Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 179 Qi and Blood Golden Core, Soul Power, Heart Core, Spiritual Rank

Wuhun City.

Pope's Palace.

Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan reported to Bibi Dong about the hunt for the Fallen Ones.

"The Heaven Dou Royal Academy team won first place? With them around, it's understandable that you can't compare." Bibi Dong thought of something and chuckled, "It seems that the little guy hopes to defeat the Spirit Hall team in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and become famous overnight."

"May I ask, Your Holiness, who are you referring to?" Yan bowed respectfully and asked.

"You don't know?" Bibi Dong asked in surprise. "Didn't you ask who the members of the Heaven Dou Royal Team are?"

"Um... We set off immediately after we arrived, and it was over in almost just one day." The time was too tight, and Yan really didn't know who the new members of the Heavenly Dou Royal Team were.

"Tang San is the captain of the Heaven Dou Royal Team One." Hu Liena suddenly realized something, her eyes burning, "That master of spirit theory!"

"What? It's him!" Yan was shocked, then realized that they were in the Papal Palace and hurriedly apologized to Bibi Dong.

"It's alright." Bibi Dong didn't mind at all, and her gaze towards Hu Liena was full of satisfaction. "That's right, it's him, Tang San. His martial soul is Blue Silver Grass. He may have undergone mutation. He has a sixth-level innate soul power, but now, at the age of thirteen, he has become a Soul King."

"Soul King! Thirteen years old!"

The three looked at each other, their eyes filled with disbelief.

What kind of monster is this?

"Currently, all I know is that he became a Soul King. His fifth Soul Ring is tens of thousands of years old, which is still unknown. He has never revealed it, presumably hoping to give everyone a surprise at next year's continent-wide tournament." Bibi Dong was also curious about Tang San's fifth Soul Ring. "I estimate it to be around fifty thousand years old."

Fifty thousand years!

Hu Liena and the others were shocked.

According to Tang San's theory, the number of years a Soul Master can withstand a Soul Ring depends on several factors: whether the Soul Beast that drops the Soul Ring matches the type and attributes of the Martial Soul; the Soul Master's physical strength; the strength of the Soul Master's mental power, etc.

Among these factors, physical strength is the foundation for withstanding high-limit spirit rings, while strong mental power is the key to resisting the mental will of spirit beasts within high-limit spirit rings.

The compatibility between spirit rings and martial spirits is the icing on the cake.

Before Tang San revealed the effects of whale glue, only Soul Masters at the Soul Douluo level could withstand a 50,000-year Soul Ring.

Even some titled Douluo's ninth spirit ring is only 50,000 years old.

Did Tang San's fifth spirit ring reach the 50,000-year level?

What a terrifying body!

"This is just my guess. I'm not sure how many tens of thousands of years it is, but it's definitely more than 20,000 years." Bibi Dong said this because Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan's fifth spirit rings were all over 20,000 years old, between 20,000 and 30,000 years old. Tang San, as the one who released the effects of whale glue, must have also consumed whale glue of 10,000 years old.

"Teacher, my soul power has reached level 59. Before the Soul Master Competition begins, I plan to train hard and try to raise my soul power to level 60." Hu Liena's eyes were extremely serious. "I hope that my sixth soul ring can be a 50,000-year-old soul beast."

In Hu Liena's view, Tang San's joining the Heaven Dou Royal Academy would surely lead to the development of extremely rigorous tactics for the Heaven Dou Royal Team One. As a master of martial soul theory who proposed "Analysis of Soul Masters' Self-Positioning," she would definitely be no match for him in terms of tactics.

As the golden generation of the Spirit Hall, they cannot afford to lose, because they represent the honor and pride of the Spirit Hall.

Therefore, the only way is to crush the opponent with greater strength!

Soul Emperor!

That is the best guarantee!

"Alas, it's just that there's too little ten-thousand-year whale glue on the mainland right now, and not much thousand-year whale glue either. Otherwise, you might have been able to reach fifty thousand years for your fifth soul ring." Bibi Dong sighed, looking out of the Papal Palace, her gaze seemingly piercing through the entire continent and landing on the deep and mysterious sea.

The ocean has far more resources than the land.

It's just that it can't be developed at the moment.

Furthermore, if we want to develop the ocean, the island of Poseidon, where the sea god is worshipped, is a big problem that we need to find a way to solve first.

"I agree to your request." Bibi Dong smiled faintly. "As my disciple, a mere 50,000-year soul ring is more than enough for you. Moreover, I estimate that when you reach level 80, you will be able to withstand a 100,000-year soul ring. At that time, I will personally take you to hunt 100,000-year soul beasts."

Thank you, teacher!

Hu Liena was overjoyed. With the Pope's guarantee, her eighth spirit ring could be at the 100,000-year level.

And what about Tang San?

Without the protection of a Title Douluo-level being, even if he reaches the Soul Saint stage in the future and can withstand a 100,000-year-level Soul Ring, he will not be able to hunt 100,000-year-level Soul Beasts and can only choose Soul Beasts that are over 50,000 years old.

Unless he can join the Spirit Hall and become an apprentice of the Pope or the elders of the Hall of Worship.

"Oh, right, this is Tang San's new theory, related to Spirit Fusion Techniques. It hasn't been released through the Spirit Gazette yet. Take a look; perhaps it can deepen the level of Spirit Fusion between you and Xie Yue." Bibi Dong, remembering something, took out Tang San's "Three Major Categories of Spirit Fusion Techniques" and "The Distinction Between Primary and Secondary Spirits in Humans"...

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"Achoo!"

Tang San pinched his nose, sensing someone talking about him behind his back. "Who's gossiping about me now?"

Without further thought, Tang San took out the silver crystal dragon pattern sword from his storage wristband, infused it with soul power, and the dragon pattern within began to operate in a very peculiar way.

With the help of the Purple Demon Eye, Tang San memorized the energy circulation path and connected it with the power of his blood and qi. He discovered that his blood and qi were easier to control and could even pass through his body and solidify into a tangible form.

"The Jade Bone Golden Muscle Divine Treasure Technique only forges an extremely strong body. The five internal organs and five energies can protect oneself, and it can even destroy the six viscera and six circumferences, but the corresponding methods are somewhat lacking."

"Now, with the help of the dragon pattern within this Silver Crystal Dragon Pattern Sword, I have developed a method for condensing and releasing qi and blood, which will give me more attack options in the future."

"Based on the method of condensing the soul core, can I condense my qi and blood power into a qi and blood golden core in my lower dantian?"

Without thinking, Tang San had this idea.

The human body has three treasures: essence, energy, and spirit.

Essence can be the power of blood and qi; qi can be considered the power of the soul; spirit can be the power of the mind.

While condensing a soul core doesn't increase soul power, it can help a soul master cultivate faster, improving the quality and recovery speed of their soul power.

Based on this, would it be feasible to condense the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit separately and then construct an energy circulation loop for mutual transformation?

Taoism has the concepts of refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, and refining spirit to return to emptiness.

In the Douluo Continent series, the power of blood and qi is unclear in the first part because there are no clear examples. However, Huo Yuhao in "Peerless Tang Sect" uses the skill of his first soul ring to convert soul power into spiritual power.

In the era of Dou Yi, there was also a Soul Master who focused on cultivating spiritual power—Shi Nian of Canghui Academy.

Soul power can be transformed into spiritual power, so the power of qi and blood can naturally be transformed into soul power. As long as the conversion ratio and efficiency between the three are found, and the circulation path of the three different energies is studied based on the Xuan Tian Gong, and they are integrated, it is not impossible to condense the elixir of the three treasures of essence, qi and spirit.

Thinking of this, Tang San immediately began to experiment, mobilizing the power of his internal blood and qi, circulating his soul power in his dantian, and condensing his mental power in his mind, combining them together, and then—

"puff!"

Tang San coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face turning pale, but with the release of his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, he used his first Soul Skill, Endless Recovery, to quickly heal his injuries.

This is also why Tang San dared to use himself as a test subject.

As long as he has a breath left, his first soul skill can heal all his injuries.

"The conversion between spiritual power and soul power is starting to make sense, but the conversion between qi and blood and soul power is creating a huge conflict, as if they are both vying for control." Tang San frowned, touching the area three inches below his navel, where the soul power cultivated from the Xuan Tian Gong was condensed, as was his qi and blood. "Can't two tigers share one mountain?"

Without thinking, Tang San thought of the theory of the three dantian.

The lower dantian is the Guanyuan acupoint; the middle dantian is the Tanzhong acupoint; and the upper dantian is the Yintang acupoint.

Soul power and blood energy are all stored in the Guanyuan acupoint, while spiritual power is stored in the Yintang acupoint. The Tanzhong acupoint is empty, but soul power will pass through there when it circulates.

"So, should we transfer either our soul power or our blood energy to the Tanzhong acupoint?" Tang San was the first to transfer his blood energy, and his face immediately turned red, as if his whole body was on fire. He quickly stopped.

With the endless healing power of the soul skill, it began to transfer the soul power cultivated from the Mysterious Heaven Skill.

hum-

After the main body of the soul power was transferred to the middle dantian, the qi and blood occupied the entire lower dantian, and a certain natural resonance was generated between the two. Subsequently, the spiritual power in the three dantians also joined the resonance.

Tang San's will entered his soul, allowing him to clearly see every circulatory system, every organ, every tissue, and every cell in his body.

The physical body is the universe!

The soul is the way of Heaven!

This moment felt both fleeting and eternal.

When Tang San opened his eyes, he felt as if he had grasped the secrets of the entire universe, but it was as if he were in a hazy dream, understanding nothing, like a dream or an illusion.

Upon further examination of one's own condition, the upper, middle, and lower dantian respectively condense the power of qi and blood, soul power, and spiritual power, with a natural transformation between the three.

This is not a cultivation method involving the circulation of soul power like the Xuan Tian Gong, but rather a natural rhythm, like an instinctive breath.

As long as Tang San is alive, the transformation between these three will not stop.

"Natural instinct?" Tang San pondered. "However, in the future, we will still rely on methods such as the Mysterious Heaven Technique and Soul Core Condensation to research more perfect energy conversion, circulation patterns, and circuits."

"Seriously, wasn't I supposed to be researching martial spirits? How did I end up on a path similar to cultivating immortality?"

Stretching, Tang San got up from his seat, left the study, and prepared to go find Huo Wu, Yu Tianheng, and the others.

After all, I promised them that I would help them develop their own unique soul skills.

Hu Liena felt that Tang San must have done a lot of research on tactical arrangements. However, Tang San's greatest expertise was always in the theory of martial soul cultivation.

tactics?

What is that thing?

"Third Brother, you came out of the study?" Xiao Wu, who clearly had her own dormitory and courtyard but insisted on practicing her Three-Sword Style here, leaped to Tang San's side in a few steps. "Just now, I felt a scorching aura in your room, a very strong sense of oppression. Have you figured out some new cultivation method?"

"That's the power of qi and blood. I've developed some methods for attacking and protecting myself, and besides that—"

Tang San placed his hand on Xiao Wu's abdomen, causing her to blush. "Is it inappropriate to do it here for our first time?"

"Don't get the wrong idea." Tang San pushed up the detection glasses on his nose, controlled his soul power, and injected it into Xiao Wu's body, guiding her soul power from three inches below her navel to her middle dantian.

The soul power cultivated from different martial souls has different attributes. If it is transferred to other soul masters without any transformation, it will cause conflicts between the soul powers.

However, Tang San's soul power was full of vitality, and could almost merge into the soul power of any soul master, and could even be actively absorbed by the bodies of other soul masters, unless—

The soul power of others carries evil attributes such as corrosion and death.

Xiao Wu calmed down and controlled the soul power within her body to flow along with Tang San's soul power, eventually reaching her middle dantian. To her surprise, she found that her control over her soul power had improved considerably.

"What's going on?" Xiao Wu asked.

"The closer the soul power is to the brain, the easier it is to control," Tang San explained in the simplest terms. "However, you shouldn't try it recklessly. There aren't many places in the body that can store a large amount of soul power, and trying things out randomly can cause big problems."

"Of course I know that." Xiao Wu rolled her eyes, speechless at Tang San's warning. Was she such an impulsive person?

and also--

"What can the place that used to store soul power do now? Store vital energy and blood?"

"That's right," Tang San said. "In the future, when you cultivate the Jade Bone Golden Muscle Divine Treasure Technique to its peak, your Qi and blood will be full and overflowing, and you can store it in your lower dantian. Or rather, your Qi and blood will naturally condense there."

"Lower Dantian? So, the place where we currently store our soul power is the middle Dantian? Is there also an upper Dantian?" Xiao Wu asked, drawing inferences from one instance to another.

"There is indeed an upper dantian, which is located between our eyebrows, used to store spiritual power," Tang San said with a smile. "The upper, middle, and lower dantian respectively store the qi and blood power that we have cultivated ourselves, the soul power that we have transformed by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, and the spiritual power that increases with our experience."

I call them the three treasures of the human body: essence, energy, and spirit.

"In the future, perhaps these three treasures can be condensed into a model similar to a soul core. When the power of blood and qi is condensed, it will be called the Blood and Qi Golden Core; when the power of soul is condensed, it will be called the Soul Power Core; and when the power of spirit is condensed, it can be called the Spiritual Core."

"The Qi and Blood Golden Elixir is also a symbol of life, representing immortality. Gold is also immortal, hence the name Golden Elixir."

"The Soul Power Core is simply a renamed Soul Core with the addition of the word 'heart,' signifying that one can control soul power at will."

"Spiritual Rank, which is related to the soul... I originally wanted to name it 'Divine Rank,' but after thinking about it, I realized it was a bit impractical, so I changed the word 'God' to 'Spirit.'"

Listening to Tang San's introduction, Xiao Wu couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, "Third Brother, you've already condensed your Golden Core, Heart Core, and Spirit Rank?"

"No, I estimate that under normal circumstances, my soul power would need to reach at least the Soul Saint level. Moreover, the energy circulation and transformation between blood, soul power, and spirit has not yet been completed. Currently, these three things in my body are only moving and transforming instinctively, which is very inefficient, but it has accelerated my absorption of the energy of heaven and earth." Tang San shook his head. "However, I have already thought of a name for it."

"You've already chosen a name before you've even finished cultivating? You're something else." Xiao Wu was speechless, but she already believed from the bottom of her heart that with Tang San's abilities, he would definitely succeed.

Because he is Tang San.

At this point, Xiao Wu had already unconditionally trusted Tang San.

Afterwards, the two found Guangling's dormitory and entered the study (the three of them each had a key to the room, allowing them to enter and exit freely). Tang San helped her transfer her soul power to her middle dantian and told her about the three treasures of the human body.

"Qi and Blood Golden Core, Soul Power Core, Spiritual Spirit!" Guang Ling's eyes were filled with admiration. "As expected of my teacher, you are truly amazing. In terms of self-cultivation, I'm afraid no one can compare to you."

"Haha, it's not that amazing." Tang San laughed twice, noticing a crossbow-like device on the desk beside him, bearing corresponding soul-guiding patterns. "Is this a bow-type soul-guiding device you made?"

"I'm just inscribing the extra patterns from when my martial soul absorbed the soul ring on it, to see what the effect is." Guang Ling spoke the truth. "Third Brother, your guess might be correct. Soul tools may have evolved from martial souls and soul rings."

Picking up the crossbow, Guangling reached into the glove and inserted it into the fixed device underneath, which was a ring, and aimed it at a stone outside the window.

Whoosh!

A soul-powered arrow shot from the crossbow, carrying the attribute of light. In an instant, it pierced through the stone, leaving a hole in it, and then exploded with a bang.

"This is the current effect. I used the patterns of the Golden Sun aura to shoot arrows that have the attribute of light," Guangling explained. "However, because it is condensed from soul power, it will dissipate once it is obstructed after being shot, which is not as stable as the kind of soul skill that is performed by relying on martial soul."

"Of course, an explosion caused by collapse could also be a more powerful attack method."

"I also added a soul power storage device to it. Ordinary people without soul power can also use this soul-guided crossbow, but that's all they can do."

Having a soul-guided storage device does mean that ordinary people can use this soul-guided crossbow, but the reaction force at the moment the arrow is fired can cause an ordinary person to fall down.

Tang San understood this point and knew that powerful offensive soul tools, unless they were the kind with simple button operation, could only be used effectively by soul masters.

Even in my past life, those heavy weapons required a certain level of physical strength to use; otherwise, the recoil would be enough to shatter a person's bones and internal organs.

"Not bad offensive soul tool, but in the short term, I hope you can make more novel everyday soul tools." Tang San first gave his approval, but then suggested making everyday soul tools. "Moreover, try to select materials that are in high demand and cheap on the market, so that ordinary people on the continent can afford them, that is, the price can be as low as that of copper soul coins."

"As for offensive weapons, I'm not against them, it's just not the right time for them to appear yet..."

(End of this chapter)