First, regarding the extreme ice and fire attributes, with the two Dragon Kings making bold claims, Xiao Lin wasn't worried at all.
No way their buffs could be weaker than the cheat the Ice Silkworm opened ten thousand years later.
The spiritual energy of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings eventually enabled immortal herbs to grow to the level of two hundred thousand years in cultivation after ten thousand years.
So there's no reason it shouldn't work for Xiao Lin now.
And even if it didn't, Xiao Lin still knew plenty of powerful ice-type soul beasts.He just needed to focus on looking for thunder and fire attribute soul rings.
Second, the issue of physical strength—Xiao Lin had the immortal herb "Strange Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum" (奇茸通天菊). Once he exited the mental realm, he planned to refine it immediately. His body strength would skyrocket in a short time.
Combined with selecting power- and speed-type soul rings, his physical constitution would improve passively as well.
Fourth, spiritual power—Xiao Lin's face darkened. Just now, he seemed to have heard the two Dragon Kings say they were going to beat the crap out of him.
Yeah, that seemed about right.
Regardless, he wasn't currently too concerned about his mental strength either.
As for the last requirement—faith collection, well, Tang San was the future Sea God. Would he be bad at collecting faith?
Xiao Lin nodded confidently to himself.What he forgot, though, was: if he wanted Tang San to inherit the God of Life and Asura God positions, would Tang San still be able to inherit the Sea God role?
Even Xiao Wu—his soul-bound pendant—or the Sword Sheath couldn't manage that.
Unless Tang San chose to give up the God of Life and go for Sea God instead.Or if Tang San just naturally had a talent for collecting faith…
But Xiao Lin didn't realize this flaw yet. As for what happens in the future—well, that would depend on how he grows.
Among the five requirements, the only one truly troubling Xiao Lin was the second martial soul.
Originally, he had a wild idea: what if he used the Titan Snow Demon King as his second martial soul? That soul beast had Ice God bloodlines and was known for its strength.
It could definitely help with compressing his soul power.
But now, the two Dragon Kings didn't allow him to use ice, fire, or lightning-based martial souls.So… what could he choose?
Honestly, Xiao Lin wasn't even confident in whether he could obtain a second martial soul at all.
It was only because the Dragon Kings appeared that he momentarily forgot about that problem.
Aside from million-year soul beasts, only the power of gods might be able to help him condense a second martial soul.
And that would require an extreme stroke of luck.Otherwise, wouldn't Tang San have been crafting martial souls left and right in the original timeline?
Hmm… come to think of it, he kinda did.
Though he didn't really use them himself.
Xiao Lin knew for sure: Tang San's daughter Wang Dong'er had the martial soul Butterfly Goddess of Light.
So… could Xiao Wu have been cheated on? Or Tang San?
So does Xiao Lin have access to million-year soul beasts or divine power?
He thought for a moment and shook his head.
The two Dragon Kings said they would handle his soul rings for the Qiu Dragon Staff (虬龙棍), so clearly they were going to use their own power to help.
But would they still have enough strength to help him form a second martial soul?
Also, if he couldn't use ice, fire, or thunder attributes, then water was likely off-limits too.
After all, ice is just a variant of water, so his options were narrowing.
In a short amount of time, Xiao Lin could only think of three soul beasts:
Er Ming – Titan Giant Ape, skilled in gravity and physical strength.
Xiong Jun – Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, with extreme metal attributes, matching Xiao Lin's Qiu Dragon Staff well.
Di Tian – Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King, with extreme darkness, a demi-god body, and the strongest known soul beast on the continent(Though rumor says he can't beat the Deep Sea Demon Whale King—likely due to territorial advantage, not personal weakness).
These were the only ones he could think of that could boost his body without disrupting the balance of extreme attributes.
Oh, and the Evil-Eyed Tyrant Lord (邪眼暴君主宰) could boost mental power, though it looked way too ugly to serve as a martial soul.
Still, Xiao Lin wasn't planning to go after any of them right now.
They were either too powerful or unreachable until he became a Titled Douluo or higher.
He'd rather check books and references to find other suitable soul beasts first.
Like soul beasts that naturally contained dual attributes, or could harbor multiple elemental traits.
And yes, Xiao Lin also considered the Innate Martial Soul (本体武魂).
Even beast-type martial souls couldn't enhance his physical body as much as an innate one could—because that's literally a part of the soul master's body.
Unless he could use both martial souls simultaneously, the innate martial soul had definite advantages worth exploring.
"Ahh, if only the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings could just fuse together."
Temporarily dropping thoughts about a second martial soul, Xiao Lin sighed and casually muttered.
"WHAT? You want us to fuse!?"
"Ughh—"
Inside the spiritual space, the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings spoke in perfect unison, then even pretended to vomit in sync.
Xiao Lin was left speechless.
"Wait, what if I don't add thunder attributes to my Qiu Dragon Staff, and instead make the second martial soul lightning-based? Would that work?"
Inspired by their synchronized gag reflex, Xiao Lin's eyes lit up.
"No thunder for Qiu Dragon Staff? Second martial soul?"
"Well… possible. After all, your second soul skill barely enhances thunder power."
"But what lightning-type martial soul could match your Qiu Dragon Staff?If the second martial soul is too weak, your body might explode from unbalanced soul power."
The two Dragon Kings exchanged a glance and spoke from the Ice-Fire Ocean.
"Then why didn't you mention this earlier!?"
Xiao Lin grumbled. If he'd followed their outdated "God-Making Plan," he might've died on the path to godhood.
"Isn't that just common sense? What's there to say?"
The Dragon Kings clearly felt they'd done nothing wrong and replied flatly.
"You two are too much!"
Totally speechless, Xiao Lin directly logged off from the spiritual chat room and returned to the real world.
Although his conversation with the Dragon Kings had taken a while in the spiritual sea, only a moment had passed in reality.
So Xiao Lin still had to wait a while for Tang San to finish absorbing the immortal herbs.
He pulled out a little notebook and opened the status panel for his Qiu Dragon Staff.
Then he wrote the words "Ice" and "Fire" on it, symbolizing that the Qiu Dragon Staff carried extreme ice and fire attributes, and was tied to the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.
That's right—the whole thing about the Dragon Kings was something Xiao Lin couldn't tell Tang San.
Not that he couldn't—but it wouldn't help Tang San anyway.
Their extreme attributes were practically natural enemies to Tang San.
Besides, once Tang San became a god, Xiao Lin didn't know if the previous Sea God or Asura God would read his memories.
So it was safer to keep the Dragon King matter to himself.
Xiao Lin could rely on his Qiu Dragon Staff to block divine peeping—Tang San might not be so lucky.
On the weapon data panel, Xiao Lin wrote three big characters: "Quasi Divine Artifact (神准器)".
This meant his Qiu Dragon Staff was one step away from becoming a true divine weapon—though that step might still be eighty thousand miles away.
Still, it was symbolic.
Then Xiao Lin flipped his notebook and wrote: "Second Martial Soul".
After hesitating for a while, he added five large characters: "Million-Year Soul Beast".
This referred not to the Deep Sea Demon Whale King or the Skydream Iceworm, but to Di Tian—a half-divine being.
But to turn Di Tian into a martial soul… that would mean Xiao Lin had already become a god.
So he scratched that out and replaced it with: "Fierce Beast (凶兽)".
But even then, he doubted if any strong fierce beasts of the current era were suitable for becoming his martial soul.
In the end, he simply wrote down: "Innate Martial Soul" and "Bloodforce (气血之力)".
If he couldn't find a legendary-level soul beast, he'd have to rely on these.
As for "bloodforce"—he only remembered a netizen's comment before transmigrating, and didn't even know what kind of power it was in the original story.
But from the words, it clearly referred to the potential of bodily strength.
Which meant, no matter what the end result was—Xiao Lin had to go all in on training his body.
(End of Chapter)