Douluo Continent: A Thousand Miles of Cultivation

"Shui Shui, let's go to the outlying towns to play... no, let's go buy some supplies!"

"But Sister Xiaowu, didn't you say that the teacher wouldn't let you leave the Star Dou Great Forest before you become a Title Douluo?"

"Oh, it's alright. Look, your clothes are too small and tattered. You need to buy some new ones!"

"All right…"

Rabbits are naturally restless and very curious, and their increased strength over the past few years seems to have given them the confidence to venture into the human world again.

At this time, Qian Shuishui was already seven years old. Since the great change in her childhood, she had been living in the Star Dou Great Forest. Thanks to Qian Shuishui's teachings on cultivation methods and the protection of the two 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest, she had plenty to eat. High-level soul beast meat was a must at every meal. In addition, there were some rare and precious materials. The soul power environment in the center of the Star Dou Great Forest was excellent, and there was no external interference. With no distractions, her cultivation improved very quickly.

This naturally motivated a certain lazy rabbit, allowing her to break through level 30 early.

Their cultivation levels affected their appearances, and the two of them actually looked to be the same age.

Xiao Wu, with a silly grin on her face, skipped and hopped along, while Qian Shuishui remained expressionless. The two of them strolled through the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest like masters of their own homes.

Soon, the two arrived at the outer edge of the Star Dou Great Forest without any disturbance, but suddenly a strange sound caught Xiao Wu's attention.

The rustling sound sounded like someone changing clothes, or like leaves rustling. With growing wariness, Xiao Wu cautiously looked in the direction the sound was coming from.

Immediately afterwards, she saw the source of the sound.

Before Xiao Wu appeared a spider, a bizarre giant spider with a body diameter exceeding 1.5 meters and eight spear-like legs exceeding 3 meters in length. Its entire body was covered in a shiny black carapace, and the tips of its long legs were slender, silently piercing the ground with each step, demonstrating their sharpness.

On the spider's lower abdomen were white markings, contrasting sharply with its black body, and these white markings formed the shape of a ferocious human face. Eight small eyes, gleaming with an eerie purple light, were pressed against its lower abdomen.

"A 5000-year-old human-faced demon spider?"

Xiao Wu spotted it, and it seemed to spot her too. Its eight long legs moved rapidly, creating a series of afterimages, and in the blink of an eye, it was in front of Xiao Wu. Two of its front legs instantly rose up and thrust directly at Xiao Wu's head.

As its forelegs lifted, its body inevitably arched upwards as well, allowing Xiao Wu to see its abdomen. It was this one glance that allowed Xiao Wu to recognize its species.

"The third soul skill, teleportation!"

Xiao Wu dodged the long-legged spider's attack almost without hesitation; she never expected to encounter it in this place.

She wasn't worried about Qian Shuishui, since they were master and apprentice, both focused on speed, and Qian Shuishui was much faster than her.

"Shui Shui, let's go!"

However, Qian Shuishui did not listen to Xiao Wu and remained still. But just as the attack of the human-faced demon spider was about to land, Qian Shuishui moved. Two yellow soul rings flashed, and her long black hair fluttered. Qian Shuishui seemed to have disappeared from the spot, and then reappeared behind the human-faced demon spider.

The human-faced spider lay motionless on the ground, but a purple soul ring floated out.

"Shuishui! It's not very intelligent. We don't need to fight it. We can just leave. Why did you have to kill it?"

The little girl's experience was pitiful. Xiao Wu cared for her, but unfortunately, she was a soul beast in human form and didn't understand the importance of establishing values.

How could she possibly understand many principles when she was subjected to a powerful and unrestricted attack?

"It's going to hurt you, Sister Xiaowu! Anyone who hurts Sister Xiaowu must die!"

Facing Qian Shuishui, who spoke of this with a sweet smile, a nameless sense of terror arose in her heart. This was not the first time such a thing had happened, but as she grew older, the situation had become increasingly severe. Whenever a soul beast dared to offend her in the slightest, Qian Shuishui would inevitably take action to kill it.

Because of her cultivation method, she awakened her twin martial souls with full innate soul power at the age of six without hesitation. However, like Qian Shui, most of her soul power was used to awaken her primordial spirit, and she did not show the characteristics of full soul power.

The primordial spirit ignores defense and attacks the soul directly, making it extremely lethal!

Qian Shui was already a person with a complete worldview. He naturally knew what he should and shouldn't do, and he actively avoided meaningless killing. He would avoid using his primordial spirit if he could. He originally went to the killing city with the intention of self-destruction, which is why he left behind the cultivation method. As for what will happen in the future, that depends on whether he survives.

But can a rabbit take care of babies? No! She doesn't have that ability!

'Her parents aren't like this, and Huo Huo isn't like this either, so why?!'

"Sister Xiaowu, I think I just broke through to level 30! This Human-Faced Demon Spider is perfect!"

As she spoke, Qian Shuishui sat down cross-legged and began absorbing the spirit ring that exceeded its lifespan, ignoring Xiao Wu's changing expressions, since she didn't understand these things...

……

"Keep your back straight! Maintain a steady pace!"

Starting from the west coast of the Sun and Moon Continent, Qian Shui and his party headed west again. His purpose was all too clear—to circumnavigate the globe!

He can't fly forever. Even if his soul power circulation doesn't run out, he doesn't want to. It's boring, and what if he encounters a 100,000-year-old soul beast hunting him along the way? He's defenseless when absorbing soul rings. Even if he absorbs them quickly, how can he guarantee that no low-level soul beasts will come up and bite him out of boredom?

Therefore, it was necessary to take people with us and build submarines, which was a win-win situation.

Having someone to watch over you and a place to stay while absorbing a spirit ring is the best thing ever. In addition, the importance of spirit masters to the Douluo Continent is self-evident. You should know that spirit guidance technology has almost been lost on the Douluo Continent. The spatial spirit tools that Huan Hongchen casually conjures are priceless treasures.

After leaving the Sun and Moon Continent, they traveled at full speed for about a week. On their journey, Qian Shui encountered a small island about a hundred meters in diameter. He brought the three of them, who were almost suffocating, to the surface to get some fresh air and supplies.

The island is small and not rich in resources. At least there are no medium or large creatures. There are only some seabirds making strange noises and shellfish such as crabs and clams sunbathing on the beach.

Qian Shui hadn't fully recovered from the mischief the Evil Emperor had done to her, and her once flawless, jade-like face now had an added touch of ethereal beauty.

"Hydraulic, hydraulic, understand?"

While guiding Mu Hongchen and Ji Jiaojiao to gradually improve their physical strength by running around the island, he also stood with his hands on his hips, explaining many basic physical principles that no one in the Douluo Continent was aware of, while wearing glasses that Huan Hongchen had been wearing.

After coming into contact with a legitimate high-level Soul Master, Qian Shui discovered that Douluo's so-called Soul Guidance Technology was actually just like the Martial Soul and Soul Rings—a pure brute force approach.

Take submarines, for example. If Huan Hongchen were to design and manufacture them herself, she wouldn't care about streamlined design and low water resistance. She would just make them look good. All functions would be engraved with soul guidance arrays. Even the opening and closing of the hatches would be done with the soul power of the arrays, rather than simply using a mechanical structure as a latch.

Qian Shui was explaining the principle of hydraulic transmission to her.

First, Huan Hongchen made a container with a large opening and a small opening. The large opening was much larger than the small opening, but both of them protruded to a considerable height.

The container was filled with seawater, and a rather heavy metal float was placed at the wide end. Qian Shui, however, plugged the narrow end with something that looked like a toilet plunger, and made a slanted lever, pressing it diagonally against the top of the plunger, and directed Huan Hongchen to press the lever down.

Then Huan Hongchen's mouth formed an "o" shape.

"Why? Why did I lift the sunken silver with such little effort?"

"The lever principle, and hydraulic transmission, pressure isn't force... well, you figure it out yourself, anyway, that's the gist of it~"

Qian Shui replied, 'How could I possibly remember the specific principles outlined?'

Looking at the young woman squatting to one side, lost in thought, Qian Shui silently lay back down on the deck chair under the parasol, took a sip of plain water, and began to enjoy this small island overseas.

Chapter 159 Enlightenment and Struggle

"Heaven and Earth are the origin of all things, the root of all energy. Through countless eons of cultivation, I have attained divine powers. Within and without the Three Realms, only the Dao is supreme. My body is enveloped in golden light."

Life underwater was mundane and boring. In his extreme boredom, Qian Shui began to recite the Taoist classics he had come across and remembered, such as the Golden Light Mantra.

"Ugh! What's the use of just reciting it? I don't know the second half at all! Does anyone know the specific practice method?!"

As the saying goes, foreigners have their advantages. Huan Hongchen and his group couldn't understand what Qian Shui was saying at all without using mental communication. So Qian Shui just started reciting Chinese, since Douluo language was all gibberish to them anyway.

Seeing Qian Shui's frantic state, the three of them had long been used to it and dared not ask or interfere.

Although Qian Shui is incredibly powerful, he is not invincible. He was certainly seriously injured before setting sail. Now that they have been traveling west for at least a month, Huan Hongchen, as an adult, naturally began to worry about their future.

The key point is that she's gotten to know Qian Shui's character over the past few days; 'at least he's not a frivolous person, otherwise he wouldn't have run away that day…'

Qian Shui's demeanor doesn't resemble that of an elderly person; rather, he seems to possess the mindset of a young man. However, the strength and knowledge he has are not qualities that a young person should have.

But it seems that this is precisely what makes him somewhat unconventional, which gives Huan Hongchen more confidence to ask him questions.

"Senior, where...where is your destination?"

Looking back at Huan Hongchen, Qian Shui made no attempt to hide anything, saying, "Here, we travel westward, crossing the entire ocean, with our final destination being the Douluo Continent."

"Douluo Continent?"

Just as ordinary people on the Douluo Continent were unaware of the existence of the Sun and Moon Continent, Huan Hongchen, who lived in the lower levels of the Sun and Moon Continent, naturally did not know of the existence of the Douluo Continent.

"Generally speaking, Douluo Continent is not far from Sun Moon Continent. Starting from the east coast of Sun Moon Continent, you can reach the west coast of Douluo Continent by passing through the sea area that is roughly the same distance between the east and west coasts of Sun Moon Continent."

However, I have other purposes and don't want to return to Douluo Continent too soon.

"You mean that besides the Sun and Moon Continent, there is actually another continent in this world?"

"Yes."

"If it's possible to travel west, why is it also possible to travel east? Does choosing the wrong path mean you'll end up at the end of the world?"

Upon receiving the spiritual message from Qian Shui, not only Huan Hongchen, who asked the question, but also the two children were equally curious.

'Sigh, this is a place where even the theory of heliocentrism hasn't been mentioned...'

"That's because you haven't flown high enough. The sea and the land beneath your feet are not on the same plane, but on a sphere."

Qian Shui didn't want to mention the sailboat mast on the sea, so he directly activated Qian Huan.

"The essence of the world is a star, which, when viewed from a great height, is a sphere."

The Sun and Moon Continent is roughly here, and this is the Douluo Continent. You and I are probably in this vast blue area. The reason we can reach the Douluo Continent no matter which direction we go east or west is because no matter which direction we start from on the sphere, we will always return to our starting point.

After explaining all this, Qian Shui restrained Qian Huan.

"But won't people fall off the ball?"

The question was raised by little Mu Hongchen, which left Qian Shui scratching her head.

'Do I also have to explain gravity?'

He tossed down an unidentified stone and said, somewhat threateningly, "Think for yourself!"

"Holy crap, what the hell?!"

Just then, a huge figure appeared within Qian Shui's mental range and rushed toward the submarine at an extremely fast speed.

The phased array of soul imprints deployed on the submarine was quickly activated and scanned the behemoth.

"Dunkleosteus?"

There was little light in the deep sea, and Qian Shui relied entirely on his mental energy to detect it. What he saw was a large fish with a head that looked like thick armor, heading straight for the submarine!

"Oh ho, a 100,000-year-old soul beast delivered right to my door? I love this type with its layered armor!"

"Vast Ocean Protective Shield!"

Activate stealth technology, shut down the submarine's engines, and keep the submarine silent.

"Become a god!"

Perhaps driven a bit erratic by the Evil Emperor, Qian Shui directly activated the Nascent Soul Realm, his primordial spirit breaking through the body and rushing straight out of the submarine.

"Killing God Domain! Blazing Sun! Terror Claw Breaking Army! Flying Whirlwind Pig Technique!"

"This is…"

Qian Shui's aura swept over the three trembling people like a howling wind. Forgetting to activate his Thousand Illusions, he revealed his true cultivation level and the age limit of his soul rings. Soul rings beyond comprehension were displayed before the three trembling people.