Kong Mingan pondered, subconsciously pulling up various knowledge about innate soul tools and Spirit Metal from the Spiritual Pivot, displaying them before his eyes for careful perusal.
A long time ago, when choosing a carrier for the Spiritual Pivot, besides special existences like the golden ancient tree and Tianmeng Ice Worm, the innate soul tool was also one of his backup options.
Carrying an expandable, upgradable information processing core with him sounded quite exciting.
However, at that time, he still chose the spirit ring as the carrier, as it was most closely associated with him and more malleable.
Furthermore, after selecting the spirit ring, he realized more clearly that if he chose a physical carrier, there might be information transmission "delays" and physical heat dissipation issues.
As a purely energetic aggregate, the spirit ring could largely avoid these drawbacks.
Especially after he sent the relevant knowledge of god-bestowed spirit rings to Elder Yi, Elder Yi looked at it and said that this method was very valuable for reference, and perhaps in a while, a method to break through the "million-year spirit ring" would be found.
At that time, it would be time to upgrade the Spiritual Pivot.
And because his attention had always been on the spirit rings, he hadn't paid much attention to knowledge regarding innate soul tools and Spirit Metal.
Anyway, his grandfather was in charge of research in this area; he just had to wait for the results.
However, at this moment, after he saw Spirit Metal again and recalled the innate soul tool, a rather interesting idea emerged in his mind.
spirit tools made of Spirit Metal, due to their "sentient" nature, could integrate into a Spirit Master's body after being crafted, and this was the hallmark of an innate soul tool.
What his grandfather pursued was to go a step further than integrating into the Spirit Master's body, allowing it to completely merge with the Spirit, thereby becoming a Level 10 Soul Engineer.
According to the original information, his grandfather eventually succeeded, and was the only Level 10 Soul Engineer to achieve the Fusion of Spirit and spirit tool, which speaks volumes about its value.
And this also proved that the Fusion of spirit tools and Spirits was feasible.
So, did the spirit ring, which was closely related to the Spirit, also have the potential to merge with spirit tools?
One must know that a long, long time ago, when he was coaxing Miss Meng to become his assistant, he had used the idea of crafting spirit tools from spirit rings.
However, at that time, it was just a wild idea of his, but now, with the addition of Spirit Metal, it seemed... there was a certain possibility?
Especially given that the spirit ring itself possessed extremely strong malleability, there should be a high compatibility between it and spirit tools.
Kong Mingan paused slightly, then directly retrieved knowledge related to God Position and Divine Artifacts, placing these pieces of knowledge together for comparison.
The possibility of Fusion between spirit rings and spirit tools, combined with his previous idea of forging God Positions and Divine Artifacts with spirit rings...
Did this also share some common ground?
Allowing the spirit ring to merge with Spirit Metal would give the spirit ring both Energy and material properties.
God Position leans towards Energy rules, Divine Artifacts focus on material entities; Energy shapes the God Position, matter is continuously refined to forge the Divine Artifact. If the two could merge, it would perfectly align with his previous concept of a Lifebound Treasure.
Directly constructing a God Position and Divine Artifact within a spirit ring was somewhat fantastical; he might be able to do it, but others likely couldn't, lacking universality.
However, if Spirit Metal were incorporated to construct a rudimentary God Position, merging the two from the very beginning to form a Lifebound Treasure...
Although the quality of this Lifebound Treasure would likely not be high at this point, it could be continuously improved step by step.
Thus, perhaps the essence of "artifact" could truly be highlighted.
No, not only that, if this were the Foundation, the Spirit could also participate, combining with his grandfather's research on the Fusion of Spirit and spirit tool...
This might be... a completely new, unforeseen path?
Perhaps it could be called... "Artifact Cultivator"?
Sparks of inspiration flickered continuously in Kong Mingan's mind, outlining a vague yet grand framework, but this was ultimately only a preliminary concept.
Both the theories related to God Position and Divine Artifacts were knowledge at the God King level; he hadn't fully grasped them yet, and without theoretical support, any idea was a castle in the air.
It was too early to think about these things now. For now, it was better to temporarily focus on the Body Cultivator system.
The Spell Cultivator system, due to the birth of the Star Ring, could be said to be the version's darling, greatly strengthened, and had already begun to explore paths to break through to Divine Rank, or even possess Divine Rank combat power without breaking through to Divine Rank.
Coupled with the easy popularization of the Imprint faction, Spell Cultivators were much more popular than the arduous Body Refining.
While the Body Cultivator system... remained in its old position, not having been strengthened for several versions.
Currently, Body Cultivators only had the Early StageBody Tempering Method, the Middle StageRing Tempering Method, and after reaching the Seven-ring stage and mastering Qi and Blood Transformation, they continued Body Tempering by relying on Qi and blood.
One could only say... as expected of a Body Cultivator, the advancement path was quite clear. Following this path upwards, the Foundation would be excessively solid, but it also had to be said that it was too "simple and unadorned."
Although the use of Qi and Blood Power made the Body Cultivator's methods not singular, and even with the current Qi and Blood Domain, which was jointly deduced by several Titled Douluo of the Body Sect and derived from Qi and Blood Power, becoming increasingly powerful...
As long as they were within the Qi and Blood Domain, the Body Cultivator's combat power was terrifyingly high, easily allowing them to fight above their rank.
But...
Body Cultivators had short reach!
Qi and Blood Power, unlike spirit power, could not be used freely outside the body; it had a distance limit. This made the Body Cultivator's short-reach problem increasingly apparent, and there was currently no solution.
Of course, Body Cultivators were not entirely without reinforcement.
The theory of the qi and blood soul ring had already been deduced into a complete product through the Spiritual Pivot.
Its principle, in brief, was to gradually replace the spirit power structure within the spirit ring with one's own Qi and Blood Power, transforming it into a pure qi and blood soul ring.
When used with "Unring," it could instantly unleash a massive amount of Qi and blood, forcefully enhancing physical attributes. In short, it was the purest, most direct numerical superposition.
Pure to the max.
If the condensation of a "Qi and Blood Soul Core" could be achieved later, Body Cultivators might also be able to try a path similar to the Star Ring.
However, Spell Cultivators placed the Star Ring outside their bodies to constantly draw in external heaven and earth Origin Qi.
Body Cultivators were clearly more suited to integrate a similar core into their bodies, using it as a furnace to constantly forge and strengthen the body, improving the quality and quantity of Qi and blood, as well as the ability for Qi and blood to undergo derivative changes.
If this were truly the case, this thing would likely no longer be suitable to be called a "Star Ring"; perhaps it should be given a name more fitting for Body Cultivators, such as...
"Qi and Blood Furnace"?
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