Douluo Continent: On Becoming a God Through Science

Chapter 30 Starry Sky Forest, Obtain the Fifth Ring (1)

In the blink of an eye, without even a change in the sun's position in the sky, Diwan, with a pair of brown eagle wings on his back, supported Youchen with one hand while using his soul power to protect Youchen from the effects of high-speed convection, and they had already arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest.

"You Chen, your progress is even faster than I expected! You're only in your thirties and you've already become a Soul King! Wow, if that's the case, don't you still have a good chance of becoming a Soul Saint?!"

As he flew with Youchen in tow, Diwan did some calculations with his fingers and exclaimed in amazement.

There was a special reason why Divan specifically mentioned the Soul Saint realm.

As we all know, as long as a Title Douluo is not suffering from a chronic illness or has serious old injuries, it is not a problem for them to live for two or three hundred years, and it is not uncommon for some to live for four or five hundred years.

From the perspective of lifespan alone, a Title Douluo and a low-level Soul Master are no longer the same kind of life.

But when exactly did this leap in life begin?

In fact, at each stage, the life essence of a Soul Master will be slightly improved.

However, the first recognized leap in life generally occurs at the Soul Saint stage.

During this stage, the Martial Soul will be sublimated, unleashing all previous accumulations at once and gaining the ability to unleash the true form of the Martial Soul.

Most Soul Masters will see an improvement in the quality of their Martial Soul at this stage. Some Soul Masters with deep experience can even achieve a qualitative change in their Martial Soul and achieve Martial Soul evolution.

If the first three rings relied on the unstable state of the martial soul's origin to induce mutations, then the seventh ring is an absolute positive sublimation that breaks through the original constraints after accumulating strength.

The sublimation of a martial spirit will also nourish the life essence of a soul master, indirectly leading to an increase in lifespan.

If a Soul Saint is free from illness and disaster, he can live to at least 150 years old.

This indirect approach slows down the decline of vital energy and blood, raising the upper limit of a Soul Master's golden age for cultivation, which can generally be extended to around seventy years old.

As for Title Douluo, it's the exact opposite of Soul Saint; it's an evolution of the Soul Master's own life essence, which in turn drives the improvement of their Martial Soul. This is why Title Douluo have such a much longer lifespan than before.

However, Devan's response was met with a speechless expression from You Chen.

"I am indeed in my thirties, but I'm 35, not 31 or 32! It's practically 40! You know that the older you get, the more obvious the decline in your vital energy and the slower your cultivation speed becomes!"

In addition, the difficulty of leveling up increases as the game progresses, and there are also issues with the quality of the Martial Soul. If it weren't for the system he just acquired, You Chen would have virtually no chance of breaking through to the Soul Saint level before the age of fifty.

You Chen became increasingly speechless, and couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Besides... it feels like you're mocking me when you say that? If I remember correctly, you were already considering your sixth ring when you were thirty-five, right?"

"Hahaha!"

Divan let out a hearty laugh, but compared to his previous carefree laugh, it carried a hint of malice.

Diwan is still over sixty years old. If he doesn't perish, he definitely has a chance to become a Title Douluo. Of course, forget about becoming a Super Douluo; there's basically no hope for him.

"Alright, I can't compete with you in these theories. If I could out-talk you, I wouldn't be at the Contra level by now. So, tell me, who is the target for this Soul Hunt?"

Seeing that they were finally getting back to the main topic, You Chen's casual demeanor vanished, and his eyes flashed with a sharp light.

The idea of ​​using breakthroughs in energy intensity to drive the evolution of one's own martial soul was a plan You Chen had before obtaining the system.

Therefore, when choosing his fourth soul ring, he specifically selected a soul beast whose power was primarily based on the power of stars.

Wind-type soul beasts and soul beasts with attributes like earth, fire, water, and wind are relatively common, but whether it's star or holy, they are extremely rare attributes. In addition, given the age requirement, finding a suitable target is not easy.

Before obtaining the system, the strength of You Chen's three attributes was ranked as follows: wind was the strongest, followed by star power, and divine power was very weak.

However, now, the originally weakest divine power has become You Chen's strongest attribute, so the original target of his soul hunting naturally has to be changed.

If You Chen is so concerned about his disciple's cultivation, he naturally wouldn't take it lightly when it comes to his own martial spirit and cultivation.

During his time as a Three-Ring Soul Master, around the age of 26, he began to study how to observe and evaluate the connection between the three powers within his own Martial Soul, and their impact on the evolution of his Martial Soul.

The evolution of martial souls still holds many mysteries, which even You Chen's level of knowledge cannot fully comprehend. Different martial souls have their own requirements and tendencies for evolution.

Multiple reticulated evolutionary pathways can even emerge.

This world has virtually no reserves of relevant knowledge; even those families rely primarily on empiricism.

You Chen's research can be described as starting from scratch, and the difficulty is unimaginable.

Fortunately, understanding a martial soul that is equivalent to a clone of oneself is much easier than understanding a martial soul that targets another person.

Although not as common as Blue Silver Grass, which has countless samples to study, You Chen lacked opportunities for trial and error. However, with his extraordinary talent and the sense of urgency brought by his age, he achieved remarkable research results in just two years.

As mentioned earlier, the evolution of a martial soul is essentially a mutation caused by the enhancement of the martial soul's original power.

Soul rings can enhance one's fundamental power, but that doesn't mean... it's the only way.

Natural treasures and rare materials go without saying; this is also a method that relies on external resources.

So, is there no way to enhance this so-called original power by relying on the Soul Master's own abilities?

Of course there is.

However, when a Soul Master's level is low, it is often a thankless task.

Therefore, only titled Douluo, whose soul power level is extremely difficult to improve and requires a lot of time to hone, would do this.

If You Chen wants to explore the mysteries of martial soul evolution, he has to spend time on this aspect. Otherwise, without any data, input variables, or output variables, such research is just pure conjecture. Putting conjecture directly into practical use would be too risky.

Therefore, You Chen would rather spend more time to conduct this preliminary experiment.

The two key insights he gained from this were "the limits of energy" and "the proportion of energy".

The so-called limit of energy is that before his martial soul evolves to the next stage, there is an upper limit to the improvement of each attribute energy.

For example, in the third stage, his Stardust Young Dragon Martial Soul's wind energy amplification, according to the Martial Soul Six-Dimensional Table, can reach 3 points, which is close to the strength of a high-level wind-type Martial Soul, and that is the upper limit.

The Wind Hatchling Dragon was able to evolve into the Starry Dragon because the Wind-type power reached this limit, and the Martial Soul naturally evolved.

(End of this chapter)