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Dai Weisi and Qin Qiong couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.
They hadn't expected Qin Yi to tease them like this.
Surprisingly, despite being a Prince, Dai Weisi didn't feel any anger; instead, he felt the same guilty sheepishness one feels when facing a teacher. At that moment, Zhu Zhuyun, who was standing beside him, gave him a triumphant look.
It made Dai Weisi recall the scenes from their childhood classes together, where he would be punished by the teacher while Zhu Zhuyun received all the praise.
Qin Yi continued, "My judgment indeed goes against the common logic of the Soul Master world. However, outside of this, I cannot find any other way to explain it."
"If this unmanifested soul power truly exists within the Martial Soul, then after obtaining a soul ring, if it isn't this power within the Martial Soul entering the body, where exactly does the extra soul power in the body come from?"
"But when I first thought of this, my train of thought hit a dead end. Reaching this point didn't seem to offer a way forward, nor did it provide a substantial solution to my own cultivation problems."
"After some time, however, I finally hit upon a possibility—one that could explain the relationship between Innate Soul Power and cultivation. This idea, however, is even more contrary to the common sense of Martial Souls; it might even be considered preposterous."
"Yet, it truly explains the phenomena occurring within me and many others. I couldn't stop myself from thinking that way."
A joyful expression appeared on Qin Yi's face, yet it was tinged with complexity. Perhaps when he first conceived this idea years ago, his heart was filled with that same mix of delight and conflict.
"Sir, what exactly was the possibility you thought of back then?" Dai Weisi asked curiously.
Qin Yi looked at him, his eyes shining with a bright, youthful radiance.
"If a portion of soul power does indeed exist within the Martial Soul before a soul ring is absorbed, it proves that a Martial Soul is capable of containing soul power."
"Initially, I was influenced by common knowledge. Although I believed that portion of soul power stayed in the Martial Soul for a time, I still assumed that once the soul ring was absorbed, that power would enter the body, leaving behind only the Soul Crystals as markers of cultivation rank."
"But then, a sudden whim struck me: does this soul power truly just 'enter' the body? Are Soul Crystals truly just markers of rank? What if those Soul Crystals within the Martial Soul are also manifestations of soul power—a force equivalent to the soul power inside the Soul Master's body?"
"This..."
Dai Weisi and the others found this difficult to believe.
After all, such a concept was counterintuitive. If soul power had already appeared in the body, why would it remain stored within the Martial Soul?
"This idea is indeed whimsical and sounds quite absurd. But I couldn't help but think further: if a Soul Crystal isn't just a marker, but represents a corresponding store of soul power kept within the Martial Soul..."
"Then the soul rings that cluster around those crystals might also be more than just markers. According to the common theory of Martial Souls, they are regarded merely as signs of the rings within the Soul Master, but perhaps they are the actual power of the soul rings themselves."
"In that case, the previous theory that the interior of a Martial Soul is a vast, boundless void with no practical significance finally gains a real purpose. The interior of a Martial Soul can be viewed as a special space for containing power."
"This space carries the Soul Master's soul power and soul rings, while the soul power and soul rings within the Soul Master's physical body can be seen as a reflection of the power within that Martial Soul space."
"Since the space within a Martial Soul is used to accommodate soul rings and soul power, it follows that this space can vary in size. A large space can naturally carry and contain more soul power and soul rings, while the capacity of a small space would be extremely limited."
"Every person's Innate Soul Power might actually be an indicator of the strength of their Martial Soul's capacity."
"I call it: Innate Martial Soul Capacity!" Qin Yi declared.
A long silence followed. Dai Weisi and the other two were profoundly shaken.
The latter half of Qin Yi's explanation hit them like a tidal wave, sending shocks through their hearts.
"Innate Martial Soul Capacity..."
The three of them murmured.
Whether through powerful strength or noble birth, they were individuals of vast knowledge, far beyond ordinary people.
As they contemplated the concept of Innate Martial Soul Capacity proposed by Qin Yi and linked it to the actual circumstances of Soul Master cultivation, they realized it fit perfectly.
The higher the Innate Soul Power, the stronger the Innate Martial Soul Capacity, and the more soul power and soul rings it could hold.
Naturally, such a person could reach a higher realm of cultivation. Conversely, if the Martial Soul Capacity was weak, there wouldn't be enough space to hold power, resulting in a very low cultivation ceiling.
For those whose Innate Soul Power was only a sliver, their spatial capacity was so weak that by the time they reached Rank 10, they couldn't even accommodate the weakest soul ring, thus making it impossible for them to become a Soul Master.
This also brought to mind the phenomenon where Soul Masters die while absorbing a soul ring because they cannot withstand its power. Some of these victims were high-level Soul Masters who surely knew how to choose an appropriate age for a soul beast.
In this new context, it could be understood that while their bodies and mental strength were enough to withstand the impact, their Martial Soul simply had no room left to contain the ring, leading to the Martial Soul shattering and causing death.
"This explains the impact of Innate Soul Power on a Soul Master's cultivation—not just the limit of their rank, but also the speed of their cultivation."
"The Martial Soul space itself might possess a property like a spring. The larger the space, the easier and faster it is to accumulate power within it."
"Conversely, the closer one gets to the limit of that space, the more difficult it becomes to store power, until not even a sliver of soul power can be accommodated. In a Soul Master, this manifests as an unbreakable bottleneck."
"Following this logic, many phenomena in Soul Master cultivation can be explained. For instance, why cultivation is fast in the early stages and slow in the later stages, or why those with low Innate Soul Power cultivate so slowly even at the start."
"It also explains why a Soul Master faces almost no bottlenecks before reaching their limit, but once the limit is hit, they cannot advance even a single inch."
"When I reached this conclusion years ago, I was ecstatic. I believed I had found the root cause of my own cultivation problems and could finally attempt to solve them."
"Since the Martial Soul space accommodates the power of both soul power and soul rings, as long as one stops obsessing over the strength of the soul rings, their soul power cultivation can be raised to the highest possible level."
"From this perspective, many of the great experts currently stuck at the peak of the Soul Douluo rank—unable to advance—might have succeeded if they hadn't pursued overly powerful soul rings in their youth."
"If they had adjusted based on their Innate Soul Power, perhaps they wouldn't be stuck just one step away from becoming a nine-ring Titled Douluo."
"Of course, ascending to Titled Douluo this way would result in a Martial Soul with a slightly weaker origin power and a poorer soul ring configuration compared to the traditional method."
"However, their soul power would still reach the Titled Douluo level, and they would still obtain all the abilities of the nine-ring realm."
"By using the soul power of nine rings to nourish and strengthen the Martial Soul's origin, and pairing it with self-created soul skills, it might not be impossible to make up for the deficiency in soul ring power."
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