Douluo Calendar, February 9, 2000
I've reached level 10, and my teacher took me to get my first spirit ring: Taunt.
This spirit skill causes enemies to fall into a state of rage, provoking them so they can only use attack skills.
It was because of this skill that I saw hope for revenge.
I will make those who killed my parents slaughter each other, suffer pain.
Douluo Calendar, April 21, 2000
That idiot Wu Feng also reached level 10 and got his first spirit ring: Calm.
He told me his spirit skill allows teammates to calm down and also boosts surrounding teammates' spiritual power by 10%.
That's great. His skill is so amazing. I must have him help me take revenge.
That day, we shared everything and became best brothers.
But he's too naïve. He wants me to give up on revenge and even wants to use his spirit skill to calm me.
I am calm. I'm not crazy at all!
Douluo Calendar, February 9, 2004
I finally reached level 20. This time, I asked my teacher to help me choose a spirit beast skilled in illusion, and I obtained my second spirit skill.
The second skill is Phantom Kill, a skill that traps the enemy in illusions and allows me to control them.
Wonderful. With this skill, I can make all of them die.
Yes, nearly five years have passed, and I now think it's not just the ones who killed my parents who are guilty. Even the bystanders are guilty.
They all deserve to die!
Douluo Calendar, February 10, 2004
I called that idiot Wu Feng and deceived him. I told him I would only take action against the bad people who killed my parents. He believed me.
That day became the darkest day in the history of the Spirit Hall.
Outside Spirit City, most of the civilians were massacred. Hahaha, it was so satisfying.
That night, I abandoned that idiot Wu Feng and escaped alone.
Spirit Hall called me a Fallen One, and I became a target of their pursuit.
Bullshit! I'm not a Fallen One!
Spirit Hall, you're the ones who wouldn't let my parents into the city.
You brought this upon yourselves.
Douluo Calendar, November 7, 2005
I escaped into the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest. I saw a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast as tall as a ten-story building and managed to evade pursuit.
What incredible power. If only I had that kind of strength.
I began craving the power of that hundred-thousand-year beast. I thought of the night of my revenge.
That night, I used illusions to control Wu Feng and had him fight for me.
As a result, our spirit power fused, and my martial soul transformed into a giant blood-red agate as tall as I am, with Wu Feng's Blue Silver Grass martial soul embedded inside.
What happened between us that night?
I was clearly controlling him—so how did we manage to use a Martial Soul Fusion Technique together?
Douluo Calendar, May 9, 2026
After over a decade, I finally understand why even people without blood ties can perform a Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
Because back then, we were the best of friends—brothers.
Wu Feng never hid anything from me. He believed in me.
And on this very day, while I've been hiding for so many years, that idiot Wu Feng finally found me.
Idiot Wu Feng… you won't catch me!
Douluo Calendar, August 3, 2027
This time, I've hidden deep in the mountains, a place untouched even by Spirit Hall.
I'm starting my experiment. Using my martial soul, I enslaved an entire village and made the children treat me as their lord.
Whatever I told them to do, they did.
Unfortunately, the villagers had no understanding of martial souls. Their talent was too weak.
But I left behind my bloodline in that village.
Douluo Calendar, September 13, 2056
Finally, my daughter has inherited the same potential as me. She has become a Spirit King, and she believes in me completely—thinks I'm a god.
My chance to take revenge on Spirit Hall has come.
With my power as a Spirit Emperor (Rank 69) and her as a Spirit King, we can definitely make Spirit Hall regret.
That night, I slaughtered an entire Spirit Hall sub-branch.
Their branch leader, a Spirit Ancestor, was powerless against my Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
I merely unleashed a spirit power pressure...
Jie jie jie!
Douluo Calendar, April 1, 2057
I was caught by that idiot Wu Feng, who even broke my legs and tried to make me apologize to our teacher.
Damn it! How did he get so strong?
Luckily, he didn't know I still had the Martial Soul Fusion Technique. With my daughter's desperate help, we managed to defeat Wu Feng.
I killed every member of Spirit Hall, but for some reason, I couldn't bring myself to kill Wu Feng.
Hmph! Next time, I won't hold back.
Douluo Calendar, January 3, 2063
The Martial Soul Fusion Technique is still too weak. Even now, when I recall the eyes of that hundred-thousand-year spirit beast, I still feel fear.
I must surpass humanity. Surpass martial soul fusion.
Only powerful spirit beasts can make my dream come true.
Fortunately, my experiment succeeded.
Besides requiring trust and emotional connection between partners, it turns out spirit beasts can also produce spirit bones out of fear.
Soft Bone Rabbit, thank you for your data.
From now on, I'll use my martial soul and the fear of spirit beasts to fuse—creating new martial souls and new spirit bones.
Jie jie jie!
Douluo Calendar, January 4, 2063
Damn it!
Why is there a hundred-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit spirit beast?
And why does that hundred-thousand-year spirit beast listen to the rabbit?
Forest King, Titan Giant Ape!
That's what Spirit Hall called it, right?
With just a single glance, I was crushed by terrifying gravity. My entire skeleton shattered, and my internal organs were definitely destroyed too.
My descendants must avenge me!
–Shi Ke's Final Words
Hiss...
After reading the black book, Xiao Lin couldn't help but gasp.
He hadn't expected that the book's first owner was a researcher—albeit an evil one.
Everything makes sense now: the Martial Soul Fusion Technique and the blood-red agate external spirit bone.
No, it should be called the "Prank Ruby"—a spirit bone with mental-type properties.
If it weren't so evil, Xiao Lin would have absorbed it immediately—or given it to Xiao San.
The book's original owner truly had a scientific spirit.
He spared nothing: human experimentation, spirit beast trials, even using himself as a subject.
Given that, this external spirit bone and the theory of Martial Soul Fusion Technique are very likely correct.
Martial Soul Fusion requires emotional synchronization and mutual trust.
From the original story, Xiao Lin remembered: most Martial Soul Fusion Techniques did seem to require these conditions.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing didn't trust each other at first, but later came to trust one another.
Although Xiao Lin found their relationship a bit forced, their character setup made it plausible.
Also: Serpent Grandmaster and Serpent Madame were married, respectful, and had no emotional conflicts.
Xie Yue and Hu Liena were siblings who depended on each other from childhood.
Golden Iron Triangle – both members blindly trusted Yu Xiaogang. What more is there to say?
Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo weren't brothers but closer than brothers.
As for the sequel, Xiao Lin hadn't read much, but remembered a pair of twin sisters with a hair-based Martial Soul Fusion.
And of course, that cringey yet viral line from the internet, from Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's fusion.
God Tang San, for the sake of some absurd thousand-year grand plan, even split his own daughter's soul—why wouldn't he be able to use Martial Soul Fusion?
Xiao Lin guessed that the truth behind Martial Soul Fusion Technique was 90% likely to be what was written in the book.
So, could he and Xiao San possibly perform one?
Xiao Lin couldn't help but wonder.
There should be hope, right?
(End of Chapter)