The Star Dou Forest straddles the borders of the two empires of Tian Dou and Xing Luo. It is a huge primeval forest with complex terrain, including wetlands, swamps, mountains, rivers, ravines, etc.
The moonlight is like water, casting mottled silver light, and the soft breeze passes through the dense forest, making a rustling sound.
Roar!
Accompanied by deafening and soul-stirring roars, bloody killings continued in this gorgeous primeval old forest.
But all this has nothing to do with the three people of the Tang family. Although they have not left the Tiandou Empire, this mountain forest is relatively open and flat.
The firelight in the forest danced. Next to the bonfire, Tang Chen's body was glowing with silvery white and faint blue light, and his right calf became more and more glittering and translucent. This was the soul bone transforming his body.
Tang San listened to Tang Hao's story quietly, and suddenly realized that, not to mention other things, he felt that his father knew even more about the hundred thousand year soul beast than his teacher Yu Xiaogang. .
"The age of a soul beast actually generally refers to the cultivation level of the soul beast, rather than its age. Ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years. The span of each level is qualitative to the soul beast. Changes. Of course, there are also soul beasts of about the same age and cultivation level, such as your mother, the Blue Silver Emperor."
Tang Hao told Tang San that although Bluesilver Grass can be found everywhere, it is also extremely difficult to practice. Generally, one can only rely on swallowing up the vitality of heaven and earth and the essence of the sun and moon year after year.
In other words, the Blue Silver Emperor really lived for 100,000 years before turning into human form.
Tang Hao also said that some soul beasts themselves are very slow in cultivation, but they can grow by devouring other soul beasts or human soul masters.
This Tang San did know, for example, the Sky Star Vine, the Human-Faced Demon Spider, the Black Rabbit Demon Spider, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the Thunder Striped Smiling Spider, etc.
"At the beginning, most soul beasts are as smart as wild beasts, and they only follow the laws of nature to grow by instinct. However, when the soul beasts' cultivation exceeds 10,000 years, the wisdom of most soul beasts will begin to grow rapidly. The higher, the stronger the intelligence, and it will not even be inferior to humans."
"Although the cultivation speed of beasts themselves is very slow, in most cases, soul beasts of the same level are more powerful than soul masters of the same level. The status of a hundred thousand year soul beast among soul beasts is like a title. Douluo are the same as soul masters, they are extremely powerful, in a one-on-one situation, even a titled Douluo will have a hard time defeating them, and may even be killed by them."
"However, after the soul beast breaks through the limit of one hundred thousand years, it also faces two choices. One, continue to maintain its original form and practice, but within a thousand years, the catastrophe will come. If you survive it, you will survive, but you will not be able to survive the divine form. All destroyed."
"Dad, if we get through it, is there no end?" Tang San asked.
Tang Hao glanced at Tang San in confusion, as if wondering why he would ask this. After a moment of silence, he slowly said, "No, I heard from your mother that after a soul beast grows to a hundred thousand years, even if it has passed Heavenly tribulation, when one's cultivation reaches 200,000 years, there will still be another catastrophe. That's why I say that 100,000 years is the limit. And each tribulation will only be stronger than the last one. "
"Two hundred thousand?" Tang San was surprised.
Tang Hao nodded and said, "Yes, it is said that a hundred thousand year soul beast will be called a ferocious beast after more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation, but I have never seen a ferocious beast. I will continue to tell you, except for this way In addition, there is a more risky option, I think you should have guessed it, and that is to transform."
"Is it like mom and Xiao Wu?" Tang San said, feeling slightly enlightened. After all, he had discussed these issues with Ma Hongjun before.
"Yes, among all things, human beings are the race with the greatest potential. Hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts can transform into humans without any danger. If they can cultivate to the level of Titled Douluo and successfully break through the hundredth level, then Then you can not be limited by your life span, achieve immortality, and become a god-like existence." Tang Hao said, unconsciously thinking of the previous scene in the Pope's Palace.
"Then soul beasts should all choose this way, right? After all, they can live forever. I think it should be what all intelligent beings desire."
Tang San was surprised, but his heart was a little hot. If before, he still had doubts about immortality and the existence of gods, then since he traveled to this world, especially when he confessed to Ma Hongjun that he knew that there were fellow immortal warriors in his previous life, Zhang Sanfeng, the Taoist master who ascended to heaven, was reincarnated as a soul in this life. His senior brother Ma Hongjun, who was half as talented as an immortal, completely believed in immortality and immortals.
"How can it be that easy?"
Tang Hao glared at Tang Shenwei angrily, and said calmly, "The cultivation of soul beasts is much more difficult than that of us humans. After a hundred thousand years of soul beast transformation, under the influence of the rules of heaven and earth, it is equivalent to reshaping the body and mind, and this The process is irreversible. In other words, the 100,000-year-old soul beast after transformation cannot return to its beast form unless it is killed. Their body will become the martial spirit after transforming into human form, except after the transformation Equivalent to a human's innate full soul power, all other abilities will disappear, and the soul power needs to be cultivated again bit by bit. Although compared with ordinary humans, they can cultivate much faster and can condense soul rings on their own. , there is no need to hunt soul beasts. But in the process of cultivation, they must come into contact with humans, integrate into the human world, and feel the breath of humans, otherwise they will not be able to progress."
Tang San looked thoughtful, and he suddenly remembered an interesting thing that he and Ma Hongjun had talked about before going to bed. It was said that after the weasel became a spirit, it cultivated to the point where it could transform, and it needed to ask for a title from humans. If people said If it looks like a human, it can be transformed into a human form, otherwise it will be knocked back to its original shape.
Although I don't know if this is nonsense or if it is true, the truth is actually very similar to what Tang Hao said.
Among all things, humans are the most spiritual. After the soul beast transforms, it needs to feel the breath of human beings. In fact, it is integrating itself into the rules of human nature. This is also the reason why no matter whether it is a spirit monster in the previous life or a soul beast in this life, the soul beast needs to feel the breath of human beings. The reason why they have to come into contact with humans after taking shape.
Looking at Tang San who was thinking, Tang Hao nodded secretly and continued, "After turning into a human form, the soul beast's lifespan will become the same as that of humans. If it cannot break through level 100 before the end of human lifespan, then even if it It is a ninety-nine-level transformed soul beast, and they can only live for more than a thousand years. Think about it, compared with thousands or ten thousand years, if you were a hundred thousand year soul beast, what would you do? How to choose?"
Without waiting for Tang San's answer, Tang Hao said to himself, "What's more, after a hundred thousand years of soul beast transformation, ordinary soul masters can't see it, but this does not include Soul Douluo and Title Douluo. And the Pope at that time Judging from the situation in front of the palace, although Xiao Wu’s true identity has not been revealed, she has also been found out by Wuhun Palace. Alas, Xiao San, your Xiao Wu should be carrying a treasure that covers her aura, right? "
Tang San nodded and said, "Yes, Dad. What Xiao Wu is wearing is the Breath Condensing Talisman given to her by her senior brother, and the immortal Acacia Heartbroken Red I gave her."
Tang Hao nodded pretendingly and did not ask what these two things were. In his mind, they were nothing more than soul guides and heavenly materials and earthly treasures with special effects.
"Since you can protect her baby for her, you must know something, so I will tell you again. The training of a hundred thousand year soul beast after its transformation is divided into three stages. Before the soul power reaches level 60 , is called the infancy stage. At this stage, Contras and Titled Douluo can discover them. After passing level 60, they will become much safer, but they also need closer contact and communication with humans. This stage is called the maturity stage. At this stage, even a titled Douluo is basically invisible."
"However, there is a special small stage in this introduction, that is, when the soul power reaches level 70, which is equivalent to the soul saint level of a soul master, the transformed soul beast's body and mind will be completely transformed into a human being, which is equivalent to being fully mature. Enter After this stage, as long as you are not killed by someone, you will not change into your original form again, and even a titled Douluo will not be able to tell it at all."
"Dad, what if you become a ferocious beast and feel that you can't survive the next catastrophe, so you choose to transform?" Tang San asked, without asking what the third stage was.
Tang Hao sighed and said slowly, "As long as you don't ask about your mother, it would be good for you to know more about these common-sense things related to cultivation. But I also listened to what your mother said, specifically. How about it, just listen to it."
"Yeah!" Tang San's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly.
Tang Hao nodded secretly, pondered for a moment, and said, "I heard from your mother that ferocious beasts can turn into humans without changing their bodies, and still retain their own strength. However, this essentially does not change, and they are still spirit beasts. But I haven’t seen it specifically, so I won’t tell you. I’ll just tell you what I know.”
Tang San suppressed the surprise in his heart and listened patiently to Tang Hao's continued story.
"If a ferocious beast chooses to transform into a human, it can retain part of its own strength, and can also switch between beast form and human form, but it needs to go through a catastrophe. And after choosing to transform, even if it changes back to its true body, the transformed ferocious beast will The beast only had that part of its strength that was retained in the beginning.”
"Similarly, a hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast can also choose to transform through the tribulation. In this way, not only can it retain 10% of its strength, but after surviving the tribulation, it can also switch between the human body and its true body, and automatically condense a body that best suits itself. Ultimate year soul ring, become a first-ring soul master."
"A two-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast can transform into a catastrophe and retain 20% of its strength. After passing through the calamity, it will automatically condense two extreme-year soul rings that best suit it, becoming a second-ring great soul master. A three-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast After passing through the tribulation, you can retain 30% of your strength. After passing through the tribulation, you will automatically condense the three extreme age soul rings that best suit you, becoming a three-ring soul master, and so on."
"It is said that a million-year-old soul beast can survive a tribulation and transform into a human form. It can retain 100% of its strength and directly survive a hundred levels of divine tribulation. If it survives, it will directly become an immortal god. If it fails to survive, it will turn into ashes and both body and soul will be destroyed. "
"hiss!"
Tang San gasped for a moment, then seemed to think of something, and said, "Dad, you just said that after a hundred thousand years of soul beast transformation, isn't the process irreversible? Unless someone kills it, it can never change again. Become your true form.”
"Yes, but these two statements are not contradictory. Although the first method does not require a tribulation, it will lose the original true body. Although the second method can retain the true body, it will only lead to a narrow escape from death. Xiaosan, you If it were you, what would you choose?" Tang Hao said.
If it were me, I would choose to survive the tribulation and transform into another form, Tang San thought to himself, but he didn't say it out loud.
"Dad, what if the ferocious beast chooses to transform without risking anything? After transforming, will it lose its true body and only have a state equivalent to the full innate soul power? Or will it lose its true body and retain the strength corresponding to its cultivation level? Or not? Will he lose his true body, but he will only be in a state equivalent to the full innate soul power?"
He did not answer Tang Hao's question directly. From Tang Hao's words, it was not difficult for Tang San to figure out that his mother and Xiao Wu should have chosen a method of transformation that had no risk but would lose their true bodies.
"Just listen to these. If you want to know the answer, when you have the strength in the future, you can explore it yourself." Tang Hao frowned and said, thinking, if I knew, could I still be teased by that Chongming bird?
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