Douluo Continent: All My Soul Rings are Ten Years Old?

Chapter 6: The System's Evaluation of the Douluo World

Xiao Chen nodded in agreement after hearing the system's explanation.

Under the rules of Douluo Continent, soul beasts have always been in an extremely unfair situation.

Humans can cultivate themselves into gods, but soul beasts cannot.

"System, are you perhaps the avatar of some kind of soul beast, which is why you want to change the rules of this world?" Xiao Chen asked.

The system spirit shook its head and said, "If this system were a soul beast, it would have destroyed the divine realm of this world long ago. This system simply can't stand the rules of this world."

The system spirit paused for a moment and then continued, "This system has been to many fantasy worlds. Fantasy and cultivation worlds are inherently dog-eat-dog worlds. It's normal for cultivators to hunt monsters and beasts in order to improve their cultivation and obtain resources."

"However, in other fantasy worlds, hunting alien races is not a necessary way to improve one's strength. Even without hunting, cultivators can still improve their cultivation."

"But this world is different. Here, if a Soul Master doesn't hunt Soul Beasts to add Soul Rings to their Martial Soul, they can't continue to increase their Soul Power. So, Soul Masters in this world can hunt Soul Beasts with a clear conscience."

"This essentially gives humans in this world a perfectly legitimate excuse to hunt spirit beasts!"

"With this cultivation rule in place, humans and soul beasts are mortal enemies that can never be resolved, and the gods of this world do nothing, so the extinction of soul beasts is only a matter of time!"

The system then spoke up, pointing out the drawbacks of the rules in the Douluo World.

Xiao Chen agreed with the system's insights. He knew very well that although the 'Spirit Pagoda' and 'Soul Spirits' appeared later, they could only slow down the extinction of soul beasts and could not change the inevitable outcome.

Once soul beasts become completely extinct, soul masters will face the predicament of being unable to level up. With the extinction of new soul masters and the death of old soul masters, soul masters will inevitably disappear into the long river of history.

Xiao Chen didn't believe that the gods in the God Realm couldn't see this.

As the system stated, those deities were aware of the flaws in the rules, yet they did nothing.

They sometimes say that soul beasts cannot become gods because the Dragon God brought a great disaster to the God Realm, so the God Realm restricts soul beasts from becoming gods.

Later it says that the Dragon God decreed that soul beasts cannot become gods, and the main focus is on a non-stick pan.

In Xiao Chen's opinion, calculating the strength of a soul beast by its age is a joke.

In the eyes of humans, soul beasts are nothing more than commodities with marked prices on a shopping mall shelf.

A hundred-year-old spirit ring is priced low, while a thousand-year-old spirit ring is priced high. Their cultivation level and age are used to classify the levels of spirit rings for humans.

Humans can become gods within a few decades, and the key to becoming a god still depends on the soul rings of soul beasts.

Soul beasts, on the other hand, have to undergo a tribulation every 100,000 years. They live in hiding for millions of years, only to be told by the gods of the divine realm that they cannot become gods, thus wasting their millions of years of effort.

Those deities can bestow spirit rings upon spirit masters, which means that humans have the opportunity to condense spirit rings even without relying on spirit beasts.

If the gods of the divine realm had put even a little thought into this matter, the flaws in the cultivation system of the Douluo World would have been resolved long ago.

"System, can I condense a soul ring on my own without hunting soul beasts?" Xiao Chen asked immediately.

"Of course you can! However, doing so will directly conflict with the rules of this world. Once you do it, your existence will definitely be exposed to the divine realm, and I don't need to elaborate on the consequences!" the system said.

"Understood!" Xiao Chen naturally knew the seriousness of the problem.

The system sprite continued, "Host, don't be discouraged. As your strength gradually increases, the system's functions will become more and more comprehensive. At that time, it will naturally be able to help you conceal the secrets of heaven!"

Xiao Chen nodded, knowing that this matter couldn't be rushed.

"System, you said that the strength of a soul beast can only increase slowly over time? Can't it be cultivated directly into a god like a human?" Xiao Chen then asked.

"Sigh," the system sprite, Tank, sighed, "The soul beasts in this world have had their thinking solidified by the rules. Leaving aside the unintelligent soul beasts, those that have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, clearly aware of their situation, make no attempt to change anything!"

"The gods categorize their strength by years, and they themselves do the same. It just shows how naive they are."

"The humans of this world are lucky. If even one of those hundreds of thousands of years old soul beasts could understand this, the Douluo Continent would have been devastated long ago!"

"Host, think about it. If you knew that your race was destined for extinction, and the culprit that would cause your extinction was right in front of you, what would you do?" the system asked.

"Of course! Even if I die, I won't let them get away with it!" Xiao Chen replied without hesitation.

The system sprite nodded and said, "That's right!"

"The rules of this world have turned humans and soul beasts into mortal enemies. Soul beasts know that humans covet their soul rings and soul bones, but they only hide. If even one soul beast could understand this, it would have already led its soul beasts into the human world and wreaked havoc."

"Without the intervention of the gods, humans are no match for soul beasts. As long as the soul beasts plot even a little, even if they cannot wipe out the humans of the Douluo World, they can still cause a great disaster to the human world!"

"Even if the gods intervene, the soul beasts can fight them to the death. Since the soul beasts will eventually perish anyway, let's just stop playing this game and cut off the path for soul masters to level up. Let those gods play among themselves!"

The system analysis is very thorough. Soul beasts are indeed a very unstable source of danger. The fact that soul masters have been able to continue peacefully can only be attributed to the fact that those soul beasts are either too kind or too foolish.

Whenever a soul beast causes such a disturbance, regardless of victory or defeat, the soul master will disappear from the annals of history. After all, the growth period of soul beasts is too long. If there is a gap of one or two thousand years, the soul master lineage will not be able to continue.

"In fact, this system can understand that the God Realm stipulates that Soul Beasts cannot become gods, but it should never push Soul Beasts to extinction."

"Gods are supposed to encompass all things, but they are high above and have never truly shown mercy to any living being."

"Soul beasts are born as vessels for soul rings, and soul masters are bound by the shackles of cultivation for their entire lives. So-called divine grace is nothing more than a show for them to select their successors. How ironic!" the system said calmly.

Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, the root of the problem is that the rules of this world are flawed, yet those who created the rules have never considered changing them!"

"That's right!" the system nodded. "However, these things aren't what you should be thinking about right now. For now, help me retrieve the soul of that black-maned wolf!"

"There's a reward!" the system sprite said with a smile.

"What should I do?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Just walk over and touch the Blackmane Wolf's corpse!" the system sprite said.

Xiao Chen nodded and began to observe his surroundings.

Chu Ruolan and the others were on guard around the area. Ma Yan had already absorbed the soul ring, and the next step was to fuse it.

Seeing that they weren't paying attention to him, Xiao Chen walked towards the corpse of the black-maned wolf.

He reached out and placed his hand on the black-maned wolf's head. A faint light flashed in Xiao Chen's palm, and the system took the black-maned wolf's soul into the system space.

"Alright, here's your reward. You can receive it anytime!" An icon appeared in the system panel.

"This is..." Xiao Chen exclaimed in surprise, "This is a head soul bone?"