READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 145: Damn, the Soul Ring Can Evolve?
**Chapter 145: Damn, the Soul Ring Can Evolve?**
After hearing Gu Ziyi say that having superb control over soul skills is not the greatest advantage of self-condensed Soul Rings, the entire audience's expressions suddenly froze!
With such an overpowered advantage, and he still claims that it's not the biggest one?
Could there be even more significant advantages?
Amidst great anticipation.
Gu Ziyi paused for a moment, and after piquing the curiosity of the spectators, he smiled and continued his presentation:
"The greatest advantage of the self-condensed Soul Ring is that it can be cultivated, continuously improved, and evolved!"
Boom—
"What?"
"The self-condensed Soul Ring can actually be cultivated and evolve?"
"How is that possible…"
The moment Gu Ziyi's words fell, the entire Soul Master world exploded in disbelief, some even questioning if they had heard wrong.
How could a Soul Ring be cultivated?
Could a Soul Ring really be upgraded and evolve?
Everyone's first reaction was disbelief.
However, these words came from the mouth of the Martial Soul Hall's Holy Son, spoken in such a grand event.
It was almost as if he were addressing the entire world.
No one believed that Gu Ziyi would dare to tell such a colossal lie on this occasion.
Thus, what he said was likely true.
"If you still remember me, you should know that when I first acquired my Soul Ring, my initial configuration was a mere white Soul Ring of ten-year quality!"
"That was before I joined the Martial Soul Hall!"
"After joining the Martial Soul Hall, my third Soul Ring was only a yellow, century-quality Soul Ring!"
"And it's still the same now!"
As Gu Ziyi spoke, he summoned his Soul Rings again.
Yellow, Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, and Black.
Three yellow, two purple, and one black!
No matter how one looks at it, it's far from what most people consider the ideal Soul Ring configuration.
"As you can see, my first Soul Ring evolved from its original white color to a yellow Soul Ring!"
"I know that saying this might not be enough for everyone to believe. After all, many of you didn't witness it with your own eyes!"
"That's fine. My current third Soul Ring is a century-quality Soul Ring. I've cultivated it for over nine hundred years, and it's now infinitely close to reaching the thousand-year quality. You can already see the purple hue forming!"
"So, I'll prove it to you right now!"
"I'll cultivate it live, transforming it into a thousand-year purple Soul Ring!"
When Gu Ziyi said this, he immediately sat down cross-legged and began meditating, quickly entering his cultivation state.
Nothing is more convincing than seeing it with your own eyes.
Many people only believe in what they personally witness.
Buzz—
Gu Ziyi began cultivating as usual, completely ignoring the reactions of the audience to his shocking declaration.
"Damn! The Soul Ring can actually be cultivated and evolve?"
"This can't be real, right?"
"Shut up and just watch..."
"…"
There were one or two exclamations at first, but they were quickly silenced by others.
Everyone's eyes locked onto Gu Ziyi.
They knew that doubts and discussions could wait.
The most important thing now was to see with their own eyes if Gu Ziyi could really cultivate his Soul Ring and improve its quality.
For a moment, everyone watched him in complete silence.
At that moment, Gu Ziyi was the brightest star in the night sky, drawing the attention of countless people to his every move.
This wait lasted exactly half an hour, no more, no less.
The reason he was able to do it so quickly was that, before this event, he had already practiced in advance and pushed his third Soul Ring to the very limit of a century-level ring.
Therefore, all Gu Ziyi needed now was to make the final upgrade.
Buzz—
As he approached the breakthrough, he summoned his Soul Rings again.
Six Soul Rings—three yellow, two purple, and one black—hovered around Gu Ziyi.
The stronger he became, the greater control he had over his Soul Rings, allowing him to manifest them even during cultivation.
When he had showcased his soul abilities earlier, Gu Ziyi had only summoned his third Soul Ring, keeping the others concealed.
Only when he used more Soul Power at the end did all his Soul Rings fully appear.
Buzz—
Immediately after, the Soul Rings around him began disappearing one by one until only the third Soul Ring remained active.
Buzz—
Buzz—
Buzz—
With just one Soul Ring remaining, it began flashing continuously, flickering between light and dark. When illuminated, it glowed purple; when dimmed, it reverted to yellow.
Buzz—
After one final flicker, the Soul Ring stabilized and calmed completely, now radiating a vibrant purple hue.
"It's true…"
"It really turned into a purple Soul Ring…"
"This is unbelievable. So, Soul Rings can actually be cultivated!"
"Is the self-condensed Soul Ring really that powerful?"
"The Martial Soul Hall should announce this method now, right?"
"Of course. Didn't you hear the Martial Soul Hall say before that they've found a solution to the scarcity of Soul Beasts? If they don't make this public, it means they've abandoned the issue."
"Yeah, they're definitely going to make it public. Otherwise, why would the Martial Soul Hall expose the self-condensed Soul Ring in the first place?"
"…"
After witnessing Gu Ziyi's third Soul Ring evolve from the original yellow to a vibrant purple, the crowd erupted into a frenzy.
They now completely believed what Gu Ziyi had claimed earlier.
Soul Rings could really be cultivated.
Everyone's hearts filled with excitement as they eagerly awaited Gu Ziyi to reveal how to walk this new path.
Anyone with a bit of intelligence could see that everything the Martial Soul Hall had done today was a calculated move to unveil the method of cultivating self-condensed Soul Rings.
Otherwise, if the Martial Soul Hall revealed such a secret but did not share it, they would be causing trouble for themselves and attracting widespread hatred.
"Don't worry, everyone! I just talked about the advantages of the self-condensed Soul Rings!"
"However, there are also some drawbacks to this path!"
After standing up and seeing everyone's expectant expressions, Gu Ziyi spoke slowly once again.
He believed that after revealing the disadvantages of the self-condensed Soul Rings, the crowd would stop being so overly excited.
Since this cultivation path is only suitable for new Soul Masters, those who have already absorbed Soul Rings from Soul Beasts are not suitable to follow it.
Of course, they could still try to condense their own Soul Rings, but these Rings wouldn't be able to improve through cultivation like his.
"First of all, the quality of the self-condensed Soul Ring is much lower than that of a Soul Beast's Soul Ring."
"My first Soul Ring at the beginning was just a white ten-year Soul Ring!"
"Even when you reach Level 30, a Soul Master can only condense a hundred-year Soul Ring. However, if they choose to absorb a Soul Ring from a Soul Beast, they can already absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring!"
"So, this is the first disadvantage of the self-condensed Soul Rings — their initial quality is inferior to that of a Soul Beast's Soul Ring!"
Gu Ziyi then revealed the first downside of this path.
"Even at Level 30, you can only condense a hundred-year Soul Ring, which is far behind a thousand-year Soul Ring absorbed from a Soul Beast!"
"That's fine! As long as you can continue to improve the quality later, isn't that what the Holy Son just did?"
"I believe that if the Holy Son wanted to, his first and second Soul Rings could also evolve into purple Soul Rings!"
"…"
Faced with Gu Ziyi's words, everyone at the scene began to murmur.
Then, a member of the Tianshui Academy team stood up and raised her hand to ask Gu Ziyi. "Your Highness, Holy Son, can your first and second Soul Rings also evolve into purple Soul Rings?"
"Yes, that can indeed be done," Gu Ziyi replied, nodding slightly.
"Wow..."
"If that's the case, the initial low quality of the self-condensed Soul Ring is not a big deal at all!"
"…"
After hearing Gu Ziyi's confirmation, everyone agreed that this drawback wasn't an issue.
In fact, it couldn't even be called a drawback, because if all the Soul Rings could be upgraded, then even those that started weak could become stronger later.
In contrast, Soul Rings obtained by hunting Soul Beasts couldn't be upgraded.
In this way, even the best-equipped Soul Rings, such as the first and second Rings, would still only be hundred-year Soul Rings.
However, the new Rings created by Gu Ziyi's method could be upgraded to purple Soul Rings and even evolve into black ten-thousand-year Soul Rings in the future.
This wasn't a disadvantage — it was clearly an advantage.
"Ahem~"
"Don't get too excited yet. Although the self-condensed Soul Ring can indeed be continuously improved through cultivation, if you focus solely on upgrading the quality of your Soul Ring, it will delay your cultivation level advancement!"
"However, for those Soul Masters who have reached the limit of their talent and can no longer advance, perhaps upgrading their Soul Rings could help improve their cultivation level!"
Seeing the growing interest in the crowd, Gu Ziyi quickly explained.
"Alright, let's move on to the second disadvantage of the self-condensed Soul Rings!"
"This one may be very harsh for many low-level Soul Masters!"
"That is to say, a self-condensed Soul Ring also requires one's Martial Soul to have a certain quality. If the quality of the Martial Soul is too low, the self-condensed Soul Ring will not be able to produce any soul skills!"
Immediately after, Gu Ziyi pointed out the second drawback of this path—the low quality of the Martial Soul. A self-condensed Soul Ring cannot generate soul skills if the Martial Soul is too weak.
"What?"
"Is that really how it works…"
"It can't produce a soul skill?"
"Then no matter how high the Soul Ring's level is, it's useless…"
"What is the minimum level of Martial Soul required?"
"Yes, what kind of Martial Soul quality is necessary?"
"…"
Sure enough, after hearing Gu Ziyi's words, many people's expressions changed. They could accept the initial lower quality of the self-condensed Soul Ring, but they couldn't accept it if no soul skills could be generated from it.
Immediately, they hurriedly asked what level of Martial Soul quality was required to create a soul skill from a self-condensed Soul Ring.
"The quality of a Martial Soul is usually linked to innate Soul Power!"
"Under normal circumstances, a Martial Soul that can achieve Level 4 innate Soul Power can give rise to soul skills!"
Gu Ziyi raised his hands and gently pressed them together. After the scene quieted down, he gave his answer.
"Level 4 innate Soul Power!"
"That's alright then…"
"…"
After hearing Gu Ziyi's answer, everyone on the scene breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
The Soul Masters present today were all from major academy teams. Those who could enter an Advanced Soul Master Academy would not have innate Soul Power weaker than Level 4.
So, upon hearing Gu Ziyi's response, everyone relaxed.
However, those watching live broadcasts from other major Soul Battle Arenas—Soul Masters with relatively average qualifications, especially those with innate Soul Power levels below Level 4—had gloomy expressions after hearing his words.
And there were quite a few of these Soul Masters—perhaps even the majority.
"Ahem, if your innate Soul Power is below Level 4, there's no need to be discouraged!"
"As I mentioned earlier, a self-condensed Soul Ring might not be able to produce soul skills, but it is still useful to surpass your own talent limitations!"
"For example, a Soul Master with only innate Level 1 Soul Power. According to the original situation, unless they encounter a special opportunity, they would never be able to surpass Level 30 and become a Soul Elder in their lifetime. Level 29 would forever be their limit!"
"However, after practicing with a self-condensed Soul Ring, the situation changes. Once they reach the bottleneck at Level 29, they can fully dedicate themselves to cultivating their self-condensed Soul Ring, thereby increasing their Soul Power level, improving the quality of the Soul Ring, and breaking their talent limitations."
"In this case, a Soul Master who could previously only cultivate up to Level 29 as a Grandmaster has the chance to reach the rank of Soul Elder!"
"After reaching that level, they simply need to absorb a thousand-year quality Soul Beast Ring. This way, their third Soul Ring would completely make up for the first two Rings."
"And that Soul Master can also use this method to evolve their own Martial Soul, improving the quality of their descendants' Martial Souls!"
"If this process continues for generations, the quality of their descendants' Martial Souls will become increasingly superior!"
Naturally, Gu Ziyi couldn't let Soul Masters with low-quality Martial Souls feel disappointed in him, so he quickly spoke up in their favor.
"Is that really possible?"
"Wow, it seems like it actually works!"
"That's amazing!"
As expected, after hearing Gu Ziyi's words, those low-level Soul Masters who had been somewhat disheartened quickly perked up and became extremely enthusiastic.
For them, it would be a dream come true if they could evolve their Martial Souls and make their descendants stronger generation after generation.
Those with mid-level Martial Souls, who already possessed decent quality, were equally excited after hearing Gu Ziyi's explanation.
If low-quality Martial Souls could achieve such a transformation, surely they could achieve even greater heights!
In a few generations, could the quality of their descendants' Martial Souls rival the world's finest Martial Souls?
With this thought, they became ecstatic!
However, Soul Masters with high-level Martial Souls appeared somewhat displeased after hearing Gu Ziyi's words.
"Damn it, we can't let him spread the method of cultivating self-condensed Soul Rings!"
"Otherwise, over time, our reputation as the world's top Martial Soul will be at risk!"
When Tang Hao heard this, he immediately started cursing.
He deeply valued the status of the Haotian Sect and naturally didn't want anything to threaten its position.
…
(End of Chapter)
N/E: I don't know about you, my dear readers, but these last 3 chapters were the best, mainly because they didn't focus so much on the relationship or dark thoughts of our protagonist. At least for me, I had much more fun with these chapters than many previous ones.
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