Mysterious Water Forest, Jiang Yi had explained the Martial Soul bloodline theory to Jiang Nannan and suggested a Soul Beast for her First Soul Ring.

Unsurprisingly, Jiang Nannan had agreed before he had even finished speaking.

Jiang Nannan's trust in him had already gone beyond normal bounds, and Jiang Yi naturally would not let her down.

Jiang Yi had researched the Soft Bone Rabbit Martial Soul in depth, using information he had naturally obtained from Li Lingyu.

As the Martial Soul of Soft Bone Douluo Xiao Wu, one of the original Shrek Seven Devils, it had naturally been the subject of Li Lingyu's own extensive research.

After learning about Soul Rings and Soul Bones, Li Lingyu had also begun studying the origins of Beast Martial Soul bloodlines again,

as well as the branches of their various bloodlines, in the hope of finding the most suitable Soul Beasts.

Only then could the effect of Soul Rings and Soul Bones on bloodline vitality be maximized.

Among rabbit Martial Souls, the Soft Bone Rabbit was already a high-grade Martial Soul.

Tracing its bloodline further back, the Soft Bone Rabbit could be linked to the Taiyin Moon Rabbit, an ancient divine beast.

When Xiao Wu had been a Soul Beast, she had possessed the skills Teleportation and Void.

Those two skills were closely connected to the Taiyin Moon Rabbit's ability to absorb the power of moonlight and use it to travel through space.

Its flexibility and coordination also subtly matched the yielding softness and resilience of Taiyin power.

As for the Invincible Golden Body, it should have been passed down through crossbreeding with another Soul Beast during the bloodline's inheritance.

Once the bloodline's origin had been established, the choice of Soul Ring for the Soft Bone Rabbit was quite clear.

The Moon Spirit Cat, Mystic Moon Deer, and Silver Moon Fox were all highly suitable.

Secondary choices included the Water Cloud Leopard, Yin Demon Bird, and other swift Soul Beasts with suitable attributes.

The closest of these was naturally the Silver Moon Fox that lived in the Mysterious Water Forest.

Even if they failed to find a Silver Moon Fox, they could find a suitable substitute in the Mysterious Water Forest.

After all, the water and Taiyin attributes were inseparably linked.

As they entered the Mysterious Water Forest, a wave of damp air washed over them.

The soil underfoot was so wet that it sank slightly the moment they stepped on it, making it difficult to walk normally.

Faced with this, Jiang Yi immediately focused his mind, gathered his Qi, and directed his Soul Power beneath his feet.

In an instant, his sinking body became steady.

"Oh, that Soul Power control technique." Li Lingyu's eyes lit up.

At the same time, Jiang Nannan changed the way she walked.

Although she did not know a Soul Power technique like that, the control over her strength granted by the Soft Bone Rabbit also let her walk over the muddy terrain as if it were level ground.

With that problem solved, the three quickly headed deeper into the forest.

The farther in they went, the heavier the dampness became, and the ground beneath their feet turned marshy.

Gradually, the thick moisture formed a mist in the air, blurring their surroundings.

This was the environment in which Silver Moon Foxes lived.

At night, the temperature here would plummet, causing the mist to condense into frost. When moonlight fell upon the frost, that was the Silver Moon Fox's favorite time.