Douluo Continent: Martial Soul is the Star Forging Dragon King

Chapter 100 The Fourth Test

"When there is only one circle in the world, then balance is correct."

Because when the circle is very, very small, a stable self-circulation will be born.

A long-term balance will eliminate these problems at their root.

Yes, if I can't solve the problem, then I'll solve the person who raised it.

Imagine a village where everyone is wealthy, kind-hearted, optimistic, and cheerful, and where no external force disrupts the balance.

Would disputes occur in such a paradise?

The statement that disputes arise from interests is somewhat absolute, but it is generally true.

We are not worried about scarcity, but about inequality; we are not worried about poverty, but about instability.

The balance of a utopia, to some extent, aligns with Lao Tzu's philosophy of non-action in a small country with few people.

"However, in the storyline of Runeterra, Ionia was invaded by Noxus, the perfect cycle was broken, and the balance collapsed."

This is what Luo Chen meant when he said that the world is not just a small circle; it is influenced by external factors.

Luo Chen was not yet aware of what the balance proposed in the fourth test meant for him.

If the entire Douluo Continent were to be recreated as Ionia was before its invasion, that would truly be putting Fatty Tiger in a difficult position.

"Without hundreds or thousands of years of gradual transformation, Douluo Continent could never have become Ionia."

Therefore, logically speaking, Luo Chen did not think the fourth test would be so troublesome: "So, the key to completing the fourth test should lie in the 'different fields' mentioned earlier."

"field?"

After thinking carefully for a while, Luo Chen asked Gu Yuena what exactly the domain mentioned in the fourth test meant.

"My High Priest, shouldn't you explain the contents of the fourth test to me?"

Luo Chen: "If you don't know, please let me know in advance."

"Ah Chen, even if it's you, I'll still get angry if you look down on me like this."

Gu Yuena waved her small fist, slightly dissatisfied, and said, "Starting from the fourth test, I will obtain the subsequent content directly from your martial soul."

"Oh oh oh!"

Luo Chen: "Is Na'er starting to become more reliable?"

"Oh oh oh!"

Tianmeng: "So, the boss was unreliable before?"

It’s hard, the fist is hard!

Gu Yuena glared at the two of them before explaining, "After you, Achen, absorbed Tianmeng's soul ring, a great power descended upon Douluo Continent and replicated and overlapped the entire world's structure."

The so-called replication can be understood as creating a copy of Douluo Star.

The overlapping was a clear indication that the new Douluo Star was superimposed on the original Douluo Star.

"Is this something a human could do?"

Before Luo Chen could speak, Arou and Ayin exclaimed in surprise.

Let's not even mention the absurd fact that the world can be copied.

Speaking of overlapping, can things be stacked on top of each other?

Aren't you afraid of them colliding and getting crushed?

"I see."

However, Luo Chen understood what Gu Yuena meant: "Na'er, the other world you mentioned that was copied, is it the spiritual realm?"

When it comes to balance, Ionia comes to mind.

As the land of birth, Ionia is most distinctive for its blurred boundaries between the material and the spiritual.

In Ionia, the world is divided into two parts: the material realm and the spiritual realm.

Just as Gu Yuena said, Luo Chen's martial soul replicated a new Douluo Star.

However, this Douluo Star has neither water nor soil; it is entirely composed of spiritual energy.

Its overlap with the original Douluo Star can be understood as the fact that every blade of grass and every tree on Douluo Star has given birth to spirituality, and a new world has been created where all the spirits of things can live and dwell—the spiritual realm.

This is what is called superposition, meaning that you are simultaneously in the material and spiritual realms, wherever you are.

It's just that most people don't perceive the existence of the spiritual realm because of insufficient awareness.

"good."

Gu Yuena nodded and said, "Simply put, you can think of it as the Douluo Continent undergoing a sublimation, giving birth to its own unique spiritual space."

However, the spiritual space here is no longer occupied by Soul Masters, but by Douluo Star itself.

"The spiritual space of a planet, this..."

The three women, and even Tianmeng, were deeply shocked. It was hard to imagine how magnificent a spiritual realm nurtured by a planet must be.

"Wait a minute, Na'er."

"Such a huge commotion—the fusion of spirit and matter—why is there absolutely no reaction?"

"Furthermore, I can't sense the existence of the spiritual realm. What's going on?"

As the source of all this, Luo Chen should theoretically be qualified to look directly into the spiritual realm.

However, after standing in the room for so long, Luo Chen still didn't sense any spiritual changes.

In his view, the ground was still the ground, the bed was still the bed, nothing had changed.

"Ah Chen, you haven't finished the divine test yet."

Gu Yuena discovered that her husband could be quite adorably clueless at times: "The result of the fourth test is that you need to guide the spiritual realm and make it perfectly aligned with the material realm, that is, to achieve balance."

If you haven't done it, how can you see the changes in the material world that occur in the spiritual realm?

"Forehead"

Luo Chen scratched his head, then gave an awkward laugh: "Yeah, haha."

Although Luo Chen's silly antics were endearing, Gu Yuena still felt compelled to remind him: "Chen, I must warn you, the balance required for your fourth test isn't as simple as it seems."

"what?"

"First and foremost, there's the quantity."

Gu Yuena: "The spiritual realm is only one of the four realms that need to achieve balance."

Four kinds?!

Upon hearing this number, Luo Chen was somewhat bewildered: "Wait a minute, the material realm and the spiritual realm, those should count as two types, so what are the other two?"

It's not Luo Chen's fault; he genuinely didn't know that other realms existed besides the spiritual realm.

"The Realm of the Dead, also known as the Underworld."

"There is also the Starfield, also known as the Void."

Of these two realms, the former is easier to understand; it is the afterlife as Luo Chen perceives it.

With Luo Chen completing the attachment of his fourth spirit ring, the power of the Star Forger Dragon King was further unleashed.

Under the interference of this great power, the cycle of reincarnation in the entire Douluo Continent was forcibly stripped away, creating a Netherworld that belongs exclusively to the Douluo plane.

Although this underworld is now completely empty, souls that enter it will only wander aimlessly.

"Therefore, the second task of the fourth test is to find the afterlife and connect it with the Douluo Continent to achieve a self-consistent cycle of reincarnation."

Gu Yuena was well aware of the difficulty of these two tasks: "The reason there is no movement now is because no one has been drawn to the three realms and found the gate to the other side."

"door?"

"Ah."

Gu Yuena said, "Of the four areas mentioned in the fourth test, apart from the material realm, the other three realms will choose their own gatekeepers."

These gatekeepers will receive keys to the spiritual realm, the underworld, and the star realm, and will assist Luo Chen in merging these four realms when he completes his fourth trial.

Chapter 101 Choosing a Site for Mount Targon

"Leaving the gatekeeper aside for now, Na'er, you said the fourth realm is also called 'the Void,' what does that mean?"

Luo Chen was actually very wary of the void.

In Runeterra, the Void is a world-ending threat, a great enemy of all living beings.

However, Gu Yuena was referring to the void, not the void itself.

"What is the difference between emptiness and apparent emptiness?"

"Yes, they are not the same thing."

Gu Yuena explained: "The term 'void' refers to people's superficial understanding of the void, that is, the universe and the starry sky."

Often, people refer to outer space or the universe as the void.

In the fourth test, the void refers only to the starry sea outside Douluo Continent, not the eternal silence that Luo Chen perceives as capable of erasing all existence.

"Regarding the Starfield, its gatekeeper is actually that guy Tianmeng."

Tianmeng holds the key to the fusion of star domains, and after becoming Luo Chen's star spirit, she received a special mission.

She needs to guide Luo Chen to find a place and build a central hub there that can draw upon the power of the stars.

"That central hub is not only the key to the fusion of star systems."

Gu Yuena added, "In the future, Achen, you will also be able to use Douluo Star as a base to control all the star regions under our jurisdiction."

"Targon?"

Almost the instant Gu Yuena finished speaking, this place popped into Luo Chen's mind.

On Douluo Star, one must be able to draw upon the power of the starry sky so that these star spirits can control the entire starry sky.

This sounds exactly like Mount Targon and the Protoss from Runeterra.