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On the Douluo Continent, there is a common belief among Spirit Masters. Most people think that the Spirit Ability gained after absorbing a spirit ring is completely random. However, this is not the whole truth. When we look closer at how a Spirit Master interacts with a spirit ring, we see a much more complex process.
Consider an attack system Spirit Master who hunts a power-type Spirit Beast to obtain a spirit ring. Deep down, that Spirit Master does not want a defensive or an auxiliary Spirit Ability. Their heart desires power and offensive strength.
This desire creates what we call the will of the Spirit Master. During the absorption process, this will acts like a guiding light. It influences the remnant soul of the Spirit Beast. It forces the soul to look through its memories and select a Soul Skill Module that matches what the Spirit Master wants.
Once a module is chosen, the Spirit Master's own spirit power begins to act like a skilled worker. It fine-tunes and optimizes the chosen skill. It imprints the mark of the person's own Spirit onto the skill to make sure they work together perfectly.
We can see a clear example of this in the White Tiger Dai Clan of the Star Luo Empire. For ten thousand years, their Spirit Abilities have remained the same. They always obtain the White Tiger Barrier, the White Tiger Light Wave, and the White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
This happens because they all have the same Spirit, they hunt similar Spirit Beasts, and they are guided by a strong legacy will. Their Spirit Abilities are perfectly integrated with their White Tiger Spirit.
While that is interesting, the more important point is how spirit rings cause a Spirit to evolve. Everyone knows that a Spirit can change over time. While some people use rare items like a Heaven And Earth Treasure to evolve their Spirit, most changes happen because of spirit rings. A famous example is Tang San from many years ago.
Even though the spirit rings he gave his Blue Silver Grass were very unusual, his Spirit changed every time he absorbed one. It gained new traits like poison or became much tougher. This proves that spirit rings are the key to Spirit evolution.
So, how does this actually work? Kong Mingan thought about this for a long time and found two main reasons. The first reason is the fusion with the Spirit Beast's remnant soul.
When a Spirit Master takes in a spirit ring, their Spirit naturally eats or merges with part of the beast's soul. This is a forced change. Because the soul of the beast is now part of the Spirit, its elemental traits or physical form start to change the Spirit itself.
This is also why a Spirit Master can use a new Spirit Ability as easily as moving their own arm. The beast's soul has been tamed and turned into a tool for the Spirit.
The second reason is the energy inside the spirit ring. When a Spirit Master reaches a bottleneck and absorbs a ring, they experience a breakthrough and their spirit power rank increases.
This shows that the energy is shared between the Spirit Master and their Spirit. Some of the energy makes the person stronger, while the rest acts as food for the Spirit. This nourishment is what allows the Spirit to take a leap forward and evolve into something better.
Kong Mingan looked at these ideas and then thought about the Condensing Soul Ring Method taught by Electrolux. Suddenly, everything became clear to him. He saw a brand new path that no one had ever seen before.
The artificial spirit ring created by this method is very different because it does not have any built-in Spirit Abilities. For a normal Spirit Master, a ring with no skills might seem useless. But for a Spell Cultivator, it is the perfect tool.
Usually, a Spirit Master has to spend a lot of time cleaning out the useless memories of a Spirit Beast soul. With an artificial ring, a Spell Cultivator can skip all that work. They can simply take a Soul Skill Module they have researched or improved and put it directly onto the blank ring. If they use their own spirit power to create the ring, the process is even faster and more efficient.
Kong Mingan even thought about combining this with his work on imprint spirit tools. If he succeeds, a Spirit Master could use an artificial ring and then use a one-click imprint to get a specific Spirit Ability. This would make it much easier for people to become Spell Cultivators.
However, the most exciting part was the idea of controlled evolution. Normal spirit rings are hard to control because of the Spirit Beast's soul. There is always a bit of randomness involved. But an artificial spirit ring is made of pure spirit power.
It has no beast soul inside it. While some might see the lack of a soul as a weakness, Kong Mingan saw it as a way to remove the randomness. Since the energy used to make the ring is controllable, the evolution of the Spirit can also be controlled.
An idea started to grow in his mind. Imagine a Spirit Master with an ice attribute Spirit. What would happen if they absorbed an artificial spirit ring made by the Snow Empress? The Snow Empress possesses the powerful Extreme Ice attribute. If she used her own power to condense a ring for that Spirit Master, the Spirit would definitely change.
If one ring was not enough, the Spirit Master could absorb more. If every ring from the first to the ninth was made from the Snow Empress's Extreme Ice energy, even a mediocre ice Spirit would eventually transform into the legendary Extreme Ice.
He thought of Ling Luochen from Shrek Academy. She already had a very strong ice Spirit. In the past, she only briefly reached the level of Extreme Ice with help from Huo Yuhao. But if she used these artificial rings, her Spirit would undergo a permanent transformation.
This was not just a theory; it was a clear path for any Spirit Master to reach a higher level of power. By using pure, high-quality energy to shape the spirit rings, the limit of a Spirit could be pushed further than ever before. This discovery could change the future of every Spirit Master on the continent.
Kong Mingan knew that if he could master this method, the world of cultivation would never be the same again. It was the ultimate way to ensure that a Spirit reached its full potential without relying on luck or finding rare treasures in the wild.
The logic was simple but powerful. By removing the soul of a beast and replacing it with the pure will and energy of a master, the Spirit is forced to follow a specific path. This directional guidance was the missing piece in Yu Xiaogang's early theories.
While Yu Xiaogang understood that rings influenced Spirits, he never had the means to control that influence so perfectly. Now, with the help of the knowledge from Electrolux and his own research, Kong Mingan held the key to a new era of Spirit evolution.
He could see the future clearly, and it was a world where Spirit Masters no longer had to settle for what they were born with. They could choose what they wanted to become.