[Of course, although one can think in any direction, it's still best to think toward the right direction.]
[At the same time, clarifying the Origins of the Spirit system was not something he needed to pursue.]
[Yu Xiaogang's thoughts on these matters were mainly to create a foundational hypothesis for the applicability of Spirit Beast power to human Spirit Masters.]
[Since the Origin of Spirit Masters is somewhat related to Spirit Beasts, could things that apply to Spirit Beasts also apply to humans?]
[Or perhaps, could things applicable to human Spirit Masters be applied to Spirit Beasts?]
[Setting the Spirit Beast side aside for now, Yu Xiaogang had accumulated a pile of questions, intending to ask Arou and the others in the Star Dou Great Forest when he went Soul Hunting at Rank 50.]
[On the human Spirit Master side, it was easier to discuss.]
[From the start of Cultivation to the peak of the Titled Douluo, there are unavoidable milestones every Spirit Master must experience as long as they can progress.]
[Initially, human Spirit Masters undergo Martial Soul Awakening, where their talent is determined by their Full Innate Soul Power.]
[Later, after cultivating to a certain level, they obtain spirit rings, and if they are lucky, they can obtain Spirit Bones.]
[At the seventh ring, they obtain the Martial Soul True Body.]
[Setting spirit rings and Spirit Bones aside for a moment, as those are external objects.]
[The Spirit is the core of a Spirit Master's power, and Full Innate Soul Power is the most basic manifestation of talent.]
[Correspondingly, on the Spirit Beast side, there is the Spirit Beast's power core and the Spirit Beast's Bloodline talent.]
[So, what should the Spirit Master's Martial Soul True Body correspond to in a Spirit Beast?]
[The function of the Martial Soul True Body for a Spirit Master is to release the Spirit's Origin power, gaining different combat forms or unleashing special abilities based on that Origin power.]
[Spirit Beasts don't need to 'release' their Origin power; rather, what they use all day long is their own Origin power.]
[Yu Xiaogang thought about the growth process of Spirit Beasts, combined with the fact that Spirit Beasts can transform into humans, and formed a hypothesis.]
[As human Spirit Masters Cultivate, their Spirits grow stronger step by step. For example, for a Spirit Master with a Beast Spirit, Martial Soul Possession might only be partial at first.]
[But as their strength grows, it becomes complete beastification.]
[In other words, the cultivation of a Spirit Master can, in an extreme sense, be seen as a process of humans gradually increasing their beastification, liberating the Spirit's Origin, and moving step by step toward becoming a Spirit Beast.]
[Spirit Beasts are the reverse; they grow stronger step by step, and in the process, they develop intelligence and gain the ability to take on a human Incarnation.]
[They gradually suppress their pure bestial nature, mastering and reining in the power they previously couldn't control.]
[That is to say, the cultivation of a Spirit Beast can be seen as a process of the Spirit Beast moving toward becoming human.]
[Thus, the Martial Soul True Body is equivalent to a human Spirit Master completely liberating the Spirit Beast Origin within their Spirit, taking a qualitative step toward beastification.]
[On the Spirit Beast side, this corresponds to the step of Awakening intelligence, being able to take a human Incarnation, and completely reining in their own power.]
[This also happens to correspond to the characteristics of a Spirit Beast reaching the Hundred Thousand Year mark: Awakening intelligence, having the ability to transform, and being able to speak even if they choose not to transform.]
[From this, it can be concluded that the qualitative change of a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast is equivalent to a human Spirit Master's Martial Soul True Body.]
[Although the Ranks are different, they are humans and Spirit Beasts after all; such a difference is understandable.]
[After making these hypotheses, it became obvious what the power core of a Spirit Beast was.]
[When a Spirit Beast reaches a hundred thousand years and completely reins in its power, the biggest difference between it and a Spirit Beast under a hundred thousand years is its true power core.]
[This is also the reason why a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast inevitably drops a Spirit Bone.]
[Because those Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beasts have completely finished reining in their own power.]
[That reined-in power core is the Spirit Bone they leave behind after death.]
[As for those Spirit Beasts under a hundred thousand years that drop Spirit Bones, similar cases can be found among human Spirit Masters.]
[After Awakening, some Spirit Masters with Beast Spirits can master certain berserk-type Spirit Abilities after absorbing suitable spirit rings.]
[These types of Spirit Abilities have a common manifestation: during the berserk state, when Martial Soul Possession occurs, the Spirit Master loses control and their bestial nature erupts.]
[What's even more fascinating is that often these berserk Spirit Abilities no longer cause a loss of sanity when released after the Spirit Master reaches Rank 70 and masters the Martial Soul True Body.]
[Therefore, in Yu Xiaogang's view, these Spirit Abilities are cases where the Spirit Master liberated the Spirit's Origin power prematurely, but because the Spirit Master couldn't master that power themselves, they couldn't control themselves and could only become a pure beast.]
[Correspondingly, for Spirit Beasts, it might be that those Spirit Beasts mastered certain abilities prematurely, and these abilities happened to be their Origin abilities.]
[Consequently, a Spirit Bone began to gestate within these Spirit Beasts ahead of time.]
[This hypothesis is the conclusion Yu Xiaogang has reached by summarizing the various intelligence and data he has collected so far.]
[Initially, he studied these things purely out of curiosity about Spirit Bones and spirit rings, wanting to know the secrets within and see if these things could be artificially manufactured.]
[But after researching and gaining a deeper understanding of these things, Yu Xiaogang had another idea.]
[If Spirit Beasts really compress their own power to form a power core,]
[And Spirit Beasts that complete this step undergo a qualitative change in strength,]
[Then can human Spirit Masters do something similar?]
[To compress their own power to form something similar to a Spirit Bone, allowing their strength to undergo a second qualitative change besides the Martial Soul True Body?]
[When he made this hypothesis, Yu Xiaogang's heart pounded wildly.]
[After all, according to this hypothesis of his, a Spirit Master forming a power core similar to a Spirit Bone inside their body—]
[This situation occurring in a human made Yu Xiaogang think of two words:]
[Golden Core!]
White World, Spirit Hall.
"Golden Core? What is that?"
Hu Liena looked at Yu Xiaogang with a face full of confusion.
"Haha, it's just a simple hypothesis,"
Yu Xiaogang said, rubbing his brow with some helplessness.
"Then, Dragon God His Eminence, have you achieved it?"
"How should I put it... I've achieved it, but then again, I haven't."
Yu Xiaogang's expression was somewhat conflicted.
He had indeed achieved it; a power core called a Soul Core had already successfully condensed within his body.
But the Soul Core was far from being as powerful as he had imagined.
At the very least, relying solely on the Soul Core, he was merely a somewhat stronger Spirit Master.
However, this path had laid a foundation for his subsequent development.
After becoming a Rank 99 Titled Douluo, he had not inherited a God Position, and creating his own God Position was too distant a prospect.
Thus, in order to continue growing stronger, Yu Xiaogang began to explore deeply along the path of the Soul Core.
"Perhaps the Golden Core really can be achieved, it's just that what I've condensed now is a 'False Core'."
"When I finally complete my cultivation, perhaps my False Core will be able to transform into a true Golden Core."
Yu Xiaogang clenched his fist.
Based on this path, Yu Xiaogang had already planned out how he should Cultivate for a long time to come.
Now it just remained to be seen if he could take that initial step on this path.
If it really succeeded, then he would have opened up a new path to the heavens on the Douluo Continent.
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