Douluo Continent: I possess astonishing wisdom as I control energy!

Ignoring the stares from those around him, Kong Ming'an slightly raised his hand. The next moment, a black spirit ring slowly emerged from his palm and firmly settled onto his wrist.

The first ring in ten thousand years!

At this moment, Kong Ming'an personally broke the ironclad rule in the Douluo World that only one could reach the first ring every hundred years!

Unconsciously, Kong Ming'an lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the ten-thousand-year-old spirit ring in his hand. Its light was restrained, yet unlike ordinary spirit rings, it radiated a terrifyingly powerful force and mysterious spatial fluctuations. A slight smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.

The results obtained from Yi Lao's experiment were exactly the same.

Xiao Hongchen fell silent, his gaze fixed intently on the genuine ten-thousand-year soul ring in Kong Ming'an's palm.

Although he usually thought Kong Ming'an was a blond-haired guy, he had to admit it at this moment.

That ten-thousand-year spirit ring is really cool!

And it looks a bit different from ordinary ten-thousand-year-old ones? It seems to have some silver patterns that give it a spatial feel?

He was truly tempted by this spirit ring!

At this moment, Xiao Hongchen was already thinking about how to get Kong Ming'an to teach him this skill!

Kong Deming, who was standing to the side, did not step forward or speak, but looked at Kong Ming'an with a look of satisfaction.

"Ming'an, Ming'an," Meng Hongchen finally couldn't hold back and was the first to speak, her icy blue eyes filled with surprise and curiosity, "You succeeded? What is a soul skill? Is it a powerful spatial ability?"

Miss Meng was as energetic as ever. Kong Ming'an didn't answer immediately, but instead frowned slightly, a rare and somewhat strange expression appearing on his face.

He lowered his eyes, looking at the ten-thousand-year-old soul ring in his hand, as if carefully sensing and sorting out something.

A moment later, he lightly flicked his fingertip, and instantly, invisible ripples spread out in space, revealing not only the power of space itself.

All eyes turned to him, but Kong Ming'an remained silent. After a long while, he finally raised his head.

Looking at the expectant crowd, Kong Ming'an spoke slowly, his tone tinged with uncertainty:

"I seem to have a lot of soul skills? Should I organize them first?"

In an instant, the atmosphere in the once peaceful laboratory became somewhat eerie.

"no."

Xiao Hongchen covered his head, feeling like he was starting to get a brain. "What do you mean, 'too many soul skills'?"

"Just the literal meaning." Kong Ming'an shrugged, looking inexplicably helpless. "From what I've sensed so far, there are probably double-digit numbers of soul skills."

".ah?"

The room fell into a deathly silence.

Chapter 22 The Tripartite Theory of Soul Rings

Kong Ming'an did not answer immediately, but lowered his eyes slightly, gazing at the spirit ring in his hand.

For the past year or so, although he had focused his attention on cultivation, Electrox had never stopped his research on "Spirit Rings."

With dozens of Soft Bone Rabbits sacrificing themselves every day for the research on the essence of "Soul Rings," Electrox finally, a few months ago, began to understand the essence of Soul Rings.

After carefully considering his words, his gaze fell upon the Hongchen siblings and his old master before him. Then, his calm voice slowly rang out.

"Soul rings" originate from soul beasts. If a soul beast is completely dissected and separated, its composition can be roughly divided into four parts: "body", "soul", spirit or "memory", and the most basic "soul power".

"After slaying a soul beast, its 'body' remains in place, while the emerging soul ring is composed of the remaining 'soul,' 'memories,' and 'soul power.'"

He paused, then explained with a more vivid analogy: "You can think of the spirit ring as a 'semi-automatic spirit guide rifle' that I made when I had nothing else to do."

"The 'soul power' that forms the basis of the soul ring is like the 'outer shell' of a rifle. Its function is to support its internal structure, namely 'memory' and 'soul'."

"The 'memories' of a soul beast before its death, especially those related to the use of its power, will naturally form 'soul skill modules,' similar to the firing pin, gas system, and recoil spring in a rifle."

The remaining "souls" of the soul beasts act as "triggers," or triggers, to activate these soul skill modules.

"The final bullet is the soul power that the soul master infuses into it."

After settling things in, Kongming concluded:

"Therefore, the process of a Soul Master using a Soul Skill is that the Soul Master inputs Soul Power into the Soul Ring, the Soul Power triggers the remnant Soul of the Soul Beast, and then the remnant Soul of the Soul Beast drives a specific Soul Skill module, and finally releases the Soul Skill. This is the essence of Soul Rings and Soul Skills."

"This will be temporarily referred to as the 'Soul Ring Triad Theory.'"

Xiao Hongchen felt a tickle on his head; he was starting to get a little smarter.

Meng Hongchen's eyes were somewhat confused, as if she understood but not quite. She felt that the theories someone was talking about seemed very powerful, but she couldn't quite put her finger on how powerful they were.

Only Kong Deming's eyes gleamed slightly, as if he had discovered a new continent, his gaze constantly flashing with a thoughtful expression.

Kong Ming'an did not pause and continued:

"Suppose that a Soft Bone Rabbit only possessed three soul skills in its lifetime: 'Teleportation,' 'Invincible Golden Body,' and 'Charm.'"

"If an ordinary Soul Master with an unbiased Martial Soul kills it and absorbs its Soul Rings, they will ultimately only obtain one of the three Soul Skills."

"This does not mean that the other two soul skills have disappeared. They still form soul skill modules and are carried together by the soul ring."

"The problem is that the souls left behind after a soul beast dies are too incomplete and weak. They can only 'anchor' and trigger one of the soul skill modules, and then solidify thereafter."

"The other soul skill modules are mixed with a large number of useless memories of the soul beasts and lie dormant deep in the soul rings."

"This explains some phenomena:"

"For example, why must a 100,000-year soul ring have two soul skills? Because the soul of a 100,000-year soul beast is powerful enough that even if it is incomplete, it can still anchor and trigger two soul skill modules."

Kong Ming'an didn't finish his sentence, but this could actually explain why future "Soul Spirits" could be granted multiple Soul Rings and various Soul Skills.

Because a spirit's soul is relatively complete, a complete soul can naturally control and trigger more skills, as can be seen from the Snow Empress's spirit in the original work.

Having heard this, Kong Deming had already followed Kong Ming'an's train of thought and asked a question.

"So that means if a soul beast's soul is complete enough, then a single soul ring can actually trigger multiple soul skills?"

"It's theoretically possible, but not practically feasible," Kong Ming'an replied.

"why?"

"This involves the upper limit of the number of spirit rings that can be carried."

Kong Ming'an smiled and explained again in simple terms: "Assume that the total capacity of a soul ring is 100%."

"Therefore, in a natural soul ring, the incomplete soul of a soul beast will occupy about 40% of the capacity."

"The soul beasts' complex and useless memory fragments will take up about 30% of the total."

"And all the soul skill modules combined only account for 30% of the remaining capacity."

"The single soul skill that soul masters use daily, which is solidified by the remnant soul of a soul beast, may only utilize a small portion of the 30% capacity of the soul skill, probably 10%, or even less."

"Under such circumstances, the more complete the soul of a soul beast is, the larger its proportion will be. However, the total space of the soul ring is limited, so the soul beast's soul will actively reduce its memory and soul skill modules to achieve a balance."

He paused slightly, but his mind continued to speak.

The soul system is actually similar; a complete soul spirit occupies the majority of the capacity.

According to his speculation, it might even account for 90%, leaving only 10% for soul skills. However, it distributes and enables multiple skills by occupying multiple soul ring slots.

This also explains why absorbing soul spirits in Douluo Continent III requires such a high level of mental strength, because the pressure a soul master faces when absorbing a soul ring comes not only from the soul ring itself, but also from the soul spirit, or rather, the soul of a soul beast.

"In conclusion," Kong Ming'an concluded, his tone carrying a hint of a researcher's composure.

"Soul rings born from the natural killing of soul beasts have most of their carrying capacity occupied by remnant souls and useless memories, while the soul skill modules that truly belong to the 'treasure' are buried."

"This is structural inefficiency and extreme waste!"

"And before absorbing it, my soul ring had already completely purified and erased the soul of the soul beast within it."

"The advantage is that it frees up a huge amount of space that was originally occupied by the remnant soul, and I can try to take the lead with my own will to actively perceive, connect with and mobilize all the soul skill modules that may exist in the soul ring!"

"If nothing unexpected happens, this ten-thousand-year spirit ring should provide me with at least a double-digit number of spirit skill modules, and each spirit skill module is an independent spirit skill."

"In other words, this spirit ring can actually contain multiple spirit skills!"

"The downside is that everything needs to be done manually."

Kong Ming'an summoned his spirit ring, using it as an example, and slowly began to speak:

"You should know that in the past, with spirit rings, you only needed to inject spirit power, and the remnant soul would automatically complete the entire process of triggering, guiding, and releasing. It was a completely foolproof operation."

"But now, taking myself as an example, if I want to use a soul skill, I need to precisely find the module of the soul skill I want to use."

"Then, the amount, attributes, output mode, range of action, and intensity of the injected soul power are precisely controlled before finally locking onto the target and releasing it."

"Any error in any of the above steps could lead to the failure of soul skill release, a significant reduction in effectiveness, or even a backlash of soul power."

"For the vast majority of Soul Masters who are used to the simple Soul Ring operation, learning these skills is like learning to speak; it takes a lot of time to learn and get used to them."

The current "Soul Ring Triad Theory" is not the final version and there will be further changes. However, it is already sufficient to support "Mage Cultivator". The next chapter will be the version's chosen one, the ultimate overpowered monster "Mage Cultivator".

You mages are the boss!

Chapter 23 What kind of person is an Evil Soul Master?

After Kong Ming'an finished speaking, the laboratory fell silent again.

Kong Ming'an explained it very clearly; the pros and cons of clearing remnant souls from spirit rings were crystal clear, and the opportunities and challenges were both so immense as to be almost suffocating.

Success! A single spirit ring possesses multiple spirit skills, which is a clear case of overwhelming power compared to traditional spirit masters who typically only have nine spirit skills.

Failure is equivalent to losing a spirit ring and a spirit skill, which, for traditional spirit masters, is a direct loss of combat power.

"This technology is still in the experimental stage, and there are many shortcomings in its basic theory. Therefore, I will not disclose this part of the research for the time being. You can just listen to it."

Kong Ming'an spoke the truth.

The current sample size is too small. Even if we include him, the real achievements are actually only those of himself and Professor Yi.

But are he and Old Man Yi considered normal people? Not really.

He possesses a powerful control over energy, which allows him to halt various experiments at any time to protect himself and to engage in trial and error.

And Elder Yi is even more remarkable. Although it's a remnant soul, its quality is ridiculously high. Combined with his terrifying accumulated experience and control over various energies, failure is extremely rare.

Their success can be considered an isolated case and does not yet have universal applicability.

However, it should be noted that this world is never short of gamblers.

Using a spirit ring as a "gamble" to gain the possibility of more spirit skills is a choice many spirit masters face, and many would be willing to take the risk.

For example.

"Ming'an, I think I can do it."

Xiao Hongchen made a confident declaration.

Kong Ming'an glanced at him, then shook his head.

"No, you can't."

Laughing at the World: "???"

No way, why did you just dismiss me like that?! Am I really that bad?!

Laughing at the world's hustle and bustle, Kong Ming'an was used to it.

He raised his hand and took out ten special circular, silver-white soul tools from his storage soul tool ring, then looked at his old man, Deng.

"Grandpa, this item is called 'Soul Capture.' It can capture and extract the remnant souls from soul rings that are less than a thousand years old, and purify the soul rings, thus achieving the effect of my current soul rings."

"Keep one for yourself, and give the rest to someone you can trust. Also, have these people record their process of comprehending the soul rings, and then give it to me."

Kong Deming immediately understood and put away the ten "Soul Binding Tokens".

What is Kong Ming'an trying to do? It's simple: he still wants to collect more samples.

Any theoretical experiment without actual results and samples as evidence is merely a castle in the air.

And the group of level nine soul masters under Old Deng's command are all excellent examples.

These level-nine soul masters generally possessed excellent control over soul power and mental strength, and they didn't place as much importance on soul rings.

Moreover, these people could be considered "one of us" to some extent, so it was a case of keeping the benefits within the family.

For various reasons, there were indeed no more suitable candidates to serve as samples.

After thinking for a moment, Kong Ming'an glanced at Meng Hongchen, who was still pondering, and Xiao Hongchen, who seemed about to say something, and smiled as he offered a word of comfort:

"You don't need to rush. Just follow the steps of cultivation. If nothing unexpected happens, you will probably be able to enjoy the results directly."