Douluo: Not enough blood? Use your brain

After six rounds, the spiritual power of 600,000 years was distributed among Xu Yuan's sixteen soul rings, with each soul ring increasing by nearly 40,000 years.

Unfortunately, even with such a significant increase, none of Xu Yuan's soul spirits broke through 100,000 years.

Moreover, there was still a considerable distance to 100,000 years. Illusory Star had the highest age, but even with the 40,000 years of increase, it was only 70,000 years.

Yet, even so, the improvement of Xu Yuan's soul spirits could be described as exponential.

And it wasn't just a doubling.

Yao Yao, Jue, and the paper soul spirit, Mountains and Rivers, all tripled or even quadrupled.

The growth of the soul spirits naturally also boosted Xu Yuan's spiritual power.

Two months ago, Xu Yuan's suppressed emotions were relieved, and his spiritual power had already loosened. After the first entry into the Spirit Ascension Platform, he completed the breakthrough and entered the advanced stage of the Spirit Abyss Realm.

After the subsequent five Spirit Ascension Platform enhancements, Xu Yuan transformed each time as if reborn.

Now, after a full two months, Xu Yuan's spiritual power has increased by a full 2,000 points!

At this rate, if it continues, he might reach the peak of the Spirit Abyss Realm within half a year and be ready to衝刺 into the Spiritual Domain Realm at any time.

Of course, it's not that simple. Rapid growth brings a sense of unsuitability to the power.

At the same time, and most importantly, Xu Yuan has consumed too much spiritual power in these two months.

Chapter 414: The Situation of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda

In two months, Xu Yuan consumed a full 600,000 years of spiritual power.

This would be an astronomical figure for any soul master.

Even a Titled Douluo, absorbing so many years of spiritual power, could ensure that all nine of their soul rings are raised to over 60,000 years.

A nine-ring Titled Douluo could increase each soul ring by an average of over 60,000 years!

If there was even one soul spirit among the original ones that was at 40,000 years, there would definitely be a chance to accumulate it to the extreme limit below 100,000 years.

As long as it's in the same state as the millennium limit, there would be no problem in advancing to 100,000 years by chance!

And are 40,000-year soul spirits rare?

They are considered normal among Titled Douluos.

This shows how vast the spiritual power Xu Yuan absorbed this time was.

It can be said that this time he absorbed so much spiritual power that replenishing it in Tianhai City has indirectly affected Xu Shengqun's power struggle.

Initially, it put Xu Shengqun at a disadvantage, but without knowing what changes occurred, the series of disputes triggered by this actually led Xu Shengqun to gradually turn the tables and quickly extend his hand into the research institute.

"Uncle, your movements are too fast," Xu Yuan said in surprise.

He had only just learned of this news.

Xu Shengqun waved his hand, smiling, as if these were just basic operations.

"Actually, it's still thanks to you. Those people behind me were caught off guard and asked me for details one by one. I didn't say you were cultivating, but just used the excuse that I was researching and had made breakthroughs in the technology of improving spiritual power quality."

Xu Yuan suddenly understood.

Good fortune lies within bad, and bad fortune lurks within good.

Misfortune and fortune always appear together.

Although Xu Yuan's absorption of vast spiritual power this time put Xu Shengqun at a disadvantage, the results of his absorption were used by Xu Shengqun to turn the tables and complete the power struggle more quickly.

"By the way, Gu Yue's side has also exerted force. To be precise, it's Leng Yaozhu who has exerted force. Now, the entire Spirit Transfer Pagoda is in a four-way situation."

"Four-way?"

Xu Yuan was stunned.

What's going on? Four forces?

"One side is naturally the current direct line of Qiangu Dongfeng, then there's my side, Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue belong to another side, and finally there's the joint composition of the Heaven Dou and Star Luo continents' branches."

Xu Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

The two branches actually joined forces and had the intention of partitioning?

"Actually, there's no need to care about those two branches. This is a situation that will appear in every power struggle throughout history." Xu Shengqun didn't care, and he simply explained to Xu Yuan: "Due to the geographical location of the two small continents themselves, it is difficult for our Federation to establish direct communication with them. Only under a completely unified centralized power are they one. Once internal power struggles occur, the branches of the two small continents will first unite with each other, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. After we in the Federation have decided on a true victor, or after we have a general situation here, they will rejoin the Spirit Transfer Pagoda."

In other words, this is not actually a decision of the two continents' branches, but the meaning of the two continents.

The Heaven Dou Continent and the Star Luo Continent have never really cared about the internal struggles of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda. What they care about is that such struggles will not affect the soul spirit supply to the soul masters on the two continents.

Therefore, whenever internal struggles occur within the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, these two branches will naturally break away and not participate in the struggle.

After all, with a superior geographical location, even the most advanced maritime technology takes at least one or two months to reach the Star Luo Continent or the Heaven Dou Continent from the Federation. Under such circumstances, they have the qualifications to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.

"Similarly, because of their geographical location, it is difficult to invest before a winner is determined. They can only passively wait for the new Pagoda Master of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda to appear, and then投向 us. As for the managers of the branches, they can only be re-sent by the subsequent headquarters."

It's always been like this.

Xu Yuan understood.

"So, in reality, there are three parties vying for power. Although Qiangu Dongfeng's reputation has declined, he firmly controls the core power. In addition, his side has the most Limit Douluos, so his power is still considered stable for the time being."

Xu Yuan listened quietly to Xu Shengqun's analysis.

"Then there's our side, consisting of me and the other three Spirit Transfer Envoys, as well as the Win-Win faction. We only have me as a Limit Combatant on the surface, but in reality, the Win-Win faction should have a veteran Limit.

"In addition, the Win-Win faction itself is deeply rooted in the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and has considerable influence. Coupled with the technical information I released some time ago, we are temporarily ranked second."

"Finally, there's Leng Yaozhu's side. The two Deputy Pagoda Masters cooperate with each other. Among them, Leng Yaozhu is a demigod and a Four-Word Battle Armor Master. The other Deputy Pagoda Master is also at the same level, but he usually doesn't participate in the internal power struggles of the Spirit Transfer Pagoda. He only obtained the position of Deputy Pagoda Master because of his origin in the Spirit Transfer Pagoda and his strong talent. Now he has been won over by Leng Yaozhu and is considered to support Gu Yue."

Xu Yuan frowned and raised a question.

"So, who is behind Leng Yaozhu and them? Just two Limit Douluos and a Four-Word Battle Armor Master?"

"What they're trying to win over aren't the old guard within the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, but rather the various major families that cooperate with the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, forming a community of shared interests."

Xu Yuan understood.

In that case, the original Soul Beast faction was also supporting Gu Yue in the form of a family, thus exerting its influence.

"I've also temporarily gotten involved with the research institute, but I'm still leveraging the breakthroughs in spirit power technology, so my involvement is also in that area. I haven't been able to arrange for you the identity you want to research the abyssal power just yet, but it shouldn't be long." Xu Shengqun recalled, "If I remember correctly, your father also had exchanges with the person in charge of this field back then. I'll see if I can go through that channel."

"There's no rush. I still have some things to resolve," Xu Yuan said.

The Xu family.

"Xiao Tian, remember to cultivate diligently."

In two months, Xu Tian's soul power directly broke through a level, and he is now at level sixteen.

This led Xu Yuan to intensify his gunmanship training.

With Xu Yuan's training, Xu Tian's foundation already has a preliminary shape, and now Xu Shengqun can smoothly take over Xu Tian's training.

Leaving Tianhai City.

Xu Yuan did not return to Shrek.

He headed towards Tiandou City.

On the way, he passed through Yuehua City.

Yuehua Sect.

"It's rare that little brother still remembers Sister Yue," Yue Rushuang said, looking at Xu Yuan with a smile.

"Wasn't it because Sister Yue was about to break through? I was worried about disturbing you," Xu Yuan said sheepishly.

Last time Xu Yuan came to Yuehua Sect, he absorbed the Yuehua power here and communicated with the stars in the sky for the first time. The progress in mental power was secondary. Instead, his view of the starry sky was perfected, providing a foundation for subsequent mental power cultivation and Xu Shengqun's breakthrough.

"Alright, Sister Yue knows you're busy with cultivation. I won't tease you anymore. What do you need Sister Yue's help with this time?"

Seeing this, Xu Yuan didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated his needs.

Chapter 415: Times Have Changed

"It's like this, I want to invite Sister Yue to help my great-uncle compete for the position of Spirit Transfer Pagoda Master."

Xu Yuan got straight to the point, without any beating around the bush.

Yue Rushuang seemed to have anticipated this, and her expression only changed slightly before returning to calm.

"Little brother, you need to understand that I don't represent just one person."

"I know, but my great-uncle isn't just one person either. Let's put it this way, Sister Yue, I can now perform soul forging," Xu Yuan said with a smile.

Yue Rushuang's gaze sharpened.

She stared at Xu Yuan, asking word by word: "You can already perform soul forging?"

"This is my work," Xu Yuan took out a piece of jade silver after soul forging.

Yue Rushuang stared at the jade silver in Xu Yuan's hand, unable to take her eyes off it.

The metal forged by each blacksmith is different, especially at the level of spirit forging and soul forging.

Starting with spirit forging, it involves the spirituality of the metal. Although it is said to be awakening the metal's original spirituality, each blacksmith responsible for awakening the spirituality will more or less have their own power affecting this process.

Soul forging is even more so, directly transferring the blacksmith's ability to the soul-forged metal.

From the jade silver in Xu Yuan's hand, Yue Rushuang felt a familiar aura, the power of Yuehua.

Obviously, Xu Yuan's piece of jade silver was not chosen at random, but rather he had incorporated his understanding of the power of Yuehua when forging it before.

"That's enough," Yue Rushuang took a deep breath and said, "But I still need to inform the sect beforehand."

"There's no rush. I have one more thing I want Sister Yue to help with."

"What is it?"

"This time, I plan to invite Yuehua Sect and several other major forces with the deepest research into the starry sky to form a Star Sea Alliance, responsible for exploring the starry sky. Currently, I plan to use Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy as the main force to create a spaceship truly used to explore the starry sky, while the remaining forces are responsible for providing resources and technical assistance."

Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy is, after all, an academy, making it convenient to serve as a platform to gather experts from within various major forces.

Of course, these are all the technologies of the major forces themselves. To get them to hand them over for sharing, you must first let people see the benefits.

"As for how to unite specifically, it is naturally up to me to persuade them. Currently, I need Sister Yue and Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to help me contact all parties first."

Yue Rushuang breathed a sigh of relief.

However, she only breathed a sigh of relief, and her expression quickly became serious again.

"Little brother, you need to be clear that exploring the outside world cannot be accomplished overnight. This is a very long investment process, and it is possible that there will be no results for ten or twenty years, or even hundreds of years."

The universe is too vast!

Xu Yuan also showed a helpless expression.

How could he not know this?

"Sister Yue, I also know that it is difficult to find another civilization or a planet suitable for life in the vast universe, but it is always good to take action sooner rather than later, and I am so active, in fact, I also have a current goal."

Xu Yuan naturally did not expect this project to find a new habitable planet in a short period of time.

"My goal is only to build a spaceship that can truly explore the universe and be self-sufficient."

The main thing is to provide soul masters with a normal cultivation environment and ultra-long endurance.

"The spaceship can be made entirely of soul-forged metal, and I can provide all the materials needed," Xu Yuan said.

This is to reduce the technical requirements with materials.

Douluo Star is ultimately limited.

If Yun Ming wants to break through, even if the path he pioneers is correct, he still has to go to the universe to try.

Regarding the purpose of the spaceship, Xu Yuan did not explain in detail, but only told Yue Rushuang his needs.

"Combining various technologies to create a spaceship that can truly explore space should also be the appeal of the major forces, but there has never been an opportunity to unite, nor enough benefits to promote this step. Now I can serve as this opportunity."

Xu Yuan is very confident.

This is the confidence of a holy blacksmith who can perform soul forging at the age of sixteen.

Exploring the universe, in the final analysis, still depends on spaceships, and spaceships also have strict requirements for materials, that is, high requirements for forging, relying on powerful blacksmiths, and I can meet their needs.

"Our Yuehua Sect can cooperate with you, but the specific details must still be decided by you and Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy."

"Okay."