Xuan Ziweng didn't hesitate and gave the Star Staff directly to Su Yu.
He was troubled about how to repay Su Yu for his Rune Technique, so he naturally wouldn't be stingy.
Moreover, it was a failed work to begin with.
As for Su Yu making something out of this failed work, Xuan Ziweng would actually be glad.
After placing the Star Staff and its blueprints into the Storage Soul-guiding Device, Su Yu was satisfied.
...
After bidding farewell to Xuan Ziweng and returning to his dorm, Su Yu took out the Star Staff.
"Power of the Stars..."
The Power of the Stars is extremely versatile.
Su Yu's First Soul Skill converts the Power of the Stars into Life Force, thereby restoring Soul Power and stamina.
The Power of the Stars can also be used to perform amplifying Soul Skills and can even temper the physique during cultivation.
One of the functions of the Star Staff is to mobilize the Power of the Stars, and on this basis, there are several Core Arrays that affect the Power of the Stars, leading to two major derivative abilities.
Star Shining Technique, a comprehensive enhancement of a Soul Master's various attributes.
Star Guardian, using the Power of the Stars to form a barrier.
These two abilities are basically modeled after the effects of some Support System Soul Masters' Soul Skills.
Su Yu took out the blueprint documenting the Core Array.
The Seventh-level Soul-guiding Device's Core Array added overlapping crafting techniques that Su Yu couldn't learn. At this moment, he merely dismantled the whole Core Array of the Star Staff and extracted the parts that he needed.
"Star"!
Three days later, he completed the "Star" rune.
"The Power of the Stars is merely a type of energy, especially for protection, as Soul Power and Primordial Energy can work as well."
Su Yu added the protective patterns from Star Guardian to the "Protect" rune.
Regarding the level of runes, Su Yu had once made a vague classification.
Recently, as the number of runes increased, for convenience, he established a clearer comparison.
Su Yu was lazy, so he didn't give them individual names, instead comparing their effects to the Soul Ring's age.
The levels are White, Yellow, Purple, Black, and Red.
The rune just outlined with pure Spiritual Power was White Level.
With the addition of Purple Qi or Life Force, it could be directly upgraded to Yellow Level.
Perfecting the rune patterns could also enhance the rune's effect.
Su Yu's "Condense" and "Gather" runes, although only runes in themselves, reached Purple Level in complexity, and with the amplification from Purple Qi and Life Force, their effects were at least equivalent to a five-thousand-year Soul Ring Soul Skill.
The "Sword" rune, under the blessing of Purple Qi and Life Force, also attained Purple Level.
The "Life" rune, which Su Yu was most adept at, was the one he comprehended the most. Even though it was constructed recently, it still reached Purple Level.
As for the other runes, they were roughly at the Yellow Level of six to seven hundred years.
The "Protect" rune, after integrating many patterns from Star Guardian, increased its corresponding effect by at least two hundred years.
Moreover, Su Yu hadn't fully understood the patterns of Star Guardian and hadn't perfectly integrated its effects.
It's safe to say that before reaching Purple Level, the "Protect" rune doesn't lack in reference material.
When formally classifying the runes, Su Yu had to face another issue.
And that is the age of the Soul Rings.
As Soul Power increases, the effects of general Soul Skills also improve.
Especially when a Soul Master has a deep mastery over the Soul Ring Soul Skills, the performance can even have noticeable effects on a Titled Douluo.
But this enhancement is too challenging, requiring the Soul Master to constantly enrich the Soul Skills with their own techniques, despite the limitations of the Soul Ring's age.
In the end, apart from the Soul Skills themselves, which belong to the Soul Ring, the remaining parts are entirely self-created by the Soul Master.
Su Yu suddenly had doubts about the necessity of increasing the Soul Ring's age.
What's the point of increasing the age?
Can't I just develop the Soul Skill on my own?
As long as the Soul Skill's effect keeps pace with my progress, why waste effort to enhance the Soul Ring's age?
"I originally thought it would take you a long time to notice this issue."
Elder Yi appeared when Su Yu was confused.
He researched the Martial Soul System, and naturally, he also observed the relationship between the Soul Ring's age and the Soul Skill's effects.
"The Soul Ring is integrated into the Martial Soul, it's an ability akin to instinct, something you can inherently perform.
When your realm advances in the future, to the point where you are fully digesting the Soul Ring's presence, which your teacher describes as the stage of a Seven-Ring Soul Saint,
At that time, fully merging the Soul Ring into yourself, this will become your foundation.
Realizations need to be recorded.
Just like your understanding of Condense and Gather, it's only effective if converted into real patterns and recorded in the form of runes.
Otherwise, it's just empty talk.
Perhaps in battle, you can utilize your realization to maneuver Soul Power in a specific way to produce the corresponding effect.
But that's just technique, not realm."
Technique and realm.
Elder Yi summarised the most fundamental difference.
Even if you have mastered them, if you haven't found a medium to carry the corresponding realizations, they're merely techniques.
But if you fully carry them onto a medium that belongs entirely to you, then that's realm.
"Does a Soul Master's Soul Power realm measure the amount of existing Soul Power?
No.
It's just that the characteristics of Soul Power can reflect a Soul Master's level.
A Soul Master's level essentially depends on their body's capacity to contain Soul Power.
A Titled Douluo, even after exhausting all his Soul Power, will always have a recovery speed and limit greater than a Low-level Soul Master.
Because his body has undergone the process of Soul Power cultivation, it bears the experiences and accumulations of this process."
Su Yu understood.
"So, what you're saying is, self-created Soul Skills, even if they're equally effective, are still transient.
I need to inscribe the self-created Soul Skills into the Soul Ring to be considered realm, truly digesting them."
Elder Yi nodded, saying, "Exactly. And the age of the Soul Ring indicates the upper limit of recording your understanding of the Soul Skills."
"So, enhancing the Soul Ring's age still holds meaning."
Su Yu did not mention the direction of completely recording self-created Soul Skills in the form of runes.
Through Elder Yi's explanation, he had actually subtly summarized three ways of integration.
Martial Soul, Spiritual Power, and body.
Choosing one of the three?
No, I want them all!
...
After a simple study of the Star Staff, Su Yu began investigating the technology of sealed bottles.
"I see, they added arrays of resonance, gathering, and absorption, while altering the structural order of the bottle."
Su Yu quickly discerned the core of the sealed bottle technology.
It's not just about continuously maintaining the flow and storage of Soul Power within the bottle; it also uses resonance to sustain the characteristics of Soul Power.
Gathering Primordial Energy to replenish the energy loss within the Soul Power.
In essence, Soul Power can be seen as the product of Primordial Energy imprinted during the process of being injected into the bottle, where the bottle's core arrays would blur the imprint before storing it.
Upon use, even a Soul Master who didn't charge the bottle with energy could rapidly refine the Soul Power within.