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In Su Wen's memory, the lifespan of a Title Douluo in the original novel, Posseikov, was similar to what the Void Douluo had said.
The guardians of the two great gods all said the same thing, which was not without reason.
However, based on the current situation of the Soul Masters' world, the lifespan of a Title Douluo seemed to be far from what they had said.
The Void Douluo was left speechless when Su Wen told him about the different situations of the Soul Temple, the Seven Treasures Glazed Glass Sect, and the lone cultivator, Du Gu Bo.
"Your lifespan is originally so low?" the Void Douluo asked.
As someone who was in a hidden state, the Void Douluo had been living in the Space God's inheritance space for many years and didn't have a deep understanding of the continent.
So, he couldn't give Su Wen an explanation.
But that didn't mean he couldn't give an explanation at all.
The silver mark on his forehead glowed, and his expression changed from being at a loss to being enlightened.
"You might not have observed the situation of the hidden Title Douluos, which is why you're raising this question. With your intelligence, if you had observed them up close, you could have gotten the answer."
The Void Douluo said calmly, "The hidden Title Douluos who are in seclusion all cultivate in accordance with their martial souls, moving closer to their martial souls, and will eventually merge with them, taking on a form similar to their martial souls to spend their long lives. This is the reason for their long lifespan."
"The records of the Soul Temple you mentioned, where the Soul Masters' lifespan far surpasses that of the Seven Treasures Glazed Glass Sect, might be because the Soul Temple has a large number of hidden Title Douluos, whose lifespan is longer than that of the Seven Treasures Glazed Glass Sect's two Title Douluos who are always in the world."
"Of course, there are pros and cons to being in the world and being in seclusion."
The Void Douluo's explanation of the Title Douluos' cultivation situation was different from what Su Wen knew. For example, after reaching the 95th level, breaking through each level would require at least a hundred years of bitter cultivation, which didn't match up with the situation of the Dust Heart.
"Cultivating in the world makes it easier to gain inspiration, while cultivating in seclusion is more stable."
"In theory, even if one cultivates in the world, if they have enough opportunities, they can quickly gain inspiration, and their overall cultivation speed will be faster. But relying on one's own strength to reach the peak of the 99th level is extremely difficult, because even if inspiration is abundant, the Soul Master's fusion with their martial soul also requires grinding. Reaching the peak of the 99th level in under a hundred years will only be more difficult, but Tang Chen has achieved this."
When the Void Douluo said this, his tone was meaningful.
Tang Chen was admired by many people, and it wasn't just simple admiration. He had broken through to the 99th level using his own strength, and he was still so young, which could be called transcendent.
The Void Douluo had said what he 'knew'.
Su Wen nodded slightly, looking at the Void Douluo's situation, and didn't continue to ask more complex questions.
Actually, with this answer, Su Wen could now propose his own conjectures and slowly dig into the essence of the problem.
Although there was still a huge question mark, that being why the Sea God, who wasn't considered to be in seclusion, seemed to be enjoying the lifespan of someone in seclusion, Su Wen didn't continue to ask.
This clearly wasn't a secret that the Void Douluo should know.
Even if he had an external explanation, the explainer probably wouldn't be able to help him explain it.
The topic of Soul Masters' lifespan wasn't the focus right now.
"Senior Void, if I'm not mistaken, the god you're guarding is the Space God," Su Wen said directly.
"That's right, I follow the great Space God," the Void Douluo admitted.
"I don't know if I can try the Space God's trial," Su Wen asked, his eyes fixed on the Void Douluo, paying attention to the flashing of the mark on his forehead.
The Void Douluo hesitated for a long time before nodding.
"The Space God agrees to let you take his trial, but it won't be a divine-level trial."
"Even if it's just an ordinary trial, I'll be very satisfied," Su Wen said with a smile.
"The Space God's trial might take up some of your time, so let's wait until you've finished your business on the continent before contacting me again," the Void Douluo said, leaving behind a small silver-white sword before leaving.
Su Wen played with the small silver-white sword in his hand, feeling the fluctuations of the Space God's power within it, and was very interested.
At this time, he began to think about the question he had at the beginning.
The lifespan of Soul Masters.
"Being in the world or in seclusion isn't the fundamental point; the key is the fusion between the Soul Master and their martial soul."
The way one resists the erosion of time is the fundamental point.
"Perhaps, it's also necessary to add the change of the Soul Master's martial soul," Su Wen remembered that he had seen documents mentioning that above the 95th level, every time a Soul Master advanced a level, their martial soul would also undergo a transformation.
In the three-book series he had read, which spanned over 20,000 years, this point was rarely seen.
But without a doubt, the Soul Temple couldn't have recorded this out of thin air.
"So, for Soul Masters whose martial souls are originally weak, can they break through a certain limit of lifespan after the 95th level, where their martial soul undergoes a transformation every time they advance a level?"
Was there such a thing?
Su Wen let his thoughts wander, considering all the conditions related to lifespan.
At the same time, he discovered a blind spot.
That was, in the current Douluo Continent, the Title Douluos from the 95th to the 98th level were not clearly defined as super Douluos.
But Su Wen had mentioned this title in front of Ning Feng Zhi and the others, and they hadn't shown any surprise, and could accept this title.
Clearly, it wasn't a complete theory, but there was already a tacit understanding.
Was it just that he had discovered this consensus, or was it that as the Soul Masters' cultivation methods changed, the 95th to 98th levels became special?
"According to the Void Douluo's best theory, from the 91st to the 99th level, each breakthrough will increase the lifespan by a hundred years. It's clear that the cultivation from the 91st to the 99th level should be the same."
However, the cultivation experience shared by the Dust Heart was vastly different from this point.
After reaching the 95th level, the Soul Master's breakthrough became more difficult.
Su Wen summarized the rules and gave a preliminary conjecture.
"As the Soul Masters' world develops, and top-level martial souls appear, and the martial soul cultivation is perfected, the Soul Masters who reach the Title Douluo level can accumulate soul power and break through levels without paying attention to increasing their fusion degree. However, after the 95th level, the increase in fusion degree can no longer be ignored, which is why the cultivation becomes more difficult."
Actually, the entire Title Douluo realm's cultivation was very difficult.
The fusion degree was very important, which was a point Su Wen had acknowledged a long time ago.
Now it seemed that the fusion degree might also be related to the Soul Master's lifespan.
"My thoughts are a bit chaotic. I'll have to spend some time organizing these theories and creating a complete logical system."
Su Wen's intelligence was very high, but it wasn't extraordinary. He had too many scattered thoughts, and he needed to spend time organizing them, and also use other theories to verify them, or maybe even verify them through practice.
(End of Chapter)