Diary System - Chapter 21: The Water Content of Tang San's Innate Full Soul Power—Will Innate Deficiency Also Have an Impact?
When Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue saw the four words "Asura God King," their expressions turned serious, and they fell into deep thought. Both had experienced the supernatural: one had undergone the Rakshasa God Trial for many years, and the other had been chosen by the Angel God. They understood that there were indeed gods in this world.
However, they had limited knowledge about the hierarchy of gods. The information they had was basic: the Rakshasa God was responsible for all evil thoughts, while the Angel God presided over light.
But the system referred to the Asura God as a law enforcer and the God King, signaling that the Asura God held a high status in the God Realm and was incredibly powerful.
The expressions of both women turned grim. Could it be that they could never take action against Tang San? This was unrealistic. Nevertheless, the system's warning temporarily quelled their thoughts of trying to seize Tang San's skills. The risks were too significant and not worth taking.
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[However, I disagree with this assertion. First, let's analyze Tang San's two martial souls: the Clear Sky Hammer, recognized as a top-tier martial soul, has the potential to reach the tenth level of innate soul power, but the probability is quite low. If it weren't, we would have seen a multitude of innate full-soul power geniuses emerging from the Clear Sky Sect long ago, and the sect wouldn't have faced oppression from the Spirit Hall, leading to its closure of mountain gates.]
[As the emperor of the Blue Silver Clan, Ah Yin is also a 100,000-year soul beast. After her transformation, she would possess the tenth level of innate soul power. This implies that the potential of the Blue Silver Emperor martial soul is also the tenth level of innateness.]
[But here comes the crucial point: Tang San's first martial soul is not the Blue Silver Emperor but merely the Blue Silver Grass infused with the blood of the Blue Silver Emperor. While this enhanced Blue Silver Grass martial soul is of higher quality than ordinary Blue Silver Grass, it cannot match the potential of the Blue Silver Emperor.]
[If I were to assign it a number, perhaps its potential limit is only around levels 6 or 7, which is still quite impressive compared to the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, which has an innate soul power of not even level 1.]
[One condition for a soul master to possess twin souls is that the qualities of the two souls must be similar. Thus, the quality of Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer must be comparable to that of his Blue Silver Grass martial soul. In other words, under ideal circumstances, Tang San's innate soul power is at most level 6 or 7.]
[However, if it were only level 6 or 7, it would still be three levels away from having innate full soul power. Tang San practiced for around two years before perfecting the first level of Mysterious Heaven Skill. In those two years, experiencing only a three-level increase in soul power seems a bit slow.]
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The girls felt that Dai Yichen wasn't merely writing a diary; he seemed a bit too excited and was venting his thoughts, which he recorded in the diary in search of a reward from the system.
They found no fault in this; indeed, Dai Yichen had mentioned that he once disliked writing diaries because his life was largely eventless, prompting him to write whatever came to mind. This free expression was precisely what they wanted to see! Not only did it allow them to enjoy the narrative, but it also provided them with rewards. Most importantly, it enabled them to learn about significant events on the mainland and anticipate future changes in situations.
However, they couldn't help but feel that a three-level soul power increase over two years was rather sluggish unless Tang San's true innate soul power was significantly lower! Dai Yichen's next sentences confirm their suspicions.
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[Thus, upon reflection, it's evident that Tang San's innate soul power cannot be level 6 or 7; it must be lower. Given the qualities of the Clear Sky Hammer and the talents of his parents, no matter how low Tang San's innate soul power may be, it cannot drop below level five.]
[Moreover, the most salient point is that Tang San endured a very difficult life alongside Tang Hao as a child. Tang Hao occasionally forged iron and sold it for money, supplemented by the care provided by Old Jack; otherwise, it would have been questionable if Tang San could survive to walk.]
[After learning basic walking and other behaviors, Tang San had to start taking care of Tang Hao's meals and daily needs. In such an environment, Tang San was likely malnourished as a child, rendering his body quite fragile.]
[In my view, this malnourishment can genuinely limit the upper threshold of his innate soul power to some extent. The Mysterious Heaven Skill will warm and repair the meridians in his body during practice. Moreover, Tang San has engaged with the Tang Sect's unique skills for body training since childhood. In that difficult environment, I believe it's questionable whether Tang San's innate soul power even reached level two or three.]
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Could childhood malnutrition influence innate soul power?
This theory was novel to them. Was there any basis for this claim?
While they were confused, this seemed the only plausible explanation for why Tang San needed to practice for two years to increase his soul power to level ten.
As the foremost theorist, Bibi Dong also contemplated this novel idea carefully. Since Dai Yichen stated it, there must be a source backing it. Was there something she overlooked?
Bibi Dong was now caught in a brainstorm, searching her knowledge for evidence but failing to find anything.
This wasn't surprising, given that the only proof Dai Yichen had for making such claims was from outside this timeline, existing ten thousand years ago!
Huo Yuhao was a living example of this concept. His father was the Duke of the White Tiger, while his mother was an ordinary civilian without any soul power.
According to the theory of martial soul inheritance, Huo Yuhao should have naturally inherited his father's White Tiger martial soul, which should harbor significant innate soul power.
But an accident occurred. Huo Yuhao awakened the White Tiger Eyes, a Spirit Eyes martial soul. Even though the Spirit Eyes type is extremely rare, his innate soul power was only a meager level one!
This was very bizarre.
According to the later Body Sect, the more vital the awakened Body martial soul was, the higher the innate soul power should be.
And since the eyes are a crucial part of the body, Huo Yuhao's case stood in contradiction to the Body Sect's theory.
Of course, there are exceptions to every rule, but Huo Yuhao was not such an exception.
The Spirit Eye martial soul evolved from the White Tiger martial soul. As a top-tier martial soul, the Spirit Eye martial soul shouldn't be so weak; everything must have a lower limit.
Under normal circumstances, the lower limit of innate soul power for the Spirit Eye martial soul ought not to be level one; any deviation must arise from an accident.
Huo Yuhao was one such unfortunate case. Due to environmental factors, his body was congenitally deficient and malnourished, a situation that was gradually rectified once he obtained the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
Tang San's childhood experience was remarkably similar to Huo Yuhao's. His body was damaged due to the aftermath of the battle. Even without visible external injuries, it likely housed internal injuries as well. Combined with malnourishment, Dai Yichen had sufficient grounds to speculate that Tang San's innate soul power might be lower than originally estimated.
(End of this chapter)