Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 464 Tang San Goes Astray in Cultivation (Stop raising him, gentlemen! 4k long chapter, aiming for a high-quality read!)

Upon hearing Electrolux's words, Chen Ping immediately scratched his head in frustration.

Electrolux's words are certainly true, but it hasn't been easy for them to get to this point!
They found the Ocean Holy Pillar hidden inside Haotian Fortress, but Da Ming and Er Ming were both away from Haotian Fortress.

The method to activate the dormant sacred pillar is recorded in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School. At the same time, Electrolux used the residual sea god power inside the sacred pillar to etch out the Heart of the Ocean, which is sufficient to activate the sacred pillar.

These events, one after another, are truly low-probability occurrences that require the convergence of favorable timing, location, and human factors.

Chen Ping even suspected that this sudden event might have used up all the luck he had borrowed from the auspicious beast!
If the final result is that he was just one step away from getting all those amazing gold coins from the Sacred Pillar, but ended up leaving empty-handed, Chen Ping estimated that he wouldn't be able to sleep for the next month. Every time he closed his eyes, he would be filled with memories of activating the Sea God Pillar but getting nothing at all.

Fortunately, even so, Chen Ping still knew what was important and what was urgent. He subconsciously clenched his fist and said, "Elder Yi, if it really doesn't work, we can find another opportunity next time. Safety is the most important thing."

"It's already quite an achievement that we were able to create a complete version of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover this time. If we can't find the backdoor to the Sacred Pillar's usable function, we'll deal with it slowly in the future."

Electrolux paused slightly, seemingly reluctantly sensing whether there was a backdoor within the Holy Pillar that could be bypassed, before finally speaking softly after a long while.

"If I had the chance to study this sacred pillar for three to five years, I might actually be able to find a backdoor through which I could still give you a reward even if I didn't make you undergo the divine test. But now time is too short, so it's definitely not possible."

“However,” Electrox’s tone became more relaxed at this point, “Although you can’t use most of the functions in this Inheritance Pillar, it doesn’t mean that we’ve gained nothing other than replicating the Vast Ocean Universe Cover this time.”

Electrolux laughed and said, "Have you forgotten about that blank divine-given soul ring? That blank divine-given soul ring can recharge itself as long as it is near an activated inheritance pillar. To achieve this function, you don't need to become the inheritor of the divine test."

Upon hearing Electrolux's words, Chen Ping's eyes lit up.

That's right. After they discovered the eight sacred pillars on Seagod Island within the Haotian Sect, their first thought was to fill the divinely bestowed soul ring within the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, which no longer contained any divine power!
Although he probably won't be able to access the exaggerated and abnormal functions and rewards inside the Sacred Pillar for a while, being able to charge this divinely bestowed soul ring is a great gain in itself!

Thinking of this, Chen Ping flipped his hand, and the semi-transparent powerless soul ring appeared in his palm.

Electrox didn't even need to do anything; as he said, this divinely bestowed spirit ring itself had the effect of absorbing energy and recharging itself when it was near the sacred pillar.

If Chen Ping hadn't had such good eyesight, he wouldn't have even been able to see clearly that the color of the translucent divine soul ring in front of him first turned white, and then instantly turned yellow.

Soon, in less than the blink of an eye, the color of the yellow divine soul ring changed again, turning into a noble purple, and then at a visible speed, the color became more and more intense, turning into an extremely deep black.

The color changes rapidly, only slowing down when the entire bead turned red.

Within the sacred pillar, a continuous stream of rich divine light poured into this blank, divinely bestowed soul ring.

It wasn't until a golden radiance appeared inside the pearl and rapidly engulfed the entire surface of the pearl that it finally stopped absorbing the divine light from the sacred pillar.

At this moment, the originally unremarkable Divine Soul Ring had completely turned golden, its entire body appearing as if it were carved from the most precious golden crystal, transparent and flawless.

What's most peculiar is that there's a faint golden mist constantly undulating within this bead, making it look as beautiful as the most precious work of art in the world.

With a flash of golden light, the divinely bestowed soul ring, which had stopped absorbing the power within the sacred pillar, no longer hovered in mid-air but landed steadily in his hand.

Become!

Chen Ping's hand holding the divinely bestowed soul ring was trembling slightly. The power contained within this divinely bestowed soul ring was probably at least equivalent to a 200,000-year-old ferocious beast soul ring; otherwise, it should have been a red bead.

Chen Ping could even boldly imagine that the maximum capacity of a divinely bestowed spirit ring might be similar to that of a 990,000-year spirit ring.

With this divinely bestowed spirit ring and the divine power within it, not only will it be much easier for Electrolux to continue researching artificial spirit rings, but Chen Ping will also have another spirit ring to absorb in the future.

Just as Chen Ping put away the divinely bestowed soul ring and was about to say something, Electrolux spoke first.

"Attention, someone is coming back."

As Electrolux spoke, he controlled the replica of the Vast Ocean Universe Cover in Chen Ping's hand to shoot out a light blue light once again, switching the Sea God Pillar in front of him from the power-on mode back to the standby mode like the other seven holy pillars.

With the help of Electrolux's divine sense perception, Chen Ping could also clearly sense the spatial fluctuations forming within the three-story rooms of Haotian Fortress.

Sure enough, just as the light emanating from the sacred pillar in front of Chen Ping slowly receded to the point of being almost invisible, Da Ming stepped out of the third-floor room of Haotian Fortress, and the spatial fluctuations behind him gradually dissipated.

"Ok?"

Because the eight sacred pillars of inheritance that Tang San brought through the entire three floors of Haotian Fortress were connected, even though Da Ming appeared on the third floor immediately, he could already feel the sacred pillars whose light was slowly dissipating.

But when he subconsciously looked at it again, the Sea God Pillar, which had returned to hibernation mode, was no different from the Sea Dragon and Seahorse Pillars next to it.

"Hiss, am I seeing things?"

Daming touched his chin in disbelief, recalling Erming's advice to find him a human wife a while ago, but quickly shook his head and dismissed the idea.

"Forget it, it's probably Tang San causing some trouble. I'll take the ingredients down first."

Although Da Ming was somewhat puzzled, he didn't think much of it and went straight downstairs. At this moment, Da Ming had no idea that Tang San, whom he had mentioned and who seemed to be up to some unknown mischief, was in a rather bad state.

In the God Realm, at its central hub, Tang San sat on his enormous divine throne, eyes closed, meditating and circulating the God King's technique, the Mysterious Heaven Skill, to regulate his divine senses.

"The Mysterious Heaven Skill is indeed the treasure of my Tang Clan. When it is used, it is balanced and stable."

"I never expected that after I reached the cultivation realm of Three Flowers Gathering at the Top and Five Qi Converging at the Origin, even the other God Kings who were also God Kings could not absorb the power of faith as quickly as I could."

"The mere appearance of a soul tool in the lower realm has actually hindered the development of my Tang Sect, even causing it to decline to the point of decay. Every single one of these subsequent Tang Sect leaders is utterly useless!"

Perhaps because he had no clue how to retrieve Tang Wutong's soul fragments, Tang San was not in a good mood. While focusing on his cultivation, he continued to flick various evil thoughts and impurities from his faith power into the seal of the Golden Dragon King below, just like flicking cigarette ash, absorbing only the purest faith power into his body.

This is also why Tang San, even without the key to the God Realm's central hub that the other four God Kings possessed, still didn't want to return to his Sea God Temple and Asura Temple unless necessary. Although staying in the God Realm's central hub wouldn't allow him to use the God Realm's authority to forcibly monitor the lower realms, he could at least find a place where he could freely discard impurities of faith power.

These impurities, which gather the power of faith from the Three Realms and Four Continents, cannot be carelessly discarded; the safest approach is to refine them with divine power.

Otherwise, if it landed on the divine beasts in the realm of gods, it could easily cause them to go mad or even become completely insane. If it landed on the mortal realm, it wouldn't be impossible for it to give birth to one or two dark demonic tigers.

However, just as Tang San was concentrating on restoring his divine sense, which had been slightly damaged after transmitting commands to Da Ming and Er Ming several times due to the mark triggered by crossing realms, the divine power within Tang San's body seemed to go berserk, and with a hiss, it began to leak out like air.

not good!

At this moment, Tang San had only one thought in his mind. In an instant, the veins on his neck bulged, his eyes almost jumped out of their sockets, his whole body convulsed, and he fell backward and collapsed directly onto the throne. His expression looked like a dead fish gazing at the starry sky.

Don't be fooled by the fact that he seems to be omnipotent at his level of God King. In reality, wielding the extremely powerful and fierce Asura God Power is still not an easy task. Otherwise, Tang San wouldn't have appeared in the form of the Sea God most of the time.

Within Tang San's body, the two different divine powers are actually maintained in a delicate balance, even when most of the divine power of his other divine position is stored in Xiao Wu during his divine position transformation state.

Just as he was concentrating on refining the Asura faith for his own use, a powerful force of extraction suddenly appeared from his dantian, making a buzzing sound like a high-pressure water pump, and the already limited Sea God power in his body was instantly drained away.

This sudden movement shattered the already fragile balance in an instant. The divine power that was originally circulating within Tang San's body along the pathways of the Xuan Tian Gong technique went out of control and began to rampage wildly, creating chaos within his body.

But this wasn't the most serious problem for Tang San. With Ah Yin's Blue Silver Leg Bone, which could be burned out by wildfire and reborn with the spring breeze, and Oscar's various recovery sausages, Tang San's body recovery speed was no slower than Chen Ping's, who was blessed with the Golden Carving Knife of Life, and was even faster.

The problem is that Tang San's cultivation just now was actually repairing his weakened divine sense after he went down to the mortal realm several times to give orders and instruct Da Ming and Er Ming to quickly kill Huo Yuhao's extraterrestrial soul!

In this state, Tang San's soul was already quite fragile. As a result, during the soul repair process, his divine power went berserk because he had lost a portion of his divine power. This caused his soul to be struck as if by a hammer during the fluctuation, which made Tang San's eyes go numb instantly, and he collapsed directly from his throne.

Damage to one's divine sense is absolutely the most serious injury a god could suffer—see Electrolux for details.

As a result, Tang San, who was severely injured in an instant, lay in the central hub of the God Realm for a long time in such a sorry state. The golden stars in his eyes slowly disappeared, and he regained control of himself.

"who is it!"

When Tang San finally recovered somewhat and struggled to stand up from the throne, an almost uncontrollable rage surged from within his skull, making his previously hoarse voice roar like that of a demon king from hell.

Originally, his divine sense was only slightly damaged due to the continuous penetration into the Douluo Continent, which was definitely not an injury. However, after this sudden attack, cracks really began to appear in his soul!

Because of this, he has now lost the means to monitor the Douluo Continent. He can't get the keys to the God Realm Central Hub of the remaining four God Kings if he wants to see them directly.

He secretly opened a window to peek, and the world consciousness that he hadn't been able to eradicate was still causing him trouble, not giving it any chance to spy on Douluo Continent.

This time, his soul was cracked due to the demonic possession. If he tries to cross planes again to call upon his sea god imprint, he will only be asking for trouble!

That's why, despite suffering such serious injuries and a huge loss, he still couldn't figure out who did this to him. It's no wonder Tang San went crazy!

It can only be said that all of this was a coincidence. If Tang San had been more honest and followed the rules of the God Realm, instead of trying to make arrangements and do things on Douluo Continent every now and then, even if Chen Ping and Ilex activated the Inheritance Holy Pillar, at most they could only remotely draw some of the Sea God's power from Tang San's body to recharge his God-given Soul Ring.

Who told you, Tang San, to inherit these eight sacred pillars and not die?
But to be honest, Poseidon had made countless God-given Soul Rings before. What was the little bit of divine power extracted when making a God-given Soul Ring a big deal for a Level 1 God?
It was precisely because Tang San was always preoccupied with his grand plan of ten thousand years and insisted on interfering in the Douluo Continent that his divine sense was damaged. That's why he took advantage of the time to quickly repair his damaged divine sense.

That's why Tang San, who was already in his most vulnerable state, suddenly had a portion of his divine power drained by the remotely connected Holy Pillar, which is why he was instantly turned into this terrible state.

This is something that a mere spirit of the world could not accomplish. It can only be the bitter fruit that Tang San himself sowed in the past has now ripened. No matter how bitter it is, he can only grit his teeth and swallow it down.

"Damn it, who is it?!"

Tang San, holding onto the armrest of the throne, struggled to stand up. His eyes were bloodshot, and he subconsciously wanted to circulate his internal energy to regulate his breathing. However, he was afraid that the power that had somehow appeared in his dantian would reappear, causing him to suffer a qi deviation once again. Although he was trembling with anger, he stood there for a long time, not daring to do anything.

It seems that until Tang San fully understands how his divine power was extracted and lost, he may have to take a break for a while and won't be able to continue cultivating.
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