Chapter 157: Dugu Bo's Breakthrough

At the same time, that night, at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"What? You are going to re-absorb your third Soul Ring and it has to be a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring?" Dugu Bo widened his eyes, looking at Ning Feiliu before him as he spoke.

Dugu Yan was also here now; hearing what Ning Feiliu had just said, she also blinked her eyes.

Ning Feiliu had just intended to use his own reasoning to explain and persuade them.

However, before he could speak, Dugu Bo suddenly calmed down again and said, "Forget it, you brat never does things without being completely sure. There might be danger, but you were able to absorb an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring last time, and now you're absorbing a ten-thousand-year one... fine."

Dugu Yan also nodded at this moment and said, "Little Feiliu, it seems there is no problem with you absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring now. After all, you were able to absorb an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring."

This time it was Ning Feiliu who was stunned for a moment; he gave Dugu Yan a strange look, then glanced at his cheap teacher, Dugu Bo.

"You two aren't stopping me this time?" Ning Feiliu said with some confusion.

"You brat... you are too monstrous. According to normal human logic, of course I wouldn't intend to let you take such a risk." Dugu Bo glanced at him and rolled his eyes. "However, you brat are not a normal person."

Ning Feiliu's mouth twitched; he knew Dugu Bo was praising him, but why did he still feel like this cheap teacher was scolding him?

Dugu Yan also nodded and said, "Little Feiliu is too amazing! And every time Little Feiliu decides to do something, it is impossible for it to fail, so I believe in you."

Ning Feiliu had already done too many incredible things before, so now it resulted in Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan feeling that this was feasible after setting aside common sense and thinking it over carefully.

After all, Ning Feiliu had previously re-absorbed a seven-thousand-year first Soul Ring and an eight-thousand-year second Soul Ring; following this logic, couldn't his third Soul Ring be a ten-thousand-year one?

A ten-thousand-year Soul Ring was only two thousand years higher in age than an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring.

Although this two-thousand-year difference could allow the quantitative change of a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast's ring to reach a qualitative change, the same point remained: normally, let alone the third Soul Ring being a ten-thousand-year one, even if it were like San Ge in the original story absorbing a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, they would be worried and try to dissuade him.

But Ning Feiliu could not be measured by common sense, so as long as the theory held up, even with that little bit of extra danger, in the face of the "credibility" he had accumulated before, it was enough to make Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan believe him.

It was just that they did not know that the quantitative change of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring reaching a qualitative change was not a simple qualitative change like the mainstream theory of the Spirit Master world, where a ten-year Soul Ring becomes a hundred-year one, or a hundred-year one becomes a thousand-year one.

It could be said that from the moment a Soul Beast breaks through from a thousand years to ten thousand years, it embarks on a heaven-defying path where the cultivation age becomes increasingly vast.

From a thousand to ten thousand years, the Spirit of the Soul Beast gradually takes shape, and at this time, it already possesses the initial intelligence of a three-year-old human child.

At the same time, after killing a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, absorbing its Soul Ring would result in a mental shock from the Spirit of the dead Soul Beast.

From a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast to a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, the gap goes without saying; not only does it suddenly possess strength comparable to a Ninety-Fifth Level Peak Douluo, but it also fully possesses intelligence similar to an ordinary human, and can even choose to shed its Soul Beast form to become human.

(In the Douluo Dalu 1 worldview, a Title Douluo above level ninety-five is called a Peak Douluo, and a level ninety-nine Title Douluo is called a Peerless Douluo.

The settings in the later parts of Douluo Continent changed so that a Title Douluo above level ninety-five is called a Super Douluo, and a level ninety-nine Title Douluo is called a Limit Douluo.

Now is the time period of Douluo Dalu 1, so the naming conventions of the first part are used.)

Afterwards, for every thousand years a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast survives a Heavenly Tribulation, the change in strength becomes increasingly large; three hundred thousand years, five hundred thousand years, seven hundred thousand years... and after seven hundred thousand years, the strength difference after each Heavenly Tribulation is worlds apart.

Until a million-year Soul Beast becomes a god, that is truly completely shedding the constraints of a Soul Beast's body and becoming a god in the mortal world.

However, due to the Dragon God's actions, after being killed, he even issued a decree that prevented Soul Beasts from becoming gods.

So even if a Soul Beast becomes a god, it has no God Position, at most achieving a Godless Godhead like the Demon Empress; although it became a god, it was as if it hadn't.

But after a Soul Beast breaks through a million years, the powerful strength it gains is indeed real, and it is later freed from the suffering of the Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, the conditions required to absorb higher-grade Soul Rings after the ten-thousand-year level are more stringent.

Why does the Spirit Master world default to the idea that a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring must be a Spirit Master's ninth Soul Ring?

It is because before that, unless it is a case of a Soul Beast sacrificing itself, only heaven-gifted geniuses who have reached the cultivation of a Title Douluo are likely to successfully absorb a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.

And by extension, the absorption of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring is actually the same.

According to common sense, Spirit Masters can basically only absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring starting from their fifth Soul Ring.

Because before this, Spirit Masters who tried to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as their third or fourth Soul Ring all died.

Even those Spirit Masters who were talented, had powerful martial souls, and possessed exceptional natural gifts.

Under countless bloody lessons, the Spirit Master world, even without knowing about the mental shock of ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, concluded that one must have at least the cultivation of a Soul King to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

But what they did not know was why the Spirit Masters who tried to absorb ten-thousand-year Soul Rings earlier almost all died without exception?

Even those genius Spirit Masters with powerful martial souls and extremely strong physical talents died.

That is because absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring requires not only enduring the impact of the Soul Ring on the body, but also a powerful mental shock!

Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo also did not know this, which is why they chose to believe in Ning Feiliu.

But if they were like Xiao Wu and knew that there was a mental shock hurdle when absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, they would absolutely not allow Ning Feiliu to take the risk.

After all, they did not know that Ning Feiliu was a transmigrator, and the mental power from fusing two spirits was long since not just that of a thirteen-year-old soul as it appeared.

However, Ning Feiliu had actually prepared an excuse, which was that the Moonlight Breathing Method had enhanced his mental power significantly.

Just in case Dugu Bo, this Title Douluo, had some unexpected understanding of the concept of mental shock.

But now Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan actually chose to believe him directly, which caught him off guard.

However... this is fine too.

"Then I will have to trouble Teacher to stand guard for me tomorrow." Ning Feiliu immediately relaxed and said with a smile.

"No problem, it's the Silver Moon Mane Lion again, right? A ten-thousand-year level Silver Moon Mane Lion..." Dugu Bo shook his head and said, "It's not easy to find in my Sunset Forest. Why not go to the Star Dou Great Forest to look for it this time?"

The Sunset Forest is ultimately a smaller gathering place for Soul Beasts, although it has a blessed land like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which can attract a large number of Soul Beasts to the Sunset Forest.

However, most of them are relatively special Soul Beasts like the Earth Cave Spider or the Earth King.

But the key is that Dugu Bo has fenced off the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, so the Soul Beasts cannot enjoy the various benefits brought by the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the benefits they can enjoy on the periphery are very few, so it cannot really accelerate the cultivation of the Soul Beasts.

Especially for some relatively unique and powerful Soul Beasts, such as the Silver Moon Mane Lion.

Plus, the Sunset Forest is indeed small in scale, and Dugu Bo didn't have much of an impression of them.

So it is better to go to the Star Dou Great Forest, where it is more likely to find a ten-thousand-year Silver Moon Mane Lion.

Ning Feiliu had no objections and said, "Mm, I have no problem with that."

In fact, he was also a bit curious; the Star Dou Great Forest is, after all, the largest gathering place for Soul Beasts in the story that spans tens of thousands of years on the Douluo Continent.

Regardless of how the versions change later, the strongest of each generation of Soul Beast forces basically all come from the Star Dou Great Forest.

The Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape of the first part, the Beasts like Beast God Di Tian and Xiong Jun of the second part, and in the third part... well, if you don't count Gu Yuena, then it's the Demon Empress, who is not a Soul Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest.

In short, the Star Dou Great Forest can be considered the absolute base camp for Soul Beasts on the Douluo Dalu.

Ning Feiliu was also very curious about what the Star Dou Great Forest, which had been described in several consecutive volumes, was actually like.

And he would be able to see it tomorrow.

"By the way, the Exotic Beast Essence Blood you mentioned—we should be able to find a few types in the Star Dou Great Forest tomorrow," Dugu Bo said with a smile.

Previously, when Ning Feiliu returned, he had asked Dugu Bo to help find ten types of Exotic Beast Essence Blood related to a task, but it seemed that Exotic Beasts were even harder to find than Soul Beasts.

In the world of Douluo Continent, there are actually three types of beasts; one kind is naturally the Soul Beast.

They can cultivate, evolve, and even develop intelligence upon reaching a high level; they are a powerful species on Douluo Continent second only to humans.

But unfortunately, human Spirit Masters need to hunt Soul Beasts to absorb Soul Rings, so even though they are as powerful as humans, they can still only be treated by humans as prey and occasionally as food.

The second type is ordinary beasts, just like the common animals from Ning Feiliu's past life; these beasts are basically all domesticated by powerful humans, such as livestock and poultry.

There are even wild horses domesticated into mounts; this is the reason why this world still produces cavalry even though there are Spirit Masters.

Furthermore, the Heaven Dou Imperial Knights, which the Heaven Dou Imperial Family is so proud of, even crossbred ordinary horses with horse-type Soul Beasts to create so-called half-soul-beast horses—Heaven Soul Horses—to serve as mounts for the Heaven Dou Imperial Knights.

The third type is the so-called Exotic Beasts, but Exotic Beasts are truly exceptionally rare; after all, their strength is basically no greater than that of Soul Beasts, and they cannot be domesticated by humans like ordinary beasts.

But in the Star Dou Great Forest, there are likely quite a few.

The night passed without incident; as usual, after Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan expelled their toxins, they began to cultivate.

Ning Feiliu did a slight experiment and then joined them in cultivation.

In any case, Douluo Continent respects strength, and he had set aside some of his cultivation previously due to tasks like the Mysterious Water Pill.

Now, he could finally focus a little on his own cultivation.

Under the blessing of the Moonlight Breathing Method, three strands of moonlight could be seen descending from the bright moon in the sky onto each of the three, and then their auras grew increasingly stronger.

Especially Dugu Bo... he always had a feeling that the time for his breakthrough was not far off.

As the toxins in his body were gradually driven into the soul bone in his head, combined with the unique restorative capabilities of the Moonlight Breathing Method, he now felt a sense of being reborn.

The next day.

Sensing the moonlight fading and the scorching sunlight slowly rising from the east of the sky, Dugu Yan was the first to open her eyes.

"Grandfather... hmm..." She felt her own soul power had significantly improved again, and after a comfortable stretch, she intended to greet Dugu Bo beside her as usual.

As for Ning Feiliu, because he had absorbed the Blazing Apricot Delicate, he was currently able to continue by switching to the Sunlight Breathing Method to absorb sunlight for further cultivation.

Therefore, during this early morning period, he would usually continue to cultivate for a while longer.

So Dugu Yan was also very clear about this and would not disturb Ning Feiliu immediately, but would wait until Ning Feiliu voluntarily stopped his cultivation before she would greet him.

But her grandfather Dugu Bo was different.

Usually, Dugu Bo and she would both stop cultivating at this time, so Dugu Yan would greet her grandfather directly.

However, Dugu Bo was a bit strange at this moment and did not respond to her as he usually did.

Dugu Yan was suddenly a little puzzled, "Grandfather... what is wrong with you?"

Only then did she rub her eyes and look at Dugu Bo, discovering that Dugu Bo... was still cultivating with his eyes closed, and at this moment, an extremely powerful soul power aura was radiating from him, circulating around his body.

At this time, Dugu Bo's green soul power had almost become tangible, radiating a soul power aura even more powerful than he had before.

"This is..." Dugu Yan thought incredulously...

"Grandfather is about to break through?!"

Ning Feiliu was also affected by the powerful soul power aura from Dugu Bo at this time; he had no choice but to interrupt his cultivation state and look at Dugu Bo not far away.

Seeing the surging aura on Dugu Bo, he revealed a gratified smile.

His cheap teacher... had finally broken through.

One must know that in the original plot, in half a year, Tang San not only almost completely cured the problem of the toxin backlash in Dugu Bo's body but also directly increased Dugu Bo's soul power by one level.

Ning Feiliu used the method of the original San Ge and even taught Dugu Bo the Moonlight Breathing Method, which could better heal injuries and cultivate.

Plus a subsequent Mysterious Water Pill.

So, no matter what, Dugu Bo should be able to break through very soon.

At least faster than the half-year in the original plot.

Unexpectedly... it was today!

Dugu Bo was about to break through!

He could be seen with his eyes closed, and the expression on his face was not tense, but rather carried a hint of relaxation.

Emerald green soul power circled around him, operating at high speed, and his aura continued to strengthen until suddenly, his soul power erupted.

Like a small dark green sun, it illuminated the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well; although it was early morning, the sunlight was not intense, and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had originally appeared slightly dark.

But at this moment, Dugu Bo completely illuminated the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, making the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well look verdant green.

And the next moment, Dugu Bo opened his eyes, and then the previously powerful soul power aura gradually calmed down, finally settling into stability, and then into tranquility.

"Congratulations, Teacher, on your cultivation advancing another step." Ning Feiliu immediately smiled and stepped forward to offer his congratulations.

(End of this chapter)