Chapter 48: Attempting to Create a Self-Made Soul Skill
Du Qianjue's cultivation level was already close to Soul Sage, and the various original powers within his body were gradually enhancing his cultivation. Even if he didn't actively cultivate, a year's time would be enough for his cultivation to reach Soul Sage.
Situations like Feng Xiaotian from Douluo I, who neglected his soul power while focusing on creating his own soul skill, wouldn't happen to him.
At his current level, it was the best time for him to practice creating his own soul skill. Not only could he attempt to forge his own path, but he could also continuously consume soul power, helping to digest the various origins within his body and boost his soul power.
If he missed this period and had no cheats to enhance his cultivation, he might not have time to consider these matters. By then, he'd probably already be facing Tang San.
The basic requirement for creating a self-made soul skill is to make soul power 'alive' under the soul master's control, allowing it to be freely manipulated like an extension of the body, rather than the clumsy cultivation of soul power that 99% of soul masters practice.
Douluo Continent's unique advantage is that once a soul master reaches a bottleneck in soul power, acquiring a soul ring grants a skill that, after slight familiarization, can wield great power. This eliminates the need to spend months or even years learning a martial art or technique as in other worlds.
Even in worlds with established methods, creating something from nothing is incredibly challenging. In an environment like Douluo, how could strong self-made soul skills emerge? How many would dedicate themselves to practicing soul power control to create their own skills?
But this was something Du Qianjue had to go through.
After a month and a half since the tree branch broke, he reached the core area of the Extreme North. He didn't rush, often pausing in one place when deeply engrossed in cultivation.
With his extraordinary talent, he had long met the basic requirements for creating a self-made soul skill, his soul power control already proficient. Yet he felt he could do even better, strive for greater perfection.
Honing the axe does not delay the work of cutting firewood. Early exploration wasn't time wasted; he wasn't even thirteen yet. In the original story, Huo Yuhao was still running laps at this time, not yet undergoing the freshman assessment. Du Qianjue felt no need to rush.
When the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament in Mingdu of the Sun Moon Empire started, he might be a Titled Douluo, or at least close. With such a cheat-like cultivation speed, what was there to hurry for?
In these two months of soul power control training, Du Qianjue increasingly realized that his initial idea was correct. Although martial spirit-based cultivation was the mainstream, body-based cultivation, though abstract, was undoubtedly stronger.
Even the Body Sect couldn't escape the martial spirit-based mindset despite having body-based martial spirits. This path was as much about starting from scratch, pioneering a road from nothing.
So, he arrived at the core of the Extreme North.
With her eighty thousand years of cultivation, Xue Linglong's spiritual perception was extremely powerful, especially in her own domain, the Extreme North. The moment Du Qianjue entered the core, she sensed his familiar aura. Seeing him seemingly in a state of cultivation, she didn't reveal herself to avoid disturbing him.
"It's enough for now; I can only reach this level for the time being," Du Qianjue said, raising his right hand. Five elemental energies—earth, water, fire, wind, and lightning—danced around his arm, intermingling yet perfectly harmonized.
In his past life, the saying that earth, water, fire, and wind were the basic elements of the world wasn't forgotten. Through continuous attempts, he used these four elements to construct an elemental cycle, integrating the extreme lightning attribute into the cycle.
It went smoothly.
Not only could the five elements form a cycle, but earth, water, fire, and wind could also do so, fitting seamlessly. Integrating the extreme lightning attribute posed some difficulty, but he soon overcame it.
"Boom!!!"
Du Qianjue's right fist, infused with five elements, slammed into the permafrost, creating a terrifying soul power turbulence that sent snowflakes flying.
The sound of cracking ice accompanied by a feeling of the earth shaking startled the powerful soul beasts in the core, making them think a battle had erupted.
When everything calmed down, Du Qianjue's figure emerged from the swirling snowflakes.
Snowflakes formed a vortex around him, driven by the flow of soul power, as he hovered in the air. His punch had shattered the permafrost within a thirty-meter diameter, leaving a hundred-meter-long crack.
This was merely a casual punch, not even considered a self-made soul skill.
"It's a pity I haven't fused a space-attribute soul ring or mastered spatial abilities, or I might create a 'world punch'," Du Qianjue said, looking at his fair, glossy fist with a wry smile.
Using spatial power to construct a space, then deriving a world within it through earth, water, fire, and wind, with light, dark, and lightning attributes as auxiliaries, forming an attack power.
Calling it a world punch seemed reasonable, even if its level was somewhat basic.
Still, it was a cultivation direction worth exploring!
Du Qianjue's red and blue eyes gleamed, increasingly convinced of the feasibility of his self-made soul skill. He could already merge attributes to form an attack, consuming minimal soul power but unleashing terrifying power.
This was the permafrost of the Extreme North's core, as hard as some metals. Without using ten-thousand-year soul ring or soul bone skills, this punch was his strongest attack.
(Though he didn't have any skills below ten thousand years...)
"Qianjue, was that a self-made soul skill?" Xue Linglong appeared, her expression curious.
"It's just a prototype," Du Qianjue smiled, wrapping his arm around Xue Linglong's waist.
"Why did you come?" Xue Linglong asked softly, hugging Du Qianjue.
"I missed you," Du Qianjue buried his face in her silver hair, inhaling the familiar fragrance.
Xue Linglong blushed, always feeling happy and shy at Du Qianjue's straightforward confessions.
"I missed you too."
As the two strongest beings in ice elements, the extreme cold of the core brought them only tranquility, not discomfort.
After a while, Du Qianjue released his embrace, holding Xue Linglong's hand.
"This time, besides missing you, there's something else..."
(End of Chapter)
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