Is there truly no future for a Martial Soul that failed its mutation?
Yes, brothers, there is.
That is to gamble on the one-in-a-million chance—the probability of a secondary awakening of the mutated Martial Soul, completing a post-natal mutation!
This point is also recorded in the Spirit Hall's books on Martial Soul theory.
Martial Soul mutation possesses randomness; it might form a powerful Martial Soul, but most tend to be weak.
However, in history, there indeed exist cases where a mutated Martial Soul completed its mutation, such as a worm transforming into a dragon.
But every person's Martial Soul mutation situation is different, and the methods by which those post-natal Martial Soul mutations were completed in history also varied.
Therefore, there is no complete methodology to date.
In this era, the person with the highest achievement in Martial Soul mutation is the Spirit Hall's Ghost Douluo.
After an accidental death, he thoroughly completed his Martial Soul mutation.
This not only allowed him to successfully resurrect from the dead but also granted him the potential of a Titled Douluo.
Other mutated Martial Soul owners: How am I supposed to learn that?
If simply piling up resources could complete a Martial Soul mutation, then Yu Xiaogang would have turned his fortunes around long ago.
Of course, there is also a possibility that Yu Xiaogang used the wrong resources.
Some scholars have also put forward their own conjectures regarding methods to complete Martial Soul mutation.
For example, in a book Xia Tian found, it was written like this:
"Martial Soul mutation is a trend of Martial Soul evolution. Often, the form of the Martial Soul reflects the direction of evolution. One can supplement the Martial Soul's origin by absorbing Spirit Rings of the same type to promote Martial Soul evolution."
Mending the shape with the shape?
Interesting!
Xia Tian flipped to the author page of the book and saw the author's name—Yu Xiaogang.
Xia Tian immediately threw the book back.
He saw a fake book.
In summary, Martial Soul mutations each have their own brilliance, and the solutions are never the same.
But according to Xia Tian's understanding and his examination of the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul, if the Autumn Cicada wanted to complete its mutation, it needed to supplement its own origin—by absorbing enough Time and Space attribute power.
The power of Time and Space absorbed through a meditation method would also work.
On the Douluo Continent, Time and Space can be manifested as attributes; the elemental energy of heaven and earth contains these two types of elemental attributes.
Back in the Wizarding World, Xia Tian had conducted profound research on the powers of Time and Space, which was also the foundation for his development of the reincarnation magic.
He had good talent in these two types of power.
The most common manifestation of the Time attribute is the ability of Prophecy. Because another way to describe Prophecy is peering into time.
Aside from that, there was also the Time-Turner, an item Xia Tian had specifically studied.
There were even more things related to the Space attribute, such as the Apparition Spell, Floo Powder, Portkeys, the Undetectable Extension Charm... and so on.
Now that the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul had undergone mutations in Time and Space attributes because of Xia Tian, Xia Tian suspected that his talent on these two paths was also related to his transmigration.
So, Xia Tian simply modified his meditation method again, attempting to sense the Time elements and Space elements within the energy of heaven and earth, and then using the meditation method to fuse these two elements into his own Soul Power.
There wasn't much difficulty in this step.
These two elements already existed within the energy of heaven and earth.
The most difficult part was actually sensing the existence of these two elements, but this most difficult step was not a problem at all for Xia Tian.
He merely attempted to perceive them and captured the fluctuations of Time and Space.
This is talent!
Two transmigrations doubled the talent!
As Xia Tian began to specifically absorb the Time and Space elements from the energy of heaven and earth, the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul began to become active every time he cultivated.
The power of the two elements within the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul also began to sprout and grow, gradually strengthening.
Actually, this kind of meditation method that specifically absorbs a certain elemental attribute has an exclusive name—Elemental Meditation Method.
It is considered a type of Advanced Meditation Method.
The example given in the theory books is the Elemental Academies.
And there exists a meditation method even more powerful than the Advanced Meditation Method, which is the Martial Soul Exclusive Meditation Method.
It is a special meditation method adapted to a certain type of Martial Soul and cannot be used by Spirit Masters with other Martial Souls.
Unfortunately, Martial Soul Exclusive Meditation Methods are rare to begin with, and they are summarized by Spirit Masters through generations of research.
If Xia Tian wanted to develop an Exclusive Meditation Method for the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul, it would still require a considerable amount of research time.
However, the current meditation method was sufficient for Xia Tian's use.
Xia Tian also specially gave his meditation method a name—the Time-Space Meditation Method!
A meditation method exclusive to the Time-Space Attribute Baby!
...
Time passed leisurely.
Three months later.
Xia Tian reached Rank 9.
In these three months, Xia Tian improved by about one and a half ranks per month, and he encountered no bottlenecks.
Moreover, the speed of his Soul Power improvement was getting faster and faster because the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul was becoming healthier, and its conversion efficiency was constantly accelerating.
In addition, the originally withered yellow wings of the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul were gradually fading.
It was like withered leaves coming back to life, about to become verdant and tender green again.
In fact, Xia Tian's cultivation speed was very exaggerated even compared to Spirit Masters with Full Innate Soul Power.
But it was understandable.
On one hand, Xia Tian possessed powerful Mental Power and soul strength, and his cultivation talent was not low to begin with. He had the cultivation talent of Full Innate Soul Power.
On the other hand, Xia Tian spent more time cultivating. There were twelve shichen (24 hours) in a day, and he spent more than six shichen on cultivation.
Usually, when Xia Tian was reading, he could also divide his attention and let the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul come out to cultivate independently.
This was another benefit of a Summoning-type Martial Soul: it could exist independently to do things.
Xia Tian spent a considerable amount of time just to teach the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul how to cultivate on its own.
Although the speed of the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul cultivating alone was much slower, the progress accumulated bit by bit was also very impressive.
The final reason was that Xia Tian's Time-Space Meditation Method was also very advanced.
If not for the limitation of the concentration of Time and Space elements in the energy of heaven and earth, Xia Tian's rank might have been even higher.
Of course, the reason Xia Tian's Soul Power improved so quickly was also because his rank was low.
A Spirit Master's cultivation speed decreases stage by stage. Once he breaks through Rank 10, the speed of Soul Power cultivation will naturally slow down.
Or rather, return to normal.
...
It was another beautiful day.
When Xia Tian got out of bed, he skillfully performed a divination for himself.
After the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul improved, Xia Tian discovered that his divination skills were becoming more and more detailed.
This was probably the influence of the power of Time.
The divination result he obtained today was—
"Peach Blossom Luck? Fortune and misfortune are interdependent?"
Xia Tian smiled lightly, not caring in the slightest.
Whether men or women, Xia Tian treated everyone equally.
He was more curious about what benefits he could get from the "Fortune" part of the interdependence.
As for "Misfortune"?
Only those with insufficient ability suffer hardships.
As usual, after eating a nutritious meal in the cafeteria, Xia Tian went to the library to read.
At the same time, Xia Tian released the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul, letting it cultivate on its own under the corner of the table.
The concentration of Space elements was slightly higher in the corners of the space.
The concentration of Time elements was also higher underneath.
This was a law Xia Tian had discovered.
Just as Xia Tian was immersed in the joy of learning, the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul suddenly let out a chirp of warning.
Immediately, Xia Tian felt someone approaching from behind.
Then, the voice of a young girl came from behind him.
"Are you... reading and cultivating at the same time? How do you do that?"
Xia Tian turned his head to look and saw a black-haired young girl. The girl was about ten years old, with a graceful figure and a beautiful face. Between her brows, there was a faint touch of charm.
At this moment, there was surprise on the girl's charming face. From her angle, she could see the Autumn Cicada Martial Soul cultivating under the corner of the table perfectly.