Douluo: Emerald Poison King

Chapter 509 - Vast Ocean Universe Cover

Even though she had gradually become more open-minded due to being sidelined (and powerless to do anything about it) over the past few years, Xueye still almost couldn't maintain her calm expression after hearing Tang Chen's words about taking food and money.

Damn it, I'd even let you keep the Haotian Sect's flame, or even let you take something from the treasure vault, but you're even trying to take my daughter and marry her off to your great-grandson?

Why don't you just say you want to get rid of the Spirit Hall's pawns and then put the Clear Sky Sect under a different name into the Heaven Dou Empire as emperor?

Don't you know what kind of reputation your grandson and great-grandson have on the mainland? Don't you know what kind of place your Haotian Sect is on the mainland now?

If someone from the Spirit Hall were to seize the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire, then given the Spirit Hall's nature, the Xue family, even if they were no longer emperors, could at least continue their lineage as nobles.

After all, given their reputation, Xue Ye can at least be certain that the person currently impersonating Crown Prince Xue Qinghe genuinely treats Xue Ke as a younger sister, and at worst, wouldn't go so far as to kill her.

In a better scenario, if the Spirit Hall pursued the right to claim the title and had the person impersonating the crown prince simply marry Xue Ke, the Xue family's bloodline might then be incorporated into the Qian family.

But what about your Haotian Sect? I bet on the very first day after you took power, the entire Xue family was wiped out, and even the dogs in the family were infected with the "Azure Serpent Venom." Did the Haotian Sect inherit the Heaven Dou Empire with tears in its eyes?

Xueye closed his eyes and pondered for several minutes before finally picking up the teacup and taking a trembling sip. He then let out a long sigh and didn't say much, just staring at Tang Chen without uttering a word.

"Does His Majesty not trust me?" Tang Chen was also somewhat annoyed by being repeatedly slighted. After all, although Xue Ye had concealed his emotions well, Tang Chen could not hide his excitement at all.

He couldn't tell what Xueye was thinking, but he could sense the intense disdain in her voice.

Tang Chen subtly revealed a trace of killing intent towards Xue Ye. Although Xue Ye herself had accumulated the cultivation of a Soul Master thanks to the resources of the royal family, she was still instantly plunged into a hellish illusion when faced with that wisp of aura from a supreme expert.

In just a few breaths, Xueye's expression changed from composure to terror. He frantically waved his arms to fight against the non-existent enemy in front of him, rolled off the stool to the ground, and then slammed his head against the wall until he was bleeding profusely.

Finally, he kicked his legs and collapsed to the ground with a thud. His body was stiff, his eyes wide open, and he looked like he was about to be scared to death by that murderous aura.

Seeing this, Tang Chen nodded, withdrew his killing intent, and then channeled a surge of soul power into Xue Ye's body, whose heart had stopped, allowing him to slowly catch his breath. When Xue Ye raised his head again, his eyes were filled with deep fear of Tang Chen.

“Your Majesty, I believe that if you are unwilling, there must be other reasonable people in the royal family, right?”

"Yes, yes." Xueye didn't dare to resist at all. She could only curse herself in her heart for chasing away all the guards in one go, while nodding frantically.

At this moment, Xueye, who had been emperor for decades, finally recalled his youth before he ascended the throne. He remembered the constant threat of being stabbed in the back, of having his throat pierced by a sharp blade at any moment and becoming a corpse.

When he was still the crown prince, he thought that once he became emperor, he would never feel this way again. But at this moment, Xueye finally understood that true power in this world truly belonged to him.

Even the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, who can usually sit on equal footing with the titled Douluo, finds all external things illusory in crucial moments.

Under Tang Chen's threats, Xue Ye quickly agreed to a large number of demands. These included, but were not limited to, secretly using some of the Heaven Dou royal family's methods to take in disciples of the Clear Sky Sect, providing the Clear Sky Sect with cultivation resources, allowing Tang Chen to search for the treasures he needed in the treasury, and marrying Xue Ke to Tang San.

Tang Chen originally wanted to force Xue Ye to open the door to the Heavenly Dou Empire's royal treasury immediately so he could go in and take the Heart of the Sea God. But Xue Ye shook his head and quickly explained to Tang Chen.

Because of the problems within the Heavenly Dou Empire, the imperial treasury is not something the emperor can access at will. Under normal circumstances, if someone wants to use the imperial treasury internally, they need to go through a procedure, registering with the Imperial Clan Court what they need and for what purpose—it's just a formality.

If the reward is to be given to a foreign official, it also needs the consent of some people and must be announced after the internal decision is made.

In other words, even the emperor cannot simply go in and take things, even if those things nominally belong to him.

Otherwise, he would have already equipped himself with a set of soul bones from the treasure vault, and then used a large amount of resources to further enhance his strength. He would also have carried the Vast Ocean Universe Cover for protection. With a large amount of soul bones and spiritual medicines, he could have easily become a Soul Douluo, instead of still being a Soul Master at over sixty years old.

Forcibly opening it is certainly possible, but the news will be impossible to hide. When Tang Chen arrives in the Heaven Dou Empire and takes something from the treasury, that will be common knowledge.

Tang Chen stared at Xue Ye for a long time, pondering for quite some time before deciding not to use the Clear Sky Hammer to smash Xue Ye's head. After a brief exchange, he told Xue Ye to complete the procedures within a week before leaving Xue Ye's palace.

After Tang Chen left, Xue Ye lay sprawled on the ground for a long time before slowly getting up and sighing. She then tidied herself up and, as if nothing had happened, returned outside and obediently began the procedures to open the royal treasury.

Seeing Xue Ye's obedient demeanor, Tang Chen, who was secretly observing, nodded in satisfaction, watching Xue Ye handle the matters he needed step by step. However, what he didn't know was that while Xue Ye was mobilizing the people around him, he was "inadvertently" mobilizing some marginal figures who usually had little presence.

These individuals are loyal to Xue Ye, but also to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. They are essentially spies planted by the Crown Prince around the Emperor, but Xue Ye usually pretends not to know this and doesn't allow them to participate in those clandestine activities.

So, while Xue Ye appeared to be obediently being threatened by Tang Chen, her illogical behavior was summarized and sent to the Crown Prince's residence, where it fell into Qian Renxue's hands. When Qian Renxue saw Xue Ye secretly investigating the Haotian Sect, preparing to quietly settle its disciples, and even deliberately using people she had known for years, she had a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

"Tang Chen? That fraudster who shares the same name as my grandfather? I never expected him to be so audacious as to kidnap a country's emperor, trying to use the power of the nation to fight against my Spirit Hall. Has he really gone to such lengths that he's driven to desperation?"

Qian Renxue put down the intelligence in her hand, closed her eyes, placed her palm on her chest, and silently connected with the power within her body.

As the power of the Angel God's test resonated, Qian Daoliu inside the Spirit Hall opened his eyes and learned that the Heaven Dou Empire had undergone changes.

Originally, the Divine Examination did not have this function. After all, the Divine Examination is not a chat group, and the gods naturally have no time to create this function of communication between the examiners and the high priest.

However, ever since Qian Renxue became the target of other beings time and time again, especially after Bibi Dong found an opportunity to paralyze her in the Spirit Hall a few years ago, the Angel God deliberately modified the underlying data of his divine test, adding the function of transmitting information and his own status to Qian Daoliu at any time.

After discussing it with the angel god, Qian Daoliu quietly set up defenses and then left with his angelic holy sword.

Currently, the actual controller of the Spirit Hall is Qian Daoliu. Bibi Dong, the Pope of the Spirit Hall, has a very low profile. According to Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong disappears for a period of time every few months to collect power suitable for herself in various places.

After all, the most crucial element in becoming a god is faith, and the Rakshasa God's faith was inherently illegitimate. Furthermore, the Killing City, which was originally his lair, was seized by the Asura God. Shortly after becoming a god and leaving the Douluo World, his faith was essentially severed.

If it weren't for the Rakshasa God's unique ability to draw power from evil thoughts and use it as faith power, the Rakshasa God's divine position would probably have dried up completely long ago because it couldn't even afford its daily expenses.

Without faith, without a high priest to offer sacrifices to open the nine trials, and even without the support of previous generations in the divine realm, most other gods simply complete the ninth trial, which is a final test of their character, and then they can directly inherit the divine position and ascend.

The difficulty of Bibi Dong's ninth trial was almost equal to the combined difficulty of the previous eight trials; in fact, it could be said that the true divine trials had only just begun. She needed to start from scratch, accumulating energy bit by bit to complete her transformation.
This is indeed much easier than becoming a first-level god, since it skips the crucial step of qualitative change and only requires filling up with energy.

The problem is that the difficulty of such divine trials is actually not much different from the nine trials required to inherit the throne of a god-king. However, the Rakshasa God is merely an ordinary first-level god.

In short, if Bibi Dong wants to become a god, she will need at least another ten or twenty years of accumulation before there is any possibility. If Bibi Dong still wants to cause trouble during this period, then Qian Daoliu will have no choice but to send her on her way with the Angelic Holy Sword.

Qian Daoliu flew into Tiandou City and followed Qian Renxue through a secret passage into the basement of the Crown Prince's residence. There, he met with Qian Renxue and listened carefully to her explain what she was going to do that night.

Upon hearing that Xueye intended to open the Royal Treasury and create the "Vast Ocean Universe Cover," and after learning about the cover's functions, the Angel God immediately understood what Tang Chen was planning.

"That Vast Ocean Universe Cover is no ordinary soul tool; it's the core of the Sea God Trident, that guy's super artifact, and the source of power known as the Heart of the Sea God. But why would something like this, as the core of a super artifact, end up outside the control of the Sea God and Sea God Island?"

"You must understand, the Heart of the Sea God contains the divine will of the Sea God himself. Even if it was taken from the Trident of the Sea God, the Heart of the Sea God is still a powerful artifact, close to a main divine artifact; it shouldn't be like this."

As the angel god pondered, he recalled Chen Ming's mention of the Asura's plan to devour him, Rakshasa, and the Sea God, and a suspicion began to form in his mind.

As long as the Sea God is not dead, the Heart of the Sea God is definitely indestructible. In fact, if the Sea God knew the news and was willing, he could directly reach out and take the Heart of the Sea God away.

However, the Heart of the Sea God does not necessarily have to fall into Tang Chen's hands.

This thing is a favor in Tang Chen's hands, but not in the Spirit Hall's hands? Who doesn't know who you prepared this Heart of the Sea God for?
Wanting to unite two gods into one is not that simple!
Angel God and Qian Daoliu whispered to each other for a while, then obtained some information from Qian Renxue, and finally made a decision after thinking for a long time.

"Mobilize covert forces to secretly swap the Vast Ocean Universe Cover from the treasury, then have me inspect it before sending it directly to Seagod Island. In the name of the Heaven Dou Empire's royal family, use the Vast Ocean Universe Cover to ask Poseidon to take action against Tang Chen, the Haotian Douluo who is attempting to usurp the throne."

"Will this work?" Qian Renxue was somewhat skeptical about the plan.

"The sea god is a very proud deity in the divine realm, and the heart of the sea god is also very important to the trident of the sea god. Without this core, the trident of the sea god can only exert the power of a main artifact at most."

"I even suspect that because of the absence of the Heart of the Sea God, the upper limit of the divine trials left by the Sea God in the Douluo World has been compromised. If the Heart of the Sea God is not returned to its rightful place, then even a genius can only obtain eight trials at most due to the limitations of the divine trials and will never become a god."

"This is completely intolerable for the gods who want to quickly relinquish their divine positions."

"Furthermore, as the high priest of a god, not everything can go as he wishes. Even though Poseidon and Tang Chen have a close relationship and the items have been exchanged, the two sides cannot directly fight each other. However, the difficulty for the God of Asura to make Tang San come into contact with the God of the Sea will increase exponentially."

"Otherwise, if word gets out, even the Sea God will lose face in the God Realm. Besides power, the gods in the God Realm also value their own reputation. In fact, because the growth of the gods' strength has almost stagnated since their ascension, many people consider reputation to be even more important than strength."

(End of this chapter)