Xiao Lin's paper contained far more than just those few methods.
If one wanted to increase innate soul power, there was also the possibility of a second awakening of the martial soul.
Regarding the second awakening, Xiao Lin had already done some preliminary research.
Aside from the method Tang San used—having the Blue Silver King (a soul beast) help awaken his martial soul—
Xiao Lin's idea for a second awakening referenced something from the second part of the story: Body Martial Souls.
Body Martial Souls were special because they were directly tied to organs of the body.
When such martial souls absorbed soul rings and became stronger, the corresponding body part also grew stronger.
That made things simple.
Step one: Make the soul master's martial soul closely related to their body.
Step two: Turn the soul master back into a "six-year-old" and awaken the martial soul again.
This method had been personally confirmed by the Two Dragon Kings. It was completely feasible.
There was even a chance of awakening a second martial soul.
Of course, this was mainly applicable to Xiao Lin himself. For ordinary soul masters, it would at most slightly strengthen their martial soul—which was effectively similar to improving innate soul power.
For normal soul masters, if they wanted their martial soul to become closely tied to their body, they would at least need to reach the Soul Saint level and obtain their Martial Soul True Body.
Therefore, Xiao Lin only wrote part of this method in the paper as a vague hypothesis.
Whether people believed it or not was up to them.
Even if they believed it, they didn't have the conditions to attempt it anyway.
The fourth method came from the second part as well: medicinal pills.
Xiao Lin remembered that there were pills that could raise a soul master's innate soul power by one level.
However, Xiao Lin didn't yet know how to produce them.
So this pill could only be developed by Tang San.
Thus, Xiao Lin merely mentioned the pill's existence in the paper, saying that its ingredients were extremely precious and would not be listed individually.
Although the final two methods Xiao Lin wrote were somewhat vague and mainly used to fill space, time would prove that they were feasible.
After all, Xiao Lin himself would undergo a second martial soul awakening and obtain a second martial soul, while Tang San had already experienced a second awakening.
As for that pill, Xiao Lin had already thought of a potential approach to bring it into existence earlier.
He knew Tang San had obtained the medicinal bath formula of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Thus Tang San could combine whale glue with the alchemy expertise of the Po Yi Clan, who specialized in refining medicine.
With Tang San—the chosen protagonist of destiny—there was a real possibility it could succeed.
At worst, they could add a few top-grade spirit herbs.
Who would dare say the pill was fake?
And when technology improved in the future, allowing ordinary materials to replace the rare ones, the pill would become even more authentic.
Soon, Xiao Lin finished writing the entire paper in a sweeping, grand style.
Each time he presented a method, he took the opportunity to sarcastically ridicule that so-called "master."
He wanted Yu Xiaogang to be completely disgraced.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a thunderous explosion rang in Xiao Lin's ears.
What was going on? Hadn't he told them to fight somewhere else?
Confused, Xiao Lin stored the paper in his storage soul tool and hurried toward the source of the noise.
With his speed, Xiao Lin quickly arrived at the center of the battlefield between Dugu Bo and Mei Mei.
At this moment, the two seemed to be fighting with real fury.
The surrounding area was littered with shattered soil and rocks. Poisonous gas lingered in the air without dispersing, and even the ground had been corroded away.
Dugu Bo already had one arm and one leg petrified. He looked extremely disheveled, and even his hair had reverted to its messy green color.
If the fight continued, Xiao Lin might soon witness Dugu Bo poisoning himself to death.
On the other side, Mei Mei's dark-golden earth-colored scales had been corroded by the deadly poison. Numerous chunks of earth surrounded her body as defenses, but they seemed to have lost control and were slowly falling away.
Even worse, several of Mei Mei's smaller heads had been completely destroyed by Dugu Bo, and a huge hole had appeared in her abdomen.
"Hey! You two should be done fighting by now. Neither of you can defeat the other, so stop the battle for now!"
Seeing their condition, Xiao Lin couldn't help shouting.
He was beginning to regret supporting their duel earlier.
But this time, neither side seemed willing to listen.
They silently continued gathering soul power, preparing for a final decisive move.
Xiao Lin could only smile helplessly.
Fine, fine—none of you will listen to me, huh?
This time Xiao Lin truly became annoyed.
"If either of you refuses to stop, then I'll be your opponent."
The moment Xiao Lin said this, both Dugu Bo and Mei Mei paused their soul power gathering—though they still maintained their combat stances.
"Xiao Lin, stop messing around. Let me properly teach your pet a lesson. A pet should behave like a pet."
"My lord, this man is completely unreasonable. I will win."
Almost simultaneously, both Dugu Bo and Mei Mei conveyed their unwillingness to stop.
With no other choice, Xiao Lin decided to intervene personally.
"Old man, I've actually wanted to fight you for a long time. And Mei Mei too—now that your cultivation has reached eighty thousand years after your bloodline evolution, you think you've grown impressive, huh?"
Xiao Lin sneered.
Then he released all his soul rings.
One yellow, two purple, one black, and one red soul ring appeared instantly.
Xiao Lin's astonishing configuration immediately shocked both Dugu Bo and Mei Mei.
The other rings were already surprising, but the fifth ring being a hundred-thousand-year ring was unimaginable.
Dugu Bo had never seen such a thing.
Even Mei Mei had not witnessed it before.
At that moment, Xiao Lin's Coiled Dragon Staff spun rapidly in his hand.
Ice-blue frost flames and golden flames burst forth upon the staff, while dazzling lightning constantly flickered along its surface.
And that wasn't all.
Two blazing Hearts of Flame, one ice and one fire, appeared around Xiao Lin's body. They rotated rapidly like soul cores and were gradually merging.
Feeling Xiao Lin's rapidly rising aura, both Dugu Bo and Mei Mei were stunned.
In this state, Xiao Lin was already not weaker than them—especially after they had exhausted so much soul power.
"All-or-Nothing Throw!"
"Shadow Lightning Flash!"
"Heart of Flame!"
"Comet Star Trace Slash!"
"Weapon Rain!"
"Thunder Emperor's Shattering Might!"
With each soul skill Xiao Lin called out, his power multiplied several times.
In this place, he didn't have to worry about revealing his soul ring configuration.
If it had only been the first five skills—and Xiao Lin still hadn't used his Martial Soul True Body—Dugu Bo and Mei Mei might have managed to accept it.
But when Xiao Lin spoke the name of the final soul skill, they could only feel pure terror.
Thunder Emperor's Shattering Might increased Xiao Lin's strength and attacked with overwhelming dragon pressure.
And near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the thing that existed in greatest abundance was the dragon aura of the Two Dragon Kings.
With their dragon aura surrounding him, Xiao Lin's presence became like that of a true dragon.
Instantly, the heavens and earth changed.
The sky darkened as storm clouds gathered.
And the one who caused it all…
…was Xiao Lin.
At that moment, it was as if he were wearing a dragon-scale battle armor, resembling the fusion of the Coiled Dragon Staff and a true dragon martial soul.
His presence towered above heaven and earth.
From the perspective of Dugu Bo and Mei Mei—
two enormous dragons made of soul power appeared behind Xiao Lin.
One ice dragon, one fire dragon.
Each extended a massive claw and seized Dugu Bo and Mei Mei.
They couldn't move at all.
They even felt the fear of death.
It was as if, the moment Xiao Lin became serious, the dragon claws would simply crush them to death.
Before they even realized it, both Dugu Bo and Mei Mei had already lost control of their own soul power.
(End of Chapter)