LIGHTNOVELSTORY Chapter 4: Chapter 4: 3rd Ring
My third soul ring comes from a thousand year Moon-patterned Kelp which in addition to having water attribute also the power of the moon which can help me form a balance with power of the sun from my second soul ring in addition to fire attribute so as to include yin and yang make the reconciliation of the five elements more smooth and complete some preparations to sublimate my life attribute with help of my cultivation technique and make it more all-encompassing and improve the quality of my martial soul by giving it water and moon attributes in addition to ensuring the growth of its vitality while it is mentioned in the novel I have royal blood it isn't complete and pure enough to awaken without opportunities and quite mixed due mistakes of the previous generation but it is not without advantage which is why I have dark blue silver grass which won't be for long given my plans for the future
It give me the soul skill moonlight blessing which restores physical strength and purify negative status this soul skills mainly absorbs water attribute soul power in the surrounding and the power of the moon thanks to my third ring my martial soul completed its initial transformation my first three correspond to things necessary for plant growth earth, sunlight and water in addition giving my martial soul talents while purifying the dormant evil attribute in my martial soul and retaining its devouring ability which I plan to awaken and when I absorb my wood attribute soul ring which is my next target and give me combat abilities.
After laying the ground work of my path and creating my own cultivation technique which I named Blue Silver Imperial Sutra my cultivation speed skyrocketed and it didn't take long for me to reach level 30 which is ahead of schedule but I can't just absorb rings for the sake of it so while I do plan to collect the five elements there is an complication the power of yang which affects its bias so although the five elements can evolve all things the power of yang affects its nature as all things are divided into yin and yang given I already have the power yang I might as well get the other and further smooth out my path as this isn't a major issue as they are complementing each other and will make my martial soul more stable with the power of yin and yang
So its selection isn't easy and there many factors to consider fortunately my bet paid off and give martial soul my martial soul enough foundation to complete its preliminary transformation through resonance since I'm going to evolve my martial soul it is better to be through and comprehensive enough which mainly follows balance school of martial soul development without sacrificing my advantage especially the cost-effectiveness of doing so and not follow it blindly as there are two major schools of soul master development each having their pros and cons
The Balance School believes that the situations faced by soul masters in battle are complex and changeable, and a soul master must develop in a balanced manner in line with the attributes of his own martial soul.
The Extreme School believes that each martial spirit has its own characteristics, and they choose their strongest attributes to maximize what their martial spirit is good at.
The two sides argue endlessly about this. The extreme faction believes that omnipotence means mediocrity, while the balanced faction believes that the extreme faction has too many weaknesses.
What I am doing now is just making my foundation deeper and solid as a soul ring may add talents to a martial soul but they are just that soul power is the key of turning talent into strength so that when the time comes I won't be helpless and in disadvantage but I also want to have something to rely on as my back bone and turn the tides
Personally I think it is just a matter of priority as all paths lead to the same goal except for special cases not to mention after reaching a certain point of cultivation you need to walk your own path with the foundation you accumulated and built there is no right or wrong only if it is suitable to do so or not after all everyone's perception and understanding is different not to mention bias as practice after all is the criterion for truth not to mention must also take into account one's circumstances
I won't say my path is correct only that is suitable for myself as I'm not that conceited not to mention the capital and confidence to bet my future on an unknown path which fortunately paid off as not only did it focus my path but further improve my martial soul not only in energy compatibility but in comprehensiveness and complete the preparations to write my own destiny amidst the troubled waters
If the process of cultivation is not for accomplishing what one wants to do, then cultivation becomes meaningless.
Soul rings serve as the bridge for the soul power circulation systems and every martial soul has connection points which are slots a soul ring is absorbed and which is used increase the martial souls connection and compatibility with the soul master with enhancement as the side effect not only that but soul rings also exist to stabilize and and advance one's cultivation realm so it is possible to take advantage of the special hurdles / bottleneck to transform one's martial through resonance as I completed the preliminary transformation of my martial soul while retaining its stability which is a huge plus considering stability has been a reason why mutant martial souls are rare alongside second awakening and why martial souls are generally inherited from parents
The fine-tuning process of my martial soul will ensure a higher starting point for the future generation and truly remove the label useless martial soul to blue silver grass as Tang San doesn't count he's cheating but my approach is more systematic and can be used as reference