Starting by Blowing Up the Soul Ring

Su Xing got awakened with a martial soul of a coin and innate soul power at level 3. He is now 12 years old, a level 19 Soul Master, and the only son of a wealthy merchant from the Heaven Dou Empire.

The reason he could progress so quickly is that Su Xing, with the mindset of an adult, is far more disciplined than others, and his soul is relatively strong.

The Coin Martial Soul, though not powerful in combat, is a soul passed down through the Su family. It's a soul that can make one wealthy. The Su family, using the Coin Martial Soul along with some business acumen, rose to become wealthy merchants in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Su Xing has another identity — a transmigrator.

In his previous life, Su Xing was a top student. He doesn't know how he ended up on the Douluo Continent, but over the years, he accepted the reality of his transmigration.

The only thing Su Xing struggled to accept was his martial soul and innate soul power level.

With an innate soul power of only level 3, under the rules of Douluo Continent, Su Xing's talent made it nearly impossible for him to ever reach the level of a Titled Douluo, let alone become a god.

When Su Xing was 6, after learning about his weak martial soul, he sought out the Grandmaster at Nuoding Academy, hoping to learn how to reach the level of a Titled Douluo.

After asking about Su Xing's identity and martial soul, the Grandmaster directly concluded that Su Xing could never reach the Titled Douluo level, and even reaching Soul Saint would be a far-off dream.

Disappointed, Su Xing hoped to become a disciple of the Grandmaster, just like Tang San, hoping to build a good relationship with Tang San and maybe gain some benefits from him later on.

However, Su Xing's request was flatly rejected by the Grandmaster.

It was at that moment that Su Xing realized that even the Grandmaster chose disciples based on talent. Despite the Grandmaster's own lack of talent, he still considered his theories unmatched and refused to teach someone as ordinary as Su Xing.

Su Xing had his pride. Sensing the Grandmaster's disdain and rejection, he gave up on becoming his disciple. At the same time, he gave up on trying to befriend Tang San.

It was a case of "hating the house and its crow," but there was more to it. Su Xing also sensed a feeling of distance and insincerity from both Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Su Xing could feel the polite distance Tang San kept from him.

As for Xiao Wu, she was even more indifferent. Though calling her "Big Sister" was fine, any attempt to get closer was met with complete disregard.

It was then that Su Xing realized that when your talent and strength are lacking, people like Tang San and Xiao Wu, who are destined for greatness, won't bother to pay you much attention.

Maybe, over time, one could slowly build a relationship with Tang San and Xiao Wu. But in his previous life, Su Xing had been a top student and had his pride and dignity.

"Who do they think they're looking down on?"

Rather than rely on others, Su Xing decided to rely on himself. Despite his frustration with the Grandmaster, he knew that if he followed the typical Soul Master training, his fate wouldn't stray far from the Grandmaster's prediction.

So, Su Xing decided to forge his own path.

Now, six years later...

In a private lab belonging to Su Xing, he held a record sheet in his hands. The sheet contained summaries of experiments he had conducted over the years, all related to Soul Masters, soul power, and soul rings.

Some of the notes were based on the Grandmaster's theories, such as the idea that even without absorbing soul rings to break through bottlenecks, Soul Masters could still increase their soul power.

Although the original work confirmed that the Grandmaster's theories were correct, Su Xing personally verified them through experiments.

Of course, Su Xing didn't test these theories on himself. He spent money buying slaves for experimentation. His father, knowing Su Xing was smart and had money, let him do as he pleased.

"After six years, I've finally found my own path to strength."

At this moment, Su Xing was filled with excitement and anticipation, though he quickly calmed down.

"My path to strength starts by blowing up my soul rings!"

"Soul rings, while providing powerful skills, also impose limitations on a Soul Master's control over their soul power. If I want perfect control over my soul power, I must blow up my soul rings!"

If someone heard Su Xing saying this, they would likely laugh and think he was either a fool or insane.

But Su Xing had thoroughly verified this fact: the more soul rings one had and the higher their quality, the harder it was to achieve perfect control over soul power. One could only rely on soul skills granted by the soul rings for attacks.

Su Xing realized why so few Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent had created their own soul skills, despite having access to such a miraculous power as soul power.

Not only was it rare to create one's own soul skill, but even slightly modifying an existing one was extremely difficult.

Without further ado, Su Xing sat down in a meditative position, fully prepared.

Buzz

A yellow light flashed as a hundred-year soul ring materialized at Su Xing's feet.

This was a four-hundred-year soul ring, which his family had paid a high price for when they helped him hunt it down.

Now, Su Xing was about to destroy it.

Blowing up a soul ring was a technique of the Clear Sky Sect's Grand Supreme Hammer.

Though blowing up a soul ring wasn't difficult, the challenge was in harnessing the power released. Su Xing had no need to do that. He simply wanted to destroy the ring.

The Clear Sky Sect's method had the risk of destroying the soul ring entirely, and that was precisely Su Xing's goal.

He didn't need the skills from the soul ring!

"Shatter!"

Boom!

With Su Xing's low shout, the yellow four-hundred-year soul ring exploded with a loud bang.

The powerful wave of soul power released by the explosion spread out, with Su Xing at its center.

Ignoring the commotion caused by the explosion, Su Xing calmly assessed his current state of soul power.

"As expected, without the soul ring's restrictions, I can control my soul power much more freely."

"And my soul power hasn't decreased. The soul ring is gone, but I can't use my soul skills anymore."

"In a way, it's similar to the Clear Sky Sect's technique. The Clear Sky Sect temporarily removes some of the restrictions imposed by their soul rings, allowing them to use the Grand Supreme Hammer technique."

"Anyone can blow up their soul rings, as long as they have self-created soul skills."

"Others haven't done this because their self-created skills aren't as strong as the Grand Supreme Hammer, so people mistakenly believe the Clear Sky Sect's technique is unique."

"Even the Clear Sky Sect doesn't fully understand this!"

The results matched his experiments, which made Su Xing feel relieved.

After all, experimenting on others was different from experiencing it firsthand, so Su Xing had been somewhat worried.

But now his concerns were gone.

Moreover, blowing up a four-hundred-year soul ring didn't cause him any harm; he could easily handle it.

This was the benefit of being low-level—sometimes, being weaker allowed for more experimentation.

"Martial Soul Possession!"

Su Xing summoned his Coin Martial Soul, and with the coin came intertwined lightning.

His lightning attribute had evolved after absorbing his first soul ring, similar to how Tang San's Blue Silver Grass gained poison after evolving.

However, even after blowing up the soul ring, his evolved martial soul didn't revert. This was something Su Xing had already verified through experiments!

Su Xing's expression was calm. Now, he would focus on whether he could create his own soul skills like-

"Railgun!"