Back to Su Ming.
After his victory, Su Ming noticed Tang San leaving alone, but he didn't care at all. If it weren't for Tang Hao, Su Ming would've definitely enjoyed tormenting Tang San a bit more.
After turning off the recording, Su Ming began writing in his diary.
[Just had a match with Tang San, and man, it was fun! Tang San opened with his classic "Mommy Bind," so of course, I had to show him I could bind too—without even using a soul skill! Totally left him dumbfounded, hahaha!]
The women watching: Su Ming, you're so bad, shrimping and pig-hearted!
[I'm guessing right now, Tang San must be feeling pretty down, probably crushed by the defeat, and I bet he'll go to Yu Xiaogang for some advice.]
[If I've got this right, Yu Xiaogang will likely tell him to focus on leveling up his soul power and leave self-created soul skills for later. After all, creating high-quality soul skills isn't easy!]
[In this world, there are many self-created soul skills, but most aren't as powerful as the ones granted by soul rings. Compared to focusing on improving your soul power level, it's not very efficient. So Yu Xiaogang's advice wouldn't be wrong.]
[Yu Xiaogang probably thinks that since Tang San has innate full soul power and I only have level seven, Tang San will outgrow me in time. He believes that I'm just a temporary challenge for Tang San, one that will push him to grow stronger.]
[But what Yu Xiaogang doesn't realize is that my growth rate will outpace Tang San's, and I've got way more powerful wood-based techniques. The Wood Release techniques I used today—Silent Binding and Four Pillar Prison—are just the basic ones!]
[Speaking of which, those moves are still part of Yamato's repertoire. I'm not even close to Senju's higher-level Wood Release techniques yet.]
The women became even more curious about Su Ming's future Wood Release techniques. The ones he used today already seemed quite powerful, so what about the more advanced ones?
Soon, it was midnight again, and the much-anticipated moment had arrived!
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing today's diary entry. You have received: "Soul Power Body Refining Art."]
Whoa!
Today was another lucky day—he got the body refining technique he had been longing for!
Su Ming eagerly checked the explanation of this new technique.
["Soul Power Body Refining Art": As the name suggests, this technique allows the user to refine their meridians, bones, and more using their own soul power. The higher the quality of the soul power, the better the refining effect. The use of external resources can further enhance the refining process.]
[Note: Soul power body refining is very dangerous and requires excellent control over one's soul power before attempting!]
Reading this note, Su Ming couldn't help but feel like this technique was made just for him. What might be dangerous for others wouldn't be for him!
Su Ming already had excellent control over his soul power, and with the previous "Soul Power Guidance Art", he could manipulate his soul power at will.
Wait, the Soul Power Guidance Art?
Su Ming's suspicion grew. He asked, "System, could this be part of your plan? How is it that I just so happened to get the Soul Power Guidance Art before obtaining the body refining technique?"
[Ding! The host is overthinking. The rewards are completely random and have nothing to do with the system, kekeke!]
Su Ming: …
He didn't believe the system at all, but whatever. As long as it worked to his advantage, he didn't mind. He began documenting today's reward.
[Haha! Today, I hit the jackpot again! After a long streak of weird rewards like charms, snacks, drinks, maid outfits, stockings, and the like, I finally got something serious.]
The women watching were caught off guard—why did he suddenly start talking about maid outfits and stockings? Shameless!
Xiao Wu, her face blushing, thought to herself, Su Ming hasn't asked me to wear the maid outfit yet. If he does, should I say yes or playfully refuse first?
Such a dilemma!
[Today, the system rewarded me with a body refinement technique called "Soul Power Body Refining Art." No external resources are needed; you just need to have perfect control over your soul power to use it to refine your meridians, bones, and more. It's no problem for me since I already have complete control over my soul power.]
[This body refining technique is widely applicable since it doesn't require external resources, but there's a catch: you need to control your soul power as naturally as you would control your own limbs.]
[However, most people can't control their soul power that well. There's even a theory that while soul rings grant soul masters great skills, they also limit a soul master's ability to control their own soul power.]
The women watching grew intrigued—there was such a theory?
[This is because soul rings carry a remnant of the soul beast's consciousness. In most cases, this consciousness resists the soul master subconsciously since they were enemies in life, which causes a decrease in the soul master's ability to control their power. The same applies to soul bones.]
[There's hardly any way to resolve this unless the soul master becomes a god, or the soul beast harbors no ill will toward the soul master. But both situations are rare!]
Some of the higher-ranked women nodded in agreement, recognizing this from their own experiences. After absorbing a new soul ring, they often needed time to adjust before fully mastering their new abilities.
[Tang San managed to achieve both of these in the original story. When he became a god, the soul rings and bones he had naturally harmonized with him, no longer carrying any lingering resentment.]
[One notable example is Tang San's external spirit bone, the Eight Spider Lances, which evolved along with him, eventually becoming a part of his body. When Tang San ascended to godhood, the Eight Spider Lances even became a divine artifact, completing their evolution.]
Reading this, Bibi Dong felt the strongest resonance. After all, she was on the path to that stage herself, though her external spirit bone was still far from reaching the level of a divine artifact.
[And the other example is Xiao Wu…]
Xiao Wu blurted out, Why is this about me again?!
She had a bad feeling.
[In the original story, Xiao Wu, using the celestial herb Acacia Vermillion, managed to conceal her spirit beast aura and went to Spirit City with Tang San and the others to participate in the final Spirit Master Tournament. However, after the finals, her identity as a 100,000-year spirit beast was exposed!]
[Then, as I mentioned before, Bibi Dong tried to kill Xiao Wu, but Tang San's father, Tang Hao, appeared, rescuing both Tang San and Xiao Wu. He sent Xiao Wu back to the Star Dou Forest, telling her to hide and protect herself.]
[Meanwhile, Tang Hao took Tang San with him, personally training him and helping him awaken the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, causing his Blue Silver Grass martial spirit to evolve into the Blue Silver Emperor!]
[But don't be fooled by Tang Hao's seemingly kind act of sparing Xiao Wu—he had his own plans!]
[Otherwise, why would he let Xiao Wu come to Spirit City knowing full well that she's a 100,000-year spirit beast and in love with Tang San? He should have stopped her before her identity was exposed in front of everyone!]
Xiao Wu: Damn it! Who says I love Tang San? I don't like him anymore!
The other women mostly agreed with Su Ming's analysis. If Tang Hao had intervened earlier, Xiao Wu's spirit beast identity wouldn't have been exposed in such a public setting. A 100,000-year spirit ring and spirit bone are far too tempting for any spirit master.
[Later, Tang San trained for five years, and just as his spirit power reached level 59, he decided to go to the Star Dou Forest to find Xiao Wu.]
The women immediately picked up on this detail—Tang San's level was conveniently at 59, right before the next major breakthrough.
Xiao Wu's face turned pale. No way, was I really that unfortunate?
[And what do you know, Tang San just so happened to run into a team from Spirit Hall also searching for Xiao Wu at the same time. How convenient!]
[This situation mirrors what happened with Tang Hao and Ah Yin. Back then, Tang Hao's spirit power was also at level 90, right on the verge of a breakthrough. They were also hunted by Spirit Hall, leading to Ah Yin being forced to sacrifice herself for Tang Hao.]
[Now, Tang San's at level 59, on the verge of breaking through to level 60, heading to the Star Dou Forest, and then—what a coincidence—he encounters Spirit Hall's team. Just like Tang Hao, Tang San tries to protect Xiao Wu but fails, forcing her to sacrifice herself for him!]
[Is it really just a coincidence, or is someone orchestrating all of this? The similarities are terrifying when you think about it!]
In her cave, Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor, trembled. She didn't want to believe this was true, but Su Ming's reasoning was flawless.
How could it be that both Tang Hao and Tang San just happened to be on the brink of breakthroughs? Without reaching the required levels, spirit beasts couldn't sacrifice themselves as spirit rings.
[Tang San, however, benefited from this disaster, gaining Xiao Wu's 100,000-year spirit ring and spirit bone.]
[Because Xiao Wu's sacrifice was the most extreme kind—offering not just her physical body but also her soul, since Tang San's level wasn't high enough to handle a 100,000-year spirit ring.]
[After her sacrifice, Xiao Wu became an ordinary rabbit, with most of her soul attached to the ring and bone.]
[Xiao Wu loved Tang San at that time, which is why her 100,000-year spirit ring and bone didn't hinder his control over his spirit power. Everything went smoothly, and whenever Tang San was in danger, Xiao Wu would temporarily appear in her spirit form to help him fight.]
[But this came at a cost. Since Xiao Wu was in her spirit form, every time she used her spirit ring and bone skills, her soul would gradually weaken until she eventually fell into a deep sleep or even completely disappeared.]
[Eventually, like other spirit rings, only a faint subconscious presence would remain in the ring, subtly interfering with Tang San's control over his power. But due to Xiao Wu's special situation, it likely wouldn't affect him much.]
Xiao Wu grew paler and paler as she read this. Her fate in the original story was beyond tragic!
Her mother had been killed by powerful spirit beasts and sacrificed to Bibi Dong, and she herself sacrificed for Tang San. Although she was later revived, she ended up as a sheath for Tang San's Asura God Sword!
At the same time, Xiao Wu wondered why, if she was in the Star Dou Forest, her companions Da Ming and Er Ming (the powerful spirit beasts) didn't prevent her from sacrificing herself.
Was Spirit Hall's team really that powerful? Could they really restrain both Da Ming and Er Ming?
Xiao Wu guessed half correctly. The Spirit Hall team at that time was led by the two Title Douluos, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, both at level 95. Although they weren't individually stronger than Da Ming and Er Ming, their Martial Fusion Skill—Polar Static Field—was very unique and could immobilize enemies for a time.
Of course, this technique also froze Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo themselves, and the stronger the enemy, the shorter the immobilization. But it was enough time for the rest of Spirit Hall's forces to attack Tang San and Xiao Wu.
The other women now fully understood. The key to the sacrifice was the emotional bond between the spirit beast and the spirit master. If the spirit beast loved the master, the sacrifice wouldn't hinder the master's control over their spirit power.
They also recalled Su Ming's earlier entry about the Tang family's ancestral teachings. Could it be that the ancestral tradition involved every generation bonding with a 100,000-year spirit beast and having them sacrifice themselves? If so, that was terrifying.
They began to sympathize with Xiao Wu even more. If events had followed the original story, Xiao Wu's fate would have been too tragic—her mother sacrificed, then herself, and afterward becoming Tang San's sword sheath for the Asura God Sword.
They also became more certain that Tang Hao, after discovering Xiao Wu was a 100,000-year spirit beast, didn't capture her because he wanted her to fall in love with Tang San and voluntarily sacrifice herself!
And indeed, Tang San lived up to Tang Hao's "expectations," managing to win Xiao Wu's heart.
Then, they saw the diary continue to update.
[Ugh, the more I write, the angrier I get. Afterward, Tang San found out that Xiao Wu's soul wasn't completely gone but was residing in the spirit ring.]
[Tang San was overjoyed and swore he wouldn't use Xiao Wu's 100,000-year spirit ring or spirit bone to avoid weakening her soul. Yet, he broke his promise! Later, the two skills he used most were Xiao Wu's invincible Golden Body and Teleportation, as well as the 100,000-year skill Void Blast Eightfold Drop. Didn't he realize that using them would further weaken Xiao Wu's soul?]
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