Xu Yang looked at the golden orb in his hand, falling into a deep silence. As the owner of this martial soul, he already knew what it was.
The martial soul Sun, once the highest martial soul of the Royal Family of the Sun and Moon Continent, possesses the power of the sun, embodying the essence of pure yang and absolute strength. Its attributes are close to both the ultimate fire and light elements, and it can borrow the power of the sun to enhance itself, aiding in cultivation.
"No wonder my meditation under the sun works so well… it turns out my martial soul is the Sun!" Xu Yang thought.
Although he didn't understand why he had this particular martial soul, it was an elite weapon martial soul. Becoming a Title Douluo should be no problem for him!
Thinking this, Xu Yang couldn't help but become lost in thought.
"Xiao Yang, quickly test your soul power!" (Xiao Yang, quickly test your soul power!)
Ning Que carefully felt the soul power intensity radiating from the orb and immediately handed the soul power crystal to Xu Yang, his eyes filled with excitement.
"Place your hand on it, and then inject your soul power!"
Xu Yang placed his hand on the crystal ball in front of him, closed his eyes, and began channeling his soul power into it through meditation.
The soul power inside the orb slowly increased. Before long, it was completely filled, emitting a dazzling light.
"Innate full soul power… no, wait. It's close to innate full soul power. It should be about level 9.5."
Ning Que saw that the soul power was just shy of filling the entire crystal, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Why is it half? Why isn't it innate full soul power?
Xu Yang's expression was one of speechless amusement, but this discovery made him very happy. Innate soul power was a sign of talent. While innate level 9.5 wasn't as good as full innate soul power, it was definitely enough for him to qualify for becoming a Title Douluo—he just had to stay on track. Becoming a Title Douluo was a done deal.
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In the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi was accompanying a beautiful woman, his eyes filled with joy.
It was only today that he had learned that his wife was pregnant, and he immediately pushed aside his sect affairs to come celebrate.
At that moment, a disciple responsible for external matters ran in, handing over a report, and then quietly withdrew, not disturbing the sect leader and his wife's moment.
"Wonderful! This is truly a double blessing today! Not only are you, Qing'er, pregnant, but our sect's orphanage has also awakened a genius with nearly innate full soul power. Truly, this is heaven's blessing for our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
After reading the report, Ning Fengzhi excitedly shared his joy with the beautiful woman beside him.
Almost innate full soul power! Among tens of thousands of soul masters, there might not be one like this. And now, one had awakened in the sect's orphanage—this was a blessing for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
The beautiful woman leaned forward to read the report, her eyes filled with shock, especially when she saw that the martial soul was a top-tier fire attribute weapon martial soul.
"Fengzhi, what do you plan to do with this child?"
"I plan to take him as a disciple. Nearly innate full soul power... with proper training, he can definitely become a Title Douluo in the future... After our child is born, if it's a boy, we'll have them become brothers; if it's a girl, we'll have them marry. This will ensure our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's prosperity for at least a hundred years!"
After reading the report, Ning Fengzhi had already made plans. His own child would need a battle soul master, so he couldn't let such a genius slip by.
"I'm going to personally meet this child and take a closer look!"
"Okay, I'll go with you!"
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In a remote courtyard of the orphanage.
Xu Yang stood in the center, a golden sun hovering above his head, as he conducted an experiment by channeling his soul power.
With the activation of both his spiritual and soul power, the golden sun above his head emitted streams of small fire snakes, which hit the wooden targets already set up in the distance, instantly burning them to charcoal.
After completing the experiment, Xu Yang furrowed his brow, seemingly dissatisfied with the results of his martial soul.
"The usual attack method of the Sun martial soul is to shoot flames, and the temperature and speed of these flames are impeccable. But they are very difficult to control. No matter how I channel my soul power and spiritual power, I can't seem to manipulate these flames. This is a problem!"
It was only after testing the attack method of his martial soul that Xu Yang realized why abilities like Bind, which are easily controlled, are classified as soul skills. In contrast, direct attacks from a martial soul are hard to control. Without soul skills, such attacks are almost impossible to carry out.
"What causes the attacks from this martial soul to be uncontrollable?"
"Is it the world's rules? Or is it my spiritual power?"
"Or perhaps it's because my newly awakened martial soul hasn't fully integrated with me yet, making it difficult to manipulate."
"..."
Xu Yang made various bold hypotheses to test his guesses. If it really required soul skills for fine manipulation, then the Sun martial soul's abilities would be significantly weakened, which would go against his cultivation plans.
Over the years, he had read many books about martial souls, soul masters, and soul beasts in the orphanage. He had also studied the core theories of Yu Xiaogang, gaining a deep understanding of martial souls. He had been preparing for his martial soul's awakening and had already developed plans for what to do after.
The true ten core theories were far more than just those ten points; the content was rich with useful insights.
You could accuse Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing the Martial Soul Hall's theories and potentially deceiving people, but his theoretical knowledge was undeniably vast—this much was beyond dispute.
By comparing these theories with his past life's memories, Xu Yang realized that the biggest difference between the soul master system and other cultivation systems was that the soul master system required soul rings to advance. This made soul masters more susceptible to the influence of soul rings.
If the soul rings obtained matched the martial soul, they could enhance cultivation, but if they were unsuitable, they would only hinder progress, even causing stagnation.
If fine control of the martial soul was impossible, Xu Yang's future soul ring configuration would need to focus on attack and control-type soul skills. However, this clashed with his original plan for cultivation.
His original plan was to have the first seven soul skills be full enhancement-type, with only the last two being attack-type. This would be the ultimate approach, potentially allowing him to emulate a One Punch Man style.
Because the earlier soul skills wouldn't have strong offensive power, if his martial soul could be trained for fine control, creating one or two self-made soul skills would be simple. But now it seemed like a distant dream.
However, the experiment wasn't without gain. He discovered that in addition to hovering above his head, the Sun martial soul could also float in his hands and be thrown directly. This would make the attack much more powerful.
But this came with risks. Such an attack could easily shatter the martial soul.
Unlike the Haotian Hammer, a martial soul made of metal, the Sun martial soul was composed of elements, making it more prone to breaking. However, its backlash wasn't as severe. Similar to Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, it could be damaged many times without much effect.
Next, Xu Yang planned to study the effects of martial soul damage on himself to see if he could make throwing the martial soul a regular attack method.