Martial soul

Lost in thought, Ru Jen lifted his right hand, and suddenly, a silvery silhouette emerged, taking the shape of a magnificent dragon. The creature was like nothing he had ever seen before—a mutated Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, with scales shimmering like silver and an aura that crackled with electricity.

As a soul master, Ru Jen had seen his fair share of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragons martial souls. In his experience, an average one was only at the middle level of martial souls. However, top geniuses were said to have Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial souls of top-level. And then, there was the god-level Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul - a rare occurrence that only a handful of martial artists had ever witnessed.

Returning to his martial soul, Ru Jen had suspected that his martial soul was top-level, and perhaps even on the verge of becoming a god-level martial soul.

Then Ru Jen raised his hand and commanded his martial soul. Suddenly, Ru Jen's entire arm turned into a dragon claw. The dragon claw had silver scales and gave off a strange yet eerie aura.

Undaunted, Ru Jen raised his hands to the sky, and a dazzling array of silvery moonlight enveloped him in a dazzling cloak of radiance. The aura swirled around him, growing stronger and more intense with each passing moment, until it took on the shape of a raging whirlpool of energy.

As the maelstrom raged on, small orbs of shimmering silver began to emerge, coalescing around Ru Jen's dragon claw in a dazzling display of power. With a fierce cry, Ru Jen turned to face a towering boulder,

In one swift motion, he lunged forward and slashed at the rock with all his might, sending a shockwave of energy rippling through the air. The energy from his dragon claw was so potent that it took the shape of the claw itself, hurtling towards the boulder and shattering it into a million pieces.

"Hmm, based on its strength, it seems capable of killing any soul masters below Spirit Elder, and could even harm an ordinary Spirit Elder," Ru Jen muttered to himself as he picked up the fallen rocks.

The ability he displayed was the innate ability of his mutated Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Moon's Protection.

Moon's Protection is an attack- and defense-based skill, but in his opinion, the best effect brought by his innate ability was an all-around amplification of all skills by 1.5% for an hour.

This amplification might be one of the best ones he has seen in his life, and with the help of this all-around amplification, he can get about a 12% increase.

Although it might not seem like a lot, but if taken in perspective, then an average Title Douluo of rank 90 soul master could get an all-around amplification of 135%.

In Ru Jen's eyes, this was a huge increment, as he was sure that an attack system Title Douluo of rank 90 with an all-around amplification of 135% could easily defeat a Title Douluo of rank 95, while he wasn't sure beyond rank 96.

But any power has its own merits and demerits, and the same was the case with Moon's Protection. After using it for the first time, he knew the conditions to activate it.

Condition 1: The soul master must be at peak state to use Moon's Protection.

Condition 2: Moon's Protection can only be used once every 24 hours.

Condition 3: If used during a full moon, all the abilities of Moon's Protection will be twice as effective.

In Ru Jen's opinion, this was one of the most perfect abilities in the world of soul masters, although it had some conditions for activation. However, he believed it was fair, all things considered.

Secondly, the main reason he couldn't forget the purpose of his visit was to test his body. Having tested his martial soul abilities, it was now time to start cultivating his physique.

The method he had in mind to cultivate was not derived from any of Tang Sect's skills. It was his own technique, which he preferred to call the Nine Glazed Heavenly Core Technique.

The Nine Glazed Heavenly Core Technique was the strongest soul energy cultivation technique that Ru Jen knew. The technique mixed both the human and soul beast cultivation systems.

This technique could only be created when he who had reached the rank of Limit Douluo in his previous life paid an extremely heavy price to Beast God Ditian. Even with the help of Ditian and the other 100,000 soul beasts, this technique could only be deduced up to the rank of Spirit Douluo. Before he and the soul beasts could deduce it to the rank of Title Douluo, the soul master world declared war against Ru Jen, so he reluctantly had to stop.

But even though the technique only reached the rank of Spirit Douluo, it had wondrous effects. It allowed practitioners to form a soul core every 10 ranks. Although it sounded simple, each and every soul core provided a huge buff to all the practitioners' attributes. With Ru Jen's 700 years' worth of knowledge, he was sure he could progress this cultivation technique to the rank of Title Douluo or even that of a God.

Each core formation required a robust physique. After putting his martial soul to the test, he realized that the three years he had spent cultivating Yin Body Training had finally paid off. His body had already met the necessary requirements for forming the first soul core. Nevertheless, he still needed to raise his soul level to rank 10.

Thanks to Ru Jen's cultivation of Yin Body Training, his martial soul had a great affinity for yin energy. In his spirit sea, a massive illusory silver moon hung, and all the spiritual energy had transformed and taken on a silvery color.

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After all the tests had been conducted, Ru Jen realized that sunrise was near, so he rushed home.

As he hurried home, his gaze instinctively darted towards the sky. There, amidst the starry expanse, the luminous moon bestowed upon him a tranquil radiance, enveloping him in a sense of serene bliss. For Ru Jen, this moment served as a reminder of his ultimate aspiration in this life, in Yu Shen's body: to ascend to the God ranks and become the God of the Moon, ruling over its majestic glow.