It shouldn't be really that surprising because one of the most fundamental abilities of the Soul Core was to purify the Soul Power of the Soul Master to a greater degree, making the Soul Power inside the Soul Master's body denser and thicker.
With the Soul Core, the Soul Power was more powerful than it was before, and at all times, the Soul Masters with the Soul Core would be leagues ahead of those without the Soul Core, because the benefits that the Soul Core provided to the Soul Master were tremendous.
Hun Tiandi was able to discern that the benefits of the Soul Core to the Soul Master were much bigger than the Dou Crystals that the Dou Venerables were able to create from compressing their Dou Qi into the crystalline form.
Still, the growth in Qian Daoliu's raw power was staggering with the creation of the proper Soul Core that also gave off a very dense and powerful Holy Aura, like the Seraphim Martial Soul of the Qian Bloodline.
'Fascinating... It's like the Peak Dou Zun stage, where the Dou Venerables are going through one transformation to refine and compress their Dou Qi nine times...'
To become a Dou Sheng, the Dou Saint in the Dou Qi Cultivation System, the Dou Venerable must undergo Nine Transformations: one must refine and compress Dou Qi nine times.
When at the peak of Dou Zun, and the Dou Qi within the body is full and cannot increase further, it must be completely refined and compressed to create new space for fresh Dou Qi.
This process is repeated until the Dou Qi is full again. From the eighth transformation onwards, one possesses the unique energy fluctuations of the Dou Saint Realm. And from the process of the creation of the Soul Core within the Titled Douluo's body, the effects were very similar.
Maybe it was also because many things that Hun Tiandi incorporated into the creation of the Soul Core were from the Dou Qi Cultivation System, especially from the Dou Venerable Realms to the Half-Saint Realm.
The raw power that Qian Daoliu was releasing right now wasn't much weaker than that of the Dou Saint. This was rather shocking because the Titled Douluos that he had met till now, at least in the aspect of the pure raw power stemming from their Soul Power, were not on the level of the Dou Saints.
But that changed instantly after he condensed the 1st Soul Core within his body; one could say his raw power skyrocketed to new heights.
If he condensed the remaining two Soul Cores, then the power of his Soul Power wouldn't be that much weaker than a peak Dou Saint. However, due to the Planar Laws, they wouldn't have the same destructive capabilities, and he also seriously doubted that they would be able to break space.
Space within the Douluo Continent was extremely rigid and stable. Obviously, it was clear that Qian Daoliu wouldn't stop at condensing the first Soul Core and would soon move on to condensing the 2nd Soul Core.
For Hun Tiandi, this was the best possible outcome because the stronger the Spirit Hall became, the better for him. He needed to have the Spirit Hall as powerful as possible because it was a faction that he was a member of, while at the same time being the future Holy Son of the Spirit Hall.
And being the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall meant that in the future, when he was strong enough, he would be conferred as the Supreme Pontiff of the Spirit Hall. I learned the lessons from the downfall of the Hall of Souls and the serious mismanagement of the Hun Clan, as well as what to be careful of.
The Hall of Souls was barely managed by him, and the Hun Clan was nothing more than a tool to achieve greater goals.
In the end, Hun Tiandi didn't care if the Hun Clan existed or not; the environment of the Hun Clan created heartless individuals who only cared about themselves and nothing more.
The bursts of the Soul Power from the Douluo Consecration Hall's training hall attracted the attention of the other Titled Douluo Worshipping Elders who were cultivating and living within the Douluo Consecration Hall.
The first one to arrive was the Golden Crocodile Douluo Jin Eyu, though he was soon enough followed by another two Worship Elders, the Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo who hurried here due to the commotion that was caused here.
Both the Azure Luan Douluo Qing Luan and Mighty Lion Douluo Xiong Shi were Super Douluos of the Soul Rank 97 and were not that far from the Soul Rank 98.
However, the progression was harder and harder for any Titled Douluo that had already crossed through the Super Douluo Soul Rank 96. After that, they would either need to have tremendous talent or a tremendous amount of luck to advance further.
Mostly, it was the combination of both factors, as just one of them is not enough.
The strongest one of them was obviously the Golden Crocodile Douluo, who was the only one who achieved the Soul Rank 98 and was only a step away from reaching the Soul Rank 99.
All three of the Titled Douluos observed the Grand Worship, Qian Daoliu, and realized that he was conducting the Soul Core condensation process. Every single Worship Elder of the Douluo Consecration Hall was informed about Hun Tiandi's research into Soul Cores, and they were eagerly awaiting the results.
One of the main reasons for choosing Hun Tiandi as the future Holy Son of the Spirit Hall was also primarily due to his own intellect and innovations.
Which he showcased at almost every single step as he brought one innovation of the Soul Power Cultivation after another.
His ideas were nothing short of revolutionary, and the entire Spirit Hall was benefiting from them at the same time. This was certainly far more valuable than if one of the peak Soul Douluos reached the Titled Douluo.
And this was just the start of the implementation of his ideas because many of them were long-term plans and couldn't be employed immediately. Many of the things that Hun Tiandi proposed would require considerable time and effort to bring into life, but all of the things that he proposed were world-shaking and would drastically increase the power of the Spirit Hall.
"Tiandi... is Eldest Brother condensing the Soul Core, right?"
The Golden Crocodile Douluo asked as he saw the Grand Worship condensing the 2nd Soul Core in rather spectacular fashion, because anyone could see the Qian Daoliu's Soul Power increasing at a staggering rate.
"Yes... and the effect is much better than I had initially expected..."
Even Hun Tiandi was rather surprised by the sheer power of Qian Daoliu after the condensation of the Soul Core. While he anticipated some increase in power and with the things that he had tweaked and changed, it was supposed to be a big increase in power, but this was indeed still above his expectations.
"Don't you want to try it too, Grandpa Crocodile? According to the notes, it should also help you to reach the Limit Douluo Soul Rank 99."
Hun Tiandi knew that Golden Crocodile Douluo was stuck at the Soul Rank 99 for several decades, and he couldn't overcome the final barrier to the Soul Rank 99 to become the Limit Douluo.
If the Spirit Hall obtained another Limit Douluo of the Soul Rank 99, then it would certainly become an unrivaled faction across the entire Douluzo Continent. Limit Douluo at the Soul Rank 99 was strong enough to suppress several Super Douluos at the Soul Rank 98 simultaneously.
Publicly, there was only one known Limit Douluo at the Soul Rank 99, and it was the Qian Daoliu.
However, Hun Tiandi knew that there were more of the Limit Douluos across the Douluo Continent, though they were far better hidden, and their existence wasn't publicly known knowledge.
And there was a whole bunch of Super Douluos and Average Titled Douluos who were neither known nor famous.
"After the Eldest brother is finished, I will give it a try... If I can reach the Limit Douluo Rank 99 with the re-condensation of the Soul Cores, even better."
Jin Eyu knew that there was a rather significant chance for him to reach the Limit Douluo after recondensing the Soul Core, even after the 1st Soul Core. So he was rather eager to try the process by himself because even if the 1st wasn't working, then the chances with the 2nd Soul Core were even bigger and surer.
Soon enough, as all four of them were observing Qian Daoliu finishing the re-condensation process of the 2nd Soul Core within his body, an even more oppressive wave of the Soul Power burst out from his body.
This time, the Golden Crocodile Douluo had to protect Hun Tiandi from the Holy Seraphim's Soul Power because it was too powerful. Even though the Douluo Consecration Hall was built to withstand it, that didn't mean that the people inside would be safe or okey under the effects of the oppressive aura.
All three Titlted Douluos were surprised by the fact that the power of the Grand Worship Elder had increased greatly just from the re-condensation of the Soul Core that Hun Tiandi proposed, and only Hun Tiandi knew that it was mainly due to his intervention.
Normally, the power of the Soul Core wasn't supposed to be this great, at least according to the notes, but after a few tweaks and upgrades from the Dou Qi Cultivation System, everything got a new breath and new power.
If not for those additions from the Dou Qi Cultivation System, then it wouldn't be so effective. Compared to the Soul Power Cultivation System, which wasn't very refined or advanced in its true sense, the Dou Qi Cultivation System was a very advanced one.
Even though both of them belong to the category of Energy-Gathering Cultivation Systems, the Dou Qi Cultivation System was obviously superior, at least in the aspect of raw power.
The Dou Qi Cultivation System lacked versatility because it didn't have anything like the Martial Souls. However, it did have Dou Techniques and Secret Techniques that could be equally versatile and powerful, like the Soul Skills.
Tbhough...
Becoming a God was entirely different. While Hun Tiandi, at the end of his life, became the Dou Di, the Dou God, in the end, that was just another cultivation stage, and it wasn't a true God in the real sense.
The Gods of the Douluo and those who became one after becoming the Soul Rank 100 were fundamentally different because they were true, geniue Gods. Higher Dimensional Beings were infinitely stronger than the mortals, and they were different on the fundamental level.
Not long after the Golden Crocodile Douluo shielded Hun Tiandi from the Qian Daoliu's Soul Energy bursts, the Holy Seraphim Douluo finished the re-condensation of his 2nd Soul Core as his power once again increased several times.
When he was finished with the procedure, Hun Tiandi noticed, but not only he, everyone noticed that Qian Daoliu looked younger by a good number of years. Perhaps, he looked younger by 15 or 20 years altogether, and this was just from the recommendations of the 1st Soul Core and the 2nd Soul Core.
According to the notes, the most powerful was actually the 3rd Soul Core, which could be condensed only by the Limit Douluo Soul Rank 99, as only the Limit Douluos had enough power and Soul Power to create the 3rd Soul Core.
When Qian Daoliu opened his eyes, he radiated Holy Aura around his body; it was like when he had his Martial Soul, the Seraphim activated, but it wasn't.
Hun Tiandi, with his very powerful Spiritual Realm, could tell that one of the Soul Cores that the Grand Worship Elder of the Douluo Consecration Hall created was related to the Seraphim.
Another one was related to the concept of Light, so neither of the Soul Cores was ordinary, and the power that he obtained from them was tremendous. Qian Daoliu also wasn't planning to condense the 3rd Soul Core, since it needed to be created manually.
Even if the Soul Master reached the Soul Rank 99 and became Limit Douluo, then, contrary to the previous Soul Cores that could also be condensed on the subconscious level just by achieving a certain Soul Rank threshold, the 3rd Soul Core was different.
That was because it was the most special one and the most powerful, so only Demigods could create it, and they needed to create it manually.
Fortunately, Hun Tiandi managed to dig out the records in one of the notepads that were left behind by one of the Supreme Pontiffs of the Spirit Hall several millennia ago, which described the process of the creation of the 3rd Soul Core.
Unfortunately, till now, Hun Tiandi was probably the only person who opened the notepad because nobody from the previous generation of the Spirit Hall bothered to spend so much time in the library and the archives.
And it really paid off, and it also motivated the other people among the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall to look at the notes and information about the cultivation left by their predecessors, because they may discover something interesting and useful.
"How are you feeling, Eldest Brother?"
The Golden Crocodile Douluo immediately went to the Qian Daoliu together with the Azure Luan Douluo Qing Luan and Mighty Lion Douluo Xiong Shi, as they studied their eldest martial brother in astonishment and anticipation, because it seemed that everything with the Soul Cores went exactly according to the plan.
That also meant that they would be too able to condense their Soul Cores and increase their cultivation and power. Because all of them were already rather old Titlted Douluos, for them, increasing their Soul Rank through ordinary cultivation was rather unlikely.
Some of the Worship Elders of the Douluo Consecration Hall had already depleted their potential and reached the end of their cultivation journey, or there were other reasons why they couldn't advance to the higher Soul Ranks.
Nevertheless, they all had the ambition to reach the higher Soul Rank, and now the opportunity has presented itself.
"I would need some time to acclimatize to my newfound strength... with the amount of power I have right now, I could fight several of me from before. It seems that we would need to focus on developing the Soul Power Cultivation as well, aside from the Martial Souls. Who would have thought that I could achieve the power of peak Average Titled Douluo using my Soul Power alone, with just a few Martial Skills, without the Martial Soul at all..."
Hearing what he said didn't really surprise either of the Titled Douluos because most of the Titled Douluos faced rather interesting predicaments. Many were stuck at their current Soul Rank or, if not, then in the development of their Martial Soul, and some of the more unlucky ones, in both aspects.
When they encountered that kind of obstacle, they started putting more focus and effort into the Soul Power Cultivation itself because, in most cases, it was a rather reliable solution.
So long short story, the Titled Douluos of the Douluo Continent were indeed aware that the development of the Soul Power Cultivation was in a terrible state, and it wasn't as much as advanced as the development of the Martial Souls.
It was rather ironic because, in the end, every Titled Douluo would, at some point in his life, start focusing solely on cultivating the Soul Power if they didn't have a smooth path to the Limit Douluo Soul Rank 99.
"Then, if you allow... I would also like to recondense my Soul Cores. Tiandi said that it could be used to help me break through, and according to the notes in the archives, there were indeed cases of something like that happening in the history of the Douluo Continent."
The Golden Crocodile Douluo stated in anticipation as he immediately took the notebook from Qian Daoliu's hands, skimming through its content and learning it in something under a few seconds.
For Hun Tiandi, such an occasion was rather weird because if something like this was happening in the Hun Clan or the Hall of Souls... well, it wouldn't be happening at all, most probably.
Neither of the two factions was really into helping the other, even if it were the other members of the same factions, because jealousy and rampant, uncontrolled greed for more and more power were the sole constants in both the Hun Clan and Hall of Souls.
The most likely thing that would happen in either the Hun Clan or the Hall of Souls is that one of the parties involved will die, and the one who killed the other will take all possessions and treasures of the murdered party.
Rahter common occurrence.
"Go ahead, we will watch. I am sure that our little resident genius would appreciate more feedback about the process."
Qian Daoliu chuckled with renewed vigor because he felt much younger from the entire ordeal after he had recondensed his first two Soul Cores. Obviously, aside from the power, the Lifespan of the Soul Masters was the most important.
'Little... I am far older than all of your ancestors combined... but whatever...'
Hun Tiandi thought to himself, because he always found it rather funny when someone called him 'little' or so. While his body was only a few years old, his soul was old a good number of millenias.
The Golden Crocodile Douluo immediately began recondensing the 1st Soul Core in exactly the same manner as Qian Daoliu. The process was also very smooth because, like the Holy Seraphim Douluo, even Jin Eyu had superb control over his Soul Power, so it went without many problems.
"It seems like he is going to condense Elemental Soul Core."
Hun Tiandi heard Qian Daoliu mutter about the situation while the remaining two Titled Douluos, the Azure Luan Douluo Qing Luan and Mighty Lion Douluo Xiong Shi, were observing everything with the utmost concentration.