Then, could I use the "Method of Ring Insetting" to take a blank, skill-less artificial soul ring and use it as a buffer layer to "wrap" around a soul tool, and then use the "Soul Tool Fusion Method" to merge it with the martial soul? Huo Yuhao's imagination ran wild.
According to this deduction, there were roughly three possibilities:
The first was simple failure, meaning the logic was fundamentally flawed.
The second, and most ideal, was that the soul tool successfully fused with the outer soul ring but did not merge with the martial soul. Since the "Method of Ring Insetting" was temporary, the soul ring would eventually separate from the martial soul, effectively achieving the goal of embedding a soul tool into a soul ring.
The third possibility involved the martial soul, soul ring, and soul tool merging into one. Huo Yuhao couldn't predict the exact outcome of this, but if successful, it would likely result in a "Pseudo-Martial Soul True Body."
It is common knowledge that once a soul master reaches the seventh ring, they obtain the Martial Soul True Body soul skill. Its essence is a qualitative change in one's own soul power to augment the martial soul. Some soul masters, upon activating their True Body, cause their martial soul to materialize physically.
For instance, certain beast martial soul masters transform into the corresponding soul beast.
In Huo Yuhao's third hypothesis: Soul Tool + Soul Ring + Martial Soul was equivalent to Body + Soul Power + Spirit.
If a person's martial soul was a sword, and they followed this logic to fuse a sword-type melee soul tool, then this sword—possessing a physical entity, the energy of a soul ring, and the triple buff of the martial soul—would, in a sense, be a materialized Martial Soul True Body that caused a qualitative evolution.
This point was highly worth researching.
Wait... my thinking is still a bit limited.
If a person's martial soul was a beast type, like a tiger, could they directly fuse a tiger-shaped soul power armor? Similar to the Ice Ultimate War God Armor from his previous life? No... perhaps it could be done piece by piece.
For example, starting by crafting only a palm-sized soul tool; when the martial soul possessed the body, the soul tool would naturally appear attached to the hand. Then, bit by bit, one could add the torso, legs, head, and so on, until eventually assembling a complete set of heavy armor!
Imagine two identical tiger martial souls with the same Martial Soul True Body. One is a simple, ordinary tiger. The other is a tiger clad in heavy soul tool plate armor, its limbs and torso equipped with soul tool thrusters, its claws reinforced with melee soul tools, its teeth replaced with steel, and even its tail fitted with a blade! It could even carry several—no, dozens—of fixed-soul tool cannons on its back!
The Martial Soul is weak; the Soul Tool is the ascension! The more he thought about it, the more Huo Yuhao felt this path was feasible!
Furthermore, he realized this logic didn't just apply to the third possibility, but also the second—and the potential achievements there might be even higher!
The Clear Sky Sect had a secret technique called "Ring Exploding." Could he combine the Clear Sky Sect's "Ring Exploding" with the "Ring Fusion" technique he had obtained from Shrek Academy?
One could "explode" the low-level soul tools fused during the weak early stages of cultivation, then use "Ring Fusion" to increase the soul ring's age and carrying capacity, and finally re-fuse a more powerful soul tool!
Then, use the "Method of Ring Insetting" to "assemble" the soul rings onto the martial soul one by one!
Unconsciously, Huo Yuhao thought of his own "Soul Ring Carrying Soul Core" method and his silver-glow, ice-crystal, and grey-shimmer soul rings.
Although these rings had been modified into "pseudo-dantians," their essence as soul rings remained. Because of the soul cores, their carrying capacity was terrifyingly high.
Does this mean I can play this game even more flashily?
Huo Yuhao's eyes flickered, and a slight smile played on his lips. For the first time in a long while, he felt a surge of excitement.
...
Three months later, Illustrious Virtue Hall.
On a high platform, Kong Deming and a group of 9th-rank soul tool engineers stood, their eyes fixed on a four-ring soul master below with Rank 50 cultivation.
"Begin."
Kong Deming spoke in a deep voice. In the next moment, the soul master stepped into the field and directly activated the central Artificial Soul Ring Device.
A humming sound echoed as the 4th-rank "soul power storage device"—replicated with Huo Yuhao's assistance—was activated. Soul power was poured bit by bit into the Artificial Soul Ring Device.
Soon, a translucent white soul ring emerged. As more soul power was injected, the white faded into yellow, and then quickly sublimated into purple! A Thousand Year Soul Ring!
The storage device stopped pouring power, and the machine began to stabilize the ring. However, just as the artificial ring underwent its final encapsulation, the soul master made his move.
A pre-fabricated 5th-rank hovering soul tool cannon was tossed into the artificial soul ring. In the next instant, the soul master sat cross-legged and began to absorb the ring.
Soul power extended like threads. While absorbing the ring as slowly as possible, he used his soul power to guide the still-malleable soul ring to "wrap" around the 5th-rank soul tool cannon.
The shape of the soul ring began to change, growing closer and closer to the form of the cannon. But it wasn't over yet.
The pre-set Artificial Soul Ring Device activated again. Soul power from the storage device was injected once more.
Quickly, another purple soul ring rose.
The original purple ring had already completely taken the shape of the 5th-rank hovering soul tool cannon. The new purple ring then began to overlap and "sleeve" over the first one.
Under the guidance of the soul master's power, the two rings began to merge! The color of the combined ring started to darken, its age shifting until it directly broke through to the pitch-black level!
This special 10,000 Year Soul Ring floated up and merged into the soul master's body. Simultaneously, the physical 5th-rank hovering soul tool cannon used as a template fell to the ground.
The soul ring absorption was a success!
"Summon your soul rings!" Kong Deming commanded the soul master, who was slowly waking up.
The soul master dazed for a moment before immediately summoning his rings. His first four rings were perfectly normal. However, inside the fifth ring, there existed a black sphere—its appearance was exactly the same as the 5th-rank hovering soul tool cannon from moments ago!