Chapter 256 An Yue's Teachings
It's important to know that in the early stages of becoming a Title Douluo, you can level up simply by accumulating soul power. However, after reaching level 95, you begin to study your martial soul, gain insights, and gradually begin to fully master your own martial soul.
Take Sword Douluo Chen Xin for example. He stayed at level 96 for an unknown amount of time. If it was about the accumulation of soul power, I feel that he should have had enough. However, his understanding of the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul and the way of the sword was inadequate, so he was stuck at the peak of level 96 and could never enter level 97.
In the original story, Chen Xin was fighting against powerful enemies to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School when the Spirit Hall was about to destroy it. At the critical moment of life and death, Sword Douluo Chen Xin gained new insights into the spirit and swordsmanship, which enabled him to break through to level 97. He also lost an arm. His incompleteness meant that if Chen Xin could not repair his arm, his cultivation would never be able to break through again.
Apart from that, the first few Soul Skills of a Soul Master, except for percentage-based buff Soul Skills and rule-based Soul Skills, become increasingly useless as the game progresses.
Aside from using them to clear out small fry, in battles of the same level, almost no one would choose to use the first few soul skills, especially the first two hundred-year-level soul skills, except for testing each other.
Once you reach the level of a Title Douluo, when fighting against other Soul Masters of the same level, basically only those ten-thousand-year Soul Rings can be of any use. Soul Rings below ten thousand years are practically useless unless your strength far surpasses that person's.
Once a god reaches godhood, almost every deity will have their own set of divine skills, such as the sea god's golden thirteen halberds, the angel god's six-winged sword dance, the Rakshasa god's Rakshasa Shadow, and the fusion skill of the food god and the nine-colored goddess, the Light of Resurrection.
All of this demonstrates that once a god-level power is reached, the soul skills that were painstakingly obtained before are basically useless, as every god has their own matching divine skills.
Therefore, Qian Daoliu did not use his own soul skills, but instead used the Six-Winged Sword Dance passed down by the Angel God to compete with An Yue.
Unfortunately, An Yue is a genius who can cultivate to the god level on her own. The Ice Dragon Nine Revolutions, a self-created soul skill, is something she gained from her life's battles. Therefore, although these soul skills are not as powerful as the divine skills inherited from the gods, they are more suitable for her own actual situation.
Although Qian Daoliu's Six-Winged Sword Dance was passed down from the gods, and Qian Chonghuang had taught him the Six-Winged Sword Dance more than once in recent years, it was a pity that his adherence to the rules prevented him from grasping the essence of this sword technique. He did not comprehend his own path from it, nor did he innovate. When he used the Six-Winged Sword Dance, it was somewhat obscure, which led to many flaws. In the end, Qian Daoliu was defeated by An Yue.
"Qian Daoliu, do you know where you went wrong? You were both made and destroyed by the Angelic Martial Soul. The Angelic Martial Soul gave you a good start, but what is not yours will never truly be yours. You can never escape the cage of the Angel God."
Even now, the appearance of your Angelic Martial Soul is still that of the Angel God. You haven't even tried to change your Martial Soul in the slightest to make it more suitable for yourself.
I know your faith is in the Angel God, and you regard the Angel God's six-winged sword dance as truth. But that's not a reason for your lack of ambition. You are a swordsman; you should know that learning swordsmanship begins with learning sword manuals.
After that, you need to determine your own path and gradually modify that manual to make it more suitable for you. Take your lifelong rival, Tang Chen, for example. Regardless of other factors, Tang Chen is absolutely a genius in cultivation.
His martial soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, was only a high-level martial soul, but what happened in the end? He cultivated to level 99, and his strength far surpassed yours. Tell me, in what way was he stronger than you?
"The Haotian Sect's unique skills include the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique, the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian, the Exploding Ring Technique, and the Great Sumeru Hammer," Qian Daoliu answered honestly.
"But how many of the Haotian Sect's secret techniques are original? Is there only one Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique? That's not exactly a combat technique, is it?"
Moreover, you know that the Haotian Sect is essentially a nouveau riche family; they only became wealthy because of Tang Chen. You, on the other hand, are a young master from a family with a thousand-year-old heritage.
At the beginning, you had more talent and resources than him, but what did you do? In the end, you couldn't even beat Tang Chen, and you were even traumatized by him. As for your son, Qian Xunji, let's not even mention him; that guy is a complete waste.
If you can't beat Tang Chen at the same level, you can admit defeat. After admitting defeat, shouldn't you strive to improve yourself and become stronger? Don't tell me that your Spirit Hall has been passed down for thousands of years and not a single person knows that there are many different levels of level 99.
Take the Clear Sky Sect, which you look down on, for example. Back then, the Spirit Hall forced them to close their mountain, and the sect leader of the Clear Sky Sect died of anger. Including Tang Hao, they only had one Title Douluo. Believe it or not, if you go to the Clear Sky Sect now, can you find at least three Title Douluos? There are also several elders who will become Title Douluos in a few years.
They were spurred to action by shame, but what about you? You're dreaming of a god among your descendants defeating Tang Chen for you. Have you no shame?
Qian Daoliu was thoroughly scolded by An Yue, but he could only smile. An Yue was his ally, and now she was giving him guidance. Moreover, An Yue's scolding was very accurate; he was indeed in the same boat, and he couldn't refute it.
"Moreover, you have such a great reverence for angels that you have developed a fear of any god; in other words, you have a phobia of gods."
That is why you have an innate fear even when facing a successor to a godhood, or even someone like me who can cultivate myself into a god.
This mindset is extremely detrimental to participating in the divine trials. Take the Sea God's trial as an example. After the nine trials of the gods begin, the successor must show the Sea God the utmost respect.
However, even when facing the sea god, one must not back down, but remain neither humble nor arrogant. One must know that one is the heir to the divine position, and in a sense, the two are equal. As long as one passes the test, one can become the new sea god.
In my opinion, there are two reasons why you only initiated the Eight Trials of the Angels to become the High Priest.
First, the position of the angel has been occupied by an evil god. Your talent is relatively good, and he doesn't want you to become a god, which is why you only have the level of the eighth test.
Secondly, your phobia of gods, your fear of deities, prevented you from giving your all when facing divine trials, from having the unwavering belief that you would succeed or die trying. You only felt fear towards God; therefore, you are unworthy to become a god.
"What level of divine examination can an evil god who tampered with the positions of angels control?" Qian Daoliu asked.
"To a certain extent, yes. For example, you could have been a god who passed the nine tests, but he didn't give you any hints or reasons. As long as you have even the slightest problem, your god test level will be lowered."
However, for your granddaughter, the Nine Trials of Angels will be activated 100%. In this case, the evil god can mislead Qian Renxue according to the test requirements to reduce the success rate.
Take Bibi Dong's Nine Trials of the Rakshasa as an example. Because the test content was unclear, coupled with the suffering she endured and the lack of guidance from a high priest, she embarked on the wrong path of being controlled by evil thoughts.
"If my granddaughter were to inherit the divine position, wouldn't she be easily misled by evil gods and develop inappropriate obsessions?"
"Yes, in the divine trials, the successor must have extremely strong faith, and the divine position will give the deity responsibilities. For example, in the ninth trial of the sea god, the successor must keep in mind the mission of protecting the peace of the sea and protecting their own believers."
Otherwise, even if the ninth test is initiated, the heir could easily become lost in the test of emotions, desires, and responsibilities.
Therefore, the evil god's misguidance could very well cause her to develop wrong obsessions and inappropriate feelings.
When Miguel was reading the original Douluo Continent novel, he was struck by the fact that Qian Renxue actually developed feelings for Tang San because Tang San had defeated her once, and repeatedly showed him mercy.
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