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With his soul returning to his body, Tang San stretched lazily and discovered that Gu Yue'na was nestled in his arms, eyes closed and sleeping peacefully, in a state of quiet meditation.
"Honestly, has she really taken to using me as her 'pillow'?"
Carefully lifting Gu Yue'na, he carried her to her room, gently laid her down on the bed, and covered her with a light blanket.
"The conflict between soul beasts and humans is not something easily resolved..."
"With such an irresponsible co-sovereign, the future of the soul beasts is worrisome. Moreover, not all soul beasts revere the Silver Dragon King. The Dragon God is not the ancestor of all soul beasts; at most, he is just the first to reach the God King realm. It's just that later, he suppressed other soul beasts to the point where they could not resist. Even the awe soul beasts feel towards the Dragon God is etched into their bloodlines and has been passed down."
"Additionally, the Dragon God even established the rule that 'soul beasts cannot become gods while the Dragon God remains absent'... Isn't this just to prevent any rare soul beasts from surpassing the dragon lineage?"
"The inability of soul beasts to develop properly is more than sixty percent the Dragon God's fault."
"However, this rule has also given humans a chance to develop... Their enemy is my 'hero'..."
After Tang San left the room for a while, Gu Yue'na opened her eyes, looked around in confusion, and wondered, "How did I end up here? I was clearly in Tang San's arms... If someone touched me, I should have sensed it, so how did I not notice anything? He must have made some progress again. I really don't know where his limits lie."
Getting out of bed, she dressed and went straight to the study, where she found Tang San leafing through books he had brought back from the Golden Ancient Tree.
"What are you reading? The books from the Golden Ancient Tree, including those on martial soul cultivation and soul engineering, were all destroyed by the Dragon God, weren't they?" Gu Yue'na asked.
"You're awake?" Tang San pushed aside the "Encyclopedia of Martial Souls: Golden Era 2024" and gestured for Gu Yue'na to come over.
"Come on, I'm not a child," Gu Yue'na said with a pout, clearly irritated by being treated like one, but her body obediently moved toward him.
After all, although the Silver Dragon King, who had been injured and fell into a deep sleep shortly after birth, was in some ways still a child rather than a fully mature adult, she could be seen as a mischievous child if one had the strength to keep her in check and provide guidance.
"You've lived for such a long time. Do you know how many types of martial souls there are?" Tang San asked.
"No."
Gu Yue'na was exasperated, feeling that Tang San was being deliberately obtuse. After all, she had been asleep for so long that she had no idea how many types of martial souls existed. Besides, Tang San himself had written a book titled "The Evolution of Martial Souls," discussing how martial souls change gradually due to human living conditions and their pursuit of a better life, not to mention the variations.
If she had to estimate the number of martial souls, she knew a bit about beast martial souls. Excluding those soul beasts touched by divine power, such as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and removing the Silver Dragon King and the Golden Dragon King, the number of beast martial souls would roughly equal the number of soul beasts on the continent.
Anyway, she wasn't particularly interested in such matters.
"Do you know that martial souls can transform between weapon and beast types? I believe some powerful weapon martial souls originated from beast martial souls. For instance, there's a Snake Lance Douluo in the Spirit Hall, and then there's you." Tang San revealed, "The Snake Lance Douluo is out on a mission, and as for you... I'm not sure if there's any reference value, but your Silver Dragon Spear has the features of a silver dragon. This implies that such transformations can't be fabricated out of thin air but must follow certain rules."
"Hmmm, that's not wrong," Gu Yue'na replied. She had also considered disguising her martial soul as something unrelated to the Silver Dragon, but she found that as long as she carried her essence, the characteristics of the silver dragon would inevitably appear. "The reasons behind how martial souls take shape are varied, but I can be certain that martial souls are not bestowed by the gods; rather, they are a gift from this world to humanity."
"As for why martial souls take shape, I can mention two reasons: one, the merging of a hundred-thousand-year soul beast with a human, or two, a strong desire for a certain thing."
"The latter is something you have researched to some extent. Martial souls have spiritual attributes and can respond to a person's inner thoughts. When a martial soul has not yet taken shape, such strong desires are most effective."
"However, this privilege likely only applied to the first generation of humans who possessed martial souls. After a martial soul takes shape, altering it becomes significantly more difficult for ordinary people."
Tang San nodded and asked, "If all the humans on the continent today are descendants of the Golden Civilization, is it possible that the Golden Civilization discovered the essence of martial souls and could change them at will?"
He asked this because, after becoming a Title Douluo, Tang San had further investigated the Haotian Hammer and discovered that it could transform from a hammer into a chimera. This was not merely due to Auston Griffin.
Within the Haotian Hammer, there existed a formula for transforming weapon martial souls into beast martial souls.
The same applied to the Silver Emperor!
For example, Tang San realized after a brief study that the Blue Silver Emperor's Blue Silver Overlord Spear was merely another form of the Blue Silver Emperor—soul skills that displayed the abilities a martial soul could originally possess.
Although there are currently few examples, it is at least certain that some powerful weapon martial souls might have originated from formidable weapon martial souls.
Whether it's a hundred-thousand-year metamorphosed soul beast or a human, a martial soul evolves into the strongest state the soul master imagines in response to their own desires.
Of course, the key factor is not the strength of the martial soul—that's just a basic condition. The true determinant of a martial soul's evolution is the person's inner longing, specifically their spirit.
If Tang San could fully understand this, he felt he would be able to control the ability to grant or modify martial souls at will.
"So this is what you were thinking," Gu Yue'na finally understood Tang San's goal but shook her head. "Such greed, wanting to control the essence of martial souls. However—"
"Hehe, I will help you. The idea of being able to change the martial souls of people I dislike in the future seems very intriguing."
Of course, Gu Yue'na was not just thinking of future mischief but also considering that if a hundred-thousand-year soul beast could not overcome the heavenly tribulation and chose to transform, she could endow it with a martial soul to help them better disguise their identity.
After all, not every transformed soul beast can quickly master the art of concealing their aura. Without someone like Tang San, they might be finished.
As the sovereign of soul beasts, she had to consider these factors.
Gu Yue'na muttered to herself, "I am truly great!"
Tang San: "..."
(End of Chapter)