Douluo Continent: Martial Soul is the Star Forging Dragon King

Chapter 9 Nine-Tailed Fox Martial Soul

Next, Luo Chen performed an ascension ceremony for Hu Liena.

Like Wang Sheng, Hu Liena followed Luo Chen's guidance, opened her mind, and her consciousness arrived on the huge ascension disc.

"here it is?"

Hu Liena had never seen such a breathtaking sight before; beneath her feet was a golden platform, and the stars on either side seemed within easy reach.

The little fox couldn't resist reaching out to touch it; as if brushing against the silvery moonlight, countless stardust drifted between her slender fingers.

"Now, clear your mind."

Luo Chen's voice came from ahead, and Hu Liena excitedly looked in the direction of the sound: "Little Chen?!"

However, the next moment, Hu Liena stared in stunned silence at the mysterious phantom of the Creation Dragon, which resembled a colossal god who had created the world.

what is this?

dragon?

Hu Liena stared blankly at the sacred and majestic dragon god, the little fox trembling nervously under his dignified gaze.

"Don't be afraid, Senior Sister Nana."

As Luo Chen spoke, a disc that had been overlapping below began to float out.

Two discs, one above the other, one large and one small, float in the starry sky, connected by a golden staircase, waiting for Hu Liena to climb.

"Xiao Chen?"

Knowing that the dragon god was Luo Chen, Hu Liena did not hesitate and immediately jogged up to the second ascension disc.

"Cuckoo."

Then, a clear, melodious, and endlessly alluring fox cry came from all directions. Hu Liena subconsciously turned her head and saw a fox spirit, its body shimmering with orange-red light, walking on starlight.

Its fluffy tail swayed and wiggled, and its adorable fox ears seemed to sense the impending promotion, jumping around happily.

"Woo~~"

Pale orange flame-like petals drifted down as the fox spirit leaped over Hu Liena's head and landed in the starry sky in front of the girl, twirling playfully.

"Hey~~"

The fox spirit let out a melodious cry, sitting in front of her master. Her alluring fox eyes were bright and full of joy, as if she were thanking her master for bringing her such a miraculous opportunity.

"My martial spirit..."

Against the backdrop of a starry sky, the fiery fox spirit created a breathtakingly beautiful and dreamlike scene that instantly captivated Hu Liena, immersing her completely in its beauty.

"In the name of the Creator who made the universe and the stars, I grant you ascension!"

"boom!!"

As Luo Chen finished speaking, the endless starry sky burst forth with dazzling light, which transformed into strands of silk-like energy that enveloped the fox spirit and began to evolve it.

To Hu Liena's astonishment, the fox's tail split in two, then a third, a fourth, and so on until it stopped changing at the ninth tail.

But it wasn't over yet. Golden light flowed across the fox tails, transforming into intricate patterns of fur color, and finally bursting forth with bewitching, illusory flames at the tips of the tails.

"Super Martial Soul Nine-Tailed Fox, Innate Domain of Lust."

The evolution of her martial spirit sent new information into Hu Liena's mind: "My martial spirit has really evolved?!"

The quality of the martial soul has become higher, and an innate domain called 'Desire Domain' has been added.

This realm can only be awakened after Hu Liena raises her soul power level to Soul Emperor, and it possesses the powerful ability to ignite and induce a person's emotions and desires.

"Nana?"

Upon seeing Hu Liena awaken, Bibi Dong rushed forward to examine her, and the result once again astonished everyone.

It's not just a simple matter of martial soul evolution; Hu Liena's soul power has also become significantly more abundant, which is a phenomenon that only occurs when one continues to cultivate after overcoming a soul power bottleneck.

This means that Hu Liena's innate soul power has also made a breakthrough. She is no longer at level 9.5 innate soul power, but has truly reached full innate soul power!

"Congratulations, Senior Sister Nana."

To perform the three-stage ascension for Hu Liena, Luo Chen consumed another 20% of his ascension power, leaving him with 70% remaining.

Yes, publicly claim it's double, consuming 20%.

Adding the previous 10%, Luo Chen said he had already used up 50% of his ascension power.

"Thank you, Xiao Chen!"

Hu Liena excitedly hugged Luo Chen, pressing her delicate face tightly against his: "Xiao Chen, you are really amazing."

Her adoring gaze was undisguised. Luo Chen carefully sensed it and indeed found that Hu Liena's attitude towards him contained 'closeness,' 'dependence,' 'trust,' and 'adoration.'

Wang Sheng

Attitude: Absolute loyalty

【Hu Liena】

Attitude: Extreme worship, high dependence

There are many types of emotions, and many of their attributes overlap, such as dependence and intimacy, admiration and respect, loyalty and trust.

These feelings can be categorized into two aspects: type and degree.

There are many kinds of emotions, such as hatred, jealousy, care, closeness, dependence, trust, worship, love, respect, loyalty, and so on.

The degree can be divided into four levels, from shallow to deep: ordinary, high, extreme, and absolute.

“But in this world,” Luo Chen thought to himself, “the depth of feelings is far more important than the type of relationship.”

As mentioned before, the people of Douluo Continent are very simple and honest in their feelings, and it is difficult for them to change.

Compared to Bi Dong and Hu Liena, Luo Chen has a duty to help them ascend to immortality.

Only in this way can he better control the two women's attitudes and feelings towards him.

As for the specific level that needs to be reached before people can be completely at ease...

In Luo Chen's judgment, 'absolute' was just wishful thinking. He would be content if he could reach an extreme like Hu Liena.

"In the world of love, it really depends on how much you're obsessed with love."

Thinking this through, Luo Chen began to perceive what the four levels of admiration truly meant.

Soon, Luo Chen finished organizing the information fed back by his martial soul.

[Ordinary affection]

In the Douluo Continent world, it's simply liking someone, but this kind of love isn't blind.

Just like a righteous person, if her lover becomes an evil spirit master, she will be disappointed in him and sever ties with him.

[Extreme Admiration]

At this point, objective factors become irrelevant.

According to my father, only magic can defeat magic.

In other words, only other high-level emotions can counteract high-level infatuation.

For example, in the original novel, Hu Liena deeply admires Tang San, so when faced with issues involving the interests of the Spirit Hall, she chooses to stand on Tang San's side.

However, Hu Liena didn't want to hurt either Bibi Dong or Tang San, so she could only choose one as a backup option.

Hu Liena told Tang San not to go to the Star Dou Great Forest because she was afraid he would die at Bibi Dong's hands.

On one side is the danger to life, and on the other side is the gain or loss of benefits.

Between the two, the lesser of two evils was chosen: Hu Liena's deep affection for Bibi Dong outweighed her deep dependence (loyalty).

This also became a stain on Hu Liena's reputation. Despite receiving so much care from Bibi Dong, she ultimately betrayed her teacher and became another ingrate of the Spirit Hall.

"But putting that example aside, if it only involves Bibi Dong's extreme loyalty, even if the teacher asked the little fox to kill an innocent person, she would probably do it without hesitation."

"As expected, only magic can defeat magic. My father was right!"

Deep emotions do not involve objective factors, but only personal relationships, such as those between parents, lovers, teachers and students, children, friends, masters, etc.

[Ultimate Adoration]

Love at this level transcends life and all personal interests.

When a woman is deeply in love with someone, she can sacrifice her life for him, abandoning her dreams, family, and friends, all for the sake of her one and only love.

Generally speaking, the ultimate emotions of the same kind are unique in their target.

The only unique characteristic is the extreme emotion.

Take extreme loyalty as an example: once you are loyal to one person, you will no longer be loyal to another.

Such a person is well-suited to be a spy, because you would never have to worry about him betraying you.

However, even the most intense emotions are not without flaws.

When emotions of the same kind reach their peak, they will only focus on one person, but different types of emotions do not have this limitation.

For example, you can be extremely loyal to Luo Chen, yet also extremely in love with another person.

Loyalty and affection are not contradictory feelings.

However, when Luo Chen and the person he admires have an irreparable conflict, those with intense emotions will find themselves unable to make a choice.

The most likely course of action is suicide, thus fulfilling both loyalty and righteousness.

But considering this is the land of love, Luo Chen felt that affection was probably the most powerful of all emotions.

After all, for the sake of love, everything can be abandoned.

Adoration: I'm not referring to anyone in particular, but everyone here is trash!

[Absolute Admiration]

This is the final emotion, and also the absolute that transcends everything.

Once someone's feelings become absolute, then all other feelings become unimportant.

In the face of absolute truth, no other emotion has a place!