Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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Huo Yuhao was deeply conflicted. 

Su Yu's point was spot on. 

At this stage, Huo Yuhao already harbored an unspoken ambition to hunt the Evil Emperor and obtain its soul ring. 

As someone who set such high standards for his soul rings, Huo Yuhao naturally paid great attention to the compatibility of his soul rings. 

The importance of a life soul ring was evident not only from its name but also from Su Yu's choice. Huo Yuhao might not always trust conventional wisdom, but he couldn't ignore Su Yu's judgment. 

"I have an Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass here," Su Yu said. "It's a genuine celestial herb, possessing the attribute of Ultimate Ice. It's perfect to serve as your spirit soul." 

With the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass as his spirit soul, it could at least grant Huo Yuhao three soul rings, enough to push his second martial soul to the Soul Emperor level. 

This was the most reasonable solution Su Yu could think of for Huo Yuhao. 

As for spiritual attribute 100,000-year soul beasts, even with Su Yu's knowledge of the original work, his understanding was limited. 

The Mermaid Princess? 

Impossible to find now. Without the favor of the Sea God, Huo Yuhao had no chance. 

Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass? 

Huo Yuhao was pleasantly surprised. 

There was actually such a celestial herb available! 

"Thank you, Brother Yu," Huo Yuhao said gratefully. 

Jing Hongchen also expressed his gratitude to Su Yu once again. 

Himself, his grandchildren, and now even his disciple had benefited from Su Yu's celestial herbs. 

It was undeniable—Su Yu's status in Jing Hongchen's mind now far surpassed that of Xu Tiannan. If a conflict ever arose between Su Yu and Xu Tiannan, Jing Hongchen would undoubtedly side with Su Yu. 

However, could the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass really grant three soul rings? 

While Huo Yuhao was thrilled to receive the celestial herb, he couldn't help but wonder: did the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass have six sufficiently suitable soul skills to grant him three powerful soul rings? 

Should he ask Xiao Bai to add another soul ring for him? 

Or perhaps the Ice Empress? 

But neither the Ice Empress nor Xiao Bai, the Ice Bear King, had any renowned techniques left to offer. Their other soul skills were formidable but clearly inferior to the ones they had already provided Huo Yuhao. 

"Brother Yu…" 

Huo Yuhao shared his concerns. 

"The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass may grant me three soul rings, but will it really provide as many as six strong soul skills?" 

Jing Hongchen frowned at this, also troubled by the question. 

Su Yu, however, simply smiled. 

So, this was what had him worried? 

"I told you a long time ago," Su Yu began, "soul skills are yours—they don't belong to the soul beast. If the soul skills granted by a soul ring remain tied to the beast or its spirit soul, then you, as the soul master, are the one who's lacking." 

The potential of a soul skill's growth isn't something bound by the soul beast that provided it. 

Just like the Snow Empress's Three Absolute Skills—Emperor's Sword, Emperor's Palm, and Emperor's Chill Sky—these abilities weren't directly inherited soul skills. Instead, they were self-created techniques that she refined to the point where they could be passed on to the soul master absorbing her soul ring. 

"I understand now." 

Huo Yuhao's eyes shone with determination as he nodded. 

It was like the mimicry skill granted by the Ice Jade Scorpion's soul ring—it became versatile when used but leaned heavily toward life-saving techniques. 

Even the same soul skill could vary in effects depending on the soul beast it came from, aside from its core characteristics remaining consistent. 

Therefore— 

"I can try to have all three of my spirit souls simultaneously condense soul rings for me. By combining their unique focuses, I might obtain a more comprehensive set of soul skills. As for fully mastering these skills and making them my own, that will depend on my personal opportunity." 

Huo Yuhao lacked Su Yu's level of comprehension and dared not claim he could fully integrate all the potential 30 soul skills across his 18 soul ring positions. However, Su Yu's insights gave him a new direction. He decided to have multiple Ultimate Ice spirit souls collaborate to condense his soul rings. 

This would involve some complexities in soul ring condensation, so he still needed to rely on Su Yu's methods for creating life soul rings and use them as a reference. 

"The key to condensing a soul ring lies in mastering the essence of your martial soul," Su Yu explained. 

Huo Yuhao only half-understood. He wasn't entirely sure how to sense or comprehend the so-called essence of his martial soul, but he made a mental note of it. 

"The essence of your second martial soul—I can help you control it," said the Ice Empress. 

"As for your Spirit Eyes' essence, it's mostly that power you sense when you enter your awakened state," Skydream reminded Huo Yuhao. 

Huo Yuhao nodded, signaling his understanding. 

So that's how it works. 

Huo Yuhao wasted no time absorbing the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, deciding to begin the process immediately. 

Jing Hongchen didn't leave either, taking the opportunity to consult Kong Deming on some questions about soul tools. 

His advanced battle armor's spirituality had already reached an impressive level. 

His soul power level was higher now, and he had been nurturing the armor day and night. Other than during his seclusion to break through to Rank 95, he had paused his soul power and spiritual power training entirely to focus on enhancing the spirituality of this battle armor. The goal was to elevate it to the level of a super battle armor. 

The only component missing from his armor now was its domain. 

Perfecting the domain technology would allow him to complete his super battle armor. 

While Huo Yuhao absorbed the celestial herb, the two of them discussed domain technology. 

Su Yu happened to be nearby and occasionally chimed in with his insights. As he listened, his understanding of the technology deepened, as did his grasp of the theories behind ninth-tier soul tools. 

Three hours later— 

Huo Yuhao opened his eyes. 

A surge of Ultimate Ice energy radiated from his body. 

The temperature across the entire rear mountain suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. For the three people closest to Huo Yuhao, the temperature felt like it had plunged by over forty degrees. 

Of course, such a change had little effect on them. 

Beside Huo Yuhao, a sky-blue celestial herb with octagonal crystalline leaves was rooted mid-air, gently swaying. 

Inside Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea... 

"Who are you?" 

The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass stared at Skydream Iceworm, Ice Empress, and Xiaobai, completely baffled. 

More spirit souls? 

Oh dear. 

Wait a minute—Su Yu didn't tell me this kid already had so many spirit souls! 

Outside, Huo Yuhao's body was surrounded by four glowing soul rings: three black and one red. 

It wasn't that he deliberately wanted to deceive Su Yu or others, but in his view, the existence of the Ice Empress was too difficult to explain. 

Especially since every single 100,000-year soul ring's acquisition couldn't possibly be so easy to justify. 

Xiaobai was easier to explain—he could claim it was a fortuitous transformation into a spirit soul. But Ice Empress and Skydream Iceworm? They couldn't be so casually brushed off. 

So, he simply chose not to reveal them. 

Because of this, apart from Su Yu, who knew a bit more, the others remained unaware of the full extent of his spirit soul situation. 

Outside Huo Yuhao's body, alongside the blood-red soul ring, two additional soul rings began to form in succession. 

"Such strength!" 

Within Huo Yuhao's spiritual sea, he could feel the overwhelming power of the Ice Empress and Xiaobai. Meanwhile, the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass silently followed their lead, joining them to condense Huo Yuhao's fifth and sixth soul rings. 

Three hours later— 

"Is the Ultimate Ice of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass really this powerful?" 

Jing Hongchen muttered under his breath, feeling something was off. 

When Su Yu had initially extracted the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Jing Hongchen hadn't sensed such strength. 

However, he didn't delve too deeply into the matter. 

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's sixth blood-red soul ring finally condensed and appeared. 

The true soul ring configuration for Huo Yuhao's second martial soul was one red, two orange, one red, and two orange. However, the configuration he displayed to others was three black and three red. 

Even this false configuration was enough to astonish everyone. 

Kong Deming couldn't help but feel envious of Huo Yuhao's cultivation progress. 

Both of them were twin martial soul owners, but when Kong Deming had been adding soul rings, he'd encountered countless difficulties. 

Yet here Huo Yuhao was, just 17 years old, nearly simultaneously attaching soul rings to both martial souls. And even under such conditions, his soul ring configuration was leagues ahead of what Kong Deming had achieved at the same stage. 

Kong Deming cast a discreet glance at his disciple. 

The only person whose soul ring configuration might rival Huo Yuhao's was Su Yu. Kong Deming was well aware of Su Yu's current soul ring setup: three black, two red, one orange, and one life-bound ring. 

A single martial soul with a soul ring configuration of that level—Su Yu was undoubtedly unmatched in history. If Su Yu also had twin martial souls, his configuration would have far surpassed Huo Yuhao's. 

Unfortunately, he was missing a second martial soul. 

(End of chapter)