Huo Yuhao could clearly feel that his mental strength had improved. Unfortunately, it was still a quantitative accumulation and had not yet reached the level of a qualitative change.
He asked Skydream in his spiritual sea, "Skydream, what realm has my spiritual power entered now?"
Skydream replied, "It is at the level of an ordinary Soul Douluo from a non-spiritual system. There is still some distance from the tangible and intangible realm. But don't worry, with your talent and my help, you will definitely cross this important threshold within three years."
After answering Huo Yuhao's question, Skydream encouraged him and made a promise: "Once your spiritual power enters the tangible and intangible realm, you will be able to use it to suppress the soul power of the extreme ice, envelop it for cultivation, and prevent it from affecting your cultivation speed."
Huo Yuhao responded confidently, "Three years? It definitely won't take that long."
Skydream's voice grew excited as she explained, "Three years is already very fast. The threshold of the tangible and intangible realm has blocked over 90% of humans and soul beasts on the continent. My original plan for you was to start approaching this realm within ten years. I didn't expect you to surprise me again and again, Yuhao."
She continued, "Also, with the complete fusion of the Space-Time Demon Eye Soul Bone, I feel that your Spirit Eye Martial Soul has undergone a sublimation, and your soul power has even increased by one level. Could this be the second awakening of the body's martial soul?"
Huo Yuhao pondered Skydream's words, his expression thoughtful.
With the successful nurturing of the vertical pupil in his sea of consciousness, Huo Yuhao could feel that the effects of the one-time Requiem Gu he had used earlier had completely dissipated.
The evolution of his Spirit Eye Martial Soul had been fully perfected. However, this evolution did not seem to be the second awakening of the body's martial soul.
Drawing from the knowledge he had gained from the original book and the inner courtyard library, Huo Yuhao understood that the reason body martial souls were considered top-tier was due to their unique ability to awaken twice, which greatly enhanced the soul master's talent. This was also the core secret of the Body Sect.
The second awakening of the body's martial soul also had varying levels of quality, divided into four tiers: black iron, bronze, silver, and gold.
After the second awakening, the soul master could display the abilities brought by the awakening, and a light and shadow condensed by the spirit would appear behind them.
The color of this light and shadow corresponded to the four tiers. The higher the tier, the greater the enhancement to the spirit.
For example: A black iron-level second awakening could increase combat power by about 30%.
A bronze-level second awakening could increase it by up to 60%, which was the level most body spirits achieved.
A silver-level second awakening could double the combat power. Silver-level awakenings were extremely rare and typically appeared in critical parts of the body, such as the torso or brain.
The highest tier, gold-level second awakening, could increase combat power by one to three times.
However, this level could not be achieved innately. The strongest innate second awakening was only silver-level. Only when a soul master with a silver-level awakening broke through to the Titled Douluo realm was there a chance for it to evolve into a gold-level awakening.
Additionally, the second awakening of the body's martial soul could significantly enhance the soul master's physical fitness. The higher the level of awakening, the greater the improvement in physical fitness, which in turn allowed the soul master to absorb higher-year soul rings. This was one of the most formidable aspects of body spirits.
For example, Long Aotian, a character from the original work, possessed a silver-level second awakening of his spirit skin. As the top talent of the younger generation in the Body Sect and the chief successor of the sect master, he had an extraordinary soul ring configuration: one yellow, two purple, and four black rings as a seven-ring Soul Sage.
Even some body spirit owners with innate second awakenings could theoretically achieve a first soul ring of a thousand years, far surpassing ordinary soul masters.
However, the difficulty of the second awakening was directly linked to the quality of the body spirit.
Unfortunately, Huo Yuhao's two martial souls were both body spirits of extremely high quality, making the second awakening naturally very challenging.
Thus, he knew that he did not currently possess the abilities brought by the second awakening of the body's martial soul.
Whether it was the "Moment" ability of the Spirit Eye or the "Innate Domain" and "Mimicry" of the Ice Soul Body, these were all innate talents of the martial soul itself. Huo Yuhao could not yet condense a light and shadow behind him, which suggested that this was unrelated to the second awakening.
However, there was another possibility: with the help of the achievement system, Huo Yuhao's two martial souls might have already completed the second awakening innately.
But due to his current strength and the high quality of the awakening, he was in a semi-awakened state and could not fully exert its power. He might need to reach the Titled Douluo realm or a specific level to fully unlock it.
In any case, Huo Yuhao knew he would need to contact the Body Sect later.
Skydream then asked, "Yuhao, you haven't told me about the abilities of the external soul bone yet, have you?"
Since even Huo Yuhao couldn't accurately determine the state of his second awakening, Skydream didn't dwell on it. Instead, she expressed curiosity about the external soul bone.
Huo Yuhao explained, "The Space-Time Demon Eye provides a passive bonus. It increases my mental training speed, enhances my affinity with time and space, and strengthens my Spirit Eye abilities. This bonus will continue to grow as the external soul bone improves."
He was quite satisfied with this effect. With the Space-Time Demon Eye, the innate talent "Moment" had finally overcome its last shortcoming.
During the acceleration of "Moment," Huo Yuhao's thinking was also accelerated, eliminating the need to rely solely on mental power and mental detection to compensate for the deficiency.
As of now, Huo Yuhao could use "Moment-3x Speed" without any burden, though it still required soul power to enhance further.
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Over the next two months, life was quiet. Huo Yuhao remained at Shrek Academy, focusing on his cultivation and occasionally working on improving his relationships.
As for achievement tasks, Huo Yuhao only successfully completed one.
Due to frequent encounters in the inner courtyard library, Han Ruoruo's second achievement task was also completed.
[Achievement Trigger!]
[Achieve Han Ruoruo's "Books are the Ladder of a Soul Master's Progress" achievement and receive the reward: Heart Sound Gu.]
[Heart Sound Gu: A Second-level Gu which comes in pairs, allowing two people to communicate with each other within a hundred steps using their heart sounds.]
[Evaluation: You know my mind.]
It wasn't a Wisdom Gu, but Huo Yuhao was used to it. After all, the Wisdom Gu often mentioned in RI novel was of a high tier and more akin to an exhaustive method. For him at this stage, it wasn't particularly meaningful. Huo Yuhao comforted himself with this thought.
Just before the freshman assessment was about to begin, Ma Xiaotao secretly shared a piece of news with Huo Yuhao: "Yuhao, it seems the teacher wants you to form a team alone..."
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