Douluo Dalu: No Soul Ring, and You Think You Can One-Shot a Titled Douluo?

He was once a powerful cultivator who had survived the tribulation on the Tianyuan Continent, known as Venerable Lingyun. Devoted to the pursuit of the Dao, he died in his final heavenly tribulation, only to be reincarnated in Douluo Dalu. He became Dai Lingyun, the fourth prince of the Star Luo Empire. Dai Lingyun's Dao was a pure sword path forged from his previous life's Primordial Unity Art and Flowing Cloud Sword. To him, Soul Rings were external forces, shackles, and impurities that tainted the Dao he had pursued in his past life. Reborn as Lingyun, he discovered that the laws of this world were entirely different from those of his former one. The Soul Master system revolved around Soul Rings. The remnant souls and bloodline power of spirit beasts within Soul Rings could grant increased strength and Soul Skills, but they were like grains of sand mixed into his cultivation art, making it impure and limiting his ability to control his Soul Power as freely as his own limbs. What Dai Lingyun wanted was pure Soul Power, pure sword intent, and a pure body, just as he had known on the Tianyuan Continent. In the end, he would rely on his own strength to break free of every shackle and reach the realm of surviving the tribulation and ascending. The Soul Ring system of Douluo Dalu was diametrically opposed to his Dao. Destroying Soul Rings was the first step toward rebuilding his Dao in this world. “My sword is my Dao!”