Chapter 19: Divided Mind Control

Ning Rongrong truly lives up to being the most gifted disciple in the history of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, especially since virtually all the sect's fine resources are basically used on her, especially the Whale Glue—she's probably eating it to the point of vomiting.

Whale Glue normally works extremely well on the first use, but after Yang Xiong uses it repeatedly, the effect is not as noticeable as the first time. Of course, given Yang Xiong's age, he has only used Hundred-Year Whale Glue, and has tried Thousand-Year Whale Glue only once; as for Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, he still hesitates to touch it now, yet even so his physical quality and soul power have improved to some extent.

Ning Rongrong has Innate Soul Power Level 9; she became a Soul Master at six and absorbed another Soul Ring, and a little past nine she reached Level 20. From the looks of it, Whale Glue has a huge effect on her, and in terms of advancement speed she is not inferior to Tang San, who has Innate Full Soul Power.

Yang Xiong, however, is only at Level 15 at this point; even without counting Soul Rings he lags five levels behind. The gap in soul power between the two is even larger than when they first awakened, yet he is not the worst in the whole class; at least by absorbing Soul Rings out of turn he can make up the difference with his classmates.

But ever since Yang Xiong began studying the Spiral Sphere a few months ago, he has felt somewhat bewildered.

Ning Rongrong, as the class's Little Demon Girl and big sister figure, and as the first in the class to break through to Great Soul Master, naturally wants to make a statement.

Especially since she absorbed a second Soul Ring and reached Level 22, it seems she also exceeds the limit in absorbing Soul Rings; that proud little demeanor makes her nose practically in the air throughout the class.

Yang Xiong also got to witness the truly terrifying amplification of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, as a top‑tier auxiliary martial soul, provides a default amplification of ten percent; each additional Soul Ring adds amplification to another attribute, and also increases the amplification effect of all attributes previously boosted by Soul Rings by an additional ten percent.

Moreover, the Pagoda's amplification ignores the base; regardless of the disparity between the target and the holder of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile martial soul, the amplification magnitude remains fixed. The amplification effect is not affected by the quality of the Soul Ring, but the higher the Soul Ring's quality, the less soul power is consumed when using soul skills.

It can be said that surpassing the limit in absorbing Soul Rings raises their quality, and Whale Glue's effect on the holder of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile martial soul is even better than imagined.

Although Ning Rongrong has only two Soul Rings, she can simultaneously amplify multiple people, and the effect is excellent, with her own consumption not even being too high.

When Yang Xiong saw Ning Rongrong amplifying others, a flash of insight struck him; he skipped class entirely and went again to the seventh floor of the Library Tower, opening the book he had always dismissed.

Yang Xiong had perused almost every book on the top floor of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and everything placed on that level is undoubtedly priceless treasure, yet he had little interest in Divided Mind Control, always feeling his primary martial soul couldn't make use of such things.

But at that moment, Yang Xiong opened the Divided Mind Control book as if he had uncovered a treasure, and he suddenly felt a bit enlightened.

Compared with the Clear Sky Sect's Haotian Nine Absolutes and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation, Divided Mind Control is not as famous, and can even be said not to be unique to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, yet the sect has refined the technique to the extreme, arguably making it one of the sect's supreme methods.

In the following period, Yang Xiong temporarily gave up developing the Spiral Sphere and instead began practicing Divided Mind Control.

The essence of Divided Mind Control is multitasking with one mind; initially one must achieve one mind two uses, and at the highest level one needs one mind seven uses. Only top masters like Ning Fengzhi can simultaneously give seven different amplifications, and by finely controlling soul power achieve the strongest amplification with minimal personal consumption.

In a sense, Divided Mind Control tests spiritual power even more, as well as the Soul Grandmaster's precision in mastering soul power.

Divided Mind Control is divided into: Three Apertures Control Heart, Four Apertures Constant Heart, Five Apertures Scattered Heart, Six Apertures Wishful Heart, and Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart. Each aspect corresponds to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, making it arguably the most suitable soul skill for Pagoda martial soul masters, especially since the Library Tower's secret manuals lack the final two levels.

But for Yang Xiong at this stage, that is sufficient; what he wants more is a precise grasp of his own soul power, and he also forged a new path, devising his own cultivation method.

He simply, during a Medicine Bath, lets his palms emit soul power and manipulates it according to the water flow in the tub, trying to make the soul power more orderly—or rather, more refined.

The deeper his research into Divided Mind Control, the more Yang Xiong sighs; although Divided Mind Control may not possess overwhelming power, its control over soul power is truly extremely demanding, and purely in terms of precision of soul power control, Ning Fengzhi might even surpass those Title Douluo.

After several months of thorough research, Yang Xiong's Divided Mind Control reached the first tier, that is, the Three Apertures Control Heart level.

That day, a water‑filled balloon about the size of a palm sat in front of Yang Xiong; he summoned his primary martial soul, grasped the balloon with both hands, and transparent soul power simultaneously emanated from each hand, with the two types of soul power cooperating on the balloon. The balloon slowly rose from his hands, and the water inside seemed to begin rotating in a certain order.

As more soul power poured in, the balloon grew increasingly restless; the water inside swirled like a vortex, and the balloon's surface began to bulge under the influence of the internal water flow.

The process consumed a great deal of soul power and spiritual power; just as Yang Xiong's spiritual power and soul power were about to be exhausted, the balloon suddenly exploded, and all the water inside burst out like a bomb.

Yang Xiong exclaimed with surprise: "It worked, the first stage of development finally succeeded. Looks like I was right; soul power and chakra share the same essence, both being forms of internal energy. Perhaps I can forge a new path in the Soul Master World in the future."

Yang Xiong is still weak now, able to control soul power rotation only with his hands, but he believes that with diligent cultivation he will gradually perfect it, perhaps even becoming the most terrifying soul skill in the Soul Master World.

Once Yang Xiong fully adapts to the water‑filled balloon training, he will immediately begin the next stage, the leather ball training.

Compared with the water‑filled balloon training, the leather ball's hardness is a hundred times that of the balloon; this tests not only the finesse of soul power control but also the strength of soul power.

And once the leather ball training is completed, truly forging a Douluo‑style Spiral Sphere will come naturally.

(End of Chapter)