Chapter 122: Soul Rings: The Mystery of Martial Soul Evolution

Re-absorbing a Soul Ring indeed allows for the absorption of a Soul Beast Soul Ring of a different type and age than the original.

However, it is very clear that such a Soul Ring will produce a rejection effect with the position of the original Soul Ring.

The reason, of course, lies in the fact that the original Soul Ring position has become accustomed to the type and effect of the original Soul Ring.

Moreover, the Soul Ring position is fixed; otherwise, after the first Soul Ring explodes and disappears, re-absorbing a Soul Ring should appear in the position after the third Soul Ring, rather than reappearing in the position of the first Soul Ring.

But now, re-absorbing a Soul Ring still results in it appearing in the first Soul Ring's position, proving that Soul Ring positions are all fixed.

At the same time, Ning Feiliu also vaguely gained some understanding of the Spirit Master system of the Douluo Continent.

If one says the Spirit Master system of the Douluo Continent is like building a high-rise on flat ground, stacking it layer by layer, then the first floor is the foundation for the second floor, and the second floor is the foundation for the third floor.

Then... what exactly is a Soul Ring?

One must cultivate to ten levels of soul power to absorb a Soul Ring, and only then can one continue to cultivate to the next level.

However, it is not that one needs a Soul Ring to cultivate soul power, because according to the original plot, after a Spirit Master breaks through, even if they have not obtained a Soul Ring, they can still cultivate.

Yet the soul power accumulated through cultivation can only manifest after obtaining a Soul Ring.

In other words, a Spirit Master can actually cultivate soul power without absorbing Soul Rings, cultivating all the way to level ninety, and then absorb nine Soul Rings in one go.

This would allow one to break through to Title Douluo in an instant.

It is just that, without a Soul Ring, you yourself cannot feel how much your current soul power level has exceeded.

For example, although you have already reached level ninety soul power, if you have not absorbed a single Soul Ring, you can only perceive that ten levels of soul power.

Furthermore, without a Soul Ring, your cultivation speed will become slower, and you cannot easily display powerful strength.

Therefore, a Soul Ring is not a foundation, nor is it the steel framework of a high-rise, but rather...

"Bones... artificial bones!" Ning Feiliu suddenly said.

"Bones? Artificial bones?" Dugu Yan, who was to the side, asked curiously, "Little Feiliu, what are you talking about?"

"No... it's nothing..." Ning Feiliu immediately came back to his senses, shook his head, and said.

The world of the Douluo Continent... seems somewhat magical. If this is the setting, then the humans of this world... or rather, Spirit Masters, should be born lacking a very important ability.

A Spirit Master's body cannot produce Soul Rings itself, so they can only obtain Soul Rings by hunting Soul Beasts.

It is just like humans in a past life, who cannot synthesize Vitamin C themselves, and therefore must ingest Vitamin C from fresh fruits and vegetables to maintain life.

And the Spirit Masters of this world are the same principle.

It is just that for a Spirit Master, a Soul Ring is not Vitamin C, but more like a skeleton.

Only by being able to generate a skeleton can the physical body be supported to grow taller, and it can better erupt with power; otherwise, it is just having muscles without a place to exert force.

Therefore, a Soul Ring is a self-made artificial implanted skeleton for a Spirit Master, used to stimulate growth and erupt with power; thus, absorbing a Soul Ring will also cause the martial soul to be affected and therefore "evolve."

If the Soul Ring quality is good, it is equivalent to this piece of bone having excellent hardness and length, naturally stimulating the muscles to develop stronger and longer.

And poor Soul Ring quality can only let your muscles grow to a certain extent and no further.

This is the drawback of Soul Ring quality being too poor.

But a Soul Ring that exceeds one's own limit too much is equivalent to a spear being implanted into the body; no matter how much the body grows, it cannot temporarily bear this spear, and naturally, it will overload and explode to death.

Ning Feiliu actually has a guess, still using the example of the human body in a past life lacking the function to synthesize Vitamin C.

In fact, ancient humans in the past life could synthesize Vitamin C themselves, but later in the process of evolution, humans discovered that Vitamin C could be ingested through fruits and vegetables.

Especially ingesting fruits and vegetables, besides being able to ingest Vitamin C, could also ingest other large amounts of nutrients, making the body grow stronger.

Therefore, it was the individuals who could synthesize Vitamin C that died out, while these human individuals who lacked Vitamin C and needed to ingest large amounts of fruits and vegetables from the natural world survived to this day, passing down their genes.

And in fact, the Spirit Masters of the Douluo Continent world, in ancient times, were the same as Soul Beasts; they did not need to absorb Soul Rings and could synthesize Soul Rings themselves.

But the self-synthesized Soul Rings made humans and Soul Beasts have no difference; on the contrary, the physical fitness and some traits of Soul Beasts were far better than humans.

At this time, some humans with genetic mutations who could not synthesize Soul Rings themselves discovered that killing Soul Beasts and absorbing Soul Rings could turn the Soul Beast's power into their own use, allowing themselves to re-cultivate while also possessing powerful skills.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind; it was... an epiphany!

Perhaps... the appearance of martial souls, especially the appearance of Beast Spirits, was also the result of absorbing Soul Rings!

A certain Spirit Master of ancient times, because the hunting range was limited and holding a cautious idea, kept absorbing Soul Rings of one type of Soul Beast, and finally pieced together the martial soul of that Soul Beast...

Then what about Tool Spirits? How were they evolved? It should be that there were Beast Spirits first, and then there were Tool Spirits...

The process of martial soul evolution, and what inevitable connection it has with Soul Rings, he is now full of curiosity.

Such thoughts suddenly popped into Ning Feiliu's mind.

Just at this time...

【Investigate the evolution process of martial souls and Soul Rings, obtain the incomplete World Rune — Unsealed Spellbook.】

A line of small text appeared before Ning Feiliu's eyes.

This made him stunned once again.

"Kid! What exactly is wrong with you?!" But just at this moment, Dugu Bo's voice pulled him back to reality again.

Ning Feiliu turned his head to look and found that Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan were both looking at him with strange expressions.

Dugu Yan was even more anxious.

"No... it's really nothing." This time, Ning Feiliu completely woke up, took a deep breath, and said.

The evolution process of martial souls and Soul Rings in this world... investigating this mystery will definitely take a large amount of time; this is definitely not a task that can be easily completed.

And it is precisely because of this that the reward for this task is the main world Keystone Rune — Unsealed Spellbook.

This is definitely the most powerful World Rune he has ever seen so far; even if it is incomplete, it is likely far more powerful than a complete Calm Rune... at least a hundred times.

But precisely because it is powerful enough, completing this task... is estimated to be very, very difficult!

It is not something that can be researched right now.

It is better to focus on himself for now... for example, the conclusion he reached after exploding a Soul Ring and re-absorbing it.

Exploding a Soul Ring and then re-absorbing it is equivalent to re-implanting a new bone; naturally, the body that had adapted to the original will experience a rejection phenomenon.

When Ning Feiliu re-absorbs a Soul Ring, because of this rejection reaction, he can choose a Soul Beast of a different type than the original Soul Ring in the future, but he must lower the upper limit of Soul Ring absorption...

"What were you spacing out about just now?" Dugu Bo looked at him at this moment and asked with some curiosity.

"I was just thinking about some fallacies... why must humans absorb Soul Rings?" Ning Feiliu said softly.

Facing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, he had nothing to hide, especially regarding this kind of question.

Perhaps if he asked Dugu Bo, Dugu Bo might even know something...

(End of chapter)