Chapter 58: Ma Xiaotao’s Lunch, Borrowing a Blade
The first soul ring that Tianmeng granted Zhou Sichen's Martial Soul came with four soul skills. Two of them were exactly the same as in the original story when Huo Yuhao received them—Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing. Zhou Sichen's Martial Soul was body-based with a strong spiritual emphasis, so naturally, his spiritual power was quite potent.
The other two soul skills, however, weren't exactly Spiritual Disturbance and Spiritual Shock as they were in the original. That was because Zhou Sichen's Martial Soul differed slightly from the Body Sect's founder Du Busi's Body Martial Soul.
Zhou Sichen's Martial Soul also included his soul—the literal essence of his being. This was something nebulous and difficult to explain. In the Douluo Dalu world, there were seemingly no Soul Masters whose Martial Soul was their own soul.
Perhaps Ghost Douluo Gui Mei of the Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago had something similar, but even that wasn't quite the same.
Zhou Sichen's soul power was incredibly unique. It had become part of his Martial Soul, allowing him to exert an extraordinary level of control over his own body—far beyond what ordinary people could achieve.
As a result, once Tianmeng became the first soul ring of his Martial Soul, the remaining two soul skills evolved to match Zhou Sichen's uniqueness.
After all, soul skills are a fusion of the soul beast's abilities and the characteristics of the user's Martial Soul. It was only natural for some changes to occur compared to the original.
Once Spiritual Detection was activated, Zhou Sichen smoothly began inscribing the core soul tool array onto the Remnant Essence.
Since this Remnant Essence was already a top-tier material, and Zhou Sichen didn't currently possess any other materials of comparable quality, he decided not to combine it with anything else.
Adding lesser materials wouldn't enhance the Remnant Essence—in fact, it might even reduce its original grade and quality.
He could always upgrade it later once he found better materials. There was no need to rush.