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"The inheritance of the Phoenix Clan is truly comprehensive."
Su Yu left the Phoenix Small World with great gains.
He had to admit that the Phoenix Clan's inheritance was remarkably complete. Within the Phoenix Small World, not a single trace of damage could be found. On the contrary, it was continually protected by a Phoenix Guardian, an existence considered among the most powerful even in the Douluo Continent.
There was even partial information related to the inheritance of a God Position.
"The Dragon Clan's inheritance must still be intact as well—after all, the Silver Dragon King is still alive—but they never gave me any guidance in that regard."
Su Yu didn't feel that this meant the Dragon Clan didn't value him enough.
It was likely that Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King simply didn't see the need.
From their very first meeting, Su Yu had already appeared extremely mysterious.
By that time, Su Yu had already grown considerably. All the abilities he displayed were deeply enigmatic.
It was natural that the Silver Dragon King assumed he already knew such information.
And indeed, that assumption was correct. When it came to attaining a God Position, not only had Su Yu already formulated a plan and gained personal insight, but he had also received some assistance from the two great Divine Kings of Destruction and Life.
Now, although the suggestions given by the Phoenix Clan overlapped significantly with what he already knew, they still provided Su Yu with a useful direction.
"Since that Feng Tian offered such advice, there must be a good reason behind it."
Su Yu decided that the belief system he would promote across the Phoenix Continent would no longer revolve around reincarnation.
"The Phoenix God!"
He had originally intended to spread belief in reincarnation across the Phoenix Continent. After all, with the phoenix's rebirth ability and the abundance of humans already worshipping phoenix totems, there was a natural connection. On the True Dragon Continent, Su Yu had planned to do the same, hoping that the combined belief from these two smaller continents could catch up to the momentum of the Belief in Wisdom.
Unexpectedly, upon arriving in the Phoenix Small World, Su Yu found a God Position that suited him even better.
"The Phoenix God."
Since the people already believed in the phoenix totem, it would be naturally easy to spread belief in the Phoenix God.
However, Su Yu wasn't perfectly aligned with the Phoenix God's divine position.
Yet, the Phoenix Clan had once produced the original Phoenix God.
That was a being on par with the Dragon God.
"Even if I don't receive the full inheritance, it won't cause me any real loss."
With the experience and assistance provided by the Phoenix Clan, Su Yu would not find it difficult to condense the divine position of the Phoenix God.
Even if it wasn't a perfect match, Su Yu could still attempt to condense it in the end—just not fully merge with it.
Who said that a divine position had to be claimed after it was condensed?
If he could condense a divine position but choose not to wield it, what would be the problem?
Su Yu believed there was absolutely no issue with that.
As for whether he could condense an independent divine position outside of himself, he didn't yet have that level of confidence. However, he believed that after attempting to condense the Reincarnation and Wisdom God Positions, he would develop that capability.
"First, I'll attempt to condense the God Position of Reincarnation, then Wisdom, and finally the Phoenix God."
Su Yu laid out a clear plan for the order in which he would attempt to condense divine positions.
Although belief in reincarnation was less widespread—limited to the humans on the True Dragon Continent—Su Yu had a more direct and profound understanding of reincarnation. The so-called belief in reincarnation was merely a tool to help him stabilize the corresponding laws.
One month later.
Thanks to Su Yu's efforts, the humans across the Phoenix Continent established the Phoenix Temple. The continent's many tribes were unified, forming a super-tribe.
The divine name of the Phoenix God now echoed across the entire continent.
Rip—
Space was torn apart by Su Yu as he stepped into the spatial rift. A passageway began forming beneath his feet.
Nirvana Valley.
As Su Yu's presence vanished, Feng Tian sensed it and her phoenix-like eyes revealed a trace of anticipation.
"The inheritance of the First Phoenix God... I wonder if it can truly reappear in this world."
A massive, blazing red phoenix soared into the sky, its immense form visible across the entire continent.
It burst into the heavens and looked down over the land from above.
The continent had changed over time, its terrains gradually evolving into various forms, but its outline still faintly resembled—
A colossal, coiled phoenix.
And Nirvana Valley, where the Phoenix Small World was located, lay at the heart of this enormous phoenix's chest.
Sun-Moon.
Su Yu's figure appeared.
Sun-Moon Hall.
A white-clad figure sat silently in meditation. In the sea of his consciousness, a suffocating aura of annihilation filled the space. The entire spiritual sea was enveloped in this domain of demon-slaying intent. Blades of sword light shimmered, and specks of starlight flickered within.
New sword lights condensed, new stars ignited.
When there was no more room for advancement, Bai Feng ended his visualization and opened his eyes—only to see Su Yu standing there.
"Teacher!" Bai Feng stood and bowed, surprised by Su Yu's sudden arrival.
Su Yu's face held a faint smile. "Not bad. Your spiritual cultivation is progressing quickly. You've already reached the upper level of the Spirit-Connection Realm and are not far from the Spirit-Sea Realm."
Bai Feng was only ten years old. To have cultivated his spiritual power to such a level at his age was extraordinarily impressive.
The emergence of the soul-spirit cultivation system—if it merely fused soul masters and martial souls, with the three-in-one soul rings at its core—would still fall short of true contracted soul spirits.
Nor would it have any real connection to soul spirits at all.
The core of this cultivation system, aside from the triple fusion soul rings, was the nurturing of soul spirits—essentially the cultivation of the spiritual essence within one's own martial soul.
Each soul ring condensed in this system represented the embryonic form of a soul spirit.
Soul masters could choose to nurture these into real spirit entities, much like true soul spirits. However, the cost was enormous. So far, no one had successfully cultivated a soul spirit's full form within this system to assist them in battle.
Even though soul spirits could aid in combat, help control soul power, and enhance the mastery and explosiveness of soul skills, the difficulty of condensing them remained a major obstacle.
Although no one had yet formed a true soul spirit or spiritual body, this cultivation system still maintained a strong connection to the concept of the "spirit."
During cultivation, it brought the martial soul, spirit, and physical body into a much closer harmony.
In the past, soul master cultivation systems lacked methods for training spiritual power. Growth in this area was entirely a byproduct of the soul master's cultivation and was mediated through the martial soul.
Now that all three—martial soul, spirit, and body—were more deeply intertwined, this feedback process had become much more efficient.
The reason Super Douluo required strong spiritual power was that, by the time one reached the Titled Douluo level, the fusion between martial soul and body could no longer rely on one-sided advancement alone.
There is always a limit to one-sided effort.
Mutual advancement is the proper path forward.
The soul-spirit cultivation system enabled soul masters to grow their spiritual power alongside their soul power. This made overall spiritual development more substantial.
And an increase in spiritual power, in turn, subtly benefited the refinement of natural energy—thereby accelerating cultivation speed.
Through a series of such chain reactions, even though the soul-spirit system presented greater challenges in terms of comprehension, it still surpassed the traditional soul master system in speed.
More importantly—it produced stronger cultivators!
Even with the advantage of this cultivation system, Bai Feng's reaching the upper tier of the Spirit-Connection Realm by the age of ten was simply astounding.
Moreover, he stood at the very peak of that tier, numerically nearing the threshold of the Spirit-Sea Realm.
With just a bit more breakthrough, he would likely reach the Spirit-Sea Realm before turning eleven.
"Spirit power: Level 29."
With the optimal environment provided by Su Yu and cultivation techniques tailored specifically for him, Bai Feng's growth had been smooth and steady. His development in spiritual power, soul power, and even physical refinement had not fallen behind in any regard.
Now, at Level 29, Bai Feng absolutely possessed the strength to surpass most opponents at the Soul Elder level in battle.
In fact, with the aid of soul tools, he even had a chance of contending with some of the weaker Soul Ancestor-level cultivators.
"There are less than two years left before the next Soul Dueling Tournament," Su Yu said. "I want you to raise your soul power to Level 40 by then and enter the competition as a Soul Ancestor."
At that time, Bai Feng would still be only around eleven years old—not even twelve.
An eleven-year-old Soul Ancestor.
Hearing his teacher's expectations, Bai Feng instantly felt the pressure.
He had just over a year to go—and that time would also need to account for the resources and recovery required to condense his fourth soul ring, especially since he planned to attempt condensing a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
Condensing such a high-level ring would demand immense preparation. Even after reaching Level 40, he would need time to stabilize.
Which meant the actual time left to prepare... was barely a year.
He also had to pass through Level 30 and condense his third soul ring during that period, essentially requiring him to grow from a freshly advanced Soul Elder to a full Soul Ancestor in just one year.
But Bai Feng didn't question his teacher's assignment.
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He knew that if his teacher gave him this goal, it was definitely within the realm of possibility.
"Try to reach the Soul Ancestor realm at least two months before the tournament starts," Su Yu added. "By then, I'll arrange for you to make a trip to Dragon Valley. Once you return, your soul power should be strong enough to reach high-level Soul Ancestor, and you'll be able to play a central role in the competition."
After the Soul Dueling Tournament, Su Yu also planned to help Bai Feng break through even further—
To Soul King.
By that time, Su Yu estimated he would have completed his first exploratory journey. If conditions were favorable, he would then arrange for Bai Feng to undergo tempering on the life-star he had discovered.
Bai Feng's talent was exceptional.
He had real potential to become a god.
Specifically—the God of Asura.
Su Yu believed that the God of Asura's divine position was particularly compatible with Bai Feng's martial soul. While other divine positions—such as Starry Sky God—were also viable options, none matched quite as well as Asura.
Besides, if Bai Feng ever desired something like the Starry Sky God's position, it could be cultivated later, once the Federation stepped into the interstellar era and Bai Feng could spread his own faith.
Of course, Bai Feng was completely unaware of the lofty expectations his teacher held for him.
"You have at most four months to break through to Soul Elder and condense your third soul ring. I'll select an immortal herb for you to consume."
With the help of an immortal herb, Bai Feng stood a real chance of reaching the Soul Ancestor level within a year.
"Immortal herb!"
Bai Feng was overjoyed.
Immortal herbs were true treasures—items that could transform a soul master from the inside out.
Even the most powerful martial souls could be significantly enhanced when paired with the right herb.
"Yes. I'll choose the one that best suits you."
Bai Feng was instantly filled with motivation.
"This is a star-script rune condensation technique. Work on condensing this rune—it should aid your cultivation."
After assigning a task to his disciple, Su Yu also set new goals for the other cultivation prodigies in Sun-Moon Hall.
Any student who broke through to Soul Ancestor two months before the tournament would earn a chance to train in Dragon Valley.
This arrangement had already been discussed with Gu Yuena.
The dragon aura in Dragon Valley held little value for the Dragon Clan, but it offered immense benefits to soul masters.
Since it wasn't a real loss, and because of Su Yu's involvement, Gu Yuena had not refused his request to let students absorb the dragon energy there.
"Two months have passed. Senior brother's progress is going smoothly. The spaceship technology framework should be ready within four months. At that point, I'll need to go all out to perfect the technology and create an actual ship."
That meant Su Yu had just four months left to handle all his other affairs.
"I still need to prepare Xiao Feng's immortal herb."
Su Yu took out a stalk of spirit grass that glowed with specks of starlight—its color a radiant blend of blue and gold.
Starry Sky Grass.
This was a spirit herb Su Yu had obtained during his travels in the True Dragon Continent, a rare and precious item, almost on par with immortal herbs.
"With my life attribute assisting, the dual powers of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye to support it, and the sword energy from the Sword Grass nourishing it, if this can evolve into Starry Sky Sword Grass, it will be the perfect immortal herb for Xiao Feng."
Furthermore, it could be contracted as a soul spirit.
Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
Su Yu isolated a blank area in space, carefully transplanting the Starry Sky Grass and wrapping it in a source of life essence. He etched a series of runic formations around the area, gathering the immortal energy from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, as well as various elemental energies.
At the same time, he placed the Sword Rune upon the Starry Sky Grass. The rune continually emitted sword energy, attempting to merge with the plant.
After completing this, Su Yu turned his attention to the two great springs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
"There are still the two Dragon Kings and their dragon souls present."
With a flash of his figure, Su Yu plunged directly into one of the springs.
"Ah!"
The fragrant Xianghua Kiroro Immortal Herb and other spiritual herbs gasped in surprise, startled by Su Yu's actions.
Though they weren't aware of Su Yu's current power, they knew well the terrifying nature of the two great springs of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye.
Su Yu had actually jumped straight into them!
Without the aid of medicinal properties like the Eight-Dimensional Ice Grass and the Fire Apricot Flower, how could he resist the power of the two springs?
"Huh? He's completely fine?" The Xianghua Kiroro Immortal Herb sensed Su Yu's unchanged aura, astonished.
"Su Yu, what are you trying to do?"
Su Yu didn't respond to the spirit herbs. He dove straight into the spring, heading toward the bottom.
At the deep end of the red and blue springs, faint dragon power radiated from the depths. Two terrifying dragon bones emitted powerful ripples from the extreme depths.
It seemed the two dragon bones had formed a special formation, causing the world's elemental energies to gather around the bones, nourishing them. Eventually, the dragon bones emitted a faint, ethereal spiritual energy. The collision of the ice and fire energies produced a unique form of energy that flowed out of the spring into the outside world.
Within the two dragon bones, each emitted a wave of consciousness.
Su Yu had sensed this fluctuation, prompting him to come down and investigate.
"Two Dragon Kings, I received a trace of your bloodline power before. Now, I've come to assist you in return." His spiritual power conveyed his meaning clearly.
The dragon might from the bones intensified, and the strength within the bones released, gathering to form two illusory spiritual bodies.
"I didn't expect you to reach this level in such a short time."
Su Yu's presence here already indicated much. Additionally, with his use of spiritual power to communicate, he didn't hide his cultivation realm.
"What is this?"
The two Dragon Kings were puzzled, watching the intertwining and eventual fusion of the life and death runes.
Such a profound aura.
It resembled the divine positions, but was distinctly different.
Was this something a soul master could gather using their own power?
Su Yu didn't explain. He activated the two runes.
"Seniors, this is my first time attempting transformation. Please don't interfere."
(End of chapter)