hotmtlnovel Chapter 187 Condensing the Soul Core
Chapter 187 Condensing the Soul Core
Chapter 187 Condensing the Soul Core
After Yang Podi and the other two left, they went directly out of the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
This trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, including the round trip, absorbing spirit rings, and searching for spirit beasts, took a total of one and a half months.
However, after returning to the Yin-Yang Well, Yang Tianyue did not absorb the soul bone immediately; she had to wait until she broke through to level 60.
Yang Tianyue is already at the peak of level 58, and at this rate she will soon reach level 60. If it is just to help her improve, it may be easy for her to become dependent on it. After all, Yang Tianyue does not have twin martial souls, and it will be even more difficult to improve after she becomes a titled Douluo.
Yang Podi also sorted out the spoils of this trip on his own.
The trip to the Star Dou Great Forest was quite fruitful; I obtained two very good 10-year spirit rings and two 10-year spirit bones. Especially the Golden Behemoth spirit ring and spirit bone, which are top-quality even among 10-year spirit rings and spirit bones.
Eighth Soul Skill 1: Golden Behemoth Slash. When using the eighth soul skill, wielding the Soul-Shattering Spear unleashes a slashing wave capable of cutting through everything in heaven and earth, ignoring defenses and shattering nothing. This soul skill is somewhat similar to the Golden Behemoth's Sky-Tearing Claw during the battle.
Eighth Soul Skill 2: Earth Behemoth Shatter. When using the eighth soul skill, a giant Soul-Shattering Spear can be summoned directly. Both its weight and attack power are greatly increased, and it has gravity lock-on. It launches attacks in a straight line, is indestructible, and objects attacked in the line of attack are suppressed by gravity.
According to Yang Podi's own estimation, one of these two soul skills is similar to a soul power attack, while the other is similar to a physical attack. The first soul skill focuses on displaying the metallic energy of the Golden Behemoth, while the second soul skill focuses on the power attribute of the Golden Behemoth.
With these two soul skills, Yang Podi was even confident that he could fight either Qianjun or Jiangmo Douluo, and would at least be in an undefeated position.
In particular, Yang Podi's Soul-Breaking Spear has increased in weight again, now reaching 12000 jin. In terms of weight alone, although it is still far from being comparable to the Trident of the Sea God, it is comparable to an ordinary divine weapon. Especially when using several amplification skills, it will become even more terrifying.
The blade of the Soul-Breaking Spear has also changed. Its original silver-white color has now turned into a gold similar to that of the Golden Behemoth. It can easily cut through even the hard and precious metals. It is estimated that it is extremely close to the ultimate gold.
With eight consecutive power-type enhancements, plus some extreme metal-type energies, and especially two top-grade 100,000-year soul rings, the Soul-Shattering Spear has become increasingly powerful, even bordering on divine. If Yang Podi weren't for his exceptionally strong physique, he probably wouldn't have been able to unleash the full power of the Soul-Shattering Spear.
For the next period of time, Yang Zhentian, the father, did not plan to leave. He also cultivated in the Yin-Yang Well. After the battle with the Golden Behemoth, although all three of them were seriously injured, they also gained some insights.
Especially for his father, Yang Zhentian, this battle even made him feel like he had touched a bottleneck at level 96, so he could be considered to have gained something.
Yang Podi's soul power has also increased to an astonishing level 84, mainly due to the addition of a 100,000-year-old spatial bone dragon's right leg soul bone and a golden Behemoth soul ring.
However, as Second Grandfather Yang Wushuang said, he had increased his level by a full 14 in just a few months. The changes in his body were too great. He needed to carefully comprehend them and adapt to the improvement in his strength.
Yang Podi originally planned to study the Soul Core issue as soon as he broke through to Soul Saint, but recently he has been working non-stop, with one thing after another, and he has no time to calm down. Now that things are almost resolved, he can finally settle down and study the Soul Core issue.
Normally, it takes a Title Douluo level of mental power to condense the first soul core. At this time, although Yang Podi was only level 84, due to the all-round improvement of his martial soul and the Autumn Water Dew he had taken, his mental power had long surpassed that of other soul masters of the same level, and had at least reached the level of level 95.
Yang Podi's original plan was to consume the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to condense his first soul core, but given Yang Podi's current strength, the Star Luo Spirit Pearl probably wouldn't be of much help.
In the original work, the research on the Soul Core was based on Dugu Bo's Poison Pill. Now that we have Dugu Bo's Poison Pill, the research will naturally be much more efficient.
Recently, Yang Podi has been focusing all his attention on researching poison pills.
Every time Yang Podi looked at the poison pill, he couldn't help but exclaim: This Dugu Bo is really too lucky. He must have gone through countless life-and-death situations to finally condense the poison pill. It's simply a masterpiece.
Yang Podi spent a full month researching before he began preparing to condense his first soul core.
That morning, all five of them gathered together. Even Dad and Little Sister stopped cultivating to watch Yang Podi condense his first soul core, so they could provide assistance at any time.
Yang Podi glanced at the four people around him and said with a determined look, "I'm going to begin. You should focus on the specific process of condensing the soul core, as this will facilitate the future development of our family."
All four nodded solemnly, especially the father, Yang Zhentian, and the younger sister, Yang Tianyue, who directly used their head soul bones to unleash their spiritual power to the fullest extent.
Yang Podi calmed himself down and summoned his Soul-Breaking Spear to his right hand. However, this was not the physical form of the Soul-Breaking Spear, but rather its very essence.
On Yang Podi's right hand, a small Soul-Breaking Spear seemed to be the origin of his martial spirit.
Immediately afterwards, the soul power in his right hand began to rotate, in a way somewhat similar to the way Dugu Bo's Poison Pill operated.
As time went by, the original essence of the Soul-Breaking Spear in his hand disappeared, slowly turning into a golden sphere that was spinning rapidly. It seemed that all of Yang Podi's soul power was contained within this sphere, and all of this required Yang Podi's own spiritual power to control it.
As the soul core rotated faster and faster, the consumption of mental energy also increased. Even Yang Podi was now experiencing a mental energy exceeding the limit, and his soul energy was being greatly depleted.
As Yang Podi poured the last bit of his soul power into the golden soul core, the soul core seemed to begin to operate on its own. At this point, Yang Podi's mental energy was about 80% depleted, and his aura was even starting to weaken.
As the soul core spins rapidly, it quickly absorbs soul power from the air, much like a whale sucking in water.
The four people standing nearby were very worried and kept a close eye on Yang Podi's physical changes so that they could study the situation in a timely manner.
The next step is the most difficult: to insert the soul core from the palm of the hand into the body, which means to integrate the soul core and the body into one.
The most important aspect is understanding the Soul-Breaking Spear itself. As some Title Douluos have felt, a person's martial soul is alive, has vitality, and is even sentient. Only by fully understanding one's own martial soul can one truly condense a soul core, allowing the soul core to operate autonomously within the body, and merging the soul power of the entire body with the soul core and even the body itself into a unified whole.
As Yang Podi used his last bit of mental energy to guide the Soul-Breaking Spear's soul core, it gradually began to enter his body. However, this was also the most dangerous time. If one's understanding of the martial soul was insufficient, a tremendous repulsive force would form between the body and the martial soul's soul core, a force powerful enough to tear the entire body apart.
As the soul core finally entered his body, Yang Podi even felt a slight crack appear in his body. However, he suppressed his emotions and completed the final operation. After completing this last step, Yang Podi himself fell into a deep sleep.
When Yang Podi regained consciousness, a full day had passed. At this time, Yang Podi only felt a splitting headache, as if his mental energy had been over-exhausted, but his body had fully recovered thanks to his powerful regenerative abilities.
Yang Podi examined his body internally. There was no change in his mind; it was still a silver giant holding the Soul-Breaking Spear. However, a golden soul core appeared in his dantian. Moreover, the soul core seemed to have a slight connection with his body. In particular, the soul core was rotating on its own, rapidly absorbing soul power from the air. Both his cultivation speed and the speed of soul power recovery had increased significantly.
The four people standing nearby also breathed a sigh of relief.
Second Grandfather Yang Wushuang carefully observed Yang Podi's soul core, and said with a somewhat heavy expression, "Podi, how are you feeling now? Your method for creating this soul core looks very good, but the process is too dangerous. I'm afraid it would be more dangerous for others to condense it."
Yang Podi nodded: "Although I have condensed the soul core, there are still some oversights in the process. I will organize the specific operations in the process and tell you about them later."
"In addition, there are three points to pay special attention to when condensing a soul core. First, the requirements for mental strength are very high. You must at least reach the level of a Title Douluo, or even a high-level Title Douluo."
"The second requirement is that one must have a very good understanding of one's own martial soul, and be able to integrate the martial soul with oneself as a whole, so as to reduce the repulsive force between the body and the soul core."
"Thirdly, it requires a high level of physical fitness. If others want to condense their soul cores, it's best if I, Tianyue, or Lingling are nearby so that we can help them immediately. Ideally, there should also be a Title Douluo of level 95 or above nearby to help at any time."
However, Yang Podi smiled and said, "Of course, the soul core is also of great help to soul masters, especially for titled Douluo. Soul power below the titled Douluo level is gaseous. After entering the titled Douluo level, the soul power in the body becomes liquid. However, after reaching level 95, the liquid will gradually solidify into a solid. This is one of the reasons why it is difficult to cross between these three levels."
Yang Zhentian, standing to the side, couldn't help but nod: "That's true. There's a saying that all those below the Title Douluo are ants. Title Douluos far surpass Soul Douluos in both soul power level and depth. Especially since I reached level 95, my cultivation speed has slowed down a lot."
Yang Podi nodded: "This is probably why it is so difficult for a Soul Master to increase their Soul Power by one level after becoming a Title Douluo. Many Soul Masters are stuck below level 95 for their entire lives, and even if they try their best, they will hardly be able to advance by one level."
Over the next few days, the group worked on organizing the methods for condensing the soul core, and after some discussion, they finally decided on the best solution.
Meanwhile, Yang Zhentian, the father, was eager to begin condensing his first soul core. The whole process was relatively safe, after all, his soul power had reached the peak of level 95, and he especially possessed an 80,000-year-old head soul bone, making his spiritual power the pinnacle of soul masters of the same level.
After condensing the soul core, Yang Zhentian finally broke through the bottleneck and his soul power reached level 96. In particular, looking at the rapidly spinning soul core in his dantian, Yang Zhentian even smiled foolishly, as if he finally saw the hope of advancing to level 97 in the future.
As for his second grandfather Yang Wushuang and mother Niu Jinfeng, with the help of Yang Podi and the others, they finally condensed their soul cores. However, their process was extremely dangerous. If Yang Podi and Yang Tianyue hadn't used the Blue Silver Emperor's soul skills and soul bone skills respectively, their bodies would probably have been on the verge of collapse several times.
After everyone had condensed their soul cores, Yang Podi thought it over and decided to go out and explore more. Since entering Soul Douluo, his soul power cultivation speed had slowed down considerably. He estimated that no matter how hard he trained, he could only improve by about two levels per year at most. It would be better to go out and see the world and truly experience life on the Douluo Continent.
However, her father, Yang Zhentian, was more in favor: "Po Di, you should go out and travel, experience the scenery of different cities. There are still almost nine months before Tian Yue goes to Seagod Island. When that time comes, the three of us can take her to get her soul ring."
Younger sister Yang Tianyue was also very confident: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely work hard to cultivate during this period. Besides, I now have the Vast Ocean Universe Cover, so I will be very safe even if I go to the Star Dou Great Forest."
Since the Vast Ocean Universe Cover recognized her as its master, Tian Yue has mastered its four skills, so there's really no need to worry about her safety anymore.
After thinking for a while, Yang Podi decided to go outside alone for a walk and gain some experience.
(End of this chapter)