Douluo: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

Su Yuntao looked at Tang Shan, whose height had already reached her chest, with a strange expression.

“Little brother, you’re only six years old and you’re already almost 1.5 meters tall. How tall will you be when you grow up and even become an adult?”

Upon hearing this, Tang Shan himself, who had never thought of this before, couldn't help but freeze.

Being tall is a good thing, but being too tall isn't very attractive, and you might have trouble finding a girlfriend.

"Let nature take its course."

There was no solution in the short term, and Tangshan could only console itself with this thought.

I hope you are aware of my own body size and don't be too tall.

"By the way, little brother, when are you going to hunt for your first soul ring?"

Upon hearing his elder brother's question, Tang Shan put aside the troubles caused by his height and thought for a moment before replying.

“I need to train for a while longer. My martial soul is a body-based martial soul, so my training speed and growth efficiency should be much faster than yours back then, big brother. Combined with the several pieces of whale glue that Dad has already bought, I want to try to break through to the first ring of the millennium.”

Upon hearing this, Su Yuntao, despite having experienced many similar situations, was still taken aback by Tangshan's words.

Su Yuntao believed that with his younger brother's long-term training and the assistance of whale glue, completing the first ring of the millennium should not be a big problem. However, judging from his younger brother's tone, it was done in a short period of time, which was somewhat frightening.

"Big brother, when you reach level 20, we can hunt souls together. You should hurry up and cultivate. I'm only giving you one year. If you don't reach level 20, I'll have Father take me with him."

Hearing the previous words, Su Yuntao, who had originally thought that she should cultivate more slowly and let Tangshan train for a longer time, nodded helplessly.

It seems that my younger brother anticipated what I might do and filled in the loopholes in his words.

Back in his room, Tang Shan took out paper and pen and began to organize his thoughts once again.

Step by step, recalling the flashes of inspiration he had during his conversation with Su Yuntao that morning, and combining this with information from the first three parts of Douluo Continent, he pieced together his conjectures on paper:

When it comes to cultivating one's own martial spirit, aside from the so-called meditation method, what leaves the deepest impression is the multiple awakenings and combat skills.

Regardless of combat skills, what appears to be a self-designed name is actually a unique, self-created soul skill of the Body Sect.

It's just that basically only Soul Masters can cultivate it, which is why it has the alternative name of combat skill.

Next comes the second and third awakenings of the Benti Sect, as well as the creation of the flawless golden body of a god-level physical body during the Dou San period.

First, there was Huo Gua's awakening. He underwent a second awakening after consuming the Dew of Longing for Autumn Water, and then under the pressure of fighting against the Sea Princess, he underwent a golden awakening after receiving the inheritance of the original body's master, Poison Undying.

During the Douluo Continent III era, the "Son of the Sea God" also underwent a second awakening under the pressure of medicinal herbs.

Therefore, it can be inferred that there are two main methods for awakening a martial spirit: one can be used alone or together.

One possibility is obtaining a rare and precious material, which, after use, may increase the source of one's martial soul, naturally leading to a second awakening;

Secondly, by undergoing life-or-death crises or extreme pressure, one can forcibly unleash their potential and thus awaken their martial spirit a second time.

One point is worth discussing: during the Douluo Continent III era, the Body Sect was already able to enable non-body martial soul masters with extremely high blood and qi talent to undergo a second awakening. The seemingly difficult conditions were indeed not simple.

However, if it were truly possible for all non-body martial soul masters of the Body Sect to undergo a second awakening using their blood and qi, then the Body Sect should only have two possible fates at that time.

It either thrived by embracing talent with an inclusive attitude, or it was completely divided up by various powerful forces because it had a method to awaken martial spirits a second time.

Although cultivating Qi and Blood may seem difficult, investing in rare and precious herbs can always have some effect. Using some medicinal herbs to exchange for a second awakening opportunity is a calculation that the leaders of powerful forces must be able to make.

Since the Bonti Sect did not reach its peak during the Dragon King Legend period, nor did it completely disappear from history, but rather lingered on, there is obviously a reason for this.

The second awakening is obviously not so simple when used on ordinary Soul Masters.

My previous unintentional remark that my physical body possesses certain characteristics of a martial spirit gave me a general idea.

The spirit essence remains the spirit essence, and the physical body remains the physical body;

Currently, my main martial spirit and my physical body are two different entities.

Life-or-death crises squeeze the potential of the physical body. Even though the connection between the physical body and the main martial soul is very close, the feeling of a second awakening is still somewhat absurd.

Unless by then there is no longer a distinction between the physical body and the spirit body, and the potential of the physical body is the potential of the spirit body, and the potential of the physical body is squeezed out, the potential of the spirit body will naturally be squeezed out as well.

With this conjecture, many questions seem to have a reasonable explanation.

Before the second awakening of the martial soul, there should be a transitional stage. During this cultivation stage, the martial soul will gradually merge with the corresponding body. After that, the martial soul is the body, and the body is the martial soul.

Only after this stage is completed can one attempt a second awakening.

Huo Yuhao may not seem to have gone through this step, but he's actually cheating.

With the spiritual origin, the million-year soul ring, and the transformation by the life-gold metal, the process of fusing his physical body and martial soul had probably been paved by the endless stream of opportunities.

The reason why no major forces tried to seize the secret of the Body Sect's second awakening of non-Body Soul Masters during the Douluo Continent III period was not because they were stupid, but because it was too useless.

The method of secondary awakening has remained largely unchanged for thousands of years, still involving squeezing out potential and then stimulating the martial soul.

However, because the martial spirit is closely connected to the body and even inseparable from it, it is relatively easy to unleash its potential;

For a non-body martial soul master to undergo a second awakening, there is certainly no problem, and the operation is the same. However, whether it is a weapon martial soul or a beast martial soul, the connection between it and the body is simply incomparable to that of a body martial soul. The potential squeezed out by the physical body is transferred to the martial soul, and most of it is probably lost in the process of transfer. To squeeze out more potential, a strong physique and blood are necessary. Everything is the best arrangement.

The reason why a sect like Ontology, which was facing a talent shortage, was able to develop a method for cultivating a divine physical body gradually became more reasonable.

They are not studying a god-level physical body in the true sense, but rather how to elevate one's own martial spirit to the god level.

When a martial spirit reaches the god level, the martial spirit is the physical body, and the physical body naturally reaches the god level.

That makes perfect sense, absolutely perfect.

Tangshan had a sudden realization.

Everything makes sense now. Otherwise, it's a bit unreasonable that your Body Sect has a clear method to cultivate even the most difficult physical body to the god level, but not the main methods for cultivating soul power and the spiritual power that flourished during the Douluo Continent III era.

It turns out that it wasn't that the physical body reached a god-like level, but rather that the martial spirit and the physical body were in harmony, leading to the improvement of the physical body.

Burning the paper containing the earth-shattering secret casually will not only pave a smooth road for Tang Shan's future cultivation of his martial spirit, but it will also give him a clear direction for his efforts and attempts.

In the days to come, I will try my best to train while my Martial Soul is activated to see if the Soul Power required to maintain it is gradually decreasing.

If so, then my conjecture is correct; the martial spirit is indeed gradually merging with the physical body. If not, then the theory is wrong, and we may need to study it from another direction.

As for obtaining soul rings, I will definitely try to find strength-type soul beasts. I hope I can obtain the soul skills I want in the future.

P.S.: Thank you all for the recommendation votes, I am extremely grateful. This chapter should be the one with the most words involving the protagonist's martial spirit and martial spirit theory in a short period of time. Later, the protagonist will begin to practice martial spirit theory, gradually interact with the characters in the original work, and truly set foot on the Douluo Continent. Any further theoretical plot points will only be interspersed throughout.

Chapter 15 The "Master's" Visit: A Collection of Abstract Words and Deeds

In the Spirit Hall of Nottingham City, Matthew Nobunaga lay back on a recliner, chatting idly with his subordinates.

"Palace Master Su is truly fortunate. That child from Zhen B awakened his martial soul a few days ago. Guess what the result was?"

Master Matthew Noel's white beard was spiky, and his face showed envy.

The subordinate Spirit Hall deacons offered appropriate support.

"Please tell me your story, sir."

Matthew said smugly, quite pleased with the other person's supporting role.

"It's a being with innate full soul power. But..."

Before he could finish his boasting, he was interrupted by an unexpected work assignment.

"Is anyone here? I'm here to collect my Soul Master subsidy."

Matthew was clearly annoyed by the interruption, but he managed to suppress his anger thanks to his high professional ethics.

"Bring me your Soul Master certificate. I want to see the date you collected it last time."

The Spirit Hall has its own rules: to receive the Spirit Master subsidy, one must bring the Spirit Master certificate from the previous receipt of Gold Soul Coins. Otherwise, given the difficult information exchange situation in Douluo Continent, some Spirit Masters could easily collect the subsidy in one city's Spirit Hall and then go to other Spirit Halls to take advantage of the system.

Matthew raised his head and, upon seeing the other person's face clearly, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

It was this guy; rumors circulated that he had some connection to the saintess. His tone softened after recognizing the other person.

"Give me the certificate."

Standing in front of the counter was a middle-aged man who looked to be no more than forty years old. His worn-out robe complemented his decadent and listless demeanor perfectly.

His complexion was somewhat sallow, and his eyes were very dim, as if he had suffered some kind of major blow.

He took a wrinkled piece of paper from his belt and handed it to Matthew.

It took the old man a lot of effort to finally find the information he wanted from the wrinkled paper.

He shook his head helplessly and gave instructions to his subordinates.

"Go and get him ten gold soul coins."

Matthew turned around, wrote a new certificate on the paper, and handed it back to the dejected middle-aged man in front of him, saying, "Here you go."

"Ok."

This was the middle-aged man's second time speaking; his voice was strained and monotone, like rotten wood.

Before long, the bag containing ten gold soul coins was in the middle-aged man's hands. He didn't even say thank you and left without looking back.

As he turned around, a faint light shone in his eyes.

With innate full soul power, he is the perfect candidate for my disciple.

Watching the man leave, and recalling the name "Yu Xiaogang" registered on the certificate, Matthew couldn't help but purse his lips.

Seeing the change in the old man's expression, the butler next to him immediately asked him what was wrong.

"Master Matthew, is there something wrong with that person just now?"

"No problem, it's just that I was asked by my superiors to take care of someone through connections."

By the way, don't call me Master. I don't deserve such a title. There is only one Master in the entire mainland.

"Forget about this connected person, let's talk about the little kid from the Palace Master's family. Although he has full soul power, it's a pity his martial soul is his physical body, so his cultivation value isn't very high."

"It's hard to say. No matter how weak a physical spirit is, at least one person with full innate spirit power can definitely cultivate to the level of a Soul Saint. There's also a good chance of becoming a Soul Douluo. So the future is still promising."

"Makes sense."

Matthew stroked his beard, beaming.

"Fortunately, I have a good relationship with that kid. I just don't know if I'll live to see him truly grow up and become one of the strongest people on the continent."

……

The congested muscles radiated heat, and a variety of sensations, including soreness, numbness, and swelling, kept surging into Tangshan's heart.

Supporting her entire body with one hand, she slowly descended.

The clearly defined muscle lines on a child who had just turned six seemed so out of place.

"Fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three..."

Drops of sweat gathered into streams, flowing from Tangshan's skin and dripping onto the ground.

The clothes were already soaked through, and there was no doubt that with just a little force, water could be easily squeezed out of them.

As Tangshan slowly stood up after completing the last one-handed push-up, he couldn't help but let out a breath.

Is it bitter?

It was bitter, but also very enjoyable.

Feeling one's own strength gradually increase gives one an unparalleled sense of accomplishment.

Seeing Su Yuntao standing in a horse stance next to him, Tang Shan stepped forward and carefully observed her movements.

"Brother Tao, how's it going? Is the effect obvious?"

Su Yuntao was already drenched in sweat, and when she heard Tangshan's question, she managed to utter two words with difficulty.

"very good!"

After assessing Su Yuntao's condition for about five minutes, Tang Shan stepped forward, took her arm, and said, "Alright, that's enough for today's practice."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuntao's entire body went limp instantly. If Tang Shan hadn't been prepared, she might have already collapsed to the ground.

“Little brother… why didn’t you let me train like this before…”

Seeing his older brother struggling to ask questions before he could even catch his breath, Tang Shan pointed to himself.

"That's because I awakened my innate martial spirit, and through a deeper understanding of my body, I was able to develop this training method."

Indeed, this is true. Although what Tangshan developed was just a simple horse stance, there is a lot worth mentioning about it.

If you stand in the horse stance correctly, it can stabilize your lower body and strengthen your physique. However, if you stand in the wrong stance, you'll be lucky if you don't waste your energy and blood, let alone strengthen your body. Incorrect horse stance can cause unparalleled damage to your knees.

In his previous life, Tang Shan was just an ordinary person. He didn't know anything about the correct horse stance. He only learned how to do the horse stance when he was in school, following his physical education teacher.

However, whether the posture is correct or not is another matter. You have to know that people have different physiques and body proportions. What is correct for one person may be wrong for another.