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"The path I chose back then was even more extreme. Because my Innate Soul Power was only half a rank—truly too low—I decided to completely abandon the enhancement of the Martial Soul's origin through soul rings."
"I only absorbed the lowest-level ten-year soul rings, seeking to push my soul power to its absolute limit. By not pursuing the limit of the soul rings, I could maximize the cultivation speed of my soul power."
Qin Yi spoke slowly, his expression complex.
"However, as you can imagine, by completely giving up on the quality of soul rings, my Martial Soul's origin was far too weak compared to traditional Soul Masters. With nothing but a body full of soul power, how could I hope to match the strength of a traditional Soul Master of the same rank?"
"Initially, I hoped to compensate by creating soul power martial techniques. I didn't ask for them to fully equal the power of soul skills used by those at the same level; if I could reach seventy percent of their power, I would have been satisfied."
"In doing so, I hoped to carve out a path for those across the continent who, like me, only had half a rank of Innate Soul Power—allowing them to step onto the path of cultivation without their upper limit being too low."
Listening to Qin Yi's words, Dai Weisi and the others couldn't help but feel deep admiration.
This was a man who, despite his low martial soul aptitude, refused to accept mediocrity. He even hoped to represent all ordinary people with low talent and find a way forward for them, even if it cost him his entire life. Who could not respect such a figure?
"Unfortunately, martial techniques that merely utilize soul power simply cannot compare to soul skills. Over the next twenty years, I absorbed two ten-year soul rings and barely managed to raise my cultivation to Rank 30."
"Reaching the highest soul power level I could possibly cultivate. But my strength still could not match that of Soul Masters at the same level."
"Even though I did my utmost to create more exquisite soul power martial techniques to make every bit of soul power exert greater force, I found that as my cultivation increased, the gap between the power of my martial techniques and actual soul skills only widened."
"Facts proved that this path was a failure. The only consolation was that during those twenty years, I not only gained significant insights into creating soul power martial techniques."
"But more importantly, the facts proved the feasibility of my conclusion regarding Innate Martial Soul Capacity. Reducing the power of soul rings indeed allows one to increase their soul power cultivation to a great extent."
Qin Yi spoke with a sense of regret.
However, even though he admitted that his explorations back then had ultimately failed, Dai Weisi and the others did not look down on him because of it.
After all, it was common knowledge that Yu Xiaogang—even with the cultivation resources provided by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan—had reached Rank 29 at around twenty years old and could never advance further.
His subsequently published Ten Core Competencies of Martial Souls theory was a laughingstock. Yet Qin Yi, through his own conclusions, had reached the cultivation of a Soul Grandmaster (Rank 30) and had, in a sense, deduced the true meaning of Innate Soul Power for Soul Masters.
Once this conclusion spread, it would surely cause a storm in the world of Soul Masters.
While it might not drastically change the overall landscape, it would influence future Soul Masters to think more deeply when absorbing rings: whether to pursue pure origin power and strong rings, or to maximize their soul power level while ensuring their foundations weren't too weak.
In the future, the aptitude threshold for the rank of a nine-ring Titled Douluo might even drop, and their numbers would increase significantly.
They would become the Titled Douluo of a new era; though their quality might be slightly lower than those of the traditional path, their numbers would be greater. As for the martial soul theories of the world, this was a giant leap forward.
It marked a new level of understanding and research into Martial Souls.
Dai Weisi believed that even if Qin Yi hadn't later pioneered the path of the Soul Warrior, these insights alone would be enough to make him famous throughout the land as a true "Martial Soul Grandmaster."
However, he suspected that when Mr. Qin's deeds eventually spread, they would serve as a sharp, stinging contrast to Yu Xiaogang.
Looking at Qin Yi, Dai Weisi became increasingly respectful.
"Sir, although you failed on that path back then, the conclusion regarding Innate Martial Soul Capacity is indeed vital. Perhaps it is of no use to the Soul Warrior lineage you founded, but I believe that in the future, this conclusion of yours will definitely be put to great use."
"Haha, if that's the case, then I shall take your kind words to heart, Your Highness," Qin Yi laughed.
"At the time, the failure of that path was a heavy blow to me. After all, I had spent over twenty years of my heart's blood on it, only to be met with disappointment."
"But I was not discouraged. Since I had already come this far, I could not just give up. Furthermore, the conclusion of Innate Martial Soul Capacity proved that the profession of Soul Master is indeed cruel to ordinary people with low Innate Soul Power."
"However, I believe that Heaven is just; it isn't that ordinary people have no path at all, but rather that we simply haven't discovered how to walk it yet."
"During those twenty-odd years, aside from cultivating, I spent the vast majority of my time researching and creating soul power martial techniques. These gave me great inspiration."
"Martial techniques formed by the circulation of soul power can also produce decent effects. Although they cannot match soul skills in terms of raw power, they are not without their advantages."
"The advantage is that soul power martial techniques are not restricted by the Martial Soul or the Soul Beast like soul ring skills are. Theoretically, a person could learn all sorts of martial techniques to ensure they have no obvious weaknesses."
"Soul Masters, on the other hand—setting aside the high-level experts for a moment—are clearly limited by their Martial Souls at the low and middle levels."
"For example, a Soul Master with an Elephant-type Beast Martial Soul will definitely have a massive deficiency in speed, while one with a Rabbit-type Beast Martial Soul will have a clear deficiency in attack power."
"The only problem was that martial techniques using only soul power simply couldn't compete with a Soul Master's soul skills. Or to put it another way, a Soul Master is centered around the Martial Soul. Soul skills utilize not only soul power but also the origin power of the Martial Soul."
"The path I previously walked was essentially abandoning the power of the Martial Soul and keeping only the soul power. While it could raise the ceiling of one's cultivation to a degree, that path was essentially just a castrated version of a Soul Master, so it naturally couldn't compare to the traditional ones."
"Gradually, I developed a new train of thought: Why should I continue to confine myself within the framework of a Soul Master?"
"If martial techniques produced by soul power alone cannot match soul skills, what if I used an energy that is inherently more powerful and more aggressive than soul power to perform these techniques? Perhaps then, they would be enough to contend with a Soul Master's soul skills."
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