Bearing the Past and Future starts with the Martial Spirit.
First, shape the Martial Spirits of the past and future.
How to shape them?
"Teacher, I've heard there is a type of Spirit Beast that can replicate Martial Spirits."
Replicate Martial Spirits?
Du Busi frowned.
"Are you talking about the Mirror Shadow Beast? It's hard to determine if that thing is even extinct now."
Ten thousand years ago, it was true that the God of Food Douluo, Oscar, fused with the Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone of a Mirror Shadow Beast, allowing an auxiliary system Spirit Master to possess combat ability. But since him, sightings of Mirror Shadow Beasts have been very rare.
Su Ming was not anxious.
He was waiting.
God Realm.
"Received!"
The God of Destruction received Su Ming's request.
He didn't have much impression of the Mirror Shadow Beast, but he could ask.
He found a deity under his command related to replication abilities—the God of Change, a Third Class Deity.
The Douluo God Realm possessed numerous deities. There were only five God Kings. Below them, the Quasi-God Kings included the Sea God, and actually also the Rakshasa God and the Angel God. Further down were the seven Original Sin Gods, the seven Elemental Gods, and the God of Time—these fifteen were First Class Gods.
These were the upper echelons of the God Realm, possessing the ability to influence its direction.
And they were also an extreme minority among the God Realm's deities.
Below the First Class Gods, there were 216 Second Class Gods, 1,847 Third Class Gods, and over ten thousand divine officials.
The God of Change was a Third Class God.
At this moment, he was feeling somewhat apprehensive.
Why was the God of Destruction seeking him out?
"Don't be nervous. I've come to ask you if you have any inheritance arrangements on the Douluo Continent?"
Inheritance arrangements?
The God of Change frowned, carefully recalling the legacies he had left behind in the past, and shook his head.
"None."
He didn't know the God of Destruction's intention, so he proactively added more details.
"It's not that I'm not actively spreading my God Seat, but the conditions to inherit my God Seat are too few. I've also looked into the Douluo Continent. To inherit my God Seat, one would need at least a hundred-thousand-year change-type Spirit Beast, and it must be under my control. Otherwise, setting up trials would be pointless."
The Douluo Continent was a coveted place.
Spirit Masters only needed nine Spirit Rings to mature their system; it was almost too suitable for inheritance. So, some major deities were dividing up the Spirit Beast resources.
For example, if the God of Fire set up trials, he first needed to ensure there were high-quality fire attribute Spirit Beasts on the continent suitable for a fire system Spirit Master to progress to the limit. Among them, there needed to be at least one hundred-thousand-year-old one, or even a Fierce Beast would be best.
And the number of Fierce Beasts was limited.
If this fire attribute Spirit Beast was claimed by the God of Fire, he usually didn't need to manage it. But if another deity came to set up trials and also planned to use this Fierce Beast as a backup plan, the God of Fire wouldn't agree.
The God of Change was just a minor Third Class Deity, incapable of competing with those First and Second Class Gods.
The God of Destruction understood this. He made his tone as gentle as possible.
"It's unrelated to your God Seat. I'm just here to inquire if there are any Spirit Beasts on the Douluo Continent with Spirit Skills capable of replicating Martial Spirits."
A test?
Testing my understanding of the lower plane, whether I've been diligently setting up God Trials?
Hah!
The God of Change inwardly scorned the God of Destruction.
Saying it's unrelated to the God Seat, just an inquiry—it's definitely to make me let my guard down.
He thought seriously for a long time and listed all the Spirit Beasts he knew of that had similar Spirit Skills and were suitable for his God Seat.
"Mirror Shadow Beast, Silver Intelligence Beast, Illusory Void Beast..."
"Are there any Mirror Shadow Beasts left on the continent now?"
"There is one left."
"One?"
The God of Destruction frowned.
Only one left?
Didn't that mean they were on the verge of extinction?
The God of Change gave a bitter smile and explained for the God of Destruction. "Over twenty years ago—that is, ten thousand years in the lower plane—the God of Food killed a Mirror Shadow Beast on his cultivation path."
"The God of Food? He fused with a Mirror Shadow Beast?"
The God of Destruction was surprised; he didn't know this.
Why did he need to replicate Martial Spirits—
Hmm?
The God of Destruction suddenly showed a strange expression.
The God of Food seemed different from what he understood.
"Continue."
"The two Mirror Shadow Beasts were the last two on the Douluo Continent, one male and one female. The God of Food hunted the female Mirror Shadow Beast, which had a lower age, leaving only a male Mirror Shadow Beast."
"Can't similar types of Spirit Beasts reproduce, passed down through bloodlines?" the God of Destruction frowned. He understood the God of Change's implication: the God of Food hunting that the female one made it impossible for the Mirror Shadow Beasts to reproduce.
"The remaining male Mirror Shadow Beast has an age as high as fifty thousand years, making reproduction extremely difficult. Plus, it was frightened and now remains secluded in the Icy Forest, not venturing out."
The God of Destruction understood.
Having obtained the desired information, he didn't linger and directly returned to the Destruction Divine Hall.
Su Ming and Du Busi wandered around the Star Dou Great Forest for over half a month.
"Should I find a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast to ask for information?" Du Busi suggested.
After searching for half a month, he was also getting annoyed.
Ahem, Sect Master, our Body Sect doesn't have a good reputation within the Star Dou Great Forest. It's better not to provoke hundred-thousand-year-level Spirit Beast recklessly.
The Eight-Arms Elder coughed vigorously on the side, reminding Du Busi.
Hearing this, Du Busi became irritated.
What's wrong with my Body Sect's reputation?
For Spirit Masters to hunt the most suitable Spirit Beasts for cultivation is perfectly justified.
We haven't been killing indiscriminately.
Of course, he didn't say it out loud.
He also knew this was from the Spirit Master's perspective.
From the Spirit Beasts' perspective, the Body Sect truly were devils.
Su Ming looked curiously at Du Busi, who was restraining himself.
From his understanding, even so, Du Busi should be the type with a fearless, act-first style.
Why was he holding back?
"If the two of us, while taking you Spirit Hunting, capture a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast for this purpose, you probably won't be able to come to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts in the future," the Eight-Arms Douluo explained from the side.
Su Ming understood.
It was mainly to protect his information.
Otherwise, blatantly telling Di Tian, 'My Body Sect is looking for the most excellent Spirit Rings for this genius Su Ming,' would mean Su Ming would be blacklisted by the Spirit Beast race regarding Spirit Rings in the future.
This point really made Su Ming crack.
He previously only knew that when Spirit Hunting, one needed to be wary of Spirit Beast attacks, pay attention to finishing them off promptly, and how to determine if a Spirit Beast suited oneself. He truly didn't know he also had to consider whether he'd be blacklisted.
This was definitely not the treatment a normal Spirit Master should receive.
No wonder the Body Sect so readily accepted expanding towards the Sun Moon Empire...
Su Ming gained another layer of understanding.
So that's it!
"If we really can't find one, then let's go to the Icy Forest. It's said that Oscar from ten thousand years ago hunted his Mirror Shadow Beast there," Du Busi said.
Su Ming fell into thought.
The Icy Forest really wasn't that big. If they were to search it meticulously, it would actually be quite easy.
But precisely because of that, could there really still be a Mirror Shadow Beast there?
Over ten thousand years, how many Spirit Masters wanting to replicate Oscar's path must have gone to the Icy Forest to look.
The reason they were willing to search the Star Dou Great Forest for half a month was, firstly, that Su Ming was waiting, wanting to see if Destruction would help him, and secondly, he truly thought the Star Dou Great Forest, with its wide variety of Spirit Beasts, might contain a Mirror Shadow Beast.
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