After returning home from the spirit awakening ceremony, Yang Xiong appeared unusually quiet and thoughtful. His mind was completely focused on contemplating the best ways to develop his newly awakened Body martial spirit.
A full-body Body martial spirit was considered among the highest quality variations of Body martial spirits, offering numerous potential development paths for the future.
Whether he chose to focus on building raw physical strength, developing lightning-fast agility, or creating an impenetrable defense, all of these approaches represented excellent choices for advancement. He could even pursue a spiritual cultivation path that would lead to becoming a control-type Spirit Master with unique abilities.
Most importantly, a full-body Body martial spirit possessed one particularly terrifying characteristic that set it apart from other spirit types: incredible compatibility.
A full-body Body martial spirit was remarkably versatile, capable of absorbing any type of spirit ring without experiencing negative side effects. This flexibility was especially valuable when pursuing specialized paths like potent poison techniques, making it truly all-encompassing in its potential.
Furthermore, Yang Xiong understood that the era of Douluo Continent's first generation was an exceptionally brilliant time period in the world's history. This was truly an age of rising gods, a time when the Douluo world witnessed the birth of more deities than any other period. It was genuinely a golden age of divine ascension and unprecedented opportunities.
Yang Xiong considered his options carefully, ultimately concluding that pursuing a path focused purely on poison would be unwise and limiting. Even if he reached the absolute peak of poison mastery, he would likely only achieve level ninety-eight at best.
While poison techniques could certainly enhance his combat effectiveness and make enemies extremely wary of confronting him—much like a nuclear weapon serves as a deterrent—such methods would ultimately cause severe damage to his own body over time.
The most traditionally ideal path for developing a full-body Body martial spirit was pursuing pure physical strength. Strength-based spirit beasts generally possessed formidable attacking power and outstanding defensive capabilities, and their spirit rings were relatively easy to locate and obtain.
However, Yang Xiong felt that focusing exclusively on pure strength would ultimately limit his overall potential and prevent him from achieving true perfection, especially in developing his mental and spiritual aspects.
Of course, regardless of which specific development path he eventually chose, his physical body would remain the fundamental foundation of everything. All cultivation approaches ultimately came down to one essential concept: body refinement.
Only by building and maintaining a strong, exceptional physical foundation could he hope to absorb spirit rings of higher ages and greater power.
It was crucial to understand that throughout the entire Douluo world, only Body martial spirit users possessed the natural ability to absorb powerful spirit rings without external assistance. They could handle a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring or even a hundred-thousand-year seventh spirit ring, accomplishing these feats without requiring the aid of precious immortal herbs.
For a Body martial spirit to truly rise to its full potential, the user had to undergo a process known as a second awakening. Unfortunately, Yang Xiong had absolutely no idea how to achieve this critical transformation.
Yang Xiong simply did not know the specific methods required to trigger a second awakening. The original novel he remembered from his previous life didn't seem to describe the process in sufficient detail to be helpful.
The specific techniques appeared to be closely guarded secret methods of the Body Sect, and there had been some mention of a deep-sea water pressure method in the stories. However, these references lacked the detailed explanations he desperately needed.
Another possible option was to use rare immortal herbs to trigger a second awakening, but Yang Xiong possessed no useful information about the locations or properties of any such mystical plants.
Since the age of four, Yang Xiong had developed a passionate love for reading, spending his days studying various books and manuscripts when he wasn't engaged in physical training.
Some of these materials belonged to his parents' personal collections, while others had been obtained through his parents' connections within the outer sect of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
However, none of these extensive reading materials contained any useful information about immortal herbs or their cultivation and applications.
Perhaps the inner sect's private library within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School might contain some introductory materials about spiritual herbs and their uses, but Yang Xiong suspected that even those resources would provide insufficient detail.
As Yang Xiong continued his deep contemplation, his parents Yang Lin and Sun Yu began to worry about their son's unusually quiet demeanor and withdrawn behavior.
For Spirit Masters, their martial spirit represented the fundamental basis of their entire cultivation journey, and awakening what was considered a useless martial spirit was simply unacceptable to many families and individuals.
His mother, Sun Yu, was now over forty years old, but despite her dedicated efforts and years of cultivation, she had only managed to reach level forty-two. She seriously doubted whether she would ever be able to advance to the Spirit Emperor realm, and she felt as though she had encountered an insurmountable bottleneck in her progress. This situation represented the greatest possible tragedy for any Spirit Master.
His father, Yang Lin, stepped forward to offer reassurance and encouragement. "Yang Xiong, you don't need to worry too much about your martial spirit's reputation.
Your innate spirit power has reached level six, which is quite impressive. With access to the cultivation resources provided by our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, reaching the Spirit Emperor level or even the Spirit Saint level should be completely achievable."
"You should know that your mother's innate spirit power was only level four when she awakened, and mine was only level five.
Your innate spirit power level is higher than both your mother's and mine combined, and it would be considered quite exceptional even within the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School community."
Yang Xiong looked carefully at his parents, both of whom wore worried expressions on their faces. They seemed genuinely concerned that he might be deeply troubled or discouraged by the nature of his awakened martial spirit.
Body martial spirits were widely known throughout the Spirit Master world as being useless and extremely difficult to cultivate successfully.
Yang Xiong couldn't help but laugh at their concerns. "Mom and Dad, what are you both thinking?
I'm simply contemplating how to best develop my martial spirit's potential in the future.
I'm actually very satisfied with both my awakened martial spirit and my innate spirit power level. I believe I might even reach unprecedented heights for our family in the years to come."
Sun Yu gently touched Yang Xiong's head, though a hint of doubt remained visible on her face. "Yang Xiong, are you certain that nothing went wrong during your martial spirit awakening ceremony?
This type of martial spirit, involving rare parts of the body, is widely known as being useless and extremely difficult to cultivate properly."
Yang Xiong responded quickly and confidently. "Mom, my martial spirit is definitely not useless at all. It's actually a top-quality martial spirit with incredible potential.
Although cultivation may indeed be more challenging than other spirit types, it can truly be considered one of the most elite martial spirits in the entire Spirit Master world."
Yang Lin and Sun Yu exchanged uncertain glances. They understood that there were indeed thousands of different martial spirit varieties, and the rarity of Body martial spirits like theirs was approximately one in ten thousand.
Sun Yu thought carefully for a moment before speaking. "Yang Xiong, I've thoroughly checked all the historical records maintained by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
There have been no documented experts with our type of martial spirit throughout the entire history of the Spirit Master world. There haven't even been any Spirit Saints with Body martial spirits. How can you claim it's a top-quality martial spirit?"
Yang Xiong replied earnestly. "Mom, I've read many different books and studied various cultivation theories.
Our type of martial spirit, involving parts of the body, I prefer to call it a Body martial spirit.
The primary cultivation method for this type of martial spirit is not through traditional meditation techniques, but rather through constant and intensive physical training.
Only by continuously pushing through the body's natural limits and breaking new boundaries will the martial spirit become progressively stronger and more powerful."
Yang Lin and Sun Yu became even more confused by this explanation. Both had been born and raised within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School community and possessed extensive knowledge about Spirit Master cultivation, but they had never heard that the main cultivation method for Spirit Masters involved physical training rather than meditation.
The universally recognized method for advancement in the Spirit Master world was through careful meditation to absorb the spiritual energy that existed naturally in the environment.
Yang Xiong decided not to say anything more when he saw his parents' bewildered expressions. After all, the development path of Body martial spirits had historically been quite difficult and challenging, only truly rising to prominence after ten thousand years had passed. Body martial spirits did indeed have certain inherent limitations that made them less popular.
Yang Lin and Sun Yu breathed visible sighs of relief when they observed that Yang Xiong wasn't appearing too discouraged or depressed about his situation.
Although they didn't quite understand the theories and explanations Yang Xiong was presenting, their son's optimistic attitude and positive outlook represented the most important thing to them.
Yang Lin suddenly seemed to remember something important and continued speaking. "By the way, Yang Xiong, your innate spirit power awakening results this time were quite impressive.
The sect leadership should definitely take notice of your potential and abilities.
According to the sect's established rules and traditions, all young people will be enrolled in the school system at the same time.
You will be starting your formal education very soon."
Yang Xiong's face immediately fell when he heard this disappointing news. "Father, going to school sounds incredibly boring and restrictive.
I would much rather continue studying at home, and our house is much more suitable for the type of intensive training I need to pursue."
Yang Lin responded firmly. "This is an established rule of the sect, and absolutely no one is exempt from following it.
Besides, all the people of your age group will be studying together, which means you can make many more friends within the sect community.
Moreover, all the children from both the inner and outer sects of our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School will be studying in the same institution.
This arrangement will allow you to get in touch with the group of children from the inner sect in advance, which could be very beneficial for your future.
With your impressive innate spirit power level, you should be able to enter the inner sect sooner or later."
"Also, I will personally teach you the proper methods of meditation and cultivation later today.
Starting from this very moment, you can begin meditating and cultivating your spirit power on your own."