Douluo's self has a soul beast clone

After changing his eyes back to their original color, the world also returned to its original appearance in his eyes. The threads covering the world disappeared.

Li Chang'an waved his hand to disperse the water mirror. Now was not the time to study these eyes; the girl on the shore was the priority! So, with a thought, the surrounding spring water immediately surged, propelling his body swiftly towards the shore.

"Chang'an Gege..." Dugu Yan looked at her approaching lover, and after the joy of reunion, she realized that he wasn't wearing any clothes. She quickly took out a set of men's clothing from her storage soul tool and handed it over.

After all, although there were no outsiders here, it still felt a bit embarrassing to be naked in broad daylight. As for why Dugu Yan had men's clothing, given their already candid relationship, only a final step away, it was perfectly reasonable for her to prepare some clothes for him.

Upon reaching the shore,

Li Chang'an exerted force and leaped out of the water. The spring water clinging to his body automatically fell off and flowed back into the lake. He stepped barefoot on the ground, took the clothes, and quickly put them on. Only then did he look at Dugu Yan, whose face was much more haggard, and silently opened his arms.

The girl immediately fell into his embrace like a moth to a flame, tightly hugging his body, greedily inhaling his familiar scent.

"Yanzi, I'm back."

Even with a thousand words in his heart, Li Chang'an only managed to utter this one sentence.

"..."

Dugu Yan didn't speak, but tightened her arms around him even more forcefully.

Dugu Bo, watching this happy scene, also breathed a heavy sigh of relief in his heart. He didn't disturb the two young lovers, but quietly moved his feet and left, leaving the space to the two young people.

At this moment, holding Dugu Yan in his arms, Li Chang'an's heart was extraordinarily complex. He had noticed the Lovesick Heartbroken Red in Dugu Yan's hand earlier, understanding the kind of sincere emotion required to pluck this flower.

To be honest, in addition to being moved, his few remaining shreds of conscience felt a little ashamed.

He naturally liked Dugu Yan, even if his initial approach was out of greed for the immortal herb. But in the subsequent slow interaction, Li Chang'an was not made of stone, and naturally gradually fell in love with this girl.

However, his affection definitely hadn't reached the level required to pluck the Lovesick Heartbroken Red. It was far from reaching the point where he could disregard everything and sacrifice his life for her.

So, upon seeing Dugu Yan pluck this love immortal herb, Li Chang'an felt both ashamed and moved. He only felt that if he ever let this girl down in the future, he would simply deserve to be struck by lightning!

At the same time, he secretly resolved in his heart that he would definitely treat her twice as well in the future, and would never let her end up like in the original story, where after her only support, her grandfather, died, she was ruthlessly abandoned by the deeply trusted Yu Tianheng, and finally died a lonely and miserable death from her spirit's poison.

"Yanzi's spirit is still too weak after all."

"Even after eating the immortal herb, her spirit is still just the Jade Scale Snake, not even reaching the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor. At most, her cultivation aptitude has reached the level of innate full soul power."

"It seems I need to find a way to help her improve her aptitude. It's best to completely sublimate her spirit, even surpassing the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, at least to the level of Di Tian's first-level god potential bloodline..." Li Chang'an hugged Dugu Yan, determined to completely help her improve her spirit aptitude.

"In this world, to improve one's spirit, other than immortal herbs, one can only start with soul beasts... If she can absorb suitable soul rings and soul bones, Yanzi's spirit will inevitably evolve!"

"It's just that the Jade Scale Snake is already the top of the snake class. There are no snake class bloodlines in soul beasts that are higher than the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor!"

"If she takes the snake-to-dragon route, her bloodline will be restrained by the higher-level dragon race. It's better to go all the way to the end! If she truly reaches the extreme, a snake won't be worse than a dragon."

"But the problem is, where am I going to find a snake class soul beast that can sublimate her spirit? Should I use my own? But how can I give something like bloodline? Moreover, I'm not a soul beast, I don't have things like soul rings and soul bones... Wait!"

"In the original story, in the City of Slaughter, wasn't there a Ten-Headed烈阳 Snake, known as a primordial rare species?"

"That guy's bloodline is not simple, it's not a native creature of the Douluo Continent! In the original story, Dugu Bo was completely suppressed by the inner core it left behind! There is no doubt that this guy's bloodline level is definitely above the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, not worse than a true dragon bloodline!"

"In the original story, Ma Hongjun, that fire chicken, swallowed its inner core, and even though they were different species, it was able to evolve his spirit, let alone Yanzi, who is the same species of snake."

"The benefits Yanzi's spirit will receive will only be greater!"

"It seems I need to make a trip to the City of Slaughter in the future."

"Whether it's studying the formation of the inner core, or the value of the inner core itself, it's worth a trip!"

"It's just that soul skills cannot be used inside the City of Slaughter, and there is also the risk of being targeted by the Asura God... It seems I need to plan carefully."

For a time, Li Chang'an thought of many things. He even planned for the future.

...

After completely awakening the "Nine Infants" bloodline,

Li Chang'an's soul power level did not skyrocket because of the bloodline, but only reached level forty.

Unlike the bloodlines in some worlds, where awakening directly leads to a surge in strength, nor are there any inherited cultivation methods. The Nine Infants bloodline currently only seems to have changed his talent and physique, and given him some special abilities.

Li Chang'an's main body is still following the path of a soul master.

And unlike the snake clone, the main body still needs to obtain soul rings to break through levels. Otherwise, he cannot break through.

He felt puzzled.

Why is it that the soul beast clone has no restrictions on breaking through, while the main human body still has to honestly follow the rules of a soul master and break through by absorbing soul rings?

The two are clearly the same. The only difference is probably that the main body has a spirit and has absorbed soul rings... Could it be related to this?

Could it be that because his main body is still within the framework of a soul master, he is bound by soul rings?

Then how can he break this framework?

Would it be better if he didn't become a soul master?

Li Chang'an shook his head at this thought. He rejected the idea.

Can you just not be a soul master if you don't want to be?

From the moment he possessed a spirit and absorbed soul rings, he was already bound within the framework of a soul master. To break this framework, unless there is another system of power. Such as martial energy or immortal cultivation magic to switch to. Otherwise, even if you shatter the soul rings and the spirit, you are still a soul master! You still can't break through this framework.

So, in the absence of other better power systems, continuing to be a soul master seems more promising to him. Anyway, he still has the beast clone as a backup. And so many powerful bloodlines hidden in his body.

As long as he continues to work hard and cultivate, he will definitely not be like the people in this world in the future, only able to go all the way to the end on the small path of a soul master.

His future is bright!