Spirit Ring Skill: Curse of the Heart of Stardust; Light of Despair.
Spirit Bone Skill: Curse of the Heart of the Ocean; Guardian of the Mermaid.
When the Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone are produced at the same time, they can provide mutual enhancements, and the effect of two identical energy rebound skills naturally amplifies even more.
In fact, due to the high compatibility brought by the soul sacrifice, it became even more powerful than the original Heart of the Ocean.
The original Heart of the Ocean had a cooldown time of one month, while You Chen's two rebound skills each only had a cooldown time of half a month.
If used in rotation, it would effectively only have a cooldown of one-fourth.
Moreover, if both major soul skills are activated simultaneously, there are additional effects.
The original Heart of the Ocean did not have the ability to defend against and absorb physical attacks, but under this dual soul skill, it directly transformed into "all attacks." This means that the true effect became a short period of invincibility, gathering all the energy and power from incoming attacks to enhance the next attack.
Furthermore… You Chen faintly sensed the hidden effects of this soul skill.
For instance, while the Heart of the Ocean claims to resist and rebound "all energy attacks," this "all" still has its limits.
The invincible golden body clearly states that it can only immunize against damage below the "divine level," while attacks at the divine level would be weakened.
The Heart of the Ocean does not specify, indicating that its "all" includes energy attacks of divine strength.
However, reaching the divine level means transcending the world's rules to a certain extent, which means divine attacks cannot be accurately measured, hence the ambiguity.
The divine strength that the Heart of the Ocean can resist likely only reaches the level of divine officials.
And when the Heart of Stardust and the Heart of the Ocean are combined… let's tentatively call it the Heart of the Star Sea, You Chen vaguely sensed that the limit of this dual soul skill is far beyond that of the Heart of the Ocean.
As for whether it can withstand attacks from level three or level two deities? It's hard to say without practical use.
As for the remaining two soul skills, they also received stronger enhancements compared to the original versions, but they are not as outrageous as the first two.
Spirit Ring Skill: Light of Despair.
It shoots out a white wave ring, capable of instantly sealing the target's soul power and restraining their actions, lasting up to 5 seconds. It belongs to a forced control skill similar to the Stardust Demon's Capture.
Generally speaking, such forced-type skills have usage limitations.
However, the Light of Despair does not have the same attribute restrictions as the Stardust Demon's Capture, and the cooldown time limited by the original soul skill is less than the natural recovery time of energy…
So its cooldown limitation functions normally. It can only be used three times a day.
Lastly, the Spirit Bone Skill: Guardian of the Mermaid.
Unlike the original version, which required bloodline restrictions, You Chen's Spirit Bone skill can be directly used as long as a mental anchor point is left in the target's spiritual sea. The mental anchor point will draw Divine Power from the target's spiritual sea to maintain itself, and as long as You Chen does not actively解除 it, it will always exist.
Through the mental anchor point, You Chen can sense the target's general condition and will receive alerts when they are in danger. He can pull the target to his side at any time or actively teleport to the target's side.
The soul power consumption for planting a mental anchor point is minimal, but teleportation requires an increase in soul power based on distance and the life level of the target. Given You Chen's strength, the soul power consumption for active teleportation is definitely much higher than for rescue.
The maximum number of anchor points that can be established simultaneously with this soul skill is 3. If a fourth person is forcibly anchored while three are already anchored, the first mental anchor point will automatically解除 in order.
It can be used a maximum of three times a month.
With You Chen's current speed of thought, confirming this information took only a blink of an eye.
Now is not the time to confirm the specific effects of the soul skills; he didn't care about Lina's current condition and directly took out the Autumn Water Elixir from the storage soul tool.
Even You Chen felt a surge of excitement at this moment.
With a Spirit Ring of 600,000 primarily focused on Divine Power, and a 600,000-year head Spirit Bone dedicated to enhancing Divine Power, the two combined made You Chen's Divine Power soar like a rocket.
If he hadn't deliberately suppressed it, his rapidly increasing Divine Power would have directly broken through the peak of the spiritual domain realm, reaching the divine origin realm.
The reason he was suppressing it was simple.
All heavenly materials and treasures, once the user's corresponding attribute reaches the divine level, will see their effects significantly drop.
He wanted to use the Autumn Water Elixir before his Divine Power truly transformed, maximizing the effect of this Immortal Herb during the brief moment when his consciousness transformed into Divine Sense!
Unlike the previous suppression of his Divine Power to break through to the spiritual domain realm, the transformation into Divine Sense could not be easily suppressed even by You Chen's abilities. Without any hesitation, he chose to refine the Autumn Water Elixir immediately!
Boom!
In a daze, You Chen felt his spiritual sea erupt with a thunderous sound, as if the universe had just opened.
The spiritual Soul Core in his upper dantian spun rapidly, and the surging spiritual sea suddenly roiled, with winds and clouds changing.
But at a certain moment, the sea suddenly calmed down.
Given the vastness of this endless ocean, such a calm without a ripple seemed somewhat eerie.
Only that crystal-clear Soul Core continued to maintain its high-speed rotation.
From that Soul Core, a golden light suddenly burst forth, enveloping the entire world in a golden glow.
You Chen's consciousness had seamlessly transformed into Divine Sense!
Perhaps due to just breaking through, his control was somewhat lacking, and the overwhelmingly powerful Divine Sense overflowed outside his body.
You Chen did not stop the leakage of Divine Sense; instead, he pushed it along, allowing it to naturally expand and envelop the world outside.
Everything came into view for You Chen, as if he were witnessing it firsthand.
The anxious faces of the sea spirit beasts surrounding the outer circle of the core palace, the structure of the mysterious crystal palace ruins passed down from who knows how many eras…
Then came the azure waves and the clear blue sky.
An unprecedented feeling surged into You Chen's heart.
The world was so vast, and he felt as if he could easily dominate it all.
However, despite possessing such ability, You Chen did not entertain even a hint of such thoughts; instead, he allowed his spirit and will to merge into this harmonious and expansive world.
A great joy suddenly surged in You Chen's heart.
At this moment, he forgot his ambitions and the worries from various threats.
In this realm of non-calculation and non-contemplation, he managed to think without thinking.
It was a contradiction, yet it naturally made sense.
He realized that this was what those who cultivate the heart refer to as the state of self-forgetfulness.
A heart like a clear mirror, still as water.
Over the past six months, the insights gained from studying the completely opposite "Distraction Refining Soul Technique" erupted at this moment.
You Chen's consciousness had never been so clear.
'If hyper-focus causes the spirit to become overloaded, achieving faster thinking through the consumption of a large amount of mental energy, compressing it into a denser spiritual density, then the heart like a clear mirror, still as water, is the complete opposite, allowing the mind to be in a zero-load state. In this state, thinking no longer has the concept of speed; every thought emerges like a bubble, breaking and disappearing as soon as it appears. Thus, despite having gone through countless thoughts, it does not burden or stress the mind. In fact, it can even restore mental energy.'
You Chen felt as if his thoughts could extend infinitely, but ultimately, it was just an illusion.
This state does not consume energy, but it is certainly not one that can be maintained indefinitely.
If it could truly be maintained infinitely, then a person's consciousness could genuinely ascend to the realm of an omniscient and omnipotent creator.
After realizing the true meaning of the heart like a clear mirror, still as water, and answering this doubt for himself, You Chen naturally detached from it.
However, unlike the last two times, there was not a hint of regret on You Chen's face.
Unlike before, You Chen now had a certain confidence in actively re-entering this state, though he still could not maintain 100% stability like the original character You Xing.
But he confirmed that he had indeed reached the state of the heart like a clear mirror, still as water.
And if he could enter it with 100% probability at any time and place, that would likely be what is referred to as the "top-level heart like a clear mirror, still as water."
'Indeed, there is a restorative effect on mental energy. Even the spiritual weakness brought by the Spiritual Realm Burst has been completely restored?'
You Chen's eyes brightened slightly.
Then, he finally had the leisure to check on Lina's condition.
You Chen immediately focused his thoughts, entering the sixth Spirit Ring, and asked, 'Lina, how are you doing?'
In fact, when he asked this question, he already knew the answer.
His Divine Sense had already detected Lina's soul within the Spirit Ring.
Moreover, he completely controlled the permissions of this Spirit Ring and could open permissions for Lina according to his needs.
The permissions, from high to low, are: forced sleep, soul dormancy; autonomous soul within the Spirit Ring; ability to actively communicate with You Chen's soul; allow Lina's Divine Power to extend out of the Spirit Ring to observe the outside world; and allow Lina's soul body to directly manifest in the outside world.
You Chen recalled the original story where Xiao Wu's soul sacrificed to Tang San, allowing her to come out at will, and he couldn't help but curl his lip.
This little third wheel might not have Divine Sense, not knowing that these permissions could be manipulated, or perhaps he gave Xiao Wu complete freedom, but You Chen had no interest in letting someone constantly observe his life.
However, having promised Lina to help her reshape her body in the future, You Chen still opened the permission for autonomous soul within the Spirit Ring, allowing her to sleep or wake as she wished. As for the rest, they could be discussed later.
'Master, you really didn't lie to me! I can still maintain my consciousness! That's great!'
Lina's delighted voice came through You Chen's mental link.
You Chen replied, 'You've expended quite a bit of energy absorbing the Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, so go rest for now. Once I bring your two daughters back, I'll call for you when you wake up.'
'Thank you, Master!'
Soon, Lina fell silent.
In You Chen's exploration, this sea princess seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep in the Spirit Ring, as if she had just completed intense exercise.
Seeing Lina asleep, You Chen directly began his experimental testing, switching back to his first life body.
He had always been curious about the condition of the other character card when he switched one, and this was a good opportunity to take a peek.
As for why he wanted to test after Lina fell asleep?
You Chen was unsure if the system would treat Lina as an anomaly and directly initialize her when he switched, causing her soul to vanish when he switched back.
If that were to happen, at least he could give her a peaceful death. With that thought, You Chen let Lina sleep first; even if she died, dying in her sleep would be a decent way to go, right?
Fortunately, the system had encountered bugs more than once or twice.
After switching, You Chen found that although he could not feel the Spirit Ring of his second life body, he could still inexplicably sense Lina's presence, but he could not grant her any permissions.
Then, he quickly noticed another issue.
'Indeed, no burden refers only to the process of [absorbing the Spirit Ring], right?'
During the process of switching between the two character cards, You Chen could clearly feel the weight brought by this 600,000 Spirit Ring.
It was definitely not the case that he could gain the full enhancement of the 600,000 Spirit Ring without bearing its pressure.
After all, the original description was: in this sacrificial situation, regardless of Tang San's strength or whether he reached the level required for the Spirit Ring, the fusion with this 100,000-year Spirit Ring would absolutely succeed. He just needed to reach the corresponding level, and he could continue to improve later.
The so-called no burden does not mean that the Spirit Ring itself has no burden, but rather that the absorption process will absolutely have no pressure, allowing for perfect absorption that ignores the limits of what a Soul Master can bear.
As with Tang San, as his subsequent capacity increased, the enhancement from the Spirit Ring could gradually return to the level it should have for a 100,000-year Spirit Ring.
This is actually a dynamic adjustment; for example, if Tang San absorbs a Spirit Ring that exceeds his limit, the strength and burden of Xiao Wu's Spirit Ring would continuously drop to a level that could be absorbed until it could be successfully absorbed. Of course, if the strength of the Spirit Ring drops to a ten-year limit and still cannot be absorbed… then this soul sacrifice Spirit Ring would be of no use, no matter how dynamic it is.
Moreover, due to the perfect absorption, the burden of the soul sacrifice Spirit Ring is indeed lighter.
For You Chen, his sea princess Spirit Ring, compared to Spirit Rings of the same age and quality, had significantly reduced burdens, bearing the pressure of a 600,000 enhancement, but estimating it was only around the level of a 200,000 to 300,000-year ferocious beast Spirit Ring.
This means that You Chen's second life body is currently under the pressure of a Spirit Ring that has a total enhancement of 910,000 years, but only bears the burden of around 600,000 years.
Thus, the upper limit of the years that You Chen's second life body can ultimately bear will naturally be higher.
The upper limit of the Spirit Ring's bearing years is mainly related to physical strength. The reason other factors, such as Divine Power, are not as important is that the physical demands of the Spirit Ring are the easiest to reach their limits, and there is a significant gap with other factors. Therefore, directly considering physical strength as the upper limit of the years a Soul Master can bear is not inaccurate.
According to You Chen's calculations, a Titled Douluo's physical strength can bear a Spirit Ring of about 900,000 years, and only by breaking through physical strength to reach the level of Super Douluo can one absorb a million-year Spirit Ring.
Excluding situations like soul sacrifice or self-sealing.
And not considering the difficulty of killing a million-year soul beast.
However… under normal circumstances, only Super Douluo or a very small number of Titled Douluo can reach the physical strength of Super Douluo. But once one becomes a Super Douluo, where would they find a position for a Spirit Ring?
So under normal circumstances, only a dual Martial Soul has hope of adding a million-year Spirit Ring. Although dual Martial Souls can no longer be considered a normal situation…
Of course, in this new era, based on the true limit of Spirit Ring years, with seven rings at 100,000 years and eight rings at 200,000 years, plus a bit of effort, there is hope to break through this threshold early.
But the problem is that by this time, your Spirit Ring years have already taken up at least 300,000 years, making it impossible to absorb a million-year Spirit Ring.
So in reality, a million-year Spirit Ring is an additional option for dual Martial Souls.
A Titled Douluo can only bear about 900,000 years of Spirit Ring years, while a Super Douluo can bear around 1,200,000 years of Spirit Ring years, and an Ultimate Douluo… can at least bear two million years.
The above years are only considering physical strength, without accounting for the enhancement effects of Spirit Ring attributes, so in reality, they would be higher.
For dual Martial Souls, when calculating the bearing years, the years on the two Martial Souls are not simply additive, as Martial Souls also bear a significant portion of the burden. The reason why the Spirit Ring years borne by one Martial Soul can be affected by another Martial Soul is largely due to conflicts between the Martial Souls.
How to calculate this specifically, You Chen does not have more data and finds it difficult to draw conclusions.
However, based on the ending situation of Tang San in the original work, at least after reaching the Ultimate Douluo level, considering the additional physical enhancement brought by the Spirit Ring, a single Martial Soul bearing two million years should not be a problem.
If it were only a single Martial Soul, based on its previous Spirit Ring configuration, the extreme limit could probably reach three million years!
As for the Spirit Ring years of You Chen's second life body, they are completely within the bearing range, and its Spirit Ring strength is naturally fully unlocked, with the corresponding burden at its maximum state.
The thirty thousand years of bearing years provided by the sea princess Spirit Ring also allowed You Chen to be bolder and more relaxed in choosing subsequent Spirit Rings.
This sea princess Spirit Ring, primarily focused on Divine Power, made You Chen feel the huge disparity in Divine Power when switching character cards back and forth.
If in his first life body, his Divine Power was at the early stage of the divine origin realm, with over fifty thousand Divine Power, then after gaining the enhancement from the sea princess Spirit Ring, his Divine Power had already approached seventy thousand points, qualifying him as a mid-level divine official in the divine origin realm.
In addition, this Spirit Ring's enhancement to physical strength is absolutely at the bottom level among Spirit Rings of the same grade.
Even with the additional ten thousand years from You Chen, which brought a slight qualitative change to the sea princess Spirit Ring, the enhancement to You Chen's physical strength was comparable to that of the Evil Demon Orca King Spirit Ring.
It is not that the super soul beasts with top bloodlines, at fifty thousand years, could already correspond to a human Soul Master of level 98 Super Douluo, or that after ten thousand years, they could possess a Soul Core Super Douluo; at sixty thousand years, they only reached the peak of level 98.
The improvement of soul beasts' strength is indeed not easy.
And mermaids, even golden-blooded mermaids, cannot compare to fierce characters like the Evil Demon Orca King, the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, or the Black Dragon King, even at sixty thousand years, they only match the peak of level 98 Super Douluo.
However, even so, You Chen's physical strength had once again achieved a small breakthrough.
After the Ice and Fire Alchemy Body, You Chen's body strength was at level 95, and with the breakthrough of the Godly Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength Dragon-Elephant Chapter, he was already close to level 97.
The Spirit Ring of the Emperor Golden Lion Beast directly broke through this bottleneck, reaching level 97, and then… the three Spirit Rings of the Holy Spirit Bird, Evil Demon Orca King, and the sea princess finally allowed him to break through again, reaching level 98 in physical strength.
You Chen's evaluation standard considers strength, toughness, and agility altogether. For the relatively lenient evaluation standards of the Douluo people, a body with no shortcomings in all aspects like You Chen can already be considered the absolute number one below Ultimate Douluo.
Despite having so many ten-thousand-year Spirit Rings, it only improved by this little…
Overall, the enhancement to You Chen's physical body was just over one level.
But the original text has already stated that for a Super Douluo-level powerhouse, one or two hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings cannot create a significant gap; only mastering the original power of the Martial Soul is the true path.
Most Ultimate Douluo, before breaking through to level 99, likely have physical qualities that are at most on par with You Chen's current state. It is through the leap in life level that their physical bodies reach the limits, but they are definitely just the foundational level of extreme bodies.
As for You Chen... he is progressing step by step in his cultivation. With just two life leaps from level 90 to 99, his physical body could at least reach the standard of Emperor Tian from ten thousand years later.
Emperor Tian's body is still considered a level 99 body, but one can only say... there are still differences among level 99.
The physical bodies of soul beasts are usually one to two levels higher than those of humans. However, as one ascends higher, everyone gradually develops in a hexagonal manner, and the gap between human and soul beast bodies is gradually narrowing.
But those who truly excel in physical prowess can still maintain an advantage in this regard.
For example, the Bear King from ten thousand years later, his physical body is definitely stronger than the current era's Qian Daoliu and Poseidon.
If we categorize level 99 bodies into beginner, minor achievement, major achievement, and perfection, then... Qian Daoliu and Poseidon are at the early stage of beginner, while the Bear King, who can rival a 98-level Super Douluo after forty-eight years, is at the late stage of beginner, and Emperor Tian is at least at the late stage of major achievement.
Is it really that detailed for just a level 99 body? But considering that the original text divides level 99 into three insurmountable combat power tiers: quasi-demigod, demigod, and quasi-god, it makes perfect sense to have such fine distinctions.
Now, You Chen's soul power has naturally reached the level 90 bottleneck. With the additional soul power gained from absorbing the Sea Princess's Spirit Ring, casually absorbing a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring would allow his soul power level to enter the super domain.
With a physical body at level 98, he is invincible beneath the limits.
With Divine Power and Divine Sense, there is no doubt that he is currently the number one person in the Douluo Continent.
His wings... have fully grown.
You Chen clenched his fist, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.
With his current strength, even if he still cannot cross the extreme chasm, he can definitely wrestle with an Ultimate Douluo!
This level is comparable to the Poison Immortal mastering the Golden Awakening ten thousand years later!
And in terms of explosive power, he is still above the Poison Immortal!
A hundred-thousand-year Spirit Avatar + Spiritual Realm Burst, absolutely surpassing the Golden Awakening that burns the life of the Martial Soul!
"Hmm?"
You Chen suddenly raised his eyebrows, looking up at the wall, but his gaze directly penetrated this barrier, looking towards the distant sea surface.
The corners of his mouth curled slightly as he softly murmured, "Sea God Douluo, Poseidon?"
There was a hint of confusion in his eyes, but also a suppressed... excitement!
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