Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

Chapter 109 The Dilemma of Artificial Soul Rings (Part 1) - Requesting First Subscription

"Ah, I'm so full."

Di Ni'er leaned back in her chair, looking completely satisfied. This was the most comfortable meal she had had since she took human form. Previously in Tiandou City, she had mostly eaten local delicacies; she had never experienced a proper banquet like this before.

Xu Sheng went to clean up the remaining scraps, while Kong Deming returned to the ancestral hall to study the half of the golden water-containing artifact and his own natal soul tool. Before leaving, he left Xu Yang a report.

Zhang Lexuan went back to her room to think about the next steps for her seventh spirit ring. While eating, she also broke through to level 70, becoming a quasi-Spirit Saint at less than 20 years old.

Only Gu Yuena, Xu Yang, Di Tian, ​​and Di Ni'er, who was lying on the side digesting her food, remained in the living room.

Since none of them had anything else to do, Xu Yang took the opportunity to chat.

"Miss Gu Yuena, in your view as soul beasts—what exactly is a soul ring?"

"I have consulted a lot of related materials in recent years and found that the concept of spirit rings is actually divided into many categories."

"For example, the most common and traditional way to obtain them is by hunting soul beasts, and another way is by sacrificing soul beasts to obtain soul rings."

"Oh—there is another special kind of spirit ring, the God-given spirit ring, and—some special spirit rings obtained through certain means."

"From the information I obtained after analyzing the Soul Rings in the Void Treasury, I discovered that their essence is nothing more than the Soul Power of the Soul Beast itself plus its life essence. What kind of Soul Skill is given depends more on the type of Soul Beast hunted, that is, the Soul Power and Bloodline Power of the Soul Beast contained in the Soul Ring."

"This is why one faces the mental impact of a soul beast when absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring, or why some soul masters find that their martial soul evolves or degenerates when absorbing a soul ring."

"It is precisely these two simple things that allow Soul Masters to break free from their shackles and continuously advance upwards. This is the wonder of Soul Rings that I admire."

"Perhaps this is what they call 'great skill without artifice'."

As Xu Yang spoke of this, he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. The Douluo world was truly wondrous; to break through, one had to follow its underlying logic.

"As for the divinely bestowed soul rings, I learned from the God of Destruction that their main component is the power of faith. However, what soul skills a divinely bestowed soul ring can grant depends more on the human's martial soul itself."

"From all perspectives, a spirit ring bestowed by the gods is more suitable for humans. The power of faith is gentler, so it is much less dangerous than risking one's life to absorb a spirit ring dropped by a spirit beast."

"But—the cost is just too high, and the power of faith is far more precious than soul power, so the path of divinely bestowed soul rings is not universally applicable."

"So the problem still comes down to how to construct a soul ring by mixing soul power with life force. Based on its construction principle, I designed a similar soul tool model."

Xu Yang did not take out the design blueprints for the soul tool, knowing that none of the people present could understand them.

He simply said, "My design idea is to use this soul tool to produce a special blank soul ring. It will not grant the soul master soul skills, but it is enough to allow the soul master to break through."

"Then we will use the genetic sequence of your soul beasts to embellish the soul rings, thereby enabling them to be imbued with a certain soul skill."

"Of course, this is only the first version. There will be further improvements. The artificial spirit ring must be completely separated from the spirit beast. Only in this way can the spirit beast be completely liberated."

"However, the first version is the easiest to implement at present, and some genes will not endanger the life of the soul beast."

"Then there are artificial soul bones, but that's a story for another time."

Gu Yuena listened to Xu Yang's arrangements and nodded in satisfaction, seemingly approving of Xu Yang's work.

Di Tian could not hide his excitement, because Xu Yang was really serious about his work, and it seemed very likely that he would succeed.

However, there are still some problems with this blank spirit ring.

As Xu Yang spoke, he took out a white soul ring from his soul tool.

And just like that, she appeared before everyone.

Di Tian, ​​Gu Yuena, and Di Ni'er all looked at the white soul ring that Xu Yang had taken out.

"When did you do this? Why don't I remember anything about it?"

Di Ni'er blinked her big, curious eyes and asked Xu Yang.

"During the few days I spent with you guys in Tiandou City, this thing was just a facade; it's only good for now."

Before Xu Yang could finish speaking, the white spirit ring vanished in front of them.

Di Tian and Gu Yuena both squinted, seemingly deep in thought.

"Like now, this spirit ring can't last long at all. As soon as it's taken out, it will dissipate on its own in no time."

"It's nothing compared to the soul rings dropped after killing a soul beast, which can last for an hour. These few minutes aren't even enough for the other side to absorb the soul rings."

"Actually, I have a general solution for this situation, but it is still too difficult to implement at the moment."

Tell me, maybe I can help you solve it?

Gu Yuena's tone was full of confidence.

Di Tian nodded in agreement, indicating that he would also do his best to help.

With their keen eyesight, the two of them could already tell that the spirit ring Xu Yang had just taken out was not much different from the spirit ring dropped by the weakest spirit beast with ten years of cultivation, similar to the one dropped by Gu Zhu.

The key issue is that the life force and soul power that make up that soul ring are not fully integrated, resulting in the soul ring not being compressed enough.

"When compressing the ten-year soul ring, I used a set of level seven compression soul guidance arrays, but it still turned out the same way. Moreover, activating that array consumed far more soul power than the soul power and life energy that constituted this soul ring."

"I estimate that this would not work for soul rings that are thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years old, let alone mass production."

"So what I need now is a powerful, stable, and autonomously operating advanced compression soul tool that can actively absorb soul power and life force from the air."

"However, I haven't figured out what to use for the most important magic array core."

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"Compression, absorption—?"

Di Tian listened to Xu Yang's explanation and muttered something under his breath.

"Have you ever heard of Yin-Yang complementary dual-soul cores? Perhaps this is a good idea to learn from."

As one of the oldest soul beasts on the Douluo Continent, Di Tian is different from the Silver Dragon King, who only sleeps at the bottom of the lake.

Basically, no one understands soul beasts and soul master cultivation better than him.

As for Gu Yuena, she has been a half-step God-King since the split, and even though her cultivation has fallen to this level, she has not touched the human realm. So in this respect, she may not necessarily know more than Di Tian, ​​the strongest person below the gods on the Douluo Continent.

"Senior Di Tian, ​​do you mean to create a similar soul guide device by imitating the Yin-Yang complementary dual soul core?"

"It does sound very feasible, but the risks are also high. If it goes wrong, the Shrek Academy will probably hear the commotion from the experiment in the Star Dou Great Forest."

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