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— Chapter 152 —

Ning Fengyuan saw everyone’s reaction was varied. Many were surprised, but some were mad. Well, it was understandable because this new theory exposed the quality of their martial soul and graded it with numerical points, which they couldn’t accept.

“Okay, okay, everyone.” Ning Fengyuan chuckled slightly.

“You don’t have to panic. The diagram above can classify one’s martial soul and quality, but ultimately, it wasn’t a mature result and can still be improved.”

“Dao Academy shared this result so we can improve the Six-Dimensional Diagram together for the goodness of this world!”

“So, I hope everyone can help us with this. We might even reward you if you show some logical and reasonable improvement to this diagram.”

Upon hearing Ning Fengyuan’s words, the venue gradually calmed down and accepted the Six-Dimensional Diagram.

Ning Fengyuan nodded and added, “Very well. Then, let’s continue to the last theory, which was the Innate Power of Spirit, Martial Soul, and Oneself Synchronization.”

“This theory is a bit thought-provoking, but please bear with me.”

“As the spirit master, everyone should know that Martial Soul, Spirit Ring, and Spirit Energy are the foundation of our cultivation.”

“However, we recently discovered that as spirit masters progressed in their cultivation, the more saturated they become with their martial soul and spirit energy.”

“At the end of the day, we and our martial soul are twin existence.”

“The feedback we received from absorbing Spirit Ring is proof of this, and we saw this as the advancement of one’s life.”

“Yes, we are evolving!”

“But to what?” She flashed an amused expression to everyone.

Everyone pondered her words before reaching one conclusion.

That legendary realm, Level 100, is a God!

Ning Fengyuan laughed, “Yes, it seems everyone has an answer in their heart.”

“Of course, such a realm is difficult to reach. It requires resources, effort, will, and luck.”

“Even then, ladies and gentlemen, our academy actually found a clue to reach “that” realm.”

Gasps filled the venue.

Many experts above Spirit Saint Realms instantly become skeptical, but they are also curious.

Bibi Dong frowned slightly. ‘Are they perhaps have deduced God’s Inheritance?’

‘With Han Yuan’s chance, it should be possible.’

‘However, this doesn’t give Dao Academy any benefits at all.’

‘Doing this is nothing but a foolish move.’

Yet, contrary to Bibi Dong’s belief, the theory that Ning Fengyuan spoke about has nothing to do with God’s Inheritance.

Ning Fengyuan hit the iron while it was hot and started introducing the last theory, “The Innate Power of Spirit, Martial Soul, and Oneself Synchronization.”

“The innate power here refers to our innate spirit power, which is something one is born with and can naturally recover over time.”

“Using this as a foundation, a spirit master may compress this spirit energy and continuously refine it as they advance to a higher realm.”

“After refining this spirit energy to a desired level, a spirit master may communicate with their martial soul, forming a link between oneself and martial soul using spirit energy as the bridge.”

“Some of you might be confused, but this process was ‘actually’ needed for a Title Douluo to break through level 96 and above. Starting it early means you built the foundation to become a God!”

“And as your spirit energy got saturated, it also developed, becoming something we referred to as Quasi-Divine Energy or also Quasi-Immortal Qi.”

“Using this Quasi-Divine Energy (Quasi-Immortal Qi), even a mortal may have the power to touch upon the realm of GODS!”

“T-This…” Bibi Dong was shocked. Her body trembled slightly because what Ning Fengyuan said really described her current stage of refining her spirit energy into “higher dimensional” energy.

At first, Bibi Dong was confused about what this “higher dimensional” energy was. When she received the inheritance of Rakshasha God, she often went berserk because of it.

Her body and soul are also hurting because they can’t handle such an energy.

Of course, this is because Rakshasha’s Divine Energy was too overbearing and possessed a corrupting nature. Any other Divine Energy would not cause much damage to Bibi Dong.

After all, Bibi Dong possessed two “emperor-class” martial souls. Then, again, she was too stubborn with her love.

Then, Ning Fengyuan suddenly dropped a bucket of cold water over everyone’s head with another fact, “However, Dao Academy doesn’t recommend trying this method impulsively.”

“Even someone from our academy almost died when experimenting with this method.”

“The high-compressive nature of Quasi-Divine Energy is not something a mortal can bear easily. Even Title Douluo might explode from attempting this.”

‘Then, why do you share this method?!’ Everyone was speechless.

Ning Fengyuan sighed helplessly like the good actress she is, “Although Dao Academy tried its best to find a new path for the stagnant era of spirit master, we are ‘actually’ limited by many things.”

“Time, resources, manpower.”

“At the end of the day, our academy was just founded three years ago.”

“So, I hope everyone can help explore this theory more.”

The venue instantly became silent.

Everyone was silent.

I see.

Wait, this sounds familiar.

…

YOU ACTUALLY JUST WANTED FREE WORKERS!

Everyone almost simultaneously cursed Dao Academy for being petty, but they couldn’t do anything about it. After all, the Dao Academy revealed such a theory was a “huge” contribution to the world.

It opened their eyes enough to see that being spirit masters is just the beginning of cultivation.

Dao Academy successfully paved a new path for them.

Asking for more would make them ungrateful and greedy.

While Dao Academy didn’t reveal much of its strength, everyone still remembered that Dugu Bo stood behind this mysterious institution.

Who is Dugu Bo? A Poison Douluo, a notorious poisoner that can easily wipe a city by simply existing!

Not to mention, many speculated that Dao Academy has more than Dugu Bo as their guardian.

Making “Dao Academy” their enemy sounds like courting death.

Ning Fengyuan clapped her hand, “Okay, with all three theories revealed, let’s start the last affair tonight, which is martial soul evolution for a random lucky guest tonight.”

“Let’s see who the lucky spirit master is…”

Without further ado, the lights in the venue dimmed, and a golden light flickered all over the place.

Everyone clutched their seat, hoping to get the chance to evolve their martial soul and experience the marvel of Dao Academy. No one doubted this academy’s ability anymore.

Eventually, the light stopped at a random seat in the middle-grade spirit academy called Earth Dragon Academy. The one chosen was actually a young man in his fourteen.

No one knew this person because he didn’t show much, even in the Dao Exchange.

“Damn it! It should have been me!”

“Who is this guy?”

“Tch, lucky guy.”

Ning Fengyuan smiled at the nervous young man and invited him to the stage, “Please come to the stage so we can analyze your martial soul and see if we can evolve it.”

The young man awkwardly stood up and walked to the stage. Even his fellow students glared at him unkindly. ‘Uugh, don’t stare at me like that. I don’t ask to get chosen, you know!’

‘Ah, my ordinary life is going to be over…’

‘But hehe, who would have thought I’m this lucky!’

After a few seconds, he arrived at the stage and introduced himself with the mic given by Ning Fengyuan.

He scratched his neck and said, “Um, my name is Yun Xiao, 14 years old, a level 28 spirit grandmaster focused on agility-system. My martial soul is Red-Scaled Eagle.”

Liu Erlong narrowed her eyes and asked, “Can you summon your martial soul and then possess it?”

Yun Xiao nodded and summoned his martial soul, which took the form of an eagle with piercing blue eyes, a bulky body covered in red scales and feathers, and two wings measuring over three meters.

This martial soul is quite impressive. It belongs to the upper mid-grade with the potential to reach the high grade amongst the beast-type martial souls.

However, there is more to it.

Liu Erlong, who has studied theory with Han Yuan for years, can deduce a few things immediately, “If I’m not wrong, your martial soul is mutated, right?”

“One of your parents must have an eagle martial soul, and the other has either a lizard or dragon martial soul.”

“Yes!” Yun Xiao was stunned. How could she know?

“My mother’s martial soul is Fire Eagle and is currently a Spirit Elder.”

“My father’s martial soul is Earth Lizard and is currently a Spirit Ancestor.”

“My martial soul has mutated positively, becoming an eagle with a stronger body and sturdier defense, though a bit slow compared to other eagle kinds.”

“Hmm, your first and second spirit rings must be from eagle-type spirit beasts, right?” Liu Erlong inquired again.

“This…” Yun Xiao was speechless. “Yes, I chose a 300-year-old “Free Wind Eagle,” and a 600-year-old “Gale Fire Eagle” as my first and second spirit ring, each granting me a movement and attacking spirit skill.”

Liu Erlong shook her head and sighed, “Thankfully, you only absorbed the first and second spirit rings. Otherwise, your Red-Scaled Eagle will lose a chance to evolve.”

“You may not know, but your Red-Scaled Eagle mutated because of the “Dragon’s Blood” of your father’s Earth Lizard, which is the descendant of Land Dragon.”

“The enhanced physique and defense come from it.”

“At the early stage, the mutation hasn’t truly settled, allowing you to purify your martial soul even further.”

“If you had chosen a dragon-type spirit beast as your spirit ring, your martial soul would gain more dragon-like quality and may evolve into a sub-type dragon upon the fifth if not sixth ring.”

“Unfortunately, you chose eagle-type spirit rings.”

“Then, again, what happened already happened. There is no need to regret it.”

“And it was reversible damage.”

“After all, your martial soul’s mutation hasn’t truly settled.”

Yun Xiao’s face paled because Liu Erlong’s words really opened his eyes and made him regret choosing his spirit rings. “Can I really transform my Red-Scaled Eagle into a Dragon?”

“Yes, you can.” Liu Erlong smiled confidently. “It’s a bit pricey, but Dao Academy will do it for free for you.”

The venue erupted again.

Everyone couldn’t believe it because Dao Academy would really evolve someone’s martial soul before their eyes. They envied Yun Xiao’s luck and cursed him behind his back.

Liu Erlong picked something from her sleeve, a lovely box made of ancient redwood. Opening the box, everyone can see a crimson pill with medicinal scents.

“This pill was made with bone marrow and blood of a 10,000-year-old Tyrant Dragon, supplemented with many other medicinal herbs.”

“Consuming this will agitate the dragon’s blood in your body and purify it, but this will be a painful process.”

Hiss!

Everyone sucked a cold breath.

Generous!

So generous!

The pill that Liu Erlong mentioned will cost 100,000 gold coins or more at any auction site. It’s so precious that they might not even be able to purchase it.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan also possesses similar pills, but only the elders have access to them. In fact, there used to be two of these pills, and Yu Xiaogang got one because his father was the clan leader, but unfortunately, he wasted it.

Liu Erlong saw Yun Xiao’s excited expression and added, “Also, purifying bloodline doesn’t mean evolving your martial soul. It will just repair your origins, and that’s why I’d awaken it for you.”

“Are you ready?”

“This… Something like this possible, Grandpa?” Yu Tianxin asked Yu Luomian.

Yu Luomian sighed bitterly, “Yes, but one must have the strength of a Title Douluo. As a Title Douluo, one’s spirit power and attribute are many times higher and purer than that of a Spirit Elder.”

“And our clan also cultivated Dragon Aura, which complemented this method even more, allowing my older brother to not only stabilize our clansmen’s bloodline but even purify it.”

“Unfortunately, this method will also exhaust the Title Douluo’s energy, and my brother used this chance on his useless son, that fucking nephew of mine…”

“And it still fails!”

Yu Tianxin detected a hint of anger in Yu Luomian’s words and lamented the fate of his clan. How could he not know who the “nephew” his grandfather talked about?

The stain of Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang!

Under everyone’s eyes, Yun Xiao consumed the pill and meditated. Then, Liu Erlong summoned her martial soul and caused a roar to shake the entire venue.

The Crimson-Armored Dragon of Annihilation finally made its first appearance!

The pinkish-red scales and four wings ejecting annihilation energy made everyone hold their breath.

However, what shocked everyone more was Liu Erlong’s spirit ring configuration.

Yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, and red!

Liu Erlong is actually a Title Douluo!

And she has a 100,000-year-old spirit ring!

Yu Luomian chuckled weakly, “I knew it…”

“Her martial soul evolved, becoming even stronger than Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.”

“She also became a Title Douluo, completely leaving me in the ditch.”

“Is this karma?”

After Liu Erlong summoned her martial soul and spirit rings, she pressed her finger on Yun Xiao’s temple gently. As Yu Luomian said earlier, there is indeed a method to activate one’s bloodline.

However, Liu Erlong doesn’t need such a method.

As the Progenitor of Elder Dragons, she has the authority to grant others her diluted bloodline, and using this to stabilize Yun Xiao’s mutation, she can effortlessly help his martial soul evolve into a dragon.

Well, a Wyvern.

Liu Erlong had done this a few times, and some exceptional students in the Dao Academy now possess a Wyvern-like martial soul, which led them to worship her.

‘Rise, my child…’ Liu Erlong whispered indifferently.

ROAR!

Yun Xiao’s Red-Scaled Eagle trembled violently as a piercing roar came from its bent beak. The martial soul released crimson smoke as its body evolved, becoming bigger and gaining dragon-like traits rapidly.

BOOOOOM!

A large, bipedal creature stood on stage, its body covered in spiny armor with a crimson shell and black markings. Its feather-scaled wings had changed to leathery wings with sharp edges, and its lungs now contained a fiery sac. Finally, a long, thick tail with a heavy spiked club extended from its rear.

There is no mistake. The Red-Scaled Eagle has evolved into a wyvern, a sub-type dragon.

If Han Yuan is still here, he would recognize this sub-type dragon as a “Rathalos” from Monster Hunter.

Yun Xiao kneeled on the ground, gasping slightly. A massive amount of information entered his head, and when it ended, he stared at Liu Erlong with worship in his heart.

Unfortunately, Liu Erlong didn’t give him much attention. She had done her job, and that’s it.

Yun Xiao shook his head dazedly and bowed, “Thank you very much.”

“It’s alright.” Liu Erlong replied calmly, smiling a little.

Ning Fengyuan smiled at this and said, “Everyone, as you can see, Yun Xiao’s martial soul has evolved.”

“Please give him applause.”

A round of applause followed, though most still focused on Yun Xiao with fiery gazes.

“And with this, we can conclude the Dao Meeting!” Ning Fengyuan also gave her claps and continued with a small laugh.

“We have witnessed many things tonight. Starting from discussion, exchange, and finally reveals…”

“This change won’t happen without your arrival, so…”

“Thank you, everyone, for attending this event.”

“Please don’t forget to exchange your points at Dao’s Contribution Hall and…”

“Lastly, I hope the spirit master of this era flourishes! May everyone reach the greatness they aimed for!”

“My name is Ning Fengyuan, good night~!”

Thud!

The stage’s light dimmed instantly.

After the ending speech from Ning Fengyuan, several rounds of fireworks decorated the sky. Everyone unconsciously sighed because tonight will become an unforgettable experience for them.

Yes, they also couldn’t wait for the second Dao Meeting!

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