NOVEL WEB Chapter 779 Becoming Famous
"I see."
Yu Tianheng felt relieved, but he still couldn't focus.
Even if he knew the purpose, at the age of nine, he was so active, how could he settle down?
After persisting for another half a month, he couldn't help it anymore and resumed his previous state. After all, reading consumed too much of his cultivation time, and cultivating soul power was more important.
During this half month, with the help of Tiandou Royal Academy, Sun Ming also published various books—
"Soul Beast Forest Survival Guide"
"Martial Soul Strengthening Theory"
"Martial Soul and Soul Power Cultivation Theory"
"Martial Soul Fusion Theory"
Each of these four books was ten centimeters thick, causing many soul masters to scramble for them, mainly because the content inside was too useful.
"Soul Beast Forest Survival Guide" provided much more security for most civilian soul masters when hunting soul beasts. Almost everyone had a copy; while "Martial Soul Strengthening Theory" overturned the world's understanding of martial souls.
As long as one chooses corresponding soul beasts and their types are consistent, even weak martial souls can become powerful through enhancement.
Moreover, there are corresponding examples—
The four single-attribute families.
Their martial souls involve choosing multiple soul rings from similar soul beasts. Although the attributes are single, the martial soul's inheritance is very stable, and according to the publisher's speculation, if someone in their family is willing to add soul rings of the same soul beast during martial soul cultivation, the martial soul will undergo qualitative change, and may even become inheritable.
With generation after generation's perseverance, it's estimated that it will only take three generations to inherit more powerful martial souls.
This is sacrificing oneself in this generation to achieve glory for the next and the generation after!
And the "Martial Soul and Soul Power Cultivation Theory" also subverted people's understanding, saying that as long as you confirm that your child has the same martial soul as yourself before it awakens, then with the slight evolution of the soul power meditation method in line with one's own martial soul, it can be passed to the child. If the child can suppress their mischievous nature, they will definitely have soul power after awakening their martial soul.
Furthermore, it proposes that with a specific soul power circulation method and enough resources, anyone can have tenth-level soul power before awakening their martial soul.
For this, the publisher also identified the difference between Innate Full Spirit Power and tenth-level soul power.
Innate Full Spirit Power is just a matter of martial soul quality, determining the speed of meditative cultivation of soul power, while the soul power cultivation method provides a valuable return for effort.
Finally, the "Martial Soul Fusion Theory" mentions four types of fusion.
First, soul ring fusion, which is divided into single and multiple person soul ring fusion.
Second, soul skill fusion, referring to the amalgamation of similar soul skills to possess greater power.
Third, martial soul fusion, commonly known, suggesting that martial souls with similarities between different people can enhance and complement each other, thus enabling fusion.
Fourth, soul power fusion, which involves multiple people injecting their soul power into one person, potentially enabling them to unleash energy far beyond their level. However, the main premise is that the receiver's body must withstand it; otherwise, it will lead to their demise.
Ultimately, the book suggests that martial soul fusion amongst direct brothers, sisters, brother and sister pairs, is best avoided even if possible, as the fusion of martial souls generates special emotions between both parties.
While direct brothers and sisters might barely control it, direct brother and sister pairs are more likely to encounter ethical issues.
More importantly, each of the four books offers corresponding examples and theories for reference. The publisher used the influence of Tiandou Royal Academy to validate their agreement and specified the references.
Notably, the four books cited Master Yu Xiaogang's "Ten Core Theories." Although there are numerous inaccuracies, it indeed revealed materials hidden inside sects and the Martial Soul Hall.
The only issue is that some sources weren't identified, leading the authors of these four books to waste a considerable amount of time hunting for data.
Of course, this slight complaint elicited a chuckle from most soul masters, while those expert sect soul masters astutely realized it was the publisher's "monkey mind" teasing them.
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Yu Xiaogang, a master?
Ha!
If this guy truly had concrete skills, he wouldn't still be a grandmaster soul master; could the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan be blind?
Yet thanks to this high-aimed but low-achieving fellow, other major sects learned quite a bit about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's cultivation secrets.
As for Yu Xiaogang's hypotheses and conjectures, all were mere nonsense.
The genius disciples of their sects wouldn't need to experiment with such theories, would they?
However, this "monkey mind" indeed has real talent and knowledge.
Then, with investigations from major powers, they discovered that this "monkey mind" was only an eight-year-old child, yet their cultivation had reached the soul king level, with a soul ring combination of two purple, one black, and one red. Most remarkably, the third soul ring was predominantly red, and even part of the second soul ring had turned black.
The ability to discover these things was because Sun Ming had no intention of hiding.
Moreover, to showcase his strength, he went so far as to reveal his dual martial souls, and then—
Using only one hand, he crushed the three Soul Douluos from Tiandou Royal Academy, without even using any soul skills, solely relying on his self-created soul skills!
Could an eight-year-old achieve this?
But Sun Ming indeed achieved it.
Consequently, some interested parties approached Sun Ming's parents, only to be defeated by them.
A soul hunting group actually had a Soul Saint and a Soul Emperor?
And they recently advanced?
Moreover, later, when the Poison Douluo's soul power reached level ninety-seven and his martial soul evolved into the Bi Lin Emperor Dragon, he personally confronted the probing forces behind the scenes, asserted his might, and extorted several thousand-year-old soul bones.
This defies the heavens!
After these events were exposed, the sect masters and clan leaders of major sects, as well as the Pope of the Martial Soul Hall, all believed these changes were because of Sun Ming, the prodigious child sent by the heavens!
However, Sun Ming claimed that he was simply born a civilian soul master, not a so-called prodigy, just adept at thinking and able to put his thoughts into action.
Furthermore, he attributed it to external luck.
Sun Ming had his own understanding of luck, which he called the internal and external theory.
The external refers to the luck that comes from outside, the so-called fortuitous encounters, the timing that makes heroes; while the internal refers to the knowledge one accumulates, the character one develops, and the wisdom one gathers.
Sun Ming believes that while external luck can achieve success for a moment, it cannot sustain a lifetime. One must strengthen their internal reservoir, meaning to possess great wisdom and good character, so that no matter the dire situation, they can rely on their wisdom to turn danger into opportunity, even using risk as a stepping stone to soar to greater heights.
To illustrate, he recounted his first encounter with Dugu Bo, where he used his experience with herbal medicines, acquired by helping the healers in his father's soul hunting group treat the injured, to learn about the human body, enabling him to counteract Dugu Bo's poison and enhance its potency.
Most people saw the fact that Dugu Bo, the Poison Douluo, was poisoned and resolved by Sun Ming's knowledge; a few saw Sun Ming's unparalleled talent.
Of course, even fewer recognized the bravery in Sun Ming's willingness to taste any herb and his willingness to share these feats publicly.
Which family doesn't keep such secrets under wraps?
Yet he chose to publish them.
When asked why, Sun Ming responded thus: "Though the theories in books have cases and sources, the samples are too few; everyone needs to experiment to increase reliability."
Asked if he feared others learning this to use against him,
Sun Ming, with a confident smile, replied: "One person's intelligence is limited, but the collective wisdom of many is vast. If others learn it, it's their effort, and if new discoveries arise, I'll be delighted, for it means I have more knowledge to acquire."
"I treat others with sincerity, and they likewise treat me sincerely."
"However, if someone harms me without reason, I will retaliate with great force!"
"Though I am a Soul King, even a Titled Douluo is no match for me in fifty rounds, and should anyone offend me, Dugu won't stand idly by."
Subsequently, Dugu Bo declared to the public that Sun Ming was truthful, his changes were indeed due to Sun Ming, and the Titled Douluo defeated in fifty rounds was himself, now at level ninety-seven.
The self-disclosure of a Titled Douluo further confirmed that Sun Ming was not arrogant, but truly possessed extraordinary combat power, effortlessly defeating a ninety-seven level Titled Douluo as a Soul King!
No one could think of a reason for Dugu Bo to lie···
So regardless of any skepticism, there was only one reason left: Sun Ming was genuinely powerful.
As the reputation spread, the Clan Leader of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, Yu Yuanzhen, personally visited Tiandou Royal Academy, bringing with him a large portion of the clan's data in exchange for guidance on Yu Tianheng.
After examining Yu Tianheng's body and martial soul, and reviewing the data from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, Sun Ming said: "Speaking of which, Tianheng's martial soul shows a trend towards developing into the Radiant Saint Dragon. If the first two soul rings were light-attribute, it might accelerate the evolution towards the Radiant Saint Dragon, but they are thunder-attribute, causing the evolution to be suppressed. If the third and fourth soul rings are also from thunder-attribute soul beasts, it may not evolve into the Radiant Saint Dragon in the future."
Yu Yuanzhen's heart trembled: "Tianheng's martial soul has a tendency to evolve into the Radiant Saint Dragon?"
The Radiant Saint Dragon, with its ultimate light attribute, was a powerful soul beast never seen on the continent, presumed extinct, yet Tianheng's martial soul showed a tendency towards evolving into the Radiant Saint Dragon?
Damn it!
What was the family doing, missing even this point!
Yet he sighed afterwards.
Without the "Martial Soul Strengthening Theory," who could have imagined that a martial soul could evolve powerfully over three or four generations and even be stably inherited?
"In fact, I speculate your clan already has a possessor of the Radiant Saint Dragon martial soul."
"Who?!"