With the White Dragon's assistance, Huo Yuhao finally resolved one of his most troublesome issues. However, dealing with Ah Yin's divine soul seed was not something that could be done immediately just because he had thought of it—it required planning.
After all, this was still something at the level of a divine official. Even if it was only a divine soul seed and not her true body, it would not be easy to deal with.
"If you need me, you can summon me at any time," the White Dragon instructed, then returned to its dragon-pattern form.
"Yuhao, what did that dragon talk to you about?" Tianmeng Ice Silkworm couldn't help but ask.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the silkworm and the scorpion and said, "The White Dragon can provide me with a small plane space that attaches itself to the Douluo Continent plane. When the time comes, I'll be able to find the plane consciousness and ask it to help establish the magic soul ring. After that, I can also rely on the plane consciousness to accomplish many things."
"To put it simply, this small plane space exists so the plane consciousness can hide, preventing it from being discovered by the gods of the God Realm."
"So that's how it is." Tianmeng Ice Silkworm nodded. "Then it seems there's nothing for me to do. I'll go to sleep first."
Huo Yuhao: "..."
Ice Empress glanced at Huo Yuhao, but before she could speak, he immediately added, "Ice Empress, I'll need your help with something later."
"You need my help?" Ice Empress was somewhat surprised.
"Yes." Huo Yuhao nodded.
"Alright." Ice Empress agreed, then also chose to sleep.
"I think you can absorb this light and life energy now to fill the Sun God Pillar," Electrolux said calmly.
Huo Yuhao snapped out of his thoughts, his eyebrows lifting. Right—wasn't this energy just lying around ready to be used?
Seeing that Huo Yuhao understood, Electrolux smiled slightly. "Your Heavenly Eye should be able to control it and let it absorb on its own. Next, I need to talk to you about the structure of soul rings on the Douluo Continent. Taking advantage of a moment of enlightenment will let you improve faster."
"Alright." Huo Yuhao knew that another important matter was coming.
Back at the Star Emperor Hotel, they had already agreed that if there was spare time, it would be used to study how to inscribe magic soul rings.
Of course, whether magic soul rings could actually succeed was still uncertain.
Outside, Huo Yuhao—who had his eyes tightly shut—suddenly had his brow split open as the Heavenly Eye slowly opened. In the next instant, as if it had discovered a delicious feast, an orderly suction force spread out, drawing the energy within the cultivation room into it.
Standing within his Sea of Spirit, Huo Yuhao looked up as strands of energy flew in and fell into the Sun God Pillar, and he nodded silently.
Unlike absorbing the life energy from the Gold of Living Beings, this absorption depended on how much energy the Golden Ancient Tree was willing to give him.
After finishing this, Huo Yuhao immediately turned to look at Electrolux.
Electrolux nodded, then waved his hand. Layers of gray light emerged, transforming into extremely profound light patterns, all encompassed within a circular design. Though complex and mysterious, these light patterns seemed to be connected in some way, not chaotic at all.
"You can understand the outer form of this entire circle as the framework of a magic array, while these inner light patterns are the magic-pattern conduits. A magician's own magic power connects through these conduits, operates according to a certain pattern, and ultimately completes the condensation of a spell."
"The role of the framework is to help stabilize the release of magic, preventing the magic array from blowing itself up mid-cast. Of course, if it does blow up, the power of the magic would increase tremendously—similar to your ring detonation."
As he spoke, Electrolux waved his hand again, condensing another gray circular ring beside the magic array. Its outer appearance looked very much like a magic array framework, and it also contained obscure light patterns resembling magic conduits.
"This is a soul ring?" Huo Yuhao examined it closely. If one only looked at the exterior, magic arrays and soul rings were indeed quite similar.
"That's right." Electrolux's illusory body moved to Huo Yuhao's side, looking at the soul ring. "Using the ancient texts you gave me and live soul beasts, I conducted research for some time and discovered that the birth of soul rings on the Douluo Continent actually doesn't involve particularly profound principles."
"A soul ring is composed of three parts: the soul beast's soul, its origin bloodline, and its soul power cultivation."
"Among these, soul power cultivation forms the main framework of the soul ring, the origin bloodline becomes the pattern conduits, and the soul serves as the switch that activates the deepest soul skill imprint within the bloodline."
"After a soul beast dies, its remaining spiritual power uncontrollably draws the soul and origin bloodline into the soul core. This is the final mission of spiritual power."
"As this residual spiritual power completes its final task, the soul beast's own soul power detaches from the body due to death and merges into the天地, but during this detachment, part of the soul power pulls out some of the origin bloodline and the complete soul beast soul from the soul core."
"When the soul is drawn out by the soul power, it uncontrollably fuses completely into the bloodline, activating the soul skill imprint contained within the bloodline, and then completely dissipates. However, if the soul is very strong, a trace of it can avoid full fusion with the bloodline and instead cling to it."
"This is why absorbing a ten-thousand-year soul ring can result in soul shock—because of that residual trace of soul. And since the soul is incomplete, this trace only retains feelings of resentment."
"In the end, most of the soul beast's soul power dissipates and returns to nature completely, while a small portion is influenced by the bloodline and becomes the main framework of the soul ring. The bloodline becomes the pattern conduits of the soul ring, and the deepest soul skill imprint—activated through the fusion of the soul—serves as the core point, similar to the core array of a soul tool."
"This is also why a soul master can activate skills simply by using soul power. As for that residual trace of soul, it hides away. When someone absorbs the soul ring, it will launch an attack—if it wins, it dies together with the enemy as a final strike."
Listening to Electrolux, Huo Yuhao felt as if he had been enlightened. The original work's explanation of the appearance of soul rings was actually very vague.
Electrolux continued, adding:
"The origin bloodline drawn out by soul power is only a portion, so it usually can provide only one soul skill. The bloodline that is not drawn out of the body will fuse with the soul core. If the fusion goes smoothly, it becomes a soul bone; if it fails, everything is destroyed."
"The stronger the soul beast, the more origin bloodline is drawn out when its soul power dissipates. This is why hundred-thousand-year soul beasts can provide two soul skills. Of course, there are exceptions—like that flesh worm inside you. It has almost no soul power at all and relies entirely on spiritual power to draw in soul power from the air to fill its body. In the end, the fusion of soul power and bloodline creates the soul ring."
"At the same time, because some soul beasts are extremely powerful, have cultivated for longer periods, possess racial advantages, or have special opportunities, their origin bloodline and soul core are exceptionally stable. This makes their fusion smoother and increases the chance of producing a soul bone. Weaker soul beasts have inferior soul cores that cannot withstand fusion with the origin bloodline, leading to the destruction of the soul core and the failure to produce a soul bone."
"These conclusions took me several days to calculate. I don't know if they're completely correct—just treat them as a reference."
Huo Yuhao secretly marveled. Figuring all this out in just a few days—this was truly…
Seeing Huo Yuhao's astonished expression, Electrolux said calmly, "I first showed you the structure of magic arrays, then created a soul ring and explained its origin, to tell you that soul rings and magic arrays actually share a common point. In fact, soul rings themselves are even more concise and uniquely creative."
"A magic array's framework must be built first, then the internal conduits are inscribed to transmit magic power and condense spells. A soul ring's framework and conduits, however, are already built for you by the soul beast's own soul power and bloodline. At that point, you only need to input soul power to activate the soul skill imprint, connect it to your martial soul, and release the soul skill."
"In other words, you can try to artificially manufacture a soul ring, retaining only the framework and conduits—a so-called empty shell. Although it has no soul skill imprint and looks useless, what if we manufacture soul skill imprints ourselves and attach them?"
Huo Yuhao's expression changed, his eyes filled with shock. "In the future, if needed, we could just add a soul skill imprint directly? And even replace imprints at any time if possible? A soul master would no longer be limited to their current soul skills?"
It was like replacing a phone battery—when one wore out, just swap in another. You could even use different soul skills against different enemies.
Electrolux laughed loudly. "Exactly. The framework and conduits already exist—the only thing missing is the soul skill imprint. You can completely add slots for them yourself. Add as many slots as you like—doesn't that beat the Douluo Continent system where a soul master normally only has nine soul skills?"
"On the Holy Demon Continent where I lived, a magician possesses a great many skills."
Huo Yuhao lowered his head in thought. Electrolux did not disturb him, simply smiling.
Half a minute later, Huo Yuhao suddenly raised his head. "Teacher, if all this really works, could I also add the power of the Sun God Pillar into this empty-shell soul ring, causing anyone who uses it in the future to develop faith in me?"
Electrolux nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad—you're not stupid. You finally figured it out."
"Based on my calculations, this seclusion will probably take you about a month. The soul power concentration here is extremely high—perfect for practice. If you went somewhere else, it wouldn't be as suitable."
"Yes." Huo Yuhao responded excitedly.
With his simulated soul skill, Huo Yuhao could even instantly grasp the entire structure of a soul ring. It was practically copying homework.
The road had to be walked step by step, so Electrolux had Huo Yuhao start with the lowest-level white soul ring.
The framework and conduits of a white soul ring were also the simplest.
"Buzz."
A white ten-year soul ring rose within the Sea of Spirit. This was constructed using a simulated soul skill. Though it had no real effect, aside from being unusable, it was no different from a real one—perfect for practice.
Looking at the pale white soul ring before him, Huo Yuhao took a deep breath. The next three months would not be easy.
As Electrolux said, there was nothing profoundly mysterious about soul rings—they were simply carriers for soul skill imprints.
The only thing that puzzled Electrolux was perhaps the Douluo Continent's peculiar advancement requirement—needing soul rings to break through realms.
With a wave of his hand, the simulated ten-year soul ring before Huo Yuhao instantly split into three parts: first, the framework; second, the pattern conduits; third, the soul skill imprint.
The soul skill imprint had a very clear image—the Ice Silkworm itself. After all, the simulated soul skill Huo Yuhao used came from Tianmeng Ice Silkworm.
Ignoring the soul skill imprint, Huo Yuhao focused on the other two components.
The two crucial model parts lay clearly before him.
Without using his eyes, Huo Yuhao relied on spiritual power to directly memorize all the structural data of the simulated soul ring. The next instant, with a thought, the Heavenly Eye—currently absorbing light and life energy—split off a portion of its capacity and also drew in the massive soul power within the cultivation room.
Soul power was the one thing the cultivation room lacked the least. Under normal circumstances, where would he find such a perfect chance to practice?
The originally invisible soul power immediately turned silver-white upon entering the Sea of Spirit, matching the color of Huo Yuhao's own soul power.
Under spiritual control, this soul power rapidly began to change shape, gradually condensing from a scattered state into a vaguely irregular ring shape.
As time passed, an hour later, the ring's shape became smoother and took on a faint silver-white color—very pale, almost transparent.
"Did this succeed?"
Looking at the fully formed soul ring framework before him, Huo Yuhao found it hard to believe.
"Success?" Electrolux said lightly. "Inject a strand of soul power and try."
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao immediately complied. As a strand of soul power entered the framework, the entire soul ring framework instantly shattered, turning into countless points of light.
"This?" Huo Yuhao froze.
"Think about it—why did the framework shatter?" Electrolux said solemnly.
Huo Yuhao frowned and began to think. After a long while, he finally spoke. "The framework was condensed from soul power. It has no openings for external forces. Once soul power enters, it's equivalent to directly attacking the framework, damaging it."
"Correct." Electrolux nodded in satisfaction. "I said soul rings and magic arrays share similarities. Think about what conditions a magic array needs to withstand the eruption of magic skills. Then think about the differences between a soul ring framework and a magic array framework."
"Stability, dispersion, compression, magic power outlets…" Huo Yuhao listed them one by one. Suddenly, his eyes sharpened. "The soul ring framework, like the pattern conduits, also needs absorption and output pathways for soul power, perfectly connected with the conduits. Only then is it a complete framework."
Electrolux said nothing, simply watching Huo Yuhao.
Without delay, Huo Yuhao immediately used his spiritual power again to draw in soul power and condense a new framework.
Another half hour passed. With the experience from before, this attempt was much faster.
Looking at the identical framework, Huo Yuhao directly began inscribing patterns. Using spiritual power, it was as if blades were carving, engraving obscure patterns along the framework's edge in an instant. These patterns were identical to those of the simulated soul ring, with no differences whatsoever.
Pattern inscription was nothing new to Huo Yuhao—he engraved soul tool core arrays the same way. Only the tools were different.
Here, the patterns were engraved directly onto soul power, like carving wood—each careful stroke created refinement and beauty. The framework was no different.
The entire framework was silver-white, with a layer of profoundly mysterious patterns floating upon it.
"Try again," Electrolux said.
Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and injected another strand of soul power.
In the tense atmosphere, as the soul power entered, the originally silver-white framework turned pale white, matching the color of a soul ring. A faint glow lit up, and the framework showed no signs of breaking.
"Did it work?" Huo Yuhao was uncertain.
Electrolux smiled. "The first step succeeded. But you're still too slow. If it were me, I could condense it in less than a second."
Huo Yuhao's mouth twitched. He understood—condensation speed depended on spiritual power strength.
Because he had already analyzed the soul ring structure using a simulated soul skill, he didn't need to observe it bit by bit. He could just act directly.
After finishing the framework, Huo Yuhao wasted no time and immediately began preparing to inscribe the pattern conduits.
But a thought arose in his mind.
Other soul masters would almost certainly be unable to create artificial soul rings like this. That meant he would have to make them himself in the future—an excellent opportunity to spread faith.
As he thought about it, his peripheral vision caught the Sun God Pillar. An idea suddenly emerged—since he wanted to add the Sun God Pillar's power to artificial soul rings, why not directly use solar power instead of bloodline as the pattern conduits?
Thinking meant doing. Under Electrolux's watchful gaze, Huo Yuhao drew in a strand of the Sun God Pillar's power—essentially, solar power.
The next instant, under the golden radiance, Huo Yuhao's spiritual power began engraving. With the simulated soul ring as a template, he copied it flawlessly in one smooth motion.
The conduit pattern was extremely complex, with interwoven lines that remained orderly. Though it looked easy, a single pause would have ruined everything.
Once the conduit engraving was complete, Huo Yuhao took a deep breath and used spiritual power to draw it into the framework.
Only when the two combined would the soul ring framework be complete.
Still copying the simulated soul ring's structure, Huo Yuhao carefully connected the patterns at the corresponding points.
A strange scene occurred. The previously separate patterns immediately attracted and fused with each other upon contact, becoming one.
"Whoosh."
In the next instant, a bright pale-white glow lit up, announcing the birth of this artificial soul ring. Of course, without a soul skill imprint, it could only be looked at, not used.
And easily overlooked was the fact that within the pale-white glow, a trace of gold occasionally flickered.
Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up as he exclaimed excitedly, "It succeeded."
"Now all that's missing are the soul skill imprint and the engraving of slots. There's no rush for that. The only question is whether this thing can help people on the Douluo Continent break through realm limits. If it can't, then everything we've done is meaningless," Electrolux said calmly.
For him, this was something he could create instantly—it was nothing special.
Hearing this, Huo Yuhao's excitement cooled.
Electrolux said seriously, "Continue practicing. This is only a ten-year soul ring framework. Hundred-year, thousand-year, or even ten-thousand-year soul rings will be far more difficult. With your current spiritual power, producing a hundred-year one would already be impressive."
"Without having memorized the soul ring structure in advance through a simulated soul skill, you wouldn't even be able to make one. The road ahead is long."
"Yes, Teacher." Huo Yuhao nodded earnestly.
Soon, Huo Yuhao immersed himself again.
Outside.
Days passed one by one. Mu En lay leisurely on a chair, his gaze occasionally sweeping over each cultivation room. Though he couldn't see inside, he could sense the emotions of the children within.
Occasionally, he would give pointers to spare them from detours.
"Hm?"
Suddenly, Mu En raised his brow and looked toward Huo Yuhao's cultivation room.
"You brat—you really don't waste any opportunities. Well, the Golden Ancient Tree doesn't lack this bit of energy."
This soul ring framework can be understood as the shell of a soul tool, the pattern conduits as the inner casing, and the soul skill imprint as the core array.
This chapter may seem confusing, but it mainly involves one aspect of the protagonist's cheat ability.
After all, the third soul ring requires faith power as its energy source.
Readers might wonder what this is for. Just imagine—if the Sun God Pillar were used as the energy source, and an undead army were all equipped with artificial soul rings, what would happen when they released soul skills?
What would a scene look like where hundreds of thousands of soul skills erupt simultaneously?
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