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Having finished organizing the theory behind the "Artificial Soul Ring," Ye Lan immediately set out to put it into practice.
First, Ye Lan decided to condense a "500-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring" to test the waters. In all things, one must proceed from the easy to the difficult.
Golden soul power flashed in his palm, and the "Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse" appeared in his hand.
Originally, he should have released the "Blue Silver Emperor" earlier. However, the great battle with the "Green Phosphor Dragon Emperor" had lasted for hundreds of rounds, causing a significant delay. To avoid making Ah Yin feel awkward, he hadn't released her immediately after the fight.
Sensing her Master's summons, Ah Yin immediately climbed out of the "Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse."
"Master, have we returned? Did the Blue Silver subjects arrive at the Sunset Forest?" Ah Yin asked curiously.
"It's still early. They are being led by Little Tree, so there is no need to be overly concerned about their safety. The 'Natural Life' entities have also been constantly transmitting the specific details of the 'Blue Silver subjects' migration to me," Ye Lan explained.
Although Ye Lan did not accompany the Blue Silver Grasses on their migration, possessing the "Natural Domain" allowed him to use the communication chain of plants to understand the specific situation of the Blue Silver Grasses in real-time.
Hearing Ye Lan's explanation, Ah Yin shook her body in relief.
She praised in her heart: It is truly good to have a Master!
"Ah Yin, give me a drop of blood," Ye Lan said.
"Okay. Master, is this enough?" Dozens of drops of blood were condensed by Ah Yin in front of Ye Lan.
Seeing the incredibly sensible Ah Yin, Ye Lan hurriedly said, "Enough, that's enough."
"Master, if it's not enough, Ah Yin has more here." Ah Yin swayed her body with joy, as if completing the tasks ordered by Ye Lan was the meaning of her existence.
Ye Lan waved his hand and immediately used "Formless Form" to catch these drops of Blue Silver Emperor blood. Then, an orange-red light flashed in his pupils.
Ye Lan's pupils immediately turned into vertical golden slits with a lava-colored background—the "Golden Dragon Pupils." At this moment, he obtained "True World Vision," instantly seeing the distribution of soul power particles within the Blue Silver Emperor's fresh blood.
The "Bloodline Factors" presented in the Blue Silver Emperor's blood were no different from the "Bloodline Factors" present in the "120,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Ring" he had ultimately absorbed.
After carefully perceiving every detail of Ah Yin's blood, Ye Lan began his first attempt at condensing an Artificial Soul Ring.
First, he determined the distribution of soul power particles in the Blue Silver Emperor: 40% Life attribute particles, 20% Light attribute particles, 15% Water attribute particles, 10% Earth attribute particles, 5% Fire attribute particles, 3% Dark attribute particles, and 7% consisting of various other attribute particles.
After observing the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor," Ye Lan operated the "Formless Form" to separate a single drop of Blue Silver Emperor blood from the dozens floating there.
Subsequently, Ye Lan began to circulate his soul power, injecting Life soul power particles from his body into the Blue Silver Emperor blood.
Shining emerald particles slowly entered the Blue Silver Emperor blood from Ye Lan's body. The instant they entered, the teardrop-shaped blood immediately underwent violent fluctuations.
In the blink of an eye, the drop of blood exploded.
Seeing the blood explode, Ye Lan was mentally prepared. The "Artificial Soul Ring" was not a simple project; it would be strange if it could be condensed easily.
Ye Lan then began to analyze the cause of the explosion.
Through the True World Vision of the "Golden Dragon Pupils," he discovered that the particle structure within the blood had undergone drastic changes after his Life attribute particles invaded. The "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure" was destabilized.
He saw that his Life soul power particles did not fully penetrate the "Bloodline Factor Structure"; instead, they hovered outside it.
In the snap of a finger, the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure" was destroyed by his Life soul power particles.
Is the energy too strong?
Using "Formless Form," he separated another drop of Blue Silver Emperor blood. Relying on his realm of absolute control over soul power, Ye Lan separated the smallest possible unit of a Life soul power particle.
The emerald particle, almost invisible even in Ye Lan's True World Vision, began to slowly invade the interior of the Blue Silver Emperor blood.
This time, the Blue Silver Emperor blood generated slight fluctuations. After the "Bloodline Factor Structure" trembled, the particle successfully invaded the structure.
However, due to the increase of Life soul power particles within the structure, the ratio of particles in the "Bloodline Factor Structure" became unbalanced.
At this moment, the Blue Silver Emperor blood produced a wondrous reaction. The soul power particles within the "Bloodline Factor" followed a change similar to the cycle of Mutual Generation: Wood feeds Fire, Fire feeds Earth, Earth feeds Metal, Metal feeds Water, and Water feeds Wood.
More than ten seconds later, after this strange transformation reaction, both the quality and total quantity of soul power within the "Bloodline Factor" had increased!
Seeing this change, Ye Lan felt a burst of joy in his heart. The "Artificial Soul Ring" was possible!
However, using the smallest unit of soul power particles from his body was still too slow. Thus, Ye Lan decided to try invading the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" with different quantities of his smallest Life soul power particles.
Ye Lan activated "Consciousness Acceleration," the "Eight-Faced Exquisite Heart," and the "Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart," pushing his brain to its limit to observe the changes caused by invading the "Blue Silver Emperor blood" with different units of particles.
Using "Formless Form," Ye Lan separated all the blood Ah Yin had handed him into individual drops, totaling thirty-two drops.
Then, from two units up to thirty-three units of the smallest Life soul power particles, he simultaneously invaded the Blue Silver Emperor blood drops.
At this time, the Blue Silver Emperor blood produced varying degrees of fluctuation.
The fewer the units of Life soul power particles invaded, the milder the fluctuation produced by the blood. The more units invaded, the more violent the fluctuation.
After more than ten seconds, a boundary was found at twelve units.
Invasions of thirteen units or more of Life soul power particles all ended in failure. These drops of Blue Silver Emperor blood exploded one after another. The more units invaded, the shorter the interval between invasion and explosion.
Below twelve units, the fewer units invaded, the faster the "Bloodline Factor" structure stabilized. When exactly twelve units were invaded, the stabilization time for the "Bloodline Factor" structure was the slowest.
Moreover, the stabilization time of the "Bloodline Factor" structure did not increase linearly. Instead, it showed a curve where the more units invaded, the longer the required time became.
Ye Lan was not optimistic about this result.
According to the results shown, invading with the smallest unit of Life soul power particles was actually the fastest way to increase the soul power of the "Artificial Soul Ring"!
After calculation, condensing one drop of blood into a "500-Year Artificial Soul Ring" would take over a thousand days. Not to mention "Thousand-Year," "Ten-Thousand-Year," or even "Hundred-Thousand-Year" Artificial Soul Rings.
Retracting his thoughts, Ye Lan began to recall the changes when the "smallest unit of Life soul power particle" invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure."
The invasion caused the "Blue Silver Emperor blood" to fluctuate to varying degrees.
After a successful invasion, because there were now excess Life soul power particles, the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure" would spontaneously generate Mutual Generation reactions between different attributes until the invaded particles were converted into different attribute soul power within the "Bloodline Factor Structure."
Ultimately, this resulted in an increase in the soul power of the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor."
Therefore, if he wanted to improve the speed of condensing an "Artificial Soul Ring," he needed to shorten the fluctuation time caused by the invasion of the "smallest soul power particles" and shorten the time it took for the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" structure to convert attribute soul power.
First, Ye Lan began to think about why his "smallest unit of Life soul power particle" caused such a violent reaction when invading the blood.
Since this was the smallest unit he could condense, its quality was not even as good as a Soul Scholar's soul power. Why would the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" still fluctuate violently?
Could it be due to the intensity of the Life attribute?
After all, his own Life soul power particles belonged to the "Ultimate of Ultimates" level; it was normal for the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" to be unable to withstand it.
But for Ye Lan to dilute his "Ultimate Life Soul Power Particles" into "Ordinary Life Attribute Particles" was somewhat difficult, and the time required was even longer than the invasion time of the "smallest unit."
Ye Lan decisively rejected this plan. Then, he remembered the "Soul Core Condensation Method."
When condensing a Soul Core, one only needs to attract external soul power and then compress it into the quality of soul power required by oneself.
Based on this principle, he could also use the "Soul Core Condensation Method" to compress Life soul power particles into particles with the same attribute intensity as those inside the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor."
Changing his train of thought, Ye Lan immediately started the experiment, only to find he had used up all the "Blue Silver Emperor blood" at once.
Just as Ye Lan was about to open his mouth, Ah Yin spontaneously contributed another hundred drops of Blue Silver Emperor blood.
Seeing how obedient his little maid was, Ye Lan nodded secretly.
Tang Hao, oh Tang Hao!
This is the result of you being a scumbag. Such a virtuous Ah Yin will never be yours again!
Perhaps Ye Lan's lament was effective, for far away in the "Capital of Slaughter," Tang Hao suddenly felt a sourness in his heart. Feeling incredibly suffocated, Tang Hao clutched his chest and retched continuously at the ground.
"Who is it!!!? Who stole my Ah Yin!!" Tang Hao wept tears of blood from both eyes, roaring towards the sky.
Using "Formless Form" to accept the hundred drops of "Blue Silver Emperor Blood," Ye Lan began the next round of testing.
The "Soul Core Condensation Method" was a Soul Master system he had written himself; as the Grandmaster, how could Ye Lan not know it?
The only reason Ye Lan hadn't condensed a Soul Core yet was that the quality and quantity of soul power in his body hadn't met the standard. Otherwise, he would have condensed his soul power into a solid Soul Core long ago.
However, condensing Life soul power particles with the same attribute intensity as the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure" was something he could easily achieve. Thanks to the "Limit Soul Power Attachment" he created, he was unrivaled across the entire Douluo Continent in terms of fine soul power manipulation.
If he claimed second place, no one would dare claim first.
A drop of "Blue Silver Emperor Blood" floated above Ye Lan's clawed fingers. Under the True World Vision of the "Golden Dragon Pupils," a vortex of Ultimate Life Soul Power Particles began to condense near the emerald-green blood.
After this vortex shining with emerald soul light appeared, countless soul power particles in the air were attracted to it.
The colors of the countless soul power particles varied. Among them, the emerald particles of the Life attribute were the most numerous, but particles of other attributes were present as well.
Ye Lan temporarily only needed Life soul power particles. Under his precise manipulation, a looming non-attribute soul power anti-vortex appeared outside the emerald soul power vortex.
Any soul power particles that were not emerald green were knocked away by this non-attribute anti-vortex. Under this fine screening operation, Ye Lan successfully condensed one unit of Life soul power particle that matched the attribute intensity of the Life particles within the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor."
Using "Formless Form," he invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" with this single unit of Life soul power particle.
At this moment, a magical thing happened under Ye Lan's True World Vision.
This unit of Life soul power particle successfully invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure." The "Bloodline Factor" was currently undergoing the attribute Mutual Generation reaction. This Life soul power particle was being converted into other attribute soul power within the "Bloodline Factor," and no "invasion fluctuation reaction" occurred.
Moreover, because the attribute intensity of this Life soul power particle matched the Life attribute intensity within the "Bloodline Factor Structure," the time for the soul power attribute Mutual Generation reaction was much faster.
In just a few seconds, the brightness of the soul light from the Blue Silver Emperor blood increased slightly, and the soul power within it increased as well.
After discovering this change, Ye Lan again condensed twelve units of Life soul power particles with the same attribute intensity as the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor."
He invaded it again. The "invasion fluctuation reaction" still did not occur.
However, the "Soul Power Particle Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" took much longer. It was several minutes later that the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" finally stabilized.
Although the Mutual Generation time had increased, Ye Lan was not discouraged.
This was because if the attribute Mutual Generation reaction could be completed after the particles invaded, then even if the reaction took a year, it wasn't actually bad news.
If he produced one thousand "500-Year Artificial Soul Rings" at once, even if the Martial Soul Mutual Generation reaction took a year, the average production would still be more than three "500-Year Artificial Soul Rings" per day. And the more he produced, the higher the average daily output would be.
In contrast, a "500-Year Natural Soul Ring" truly required a full four to five hundred years.
After praying secretly in his heart, Ye Lan began to condense five hundred units of soul power particles consistent with the attribute intensity of the Life particles inside the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure."
A cluster of Life soul power particles, several times larger than the blood itself, invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" once again.
However, the result this time did not go as Ye Lan wished. The "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" was completely submerged by this cluster of Life soul power particles.
The "Soul Power Particle Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" occurred, but all the other attribute soul power reacted and turned into Life soul power particles.
At this point, the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" had directly turned into a "Life Soul Power Particle Cluster."
"Sure enough, it's not that simple," Ye Lan murmured.
If the Mutual Generation reaction could convert Life particles into other attribute particles, then it could also convert other attribute particles into Life attribute particles.
Because there were too many Life soul power particles invading the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure," the other soul power particles spontaneously reacted to become Life particles.
Ye Lan pondered for a while and understood the mechanism of the "Soul Power Particle Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction."
If the quantity of the invading single-attribute soul power is less than the quantity of other attribute soul power in the "Bloodline Factor Structure," then that single-attribute soul power will convert into particles of other attributes.
When the quantity of the invading single-attribute soul power is greater than the quantity of other attribute soul power in the "Bloodline Factor Structure," then the particles of other attributes will convert into that single-attribute soul power particle.
Although Ye Lan could use this mechanism to manufacture "Artificial Soul Rings" faster, the significance wasn't great.
Suppose the quantity of other attribute soul power particles in the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor Structure" is 6, and the quantity of Life soul power particles is 4.
He could set the quantity of Life soul power particles for the first invasion into the "Structure" at 5.9 units.
According to the "Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction," the total soul power quantity of the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" would eventually rise from 10 to 15.9 units.
At this time, the quantity of other attribute soul power particles would be roughly 9.54 units.
Then, for the second time, he could increase the Life soul power particles invading the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" to 9.53 units.
The quantity of invading Life soul power particles increases, and as the number of invasions increases, the quantity grows exponentially. It wouldn't take more than a dozen times for this "500-Year Artificial Soul Ring" to be condensed.
But the drawbacks of this method were extremely obvious:
First, this operation requires extremely precise control over soul power. Apart from a few Soul Masters with exceptional control, most Soul Masters would likely fail. If the quantity of invading particles was even slightly too high, according to the "Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction," the "Artificial Soul Ring" would be scrapped instantly.
Second, the frequency of operation is too high. If he only needed to inject the amount for "500 years of soul power" once, he wouldn't have to worry about the subsequent reaction.
But with this continuously exponentially increasing invasion operation, the Soul Master must wait for the first Mutual Generation reaction to complete before starting the second invasion. After the second completes, they can start the third.
As the frequency of invasion increases, the waiting time becomes longer and longer.
Ye Lan didn't have time to waste waiting on the "Artificial Soul Ring." He had to reduce the time of the "Soul Power Particle Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction."
Ye Lan began to recall the reaction produced when Life particles invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor."
The reason the attribute Mutual Generation reaction took so much time was that the reaction paths for converting Life particles into other attribute particles were different. The more types of non-Life attribute particles there were, the longer the reaction time.
What was frustrating was that the soul power attributes of "Soul Beast Bloodline Factors" were extremely numerous.
Even in a "Bloodline Factor" like the "Blue Silver Emperor," which highlights Life soul power, the number of attribute particles within it was extremely high. It covered almost all attributes; some attribute particles were very scarce, but they were not absent.
Therefore, the long duration of the "Soul Power Particle Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" was an objective fact and would not shift according to Ye Lan's subjective will.
Consequently, Ye Lan threw the plan of accelerating the "Mutual Generation Reaction" time to the back of his mind.
He turned his gaze to the compatibility between the invading soul power and the Bloodline Factor.
Since the "Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" is determined by the soul power attribute and the quantity relative to other soul power, could he increase the quantity of other attribute soul power particles before the reaction occurred?
For example, the particle distribution of the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" is 40% Life, 20% Light, 15% Water, 10% Earth, 5% Fire, 3% Dark, etc.
Let's directly assume the particles inside the "Bloodline Factor" are: 40 units of Life, 20 units of Light, 15 units of Water, 10 units of Earth, 5 units of Fire, 3 units of Dark, and 7 units of others.
Previously, he directly invaded the structure with 1000 units of Life soul power particles. Since 1000 Life particles were greater than the 60 units of other attribute particles, the "Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" directly converted the other attributes into Life particles.
What if he changed the invading quantity to 400 units of Life, 200 units of Light, 150 units of Water, and 100 units of Earth?
In this way, when the "Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" occurs, the quantity of 400 Life attribute particles is less than the sum of 200 Light + 150 Water + 100 Earth + the 60 units of other particles inside the structure, totaling 510 units of other attribute particles. (400 < 510).
As for the 200 Light particles, 150 Water particles, 100 Earth particles, etc., since they are even fewer than the 400 Life particles, they are certainly less than the quantity of the remaining particles combined. (200 < 730).
Having organized his new line of thought, Ye Lan began manipulating directly.
At this moment, several soul power vortices of different colors emerged in his palm. The largest vortex was emerald green, followed by a golden vortex, then a blue vortex, and the smallest was a brown vortex.
Ye Lan was surprised to find that apart from the few types of soul power particles he condensed in his palm, the quantity of other attribute soul power particles decreased significantly.
Ye Lan directly used the non-attribute soul power anti-vortex to cull all remaining soul power particles. Then, under his precise manipulation, 400 units of Life particles, 200 units of Light particles, 150 units of Water particles, and 100 units of Earth particles were all matched to the respective attribute intensities of the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor." Subsequently, all these particles invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor."
A magical scene occurred. A four-colored soul power cluster successfully invaded the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" without generating a single trace of invasion fluctuation reaction.
Then, the "Soul Power Particle Attribute Mutual Generation Reaction" occurred again.
More than ten seconds later, the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor" was not assimilated by any single attribute particle. Instead, they obediently arranged themselves according to the soul power particle distribution of the "Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline Factor"!
Ye Lan's conjecture had come true!!
(End of Chapter)