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

At a certain critical point, Ji Juechen made a move.

Or,

It was the sword in his hand that moved.

"Om-!"

A clear and melodious sword cry, yet carrying the will to tear everything apart, suddenly rang out!

All the restraints were transformed into the most extreme explosion in this instant!

The immense power was compressed to the tip of the sword, creating a tangible storm as it sliced ​​through the air, before exploding with a deafening roar within the small testing ground isolated by the energy barrier!

The turbulent energy currents raged wildly, and the blinding light obscured everyone's vision.

Xu Tianzhen had also arrived at the observation platform at some point, unconsciously gripping the railing tightly. Her deep purple eyes were fixed intently on the arena with a hint of nervousness.

After a moment, the chaotic energy and light gradually dissipated, and the situation inside the arena became clear.

The two figures remained standing opposite each other.

Ji Juechen's sword-wielding hand fell naturally to his side, trembling slightly, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.

The snow-white longsword in his hand also turned back to its original black form, and the six soul rings embedded on the blade naturally peeled off, their light dimming.

Kong Ming'an remained standing in place, raising his hand to examine the sharp soul power remaining in his palm from the previous attack. After a moment of careful observation, he clenched his fist, allowing the soul power to completely dissipate.

Raising his head, Kong Ming'an looked at Ji Juechen and introduced himself:

"Kong Ming'an."

Ji Juechen paused, took a deep breath to suppress his exhaustion, and then also gave his name:

"Ji Juechen."

At this point, the two were officially acquainted.

Ji Juechen paused for a moment, his eyes fixed on Kong Ming'an, the fighting spirit in his eyes not diminishing in the slightest, but rather becoming even more intense:

"Shall we have another match later?"

He really is a sword fanatic!

Kong Ming chuckled inwardly, then shook his head.

"Wait a little longer, you should recover your soul power first."

He could see that the sword strike had almost drained most of Ji Juechen's soul power.

Ji Juechen nodded, not wanting to push himself, and immediately sat down cross-legged to begin regulating his breathing and recovering.

Kong Ming'an thought for a moment, then took out several herbs emitting strange energy fluctuations from his storage soul tool. They were "Blue Silver: Dew of Longing" and "Blue Silver: Tulip of Elegance".

Then, he handed the herbs to Ji Juechen.

Ji Juechen looked up, slightly puzzled.

Kong Ming said calmly, "Eating it will make you stronger, but you are not strong enough right now."

Ji Juechen silently stared at the several extraordinary Blue Silver Immortal Herbs. After a brief hesitation, he took the herbs, put them directly into his mouth, and began to refine them silently.

Kong Ming'an nodded slightly, beginning to anticipate what level Ji Juechen's "sword intent" would reach after his strength improved once again.

Just then, a steady voice, tinged with a satisfied smile, sounded from behind him:

"how?"

Chapter 149 Fusion of Martial Soul and Soul Guidance Device, Method of Divine Artifact Sublimation

Turning around, looking at his grandfather who had suddenly appeared behind him, Kong Ming'an sighed with a hint of emotion:

"That's really unexpected."

Having personally received Ji Juechen's pinnacle sword strike, Kong Ming'an understood the significance and composition of that strike better than anyone else.

Sword Maniac Domain: Solitude + Unity of Man and Sword + Ultimate Sword Intent Enhancement + Ring-Unlocking Linkage and Embedding Technique + Evolved Advanced Martial Soul + A powerful body forged through a method similar to "Body Tempering" but more inclined towards "Sword Qi Tempering".

Ji Juechen almost perfectly fused all these powers together, and then concentrated them all into that single sword strike.

Its power caused Ji Juechen, who was only at the Soul Emperor level, to unleash a full-force attack comparable to that of an ordinary Title Douluo who had just entered level 90, had not yet obtained his ninth soul ring, and had not used his Martial Soul True Body!

Tsk. In comparison, Hyotei, who has lived for over 100,000 years but whose skill pool still depends entirely on bloodline talent, is so funny it's hard to watch.

"Grandpa," Kong Ming'an looked at Kong Deming, his tone filled with admiration, "you really do great things quietly."

Kong Deming shook his head, his gaze sweeping over Ji Juechen, who was refining the medicinal power, his tone calm:

"You can see that he is an exception. Not everyone would carry a sword close to their body for ten years and nurture it with their soul power day and night, allowing it to develop a faint spirituality."

"All I did was let this child fully unleash his talent."

"Even if it's an exception, it's still outrageous." Kong Ming'an shook his head.

Upon hearing this, Kong Deming chuckled softly and pointed to the two completely illogical silver spirit rings on Kong Ming'an's body:

"Compared to yours, mine is nothing but a drop in the ocean."

Kong Ming'an laughed, no longer dwelling on the matter, and instead asked, "So now?"

Kong Deming smiled kindly, nodded slightly, and then chuckled, "Let's go, I'll show you what I've accomplished over this period of time."

……

……

"In fact, a year ago, with the help of the possible ideas you provided, as well as some other theories, I had already completed the final fusion of the Silver Moon Martial Soul and the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield."

Kong Deming spoke calmly, then slowly raised his right hand.

In an instant, pure silver moonlight flowed from his palm, softly yet undeniably illuminating the surrounding environment.

A delicate, bright silver moon appeared in his palm; it was Kong Deming's Silver Moon Martial Soul.

A faint blue light flickered in his eyes as Kong Ming'an carefully observed the seemingly identical silver moon. He quickly discerned its essential difference.

If the Silver Moon Martial Soul was once a purely manifested energy aggregate structure made of soul power,

At this moment, in every ray of moonlight emanating from this silver moon, Kong Ming'an saw a matrix array constructed from countless complex and exquisite soul-guiding core formations!

These structures don't seem to have been added later, but rather blend perfectly with the moonlight itself, like stars embedded in the night sky, natural and harmonious, without the slightest abruptness.

Silver Moon is no longer a simple energy body, but more like a living soul tool with a complete internal structure and incomparably precise design!

"This is the fused Silver Moon Martial Soul." Kong Deming's voice rang out at the opportune moment, tinged with amusement, as he continued his explanation:

"Now, my Silver Moon Martial Soul and Silver Moon Divine Light Shield are practically inseparable; the Soul Tool is the Martial Soul, and the Martial Soul is also the Soul Tool."

"Based on this, I can continue to add more soul-guided core formations and more auxiliary functions to enhance its power, thereby pushing it to a higher level."

However, Kong Ming'an did not respond to Kong Deming at this moment. He stared intently at the very different Silver Moon Martial Soul, his eyes growing brighter.

At this moment, Kong Ming'an clearly sensed that a perfect cycle and resonance had formed between the Silver Moon Martial Soul and the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield that served as its vessel.

The two are interdependent and mutually supportive, their energy flowing smoothly and flawlessly without any stagnation or conflict, radiating a unique sense of completeness.

This feeling was very peculiar; the Silver Moon Martial Soul and the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield were like two components that originally shared the same origin and were inseparable, finally finding each other at this moment.

Then, the two fit together perfectly, returning to their most complete form!

Countless fragments of knowledge flashed rapidly through Kong Ming'an's mind.

Regarding the essence of martial souls, the energy structure of soul tools, the knowledge about "divine artifacts" given to him by the God of Asura, and his own various ideas about "divine positions" and "divine artifacts."

Suddenly, at a certain moment, Kong Ming'an, who had been deep in thought, raised his head. The light in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest despite the cessation of his contemplation.

"It seems you've thought of something again?"

Knowing his grandson well, Kong Deming immediately understood from Kong Ming'an's expression that Kong Ming'an must have come up with some new idea again, and his tone was slightly sighing.

That's how geniuses are; having sudden epiphanies now and then is commonplace, and it's considered normal.

Kong Ming'an nodded, a slight smile appearing on his lips.

Through his grandfather's integration of the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, he did indeed come up with some new ideas.

Or to be more precise, he saw a hint of a "divine artifact" in the fusion of the two, as well as the shadow of the "battle armor" ten thousand years later.

Let's start with the artifacts.

Taking the first Sea God as an example, his martial soul was initially a trident, but after becoming the Sea God, his martial soul transformed into a divine weapon, the Sea God Trident.

The knowledge of the "divine artifact" given by the Asura God describes this situation in roughly the following way.

Even before the first Sea God achieved the position of Sea God, when the trident was still a martial soul, its quality was extremely high. However, no matter how high it was, it was ultimately a manifestation of the soul, spirit, and soul power.

The Trident Martial Soul lacks a true material entity capable of bearing its power.

After he became a god, his trident martial spirit was sublimated. Subsequently, the first sea god used vast divine power and the power of faith as materials to forge an immortal "body" for this trident martial spirit.

When the Trident Martial Soul merged into this body, the Trident of the Sea God was born.

A pure martial spirit, regardless of its form, is essentially more about the soul, spirit, and soul power. Even the physical manifestation of a weapon martial spirit is more like a condensation of soul power than a true material existence.

Such a martial spirit is like a soul without a body—powerful, but incomplete.

However, once a martial spirit possesses a perfectly compatible physical form, it's as if the soul has found the most suitable body for it.

Only when both are combined can a truly complete, independent, self-sustaining, and growing "life" be formed.

The Silver Moon Divine Light Shield is the "body" that my grandfather meticulously crafted for the Silver Moon Martial Soul, perfectly matching it, while the Silver Moon Martial Soul is the "soul" of this body.

Chapter 150 The Beginning of Weapon Cultivation

The fusion of "body" and "soul" is not a simple 1+1, but rather a fundamental complementarity and sublimation.

It achieved perfect coordination and circulation at a higher level, realizing a leap to a certain level of life.

The "Battle Armor" part is relatively simple, since the concept of "Battle Armor" is to dress the Martial Soul in a mecha, while what Kong Deming did was to create a "body" for the Martial Soul.

Both are essentially providing a vessel for a martial spirit, but the latter is more difficult than the former, and the two seem to be able to be combined.

The above conclusions, combined with his previous idea of ​​using spirit rings as a foundation and fusing them with spirit metals to forge a "natal magic weapon," are all relevant to his current concept.

Can such a "natal magic weapon" be fused with a martial soul? Can one forge their own martial soul and soul rings into a "natal magic weapon" that is intertwined with their own life?

In just a short while, Kong Ming'an had thought of many things, and according to his calculations, this path was indeed very promising.

The only problem is that this path is more complicated to deduce than "Dharma Cultivation" and "Body Cultivation," and it requires a considerable amount of time.

After a brief pause, Kong Ming'an temporarily constructed a framework from the many inspirations and ideas that had just surfaced in his mind, and then gave it to "Ling Shu" for preliminary deduction and analysis.

Then he looked at his grandfather and said, "Your achievements alone are enough to keep me busy for a while."

"If it's useful to you, that's good."

Kong Deming nodded, turned around and continued leading Kong Ming'an and Xu Tianzhen deeper into the laboratory, explaining as they walked:

"Over the past few years, relying on the theories and resources you provided, as well as the computing power support of 'Ling Shu,' I have mainly achieved three relatively important results."

"As for the first point, the deep integration of martial soul and soul tool, you've probably already seen most of it, so I won't go into too much detail."

"And the second item..." He paused, glancing towards the distant testing grounds.

"It was a derivative technology that was developed incidentally while researching the fusion of martial souls and soul tools. It was a method to improve the quality of martial souls by fusing them with specific spiritual metals."

"Ji Juechen is the most successful example," Kong Deming said with a hint of admiration in his tone.

"His extraterrestrial meteorite iron sword, nurtured by his own sword intent and soul power for ten years, has long since developed a complete spirituality."

"After I provided some ideas on how to fuse a martial soul with a soul tool, he successfully fused his own martial soul completely with that sword."

"The only pity is that the material quality of that extraterrestrial meteorite iron sword was limited, and in the end it only upgraded his martial soul quality to the level of advanced martial soul."

"But this is enough to confirm that for weapon spirits, fusing with a spirit metal that has been nurtured by one's own soul power for a long time or whose attributes are highly compatible through a specific secret method can directly improve the quality of one's own spirit!"

"This is similar to a Soul Master consuming rare and precious materials to promote the evolution of their Martial Soul and fuse with a spirit metal, which is equivalent to letting the Martial Soul 'consume' the rare and precious materials that best suit it."

Kong Deming slowed his pace slightly and continued to explain, "In order to systematically verify this idea and explore the possibility of its promotion, I used the powerful computing power of the 'Spirit Pivot' to deeply analyze the nature of spirit metals."

The core conclusion given by "Ling Shu" is that so-called spiritual metals are products of metals that have been exposed to a high concentration and high activity of soul power for a long time, and whose inherent weak spirituality is nourished and naturally grows and transforms.

"Traditionally, spirit metals can only be nurtured by ninth-level soul masters using their own soul power over a long period of time."

"This results in the creation of spirit metals that bear extremely strong personal soul power imprints, making them almost unusable by other soul masters."