Douluo: Brains Over Bloodline

Spirit Fusion?

Xu Yuan held the materials in his hand and carefully stored them away.

When it came to spirit fusion techniques, Hu Jie had quite a bit of authority to speak on the matter.

Using spirit fusion techniques as the basis for fusing martial souls, he was unparalleled, offering valuable insights worth referencing.

"Has Grandmaster Hu arrived on Douluo Continent?" Xu Yuan casually asked.

Mu Ye nodded.

"Yes, he arrived last month. He's currently in Tianhun City, adjacent to Tiandou City, overseeing the reconstruction of the Body Sect. By the way, have you finished preparing the spirit-forged metals I asked you for?"

Xu Yuan took out a storage ring, transferred a large amount of spirit-forged metals into it, and handed it to Mu Ye.

Mu Ye accepted the ring and nodded.

"The two of us discussed it—our Body Sect will focus on dietary practices as its foundation, with medicinal cuisine designed to enhance blood essence cultivation as our unique feature to sustain the sect's operations."

Xu Yuan had no objections or surprises regarding this decision.

The so-called pillar industries had to be something familiar to the sect members, and what could a group of rough-and-tumble martial artists from the Body Sect excel at?

Researching medicinal cuisine essential for cultivation was one of their most profitable ventures.

Of course, after cultivating the Body Martial Soul, their blood essence would naturally become robust, making them proficient in forging as well. This could also serve as a source of income, but it should belong to individual disciples rather than the sect itself.

As for the breakthrough insights Mu Ye mentioned, Xu Yuan didn't need to look at the documents—Mu Ye was already teaching him directly.

"The core of your Dharma Heaven Image lies in the manifestation of blood essence. You can refine your techniques further. Here are some refined methods I've developed for my Heaven-Splitting Slash, which are now more complete. Combined with the True Body Form, they're sufficient to manifest a Blood Essence Dharma Image. If you can fully integrate these techniques, you'll make further progress."

Further progress?

Xu Yuan wasn't particularly focused on techniques related to manifesting Blood Essence Dharma Images anymore.

But hearing Mu Ye mention it piqued his curiosity.

"Let me ask you this—can the quality of your Blood Essence Dharma Image match your Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear?" Mu Ye asked.

Xu Yuan's brows furrowed slightly.

To be honest, the explosive power of the Blood Essence Dharma Image far exceeded the pure strength of wielding the spear physically. However, in terms of sheer quality and intensity, it definitely fell short.

The strength of the Blood Essence Dharma Image relied more on its massive size, which brought immense force.

Xu Yuan's imagination wasn't limited—he had even considered compressing the Blood Essence Dharma Image into something akin to armor, layering it over his battle armor and mech suit.

In fact, he had already achieved this.

However, while compressing the image eliminated the inconvenience of its large size, it also sacrificed the overwhelming strength that came with it.

On the other hand, the condensed Blood Essence Armor became much denser and remained just as strong. Moreover, since it was formed from blood essence, any damage could be quickly repaired using blood essence energy.

"The layered nesting of armor has its limits, and stacking too many layers creates inconvenience. The dual-layer combination of battle armor and mech suits already offers the best cost-performance ratio. Blood Essence is best left in its Dharma Image form. My suggestion is that you find a way to retain the size of the Blood Essence Dharma Image while addressing its inherent lack of strength."

Xu Yuan listened to Mu Ye's words and slowly nodded.

Since he could compensate for the lack of strength by compressing the Blood Essence Dharma Image into armor, Xu Yuan hadn't devoted much effort to improving the raw strength of the image itself.

"Bringing this up ties back to spirit fusion. Although you've split your martial soul into three separate ones, I know deep down you still want to eventually fuse them back together. The fusion of your three martial souls into one."

Xu Yuan couldn't deny this.

The biggest hurdle in his current cultivation was the fusion of his martial souls.

Completing the fusion would elevate his amplification techniques once again. Even if he rapidly devoured Abyss energy to raise his soul power to Level 90, he could still retain the same proportional boosts.

All of Xu Yuan's efforts over the years were aimed at maintaining his ability to challenge opponents far above his level.

Various amplification and explosive techniques were his top priority.

After all, his benchmarks were the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King, especially Tang Wulin and Gu Yue in their Limit Douluo states. Though their soul power might cap at Level 99, their actual combat strength could be extraordinarily terrifying.

Before breaking through to Level 100 with certainty, Xu Yuan had to ensure that his explosive amplification techniques were no weaker than those granted by the Golden and Silver Dragon King bloodlines.

At present, his explosive capabilities were sufficient.

What he needed to ensure was that as his soul power increased, the proportional boost of his explosive techniques remained intact.

However, as his soul power level rose, the requirements for secret techniques to maintain proportional boosts grew increasingly demanding. With his current mastery of spear techniques and the Seven Forbidden Techniques, there was no way he could achieve such explosive leaps when he reached the Title Douluo stage.

Mu Ye continued, "Referencing your grandmaster Hu, I think the Blood Essence Dharma Image might serve as a catalyst for fusing your three martial souls."

Xu Yuan's gaze flickered.

He pondered Mu Ye's suggestion.

Hu Jie had used his body as the foundation, fusing his buttocks and stomach martial souls into two parts of his body. Later refinements spread these two martial souls across his entire body, striving to transform his martial soul into a complete physical entity.

Following Hu Jie's approach, it would mean using the Blood Essence Dharma Image as the foundational framework, fusing all three martial souls into it.

Unfolding the Blood Essence Dharma Image, his brain martial soul would merge into the head of the image, the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear would transform into Blood Essence and infuse the entire image, and the Heavenly Origin Brush would rest in the image's hands?

Xu Yuan imagined this scene in his mind—it felt somewhat off.

"Of course, this is just a suggestion. Ultimately, how you choose to fuse your martial souls depends on your own ideas." Seeing Xu Yuan's expression, Mu Ye knew his proposal wasn't fully embraced, but he wasn't offended.

He chuckled.

In truth, this time, he was simply offering Xu Yuan a new perspective.

Using a template to integrate the three martial souls was a viable approach to achieving their fusion.

Xu Yuan acknowledged this insight.

However, the key issue in fusing his three martial souls now lay in handling the Heavenly Origin Brush.

Shaking his head, Xu Yuan dispelled the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

"Teacher, let's set aside the topic of martial soul fusion for now. I haven't even achieved my True Body Form yet," Xu Yuan changed the subject. "By the way, there are a few things I need to discuss with you."

"Oh?"

Xu Yuan repeated the logic he had previously shared with Xu Shengqun about achieving godhood within ten years.

After listening to Xu Yuan's conjectures about the Sea God's plans, Mu Ye's expression shifted repeatedly.

To be honest, he supported Xu Yuan even more wholeheartedly than Xu Shengqun.

He didn't even try to find flaws in Xu Yuan's reasoning. Instead, he followed along with Xu Yuan's conjectures, helping him "prove" each point.

This support stemmed from the history of the Body Sect.

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