Douluo: The Unrivaled Demon Lord

Chapter 100: Contentment with the Status Quo, Preparations and the Purpose of This Trip: The Far North! (4k)

After finishing a late-night snack filled with the aroma of milk, Han Ruoruo belatedly realized what she had done.

However, having already experienced it once before, she wasn't so ashamed that she couldn't sleep all night. She just didn't dare to look at Shu Yan, as if Shu Yan's gaze could directly reflect all the secrets in her heart.

Although she was reluctant to admit it, the pleasure that Han Ruoruo showed afterwards proved that she was also subconsciously addicted to it, and even slightly addicted to this feeling.

This was something she found unbelievable, but upon reflection, she could perhaps understand her own downfall.

She watched Shu Yan grow from a newborn baby to where she is today. She is both a mother and an older sister to Shu Yan, and in the process, her feelings for Shu Yan inevitably carry a touch of maternal instinct.

Seeing Shu Yan's contentment, she also felt a strange sense of satisfaction and excitement, as if some maternal desire within her body had been fulfilled, which unconsciously made her feel happy.

This feeling is addictive. Han Ruoruo has strong self-control, but she still couldn't resist the temptation... There was nothing she could do but reward Shu Yan one more time...

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In his spare time these past few days, Shu Yan would occasionally visit the outer courtyard or Shrek City, partly to take Han Ruoruo sightseeing, and partly to observe Huo Yuhao's current situation.

Although he lost Tianmeng Ice Silkworm, his biggest help in the early stages, he still managed to enter Shrek Academy's freshman class, which was Zhou Yi's class, by taking advantage of the Tang Sect's spot for admission without examination.

At the same time, he naturally encountered Wang Dong'er, who was disguised as a man at the time. After a series of events, the two finally established a friendship.

To Shu Yan's surprise, in this life, Huo Yuhao's first soul ring came from the Soul Devouring Spider with three hundred years of cultivation, but the soul skill he obtained was still mental detection, only lacking another auxiliary soul skill, mental sharing.

The reason why Shu Yan knew about Huo Yuhao's soul skills is quite simple.

He and Han Ruoruo had once bumped into Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong at the outer courtyard.

Huo Yuhao held his senior from the Inner Academy in the highest esteem and had great affection for him. When Shu Yan asked casually, he took the initiative to tell him, and even used his soul skill to demonstrate for the two of them.

Even without the sharing of spiritual power, Huo Yuhao's first soul skill is still a top-tier support-type soul skill. He is a control-type soul master and the core leader of a soul master team.

He needs to make reasonable tactical arrangements and guide his teammates' operations, and mental detection allows him to more keenly capture the opponent's every move, which is of great help to him in overall planning.

That being said, his lack of talent remains a major weakness.

The damage caused by the mutation of his martial soul and the severe malnutrition he suffered in childhood are still affecting his current cultivation. However, Elder Zhuang had already healed his internal injuries once before, and the life energy was slowly nourishing his bones and meridians. After everything was over, his body would no longer be so weak.

Of course, whether he can unleash the full potential of his martial soul depends on his future fortune.

However, Shu Yan didn't think it was a big problem... If things really got too bad, he could just secretly leak some information to the Body Sect and have them bring Huo Yuhao back. In the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao's cultivation path would be basically guaranteed.

As for Wang Dong… Shu Yan had no opinion about her.

To put it simply, whether you are Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, or Shu Yan, there's nothing to say. As long as you're not that bio-engineered monster Tang Wutong, that's enough.

Only Buddha would do something like splitting his own daughter's soul for biochemical experiments.

There's really nothing to say about Wang Dong'er being a lazybones. She has an unlimited supply of countless precious resources from the Clear Sky Sect, plus the second ring of her soul after a thousand years, yet her cultivation level is still only at the Great Soul Master level...

Of course, this cultivation speed cannot be described as slow; it is simply not in line with her status and the resources she enjoys.

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Upon seeing Huo Yuhao again, Tianmeng, who was leisurely enjoying life by the Lake of Life, also became somewhat interested.

It felt incredibly lucky to have met Shu Yan. If Shu Yan hadn't appeared, it would most likely have chosen Huo Yuhao. However, Huo Yuhao was far inferior to Shu Yan... well, the gap was simply too large.

To paraphrase Tianmeng, if Shu Yan's place is a golden den, then Huo Yuhao's place is a doghouse, and not even his own doghouse...

This cannot be blamed on Tianmeng's reality. Seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune, and pursuing more suitable choices are biological instincts. Moreover, Tianmeng's goal from the very beginning was Shuyan.

When Shu Yan acquired his fifth spirit ring, the mental fluctuations that erupted from his mind due to the stimulation awakened Tian Meng, who was hiding underground. Although Shu Yan and the others had already left by the time it arrived, it still remembered Shu Yan's aura.

Sure enough, they met again not long after. At that time, Tianmeng truly felt that this was a blessing from heaven, and that Shuyan was the messenger sent by heaven to pull her out of the mire and into the light.

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After finishing his work as a guide in the inner courtyard, Shu Yan began to formally prepare for his upcoming trials.

His first stop in his training was the far north, a place also known as a forbidden zone for humans.

The primary objective of this training is to capture the Ice Empress and make her the second Martial Soul. At the same time, Shu Yan also wants to see if the Snow Empress is still safely within the core area of ​​the far north. After all, judging from the original story, she would most likely be captured and taken away by someone using a level-nine soul tool, the Conferred God Platform, during her transformation into human form, and eventually sold to the Star Luo Empire…

If Xue Di wasn't taken away, Shu Yan would have to find another way. If Xue Di had already been captured and taken away, then there was no other way; Shu Yan would have to find a way to get her from the Star Luo Empire during the opening of the next Soul Master Competition.

He's essentially following Huo Yuhao's path, leaving Huo Yuhao with nowhere to go.

As for his second main purpose for this trip, it was the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, which is known as the "treasure trove of the human world".

The herb might not be so important to him that he couldn't give it up, but it was extremely useful to his family and friends.

Regardless, Shu Yan was determined to give it a try.

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But before leaving, Shu Yan had some things to prepare. He didn't plan to bring a protector on this training trip; it was dangerous, but it would also better hone his skills.

Risk and opportunity coexist. Shu Yan is confident in his strength. With his current strength, ordinary Soul Saints and Soul Douluos are no match for him. Even if he encounters a Title Douluo, Shu Yan is confident that he can hold his own. Even if he can't beat them, it's okay, he can still run away.

The evolution and sublimation of his spiritual power level made his control over spatial power more precise and effortless. Countless spatial mysteries unfolded before his eyes like a scroll, immersing him completely... He also mastered a portion of the essence of skills like spatial teleportation, which require extremely high skill from a Soul Master. This was absolutely astonishing. When Shu Yan's cultivation was strong enough, he could reach any place on the continent with just a thought...

At the same time, he also gained some initial control over the power of time. Compared to the terrifying and powerful power of space, the power of time is more powerful and unpredictable. This is one of the most powerful of all of Shu Yan's trump cards. If he were to use all his trump cards, he would be confident that he could kill a Title Douluo!
However, after much pleading and persuasion from Han Ruoruo and Gu Yun, who had been stationed in Shrek City, he decided to bring some other protective soul tools with him. Most of these soul tools were high-level soul tools of level seven or eight, some from the Sun Moon Empire and some from the Han family's inventory. These were all Han Ruoruo's doing; she had gone to great lengths for Shu Yan's safety.

Shu Yan couldn't bear to refuse their kindness, and some of these soul tools were indeed extremely useful to him, so he simply accepted them all, intending to return them later when he was done using them.

Hmm, maybe he can even return a few level-nine soul tools directly...

He had nothing to worry about regarding Shrek Academy. Shu Hong had already spoken with Yan Shaozhe, and Shu Yan was completely free to come and go. Of course, obtaining such privileges came at a price.

Yan Shaozhe demanded that Shu Yan participate in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Tournament a year and a half later, and participate as one of the regular Shrek Seven Devils.

Everyone else was fighting tooth and nail for that position, but when it came to Shu Yan, Shrek Academy was practically begging him to take it...

Shu Yan wanted to laugh at this, but ultimately did not refuse.

He will use his absolute strength to declare that the future belongs to him alone, while the other geniuses of the same generation will ultimately only have one choice: to be trampled under his feet.

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After everything was prepared, Shu Yan went to the Sea God Pavilion to meet Mu En again, and then bid farewell to Han Ruoruo and his friends in the inner courtyard, truly embarking on this training journey.

After leaving Shrek City, Shu Yan flew north. His speed was not too fast, but by evening he had successfully bypassed the Star Dou Great Forest and entered the area actually controlled by the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Among the four great empires on the continent today, the Heavenly Soul Empire is the most corrupt. However, with its strong foundation, it is still a step ahead of the Fighting Spirit Empire.

It is worth mentioning that the Heavenly Soul Empire has the largest number of high-level Soul Masters among the four great empires.

The Body Sect, the Profound Nether Sect, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Heavenly Dragon Gate, and many other sects are all ranked high on the continent's sect rankings. There are also quite a few medium-sized sects like the Earth Dragon Gate that have Soul Douluo-level experts and stable lineages.

Compared to the flourishing state of sects and even families within the country, the situation of the Heavenly Soul Royal Family is much less impressive.

The number one genius of the Soul Royal Family today should be Princess Vina, a genius with twin martial souls: Snow Lotus and Brain.

Snow Lotus is considered a semi-top-tier support/healing martial soul, while Brain is a true top-tier spiritual attribute martial soul.

If nothing unexpected happens, Vina will be able to complete the second awakening of her Body Martial Soul at the Silver level with the help of the Body Sect's secret techniques. Such talent and potential are among the best in the Body Sect. Moreover, her relationship with Long Aotian, the chief heir of the Body Sect, is special. It is estimated that in a few years, the Body Sect will officially become the national guardian sect of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

Correspondingly, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School will suffer more severe exclusion and suppression.

Before the Heaven Dou Empire split, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School supported the Xue family royal family who fled east. However, when the country officially split, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could not abandon its vast foundation and leave with them, so it could only stay and guard its homeland.

After the establishment of the Heavenly Soul Empire, due to the size of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the past Nine-Colored Goddess Ning Rongrong, the Heavenly Soul Empire did not settle accounts with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, but continued to coexist peacefully with it.

But once the rift has formed, it is destined that things can never return to what they were before.

Over the past few thousand years, the Body Sect has emerged one after another, stirring up one bloody storm after another in the Soul Master world. However, this also proves the power of the Body Sect. Until recently, Vina awakened her twin martial souls, Brain and Snow Lotus. Her terrifying potential made her a bridge between the Heavenly Soul Royal Family and the Body Sect. In this process, the relationship between the two forces was gradually brought closer.

Past grudges were only one of the reasons why the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was abandoned. The most important reason was that no matter how strong they were, they could not be stronger than the Body School, which was full of powerful men. If one poison could kill them, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School could be suppressed to the point that they could not breathe.

Shu Yan had learned from Shu Junyou that the strongest person in the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in the past should only have a cultivation level of 97. However, after so many years, it is hard to say whether this powerful person who has been hiding in the dark has broken through to 98.

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Following the pre-planned route, Shu Yan arrived at Tian Dou City, the capital of the Tian Hun Empire, in less than two days.

The prosperity of Tiandou City surpasses that of Shrek City. Before the split of the Tiandou Empire, it had been the capital of the Tiandou Empire for at least ten thousand years. Even now, Tiandou City, a large city that still uses the name of the former empire, remains an important economic, cultural and political center on the continent. Xingluo City of the Xingluo Empire is as famous as Tiandou City and is known as one of the two great imperial capitals.

As for Sun Moon City (Mingdu) of the Sun Moon Empire, it is a level above these two ancient capitals, while Lingdou City... well, Lingdou City is still a bit inexperienced compared to these three.

Shu Yan's purpose in coming to Tiandou City was simple: he just wanted to take a look around out of curiosity.

So he only stayed in Tiandou City for an afternoon and a night before leaving to continue heading north.

As time passed, Shu Yan got closer and closer to the far north, and the environment he was in gradually became colder.

The cold here is different from the damp cold of Qinghai City. In fact, Shu Yan is more accustomed to this kind of cold than the damp cold of Qinghai City.

After all, he possessed an ice-attribute martial soul that was not yet fully formed, so the cold was nothing to him; in fact, it gave him a faint sense of comfort and ease, much like returning to his mother's embrace.

As the world before us was gradually covered by ice and snow, traces of life became fewer and fewer, and everything was buried by the howling wind and snow.

Tianmeng was filled with many emotions within Shuyan's spiritual sea, but in the end, it could only say with some excitement:

"The far north! My homeland, I'm finally back!"

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(End of this chapter)