Chapter 17: Chapter 16: 10 Great Core Spirit Competencies of Master Yu Xiaogang
The scent of old parchment and spirit-sealed ink greeted Qian Renxue as she stepped onto the second floor of Spirit Hall's inner library.
Unlike the open halls below, this floor was cloaked in solemn silence. A lone guard glanced at her, eyes momentarily flicking to the token in her hand. Recognition flickered in his gaze, and he stepped aside without a word.
Qian Renxue spent the day deeply immersed in the Spirit Hall Library, delving into the vast ocean of knowledge that lay before her.
After receiving the token that granted her access, she ascended to the second floor, where she was allowed to enter after showing the guard her permission. Her goal was to gather knowledge to navigate this new world and cultivate her future path.
She carefully selected a set of books, her focus sharp as she worked diligently through the material. The hours passed by quickly, and by lunch, she took a break, returning to her studies in the afternoon.
By evening, she had accumulated a solid foundation of knowledge about the Douluo continent.
They could be summarized as follows:
Ordinary Spirit Rings are divided into five levels: ten-year spirit rings, hundred-year spirit rings, thousand-year spirit rings, ten thousand-year spirit rings, and one hundred thousand-year spirit rings.
When spirit masters want to break through they hunt spirit rings, which are released following their death, sacrifice, with humans. Also to note is that, only the person who has dealt the killing blow can absorb the spirit ring.
The information coincides with the knowledge she already has
The Spirit Rings can be distinguished by the colour
· White : 10 Year Spirit Ring
· Yellow : 100 Year Spirit Ring
· Purple : 1,000 Year Spirit Ring
· Black : 10,000 Year Spirit Ring
· Red : 100,000 Year Spirit Ring
Till here is the general information known , but knowing the story of Douluo dalu 2 , Qian Renxue knows there are soul ring of other colours.
· Orange : 200,000 Year Spirit Ring
· Gold : 1,000,000 Year Spirit Ring
Except for the colours of soul rings mentioned other coloured soul rings exist, but they have different colour due to other reasons.
Spirit Master ranks can be divided into
1-10 : Soul Apprentice
11-20 : Soul Master
21-30 : Soul grandmaster
31-40 : Soul Elder
41-50: Soul Ancestor
51-60 : Soul King
61-70 : Soul Emperor
71-80 : Soul Sage
81-90 : Soul Douluo
91-95 : Titled douluo
95-98 : Super/Hyper douluo
99- Limit/Ultimate douluo
Not much is different from the information she already knows
As Qian Renxue ventured through the public section of the library, a particular book caught her eye a thin, inconspicuous volume. The title read '10 Great Core Spirit Competencies' by Yu Xiaogang.
Qian Renxue smiled "Oh... Look What I found"
She began flipping through the pages, reading the contents in it while criticizing them at the same time:
1. "Each person's martial spirit can only inherit the more powerful and outstanding one from his parents."
'Laughable'. Tang san awakened not just one, but two martial spirits. Are we supposed to believe that the trash-tier Blue Silver Grass is on par with the Clear Sky Hammer? Of course not. His martial spirit was the Blue Silver Emperor in a dormant form. Clearly, this theory doesn't hold up under scrutiny. It fails to account for deeper bloodline awakenings or hybrid martial souls.
2. "There is a very low probability that a martial spirit will mutate during the inheritance process. Such mutations may be good or bad."
Qian Renxue frowned. 'This isn't a theory—it's an observation at best.' Probability is not a foundation for a universal principle. In truth, variation and mutation are common in nature. Presenting this rare phenomenon without the reason for occurrence is ignorance.
3. "The awakening of soul power is often related to the quality of the martial soul. The better the martial soul, the higher the innate soul power."
'Oversimplified nonsense.' Take the children of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Even among direct bloodlines, awakenings range wildly from rank 5 to 9. Quality is not the sole determining factor. Bloodline purity, physical conditioning, emotional state, and external environment all play roles.
4. "Advancement of a soul master requires soul rings. Soul rings come in five colors, indicating different cultivation ages…"
'General knowledge,' she thought. This is Spirit Master general knowledge. Does stating obvious facts qualify as theoretical contribution now?
5. "Soul masters should choose a development direction based on their martial soul's characteristics."
'Another statement of the obvious.' This isn't theory—this is strategy, and even a beginner-level instructor could tell you this.
6. "When a soul master reaches a bottleneck, cultivation without a soul ring will not stop the increase of soul power."
'Contradictory nonsense.' If cultivation continues without soul rings, what defines a bottleneck? She had scoured Spirit Hall's archives and no credible evidence supported this claim. Theory without documentation is delusion.
7. "Beast martial souls are stronger before level 70; weapon martial souls are stronger after."
Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow. 'This is not a rule, this is a statistical tendency at best., She withheld judgment, but she marked it as an oversimplification of complex martial soul dynamics.
8. "There are no useless martial souls, only useless soul masters."
'Then what is Yu Xiaogang doing still stuck at rank 29?' If there were no useless martial souls, why couldn't he make it past the bottleneck? Even if the phrase is meant to be motivational, it lacks practical value in serious cultivation theory.
9. "Martial spirits have no restriction in absorbing soul rings, even plant spirits can absorb animal soul rings."
'Then why exclude weapon martial souls from the discussion?' Also, this broad generalization ignores issues like compatibility, rejection, and soul backlash. Real cultivation isn't this simplistic.
10. "Even if two martial souls are different, martial soul fusion skills can emerge."
'Rare but true.' But Yu Xiaogang offered no framework for predicting or understanding fusion compatibility. He merely pointed out a phenomenon without providing mechanisms or conditions.