Du Busi was genuinely worried about Su Ming's future prospects.
Su Ming had condensed his first two Spirit Cores very smoothly, which gave Du Busi confidence in his ability to condense a third.
But after three Spirit Cores, there were no more locations in the body to condense them.
If spirit power continued to increase, what other methods could Su Ming use to regulate it?
He had also sensed the fluctuation of Divine Sense earlier and was shocked that a deity had turned its gaze upon them.
But up to this point, Su Ming had shown none of the signs associated with undergoing a Divine Trial, meaning the deity had looked but had not acknowledged Su Ming.
How could this not make him anxious?
"Teacher, have you forgotten the Infinite Spirit Core theory I published before?"
Su Ming, however, seemed unconcerned.
Du Busi's face was full of worry.
"Little Ming, you yourself have twin Spirit Cores, so you should understand better. That Infinite Spirit Core theory of yours is just a fantasy. Condensing Spirit Cores at key nodes of spirit power circulation to drive its flow has almost zero feasibility. The meridians of the human body simply can't withstand it. The only places Spirit Cores can be condensed are the three Dantians!"
"Teacher, as long as we are willing to think about it, solutions will emerge. You might not use it much, so your impression of this new system isn't deep, but what I want to tell you, Teacher, is that the present and future era belongs to Battle Armor Masters." Su Ming explained softly, "With Battle Armor, many problems can actually be solved. It just depends on whether Spirit Masters want to research it or not."
The reason Battle Armor was so powerful was because it was directly linked to the Martial Spirit, acting as an external body for the Spirit Master. It could reshape another meridian system, amplifying the Spirit Master's power out of thin air.
"Battle Armor can withstand Spirit Cores."
Du Busi fell into deep thought.
He recalled Su Ming's Infinite Spirit Core theory again, incorporating Su Ming's final statement, and suddenly everything became clear.
So, the Infinite Spirit Core theory actually had feasibility?
Su Ming had started contemplating his future even before condensing his second Spirit Core.
Then again, his disciple never caused worry regarding cultivation; of course he would have considered his path ahead of time.
Before leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Su Ming found Di Tian to take away the blacksmiths from the Blacksmith Association branch.
These blacksmiths had been researched by Di Tian regarding Spirit Souls. Some of them had been personally dissected and studied by the Silver Dragon King. Those who had seen the Silver Dragon King, of course, could not be released.
Therefore, Su Ming could only bring back one group of blacksmiths.
And as he brought these blacksmiths back, Shrek Academy started making a fuss.
"Why weren't the ones from our Shrek Academy brought back?"
"Only the ones from our Shrek Academy weren't brought back!"
Su Ming paid no attention to such talk.
Want to know why?
Go ask Di Tian.
He genuinely wasn't targeting Shrek in this matter.
[Douluo 1]
At the same time the Douluo 2 Su Ming received the Auspicious Beast's sacrifice, the Douluo 1 Su Ming also began his exploration of the past.
"Hmm, compared to reality and the future, expanding the domain into the past is much easier."
Although it was the Douluo 3 Su Ming's spirit domain, because its foundation was the unique quality of Su Ming's soul, all three Su Mings across the eras could utilize this spirit domain.
The Douluo 3 Su Ming could extend into parallel worlds while also creating the conditions for Su Ming to traverse time vertically.
The Douluo 2 Su Ming's spiritual power was much weaker, only able to extend one year into the future.
The Douluo 1 Su Ming's spiritual power was even lower, yet he felt he could easily extend the domain three thousand years into the past!
Although the Auspicious Beast's sacrifice had significantly perfected this domain for Su Ming, even so, the length the Douluo 3 Su Ming could extend was only broadened to thirty years.
"Everything ahead is established history; to a certain extent, I'm just reviewing history."
As for changing history and causing massive impacts?
That was Su Ming's own business and had nothing to do with simply extending within the river.
"Without a doubt, the further back in the past from my Douluo 1 node, the greater the cost for me to change history. Because the distance is so vast, the power I can project is small, and perhaps the consciousness immersed within it could be extinguished by the storms of the River of Time."
Considering this, Su Ming didn't rashly head for the furthest node. Instead, he compromised and chose to go a thousand years back to investigate.
His consciousness sank into the River of Time, plunging headfirst into the Douluo Continent of a thousand years ago.
"This is..."
Not the Douluo Continent.
"This is... the Sun Moon Continent?"
Su Ming sensed a familiar fluctuation. That was... the Blue Silver Emperor.
"The Sun Moon Continent in this era is actually so brutal."
After briefly understanding the current situation, he couldn't help but gasp sharply.
"A thousand years ago, no matter how bad the Douluo Continent was, it definitely wasn't as bad as the Sun Moon Continent is now. Here, humans are completely enslaved by Spirit Beasts."
'Enslaved' might be an overstatement, as most Spirit Beasts didn't have the intelligence for that.
But human life was undoubtedly harsh; they had essentially become prey for Spirit Beasts. Each tribe was ruled by a corresponding hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast. If a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast felt like it, it could descend upon a human tribe and wreak havoc.
"In this era, human fate rests entirely on the whims of Spirit Beasts."
As for the development progress of spirit tools—
"They've only developed up to level six spirit tools?"
Su Ming didn't rashly spread spirit tool technology.
He continued to wander in this era, seeking out Spirit Engineers to possess, and then gathering information.
Gradually, he understood the full picture of the continent.
"The three strongest tribes all possess top-tier hereditary Martial Spirits. The first tribe is the Sun Tribe, possessing the hereditary Martial Spirit 'Sun,' a truly top-tier Martial Spirit. The tribal chieftain is an eight-ring Spirit Douluo, just one step away from becoming a Titled Douluo!"
"The second largest tribe is the Silver Moon Tribe, with the hereditary Martial Spirit 'Silver Moon,' opposite to the Sun. Their chieftain is also an eight-ring Spirit Douluo. It's said he once fought a great battle with a nearby hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast. Since then, the tribe hasn't been attacked by that Spirit Beast for a hundred years, but that Spirit Douluo has also vanished without a trace. Rumors say he isn't dead, but he definitely paid a heavy price."
"The third major tribe is the Purple Brilliance Tribe, with the hereditary Martial Spirit 'Purple Brilliance Destruction Heaven Dragon.' Compared to the first two tribes, they aren't weaker in terms of Martial Spirit quality, but rather in the difficulty of awakening it. The Sun and Silver Moon have very stable inheritance, whereas the Purple Brilliance Destruction Heaven Dragon isn't awakened by a Spirit Master in every generation."
The more he learned, the more speechless Su Ming became.
The evolution of the Douluo world was really... stable.
From Douluo 1 to Douluo 2, the structure of the Douluo Continent remained almost unchanged.
Who would have thought the Sun Moon Continent was largely the same.
The strong remain strong.
"This is a world that revolves around Martial Spirits. The stronger the Martial Spirit, the stronger the individual's power and their faction, and the more stable their rule."
Looking at it this way, the period between Douluo 2 and Douluo 3 actually broke this limitation. Martial Spirits in the Spirit Master world frequently mutated, screening through generations, so that by the Douluo 3 era, top-tier Martial Spirits were common, and super Martial Spirits appeared in every generation.
"This is the development after breaking free from the God Realm's control."
So, it wasn't that the Douluo world's evolution was stable, but that the God Realm's control over the lower planes was too strong.
Here it is, here it is!
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