Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 4 Soul Power Compatibility

Q: How is soul power increased?
A: Use meditation.
Q: How do I practice meditation?

A: Mental energy mobilizes soul energy to circulate within the meridians.

Q: Why does channeling spiritual energy to circulate soul energy within the meridians increase soul energy?

Some argue that prolonged circulation widens the meridians, allowing them to hold more soul power, and when a certain limit is reached, the soul power level naturally increases.

Some argue that prolonged circulation of soul power through the meridians increases the compatibility between the meridians and soul power, thereby improving the efficiency of soul power absorption, circulation, and capacity.

Or, all of the above.

Han Tao's innate soul power was particularly low, which resulted in his mental power remaining constant for a relatively long period of time.

His deeper understanding of meditation allowed him to discover the impact of meridian width and soul power compatibility on cultivation efficiency under the same mental strength.

(The possibility that the seasons may affect cultivation efficiency cannot be ruled out.)
These are the control group and the experimental group; it's very simple, something you learned before you traveled through time.

what does this mean?
This means that prolonged practice of meditation can effectively enhance initial talents.

But the next question is why Yu Xiaogang couldn't break through level 29?
Doesn't he know how to use meditation?
This is obviously impossible. There are so many Soul Masters in Douluo Continent, and everyone is practicing meditation. Someone will eventually discover this pattern.

Han Tao soon received the answer.

The difficulty of leveling up your soul power is far greater than the growth rate of your talent. When your talent reaches a certain limit and you fail to overcome the difficulty of leveling up your soul power, you will be stuck.

At this point, unless there are rare and precious materials, soul bones, or cultivation techniques, one will be stuck at a certain level forever.

At this point, you only have three strategies. One is to modify the meridian pathways, which is the optimization meditation method, extremely difficult and with a high risk of death.

Secondly, it is necessary to broaden the meridians, but broadening the meridians requires the impact of soul power. If your martial soul is not strong, it means that your growth base is low, and your total soul power and mental power are weak. How can you generate an effective impact?
Thirdly, increasing the compatibility of soul power is a plan that Han Tao finds quite laughable.

Although it is effective, it takes far too long. A year of soul power circulation only increases the soul power compatibility by a few points. To be honest, this thing still depends on innate talent.

However, these two conclusions are not without significance.

The definition of soul power compatibility made Han Tao understand that talent can be changed, but it requires a very long period of soul power circulation.

The number of meridians circulated by the Xuan Tian Gong is much greater than that of the meditation method, and the speed at which the soul power circulates is also much faster. Therefore, Tang San has been strengthening his cultivation talent since childhood.

Although his soul power is currently at its innate maximum, his talent has not yet reached that level, because talent doesn't improve that quickly.

“Spirit-type martial souls are the chosen ones. Even if their innate soul power is not very strong, they can enhance their talents by using high spirit to mobilize soul power to cleanse their meridians.”

Thanks to the discovery of soul power compatibility and the deepening of meditation techniques, Han Tao's cultivation speed accelerated once again.

Before the holiday, Han Tao's soul power reached the peak of level three, just one step away from level four.

In just one year, his soul power level rose from level one to the peak of level three, a leap of two and a half levels, which is quite remarkable.

Especially for someone whose innate soul power is only level one, this rate of improvement is obviously abnormal, but because his soul power level is too low, not many people pay attention to Han Tao's changes.

After saying goodbye to his teachers and classmates, Han Tao returned to Shenghun Village.

"Han Tao, our village should thank you."

Old Jack walked up and greeted Han Tao with a smile as he returned to the village. "Because two people with soul power came from our village last year, the Spirit Hall exempted our village from this year's taxes." Looking at the village chief's smile, even the wheat fields by the village seemed a little brighter. These villagers were all ordinary people who did not understand the changes that soul masters could make. They were only happy about the bumper harvest in the fields.

"Village chief, I might have to pay you back later!"

Han Tao chuckled awkwardly and struck up a conversation with the old village chief, but it was clear that Old Jack didn't care at all.

If Han Tao hadn't remembered it clearly, he would have even suspected that Old Jack had forgotten about borrowing money.

The words are divided into two parts.

In a corner of Holy Soul Village, a slovenly dressed but muscular man was wielding a heavy hammer, which he slammed down onto a piece of cast iron with a twist of his waist.

If someone from the Haotian Sect were present, they would have noticed that this extraordinary blacksmithing technique was the prototype of the Chaotic Cloak Hammering Technique.

A child stood beside the man, his eyes gleaming with purple light as he observed the muscles of the strong man's body, their movement, their flow, and the transmission of force—these images gradually imprinted into his mind.

That's right, these two people are Tang Hao and his son.

"Come and try!"

Tang Hao held the hammer horizontally, a move that required immense strength, something Han Tao couldn't do at the moment.

Tang Hao picked out a piece of pig iron from the miscellaneous items and gestured for Tang San to hammer it using the hammer technique he had just taught him.

Tang San was physically weak, but his physical abilities were still superior to Han Tao's. He used the technique that Tang Hao had just used to gather his strength and rotate his body, condensing his power again and again to strike the pig iron.

"At the moment the heart beats, power is generated from the calves, up the thighs, through the waist, back, and arms, and finally released. As the hammer bounces up to its highest point, the body spins the hammer, using the rebound force generated by the collision of the hammer and metal as the starting point for the next strike. Each subsequent strike is more powerful than the user's full strength. Using this technique, eighty-one consecutive swings can directly shape a piece of pig iron into the desired form."

Tang Hao's teaching is very meticulous, so meticulous that Han Tao would also benefit greatly if he were present.

Does Han Tao want to learn from others? Even if he has every desire to learn, does he dare to?

With a titled Douluo and the Purple Demon Eye, how could he possibly remain undetected after stealing the master's skills?

Once discovered, Chun Chun would have no chance of survival and would be doomed.

Therefore, Han Tao had long since hidden himself away.

In Holy Soul Village, he finally found a place with abundant herbs and began his soul power cultivation.

"Why is it so noisy!"

Clang! Bang! Crash!
In a distant corner, the faint sound of blacksmithing gradually reached my ears.

This inevitably annoyed Han Tao, but he couldn't do anything about Tang Hao and his son.

"That damn messy cloak again!"

Han Tao murmured to himself, but it seemed that he had suddenly thought of something.

A hammer can transmit power in a specific way when it strikes; is soul power the same?

Han Tao didn't know how to forge iron, but he did know how to meditate. After the soul power circulated through the meridians, it needed to be re-condensed.

Could we perhaps draw inspiration from the "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique"?
(End of this chapter)