Chapter 248: Human Self-Consolidation Soul Ring: Tri-Flower Convergence

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Can spirit power be preserved?

Lingmeng's eyes lit up. She was about to beg Tang San for help but hesitated after hearing his subsequent words—

Should she choose the safe method?

Or attempt a new cultivation technique?

The former would allow her to cultivate normally and become a soul master.

The latter could make her a pioneer in a new form of cultivation but came with the risk of failure.

Which to choose?

Ultimately, Lingmeng chose the latter.

There was no other reason except that she didn't want to disappoint the count. He had provided a sanctuary for her and her mother and treated them with respect and dignity.

Such kindness must be repaid; otherwise, how could she live with her conscience?

"Being a pioneer deserves respect." Tang San bowed to Lingmeng.

"My lord, what are you doing?" Lingmeng was flustered and quickly helped Tang San up.

"You may think I'm being overly serious, but this formality is necessary. After all, I'm using you as an experiment, and you deserve proper respect." Tang San's sincerity and intense gaze made Lingmeng's heart flutter. "If you fail, you may not be able to continue cultivating your spirit power."

Lingmeng whispered, "If I can't cultivate, it's not a big deal. I could never reach the ten-level mark before anyway."

"It's different. At the very least, your physical condition can improve... Alright, let me explain the new cultivation method I've arranged for you." Tang San guided Lingmeng to sit cross-legged and indicated for her to begin meditative cultivation.

Lingmeng complied.

As she started meditating, the energy of the world flowed into her body, gradually enhancing her spirit power.

Tang San placed his hand on her brow at the Yintang acupoint, using his powerful spiritual energy to perceive the flow of spirit power within Lingmeng's body. He thought to himself, "Indeed, it's different from ordinary soul master cultivation, similar to Zhu Zhuqing after obtaining the Dark Devilgod Tiger spirit ring, with two sets of spirit power circulation routes."

"Moreover, unlike Zhu Zhuqing who still relies on her martial spirit, Lingmeng's martial spirit has fused with her body, achieving materialization."

"Innate deity, or rather, innate divine beast, isn't an exaggeration."

"As long as the energy is sufficient and her spiritual power strong enough, she can reach the hundredth level."

Electrolux, sensing the energy circulation route in Lingmeng through Tang San, commented, "Indeed, such a mutation can produce a natural powerhouse. The only limitation in this world is the rule requiring soul rings for breakthroughs, preventing large-scale accumulation of world energy and transformation of one's life force."

"Brother Electrolux, assist me in helping her consolidate a unique soul ring, alright?" Tang San's plan for Lingmeng was to aid her in self-consolidating a soul ring.

Tang San had already learned the method of soul ring condensation from Xiao Wu. However, ordinary soul masters lacked the hundred-thousand-year cultivation essence to achieve this, making the knowledge seem impractical.

"But Lingmeng's situation is different. Her unique state could allow us to create a soul ring for her without needing the traditional requirements," Tang San thought, focusing on the next steps.

Tang San and Electrolux had experimented with alternative energies to replace cultivation essence for soul ring condensation.

Qi, blood, spirit power, and mental strength.

These three treasures of the human body can, in a specific ratio, merge under this world's rules to form a soul ring, aiding a soul master's breakthrough.

However, their research showed that if a soul ring were condensed using the three treasures, the soul master could only possess this single ring for life. This soul ring would lack any inherent soul skills, requiring the soul master to create their own using qi, blood, and spiritual energy.

The benefit is that future cultivation and breaking through bottlenecks would rely solely on the individual's accumulation and realm, no longer needing soul rings from soul beasts.

Moreover, this singular soul ring can evolve with the soul master's qi, blood, and spirit.

"No problem, I'd like to see if we can truly bypass this world's rules," Electrolux laughed heartily. His consciousness supported Tang San's spiritual energy, jointly guiding Lingmeng's qi, blood, and spirit.

Lingmeng's spirit power was only at level eight, but her qi and mental strength were strong. Despite her spirit power being absorbed by her body, she maintained meditation for years—her body strengthened by absorbing spirit power, and her mental strength honed over the years.

"It might hurt a bit, but don't worry, bear with it, it will be over soon," Tang San reassured Lingmeng as she trembled, "Remember the circulation route I'm guiding for your three energies. In future cultivation, focus on controlling the spirit power and leading the other two."

Half an hour passed in a flash.

Ling Meng's lower, middle, and upper dantians filled up, emitting three beams of light: red, green, and silver, representing qi, blood, and spiritual power, respectively.

The white light representing spirit power was the weakest.

Nearby, Gu Yuena, who had been yawning, suddenly focused intensely on the three beams of condensed light, which eventually formed a peculiar soul ring composed of intertwining red, green, and silver. The colors flowed in a gradient, resembling a glowing neon sign.

As the soul ring appeared, Gu Yuena sensed the continental rules trembling. To avoid drawing the gods' attention, she quickly enveloped her soul in a spatial barrier.

However, the gods of the divine realm paid no attention to the changes on Douluo Continent. Unless god-level power was involved, they wouldn't be overly concerned.

Tang San himself was indeed noted by the divine realm committee, but as mentioned, without showcasing god-level power, the gods wouldn't deliberately monitor him.

After all, the divine realm oversees 108 life planets; how could they constantly watch over Douluo Star?

As the soul ring formed, its center rippled, sprouting three different-colored flower buds. One was blood red, exuding intense heat; another was verdant, like mist, ethereal and illusory; the last was crystalline, as if a masterful, precious gem, dazzling and mesmerizing.

This was the Tri-Flower!

When Xuan Tian Gong reached its peak, it could gather three flowers at the crown. To significantly increase the success rate of soul ring condensation, Tang San and Electrolux incorporated this technique into the soul ring condensation method, allowing the three flowers to coexist with the soul ring, solidifying them as twins.

As the soul ring condensed, nine black energy chains appeared out of thin air, wrapping around the soul ring as if to bind it.

*Crack!*

In an instant, three chains snapped and shattered, their energy dissipating and injecting into Lingmeng's body, raising her soul power to level thirty-eight.

"Did it work?" Lingmeng sensed the three types of peculiar energy within her. Aside from soul power, the other two were unfamiliar, yet she controlled them effortlessly, as if they were part of her.

Moreover, she felt rejuvenated, her body and soul entirely purified, akin to a newborn baby, free of any impurities.

However, she was covered in sticky sweat. To avoid appearing disheveled in front of Tang San, Lingmeng immediately ran out, disappearing in a flash. When she reappeared five minutes later, she was wearing a clean and tidy maid outfit.

"How did you do it?" Gu Yuena felt the man before her was almost inhuman. He could help someone condense a soul ring, and from the looks of it, this soul ring saved Lingmeng the trouble of hunting soul beasts for future soul rings. Her soul power growth seemed unrestricted... no, there were still some constraints. Those nine chains were akin to the heavenly tribulations faced by hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, but it appeared that breaking those shackles did not require enduring lightning strikes.

For a moment, Gu Yuena felt a glimmer of joy. This development could mean that humans would no longer need to hunt soul beasts to break through bottlenecks, reducing the conflict between soul beasts and soul masters. Soul beasts would then only be sought for their soul bones and materials.

However, Gu Yuena was unaware that even if human soul masters didn't need soul rings from soul beasts to break through, they would still find reasons to trouble soul beasts.

From a micro perspective, some soul masters prefer not to create their own soul skills but rather opt for ready-made ones—acquiring a skill with a single soul ring is much more convenient. On a larger scale, the increasing population on the continent will inevitably encroach on the living space of soul beasts.

This is the fundamental issue and conflict.

It's impossible to implement a "family planning" policy on the current Douluo Continent, right?

Even Tang San considers the continent's population to be too low.

"Human bodies possess three types of energy that can achieve transcendence: qi and blood, soul power, and spirit," Tang San explained to Gu Yuena. "Qi and blood represent a person's vitality, the tangible; spiritual power represents the soul, the intangible; and soul power mediates between the two, acting as a harmonizer."

"Under my control, these three energies within her combined in a specific manner and, under the world's rules, formed a soul ring."

Gu Yuena partially understood and asked, "Can this be popularized?"

"No," Tang San shook his head. "Only individuals with special circumstances, whose martial souls are completely integrated with their bodies and who have been persistently cultivating with strong qi, blood, and spirit, can condense such a soul ring."

"A six-year-old child, even from a great sect with medicinal baths and dietary supplements during childhood, wouldn't have sufficient qi and blood. They'd have less vitality than a normal adult without soul power."

"And this method of condensing a soul ring essentially consumes one's essence, qi, and spirit, equivalent to one's lifespan—a soul beast's soul ring condenses its lifetime energy upon death. This soul ring is similar."

Gu Yuena frowned, "So she condensed this soul ring by consuming her own lifespan?"

"In a sense, yes, but she didn't actually lose lifespan."

"Um...why? Isn't the soul ring condensed from her lifespan, essence, qi, and spirit? Why wouldn't her lifespan be lost?"

"Because she absorbs the soul ring herself," Tang San said matter-of-factly. "The essence, qi, and spirit used to condense the soul ring are reabsorbed into her body, causing no rejection. In my observation, when the three chains on the soul ring broke, they could draw in the energy of heaven and earth, possibly even increasing her lifespan."

From a narrative perspective, unlike most fan theories involving conspiracies, the setting in this book is that the divine realm is unaware of the Silver Dragon King's presence on the Douluo star. The reason is simple—if they knew, they would have sent someone to eliminate her since the Silver Dragon King is also at the god-king level. They wouldn't ignore her existence.

The gods would go to any lengths, including destroying Douluo star if necessary. As long as the star remains in the solar system, life could re-emerge after a few million years.

The gods have all the time in the world.

Moreover, the prohibition against gods descending to the mortal world is a consensus among the five gods on the God Realm Committee, not an actual world rule.

The grand finale of "The Legend of Tang San" has already proven that the god-level Tang San can go wherever he wants, as long as it is reasonable and legal, or if he can avoid the knowledge of other god kings. In other words, he can break the law if he can get away with it.

Another example is Ji Dong and Lie Yan being used by the kind and evil gods for betting games. These two supreme god-kings never cared about the plane consciousness of the Five Elements Continent.

Plane consciousness at most is equivalent to a second-level god. No so-called plane rules can stop god-kings intent on causing trouble.

(End of Chapter)