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Time flies.
Approximately one year has passed since the sparring match between Ling Xiao and Yan.
A year is long enough for many things to change.
After Dai Weisi learned about the path of the Soul Warrior at the Qin Mansion and returned to the imperial palace to report to his father, Qin Yi finally fulfilled his long-held wish.
He established a partnership with the Star Luo Empire. In the shadows, Dai Mingzong secretly founded the Soul Warrior Hall, appointing Qin Yi as the Hall Master to handle all matters related to Soul Warriors.
Publicly, however, Qin Yi was merely appointed as a member of the Education Committee of the Star Luo Imperial Soul Master Academy.
Simultaneously, the three other Soul Douluo level committee members of the Star Luo Imperial Academy were invited to join the Soul Warrior Hall in secret. Their mission was to collaborate with Qin Yi to develop the subsequent cultivation realms for Soul Warriors and perfect the system.
By combining their profound cultivation insights with Qin Yi's Soul Warrior concepts, they aimed to create more numerous and powerful Soul Martial Techniques. During this period, the "Soul Warrior Plan," co-authored by Dai Mingzong and Qin Yi, began its implementation.
A revolution in cultivation methods swept through the ranks of the Star Luo Army. Although they deliberately tried to minimize the impact on the outside world, fragments of information still leaked into the Star Luo populace.
These ripples were detected by Spirit Hall even before the Heaven Dou Empire or the great sects caught wind of them. After all, Spirit Hall's branch halls were spread across the entire continent, making intelligence gathering incredibly convenient.
Each branch reported its findings upward, piece by piece, until the integrated intelligence was finally presented to Pope Bibi Dong. Initially, the members of Spirit Hall—including Pope Bibi Dong herself—shared the same confusion as the Star Luo soldiers.
They did not understand why Star Luo was demanding that their troops bitterly cultivate soul power. For those with extremely low talent, what was the point of soul power cultivation? Was it merely to slightly increase a soldier's physical strength?
However, as the investigation deepened, powerful forces like the Heaven Dou Empire, Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan eventually uncovered the "truth" of the matter.
Of course, this so-called truth was merely what Star Luo intentionally exposed for them to see. It only involved the theoretical framework of Innate Martial Soul Capacity and did not touch upon the specific details of Soul Warriors.
The outcome was exactly as Star Luo had anticipated.
Once these powerful factions believed they understood the truth, their focus on the matter waned. In their eyes, while this pure cultivation of soul power could enhance the strength of ordinary people and bolster Star Luo's national power to an extent, it was harmless.
Heaven Dou could easily replicate the practice, and more importantly, it provided no qualitative improvement to high-end combat power. Nevertheless, Spirit Hall held the theory of Innate Martial Soul Capacity in high regard.
Its proposer, Qin Yi, gained the respect of the vast majority of experts within Spirit Hall and the Spirit Hall Academy. Upon learning of this, Mu Chen stated bluntly that this man was truly admirable and had made a monumental contribution to the world of Soul Masters.
The introduction of Innate Martial Soul Capacity signified that the Soul Master world had finally achieved a meaningful, preliminary understanding of the relationship between Innate Soul Power and Martial Souls.
Although it was clear the theory was not yet perfect—as it had not yet provided explanations for Twin Martial Souls or special Martial Souls like Body Martial Souls—it solved a problem that had plagued the Spirit Hall Academy for many years.
It provided a clear direction for research, promising a more comprehensive explanation in the future. Furthermore, the Spirit Hall Academy specifically organized lectures on this topic for its students. Because of this, Ling Xiao had to attend several extra days of classes to catch up.
Under the orders of Pope Bibi Dong, the Hall Master of the Star Luo City Spirit Hall, Mu Zhengyang, personally visited Qin Yi. In the name of Spirit Hall, he invited him to Spirit City to serve as a mentor at the Spirit Hall Academy.
Although Qin Yi politely declined, Mu Zhengyang followed Bibi Dong's instructions and presented Qin Yi with an exclusive Honorary Medal of Spirit Hall to commend his contributions to the Soul Master community.
This invitation and the awarding of the medal caused Qin Yi's name to spread across the continent. He became a renowned Grandmaster of Martial Souls. After all, who wouldn't admire someone who, despite possessing a Trash Martial Soul, could make such a contribution to the world?
The theory of Innate Martial Soul Capacity spread far and wide.
Under the promotion of Spirit Hall, it became known to everyone on the continent.
Although the specifics of the Soul Warrior path remained hidden by Star Luo—preventing most ordinary people from truly walking the path of the strong—the cultivation of soul power still offered great benefits, at the very least strengthening the physical body.
In the past, those with low Martial Soul talent knew their aptitude was too poor; cultivation would be slow and their achievements limited, making it not worth the effort.
Now, however, through the conclusions of Innate Martial Soul Capacity, they understood their own cultivation situation more clearly.
Many were willing to practice just for the sake of physical health.
The entire Douluo Continent seemed to have entered an era of "Universal Cultivation." Perhaps in a few years or a decade, even if the Soul Warrior path remained unannounced, any random adult chosen from the continent would have at least Rank 6 or 7 Soul Power.
Even within Heaven Dou, Spirit Hall, and the great sects, there were Soul Masters who had been stuck at bottlenecks for years without progress.
Now realizing their Martial Soul Capacity was the limit—and that they would never break through unless their Martial Soul evolved—they turned their disappointment into drive. They decided to create Soul Power Martial Techniques for those who only cultivated soul power.
This raised the status of such people and further closed the gap between them and low-level Soul Masters. These experts hoped to contribute to the continent and leave behind a prestigious legacy.
The wave of influence triggered by Qin Yi caused a stir across the land, but as the year passed, the ripples gradually settled. Within the Star Luo Empire, the Soul Warrior lineage was secretly developing and maturing, waiting for the day it would shock the world.
In the center of the continent, within the Arena District of the Spirit Hall Academy in Spirit City, a large number of students were teaming up for sparring matches.
Some were junior students under twelve years old.
Others were over twelve, but their strength was still only at the two-ring level (Soul Grandmaster). They had not yet received specialized combat instruction and were simply tempering themselves against their peers.
However, the majority were senior students. Not only were they over twelve years old, but their cultivation had already reached the three-ring level (Soul Elder).
They had begun receiving formal combat training.
In the Spirit Hall Academy, most students were expected to reach the Soul Grandmaster level by age twelve, marking the completion of their basic education.
Following this, their focus shifted entirely to Martial Soul development, entering the second stage of their education for further advancement.
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