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"Shouldn't you already know what our soul rings look like?"
The Fire Dragon King chuckled, pointing up at a golden sun and an ice-blue moon hanging high above Xiao Lin's sea of consciousness.
"The sun and the moon?" Xiao Lin asked.
"Yes and no. I am no moon—mine is a sun as well, it is just blue," the Ice Dragon King immediately countered, clearly unwilling to let anyone think he was weaker than the Fire Dragon King.
Hearing the Ice Dragon King's words, a wave of realization washed over Xiao Lin.
The Solar Star and the Lunar Star.
In legendary myths, these two celestial bodies hold the exact same rank.
Then, there is the Ziwei Star.
"Will my future Soul Cores look like this too?" Xiao Lin asked, looking at the two Dragon Kings.
"Of course. But when the time comes and we help you condense them, I will be the core," the Fire Dragon King promised on Xiao Lin's behalf.
"Bullshit! Naturally, I will be the core!" the Ice Dragon King instantly barked back in a fury, "Xiao Lin, let me tell you, fire is useless. Water and ice are what truly matter."
"Fart! What damn use are water and ice? When it comes to raw damage output, fire is obviously supreme!"
"Bullshit! Doesn't my Absolute Zero freeze your flames with ease?"
"Screw you! Why don't you mention how my flames melt your ice?"
...
As the two Dragon Kings bickered endlessly, Xiao Lin quietly withdrew his consciousness from the mental chat. Returning to reality, Xiao Lin began to contemplate what his future Soul Cores would look like.
Since the two Dragon Kings described them as planets, cultivating his Soul Cores in this planetary fashion would likely be the best approach. The two Dragon Kings were ancient dragons with immense experience.
With their help, condensing his Soul Cores would yield twice the results with half the effort.
But is it possible for my Soul Cores to surpass the two Dragon Kings?
A Solar System is too small. What if I make it a Milky Way Galaxy?
No, that's impossible. I don't have that much power.
There are two for Ice and Fire. If I add one for each of my Gold, Lightning, and Earth attributes, that makes five. Including the Chaos attribute, that brings the total to six.
In terms of sheer potential, the Chaos attribute undoubtedly has the highest. However, the Ice and Fire attributes currently possess the most resources.
The Gold attribute comes from my Horned Dragon Staff Martial Soul. It is naturally powerful and highly compatible. As for the Earth attribute, it will become a part of my Body Martial Soul in the future, closely tied to my physical form.
...
This left Xiao Lin in a massive dilemma.
Which attribute should serve as the central core?
After pondering for a long time, he still couldn't come up with the absolute perfect layout for his Soul Cores. However, he did manage to sketch out a few foundational concepts.
Concept One: Use the Chaos attribute as the central core, with the other five attributes—Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth—orbiting it as five distinct planets.
Concept Two: Use the Chaos attribute as the central core, with the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth attributes forming a pentagonal ring of satellites surrounding it.
Concept Three: Six independent cores, all perfectly identical in size and power.
Considering that the frequencies of the Soul Cores needed to be perfectly synchronized, Xiao Lin felt that the second concept seemed the most reliable, as it allowed for the neatest and most stable alignment.
"Hahaha! It's a success! Brother Lin, I did it!"
Suddenly, Tang San's ecstatic shout shattered Xiao Lin's train of thought.
Tang San came charging out of his room, holding the Wind Chasing Left Arm Bone high in the air as he rushed excitedly to Xiao Lin's side.
"Brother Lin, look! I successfully engraved the soul power formation of your third soul skill onto the soul bone!"
Tang San thrust the Wind Chasing soul bone into Xiao Lin's hands.
It was only then that Xiao Lin noticed a piece of Flame Ore had been meticulously embedded into the surface of the bone. This Flame Ore was just an ordinary mineral found near the scorching springs of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
Having been immersed in the dense fire spiritual energy for so long, it had long since absorbed the fire attribute.
"Incredible, Xiao San."
Xiao Lin ran his fingers over the soul bone, offering sincere praise.
When he had first discussed this idea with Tang San, he had completely forgotten to explain how to engrave a formation into an practically indestructible soul bone.
He never expected that Tang San would be clever enough to wrap the soul bone in a layer of Flame Ore first, and then engrave the soul power formation directly onto the ore instead.
"Heheh, Brother Lin, I already tested it. There's no issue with activating the soul power formation. My only concern now is what happens when someone absorbs this soul bone. Will the Flame Ore be absorbed along with it? And if it is, will they be able to activate the soul skill together?"
Tang San chuckled, scratching his head.
These were the only questions currently weighing on his mind.
"Indeed, Xiao San, your questions are very sharp. This is indeed a major hurdle. There must be a way for minerals to enter the human body, as long as the body doesn't reject them."
Xiao Lin pondered for a moment.
He recalled from his past life that surgeries often involved putting steel pins and plates into the human body, so that part shouldn't be an issue.
"The real challenge is your second question. If it is absorbed like this, can the soul skill be used in tandem to enhance the soul bone skill? Furthermore, when a Soul Master absorbs a soul bone, which exact part of the human body does the soul bone actually go to?"
Could it be that it completely fuses with the human body's existing bones?
"No rush, no rush. I still need to look into this further."
It was only now that Xiao Lin realized his approach to these matters hadn't been rigorous at all. Without Tang San's incredible drive and execution, Xiao Lin didn't know how long it would have taken him to discover these flaws.
"Mm, alright then. I also need to refine this soul power formation a bit more. After all, what I've made is just a low-tier version of the Blazing Power."
Seeing that Xiao Lin needed time to research, Tang San took back the soul bone.
The amplification from this low-tier Blazing Power was less than one-fifth of Xiao Lin's actual soul skill. He definitely needed to keep experimenting.
After Tang San left, Xiao Lin began to look at his own right leg bone with curiosity.
Out of the four people at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Xiao Lin was the only one who had integrated a soul bone. He couldn't rely on anyone else's experience regarding the absorption process.
Staring at his right leg, Xiao Lin curiously reached down to feel it.
Where exactly can I feel the location of my absorbed soul bone?
It was right along the shinbone, close to the knee, and its size was less than half the length of his lower leg.
His Right Leg Bone wasn't very long, yet the Chaos soul power completely saturated his entire right leg. If someone wanted to strip this soul bone from him, they would have no choice but to sever his entire right leg.
More importantly, Xiao Lin couldn't feel any foreign object inside his calf. There was absolutely zero rejection, and his soul power circulated even smoother than before. It was as if the soul bone had replaced Xiao Lin's meridians to assist in channeling his soul power.
Fusion.
This sensation of being entirely indistinguishable from one another was truly wondrous.
Do Beast Martial Soul Masters feel like this when they possess their Martial Souls? And when they achieve their Martial Soul Avatar, what does it feel like for them?
Regrettably, Xiao Lin's Martial Soul was a Tool Martial Soul.
Even though his Horned Dragon Staff felt like an inseparable part of him, he couldn't apply his experience with a tool to a Beast Martial Soul Master, nor could he project it onto the sensation of fusing with a soul bone.
Furthermore, when Xiao Lin activated his External Soul Bone, he could clearly feel a pair of dragon horns sprouting from the top of his head. Also, even though Xiao Lin's Right Leg Bone wasn't very large, he wouldn't be able to fuse another soul bone into his thigh either.
If Xiao Lin possessed the regenerative abilities of Tang San's Blue Silver Grass, he might have honestly chopped off his own lower leg just to take a closer look. Knowing that he wouldn't figure this out anytime soon, Xiao Lin shifted his focus toward his fused right leg bone.
The specific ability of this soul bone was Fusion.
He wondered if there was some sort of connection he could uncover.
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