On the Strength and Inheritance of Martial Souls

Chapter 91 On the Strength and Inheritance of Martial Souls

"very good."

If you were to ask which of the Soul Fighting Beasts You Chen was most satisfied with, it would naturally be the "Red Dragon" in front of him.

As top-tier dragon martial souls, the Fire Dragon does not possess the powerful and highly versatile special abilities of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Even compared to Yan's Flame Lord, it has better base attributes but worse bonus points, making its overall quality inferior.

But in You Chen's opinion, Ignis's talent is by no means inferior to Yan, who is guaranteed to be a Super Douluo!

There's no other reason than that Ignis possesses the innate talent of full soul power!

The three members of the Spirit Hall's Golden Generation all had a spirit power aptitude of level 9, slightly exceeding that level, but none of them were born with full spirit power.

Aside from some special cases, the level of soul power aptitude is basically equivalent to the level of martial soul quality.

Roughly speaking, levels 1-3 are low-quality, levels 3-5 are mid-quality, levels 5-8 are high-quality, and levels 8-10 are top-quality. As for naturally born super-quality martial souls, most can only be considered quasi-super martial souls when they are first awakened. They need to wait for the soul master's spirit and body to grow for a period of time and acquire several soul rings before they can truly reach the super realm.

As for Qian Renxue? Level 20 innate talent, a divinely bestowed martial soul, what more is there to say?

Therefore, even if the scores in the six dimensions are similar, Ignis's overall potential is actually higher than the literal data suggests.

After all, the six-dimensional chart is just a reference value; it doesn't mean that a higher martial soul value will necessarily outperform one with a lower value. If it could be calculated that precisely, You Chen wouldn't have needed to introduce some kind of bonus points that don't count towards the total score.

You Chen never regarded his six-dimensional diagram, which he used to summarize phenomena, as the standard.

The real significance of classifying spirits into categories like control, power attack, and agility attack is to guide spirit masters in the direction of cultivating their spirits, rather than limiting one's path simply because one determines that their spirit is of the power attack type.

The six-dimensional diagram that You Chen listed is merely a refinement of this guiding function, allowing Soul Masters to understand their own Martial Soul and the Martial Souls of others from a more rational and data-driven perspective.

When talking about the strength of martial souls, we have to mention why, despite the fact that the Flame Lord and other martial souls with overall performance and potential are no less than those of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex and the Clear Sky Hammer, which are now renowned as the strongest, have not developed similar families?

It's not that the Spirit Hall in the original timeline was destroyed, so it couldn't be passed down.

After all, considering the world of Douluo Continent and the number of Soul Masters, there must have been more than just a few top-tier Martial Souls.

Firstly, development cannot be based solely on individual ability; other forces may not be happy to see multiple families rise up and share the pie.

Another objective reason for its difficulty in inheritance is the instability of martial spirits.

Let's take the Fire Lord as an example again.

It is not guaranteed that the offspring of a Flame Lord Soul Master will necessarily produce a Flame Lord Soul Master. On the contrary, it is very likely that they will only produce a weakened high-level Martial Soul called "Flame Sprite". If the Flame Sprite Soul Master does not work hard enough and does not grow to a sufficient level before giving birth, the Martial Soul may weaken again and become something like "Flame Little Sprite".

Why is this? Because this part of the genes of the first Flame Lord Soul Master is not stable.

The Clear Sky Hammer and the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex are hailed as the number one weapon spirit and beast spirit in the world because their "genes" are stable. They start at the level of high-grade to top-tier spirits. If they can acquire nine rings to reach the Title Douluo level, they will essentially possess the strength of a super spirit.

While spirits like the Flame Lord and Golden Crocodile possess considerable potential and are considered top-tier martial souls, they are unlikely to form a family like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon because their genes are not yet stable. It requires several generations of stabilization—that is, producing consecutive Title Douluos and passing down their bloodlines—to stabilize the mutated factors, achieving an effect similar to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul, where the entire family is essentially the same.

Therefore, "number one in the world" does not mean that the martial spirit itself is invincible, but rather that it is the most capable of consistently producing "top-tier" qualities.

As mentioned before, You Chen is just a genius, not an "all-rounder".

These mutated soul masters, whose bodies become beast-like and unable to cultivate normally, are essentially genetically unstable, and whose bloodline strength far exceeds their own mental will. This imbalance ultimately leads to malignant mutations.

The reason he was able to solve the problem of these beast-like mutated soul masters was largely due to his primary research project, which was the power of the martial soul's origin and the cultivation system of the three elements of essence, qi, and spirit.

In this respect, it's a perfect match for his expertise. Of course, if it weren't for this reason, You Chen wouldn't have so easily chosen the path of establishing Soul Fighting Beasts back then—it couldn't have been just because he wanted a beast girl maid that he specifically researched such a completely new project, right?

Furthermore, since these Soul Masters who exhibit beast-like behavior do so because of their excessively strong bloodlines, they are generally quite talented. After You Chen resolves their issues and allows them to cultivate normally, they will naturally have a smoother path in their Soul Master cultivation than the average person.

In short, from this perspective, the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex family's reluctance to acknowledge Liu Erlong as a member of the family and to allow her to be added to the family tree for continued interbreeding and inheritance is very likely to ensure the stability of this bloodline, that is, the genes.

Some might say that it's just a fire dragon martial soul, nothing special, and that it might even make the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus bloodline stronger after hybridization!

But... is there any need for the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus, which is already the number one beast spirit in the world, to continue strengthening itself? Obviously not.

They clearly value "stability" and "non-degeneration" more than evolution!

The physical strength of the Fire Dragon Martial Soul is not weaker than that of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Martial Soul. During the process of combining the two, it is very likely that the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus gene strength will be weaker than that of the Fire Dragon, resulting in the production of a Fire Dragon Soul Master.

If this happens even once or twice, the bloodline will be truly "polluted".

Therefore, they are willing to marry or form alliances with martial soul masters who have dragon genes but are weaker than the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Rex, but they are unwilling to accept Liu Erlong into the family tree.

And now, a Soul Master with the same "Fire Dragon" Martial Soul has appeared before You Chen...

"I really want to see what the differences are between the children she produces at different levels!"

You Chen felt his researcher's soul burning brightly.

Perhaps it was the intense gaze of You Chen as he was lost in thought that caused a delicate blush to appear on Ignis's cold and beautiful face, who was completely unaware of what was going on.

You Chen, however, was also brought back to his senses and nodded slightly to Ignis: "As a result of your willingness to serve as an experimental subject, if you can successfully advance to Soul Master this time and be certified by me as having the combat power of a Soul King, then... you will become our first Beast Leader—the Dragon Leader!"

Ignis looked up abruptly, her eyes sparkling with anticipation and longing.

Meanwhile, the other Soul Beasts below cast envious, longing, or resentful glances at Ignis.

Aside from himself, the leader of the Soul Fighting Beast organization established by You Chen only had three clearly defined ranks.

Although the beast soldiers are divided into superior beast soldiers who command subordinate beast soldiers like squad leaders, subordinate beast soldiers who are commanded, and finally reserve beast soldiers, they are actually all of the same rank.

For example, if any irreconcilable conflict arises, it will not be the superior beast soldier who judges and deals with the subordinate beast soldier. Instead, the beast master will mediate first, and then it will be handed over to You Chen for direct judgment.

Superior beastmen can only use discipline to restrain subordinate beastmen when carrying out missions.

But the animal heads, or the "twelve animal heads," are different.

This clearly defines the "management" and "ruling class," who possess the power of direct trial and judgment!

More importantly...

Anyone who becomes the first beast leader of a certain species can then make a wish to the leader, You Chen, that will not endanger You Chen or the organization!

How could they not yearn for it?

With just a few words, You Chen invigorated the fighting spirit of all the Soul Beasts!

—If Ignis can be the animal head, so can we!

Similar thoughts popped into the minds of countless people!

(End of this chapter)