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Ning Fengzhi's expression lit up with sudden understanding. "That's right. Nephew's Ultimate martial soul is different from ordinary people's. Following the standard path, you can cultivate all the way to Super Douluo—it truly is enviable."
With the dissemination of Oak's thesis, the Titled Douluo realm had long been divided into three stages: Titled Douluo, Super Douluo, and Limit Douluo.
Bone Douluo's bony fingers tapped the stone table, startling the birds perched on the pavilion. "Back when I broke through to Super Douluo, I spent years in stagnation before finally achieving enlightenment, grasping the principle of unity between heaven and humanity, which allowed me to break through smoothly."
But Ultimate martial souls were naturally closer to heaven and earth, making it easier to reach the unity of heaven and humanity and advance to Super Douluo.
Bone Douluo couldn't help but admit that there were always greater talents beyond one's own horizon.
Ning Fengzhi shook his head and asked casually, "By the way, why were you injured a while back?"
Previously, they weren't close enough for Ning Fengzhi to ask. Now, bringing it up didn't feel out of place.
Gu La remained calm and replied indifferently, "It's nothing. I was merely trying to use a visualization method and a treasure to break through to Ultimate fire. Unfortunately, I accidentally fell into a state of demonic possession. Fortunately, it wasn't serious—I'll recover."
"Ultimate fire… You were indeed in too much of a hurry."
Ning Fengzhi couldn't imagine the capabilities of an Ultimate martial soul, let alone a dual-Ultimate element martial soul. He decided to move on.
"Let's continue discussing the Universal Visualization Diagram. The issue of elemental suppression among martial soul attributes is unavoidable, but we'll set that aside for now. I've shared my insights—now, worthy nephew, tell us about your teacher's guidance."
Gu La nodded slightly.
With a wave of his hand, spiritual power radiated from his forehead, controlled to be slightly weaker than Ning Fengzhi's. Even so, it caused both Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo to lose their composure.
Under precise control, the spiritual power transformed into eighteen gray-white orbs, slowly rotating in midair.
"In Master's vision, the Universal Visualization Diagram possesses immense malleability—it serves as the foundation for everything."
"The name itself reveals how much hope Master placed in the Universal Visualization Diagram."
The eighteen orbs began to change color, each taking on different forms—ice, flames, water, darkness, and more.
"Spiritual power evolves and manipulates all things, then uses those evolved elements to simulate the fluctuations of top-tier martial souls."
Gu La's Aura formed star-like trajectories connecting the orbs. "In the initial conception, the Ultimate form of the Universal Visualization Diagram would allow control over all attributes, simulating the operational trajectories of every top-tier martial soul in existence."
Much like how Normal type Pokémon could use moves of other types.
Suddenly, the central Universal Pearl absorbed the other orbs and began to transform, faintly constructing the shape of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
Drops of sweat appeared on Gu La's forehead. This was originally just one of his ideas, but since Ning Fengzhi had given him so much, he felt compelled to share something substantial.
"However, such a feat is almost impossible to achieve. I've seen Rongrong's Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, yet I still couldn't fully simulate a true martial soul—only certain traits could be replicated, and even then, only for a brief moment. The only way is to temporarily fuse the spiritual illusion with the martial soul, granting it an additional trait for a short time."
The Groudon martial soul appeared, its illusory pagoda encasing it—but it shattered upon contact.
Gu La's spiritual power surged, surpassing Ning Fengzhi's, as he recondensed the shattered illusory martial soul into a single Universal Pearl and withdrew it into his mental sea.
"After the above conception failed, Master devised the true essence of the Universal Visualization Diagram: using the Universal Pearl to simulate a million martial souls, embracing all things with chaos, breaking boundaries through simulation, and ultimately fusing the pearl completely with the martial soul after overcoming a certain limitation. By harnessing the mixed essence of all things, it aids in breakthroughs."
"Chaos gives birth to myriad phenomena…"
Gasping for breath, Gu La dispersed the excess spiritual power, which scattered as radiant light rain, shining like dawn. Ning Rongrong quickly wiped away his sweat.
Ning Fengzhi abruptly stood, too shocked to notice what his little pampered daughter was doing.
"To embrace all things with chaos and then nourish the martial soul… What a mad idea!"
He gazed at the specks of light, suddenly chuckling softly. "Your esteemed teacher… will change the Douluo Continent!"
Gu La chuckled softly but made no response.
Changing the continent was, after all, part of his plan.
As for the essence of the Universal Visualization Diagram, the possibilities he described did exist, but in reality, it was still just a "pie in the sky"—it would take generations of top-tier soul masters to refine.
He had no time to individually observe and simulate others' martial souls. Even if successful, it would only benefit auxiliary-type soul masters or those with flawed martial souls—it wouldn't help him.
Ning Fengzhi, however, thought differently. He had to consider whether this might be the key to evolving the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect wasn't lacking in various martial souls. He decided to return and give it a try.
After digesting the shock, Ning Fengzhi moved on to another question.
"Is there any way to accelerate mastering the visualization method?"
"The visualization diagrams sold by the Spirit Hall only allow a Soul King to comprehend the visualization diagram. Soul masters of other realms must constantly copy the diagram by rote. It takes at least a month to gain basic mastery, and they must frequently review the diagram. A single mistake in detail risks falling into demonic possession."
"If slow progress were the only issue, it wouldn't matter. The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect isn't short on money—we could buy more diagrams. But the Spirit Hall claims limited production and restricts sales."
Ning Fengzhi felt frustrated, experiencing for the first time the irritation of being unable to spend money.
"Visualization diagrams are tied to spiritual power—a single error is unacceptable. Unless there's a spirit-type soul master skilled in spiritual manipulation who has reached perfection, capable of imprinting the visualization diagram into another's mind, there's no shortcut."
Gu La's explanation left Ning Fengzhi helpless. Spirit-type soul masters were exceedingly rare, and reaching perfection in the visualization method would take years—at which point the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Sect would surely have collected enough diagrams.
"Fine." Ning Fengzhi smiled nonchalantly. "I was being greedy."
"Today, I've gained much insight. These materials are all yours, worthy nephew—I hope they'll assist you and your esteemed teacher."
"Thank you, Uncle Ning." Gu La accepted without hesitation.
"If Uncle Ning wishes to attempt the essence I mentioned earlier, you might first try converting auxiliary-type martial souls, which are also attributeless. Then, attempt to transform the attributes of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to gain some combat capability. Whether to pursue this path or sword intent depends on where your natural talent lies."
Gu La offered these pointers casually, but Ning Fengzhi cherished them as priceless treasures, committing everything to memory.
Ning Fengzhi quietly calculated in his mind: 'The Mega Evolution device, visualization methods, and mental intent—if combined, could they help me break through to level eighty?'
He vaguely felt that if the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda were to evolve, the most likely avenue would lie within the Universal Visualization Diagram.
"The world's foremost auxiliary martial soul, combined with the strengths of countless others… If our sect lacks sufficient auxiliary-type martial souls, we'll seek them elsewhere. They'll surely help the martial soul break through."
Suddenly recalling a question, Ning Fengzhi looked up and asked, "When using the Universal Pearl to simulate martial souls and then break through limitations, is it limited to just one time?"
Gu La paused, pondered, and replied, "There's no limit to the number of times, but each martial soul can only be simulated once—that is, the Universal Pearl can only grow once per martial soul. After all, the Universal Pearl is essentially the materialization of one's own spiritual power, and the stimulation of spiritual power by the same martial soul won't change."
"The total amount of power available for breakthroughs is finite. The more times you attempt it, the weaker the power becomes."
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