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Chapter 163 Martial Soul? Or a Soul Disguised as a Martial Soul?! [Please Subscribe! Please Vote!]

The spirit crystal acted as a filter, filtering out the various thoughts within Chen Hong's power of faith. When those emotions contained within the power of faith encountered Chen Hong's two super soul skills, they were like little girls who could be dressed up however Chen Hong wanted; he could make them do whatever he wanted.

In its sage state, the Spirit Crystal ignored the influence of faith power mixed with countless impurities and continuously used overclocking mode to consume it, burning away the excess emotions in that faith power. In the end, it accidentally left behind a drop of pure spiritual essence!

Spiritual Essence Liquid—that's what Chen Hong called the drop of liquid extracted from the turbulent flow of faith.

Chen Hong's original spiritual realm was at the Soul Emperor level, but after he began to slowly refine that drop of spiritual essence, he found that his energy was increasing rapidly. He estimated that after he fully absorbed the drop of spiritual essence, his spiritual realm would reach the Soul Saint level.

"The power of faith. The turbulent current of faith gathered by hundreds of thousands, even millions, of people over two years—even if each person's contribution is small, the combined effect of these small contributions is beyond imagination."

Walking through the bustling night market, Chen Hong was surrounded by all sorts of rare and exotic treasures, but none of them made him stop in his tracks.

"Although I don't know how the gods of this world came to be, in some novels I've read, the gods of faith are described as having the power of faith, a divine personality, or a divine being."

"So, has this happened again, by sheer accident, leading me down the right path?"

Chen Hong had obtained some records in the Spirit Hall's files, which documented the legends of the Sea God and the Angel God's ascension to godhood on the Douluo Continent. One version said that they unified the faith of the sea spirit beasts, then condensed their divine essence and ascended to godhood in one fell swoop. The other version said that they unified the faith of the humans on the Douluo Continent, successfully condensed their divine essence, and finally ascended to godhood, leaving behind the Spirit Hall, an organization to protect the rights and interests of spirit masters.

Chen Hong didn't understand how to condense a divine spark, but one thing he was certain of: if he directly used his soul to absorb the chaotic flow of faith, the final result would inevitably be the pollution of his soul and a drastic change in his personality.

Chen Hong didn't know if the souls of gods possessed such resilience that they could withstand the faith of all living beings in a world without experiencing various adverse effects. However, he knew that if there were a "purifier" or "transfer station," gods would be much more composed when facing the turbulent flow of faith.

And now, isn't the spirit crystal in Chen Hong's hand perfectly functioning as a 'purifier'?

"My two soul skills have a terrifying impact on ethereal spiritual powers. One allows me to maintain absolute rationality, while the other burns away excess spiritual power through overclocking. By combining these two skills and using the spirit crystal as a transit point, am I essentially performing a process akin to a god devouring the essence of living beings?"

"I understand the logic, but now a completely new problem has arisen: why have I been able to be affected by mental disturbances since the first ring—no, since I was a child?"

Chen Hong was able to see mental turbulence starting from the first ring, but his mind was easily affected by mental turbulence, which started when he was a child, not when he upgraded to a first-ring Soul Master.

"Or is it because of the martial spirit? Or perhaps because of the soul?" Chen Hong didn't know the reason at the moment. The more he learned, the more new questions arose in his mind.

Although he didn't know why he possessed such terrifying spiritual awareness, which could even be described as a "born god of faith," Chen Hong knew that he must focus on studying his spiritual martial soul's mental power in the future.

The study focuses on the formation of martial spirits, and whether his martial spirit is truly a martial spirit or a soul disguised as a martial spirit.

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Chen Hong, deep in thought, weaved through the noisy crowd, slowly exhaling a breath of stale air. He finally stopped at the entrance of a market, looking up to see four large characters written above the gate:

Slave Night Market!

"How could something like this appear in Soto City?" Chen Hong stood at the gate, looking at the surging crowd inside, and could vaguely see many cold iron cages. Inside the iron cages were many strange creatures with shackles around their necks and numb eyes.

"..." Ning Quan, standing behind Chen Hong, fell silent for a moment. He looked up at the large characters on the gate and said after a while, "These things have arrived since that Earl City Lord took office."

"This is a very common thing for Soul Masters. I didn't know you would mind. This is my dereliction of duty."

Ning Quan felt somewhat heavy-hearted. Although he also had some dissatisfaction with the slave market, it was a common occurrence among Soul Masters, and Ning Quan couldn't say anything. Moreover, Earl Xue Sen from the Heaven Dou Empire was quite law-abiding; the slave market only opened at night and never during the day, so as not to affect Soto City's excessively good reputation.

Ning Quan also felt that he had neglected his duty by not making timely records. He had taken it upon himself to assume that someone as emotionally stable as Chen Hong would not have much of a reaction to something like the slave market. Therefore, he did not bother Chen Hong, who was focused on his research and teaching at Shrek Academy, with these trivial matters.

"It's not a matter of whether I mind or not; it's that Earl Xuesen is trying to undermine our Technology Chamber of Commerce." Chen Hong said calmly, looking at the colorful signs on the gate.

He could now vaguely guess why the turbulent flow of faith hanging over Soto City made Chen Hong feel oppressed and a deep-seated palpitation.

Imagine, if even a Soul Master like Ning Quan can feel the turbulent flow of faith hanging over people's heads, does that mean that if the turbulent flow of faith is allowed to gather for a while longer, will it eventually make everyone below feel a sense of oppression from their hearts?

In other words, at that time, regardless of whether the residents below wanted it or not, their minds would begin to be affected by the mental disturbance. Among them, the Soul Masters with keen perception might be the first to be affected, and eventually their personalities would change drastically and they would fall into evil Soul Masters.

It's not necessarily true that they will degenerate into evil spirit masters. It's just that that damned Earl Xuesen is causing chaos in his city of Soto, creating a mess that will inevitably pollute the turbulent flow of faith that hangs over people's heads, thus turning Soto into a place of trouble.

Someone as resolute as Chen Hong, at most, would just go a little crazy if influenced. But someone like Ma Hongjun, a potential evil soul master, might instantly become the Holy Son of the 'Holy Cult'.

Chen Hong's martial spirit has actually been partially revealed.

(End of this chapter)