Douluo Continent: What should I do if I don't have a cheat system?

Chapter 244 Research on Contracts and Unexpected Inheritance of the Contract God

The method for contracting spirit beasts that was previously developed is suitable for everyone on the continent, but not for Jerry, because he doesn't have spirit rings.

How can you form a contract with a spirit beast without spirit rings?

In Jerry's opinion, the Summoner's Contract Array he created with the Silver Dragon King was very problematic. If you really want to calculate it, it's at most an Equal Contract. But Jerry has more than just Equal Contracts in his mind.

With the precedent of the equal contract, other contracts were much easier in comparison. Jerry arrived in the small world and immediately began to study them.

First, the slave contract.

With the concept in place, the next step was research. The premise of this slave contract was that it conformed to the general environment of the Douluo world.

Soul Master vs. Soul Beast, Soul Beast vs. Soul Master, Soul Master vs. Soul Master, Soul Beast vs. Soul Beast—Jerry believes that as long as there are two kinds of creatures, slave contracts can be used, and it is not necessary to limit it to Soul Masters enslaving Soul Beasts.

The soul beasts in this world can transform into human form. Once transformed, they are no longer wild beasts, so it would be somewhat inhumane to only set up soul masters to deal with soul beasts.

In other worlds, slave contracts require slaves to obey any command from their masters. But that's not enough in this world. If it's just about commands, the superiors can suppress the inferiors. Contracts are somewhat redundant.

One hundred years later in the small world, Jerry finally developed a slave contract suitable for the Douluo Continent.

Slave Contract Rules:

First, the contract required the slave owner to sign it for the slave.

Secondly, slaves were required to strictly obey the slave owner's orders; if they violated them, they would be subject to corresponding contractual penalties depending on the severity of the violation.

Third, the soul power cultivated by slaves belongs entirely to the slave owner, who can choose to absorb it or return it to the slave.

Fourth, only the slave owner could break the contract.

Despite its simple four-point stipulation, this slave contract was recognized worldwide.

Jerry was just researching. If you were to use this kind of slave contract to contract a soul beast, unless the soul beast was particularly evil, you generally wouldn't need to use a contract.

After the slave contract was perfected, the next step was the master-servant contract.

This master-servant contract has fewer restrictions than a slave contract; the two parties to the contract are in a master-servant relationship.

Master-Servant Contract Rules:

First, a contract can only be signed between the master and servant after the master has paid a certain price.

Secondly, servants must be loyal to their masters and strictly obey their masters' orders. If they violate these orders, the master may choose to impose or not impose punishment.

Third, the two sides cultivate their soul power without interfering with each other;

Fourth, the master can terminate the contract at any time, while the servant must pay a certain price before the contract can be terminated.

This contract is more applicable to human society. Many families have servants. After signing the contract, the servant's loyalty to the master will increase to a certain level.

The master increases this loyalty value through their own actions, and of course, some actions will also decrease this loyalty value. When the loyalty value drops to a certain level, the servant can pay a certain price to terminate the contract.

The cost depends on what the owner paid when the contract was signed; it can be large or small.

If the master pays for the contract in gold soul coins, then the servant only needs to pay double the gold soul coins to terminate it.

It could be said that this is more like a servant working for his master, so it is not as cruel as a slave contract.

Next comes the equal contract; the previous equal contracts were merely a modified version of the original contract.

Because the Silver Dragon King advocated peaceful coexistence and mutual benefit, he allowed soul beasts to provide soul rings to soul masters. With the constraints of soul rings, soul masters had to take special care of soul beasts.

This is not true equality. In recent times, I have seen many Soul Masters successfully contract summoned beasts.

In pursuit of so-called "growthable spirit rings," spirit beasts have been given too much care, even being prevented from fighting. What was originally a mutually beneficial arrangement now appears to be more advantageous to the spirit beasts.

Therefore, this equal contract must be amended.

This was just a revision, and it was completed in less than twenty years.

Equal Contract Rules:

First, the contract was entered into voluntarily by both parties;

Second, if one party dies, the other party will suffer a backlash;

Third, the effects of cultivation are shared equally;

There are only these three main rules. Because this equal contract can be used to sign contracts with soul beasts, it is further divided into several categories, one of which is the relationship between a soul master and a soul beast.

In the case of a Soul Master interacting with a Soul Beast, the previous rules regarding intimacy and growth Soul Rings have been added.

Actually, Jerry didn't want to add a growth spirit ring, as this would limit a spirit master to contracting only nine-headed spirit beasts and would also reduce their spirit skills by nine.

If this rule is not added, as long as the intimacy level is high enough and both parties are willing, they can sign an equal contract, and the Soul Master can absorb other Soul Rings without affecting their own combat power.

Let's follow the Silver Dragon King's wishes for now. After a few years, when the relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts has deepened further, we can remove this restriction.

Next, Jerry came up with a very interesting contract: a contract of mutual life and death.

The rules of this contract are:

First, the contract was entered into voluntarily by both parties;

Second, the lives of both parties to the contract are intertwined;

Third, the two parties to the contract share similar innate talents and cultivation levels;

Fourth, to live and die together;

Fifth, once a contract is signed, it cannot be terminated.

This contract is quite interesting. For example, if two Soul Masters sign an agreement, their lifespan and talent cultivation will be shared equally. Even if one party has poor talent, the other party with good talent can help the person with poor talent.

The phrase "to live and die together" is easier to understand; it means to live together and die together.

However, the biggest advantage of this contract is that it allows Soul Masters and Soul Beasts to sign a contract. Because Soul Beasts have a longer lifespan and cultivate slowly, while Soul Masters have a shorter lifespan and cultivate quickly, the two can perfectly complement each other.

Suddenly, Jerry thought of bloodline inheritance, which was more like a bloodline contract.

The contract is directly signed with a race, and each inheritor must sign a contract with the race's king.

The king can add inheritance content, which benefits all bloodline inheritors. The only thing they need to give is loyalty to the king.

The more Jerry thought about it, the more he felt it was a contract. So Jerry started to study his own bloodline inheritance, and the more he studied it, the more he felt it was a contract.

For example, if Jerry were to add a rule to the inheritance that eating rabbits is not allowed, then all the people would no longer eat rabbits, and would instinctively not want to eat rabbits.

As Jerry researched, he discovered that this kind of contract had appeared many times in the Douluo Continent, and it always appeared within soul beasts.

Once each type of spirit beast reaches a certain number, it will form a race, and then a king will be born from the race.

This king not only needs to surpass other soul beasts in cultivation level, but also needs to form the faith power of the race.

Only then will the bloodline inheritance be activated, and only after that will the king have complete control over the clan.

Therefore, there may be many kings among the soul beasts, but they lack the power of faith, so very few races can unlock their bloodline inheritance.

The power of a race's faith is not easy to unlock; it requires making significant contributions to the entire race and gaining the approval of the majority of its members.

This contract was already established, and the world has recognized it. It wasn't something Jerry developed, so now we can only abide by it.

Jerry then began researching why humans didn't have bloodline contracts.

This was the longest Jerry had ever spent exploring the small world in a thousand years, and he finally understood something.

Humans have always had a bloodline inheritance, only it has changed in appearance. The human bloodline inheritance is the martial spirit.

Moreover, after this research, Jerry also learned the origin of weapon spirits.

The earliest people studied bloodline inheritance, and they studied it to a very high level.

The earliest humans in the Douluo world were transformed soul beasts. As they multiplied and multiplied generation after generation, their bloodline became diluted, requiring an awakening ritual to awaken.

Even after awakening, everyone's talents still vary.

Some people discovered that this condition was caused by thin blood vessels, so they started looking for ways to change it. After trying many methods, they actually found one.

This method is the earliest form of contract, but it is a contract with a weapon, similar to a personal weapon.

This type of contract is a bloodline contract. After contracting a weapon, the weapon devours the other bloodlines in their bodies and takes their place.

This is why weapon spirits can be passed down to the next generation.

Having understood all this, Jerry was confident that he could now transform anyone's spirit into a weapon spirit. All he needed to do was find a metal with the same attribute as the spirit, forge it into a weapon, and then sign a bloodline contract with the weapon. After signing, the weapon would devour the spirit and take its place, thus successfully transforming the spirit into a weapon spirit.

At the same time, Jerry also thought of signing bloodline contracts with other soul beasts, but that was a bit too cruel.

For a soul beast to sign a contract, its attributes must be the same as or not conflict with those of the soul master. Only if its bloodline is stronger than the soul master's bloodline can it devour its own bloodline and replace it as a martial soul. The original soul beast can only live in the form of a martial soul.

In the first generation, the martial soul still had some self-awareness, but after it was passed down, the self-awareness would completely disappear.

Moreover, the spirit dissipates after the spirit master dies.

Another type is a soul beast that has signed a contract, whose bloodline is weaker than that of the soul master. In this case, the soul beast will be devoured by the soul master's own bloodline to strengthen the soul master's bloodline. After being devoured, the soul beast will die directly.

This method is arguably even more cruel.

Another type is the soul beast with a bloodline contract, whose bloodline is equal to that of the user, and neither can devour the other, thus forming twin martial souls.

When a soul beast's bloodline is equal to or approximately equal to that of a soul master, because the soul beast still has self-awareness, it can choose whether or not to devour the soul master's own bloodline. If it does not devour, it can also form twin martial souls.

After understanding all this, Jerry also understood why the Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm could transform into a human's martial soul.

However, this bloodline contract is truly amazing. Perhaps it was because the research into this bloodline contract was too overpowered that it eventually disappeared into history.

This has made the birth of weapon spirits a mystery.

In Jerry's several small worlds, no weapon spirit has ever been born. At first, he didn't know why, but now that he understands, it all makes sense.

The small world was largely guided by itself, whether intentionally or unintentionally, changing the course of many historical developments. This change was something that the humans in the small world never considered.

In the real Douluo Continent, without any changes of its own, everything developed naturally, which inevitably led to the emergence of many people with low talent. Among these people, some people who wanted to change their talent discovered the Bloodline Contract through their own research.

Of course, bloodline contracts are only one path. There are many other methods to change one's talents, but they have not yet been discovered.

If they had developed the Bloodline Pill, then the Martial Soul would probably not exist in this world.

Jerry had verified in the world of pills that once humans learned to refine bloodline pills, they never considered other ways to enhance their talents.

This bloodline contract is too profound. There are some things I can't understand right now, and I can't change anything about it. I can only study other things.

In addition, Jerry also developed labor contracts, cooperation contracts, and many other small contracts. When he developed the 999th contract, a golden light appeared on the entire Douluo Continent. At this time, the whole continent knew that the God of Contracts had been born and that Jerry would inherit the divine position.

Jerry was only stunned for a moment. The God of Contracts? This was a bit unexpected. Jerry had originally planned to study summoned beasts, but he hadn't expected to become the successor of the God of Contracts. This was a pleasant surprise.

This time, however, it was a little different. A book appeared in front of Jerry accompanied by golden light. The book had four words written on it: "The Book of Contracts." As soon as the book appeared, it merged directly into Jerry's body.

At this point, Jerry understood that this book was the companion artifact of the God of Contracts, containing all the contracts, and that Jerry could add new contracts to it in the future.

Once a new contract is recognized by the Book of Contracts, it will be displayed in the Book of Contracts. At the same time, the Book of Contracts is always connected to the world, and contracts recognized in the Book of Contracts will also be directly recognized by the world.

Jerry was a little stunned when he received the Book of Contracts. At that moment, the main world consciousness appeared and was very excited when it saw Jerry.

"Jerry, what did you just get? I feel like the world has voluntarily given you a portion of its power!" The world's consciousness was also very surprised. Jerry had just inherited a divine position, and the world had directly given him a portion of its power.

This is not like the previous God of Soul Guidance, God of Medicine, or God of Formation. This divine position has divine authority and the right to directly mobilize some of the world's rules.

Jerry then explained the matter of the God of Contracts to the World Consciousness. After hearing about the God of Contracts' duties, the World Consciousness felt that this divine position held immense power. Upon reaching the God Realm, it would essentially be on par with the Five Great God Kings.

In some respects, even a god-king must abide by certain contracts he has signed.

After Jerry inherited this divine position, the divine authority began to function.

According to Jerry's explanation, if any creature makes an oath or promise in the name of the God of Contracts and fails to fulfill or violates the contract, the world will directly punish it, and in severe cases, divine retribution will be imposed.

So, all you scumbags out there, don't make those vows lightly, they really can come true!

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(End of this chapter)