Douluo Continent: I, Huo Yuhao, am the Master of Spirit

Chapter 386 Sea God Douluo betrays Sea God, the mastermind behind the conspiracy
The midday sun shone brightly over Lingdou City, draping thousands of houses in a dazzling cloak. Sunlight streamed through the bricks and tiles at the street corners. There were few pedestrians on the street at this time, as most people were at home eating or working.

For those outside the Tiandou Plains, a midday nap is a bit too much of a luxury. They should use that time to meditate and accumulate Dream Coins.

"Ga~ga~"

In the azure sky, a flock of migratory birds flew over Lingdou City in a tight formation, their calls carried on the wind, bringing a touch of summer.

Summer arrives earlier in the Douling Empire than in other places, and many migratory soul beasts have already moved back.

Beside a spire-like building, Hailong Douluo and Haiming Douluo held cans of cola in their hands, clinked them together, and then drank them down in one gulp.

"As expected, I still don't really like cola. I prefer iced tea."

Hailong Douluo smacked his lips a few times, shook his head, and threw the can in his hand into the public trash can next to him.

Since the Amon family came to power, the public infrastructure in Lingdou City has improved. Compared to the former Douling royal family, the Amon family is quite human-like, which is the main reason why the people here have never thought of rebelling.

As the saying goes, all happiness is relative. Compared to the former Xue Family Empire, the current Douling Empire is simply paradise.

No longer do we have to worry about being arbitrarily slashed by nobles under the guise of testing their swords while walking on the street, and there are far fewer Gundam carcasses on the streets every winter.

The main reason is that Chen Hanhai doesn't tolerate these so-called nobles at all. What kind of strength do they have? Do their families even have any titled Douluo? How dare they become the ruling class just like the Sea God Family?
The noble elders of the Southern Empire of Douling were all slaughtered by the Amon family according to their family tree. Most of the so-called remnants of the Heavenly Dou clan did not even qualify to be parasitized, and their martial souls and bloodlines were very ordinary.

Of course, the situation was similar in the north. Cerudela did not tolerate the nobles, and the army had been purging these powerful families under various pretexts, frantically confiscating their property to support the empire's finances.

If it weren't for the joint blockade and sanctions imposed by the three continental powers, the Southern Empire of Douling would have already entered the era of soul tool industrialization.

With the support of the three kingdoms and the leadership of Keldera, the Northern Empire of Douling has caught up with the average level of the continent in terms of soul tool industry.

Even in the military field, they have developed many advanced technologies.

If it weren't for the fact that the north is close to the ocean, and that the Amon family cooperated flawlessly, Kerudela's army would have already besieged Lingdou City.

Amon doesn't mind Krydela unifying the Douling, after all, this is the future scenario arranged by his father, but he now needs the Douling Southern Empire and a complete "Sea God Family" as bait.

The predicted explosion time for the Sea God's throne in the divine realm is getting closer and closer. In order to prevent that Sea God from running around the world, the "Sea God Family" and half of the empire are still very important.

Haiming Douluo pushed up his monocle over his right eye and said with a smile, "Iced tea? You must have quite the taste."

"Cola is my father's favorite drink, although I don't really like these sodas either."

"Speaking of which, this Spirit Pagoda is quite well-built, rather impressive."

Haiming glanced at the majestic tower-shaped building next to him, which shimmered with silver starlight in the sunlight. The spire was very tall, making it arguably the tallest building in Lingdou City besides the Imperial Palace.

At the entrance of the building, there were many people, mostly parents bringing their children to awaken their martial souls. From June to September each year, the Spirit Pagoda offers free martial soul awakening.

Because of the existence of the Magic Network, the concept of Martial Souls has long been rediscovered by everyone on the continent.

After the establishment of the Spirit Pagoda, negotiations were held with the Sea God Family, allowing them to establish Spirit Pagodas in cities such as Spirit Battle City to spread soul technology.

Chen Hanhai coveted the Soul Spirit technology, but since the two sides were actually enemies, he originally wanted to refuse.

With the help of Amon and his ilk who spoke ill of Chen Hanhai, and the Spirit Tower promising not to send a nine-ring titled Douluo as its master, Chen Hanhai agreed.

By this time, Spirit Pagodas had been established in almost every city across the continent. Although they could not match the coverage of the Spirit Hall's branch halls back then, they were still sufficient to achieve full coverage of the spirit ring system.

Soul spirits have become the mainstream for Soul Masters on the continent, and in the last three years, all new Soul Masters have relied on Soul spirits to advance in rank.

The general process for selecting a Soul Spirit involves pairing the Soul Master with a Soul Beast through the Magic Network, and then the Soul Master must gain the Soul Beast's recognition, which may be through combat or persuasion.

Once the recognition is obtained, the Spirit Master can complete the contract ceremony. Generally speaking, low-level spirits are easy to obtain, since spirit beasts at this level have little consciousness and can often be tricked away with just a sausage.

Ten thousand years from now, soul beasts will have to rely on their own abilities.

The growth rate of soul spirits far exceeds the expectations of soul masters on the continent. If a soul spirit is contracted for ten years, a soul master can basically evolve it to a hundred years as long as they cultivate to the Soul Venerable level, and a Soul King level can advance to a thousand years.

Because of this characteristic of evolving with level, a Soul Master generally only needs three Soul Spirits to advance to the Title Douluo level, and cannot absorb more than that.

This greatly enhances the development potential of the Soul Master profession. All factions on the continent are well aware that because of this evolutionary characteristic, future Soul Masters will only become stronger and stronger.

Reaching Soul Saint at twenty years old is considered super genius now, but in the future it might just be the threshold of genius. A family, after accumulating resources for a period of time, can definitely have a stable 100,000-year soul spirit inheritance. Of course, all of this has nothing to do with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Their direct disciples could at most contract two soul spirits, and it was absolutely impossible for them to evolve their soul spirits to the 100,000-year level, since they could not reach the title of Douluo.

There was still no news about the Qiluo Tulip, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master still didn't need to worry about condensing a Soul Core. It was ridiculed by many Soul Masters on the Magic Network, who said that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda was the safest Martial Soul.

No need to stand in the front when fighting, no need to worry about exploding and dying when condensing the soul core during cultivation, and the martial soul has not yet experienced any side effects. It is simply the most perfect martial soul.

Hailong also looked at the Spirit Pagoda, adjusted his monocle over his right eye, and said with a smile:

"Souls and Soul Masters, mortals and extraordinary beings all converge there."

"My father was indeed shaping the world the way he wanted it to be, secretly driving the development of the times."

"Some time ago, my father asked me if I wanted to form a contract with the Golden Qilin, a soul beast with the destiny of the Northwest Continent. It is the most suitable soul beast for us."

"However, it was rejected by the main body."

“Amon’s nature is selfishness. We only love ourselves and our families. Adding another spirit would not fit our character.”

Ah, no wonder Father prefers my elder brother and that fellow named Bai'er.

Hai Ming waved his hand, took out a stack of documents from his storage soul tool, and said, "Don't wallow in self-pity. Don't we really like this feeling?"

“As long as people like Amon are valued and have a place to go, our humanity will never collapse. I don’t think selfishness is a flaw.”

"Our clan leader is quite surprising. Is imperial power really that magical? That he could make this once tough man so obsessed?"

“He was well aware that he was defying the oracle of his own god.”

Hailong laughed and said, "Who knows? The blow he suffered in the battle of Xingluo City back then may have been much greater than we imagined."

"His ambition is no longer that of the Sea God Douluo who once reigned supreme over the sea."

Back then, he dared to fight to the death against a bunch of strong opponents; now, he probably wouldn't even be willing to risk his life.

"If Tang San were to arrive in the Southern Empire of Douling after the explosion of the divine throne, what kind of expression would our Emperor have?"

"Will he simply hand over power?"

Hai Ming revealed a mocking smile and said in a low voice:

"Give up power? How could that be?"

"Look at the state of our Emperor and Crown Prince now, do you think they'll just hand over power?"

"Moreover, our Ammon family has always stood firmly behind him."

"The Sun Moon Empire is witnessing Otto betraying Xu Tianran, and our Douling Empire cannot fall behind. If that guy Otto sees this, he'll think our Amon family can't handle this."

"Our dear clan leader might as well say to Tang San, 'Your Excellency, I did not lie.'"

The two of them felt incredibly happy just thinking about the scene of Chen Hanhai betraying Tang San. They wanted to record that scene, make a hundred million copies, and post it on the Magic Network for the world to enjoy!

"By the way, here's a document for you. It's the marching route map of the Sea God Legion in a few days. Give it to Ye Guyi later and have her send evil soul masters to their deaths."

"She should be advancing to the Soul Douluo level soon, right? She's leveling up really fast."

Sea Dragon Douluo took the document, glanced at it casually, and said:
"She is the leader of the evil spirit masters, in charge of all the evil spirit masters in the empire. Killing even a few of them would cause her cultivation to skyrocket."

"The Angelic Martial Soul has made her thinking a bit conservative. If I were to conduct the entire Evil Soul Master Blood Sacrifice Ritual, sacrificing half the empire's Evil Soul Masters, I could directly become a Title Douluo."

"Didn't Ye Xishui do the same thing back then? We both have the surname Ye, so doing this might give you a chance to gain Ye Xishui's favor."

"Anyway, that crazy woman is mentally unstable."

"But Otto is really cunning. Making a Holy Angel the leader of evil soul masters, isn't he afraid of raising a killing angel?"

(End of this chapter)