Prior ot his transmigration, the cultivation of Soul, or what was called here, the Spiritual Power, was non-existent, and it solely depended on the Treasures, Immortal Herbs, and Martial Souls.
Compared to that, the Soul Cultivation of the Dou Qi Continent was incomparably advanced, and Hun Tiandi, as the most well-versed and experienced Soul Cultivator in the Dou Qi Continent who had reached the Dou Di State of Soul, easily created methods for cultivating Spiritual Power.
His Dou Di State Soul was comparable to the Divine Origin Realm Spiritual Power, according to the records of the Spirit Hall left by the Angel Goddess. Hun Tiandi knew that once his entire Spiritual Power Realm got unsealed, he could continue cultivating his Soul.
Once that happened, he could cultivate his Soul even further. Due to his transmigration and loss of Soul Origin, his Soul Cultivation degraded greatly and was unfortunately only in the Spirit Domain Realm.
The fact that the Sun Moon Continent had also plenty of Evil Spirit Masters, according to the rumors, there were even Limit Douluo Spirit Masters, was something that was deeply disturbing for the Spirit Hall.
"Perhaps... the current situation of the Sun Moon Continent could be a tremendous advantage for the Spirit Hall in the long run. Firstly, they are right now in the state where the eruption of continental-scale civil war is just a matter of time."
Hun Tiandi stated because he shared the ambitions of Bibi Dong in this regard. He wasn't content with the current state of the Spirit Hall, but instead, he wanted it to rule the world and replicate the might of the Hun Clan.
"Oh? Please, tell..."
Bibi Dong was interested, because she was aware that the young man before him was even cunning than she was and even more ruthless.
"Once the Spirit Hall finishes the round of consolidation of power, we can start sending some powerhouses to the Sun Moon Continent. With Xuan Ziwen on board, we can construct a ship that could cross over the ocean. Judging by the state of the Sun Moon Empire, we can start slowly expanding our influence on the Sun Moon Continent and regain our gains. On top of that, we also have an ultimate trump card... the sole Imperial Princess of Sun Moon Empire."
Hun Tiandi managed to learn that Xu Tianzhen was the sole daughter of the Sun Moon Emperor Xu Zhen, and she was highly doted on by the old Emperor. This way, she could become a pawn to take over the Sun Moon Empire from within.
He was sure that the Sun Moon Empire would be open to the negotiations if the Spirit Hall decided to deal with the Holy Spirit Cult that was plaguing the Sun Moon Continent and with the rebellious Nobles or the various Imperial Princes of the Sun Moon Empire.
"Based on the understanding of the Soul Guidance Device Technology, if it came to the confrontation between the Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Empire... the results are... vastly mixed."
Seeing Hun Tiandi's weird expression, even Bibi Dong raised her eyebrows. Hun Tiandi understood the power of the Soul Tools, far better than anyone, not only due to the information from Xuan Ziwen, but also because he understood the power of Artifacts in the Dou Qi Continent.
Even though the Soul Tools of the Sun Moon Empire that could threaten the Titled Douluos were not that many, for the lower Realms...
The situation wasn't that promising.
"Based on my calculations, if we could win the war between the two continents, especially if the Limit Douluos are deployed. The quality of Spirit Masters of our is superior, even the Spirit Masters of the Douluo Continent are superior to that of the Su Moon Continent, not to mention the ones of the Spirit Hall. But... for anyone under the Spirit Saint, the losses would be tremendous, most probably leading to the casualties amounting to 70% of all Spirit Masters of the Douluo Continent beneath the Spirit Saint."
After every Soul Master reaches Spirit Rank 70 and becomes a Spirit Saint in their cultivation, regardless of the type of Spirit Ring they acquire, their own Martial Soul will undergo a qualitative transformation, truly merging with their body, allowing them to unleash their Martial Soul True Body.
Once the Martial Soul True Body is activated, their body will completely transform into the form of their Martial Soul, resulting in a tremendous increase in power. When using all their original Spirit Skills afterward, the potency can be enhanced nearly twofold.
Although all seven-ringed soul masters and above have martial soul true bodies or avatars, they can be mutable. Through years of research within Spirit Hall, they discovered another method of unleashing their Martial Soul True Body once they became Spirit Rank 95 Super Douluo.
Even though this method won't increase its power, they'll be able to maintain their human form in battle. For Spirit Masters that are more adept at close combat, being able to keep their human form can be quite beneficial.
This martial technique is known as True Body Possession. Seven-Ringed Spirit Masters are not necessarily unable to use the True Body Possession martial technique. However, using the True Body Possession technique will divide a Spirit Master's concentration; thus, the Spirit Master must be extremely adept at manipulating their Martial Soul.
They'll have to figure out the proper fusion between Spirit Energy and Spiritual Power, as well as the issues brought about by using the True Body Possession technique after revealing their Martial Soul True Body. Even if they're able to achieve this, the duration that it can be maintained in battle will be reduced by two-thirds compared to using one's Martial Soul True Body.
Through the Martial Soul True Body and True Body Possession, the Spirit Saints obtained tremendous power that was separating them from the rest of the Spirit Masters, and the Soul Guidance Devices that could threaten them were considered as top-notch Soul Tools even in the Sun Moon Empire.
"That would be destroying the foundation of the Douluo Continent for centuries..."
Even with all of the advancements of the Spirit Energy Cultivation and Spirit Masters, the lower-ranked Spirit Masters were the lifeblood of the Douluo Continent and all of the factions on it.
"Perhaps even more... the power of the Soul Tools is very effective against the Spirit Emperors and below. The Soul Engineer Legions would decimate through the armies of Douluo Continent like a hot knife through butter with little resistance unless Titled Douluos intervene."
Within the Sun Moon Empire lay a powerful military composed mostly of soul engineers. Furthermore, their military organization can be split up into the ten legions: the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Legion, the four Beast Lord-ranked soul engineer legions, and six normal soul engineer legions numbered first through sixth.
Together, they were collectively known as the Hand that Protects the Nation.
"According to the Sun Moon Empire's Beast-ranked Soul Engineer Legions organizational structure, every Soul Engineer Legion had three Legion Commanders, one Head Commander, and two vice-commanders. Every Legion consisted of at least 300 Soul Engineers, and sometimes even more if normal soldiers were counted. On the battlefield, even a Low-Level Soul Engineer Legion was stronger than a Cavalry Legion of ten thousand men. They were highly destructive, and because they were few in number, they could use their Soul Tools very flexibly."
Hun Tiandi explained the intricacies of the Soul Engineer Legions of the Sun Moon Empire and the threat and power they possessed to the ordinary armies of the nations of the Douluo Continent, which wouldn't be a match for them.
"The five major Soul Engineer Legions could also turn into Aerial Soul Engineers, which gives them an enormous advantage over the traditional armies of the Douluo Continent. Not to mention, the Commanding Officers of the Soul Engineer Legions, especially that of the Beast-ranked Legions, had even Titled Douluos who were Class 8 Soul Engineers that are able to fight against Spirit Hall's Titled Douluos."
Hearing more and more, Bibi Dong realized that the war between the two continents wouldn't be really worth it. The Sun Moon Empire, as the sole Empire that ruled the entire continent of size Douluo Continent, was an enormous mountain.
She understood that they would win.
In the end, the Sun Moon Empire severely lacked the Super Douluos, and they didn't have even a single Limit Douluo, and their strongest Titled Douluo was just one Rank away from becoming Spirit Rank 98 Hyper Douluo.
Coupled with the threat of the Holy Spirit Cult...
She could already imagine how much havoc the Evil Spirit Masters would wreak during the war.
For Bibi Dong, such a victory wouldn't be worth it, and even with these calculations, it wasn't accounting for the number of Titled Douluos of the Douluo Continent and most specifically Spirit Hall that could or would fall.
Even though the Spirit Hall possessed three Limit Douluos, they couldn't be deployed that easily.
Qian Daoliu needed to remain within the Spirit City and act as the guardian of the headquarters of the Spirit City.
She, as the Supreme Pontiff of the Spirit Hall, wouldn't be able to move freely during the war and do what she wanted or participate in the battles based on her whims.
The only one whom they could deploy would be the Golden Crocodile Douluo Jin Eyu into the battle, but even Xuan Ziwen wasn't sure if the Sun Moon Empire didn't have some Soul Tools that were capable of at least temporarily restraining the Limit Douluo.
At least one like Jin Eyu, who was just newly advanced Limit Douluo...
Even with the Spirit Celestial Mantra that made him many times stronger than an average Limit Douluo, Bibi Dong knew that they couldn't just bet on the hope that the Sun Moon Empire didn't have anything like that.
Not to mention, according to Xuan Ziwen, the Holy Spirit Cult has some Limit Douluo.
And also according to Xuan Ziwen, some elements of the Sun Moon Empire were in the cahoots of the Holy Spirit Cult.
"So the infiltration tactics it is... do you have anything more to discuss?"
Bibi Dong sighed; fortunately, matters like these were still far away from them, and that would happen only in the future.
"Yes, actually... I brought back a few disciples for the Spirit Hall, all of whom were extremely talented and powerful Martial Souls. One of them, Tang Hailan, could be considered another God-Seed for the Spirit Hall."
As soon as Hun Tiandi said that, her eyes narrowed at him because such information was even more shocking than the fact that out there, across the sea, there was one entire continent with a constant-spanning empire ruling over it.
Obviously, he omitted the fact that Tang Hailan was someone who had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, though he seriously doubted that the Limit Douluos of the Spirit Hall wouldn't realize it.
Currently, there are only three God-Seeds in the Spirit Hall.
Hun Tiandi, Bibi Dong, and her daughter Qian Renxue.
With Tang Hailan, the Spirit Hall would have four God-Seeds.
"Are you speaking the truth? Does it mean that she has Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Spirit Power or something different type of the God Martial Soul?"
Bibi Dong asked with almost mild excitement, because the news of the God-Seed was something that could move the entire Spirit Hall.
"Yes. She does have Twin Martial Souls, more precisely, one of her Martial Souls is Primordial Azure Dragon, Divine Beast Martial Soul, and another is Shadow Moon Twin Daggers, Top-Tier Tool-Type Martial Soul with Ultimate Shadow Attribute. Innate Full Spirit Power, she is basically guaranteed to reach Limit Douluo and Ultimate One at that..."
Ultimate Limit Douluo was a term for the Limit Douluos who could fight, suppress, or even kill two or more Limit Douluos at the same time. In the history of the entire Douluo Continent, the number of such people could be counted on one hand.
"It seems that this trip was far more rewarding than I would have initially thought..."
Originally, Hun Tiandi was going out just to hunt the Abyssal Pit Serpent and nothing more, but he had turned with far more massive gains than anyone could have imagined. He brought back the visitors from the Sun Moon Empire and a few unparalleled geniuses, of whom one was God-Seed.
"Well, now that everything is taken care of, I will be leaving and going to the Knights Templar to prepare everything for the war."
The start of the Crusade against the independent Lordships around the Spirit City has been decided to start in one week. All pawns planeted by the Celestial Trade Chamber of Commerce were in place, and the Knights Templar were already finished with the preparations.
"Good... for this operation, the Supreme Pontiff Palace would be the Senior Cardinal Devil Bear Douluo and the Cardinal Spirit Kite Douluo. From the Douluo Consecration Hall, 3rd Worship Elder Azure Luan Douluo would be overseeing the entire Crusade, and several other Elder-Level Titled Douluos are on standby if the Clear Sky Clan falls into the trap."
Bibi Dong said as Hun Tiandi was leaving her office within the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
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Spirit City, Holy Knight Temple
The Holy Knight Temple was one of the most majestic buildings in the entire city because it served as the headquarters of the Knights Templar, which was the Military Branch of the Spirit Hall.
The Templar Knights were a merger of the Temple Knights, Douluo Warriors, and Holy Emperor Warriors into one huge, comprehensive branch of Spirit Hall. The Knights Templar would be sending out one whole Legion consisting of five thousand Spirit Masters, with the requirements to join the Legion being at the Spirit Master Realm.
This was already a very high requirement compared to even two great Empires, the Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou Empire. Not to mention the various smaller states where the requirements were even lower because of the lack of powerful Spirit Masters.
Even though the Spirit Energy Gathering Method had already been released to the public of the Douluo Continent and some factions had already started evolving their own Spirit Energy Cultivation Techniques that were best suited for their Lineage of Martial Souls, it was still in its infancy.
Most of the continent was still heavily dependent on the Spirit Energy Gathering Method to increase their power and strength of their Spirit Energy, as the added benefits of the Spirit Energy Gathering Method were rather minuscule compared to the more advanced methods that Spirit Hall had.
Even then, just the Spirit Energy Gathering Method alone was able to double or triple the average strength of the Spirit Masters across the continent.
Even though the direct increase in combat prowess was relatively low, and that was done on purpose, it still allowed the Spirit Masters to obtain a bit faster cultivation Speed, increased Spirit Energy regeneration speed, and increased their capacity of Spirit Energy.
When Hun Tiandi appeared in the Holy Knight Temple, he was greeted by the Legion Commander of the Knight Templar Legion, which would be participating in the Crusade.
"Commander of the First Legion, Lor Diarra, greets the High Highness the Holy Son."
The Commander of the First Legion knelt down as he greeted the Holy Son, an action which was mimicked by several tens of Templar Knights who were present in the place, who all stopped their training as they greeted the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall.
Lor Diarra was a middle-aged man with brown hair and yellow eyes. He was a Spirit Rank 89 Soul Douluo with the Beast-Type Martial Soul named Golden Eagle. Golden Eagle was a Beast-Type Martial Soul of the Agility Attack System, which grows a pair of giant wings covered in golden feathers, allowing the user to fly in the air.
He was one of the few Spirit Masters who could fly. Normally, before the introduction of the Spirit Energy Cultivation techniques, the Spirit Masters could only fly through two methods.
The first was to have Martial Soul that could fly, which was the most common and obvious method.
The second was to reach Spirit Saint and form Spirit Wings with their Spirit Energy, but the consumption of the Spirit Energy was too great, and Spirit Saints could fly only for a very short span of time.
Only Titled Douluos could fly for a prolonged period of time.
Though this problem was solved with the introduction of the Spirit Energy Cultivation, which allowed Spirit Masters to expand their Spirit Energy capacity and regeneration of the Spirit Energy tremendously.
"You can stand up."
Hun Tiandi said as he was then led by Commander Diarra to the strategy room where the preparations for the Crusade were being carried out. The preparations against the Moonlight Principality and Stormlands Dukedom were in the finishing phase because only these two states posed some kind of challenge.
Both had Titled Douluo, albeit their Titled Douluos were pretty weak; they were still full-fledged Titled Douluos, and Hun Tiandi didn't doubt that during the past years, they had already cultivated the Spirit Energy Gathering Method as high as possible.
The rest of the Lordships were weak; some barely had Soul Douluos guarding them, and they wouldn't be any challenge aside from their numbers. This was still the area where the Spirit Hall was on the weaker side, but they were compensating for it with their superior Quality and also the existence of the Battle Formation.
Something that was taken from the Dou Qi Continent.
Through the Battle Formations, the cultivators could interlink their Energy to create a Battle Formation that allowed them to fight above their Realm. This was a very common thing in the Dou Qi Continent, as through this way, the lower-ranked cultivators could easily challenge the higher-ranked cultivators.
With the assistance of the Worship Elders of the Douluo Consecration Hall, it wasn't really that hard to create a framework for the Battle Formation in the Douluo Continent for the Spirit Masters.