Douluo: Not enough blood? Use your brain

Soul Masters rarely break through to the exact minimum Soul Power level of their current rank. Instead, they usually need to raise their Soul Power strength in the previous rank to a certain degree beyond the limit before breaking through. After breaking through, they naturally leap forward a bit, just like how the maximum static friction is higher than sliding friction.

“I should be able to reach the peak of level ninety-six after fusing the energy from about thirty more components.”

But that's for later. First, let's get through this tribulation.

After stabilizing his Soul Power, Xu Yuan looked up at the sky. The hundred-thousand-year thunder tribulation had already taken shape.

Yao Yao hummed and rushed into the air.

“Hmph hmph! (Today, I, Emperor Yao Yao, shall attain enlightenment!)”

“Hmph! (Don't anyone stop me!)”

Yao Yao's illusory body condensed a pair of small hands, one raised above its head and the other behind its back, as it flew towards the sky. It even conjured a cloak on its back.

It's unclear where it saw this pose, but its illusory body gradually gained color. While looking silly and cute, it actually had a bit of imposing manner.

Yao Yao charged into the thunderclouds.

Instantly, the power of thunder overflowed.

Xu Yuan looked up at the clouds, sensing Yao Yao's state, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Good.

Yao Yao's foundation was excellent. Overcoming the tribulation wouldn't be too difficult for it. The difficulty lay in sustaining the thunder tribulation for the maximum time and maximizing its effects.

“Yao Yao, open up the Dreamscape and try to temper it with the power of thunder.”

“Hmph? (Are you teaching me how to do things?)”

Around Yao Yao's body, illusory worlds descended, enveloping the thunderclouds of the tribulation and transferring all the thunder power into the Dreamscape.

“Hmph! (It hurts!)”

“Hmph hmph hmph! (Xu Yuan, save me quickly!)”

Xu Yuan sensed Yao Yao's state and also delved into the clouds with his mental power.

Dreamscape.

Xu Yuan looked at the dilapidated space, not panicking, but telling Yao Yao to calm down.

“Yao Yao, calm down. Transform the Dreamscape into my appearance, both in form and internal structure, as closely as possible to my main body.”

Yao Yao hummed twice and hurriedly changed the Dreamscape's form of existence according to Xu Yuan's instructions.

The two had practiced this before, but Yao Yao was still too young and didn't react in time, quickly completing the transformation under Xu Yuan's reminder.

Xu Yuan's Blood Energy also integrated into it.

Blood Energy dyed the entire space, filling the Dreamscape and constructing an illusory body of flesh and blood.

Boom!

The power of thunder circulated within the illusory body.

Thunder Tempering Method.

Xu Yuan activated the method and immediately felt much better.

However, there were still uncomfortable aspects. The feeling was very different from tempering the main body with the power of thunder.

“This is the difference between illusion and reality. I still need to adjust it.”

After guiding the circulation of thunder power, Xu Yuan only maintained its most basic framework, then allowed the thunder power to flow freely within the illusory body, modifying many details of the Thunder Tempering Method according to its path.

The thunder tribulation lasted a long time. Even when it was about to dissipate, Xu Yuan would try every means to stimulate the laws of the universe and extend the duration of the tribulation.

Ten days passed, and Yun Ming had already withdrawn from his comprehension.

He looked at the illusory world in the sky and couldn't help but reveal an admiring expression.

“Little Yuan is walking even more steadily than I did.”

The illusory world, the real body, now had the opportunity to merge.

When Xu Yuan truly reached the point where he could not advance further, the fusion of illusion and reality would break through the shackles of dimensions once again, allowing him to achieve a crossover between the two.

Xu Yuan's consciousness was still clear.

He had experienced this thunder tempering process no less than a hundred times, so he wouldn't lose himself.

The enrichment of the Dreamscape caused his mental power to increase rapidly.

Feeling the growth of his mental power, Xu Yuan had the urge to pull Jue into the Dreamscape, but hesitated before doing so.

After much hesitation, he still gave up on this step.

Nine months ago, Xu Yuan's mental power broke through to the Spirit Domain Realm, and his mental domain took shape, continuing to grow rapidly until now.

Before Yao Yao's breakthrough, Xu Yuan's mental power had reached twenty-six thousand.

When he first came into contact with the Source, he could feel his mental power increasing. His mental power also increased when he was impacted by the Source's vast historical information.

Until before Yao Yao's breakthrough, his mental power had already reached a small bottleneck.

That was the bottleneck of the middle stage of the Spirit Domain Realm.

His mental power reached more than twenty-nine thousand.

As the Dreamscape was perfected, Xu Yuan's mental power instantly broke through and rapidly increased as Xu Yuan underwent the tribulation and his illusory body received thunder tempering.

After the thunder tribulation, Xu Yuan's mental power stabilized at thirty-five thousand.

Around his body, circles of Soul Rings emerged.

Black, black, black, black, black, black, red, red, red.

Six black and three red.

The colors of the Soul Rings changed rapidly. The first three Soul Rings turned blood-red in an instant, emitting an eerie light and bursting out with a unique hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring aura.

Six red, three black.

The sense of weight coming from his body increased. Xu Yuan took a deep breath.

“I probably have fourteen hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings now, but I haven't reached my body's limit yet. Another twenty probably wouldn't be a problem.”

The sense of weight was very slight, and everything was still within his tolerance.

After all, seven of his hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings belonged to the Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear, which was also his Blood Energy Martial Soul. Strong Blood Energy also nourished his body strength, greatly increasing his endurance.

Of course, what Xu Yuan needed was not another twenty hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Next, his goal was naturally to raise all the Soul Rings to orange-gold or even gold.

Three Martial Souls, twenty-seven Soul Rings, it still seemed a bit burdensome.

However, the problems aren't significant. As long as Xu Yuan obtains new Soul Rings, he's progressing. And with his progress, his endurance also increases. It's all positive feedback.

Back when he was at level forty, the burden on his body was very close to the limit. Now, isn't it becoming easier and easier?

With the Soul Ring's transformation, Xu Yuan's mental power fluctuated a bit, but it only increased by about three or four hundred, not a very significant increase.

The thunderclouds dispersed, and Xu Yuan's transformation ended.

He slowly descended, landing beside Yun Ming.

"Teacher."

"Yes, not bad. This time your gains are considerable."

Yun Ming observed Xu Yuan's changes, very satisfied.

He's not one for suppressive education.

Of course, he really doesn't care about things he's used to.

Xu Yuan's performance exceeded his expectations, making him satisfied, and he wouldn't put on a stern face to lecture him.

"You seemed to have some thoughts just now. Is there something you're worried about?" Yun Ming pointed out the situation when he observed Xu Yuan's tribulation and asked.

Xu Yuan smiled wryly and nodded.

"My Heavenly Origin Five Elements Spear Martial Soul now has seven Soul Rings. I also have some ideas for the eighth and ninth Soul Rings, preparing to condense them entirely with the power of stars and mental power."

"Mental power?" Yun Ming's expression changed.

Good idea.

Even if mental power materializes, it's just an invisible substance interfering with reality. It only possesses the characteristics of matter, but it's not true matter.

Of course, this is under normal circumstances.

Xu Yuan controls the virtual and real. Perhaps he can really solidify special metals with mental power and integrate them into Jue's main body.

"So you just wanted to try to integrate mental power into Jue's main body, condensing Mental Gold?"

Xu Yuan nodded.

He had this idea, but he still felt it wasn't perfect enough.

It's not that the idea isn't perfect, but that the opportunity isn't enough.

Yao Yao's transformation only allowed Xu Yuan's mental power to break through, but it didn't give him endless mental power to vent.

Condensing Mental Gold isn't that easy. The required mental power is enormous. Even if his Spirit Domain Realm's mental power in the Sea of Consciousness is comparable to a vast sea, he wouldn't dare say he could satisfy the condensation of Mental Gold.

"It's good to have a plan. You'll always find an opportunity." Yun Ming couldn't think of any good techniques and could only let Xu Yuan wait patiently for the opportunity.

"The time required to fuse the origin and become the Lord of the Plane won't be short, but the situation in the Dragon Plane is special. Xiao Jia might be faster, but it will still take at least three or four years, or even more than ten years." Yun Ming said, "The fusion has just begun, and the fluctuations of the origin have become smooth. The changes in the plane have just begun. Go around and you can always gain something."

Xu Yuan nodded.

He didn't travel with Yun Ming.

The two each chose a direction, acting as observers in the Dragon Plane, witnessing the restoration of the plane.

Among them, while Xu Yuan observed and witnessed, he was also digesting the evolution of the dream space.

With digestion, his Martial Soul's improvement became more and more obvious.

In just ten days, Xu Yuan felt that he could try to break through again.

He refined all the remaining energy in the mecha, and after his Soul Power broke through level ninety-seven, he filled it up again, reaching a peak.

As long as the Martial Soul grows again, he can break through again.

"Even if Xiao Jia fuses with the origin and becomes the Lord of the Plane, the ocean's turmoil has not been completely calmed. It seems that the ocean's origin is the focus of being stolen."

Xu Yuan stood in the sky above the sea, closing his eyes and feeling the difference between this sea and the Douluo Star Sea.

"Thin faith and luck."

There are countless creatures in the sea, many times more than on the mainland. Luck cannot be low. There is also faith. Even without a unified Sea God faith, various messy thoughts are enough to condense messy faith, eventually converging into the faith of the sea.

However, the sea in the Dragon Plane seems to have been looted. Faith and luck are very thin.

"Tsk, the power of the God King is really unpredictable, stealing faith, stealing luck. I don't know if these powers are used by Tang Wulin to digest the Golden Dragon King bloodline, or absorbed by Old Tang to stabilize his state."

The former is okay. Tang Wulin will eventually have a limit in fusing the Golden Dragon King bloodline.

The current Xu Yuan is not the Xu Yuan when he first crossed over. His fear of Tang Wulin is not as great as before.

Even if he continues to fuse the power of the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, the limit is only sixteen seals, probably at the True God level. Only the last two seals can give him transformation, but he cannot fuse these two under normal circumstances.

What Xu Yuan fears is the latter.

Old Tang is also a clone condensed from divine consciousness. If he has the power of faith to replenish him, he might be able to restore some divine power.

"Alas, I have to find a way to consume him."

Xu Yuan had the idea of consuming Tang San's three chances to take action before, but only found one opportunity in Dragon Valley so far.

Now, Old Tang may get supplements instead, reminding him of this point again.

"If the teacher's plan goes smoothly, we won't need Tang San's backup to deal with the abyss, and I don't need to worry about it anymore."

It's just, how can I force Old Tang out and consume his hard-won divine power?

Xu Yuan frowned, thinking about the reasons why Old Tang had to take action.

"Sea God Inheritance?"

During the previous crisis of God-Slaying Missiles, the Tang Sect borrowed the Vast Sea Barrier from the Sea God Pavilion and activated the divine power in it, forming a dual-core formation with the Golden Ancient Tree, resisting the God-Slaying Missiles.

The Vast Sea Barrier is now still in the hands of Zang Xin of the Tang Sect. Shrek didn't ask for it, and the Tang Sect didn't return it. The two sides seem to maintain a tacit understanding.