Chapter 204: Soul Masters
In the video, upon hearing Ye LingLing claim that he had a way for soul beasts to ascend to godhood, Di Tian immediately became excited. "You really have a way to let us become gods?!" The other beast kings were also unable to hide their excitement, eagerly looking at him.
Only the Silver Dragon King remained composed. She did not believe that humans would be so kind there had to be some kind of scheme behind it. She stared at Ye LingLing and calmly said, "No one in this world does anything without a purpose. There is no such thing as kindness without reason. What do you want in return?"
Her words jolted Di Tian and the others out of their excitement, bringing them back to reality. She was right why would a human like Ye LingLing be so generous to them? He had to have an agenda. Even among humans, people wouldn't help each other for free, let alone soul beasts.
"Don't worry, I have no ulterior motives," Ye LingLing shook his head and looked at the Silver Dragon King with a calm expression. "The Abyss is invading, and the Douluo Continent is on the brink of destruction. We need to unite all possible forces. If we wish to protect this world, humanity alone is not enough. A stronger soul beast faction means greater resistance against the Abyss. This benefits both humans and soul beasts."
"I originally came here today to discuss my method for allowing soul beasts to become gods with Di Tian. But I didn't expect to find a powerhouse like you among the soul beasts. I must say, your presence is an unexpected surprise." His expression was sincere, and his reasoning flawless.
The Silver Dragon King and the other soul beasts fell silent. They found themselves starting to believe him.
After all, with a common enemy threatening them, strengthening potential allies to better resist the invasion seemed like a reasonable strategy.
God Realm
Watching Ye LingLing claim that he had a way to make soul beasts become gods, the five Divine Kings of the God Realm were skeptical.
Due to the Dragon God's rebellion, they had imposed absolute restrictions through the God Realm's central control system across all subordinate worlds.
Regardless of the species, as long as it wasn't human, it was classified as a "beast." Every time a beast advanced, it would face heavenly tribulations, preventing it from ever reaching godhood.
In other words, they had locked the path to godhood for all beast species across all worlds under the God Realm's jurisdiction.
Unless those soul beasts left this system entirely and went to a world beyond the God Realm's control, there was absolutely no way for them to ascend to godhood.
However, as soon as Ye LingLing revealed his method for bypassing this restriction, the five Divine Kings were stunned into silence.
In the Video
After a brief pause, the Silver Dragon King asked Ye LingLing exactly how he intended to bypass the world's restrictions and allow soul beasts to become gods. After all, even she couldn't do that.
Ye LingLing, maintaining a neutral expression, replied, "No rule is perfect. Every system has loopholes. As long as we find those loopholes, it's not difficult to work around the restrictions and allow soul beasts to ascend."
"My method is called the Soul Pact Master technique. This method requires both humans and soul beasts to cooperate."
The moment he spoke, confusion spread not only among the soul beasts in the video but also among the viewers in the livestream.
[Soul Pact Master?!]
[It requires both humans and soul beasts working together?!]
[What kind of method is this?]
[Why does it involve humans?]
[I thought soul masters no longer needed to hunt soul beasts for soul rings?]
A flood of comments rolled in, as everyone waited for an explanation.
Ye LingLing then slowly explained the origin, principles, and mechanics of the Soul Pact Master technique.
Simply put, this method involved a human soul master forming a contract with a soul beast. Once a contract was signed, the human and the soul beast would enter a symbiotic relationship.
From that point forward, their lives would be interconnected their gains and losses shared.
If one grew stronger, the other would also benefit.
Furthermore, if one partner was significantly stronger than the other, the contract would redistribute power to maintain balance. This meant that a stronger party's energy would naturally flow to the weaker party, raising their strength.
The balance mechanism ensured that both the human and soul beast remained at roughly the same power level.
If one of them died, the other wouldn't necessarily die as well, but they would suffer severe damage to their cultivation foundation, possibly even making future advancement impossible.
This condition was crucial to prevent either party from abusing the system. If there were no penalties, some people or soul beasts might repeatedly form contracts, leech power from stronger partners, then discard them to find a new one.
Ye LingLing had designed the system carefully, leaving no exploitable loopholes.
Livestream Chat
[Soul Pact Master! So this is the method!]
[Genius!]
[I can't believe Ye LingLing thought of something like this.]
[The benefits of this system are obvious…]
[For example, if a low level soul master signs a contract with a ten thousand year old soul beast, the power balancing effect would immediately cause the human's strength to skyrocket!]
[And if the human has poor talent and slow cultivation speed, but their contracted soul beast has excellent talent, the beast's cultivation progress would boost the human's advancement as well.]
[If a large number of humans and soul beasts form contracts, it's inevitable that many humans will reach godhood!]
[Ye LingLing is using the power of soul beasts to cultivate powerful human soul masters!]
[No, this is a mutually beneficial system!]
[Once a human reaches godhood, their contracted soul beast will ascend as well. This is an equal partnership, not exploitation.]
Viewers quickly saw the implications of the Soul Pact Master system. Ye LingLing's strategy was both brilliant and far reaching.
By implementing this method, not only would soul beasts become stronger, but they would also be permanently tied to humanity. From that point forward, the two sides would never be enemies again. Instead, soul beasts would become an integral part of human advancement.
It was a masterstroke.
God Realm
The five Divine Kings exchanged looks of disbelief.
They had to admit they were completely outmaneuvered by Ye LingLing.
He had actually found a loophole in their system.
And the worst part was that, even knowing about it now, they had no way to close it.
If they wanted to fix this exploit, they would have to change the rules in a way that also restricted human cultivation.
But that was impossible.
The faith power generated by cultivators was the God Realm's primary energy source. Compared to ordinary mortals, cultivators contributed far more divine energy.
If they prohibited cultivation in order to block the Soul Pact Master loophole, they would be cutting off their own supply of power.
The God Realm simply couldn't afford to do that.
In the end, all they could do was accept this bitter reality.
(End of Chapter)
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