Douluo Continent: The Twin Sons of the Styx River, Shaking the World and Destroying the Heavens

Chapter 174 The End
In an instant, the heavens and earth trembled! The terrifying pressure unleashed by this breathtaking battle, even through the divine barrier, still alerted the other god-kings, who all probed the source of the disturbance with their divine senses.

The four great gods gathered here, none of them intending to interfere.

Everyone's gaze was fixed on the violently trembling entrance to the seal, its patterns twisted like a monstrous beast struggling in agony. Amidst the oppressive silence, sighs rose and fell, each face etched with an unyielding helplessness, as if foreseeing the impending catastrophe.

"It seems Tang San has already confronted the Golden Dragon King, and the seal here has been reinforced! None of us can break the seal here!"

Currently, there are only two people in the Forbidden Land: Tang San and the Golden Dragon King.

"Let's go back. The seal has been reinforced. We can't stay here for much longer."

He's not just facing the Golden Dragon King alone; this is just normal difficulty, but the Star Dou Great Forest is hellish difficulty.

The Dragon God and the other Dragon Kings had prepared a great gift for Tang Shenwang.

Given Tang San's current reputation, he wouldn't go to save him; he himself is in dire straits.

Whether it's the Golden Dragon King or Tang San.

The death of either one would be a great benefit to the divine realm, so the God of Destruction would naturally ignore the other.

………………

Above the Douluo Heavenly Ranking, a shimmering light flowed. The will of the Heavenly Ranking, Tao Yao, lightlessly tapped her fingertip, and the flowing light subsided, her clear, cold voice resounding:
[This final chapter of the shamelessness list review has concluded, and all negative lists have been closed. Once the positive lists are finalized, they will be released along with the negative ones.]

Keep up the good work, everyone! Only seven days left in the countdown.

Tao Yao's voice, carrying the pressure of the Heavenly Ranking, spread out. The moment the last note faded, the surging crimson of heaven and earth suddenly froze, and the previously trembling space returned to calm. Only the faint golden light remaining in the air indicated the traces of the Heavenly Ranking's will descending.

A brilliant light shone from Xia Die's palm, and a blood-red soul ring slowly appeared. Floating golden characters swirled in the void, revealing astonishing information:

[A 300,000-year-old soul beast]

【Name: Prison Dragon - Ash Abyss】

[Attributes: The Abyss of Ember combines the attributes of destruction and rebirth, and also possesses three special attributes: fire, lightning, and time-space.]

Unfortunately, this 300,000-year spirit ring had limited value to her and was more suitable to be given to Jiu Li. At this moment, Jiu Li had reached level 77, just one step away from the Soul Douluo realm. With the appearance of the spirit ring, a spirit bone of the same 300,000 years also appeared. Xia Die pondered to herself that she still had a 500,000-year Deep Sea Demon Whale King's selectable spirit bone, which she had prepared for Bai Xiuxiu.

Soon, with Xia Die's help, Jiu Li successfully broke through the level 80 bottleneck and began absorbing the soul ring that originally belonged to Xia Die. Surprisingly, the entire absorption process was exceptionally smooth, without the slightest pain. After absorption, she not only gained four powerful skills, but two of them were incredibly powerful soul skills.

These are Dragon Breath Sky-Piercing Strike and World-Burning Thunder Domain Strike.
Dragon Breath Sky-Shattering Strike: Infuse the spear with the power of the Prison Dragon's breath, forming a phantom of the Prison Dragon. Unleash a giant spear beam containing the attributes of destruction, spacetime, fire, and lightning. Wherever the spear beam passes, space distorts and shatters, causing devastating damage to enemies in its path, and the wounds of those hit are difficult to heal.

Burning World Thunder Domain Breaker: Using a spear as a medium, a domain is created that merges Netherworld Karmic Fire and Heavenly Divine Thunder. Within the domain, the user's attack speed and power are greatly enhanced, and each spear strike is accompanied by burning flames and paralyzing lightning effects; the enemy's movement is restricted, their soul power consumption rate doubles, and the energy within the domain continuously erodes their body and soul.

The 300,000-year-old soul bone is a combination of the Ashes Reconstruction and the Time-Space Ashes Prison, and it is a torso bone. The martial soul also directly gains the attributes of destruction, time and space, and lightning.

The effects of the two Soul Bone Skills are:
**Ember Reshaping:** Unleashes the regenerative power within the torso's bones, instantly repairing the user's broken bones, damaged meridians, and severely injured organs, while dispelling all negative status effects. For 3 seconds after casting, the user gains the "Undying Body" status, granting immunity to one fatal attack and converting 50% of the damage into their own soul power. The skill has an extremely long cooldown and should only be used to its fullest potential when facing dire situations. **Time-Space Ember Cage:** Using the torso's bones as its core, it tears apart space to form a cubic cage with a diameter of 2 meters. The cage's walls are filled with destructive ghostly flames and imprisoning lightning. Those trapped within will not only suffer attacks of dual attributes but will also have their time flow forcibly slowed to 1/5 of the outside world, hindering enemy attacks and reactions. The user can freely move within the cage to launch surprise attacks for 10 seconds, usable only twice per day.

After absorbing the torso bone, Bai Xiuxiu gained two extremely powerful soul skills called Whale Devouring Annihilation Domain and Eternal Abyss Tremor.

The skill effects are as follows: **Whale Devouring Annihilation Domain:** Activates the core power of the user's torso, creating a 300-meter diameter deep-sea domain centered on the user. Within the domain, the seawater instantly transforms into a viscous, dark purple energy fluid. Enemy movement speed decreases by 70%, and their soul power is swallowed by an invisible vortex; each skill cast results in a 10% loss of soul power. A giant whale's mouth phantom condenses at the top of the domain, periodically devouring all energy attacks within its range and converting them into a shield for the user. When the shield shatters, it triggers an energy backlash, dealing equal damage to the enemy.

Eternal Abyss Tremor: Dark ripples erupt from the user's torso, distorting the surrounding 100-meter radius into a deep-sea vortex. The user slams their fist into the ground, unleashing a triple destructive impact: the first shockwave tears the surface apart; the second summons the remnant bone spikes of a deep-sea demon whale to pierce through the earth; the third releases sonic waves containing temporal and spatial distortions, stunning enemies and forcibly reversing their attack and defense buffs accumulated over 3 seconds, instantly dissolving their power and status. During the skill's cooldown, the user is surrounded by a sea barrier, granting immunity to one fatal attack.

After absorbing the energy, both of them became Contra Masters.

Xia Die now needs to establish St. Freya Academy, and some groundwork needs to be laid.

Meanwhile, on another part of the Douluo Continent, in the capital city of the Heaven Dou Empire, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe lightly twirled a palm-sized black cube between his fingers. This jet-black object had a luminous transparent screen embedded in its front, currently displaying images from another realm, radiating a mysterious glow.

"Teacher, the soul tools of that world are so profound?" Xue Qinghe's eyes were full of amazement as he stroked the cold surface of the device with his fingertips. "Through the dimensional barrier, it can not only transmit messages, but also display dynamic images in real time." The blond young man in his early twenties pressed the device to his ear, as if he could hear the echoes from another dimension through the metal shell.

In this world, soul tools have always been priceless treasures. Most of the soul tools circulating in the market are storage-type soul tools unearthed from ancient secret realms, which are difficult to replicate even with the combined efforts of the three great master craftsmen due to technological gaps. However, according to intelligence reports from scouts over the past year, soul tools in the other world have already evolved into deadly weapons that change the battlefield—it is said that even low-level soul masters can soar through the skies with specially made soul tools.

Ning Fengzhi, clad in a moon-white robe that billowed even without wind, his gentle face now contorted with a grave expression. As the sect leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, he understood better than anyone the threat posed by this technological gap: "The four great empires—Sun Moon, Heavenly Soul, Star Luo, and Dou Ling—each possess dozens of Title Douluo." He lightly tapped the table with his fingertips, the sandalwood desk emitting a muffled thud. "In comparison, the disparity in strength between our Heavenly Dou and Star Luo is far greater than it appeared overnight." With that, he gazed at the sky, where the churning clouds seemed to foreshadow the tumultuous waves of an impending collision between the two planes.

"More important than the artifacts is the historical context of that world." Xue Qinghe tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, a strange light gleaming in his eyes. "According to scattered intelligence, the Heavenly Soul and the Fighting Spirit were originally one entity, once known as the Heavenly Fighting Empire." As soon as he finished speaking, the air in the room seemed to freeze, as if the two identical empire names collided across different dimensions, creating an invisible tremor.

Ning Fengzhi frowned slightly, stroking the warm jade thumb ring as he pondered, "It is indeed strange. Besides Tian Dou and Xing Luo, even the name of the Spirit Hall is circulating. "Unfortunately, the captured spies have low cultivation levels and only know rumors from the streets and alleys. The real secrets are still buried deep in the fog."

"What's even more unsettling is the power of the three giants," Ning Fengzhi emphasized. "Shrek Academy, Body Sect, and Mingde Hall each possess more than ten Title Douluos, and Limit Douluos are hidden in the shadows." When he mentioned "Shrek Academy," he couldn't help but smile bitterly—the same name meant that in their world, it was just a small group residing in Blue Tyrant Academy. Even if they qualified for the Soul Master Competition, compared to that behemoth on the other side, they were nothing more than fireflies compared to the blazing sun.

Xue Qinghe gazed at the rolling clouds outside the window and said in a deep voice, "The shared name is no coincidence. Once the passage between the two worlds is stabilized, these mysteries will be revealed." He gripped the jade pendant at his waist, feeling the cool temperature of the jade. The sheer number of powerful individuals in the other world had already sounded an alarm in his heart—this cross-dimensional struggle might have been fraught with difficulties from the very beginning.

Xue Qinghe traced the sharp edges of the soul tool with her fingertips, a cold smile curving her lips. The immense power of the Spirit Hall behind her was her source of confidence—her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, was an Angel Douluo, standing at the pinnacle below the gods; the Hall of Worship housed seven elders of level 95 or higher, and the Elder Hall was entirely composed of Title Douluos. In terms of top-tier combat power alone, the Spirit Hall's strength was in no way inferior to, and perhaps even surpassed, the opposing three giants.

Yet, a wary glint remained in her eyes, her fingertips unconsciously tapping the table softly. This single soul tool, capable of interdimensional communication, was enough to reveal the terrifying technological prowess of the other world. In the event of a full-scale war, the numerical disadvantage of low- and mid-level soul masters, coupled with the technological gap in soul tools, would severely jeopardize their chances of victory. Currently, their only hope lay in the fact that the four great empires and the three giants fought independently, making it difficult for them to unite as one.

Ning Fengzhi gazed at the mysterious artifact, his eyes burning with fervor behind his gold-rimmed glasses. Although the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School was the strongest support sect, it had always been hampered by its offensive weaknesses—its disciples could amplify the power of others, but lacked the ability to protect themselves. If soul-guided weapon technology could be integrated into the support system, the sect's combat strength would undergo a qualitative leap. Imagining his disciples wielding exquisitely crafted weapon spirits and dominating the battlefield, the sect leader's throat involuntarily bobbed.

"I've heard that the Soul Master Tournament, held every five years, is coming up next year." Ning Fengzhi stroked his beard thoughtfully. "If we could send someone in to observe, we might be able to glean insights into the strength and foundation of the entire world from the fighting styles and Soul Skill usage of the younger generation." Before he finished speaking, Xue Qinghe had already put his Soul Guidance Device into his sleeve, his eyes sharp as an eagle: "This matter requires careful consideration, but it is indeed a good opportunity to break through the fog." Outside the window, dark clouds pressed down, as if brewing thunder for the upcoming interdimensional clash.

Ning Fengzhi suddenly broke the silence, throwing out a cryptic idea. Xue Qinghe's fingertips paused slightly, her gaze fixed on the constantly flashing screen of the communication soul tool in her hand. Suddenly, she smiled and said, "Teacher, this may not be just wishful thinking." She raised the device in her hand, the screen's dim light illuminating the calculating gleam in her eyes.

The shrewd and calculating Ning Fengzhi instantly understood. A glint flashed in his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses, and a confident smile curved his lips. The younger generation is the foundation for the succession of power. Although it is not appropriate to generalize, the performance of the new generation in the Soul Master Competition is enough to reveal the depth of each side's strength.

When discussing the Soul Master Tournament, the differences between the two worlds become increasingly apparent. In their world, the tournament is held every four years, with the Spirit Hall decisively winning the previous championship. In the other world, the cycle has been shortened to five years, and the age limit for participants is much stricter, requiring them to be under twenty years old. This subtle change in the rules may reflect a completely different training system.

As the passage between the two worlds became increasingly secure, intelligence poured in like a tidal wave. The major powers were astonished by the overlap in martial spirits and empire names between the two worlds, yet perplexed by numerous drastic differences—the ten most renowned ferocious beasts on one side were completely unheard of on the other. These seemingly plausible clues only deepened the mystery surrounding the power struggle between the two dimensions.

(End of this chapter)