Douluo: Martial Soul Research Diary

Chapter 612 Starlight Altar
—The Sword of Time!
A clear, bright female voice rang in Han Tao's ears.

The swords of the Immortal Spirit Grass and the Netherworld were alternating amidst the spatial turbulence, their speed, beyond description, piercing towards the majestic Golden Dragon King.

"Uh"

Huge wounds appeared on the Golden Dragon King's body.

Such an injury would normally heal easily, but a creature without a time scale can only watch helplessly as its wounds are frozen in time and space, unable to recover.

"What kind of power is this?"

"time!"

A voice came from the darkness.

An elegant man, clad in crimson thorn armor, descended as if from a raised throne, looking down arrogantly upon the myriad beings after the fall of the Scarlet Age.

"Han Tao, we meet again!"

"Now that I know you can travel through time, how could I possibly let you erase my past?"

The Asura God King said coldly, "Han Tao, I noticed your intentions long ago."

However, he was filled with fear.

Because of its brevity—in fact, it can't even be described as brevity—Han Tao's intensity underwent another qualitative change.

"Level 120, physical strength 78550."

The Asura God King remained silent, his breathing as oppressive as the space itself.

Every human Soul Master, after breaking through to the level of a god, needs to perfect their own system.

Body module, soul power module, spiritual power level sublimation.

One needs to reach the realm of gods, looking down upon numerous lower planes from a high vantage point, and "compensate oneself with the cultivation systems of many worlds to continuously evolve one's strength; it's not enough to just blindly cultivate."

If one relies solely on level growth, even breaking through level 150 only grants a physical strength of 2650. Without the support of countless systems, even a god cannot defeat a peerless Douluo.

"God King, it's not that simple."

"But Han Tao didn't reach the God Realm, so where did he get this system from?"

The Asura God King could not understand or imagine it.

Every bit of power is hard-won, and every piece of data is extremely demanding. Even for oneself, it is necessary to personally go to the lower realms, travel for hundreds of years, and fully understand the cultivation systems of other planes before one can obtain even a tiny bit of the system's fruits.
"hehe."

Han Tao stopped talking.

This is the significance of the Eye of Time. It is the greatest cheat that Han Tao's martial soul has evolved into, allowing him to draw nourishment from the system in different times and worlds to witness his own extraordinary nature.

"But what does it matter?"

"99999 is the limit of a god-king, a shackle that prevents me from going any further, and it will also become your predicament."

"In the end, you cannot transcend us; you will only become a god trapped in a larger cage within the world's order."

He removed the sword, wiped it with blood, and slowly suppressed his killing intent.

The Asura God understood that he could no longer eliminate Han Tao. Neither Han Tao's control over time travel nor his own power could be erased by the God King. The only thing he could do was to survive under Han Tao's sword of time.

"God Shura!"

Han Tao suddenly leaned forward. "You can block my sword, but what about this?"

"what?"

The Golden Dragon King looked bewildered.

—The Sword of Time!
The blade pierced its body once again, penetrating its heart, leaving its life to perish with time.

Blood, splattered, was collected by Han Tao in a porcelain bottle.

"The blood of the Golden Dragon King."

"Blood with a strength of 140 is still somewhat lacking. Perhaps I need to find the Silver Dragon King and ask Ye Lingling to build a complete Dragon God Blood."

"Oh, perhaps we don't need to trouble her."

Han Tao suddenly remembered that he had evolved the Heart of Life from the Nine-Heart Begonia, which allowed him to build a higher-level bloodline based on the characteristics of martial soul fusion. Time etched, staggered.

Douluo Continent, in the present world.

Asura God King, Evil God King, Destruction God King.
They stood tall in the sky, lingering in the dome beyond the atmosphere, their divine thoughts piercing through the entire continent.

"I am back!"

Han Tao re-arrived in the future, looking to the side with an excited tone.

Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Oscar were standing to the side.

Zhu Zhuqing also traveled through time and space, devouring the martial souls of Dai Mubai and the Star Luo Emperor, prompting her own "Netherworld White Tiger" to undergo another transformation.

Han Tao briefly sensed her "Netherworld White Tiger" and found its strength to be roughly in the lower end of "1.1".

"This is somewhat unreasonable."

Breaking through the limits of a martial soul's strength is not so simple.

If absorbing the essence of two top-tier martial souls could raise the strength to 1.1, then the Douluo Continent would not be so ordinary.

"Something happened that I was unaware of."

"Han Tao?"

Zhu Zhuqing noticed Han Tao's gaze; this soul-penetrating probing of her memories was shocking. She coldly questioned, "Are you spying on my memories?"

"So what?"

"Don't waste your energy. Your illusionary soul bone is no match for the system created by the ancient Netherworld."

Han Tao smiled dismissively.

Perhaps it was like that before, but could the soul bone that perfected the creation of the virtual world be of a strength she could even imagine?
"Emotions, nightmares, illusions, mirror images, nothingness!"

Beneath the illusion lies a relic hidden beneath the Star Luo Empire's imperial palace—a remarkably noble achievement.

The conversation between Han Tao and Xing Nuo, and the results of the further development of the "Starry Body" under the ten thousand years of evolution of the Star Empire, were captured by Zhu Zhuqing in history.

"I see."

"This is the impetus for breaking through from 1.0 to 1.1: using the Star Luo Secret Realm to build the Starlight Altar, drawing upon the power of countless stars to purify its impurities, thus achieving a flawless and transparent state."

The Star Spirit Grass, a lower-ranking herb, possessed this ability, but Han Tao's focus wasn't on it back then.

"You can see my memories!"

Zhu Zhuqing's body trembled slightly, but she still forced herself to remain resolute. "Han Tao, how could you do this? We are allies, and we are conducting fair trade between us."

"You have gained your results through my memory, which is a great offense to me. You need to pay an equivalent price in exchange."

Han Tao reached out his hand, silencing her voice.

Looking at his own Blue Silver Grass, Qinghui's eyes relaxed. "The Starlight Altar can help me evolve the impurities of my Martial Soul and even purify weak gene sequences. Like the sublimation of the Aberration Virus, it is a fruitful result of evolution from the bottom up."

"It's just that one is to become stronger, and the other is to abandon weakness."

So Han Tao looked at Zhu Zhuqing and let her jump around as she pleased.

"Fair trade?"

"Do you have any leverage to negotiate with me now? We were pulled back to the past by the ancient Netherworld, but you immediately escaped that time and space. How dare you talk to me about a fair trade now?"

"Moreover, the Star Luo Empire's theories are derived from the Star Chen Empire's heritage. Everything you have obtained is researched by others in the distant past. You have stolen my achievements from history, how dare you ask me to pay up?"

Zhu Zhuqing paused, her tone hesitant, "You can't blame me for what happened in the Ancient Netherworld. I was just trying to survive."

"Moreover, this theory comes from the Star Luo Empire. My Netherworld Four Transformations and your Blue Silver Three Transformations are all theories researched by the Star Luo Empire, Evil Eye White Tiger and Xu Tianhui."

She glanced at Ning Rongrong, then at Oscar, her tone gradually hardening, "I am not a thief of theory, because I am the last heir of the Star Luo Empire, and I am entitled to all of this!"

Oscar nodded blankly, "Han Tao, she is indeed from the Star Luo Empire."

"Dai Mubai is dead, Davis is dead, the Star Luo Empire has been destroyed, and she is the empire's only heir."

(End of this chapter)