Chapter 110 - Bloodline Power

"Anyway, my mom said that my first six spirit rings can only come from Soft Bone Rabbits not from any other soul beasts."

Xiao Wu glared with eyes like pink gemstones, ignoring Tang San's advice and stubbornly shaking her head. She insisted on listening to her mother.

Tang San was helpless. He could only hope Zhou Qing might be able to persuade Xiao Wu—he really didn't want someone in the team to end up being a mascot they both had to constantly protect.

"Soft Bone Rabbits are generally low in age and mostly live in plains and grasslands," Zhou Qing began explaining the general nature of Soft Bone Rabbits. "As far as the soul master world is concerned, no Soft Bone Rabbit over ten thousand years old has ever been found. Even thousand-year ones are extremely rare."

"Tch, you're just ignorant," Xiao Wu said smugly. "I have my own ways! And now that we have the method for second refinement of spirit rings, the age isn't an issue. I just need to get the right soul skills."

"From what we know so far," Zhou Qing replied, "the skills that Soft Bone Rabbits can provide to soul masters—while the names may vary depending on the user—are almost all about enhancing waist strength and improving flexibility. Are you planning to get six Waist Bow skills?"

Zhou Qing's eyes widened. "I can't imagine what kind of soul master would have six identical skills… Well, actually, there are cases of soul masters whose rings all provide the same ability."

Like the soul masters with the Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul.

That was a highly unique martial soul, passed down to only one person per generation. There could never be more than two Nine-Hearted Begonia soul masters alive at once. Only when one died could a successor awaken the martial soul.

Still, even that was less rare than something like the Goddess of Light Butterfly, a martial soul that existed only in legend—and at this point in time, no one had ever possessed it.

"Hmph, what a fuss over nothing," Xiao Wu said dismissively. "My family has done deep research into the Soft Bone Rabbit. I know everything about the soul skills it can offer!"

Tang San silently thought: As expected, Xiao Wu isn't ordinary. She must be from some hidden clan or legacy family.

"Can you tell us?"

Zhou Qing leaned forward like a shady uncle trying to tempt a little girl with candy, speaking in a coaxing tone.

"Since you two are barely worthy of standing on equal ground with your big sister Xiao Wu, I'll graciously tell you."

Puffing out her chest proudly, Xiao Wu launched into a long, rapid-fire lecture about the development stages of Soft Bone Rabbits and the talents they could awaken at each phase.

Filtering out the fluff, Zhou Qing summed it up:

Soft Bone Rabbits have two potential innate talents:

As the name implies"Soft Bone."

This gives them a skeletal structure that is both strong and flexible, allowing them to contort their bodies into unusual, yoga-like postures.

Spatial Power.

This only awakens after reaching the ten-thousand-year level. It enables the use of skills like Teleport or Void, which are used for escape or damage reduction when attacked.

In short, this race maxes out in survival and evasion skills.

Zhou Qing found it understandable. Even if a ten-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit awakened spatial power, it was still a rabbit—lacking sharp claws or deadly venom. Only by maxing out dodging and escape skills could it possibly survive in the law of the jungle.

Xiao Wu—and her mother—were among the lucky few. After saving the young Da Ming and Er Ming, they were given the opportunity to live in the core area of the Star Dou Great Forest…

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As for the so-called Invincible Golden Body—

To Zhou Qing's surprise, it wasn't some refined application of spatial power developed after reaching the hundred-thousand-year level. Instead, it was a temporary phenomenon—triggered by infusing spatial power into the Soft Bone trait.

"My mom said that the Invincible Golden Body skill lets you ignore any soul skill below level 100," Xiao Wu said, her eyes gleaming proudly as she watched Tang San gape in disbelief. Then she turned to the still-expressionless Zhou Qing and added, "Don't try to act aloof. Hurry up and praise your big sister—I won't mind."

Tang San, finally snapping out of it, reasoned that Xiao Wu's mother must be at least level 95. Otherwise, she wouldn't have confidently made a sweeping claim like "immune to all soul skills below level 100."

"But why does infusing spatial power into soft bones trigger the Invincible Golden Body skill?" Zhou Qing wondered aloud.

Soft Bone Rabbits, being vertebrates, had a central nervous and circulatory system housed in the spinal column, where bone marrow produced blood.

Could infusing spatial power into the flexible skeleton be stimulating the rabbit's latent bloodline power?

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Even in a world with martial souls and soul power, the planet was still round and had gravity. Future Douluo eras even developed spaceships and mechas, so it wasn't entirely magic—science still mattered.

The so-called bloodline power might not be so mystical. While it wasn't quite the same as "genes," it was likely something like a latent factor encoded in every cell, only activated after reaching a certain growth threshold.

Zhou Qing theorized:

Bloodline refers to the latent data in every cell of a creature.

Bloodline power is the expression of that data—triggered by growth, training, or stimulation—manifesting as a tangible ability.

So, a creature's bloodline power wasn't something mystical. It was simply a natural biological response—a kind of genetic expression triggered at a certain point in development or under special conditions.

In Soul Land 3, Tang Wulin had inherited the Golden Dragon King bloodline, which had influenced him since birth. His very cells had likely been irradiated or imprinted with that power, giving rise to unique genetic factors.

Later, to help Lan Xuanyu complete the Dragon God inheritance, Tang Wulin had his bloodline power extracted. Zhou Qing figured this was an ability only God King-level beings could perform.

After all, in Ultimate Douluo, Gu Yuena had her Silver Dragon King bloodline extracted by Tang San to assist Lan Xuanyu in his divine trial.

God Kings and other divine-level existences likely didn't know the technical mechanism—yet they could still alter bloodlines and genetic data.

To summarize:

"I don't understand how it works—but I can do it."

The gods of the Divine Realm perfectly embodied that phrase.

Of course, the gods and Divine Realm should be left out of the discussion for now—they're a different level entirely.

As for Xiao Wu's case—or rather, when she was still in her soul beast form—it seemed she could stimulate her latent bloodline power by infusing her soft bones with spatial energy.

But after transforming into a human—even if she hadn't reached full maturity—she likely couldn't do it anymore.

After all, Xiao Wu's current body was a real human one, not some illusion or magical projection. It was fundamentally different from her original Soft Bone Rabbit form.

If she wanted to achieve a similar activation of bloodline power now, it would probably have to be done through her martial soul or spirit skills…