Xiao Feng wasn't particularly interested in Holy Spirit Village. What truly captivated him were the Blue Silver Emperor sapling and the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone.
Following the memories from his previous simulation, Xiao Feng soon arrived at the cave where the Blue Silver Emperor sapling was hidden.
Gazing at the gently swaying sapling, its leaves densely veined with golden threads, Xiao Feng smirked and said, "Ah Yin, we meet again."
[Who is he? Have we met before?]
Ah Yin's remnant soul, hidden within the sapling, was filled with confusion as she searched her memories but found no trace of Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng had no intention of enlightening her. Without hesitation, he transported the Blue Silver Emperor sapling, along with the small mound of soil it was rooted in, into the Hueco Mundo.
Ah Yin, being the biological mother of the male protagonist, was an important supporting female character in the original story.
Thus, when the Blue Silver Emperor sapling was dug up by Xiao Feng, the [God's Lobby] seized the opportunity to siphon a wave of world origin points.
Since Xiao Feng had already taken the sapling, there was no reason to leave the Blue Silver Emperor soul bone behind.
At this moment, Tang Hao was secretly escorting Tang San and the others to Shrek Academy, completely unaware that his home had been raided.
After successfully obtaining both the sapling and the soul bone, Xiao Feng found a secluded spot to begin selecting a suitable martial soul for himself.
Judging from the original plot, becoming a powerful soul master required meeting two key conditions: a martial soul and soul rings.
The martial soul went without saying—it was the foundational requirement to become a soul master and also determined one's growth ceiling.
Since all native inhabitants of the Douluo Continent could awaken martial souls, the [God's Lobby] had scanned the residents of Nouding City and recorded thousands of different martial souls.
Among them, most were useless martial souls like scissors, rolling pins, and hoes. Only a small fraction were advanced martial souls, along with four top-tier ones.
Naturally, Xiao Feng had no interest in ordinary martial souls. His attention was fixed on the four top-tier options:
Blue Silver Emperor Clear Sky Hammer 100,000-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Luo Sanpao
Under normal circumstances, the Soft Bone Rabbit wouldn't qualify as a top-tier martial soul. However, Xiao Wu's true form was a 100,000-year Soft Bone Rabbit, so her awakened Soft Bone Rabbit martial soul was no ordinary one—it could be considered the "Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor," a genuine top-tier martial soul.
As for Luo Sanpao, it was Yu Xiaogang's martial soul. Although Yu Xiaogang often dismissed it as a "useless martial soul," its performance in the original story suggested otherwise.
Ordinary beast martial souls couldn't detach from their soul masters and move freely like Luo Sanpao, nor did they possess independent thought.
Moreover, when the Golden Iron Triangle used their Spirit Fusion Skill, their three martial souls merged under Luo Sanpao's lead, transforming into the legendary Golden Holy Dragon martial soul.
Typically, Spirit Fusion Skills were dominated by the higher-grade martial soul. For example:
- Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing's fusion skill, Netherworld White Tiger, was dominated by the White Tiger martial soul.
- Long Gong and Snake Po's fusion skill, Dragon-Snake Strike, was dominated by Long Gong's Dragon Head Staff martial soul.
This implied that Luo Sanpao's quality was actually higher than Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon and Flender's Owl martial souls.
Unfortunately, Yu Xiaogang himself was too inept to unleash Luo Sanpao's true potential, which was why he deemed it "useless."
In a way, martial souls were somewhat like Zanpakutō—both were manifestations of the wielder's soul.
The better the innate talent of the awakener, the higher their innate soul power would be upon awakening.
For example, not every Clear Sky Hammer awakener in the Clear Sky Sect possessed innate full soul power. Most disciples only had innate soul power of 7 or 8.
Xiao Feng speculated that Luo Sanpao likely had the potential to evolve into a Golden Holy Dragon. However, Yu Xiaogang's abysmal talent stunted its evolution midway, leaving it with the intellect of a Golden Holy Dragon but the strength of a pig-dragon hybrid.
Xiao Feng believed it was Yu Xiaogang who dragged Luo Sanpao down, not the other way around. Ning Rongrong was a prime example:
Ning Rongrong's martial soul was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, an inherently flawed martial soul that capped its awakener's soul power at level 79.
Most awakeners of this martial soul had innate soul power around level 7, yet Ning Rongrong's reached level 9. Clearly, her innate talent was exceptional—had it not been for her flawed martial soul, she would've easily achieved innate full soul power (level 10). That was a true case of being held back by one's martial soul.
After scrutinizing the four top-tier martial souls, Xiao Feng ultimately chose to exchange for the Blue Silver Emperor as his first martial soul.
No matter how high-quality a martial soul was, without suitable soul rings, its true power couldn't be unleashed—it might even become useless.
Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor was a perfect example. Despite being a plant-type martial soul, Yu Xiaogang convinced him to absorb beast-type soul rings, rendering it nearly irrelevant in later stages.
During the scan, the [God's Lobby] had also recorded the soul rings absorbed by various soul masters. The highest-quality one was the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor soul ring scanned from Tang Hao.
What soul ring could be more suitable for the Blue Silver Emperor than a 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor soul ring?
Xiao Feng first exchanged for a Blue Silver Emperor martial soul from the [God's Lobby] and fused it into his body. Then, he exchanged for a 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor soul ring.
Whoosh!!!
As Xiao Feng channeled his soul power, the soul ring—drawn by the energy—erupted in a blinding crimson light and attached itself to the Blue Silver Emperor in his hand.
Rumble…
The moment the soul ring fused with the martial soul, an overwhelming surge of vitality and soul power flooded Xiao Feng's body, eliciting a look of satisfaction from him.
Simultaneously, the empowered Blue Silver Emperor martial soul transmitted information about its two 100,000-Year soul skills directly into Xiao Feng's mind via soul resonance:
[Blue Silver Overlord Sword]: A single-target attack skill. By consuming the user's stamina, it condenses into a blue-golden sword to strike enemies. The more stamina invested, the greater its power. [Hyper-Regeneration]
(End of Chapter)