Douluo: Trinity, I run through the timeline

“Your grandfather has also gone to Mingde Hall now.” Su Yun knew who his son was looking for, and explained to him, “Most of the Su family’s assets have also been reorganized. Now it is divided into the ancestral home here, the assets of your grandfather, me, your mother, and the four of us in Mingdu, as well as the three custom soul tool shops that have been opened in the past two years.”

"Grandpa went to Mingde Hall?"

"With your spirit metal, your grandfather, although he hasn't broken through level 90 yet, already has the basic conditions to make a level 9 soul tool," Su Yun said. "As for breaking through to level 9 soul tool master, you know that you can get a lot of benefits from Mingde Hall."

The amount of rare metals required for an eighth-level Soul Master to advance to a ninth-level Soul Master is enormous, and various data verifications and resource investments are also necessary, resulting in huge losses.

It seems normal for Su Can to join Mingdetang.

Of course, he must have had other purposes in joining Mingde Hall, such as securing a place in Mingde Hall in advance so that Su Ming could gain a foothold later.

"Let's rest at home for a while, and then go to Jingyang Mountain to help you hunt souls."

Su Ming has yet to acquire his third spirit ring, which is causing both Du Busi and Su Can considerable anxiety.

Even if they could just use their spirit to deal with the third spirit ring, it would be fine, but they haven't managed to do so yet.

This time, Su Can sent Su Yun to bring Su Ming back to the Sun Moon Empire, and also issued an order that Su Ming's soul ring problem must be resolved first.

Su Ming had no objection to this.

His third step did indeed take too long.

He was level 29 when he went to the Blacksmith Association, took it into the Body Sect, and renamed it the Forging Master Association. About half a year later, he broke through to level 30 and went to Star Luo City alone.

It's been half a year now, and he still hasn't obtained his third spirit ring.

Previously, Su Ming was waiting for Tian Meng, but now he has no other reason to delay.

Yes, you can still cultivate and increase your soul power without acquiring a soul ring, but this soul power will not manifest as you cultivate; it will only appear after you acquire a soul ring.

But a frog in a well is still a frog in a well.

Does a level 30 Great Soul Master really think he can compete with a level 31 Soul Master in terms of cultivation speed?

A Great Soul Master is indeed a Great Soul Master; their cultivation speed is slower than that of a Soul Venerable.

"Are you sure you want to start exploring the elemental realm?" Su Yun asked again.

He had asked Su Ming about his opinion on the third spirit ring on the way, and was surprised to find that Su Ming was actually planning to absorb the spirit ring of the Silver Moon Wolf King.

Silver Wolves are unique soul beasts of the Sun Moon Empire. They feed on mithril and grow by consuming it. Many parts of their bodies are comparable to rare metals and can be used as materials for crafting soul tools. In terms of attributes, Silver Wolves can simultaneously utilize six attributes: water, fire, earth, wind, light, and darkness. They can freely transform their power into any attribute.

Absorbing a Silver Wolf's spirit ring generally grants a passive effect that enhances a spirit master's affinity with rare metals, and may also have a significant chance of boosting spirit power. As for its active spirit skills, they are even more powerful, with a wide range of elemental spirit skills that can be combined with the six elements. It also possesses space teleportation spirit skills such as Silver Moon Assault.

This is a very powerful and well-rounded soul beast.

Su Ming chose the Silver Moon Wolf King Soul Ring because, in Su Yun's understanding, he was after its ability to control the six elements.

Su Ming did not deny this.

He was aiming for the six elements.

"Given the characteristics of my Soul Power Martial Soul, there's a greater than 70% chance that the Silver Moon Wolf King's Soul Ring will have a passive effect that amplifies Soul Power. Having that passive effect is enough."

Su Ming obtained his second soul ring from the Star Tree spirit. It has a passive soul power amplification effect, while the active soul skill can enhance the soul power effect from the star attribute level, and can also speed up the soul power recovery speed.

He was inspired by this soul skill and decided that he would continue to follow the current path of stacking soul power amplification for his future soul rings, but he could acquire them passively, while active soul skills would allow him to explore other levels of ability.

Before he was able to borrow power, his soul power martial soul was pure soul power and did not have any spiritual attributes, so he had not considered elemental control type soul rings.

However, after the light cluster incubated and developed an effect that allowed Su Ming to leverage the power of both Dou Yi and Dou Er, Su Ming's cultivation plan has now been slightly altered.

He wants to acquire control over the six elements from the Silver Moon Wolf King's soul ring, but to avoid overlapping with the abilities of the future Su Ming, he will derive different attributes based on soul power, with the future and present Su Ming each focusing on different aspects, one external and one internal.

After resting at home for two days, we will set off for the Jingyang Mountains.

Su Ming returned to his room and entered a meditative state.

A lot has happened these past two days, and he needs to sort it out.

"I wonder what changes the future will bring."

Chapter 94 Past and Future, All in Change

Su Ming's mind went blank, as if his soul had left his body, and his perspective slowly rose.

He seamlessly integrated into the river of time.

Looking up, the upstream river flows steadily and powerfully along its predetermined path, carrying the irresistible power of nature, inspiring awe.

Looking down, the tributaries gradually converge, countless scenes flicker, and with a wave where he stands, countless futures are overturned and reshaped.

Su Ming was deeply moved.

Watching this magnificent river undergo tremendous changes from my perspective, I felt an overwhelming sense of pride.

I am that variable!

"This time the changes are significant."

Entering the perspective of the river of time again, Su Ming was both excited and aware of the differences in the place where he stood.

First, there's Su Ming from the past, whose fictional history is even longer.

Secondly, the downstream sector, which represents the future, shows a trend of consolidation and unification.

Moreover, Su Ming also discovered that the node he was in downstream was showing some familiar signs.

"illusory."

What consequences can time paradoxes lead to?

Su Ming was unaware of this, and he was trying his best to avoid it as well.

However, for the sake of spiritual practice, some paradoxes must be challenged.

"This time, I've done a bit too much, and the changes to the future are enormous. In the future, I will explore less, be less curious, and only rely on future resources to cultivate and become stronger. Only in this way can I minimize the impact of the paradox."

Based solely on his memory of the original work, Su Ming had a basic understanding of that era.

He can choose not to explore or pay special attention to so-called history or so-called glory, thus minimizing the impact of paradoxes he experiences.

The paradox lies in the fact that Su Ming's future experiences no longer feel real.

Therefore, as long as he avoids touching upon histories that might be overturned, he can avoid the effects of many paradoxes. For example, since he already knows the history of Shrek Academy, and he didn't attend history classes or actively search for Shrek's past history in the Douluo Continent III era, he wouldn't be affected if the history of Shrek Academy under Su Ming's influence in the Douluo Continent II era changed.

Of course, they were relatively less affected; living in that era, they were more or less passively receiving a lot of information.

Su Ming's caution is understandable.

Now he sees the effects of the paradox.

Above the node where he will stand in the future, a fictional history will slowly emerge.

"Paradox, paradox. When there are differences, separation begins. Just like my past upstream, where I am, because of changes, an illusory history appears. The same is true downstream."

"In this way, my future self is still anchored to that point, but everything my future self has experienced has become an illusion. My memories have not been silently altered, but a distinction has simply been made between reality and illusion."

Su Ming calmly analyzed the scene.

He did not let his guard down because the future might bring about the same changes as the past.

The future has become a distinction between reality and illusion.

Is this a good thing?

"The river of the past, though mighty, flowed steadily. Even if the place where I once stood were all turned into a phantom of history, I wouldn't have to worry about it being overturned by the river one day. But the future is different."

If one had to describe it, it would be that the future Su Ming is a lone boat. The changes Su Ming has made to Douluo Continent now will create waves and alter the future evolution, but none of these can shake the future Su Ming. Only the waves created by paradoxes will gradually pull the anchor of the future Su Ming out of the water.

If the paradox becomes too powerful, the future Su Ming will be overthrown and truly disappear into the long river of the future.

"If the impact is too great, the ship will capsize."

"At the same time, if the anchor is pulled out, the effect of anchoring the future will be affected, making the future more unstable. Perhaps the impact of the equally powerful waves caused by the paradox will be amplified?"

This is not good feedback.

Fortunately, Su Ming has now realized this, and he has not followed this feedback.

"The river of the future is narrowing, which means that my anchoring effect in the future is increasing."

The stronger Su Ming becomes in the future, the stronger the anchoring effect will be. However, the paradox caused by Su Ming in the present will weaken his anchoring effect. But if the weakening is not as great as the strengthening, then it will be a continuous positive feedback.

In conclusion, it can be summed up in one sentence.

"Stay calm, don't be reckless!"

Fight one.

As Su Ming enters the perspective of the river of time in the present, Su Ming in the past is also looking downstream.

His focus is not on the future, but on his own past.

"My history has been extended."

In the long river of time, the changes that have occurred at the point in time where Su Ming is located are the most frequent.

When you first enter this perspective, the three entities stand at three nodes.

The second time, he realized that "the past cannot be undone, but the future can be changed," and thus the Douyi node where Su Ming was located in the past became illusory.

When he entered this perspective for the third time, the illusory history of the Douyi node was no longer a single plane, but a 'volume,' extending from a cross-section of a long river of time. Everything Su Ming experienced in Douyi was superimposed into a history, and at the same time, the 'future' he had not yet experienced also appeared.

It was because of that extension that Su Ming in Dou Yi gained the ability to acquire a position, because his influence was no longer limited to the present, and he also had a illusory fragment of the 'future'.

This time, his illusory fragment was prolonged.

If the last time we looked back at history, starting from the Douyi Node, there was a hundred years of illusory future ahead, then this time Su Ming is seeing a full five hundred years of illusory future ahead!

"Five hundred years"

Su Ming looked dazed.

What is the method for extending this fictional history?

What will happen when this history extends to the Dou Er node?

He shattered the illusory thousand-year soul ring while his perspective was still intact.

Take advantage!

On the river of time, the two Su Mings below looked over at the same time.

Dou Yi Su Ming also stared at the end of his illusory history.

no change.

He looked at himself in Dou San.

Dou San Su Ming nodded, preparing to cooperate with Dou Yi Su Ming. He had the light orb condense another illusory thousand-year soul ring for Dou Yi Su Ming.

The spirit ring shattered once again.

This time, without any stored soul power, Su Ming from Dou Yi directly borrowed the soul power of Su Ming from Dou Er and Su Ming from Dou San.

He stared intently at the end of the illusory history.

Changes are coming.

That end was extending, probably for about a year.

Fight one.

Gengxin City.

Su Ming took a deep breath to calm his turbulent emotions. He tried to clear his mind as much as possible, so as not to let the various speculations that were emerging at this moment disturb his thinking.

"One thing that needs to be made clear is that I must prepare for the integration with Dou Er. I want to promote the extension of the fictional history, but I absolutely cannot rush into integration."

Chapter 95 Miles' Choice

“Borrowing power once will extend the connection by one year. If that’s all there is to it, then even if I borrow power once a day, it would still take more than 20 years to reach the second node of Dou. That’s too slow.”

Su Ming recalled the number of times he had leveraged external resources over the past year and confirmed that he had not yet reached the four hundredth time.

Let alone four hundred times, it wasn't even a hundred. He stayed in Gengxin City and didn't engage in frequent battles; in fact, he rarely fought. Even forging was only done when he lacked soul power.

"So there are other factors that influence the extension of the illusory future."

Su Ming couldn't analyze anything for the time being, so he could only continue his normal cultivation.

Let's return to the present moment.