Ling Xiao (Mi Ge) died in an accident and was reincarnated into the Soul Land. Witness how Ling Xiao relies on his foreknowledge to stand at the pinnacle of the Soul Land.
...Chapter 21 The Dangers of Soul Rings
Su Yuntao still felt that Ling Xiao's plan was a bit unreliable. After all, how could he be sure that the people from the Spirit Hall would listen to Ling Xiao and come to suppress him, a mere steward?
It was precisely because Su Yuntao distrusted what Ling Xiao said that he treated it as a joke and forgot about it immediately. When the incident came to light, Su Yuntao couldn't even recall why his superior had been nitpicking at him.
Time flew by, and after dinner, the three of them went back to their respective rooms to rest, while Ling Xiao began his first cultivation session.
During his cultivation, Ling Xiao clearly felt his soul power increase and felt no restriction at all. Therefore, Ling Xiao asked the system, "Why don't I feel any restraint and can I still cultivate?"
"Ding! The God Realm has set up a Soul Ring Law on Douluo Star. However, this law has no effect on powerhouses above level 100. It can only restrain those below level 100!"
Because you absorbed the divine spark, you are, in a sense, a god. The laws of the spirit rings cannot bind you. However, since you do not have enough control over the divine spark, it can only help you suppress the laws of the spirit rings slightly. It cannot completely get rid of the influence of the laws of the spirit rings on you. As long as your level does not exceed level 20, it will not affect the improvement of your strength.
"There's one more thing," the system said earnestly. "You must not absorb any of the spirit rings born from the deaths of spirit beasts on the Douluo Continent, otherwise it will damage the purity of your Holy Light Body and affect your future cultivation."
"The Holy Body of Light? Is this innate or acquired?" Ling Xiao was very curious about this, so he asked.
"Ding, you have a semi-innate physique. Without the interference of the divine spark, your physique would also be of the light attribute, but it would not reach the level of a holy body. Now you are receiving the baptism of the divine spark, and your talent has been strengthened, which is why you have formed your current holy body of light."
"By the way, what did you mean by saying that spirit rings can pollute one's physique?" Ling Xiao asked, puzzled.
"Ding! Do you know why, since Poseidon, the God of the Sea, no Soul Master on the Douluo Continent has broken through to level 100 in all these years?"
"Could it be because of the contamination of the spirit ring?" Ling Xiao asked tentatively.
"Ding, you have memories of your past life and have read a lot of novels. Have you ever seen a cultivation system in any world as bizarre as Douluo Continent? Under normal circumstances, you will break through on your own if you can. At most, you will use some auxiliary methods to help increase the probability of breaking through when you break through to a higher level."
In Douluo Continent, one can only break through to a level that is a multiple of ten by absorbing a spirit ring. In other worlds, this phenomenon only occurs when one's potential is exhausted.
Moreover, the source of spirit rings comes from spirit beasts. The spirit rings contain the spirit power of the spirit beasts. This spirit power can help spirit masters break through the limitations of higher levels, but at the same time, it will also be integrated into the spirit power cultivated by the spirit master. This spirit power not only affects the purity of the spirit power, but also affects the spirit master's control over the spirit power.
When they cultivate to the peak of pseudo-godhood and want to truly break through to level 100, they have no idea how to do it now that they have to break through to a higher level on their own, because they used to break through with the help of soul rings!
Even if a Soul Master knows how to break through, they will still lack control over their own Soul Power due to the fact that it is not their own, and the Soul Beast's essence that comes with the Soul Ring when they absorb it. Their own essence is not pure enough, so the Soul Master cannot condense their own Divine Ring. Without being able to condense a Divine Ring, they will naturally be unable to break through to level 100!
Therefore, when a Soul Master raises their cultivation to the peak of Pseudo-God and wants to go further, they need to rely on external objects again!
This external force is the power of faith. While the power of faith isn't omnipotent, it can help pseudo-god level experts cleanse their soul power, removing any soul power that doesn't belong to them, making their soul power pure and flawless, and clearing away any pollution from their origin. This allows pseudo-god level experts to completely master the soul rings they've hunted from soul beasts, and only then can they use the remaining power of faith to condense divine rings.