Tang San sat in a daze for a long time, unable to figure out which path was better or more suitable for him.
At a certain moment, he suddenly raised his head, completely changing his previous cold demeanor.
With a smile plastered on his face, he said to Tang Hao, "Dad, could you explain to me how the elders in the clan who have reached Title Douluo cultivate their Martial Souls and attach Soul Rings?"
"Certainly."
Tang Hao didn't refuse. Having grown up in the mountain gate, he was extremely familiar with the Soul Ring skills and Martial Soul abilities of the Title Douluo.
Including his grandfather, Tang Chen, who had personally taught him a great deal back then. He was practically an expert in every aspect.
This time, he also met five newly advanced Title Douluo. Since they held a grudge over the events of twelve years ago, they had exchanged blows, giving him a better understanding of them.
As Ratty continued his explanation, Tang San quickly fell into deep thought again.
Father, Great-Grandfather, both Clear Sky Douluos, Grandfather Ba Tian Douluo, Second Grandfather Zhen Tian Douluo, Elder Uncle Xiao Tian Douluo, plus Lei Ting Douluo, Lie Yang Douluo, Kuang Feng Douluo, and Ling Bing Douluo…
Four feasible directions: balanced, extreme burst, absolute power, and compensating for weaknesses. All had corresponding examples.
However, the first three seemed to only have one representative each: balanced style Tang Chen, burst style Tang Hao, and power style Tang Ba.
While the path of adding new attributes had the most followers, including disciples who hadn't yet become Title Douluos, many chose this route.
But their strength was the weakest, with none reaching the level of Super Douluo.
Watching his son's constantly furrowed brow, his expression filled with extreme worry, Tang Hao couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness.
He knew his brother had broken through to Super Douluo, reaching level ninety-six. Also, all five elders had achieved Title Douluo status.
He had successfully obtained the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which should have elevated the sect's strength, and he should have been happy.
But people are like that; they are fickle, always wanting more. They are never satisfied.
A sect with seven Title Douluos seemed powerful, but it lacked the most crucial thing for true prosperity: a peerless figure capable of shouldering everything, like the first sect master, Tang Chen.
Seven Title Douluos were enough to make the Clear Sky Sect the strongest among the sects.
But without a peak-level powerhouse, it would be almost a pipe dream to contend against the Spirit Hall and the Kaiyuan Sect.
Originally, Tang San was qualified to be the one to lead the clan to greatness. His dual Martial Souls were no weaker than Bibi Dong's. Once he grew up, he would surely be able to dominate.
Unfortunately, there was a conflict between father and son.
Who could have imagined that such a secret was hidden behind the life attribute? The Ten Strongest of Myriad Realms, possessing the potential to become a god…
If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done that in the first place, or I would have used a more subtle approach to get Tang San's skills and techniques.
Now it's all gone wrong. Watching his son's Martial Soul be crippled, coupled with the hatred for his mother, such a huge knot in his heart was almost impossible to untie.
Meanwhile, Bing Qing Yujie was racking her brains, pondering.
On the other side, in the Star Dou Great Forest, Nangong Lingyun was also making intense preparations.
His mental domain expanded to its limit, searching for Soul Beasts with suitable attributes and age.
Tang San's Blue Silver Emperor provided him with an enormous amount of satisfaction, numbering in the billions. Many Soul Rings and Soul Bones, including the Longevity Art and Black Tortoise True Skill, originated from it.
The Clear Sky Hammer's potential was not as good as the first Martial Soul, but its strength in the original work was stronger.
There was a lot of room to exploit. As long as he succeeded, the harvest should be comparable.
However, with Tang Hao watching, Bing Qing Yujie, already a frightened bird, was extremely wary.
The difficulty of "坑锤子" (tricking the hammer) was probably many times greater than "草大" (something else). Even he would have to go all out.
Nangong Lingyun's plan was simple: Use Qin Feng's identity and the Flying Immortal Order to trick Tang San into adding new attributes to the Clear Sky Hammer. Things forcibly added later, regardless of power or effect, were not in the same league as innate abilities.
Otherwise, the disciples of the great sects would have mastered time and space, creation and destruction long ago.
As for the elders of the Clear Sky Sect, some had inherited attributes in their Martial Souls from their parents, resulting in a slight mutation, although it wasn't obvious.
Others simply lacked the ability and were just trying to play to their strengths.
There were a total of four feasible routes.
Ultimate burst required a full set of Soul Bones, something that was basically impossible from birth for most people, even the disciples of the upper three sects.
A balanced approach is only achievable by those with exceptional talent. It involves all-around development in strength, speed, defense, offense, and control. Aside from freaks like Tang Chen, who treats self-created soul skills like meals, others would become jacks-of-all-trades and masters of none, ultimately achieving nothing.
As for absolute strength…
The Clear Sky Hammer is just too heavy. Wielding it is an incredibly difficult task.
In the original story, Tang San, even after reaching the Soul Master rank, still couldn't freely use his second Martial Soul, which didn't even have a Soul Ring yet. After forging iron three times, he'd have to rest for half an hour.
When he first awakened it, even summoning it was extremely difficult, instantly draining his soul power.
Remember, he had already cultivated the Mysterious Jade Hand and Mysterious Heaven Skill, which shows how exaggerated the situation was.
If we follow the attribute compatibility theory and enhance strength across the board,
Then, as the Soul Master grows stronger, the Martial Soul also becomes heavier. Regardless of how many Soul Rings you have, it will always be stronger than you at that moment. Unless you're cheating, it's impossible to catch up.
With three-quarters of the weight gone, the seemingly weakest path to compensate for the flaw became the mainstream approach.
The focus of soul ring enhancement was placed on adding new attributes.
After attaching soul rings, the main development direction of the Martial Soul was to strengthen the additional attributes, with the weight not increasing rapidly. When the soul master's strength grew enough to perfectly control their Martial Soul, they could then continue to develop power, barely matching the weight.
However, the problem of the Martial Soul being too heavy didn't exist at all for Tang San. Even at this stage, he still couldn't perfectly control the Clear Sky Hammer.
The reason was simple: to truly cultivate a twin Martial Soul to its limit, it had to be like the extreme path, equipped with a full set of soul bones, and the higher the quality, the better.
With six soul bones plus so many high-level soul rings, control would become very simple.
The fact that he didn't take the absolute strength and extreme burst route, as in the original, was the first step toward creating a disadvantage.
Secondly, there was the conflict between the twin Martial Souls. Tang San had already decided that the Blue Silver Emperor would subsequently attach life-related soul rings, and he didn't even consider other options.
Since that's the case, let's equip the Clear Sky Hammer.
Two Martial Souls, but they share the same set of soul power. Unless it's like Nangong Lingyun, with yin and yang generating each other, it'll definitely be affected.
"Haha, finally found it."
After a full two days, in the ten-thousand-year soul beast area of the Star Dou Great Forest, Nangong Lingyun finally found a soul beast that he was satisfied with.
There were several others before, but none of them were as perfect as this one.
Eight-thousand-two-hundred-year Dark Tiger,
One of the many bloodline branches of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
Its physique looked quite strong, but its main attribute was dark, which had degenerated towards evil. It did possess strength, but it wasn't outstanding.
Among the top soul beasts, it absolutely qualified as the weakest.
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