Chapter 122: Thunder Stone Seal

A martial soul that possesses a special seal will be stronger than a normal martial soul.

Many major forces speculate that the Fenglei Sect has a secret technique for enhancing martial soul quality.

Although they are the same type of martial soul, only the martial souls displayed by Fenglei Sect disciples are more robust.

The recorded seal pattern is exactly the same as the seal on the Thunder Stone.

Only by cultivating the Lei Long Meditation Method can the operating soul power reveal the seal on the Thunder Stone.

When Tie Li withdraws his right palm, the Thunder Stone returns to its original state.

Tie Li summons the Purple Thunder Hammer Spirit, the Purple Thunder Hammer crackling with faint arcs lands on the Thunder Stone, and in an instant the seal on the Thunder Stone emits a dazzling light.

"As expected," Tie Li's mouth curves into a slight smile.

A surge of soul power bursts from within the Thunder Stone, nearly causing Tie Li to lose consciousness.

The Thunder Stone steadies again; Tie Li lifts the Purple Thunder Hammer, and a seal appears on the hammer's single horn at the handle, its pattern identical to the seal on the Thunder Stone.

Thunder and Lightning Attribute is permanently increased by ten percent.

A flash of light glints in Tie Li's eyes; this boost is constant. At present, a ten‑percent increase is not great, but if one cultivates to Soul Douluo or a titled Douluo, a ten‑percent attribute boost would not be taken lightly.

Another Thunder Stone lies fifty meters away, and Tie Li's steps pulse as he approaches it.

The second Thunder Stone, like the first, shows its seal under the stimulation of Tie Li's soul power.

The seal on the second Thunder Stone differs; it is a different pattern.

But the method for a martial soul to acquire the seal is the same: the Purple Thunder Hammer Spirit releases Lightning Light onto the Thunder Stone.

On the hammer's single horn, the two seals overlay, achieving a kind of complement; the pattern shows no discord from the overlap, as if it originated from the same seal.

Another ten‑percent Thunder and Lightning Attribute boost!

Next is a Thunder Stone twenty meters from the Leichi boundary, which is currently the farthest Tie Li can reach.

Yet another completely different seal pattern.

Following the same method, the seal on the hammer's single horn now has a rough outline, but the outline reveals that the seal appears only forty percent complete, with most of it still missing.

Whether the remaining seal resides in the final Thunder Stone and the Leichi remains an unknown.

But as for now I cannot enter within ten meters of the Leichi, so I cannot verify.

Faintly, Tie Li senses the martial soul's limit; the Purple Thunder Hammer seems able to bear only three overlapping seals.

Absorbing seals requires innate conditions; martial soul quality is crucial.

If one is a core disciple of the Fenglei Sect and can cultivate the Lei Long Meditation Method, granting one's martial soul the Yinlei Magic Dragon trait, it indicates the martial soul has the potential to ascend to a top‑tier beast martial soul, enabling absorption of the first seal.

Absorbing the second seal likewise demands martial soul quality as an innate condition; Tie Li absorbed a drop of Yinlei Magic Dragon's essence blood, causing the Purple Thunder Hammer to change and meet that condition.

Absorbing the third seal is entirely due to the Purple Thunder Hammer Spirit itself; Tie Li's Purple Thunder Hammer Spirit is not innate but a post‑natal mutation, having evolved from the Forging Hammer with the primal qi of a Thunder Attribute Plant-type Soul Beast, granting it traits other martial souls cannot possess.

The soul power contains the aura of a Soul Beast; when confronting Yu Tianheng, the higher‑rank martial soul Blue Electric Tyrannosaurus could absolutely suppress attributes, yet the Lightning released by the Purple Thunder Hammer Spirit carries the Soul Beast's ferocity, allowing it to break free from hierarchical suppression.

Now, absorbing the third seal also relies on the martial soul's unique Soul Beast aura, and at the crucial moment a strand of soul power released from the Inner Elixir within, enabling Tie Li at his limit to absorb the third seal.

Even within the Fenglei Sect, anyone who can absorb three seals can be cultivated as a successor disciple, a rank higher than core disciples.

……

After Tie Li gave the three members of the Heavy Thunder Sect a lesson, they returned to their sect.

Core disciples of the sect went to the Fenglei Sect's ruins to cultivate, but before they could start, they were severely beaten and limped back to the sect.

If this spreads, the Heavy Thunder Sect's reputation would be utterly ruined.

"Hmph, if the older generation can't act, let the younger generation teach him. Could our Heavy Thunder Sect's core disciples possibly be unable to defeat a student from the academy?" the Sixth Elder of the Heavy Thunder Sect sneered.

When the younger ones are beaten, the elders want to step forward for justice, but before the elders could emerge, they were warned once by the opponent's old veteran.

Let the younger generation handle the younger generation's conflicts; if the older generation dares to intervene, don't blame us old veterans for being unkind.

These were the original words from the Tian Dou Royal Academy.

The sect's elders who learned of the situation at the time all wore extremely grim expressions.

But the Tian Dou Royal Academy's confidence stems not only from its own strength, but also from the backing of the Tian Dou Imperial House.

"You say his martial soul is the Purple Thunder Hammer?"

"Yes, Sixth Elder, but..."

"Alright, since his martial soul is the Purple Thunder Hammer, let Zhou Yi teach him; let's see whether the Purple Thunder Hammer Soul Master trained by the Tian Dou Royal Academy is more formidable, or my Heavy Thunder Sect's Purple Thunder Hammer Soul Master is even better."

The Soul Elder who had been injured by Tie Li hadn't finished speaking when the Sixth Elder cut him off directly.

"Yes, Elder."

……

Tie Li continues to cultivate within the Leichi vicinity, using the dense Lightning Light to solidify his martial soul; the Lightning Light tempers the martial soul, further enhancing the quality of his soul power.

Having finished his meditation cultivation, Tie Li arrives near the first Thunder Stone, his gaze drifting toward the distance.

"They again."

This time three appear, one of whom is a Three Ring Soul Honorable, one of the three Heavy Thunder Sect disciples from last time.

The two beside him are both clad in Heavy Thunder Sect attire.

These two are around thirty years old, but the soul power fluctuations they emit are far stronger than the blunt‑sword Soul Master from before.

"Senior Brother Zhou, that's him."

Zhou Yi is burly, standing two meters tall, his short purple hair standing on end, and his bell‑sized pupils stare at Tie Li.

"You again? What, did you bring a new helper this time?" Tie Li taunted.

"Hmph, with me, Senior Brother Zhou, here, just wait to meet your death."

"You injured my junior brother; I will make you pay the price for your actions."

Zhou Yi's Soul Power Level reaches 49, just one step from Soul Power Level 50; within the Heavy Thunder Sect, among core disciples he ranks fourth and hopes to break through to Five Ring Soul King before age thirty‑four.

Two yellows and two purples, the optimal Soul Ring Configuration; what makes Tie Li's pupils flicker is his martial soul, which turns out to be the same Purple Thunder Hammer Spirit as his.

(End of chapter)