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

"Really?"

"It's covered."

……

……

A moment later, Kong Deming and the others left the laboratory, and the laboratory immediately fell silent.

Kong Ming'an slowly stood up, walked to the workbench beside him, and tapped it a few times. The next moment, the wall next to him caved in, revealing a hidden compartment.

Inside the hidden compartment was a dignified old man with a flowing white beard.

If there were a member of the Holy Spirit Cult here at this moment, he would definitely recognize the old man in this hidden compartment as the Second Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, the leader of the Xishui Alliance, Nangong Wan, who had announced his seclusion for cultivation!

With a calm gaze, Kong Ming'an lightly touched his brow, opening his Eye of Life. A gray stream of light then naturally entered Nangong Wan's body.

The next moment, "Nangong Wan" slowly opened her eyes, paused slightly, and then walked out of the hidden compartment with a slightly stiff expression.

"Thank you, Elder Yi."

Kong Ming'an's tone was slightly grateful; the other party had put in a lot of effort to make his first spirit ring so satisfactory.

"No need."

“Nangong Wan,” or rather, Ilex, he smiled and shook his head, “the research on spirit rings has also been very beneficial to me, and if you hadn’t provided the ideas, I probably wouldn’t have thought of using this method to temporarily possess a body.”

Electrolux naturally revealed his spirit rings. Instantly, nine gray spirit rings, engraved with intricate magic circuits and radiating a holy aura, slowly appeared around Electrolux.

Its aura has already surpassed that of an ordinary Super Douluo, and this is even after it has been somewhat restrained. No one can say for sure what its true strength is.

And this is also one of the achievements of the past year or so.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of the nature of spirit rings, they concluded that removing the remnant souls within a spirit ring could unlock its maximum carrying capacity.

However, at the same time, Kong Ming'an suddenly had a whimsical idea: could the soul rings be completely removed so that they could be used to hold the soul?

Ilex instantly accepted this idea and extended it further, concluding that if a Soul Master's soul and their Soul Rings were completely removed, it would theoretically be possible to control that Soul Master's body through the Soul Rings.

The theory was established, and practice began. Thus, after the selfless sacrifice of three more evil soul masters, each with the cultivation levels of Soul King, Soul Saint, and Soul Douluo respectively,

The "method of seizing a body" thus came into being.

Of course, the "body-snatching method" they devised is somewhat different from the "body-snatching methods" in someone's previous life's novels; more accurately, it resembles a puppet-making technique.

The reason it's called "possession" is merely a future expectation.

Now that the method is available, it must be used, and the user is Electrolux.

For Electrolux, an ordinary Soul Master was obviously not qualified; he needed at least a Title Douluo as a temporary body to borrow.

After a brief moment of thought, Kong Ming'an easily determined his goal.

Nangong Wan, who happens to be in Mingdu, is the leader of the Xishui Alliance and the second elder of the Holy Spirit Sect. Isn't he a perfect target?

Thus, with a sneak attack and prior preparation, Old Deng, a level 97 Super Douluo, defeated Nangong Wan, a level 92 Evil Soul Master, and then handed him over to Kong Ming'an.

After that, the soul was extracted and the body was disposed of, then used as a temporary body for Electrox.

What? Isn't it inhumane and too cruel to take someone's life right off the bat?

Please, what kind of people are evil spirit masters?

In someone's mind, the status of evil soul masters is even lower than that of soul beasts. Their only value is to be used as consumables, which can be considered to make the best use of them.

Chapter 24 The Mage is the King!

A moment later, Electrox walked to the side, casually picked out a Soft-Boned Rabbit, and continued his research for the day.

However, before that, Electrolux handed a shimmering white spirit ring to Kong Ming'an.

Within this soul ring is the "soul skill module" that can open the undead demiplane.

Kong Ming'an looked at the spirit ring in his hand and unconsciously sighed softly.

"There's so much going on, I wonder if we can make it to the schedule we set beforehand."

So far, the research on "self-editing and reconstruction of spirit rings" is about half complete, with the "self-editing" part essentially finished.

Electrolux has been able to condense specific "soul skill modules" within his soul rings. Those nine special gray soul rings are the result of Electrolux's research.

His current progress is slightly behind, and it will take some time to catch up. To summarize, there are four points.

First, become familiar with all the soul skill modules within the soul ring, and be able to use all of them flexibly.

This is the most basic of the basics. If you can't even do this, you're probably not suited for this method. You might as well go down the path of "body cultivation," which doesn't require any brainpower; you just need to train your body.

Secondly, after extracting all usable soul skill modules from within the soul ring, all other useless memories belonging to the soul beast are removed, thereby maximizing the soul ring's carrying capacity.

This lays the foundation for subsequent self-editing of spirit rings.

Thirdly, after becoming fully familiar with the spirit ring modules, one should attempt to "build" their own spirit skill modules, thereby enabling the use of corresponding spirit skills without relying on spirit rings.

Once this is achieved, spirit rings will no longer be a limitation for spirit masters, and only by doing so can the efficiency of spirit ring utilization reach its true limit.

The fourth point is an extension of the third point.

Once you are able to "construct" your own soul skill modules, remove all the soul skill modules from the soul ring to fully unleash its capacity.

At this point, you can add soul skill modules to the soul ring according to your own ideas, thus completely completing the self-editing of the soul ring.

Of course, some people might ask, since you can already use soul skills without relying on soul rings, what is the point of building and adding soul skill modules to your soul rings?

Isn't this unnecessary?

In response, Kong Ming'an replied, "How could it be superfluous?"

Let's assume that the maximum capacity of a spirit ring is 100, and adding a "Fireball" spirit skill module requires 1 point of that capacity.

Then you can directly add one hundred "Fireball" soul skill modules to the soul ring!

It takes time for a Soul Master to temporarily construct a module, but it can be done instantly by borrowing a Soul Ring!

A hundred "Fireballs" were thrown at his face in an instant!

Of course, some might say, what's the use of a hundred "Fireballs"? They're still just average!

Indeed, "Fireball" is not very useful, but what about a soul skill module like "Invincible Golden Body"?

What if a single spirit ring could support one hundred "Invincible Golden Body" spirit skill modules?

One hundred uses of "Invincible Golden Body" is enough to give a Soul Master a lot of leeway.

Moreover, since each Soul Skill module exists independently, and its cooldown is also independent, theoretically, as long as there are enough modules, a cycle can be achieved!

Of course, some might ask, what about the soul power consumption? Whose soul power can support such a huge consumption? What's the use of having many soul skills? Aren't they just flashy but impractical?

Kong Ming'an naturally thought of this.

Not enough soul power? Aren't soul rings themselves giant energy storage rings?

Using soul skills does not consume the soul master's own soul power, but rather the energy stored in the soul ring itself!

To enable the spirit rings to be "self-sufficient" in a certain sense!

This is the second path that Kong Ming'an developed after "body cultivation".

Kong Ming'an named it "Fa Xiu".

"Compared to 'body cultivation,' 'magic cultivation' has a much higher barrier to entry, and its methods are far more numerous. Tsk, as expected, the mage is still the mage."

Kong Ming'an chuckled softly, then gradually stopped his thoughts from wandering.

He stretched and sat on a futon beside him, then summoned his soul ring, put it on, and finally closed his eyes.

Hmm. Set yourself a small goal.

Before leaving the seclusion, one must be able to skillfully use all the soul skill modules within the soul ring, and inscribe the soul skill module that can open the undead demiplane onto the soul ring!

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Meanwhile, on the other side,

Mingdu, inside an ordinary restaurant

Two figures sat by the window on the second floor, watching the bustling street below as they ate and drank.

They were none other than Da Ming and Er Ming, who were ordered by a certain god-king to kill Kong Ming'an.

"Brother, that little scoundrel has sent another messenger."

Erming slammed a letter on the table with a look of disdain. The letter questioned why they hadn't dealt with Kong Ming'an yet and urged them to hurry up, or else he would turn on them.

Da Ming's gaze was calm as he spoke to Er Ming in a measured tone, "Be careful what you say; he is, after all, a God-King."

Erming curled his lip. "God King? What kind of God King is he? For the past three months, all he's done is nag us from behind, sending us to our deaths, while he acts all high and mighty."

Da Ming glanced at Er Ming, but simply shook his head and said calmly:

"We are soul beasts, but our essence has reached the level of gods. According to the rules of the god realm, he can kill us at any time, and nothing will stop him."

"To him, we are nothing but ants."

Erming fell silent, saying nothing, and continued drinking in a somber mood.

Da Ming sighed and abruptly asked, "Have you found out the location of that 'Kong Ming'an'?"

“No,” Erming said. “His news seems to have been deliberately covered up. There were rumors before that he would go to the Sun Moon Army camp, but after investigation, they were all false.”

"Is that so? Then we've done our best, but there's nothing we can do if we can't find the person."

Da Ming breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Because Tang San could kill them at any time with a legitimate reason, even though they didn't have his consciousness in their minds, they still had to come to Mingdu to carry out his mission.

Fortunately, there's always a way out. After several tests, he was basically certain that Tang San couldn't keep glancing at the Douluo plane as often as before; he could only glance at it occasionally.

This gave them a lot of room to maneuver, and they managed to drag it out for over a year and a half.

As long as the target doesn't appear directly in front of them, or Tang San forces them to act immediately, they will try their best to stall.

He had a strong intuition

If things continue like this, they can probably survive for a while longer, until one of the god-kings completely runs out of patience.

However, directly attacking the target would most likely not end well.

Let nature take its course.

Chapter 25 The Undead Demiplane

As the "Body Tempering Method" gradually became more widespread in the Sun and Moon Army, and the results became increasingly gratifying, Kong Ming'an's reputation within the inner circle of the Sun and Moon's high-ranking officials became increasingly outrageous.

This is different from the reason he became famous before, because he was the only son of the Confucius family.

This time, it's an accumulation of prestige influenced by the royal family, nobles, the military, and many other factors.

There was no way around it; what Kong Ming'an brought out was just too tempting!

Leaving aside the military reforms brought about by the "Body Tempering Method," the "Ring Tempering Method," which is currently only circulating among a small number of level nine soul masters in the Hall of Worship, directly allowed that Sun and Moon Pillar to soar to level ninety-eight in just a few years!

In a sense, Kong Ming'an has already narrowed the gap between the top combat forces of the Sun Moon Empire and the three major empires of Douluo by doing so on his own.

Kongming remained completely unaware of all this, silently secluded himself to familiarize himself with his own soul skill modules.

Finally, as the first semester of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy was drawing to a close, Kong Ming'an became thoroughly familiar with all the soul skill modules on his soul ring, and successfully condensed the soul skill module that would unlock the undead demiplane within his soul ring.

"Phew, finally done."

Kong Ming sat on the futon, his hair, which hadn't been combed for months, was a bit messy, but his eyes were brighter than ever before.

"Teleportation," "Spatial Barrier," "Spatial Cutting," "Spatial Domain"—a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast can possess 26 different soul skills, but a soul master can only obtain one of them through normal hunting of soul rings.

"Tsk, I really don't know if the traditional Soul Master system is too wasteful, or if it's specifically designed to target Soul Beasts."

Kong Ming'an couldn't help but complain.

The deeper one delves into the Soul Master system, the more one realizes its limitations and the waste of resources.

Especially within such a system with significant inherent limitations, over thousands of years, not a single person has stepped forward to attempt to optimize the system and overcome its limitations.

Is it because of the suppression and monopoly of the noble Soul Master class?