Douluo Dalu - The Story of Sheng Feilong 180 A New Plan

A sigh escaped She Meixiao and she looked at him with a slightly annoyed expression, but soon calmed down again. "I asked what had happened to you? I know your father told you about the Sheng Clan, but what happened after that? How did the Netherworld Putrefaction Demon take over control of your body?"

Sheng Feilong hesitated for a moment and looked around. Other than She Meixiao and Song Weihan, his Masters, there were only his father, Sheng Lingtian, as well as Huang Jialong and Yuanen Yehui present. He started talking about what Sheng Lingtian told him before, then about what happened when he returned to his room.

The story about the illusion scape the Netherworld Putrefaction Demon created caused She Meixiao to frown, but she didn't think it was Sheng Feilong's fault. From what he said, not only was the illusion scape unusually real, it also took advantage of his weak spots at the perfect time. "As expected; The Netherworld Putrefaction Demon is dangerous..."

Song Weihan and the others nodded his head, as did Sheng Feilong, who then spoke up with a slightly worried expression. "Is there a way get control over it? I've heard about other people having problems with controlling their Spirit Essences, like Long Yue from the Star Luo Continent. Other people manage to get theirs under control, so there must be a way for me to do the same, right?"

She Meixiao frowned lightly and thought about it for a moment. "Long Yue's situation is a bit different. If I'm not wrong, then the problems he has with hisw Spirit Essence come from its inherently violent nature. The Mountain Dragon King is one of the strongest dragon type Spirit Essences in existence, making it hard to control."

"I know, but how would he go with controlling it? Can't I just use the same method? Even if it doesn't work, it'd be still better to try than do nothing." Sheng Feilong replied with a serious expression. He didn't know if he could control the Netherworld Putrefaction demon, but he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if something like this happened again because he did nothing.

She Meixiao remained silent for a moment, trying to think of a method that could work, but before she could speak up, Song Weihan interjected. "I think Feilong is right. However, the methods you use to control you Spirit Essence have to be different from Long Yue."

He paused for a moment then looked at Sheng Feilong with a probing gaze. "From what you said, the Netherworld Putrefaction Demon can barely do anything as long as you resist it. However, it will try to provoke you and get you to allow it to take control instead of seizing it on its own. That might be our best clue."

"What do you mean, Master?" Sheng Feilong didn't understand where Song Weihan was going, while She Meixiao showed a surprised expression, muttering lightly under her breath. "You're planning to... That could work."

Song Weihan nodded his head towards She Meixiao, then turned back to the confused Sheng Feilong. "Basically, what you need isn't the strength to seize control from the Netherworld Putrefaction Demon; You need the strength to resist its temptations and provocations. In other words, your Spirit Power and mindset need serious tempering."

Sheng Feilong was surprised for a moment, then thought about it with a frown on his face. "Master, how much stronger does my Spirit Power to become...?" Song Weihan nodded with a small grin, then glanced at Yuanen Yehui and Huang Jialong, before focussing back on Sheng Feilong. "Well, you're already well into the Spirit Abyss realm, yet it can still trick you like that. Thus, I think you will need a minimum of a spiritual cultivation base of the Spirit Domain rank."

"Spirit Domain..?" Huang Jialong's eyes widened as he looked at Sheng Feilong, then back at Song Weihan. "Senior Song, isn't that a bit much? Even most Titled Douluo's barely reach the Spirit Domain rank in their lifetimes... I know Brother Feilong has a Spirit Essences with the spiritual attribute, but isn't that still a bit much to demand of him?"

Song Weihan smiled and looked back at Huang Jialong. "Normally, yes, but Sheng Feilong isn't normal." Sheng Feilong's lips twitched, but seeing Song Weihan's appreciative expression, he said nothing. "I need you to keep this a secret, but the reason I speak so lightly of the Spirit Domain rank is that Sheng Feilong's Spirit Power is already well above 11.000. I'd even say it's become closer to 12.000 in the year I haven't seen him."

Yuanen Yehui and Huang Jialong froze and stared at Sheng Feilong with wide eyes. Their own Spirit Powers were barely above a few hundreds, scratching at the 1.000 mark, while Sheng Feilong's was already long past their range of comprehension. Sheng Feilong faked to ignore their stares and looked at Song Weihan. "But Master, there's not shortcuts I could take to increase my Spirit Power in a short amount of time, right?"

"No, there isn't." Song Weihan lightly shook his head, then smiled again. "But there's more extreme methods than just cultivating silently whenever you got time." Sheng Feilong scratched his head, not knowing where Song Weihan was going with this. "And what are those methods?"

"Tempering. Or in a more practical sense, straining your own Spirit Power to force it to increase naturally. In fact, you've already done that a few times. Do you remember the times where your Spirit power was too high for your body to deal with it?" Song Weihan asked with a calm expression, to which Sheng Feilong nodded his head.

Song Weihan continued without waiting for any further reaction. "Then, did you also notice how fast your Spirit power increased after your physical condition caught up and returned to normal?" Sheng Feilong seemed a bit confused, thus Song Weihan explained it further. "Whenever your body got to its limit, your Spirit Power was forced to stop increasing naturally, which caused it to become more dense. After it could increase naturally again, this density regulated itself, causing a rapid increase in Spirit Power."

"Master, that sounds logical, but how should we do that? How do I increase my Spirit power to the point where my body can't take it any more in a short amount of time?" Sheng Feilong asked, now even more confused than before, but Song Weihan only lightly smiled and answered him with a straight face. "It's impossible. With your current physique, tempered by the netherworld Putrefaction Demon's powers as well as your bloodline and physical exercise, your body should be able to handle anything below the Spirit Domain rank."

Song Weihan paused, while Sheng Feilong stared at him with a deadpan expression, his eyes asking why the latter brought this up in the first place if it was impossible. Again, Song Weihan only smiled and responded. "Well, it might be impossible, but that doesn't mean that we make use of the situation that lead to your Spirit Power getting to this point."

"What do you?" This time, She Meixiao pitched in with a light frown, but interested glint in her eyes. Song Weihan smiled at her, then turned to Sheng Feilong while also galncing at Sheng Lingtian. "Isn't it obvious? The first time your Spirit power increased to the point where your body couldn't take it any more was after your refined the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Artificial skull type Soul Bone. That was also the point where you awakened your bloodline, wasn't it?"

Sheng Feilong's eyes widened, remembering the peculiarity of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. He didn't say anything but his expression alone made Song Weihan's smile widen. He nodded in appreciation, then continued speaking. "We just need your bloodline to awaken to the point where you are able to open the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's name sake third eye, the Eye of Destiny."

By this point Huang Jialong had been silenced by shock. He knew Sheng Feilong's eye Spirit Essence had something to do with his bloodline and that his bloodline was powerful, but a Three-Eyed Golden Lion's bloodline was on another level of 'powerful' than he imagined. Yuanen Yehui had a similar reaction; She knew more about Sheng Feilong's strength and his bloodline, but this was also the first time she heard of it being related to a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Meanwhile, Sheng Feilong took Song Weihan's words without any grand reaction, but merely frowned again. "Master, the last time was a reaction to fusing with the Artificial Soul Bone. Surely, we can't just replicate that? How would we awaken my bloodline any further than it already has?"

Song Weihan was about to say something, but She Meixiao cut him off, staring at Song Weihan with a shocked expression after coming to her own result. "Don't tell me; You want to ask Sir Mu? It's impossible; Even if I've known him for a long time, he wouldn't just share the Body Sect's inner secrets with us."

Sheng Feilong seemed surprised, while Song Weihan stared at her with a confused expression. "Who is this Sir Mu..?" She Meixiao was taken aback and looked at Song Weihan weirdly. "Mu Ye, the Master of the Body Sect..? You didn't want to ask him about it?"

Song Weihan seemed surprised again and looked at her, speaking in a low tone. "...No. I had no idea you had this kind of connection. Moreover, I have another plan for that." She Meixiao cleared her throat lightly, then looked at Sheng Feilong like nothing happened, mentioning for Song Weihan to continue.

The latter didn't call her out for what happened, either, and focused on Sheng Feilon again. "If I remember correctly, you told me your saw a vision of your Clan's Ancestor, Sheng Wuyong, whn he first turned into human form, didn't you?" Sheng Feilong nodded, causing Song Weihan to promptly continue. "Do you still remember where that place was? That mountain from which he oversaw the lands below?"

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