"How could my sea of mental force have faith?"
Su Ming reacted, feeling very confused.
"I only completed the transformation into a Soul Spirit at the douluo continent ii timeline. It's understandable that I, in douluo continent iii, can benefit from the faith related to Soul Spirits, but why do I have the power of faith on me?"
Su Ming tried to touch the power of faith in his sea of mental force with his mental force, sensing the aura within.
"It's different from future faith; it wasn't transmitted to me across the timeline from the future. And the faith here doesn't feel very related to Soul Spirits."
He carefully sensed it, his eyes growing more bewildered.
What kind of faith was this exactly?
Su Ming was utterly confused about the specific origin of this faith; he couldn't find its source at all.
However, he knew the source: it was his dou one self.
"Even to collect faith, one must possess the corresponding divine position, and it takes time to condense faith into the power of faith. My douluo continent iii self absorbs the faith accumulated over ten thousand years in the Douluo Continent; that faith had naturally converged into natural power of faith long ago. Because of my current influence, my douluo continent iii self has gained the corresponding divine position and can absorb that power of faith.
However, my current self definitely doesn't have any divine position. Even if I did, I wouldn't have the time to condense faith, let alone absorb it so naturally. The only reason for this situation can be that my past self has influenced the present!"
Su Ming's heart trembled.
The past, could it still change the present?
According to the rule he had previously summarized—'the past cannot be undone, the future can be changed'—his dou one self could not influence douluo continent ii or douluo continent iii. What he did also had no impact on the future, and he himself couldn't even leave any record in history.
Every time he gained an understanding of the timeline, he could enter a state of enlightenment, observing through the perspective of the River of Time. And when he realized 'the past cannot be undone, the future can be changed,' he also had an epiphany and saw an anomaly on the River of Time.
It was that time, at the dou one node where Su Ming was, a phantom appeared in the cross-section of the long river. At the time point where dou one Su Ming was located, a illusory scene appeared in that cross-section, completely detached from the main body of the long river, existing in an illusory form.
Could it be that the divine position within the illusory history can also be used?
"But, with just such a fragment, it's impossible to obtain the so-called divine position, right?"
Su Ming felt doubts in his heart.
He now seemed to have only created the Soul Spirit, but in reality, all current changes would evolve along the timeline. Even the foolish Su Ming, who was not influenced by Su Ming's main body's will, could spread the Soul Spirit under the influence of Du Bu Si and Su Can, among others, establishing his divine position as the Ancestor of Soul Spirits.
But, what about the past Su Ming?
He only created the Soul Spirit; he hadn't yet obtained a divine position.
"Could it be…"
Su Ming had a guess in his heart.
And as his guess emerged, a familiar sound of flowing water faintly came from around him again, and a river spanning time appeared before him. Upstream of the river, at the dou one node, the illusory double image that appeared due to the influence of the past Su Ming was widened!
Originally, it was just a cross-section, the illusory side of that node, but now it had become a segment with a time axis!
"From the moment the illusory node split off, several months have passed until now. That illusory cross-section has continuously overlapped, forming a segment of illusory history."
Su Ming took a deep breath, his gaze heavy.
Because this wasn't all the changes upstream.
Below the node where his past self was located, illusory history was also evolving.
In other words, the past self's influence was no longer just a point, but a period of time with a future, even if this future was illusory from the beginning.
"Within that evolving illusory history, there's a key element that establishes one of my divine positions."
Su Ming let out a sigh of relief.
By now, he had understood most of the changes within himself.
What he was still curious about was the specific aspect of the power of faith on his body.
"Is it spirit tool? Or Soul Spirit? Or perhaps body?"
Su Ming was pondering when he was interrupted by his future self.
"Damn it! Don't eat randomly!"
As he was about to check from a future perspective, he heard Du Bu Si's voice.
"Did something go wrong with absorbing the spirit ring?"
Only then did he remember that there were two people waiting outside, and he had been researching alone for a long time after his breakthrough.
Opening his eyes, Su Ming said, "Teacher, I'm fine."
Du Bu Si and Su Can both breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Su Ming's spirit ring absorption was complete and the condensation of his Soul Core had no accidents, the previous formation had indeed malfunctioned. They were worried that something had happened to Su Ming since he hadn't woken up for so long.
"Xiao Ming, what happened with the formation? Did anything go wrong with the spirit ring absorption?"
"Teacher, Grandpa, there was indeed an accident with the spirit ring absorption, but it's a good thing." Su Ming spoke the words he had prepared: "The soul of that Star Tree was unexpectedly preserved and even signed a contract with me. It didn't directly dissipate; instead, it stabilized by using its spirit ring on me, becoming a special spiritual body."
A special spiritual body?
Du Bu Si and Su Can exchanged glances, showing surprise.
Su Ming released the Star Tree Soul Spirit.
At this time, the Star Tree Soul Spirit was in a deep sleep. Su Ming still had to find a way to awaken it and make it willing to accompany him in Spirit Forging.
Du Bu Si and Su Can, seeing a Soul Spirit for the first time in their lives, both felt it was novel and examined the Star Tree using various methods.
"It's alive." Du Bu Si said.
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the trunk of the Star Tree tremble.
"If the Spirit Ability isn't affected, having an extra Soul Spirit might even help you share some mental energy. This is a good thing." Su Can said.
"That's indeed the case. Not only is the effect of my Spirit Ability unaffected, but it's also excellent, providing an extremely exaggerated increase in spirit power."
"Oh?" Du Bu Si and Su Can both looked at Su Ming, waiting for his explanation.
"The passive effect of my First Soul Skill already gives me a thirty percent spirit power increase in all senses, and actively casting it can further increase it by fifty percent."
Su Can nodded.
He helped Su Ming hunt this spirit ring, and its effect was even more exceptional.
The values might seem to be only thirty and fifty percent, but this includes simultaneous increases in all three directions of spirit power amplification: total amplification, quality amplification, and simultaneously reduced consumption. These three effects are superimposed, meaning they multiply!
The effect of this Spirit Ability is inseparable from the quality of the spirit ring, but even more so from Su Ming's Spirit.
Now, absorbing a second spirit ring beyond his level and creating a form like a Soul Spirit, what Spirit Ability did Su Ming gain?
"My Second Spirit Ability also has both passive and active forms. Passively, my spirit power gains another fifty percent increase. Of course, the active effect is no longer to increase spirit power, but when actively released, it can draw in the power of the stars, bathe in starlight, imbue my spirit power with star attributes, and simultaneously use starlight to accelerate my spirit power recovery."