Chapter 148: Chapter 142: Dragon’s Bloodline

For the longest time, everyone at the academy has determined a Soul Beast’s Attributes by classifying the Crystal Stones dug out from their bodies.

Now, there was finally a more systematic summary.

"The Yinsaike Race divides Soul Beast Attributes into three major categories: Elemental, Characteristic, and Spiritual."

"Metal, Wood, Ice (Water), Fire, Earth, Dark, Thunder, Wind, Star... are all Elements."

"The Characteristic category is quite special. These Attributes are mostly based on the Soul Beast’s own physical characteristics. A Soul Beast with this type of Attribute will strengthen its own characteristic abilities, displaying all sorts of extraordinary powers. For example: Insect (Fey), Beast, Dragon, Undead... and so on."

"For example, a Soul Beast with the Insect Attribute generally possesses abilities like rapid healing, extraordinary perception, and accelerated growth."

"Beast-type Soul Beasts, on the other hand, have stronger bodies, immense Power, and also possess rapid healing abilities."

"The final category is even more special, one might even say mystical. It’s a category that uses powerful Spiritual Power as its medium. To date, the Yinsaike Family has only discovered three types: Illusion, Psionics, and Curse..."

"Of these, Illusion is the most common. The latter two exist almost exclusively in legend and are only possessed by Soul Beasts with a B Talent or higher."

At this point, Lena wrote a series of English letters on the whiteboard, "F-A, S," and explained, "Soul Beasts are not only divided by their strength, but also by their level of Talent."

"I’m using the most common English letters to differentiate the levels of a Soul Beast’s Talent. From lowest to highest, they are F, E, D, C, B, A, and the highest currently discovered, S Level."

"Talent determines the upper limit of a Soul Beast’s growth. A Soul Beast with F Talent can only reach the Awakened Level at most, while an E Talent can advance to Extraordinary."

"When a Soul Beast’s Talent reaches C or higher, there is a certain probability it will awaken a Talent."

"A Talent is different from Soul Techniques. As you all have probably discovered, when a Soul Beast awakens a certain Soul Technique, its initial Skill Level with that technique isn’t actually very high. Whether it’s the casting time, destructive power, or control over its Energy, it needs to increase its Skill Level through repeated use."

"But a Talent doesn’t require this. It’s an innate ability that automatically improves as the Soul Beast’s strength increases, displaying all sorts of miraculous effects. It’s exclusive to Soul Beasts with high Talent."

"The probability of awakening a Talent also increases the higher the Soul Beast’s Talent is."

"Moreover, Soul Beasts with high Talent are naturally intelligent. This intelligence doesn’t necessarily mean sentience; it also refers to their mastery over their own Attributes and their instinct for combat, both of which will surpass other Soul Beasts. Their training speed for Soul Techniques will be faster, their lifespan will increase, and the destructive power of their Soul Techniques will be enhanced... and so on."

Talent...

’No wonder Yin Yi suddenly awakened a Talent after reaching C Talent.’

Han Ning, who was listening intently, had a moment of realization.

’So, that means if you have two Soul Beasts of the same Level, but with different Talents, the one with the higher Talent should have an absolute advantage.’

’But a Soul Beast with a lower Talent isn’t guaranteed to lose to one with a higher Talent. Combat experience is also a crucial factor in determining the outcome.’

"Speaking of Attributes and Talents, we must now discuss evolution."

In the quiet conference room, the only sound was the scratching of pens on paper. Everyone was silent, listening intently to Lena’s explanation.

"Evolution is unpredictable and is closely related to a Soul Beast’s Attributes, Talent, and Level."

"Regarding the secrets of Soul Beast evolution, even the many Insect Masters of the Yinsaike Race, including Lord Taman himself, have only scratched the surface."

’That makes sense. The Yinsaike Race is just a young Insect Master Family. If they had truly mastered all the secrets of Soul Beast evolution, they would probably be even more powerful than the Ancestor Family and wouldn’t have been wiped out.’ 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"Evolution is a leap in a Soul Beast’s life stage. After each evolution, its Talent will be significantly enhanced, its strength limit will be broken, and some Soul Beasts will even awaken new Attributes."

"Soul Beasts with low Talent are the easiest to evolve. An F Level one basically just needs sufficient Energy to evolve."

"The first threshold for Soul Beast evolution is the leap from D Talent to C Talent, at which point the difficulty of evolution increases sharply."

"Before D Talent, evolution might only require a large amount of Energy, the influence of certain conditional factors, and a specific cultivation method. It will generally happen naturally when the conditions are met."

"But from D to C, one needs to go out and collect materials for Soul Beast evolution to increase the success rate of both evolution and Talent awakening. Some Insect Masters with specific needs will even consciously control the new Attributes the Soul Beast develops after evolution, or even change its Primary Attribute. In short, this is a very complex Domain."

"It not only requires all sorts of strange materials, but also various rituals and environments. If you want a Soul Beast to evolve and its Talent to improve, the difficulty will become higher and higher. For a wild Soul Beast with high Talent to evolve into a higher life form, it basically has to rely on the power of its entire clan, enduring all kinds of hardships. In the words of your Xia Country, it’s like the ’eighty-one tribulations’."

"This also involves the issue of a Soul Beast’s bloodline limit. I got a bit of a headache reading about it, but the gist is that the hereditary bloodline within a Soul Beast has an upper limit on its Talent."

"Take consumable insects, for example. In their entire lifetime, they can’t evolve even once. It’s as if a Divine Spirit has placed shackles on them, leaving them without even the qualification to make a life-stage leap."

"Therefore, Soul Beasts cannot evolve indefinitely. Once they reach a certain Talent limit, you cannot induce them to evolve, no matter what methods you use."

"According to the Yinsaike Race’s research, the Silver Lotus Wood that you all have contracted has a maximum Talent limit of D, unless some extremely special circumstances are met. Their Level growth limit is the War General Level."

Just then, Teacher Zheng suddenly raised her hand. After getting a nod from Lena, she asked, "If bloodlines have a limit, could we use something like gene-editing technology to alter the Silver Lotus Wood’s bloodline and allow them to break through their racial shackles?"

"That, I don’t know. Perhaps it would, but it would likely involve some very profound knowledge." Lena smiled.

Teacher Zheng nodded, gesturing for Lena to continue.

"The Yinsaike Race has not yet developed a complete theory of evolution. They only have control over the evolutionary paths of some insects. The most profound Insect Master inheritance in their family records the cultivation methods for six powerful Soul Beasts that can grow to the Lord Level."

"The most powerful of these Soul Beasts is..." Lena’s gaze shifted to the shoulder of Nia, who was sitting beside her, quietly playing with a stuffed toy.

There, a dragonfly covered in scales of a Cyan Jade Color was perched.

"Its name is the Jade Spirit Damselfly. It is the guardian Soul Beast of the Yinsaike Race. It contains dragon bloodline, and when it reaches its third evolutionary stage, the dragon bloodline will be fully awakened."