Douluo Continent: From Internal Martial Arts to the Law of Heaven and Earth

One is Kong Qi, the current emperor of the Moon Kingdom. He is born with full soul power and has an unprecedented talent for soul guidance. He directly researched and developed level eight and level nine soul guidance devices, becoming the first level nine soul guidance master on the Sun Moon Continent.

It should be noted that before this, the highest level soul tool on the Sun Moon Continent was only level seven, but now Kong Qi has raised it by two levels. How outrageous!

Moreover, because his own martial soul, Silver Moon, is a control-type, it lacks explosive power. Kong Qi has even directly developed a soul-guided cannonball, which only requires a small amount of soul power to unleash earth-shattering power.

To be honest, when Tang Shan heard about the deeds of this Moon Kingdom emperor, he really didn't know what to say. The other party was indeed a genius, but he probably exhausted the spiritual energy of the soul masters of the Sun Moon Continent for the next ten thousand years. Otherwise, a level nine soul master would have appeared ten thousand years ago, but ten thousand years later, he was still stuck in the same place. If it weren't for a certain evil soul master madwoman and Silver Moon Douluo Kong Deming, a level ten soul tool might have appeared at some point.

It's important to understand that Soul Master cultivation is limited by plane, but the development of Soul Tools is not. Look at the Limit Douluo ten thousand years later; he is still a Limit Douluo, at most with two or three more Soul Cores in his body, but he can create a level 10 Soul Tool. Then look at the Dragon King era twenty thousand years later; the Limit Douluo is still at the limit of cultivation, at most with an extra layer of Battle Armor on his Martial Soul, but three level 12 fixed-type Soul Tool Shells, also known as God-Slaying Soul Tools, have already been created.

Based on the information obtained, there are currently three level-nine Soul Masters on the Sun and Moon Continent: one is Emperor Kong Qi of the Moon Kingdom; the second is Fang Hongchen, the chief researcher of the Moon Kingdom who was researching the disappearance of the space Soul Guidance Device and was actually swept to the Douluo Continent by spatial turbulence; and the third is Ye Shi, who broke through the title and became a level-nine Soul Master by taking a large amount of potential-consuming secret medicine due to insufficient cultivation talent.

Looking at their names, Tang Shan felt as if he had traveled to ten thousand years in the future, since their surnames and martial souls were closely related to the three level-nine soul masters ten thousand years later.

Cangyue Douluo Kong Qi, Hongchen Douluo Fang Hongchen, and Xunxing Douluo Ye Shi; if you say they have no connection with the future Silver Moon Douluo, Mingde Hall Master, and Starry Sky Douluo, Tang Shan would never believe it, not even if you beat him to death.

As for that genius from Japan, he is the only person in the history of the Sun Moon Continent to have twin martial souls, and he is also the current emperor of Japan, named Xu Tianlong.

Tangshan is now somewhat confused, unsure of which side will ultimately emerge victorious in this war, given that both the Xu and Kong families have future connections to the Sun and Moon Imperial Family.

Xu Tianlong is not a Soul Master, but a powerful traditional Soul Master. His current Soul Power level is unknown, but he can basically suppress the three level nine Soul Masters of the Moon Kingdom. Now that Fang Hongchen is missing, even though Kong Qi and Ye Shi have reached a certain level of understanding through multiple collaborations, they are still no match for Xu Tianlong.

Stopping his thoughts on the complex situation on the Sun and Moon Continent, Tang Shan gazed at the towering city that was faintly visible in the distance, a strange smile appearing on his lips.

The future is no longer important. When he lands on the Sun Moon Continent, the Sun Moon Empire will surely lose the soil to grow. And those so-called top experts or level nine soul masters, can they withstand my iron fist falling from the sky?

……

It took a tremendous amount of effort, and even later, when Poseidon descended again, to barely stop Tang San from continuing his battle with the Demon Soul Great White Shark. However, the atmosphere between the two remained tense, with their killing intent hidden in their eyes.

Can someone who treats our Demon Soul Great White Shark so harshly truly become the new Sea God? If he does become the new Sea God, will he settle scores with our Demon Soul Great White Shark clan for the offenses we committed today? Such ruthlessness matches the brutal nature of the Demon Orca and its ilk. Could it be that the guardian beast of Sea God Island will change in the future?

With a myriad of thoughts swirling in his mind, the leader of the Demon Soul Great White Shark, looking at the expressionless blue-haired youth riding on the back of his surviving companion, sank into the water first, concealing his increasingly cold gaze.

Our Sea God's successor's thoughts at this moment are basically the same as those of the Demon Soul Great White Shark leader just now. Tang San never expected that Roger would dig such a huge pit for him: Damn it, Roger, you bastard, why didn't you tell me that this Demon Soul Great White Shark was the guardian beast of Sea God Island? You deserve to die! And these Demon Soul Great White Sharks, can't they see the trident mark on my forehead? I am the Sea God's successor, the rightful heir in the future. Since I attacked you, you should just obediently wait to die. Why did you resist?

Tang San, who traveled from ancient times, was quite dissatisfied with the rebellious behavior of the Demon Soul Great White Shark. In his view, he had become the successor of the Sea God, which was basically equivalent to becoming the so-called crown prince in his previous life. The so-called guardian soul beast was just a servant to protect his life. It dared to rebel and was already courting death.

The Sea God noticed the undercurrents between the two sides and sighed silently. He then transmitted his command through his divine sense: "This matter ends here. Those belonging to the Demon Soul Great White Shark, take my successor and his companions to Sea God Island. No further conflict is allowed."

After speaking, the Sea God's divine sense quickly dissipated—his repeated interference in the lower realm in a short period of time had already attracted the attention of the God Realm Committee. Although his reasons were justified, it would be bad if the Asura God discovered that he had intercepted the successor he had painstakingly cultivated. It was best not to interfere in the lower realm for the time being.

On another note, could the God of Asura really be so indifferent to his successor? Logically, he should have noticed my little scheme long ago. A question flashed through Poseidon's mind, but he quickly dismissed it: That's probably how it is, after all, Asura's method of casting a wide net to cultivate successors is well-known.

With his attention returning to the inheritor, Poseidon decided to change the divine test originally planned to kill the Demon Orca King in order to avoid further conflict between his guardian spirit beast and the inheritor.

P.S.: I'm taking a three-day break. I'll write 4000 words each day for those three days, and see if I can occasionally reach 6000 words in August.

Chapter 551 Current Development of Soul Tools on the Sun and Moon Continent

The majestic city came into view, with gray bricks and stones forming a city wall several meters high, interspersed with pits and cracks, showing that it had been through the baptism of war and the years.

A long line stretched out at the city gate. Guards stood by the gate, collecting entrance fees while their eyes, like those of hawks, scanned the faces of the people entering the city, seemingly wary of something.

"It seems that the soul tools of the Sun Moon Continent do not yet have the ability to destroy the city walls in a short time. Otherwise, after so many years of development, the city walls in front of us would not still be so new." Tang Shan saw something and had no intention of going down to queue up.

He can fly, and if all else fails, Gu Yue can simply teleport into the city. Why waste time queuing up down there?

Carrying everyone with him, Tang Shan flew directly over the city walls, concealing himself with his mental energy the entire time, without revealing any trace.

The city is called Hongdu. It is close to the ocean and also near the border of the Moon Kingdom. This is why the soldiers at the city gate are so vigilant. After all, a great battle is taking place on the front line, and there is no telling what special forces might launch a sneak attack.

Tang Shan and the three of them landed slowly. Gu Yue teleported to his side, waiting for him to make a decision.

"Our purpose in setting sail this time is to find out how to make soul tools. Japan is not a place to stay for long. After we obtain some general information here, we will set off again and head directly to the front line."

"Teacher, why go directly to the front lines?" Zhu Zhuyun asked curiously. "If we want to obtain the method for making soul tools, shouldn't we go to the Moon Kingdom?"

Tang Shan grinned, revealing a bright smile: "Going to the front lines is of course to suppress those two emperors. No research by one person can be as satisfying as researching with the resources of the entire continent."

Tangshan's strategy was quite clear: this voyage was to see if there was an opportunity to forge battle armor, and the method of making soul tools and spirit metals were absolutely indispensable.

The amplification array for the battle armor is definitely not available now; a lot of time must be invested in its research and development. Given his current level of brain development, if he can become a high-level Soul Master, he will definitely be a Soul Master genius of that stage. After all, the development of the mind through internal martial arts has already given Tang Shan extremely strong research talent. He can be used as a large research organization on his own, and a research organization with endless inspiration.

Even if the researchers of the Sun Moon Empire were incompetent and their progress over 20,000 years was meager, it must have consumed a massive amount of research resources. If they wanted to achieve results in a short period of time, even with Tang Shan's extraordinary abilities, they would still have to mobilize the energy of the entire Sun Moon Continent.

Tang Shan felt it was best to directly subdue the two emperors. Xu Tianlong was not important; Kong Qi could be the guide for his research on soul tools, and the emperors of the two countries could mobilize resources from the entire continent to cooperate with his research.

As you walk onto the street, the layout of Hongcheng comes into view. Apart from the different house styles due to cultural differences, its general layout is not much different from that of Douluo Continent.

The residents coming and going were not very active. After all, they were at war and close to the border, and a heavy atmosphere permeated the air.

Tangshan activated his perception to its fullest extent, including his mental power, gathering information from his surroundings. Useful information was remembered, while useless information was filtered out. Soon, his destination was determined.

"Follow me," Tang Shan said, taking the lead and walking ahead, with Gu Yue and the other girls following behind him as they walked through the street.

The group attracted some attention, as their appearances were indeed extraordinary. However, given that it was currently wartime and enemy soul masters were emerging in large numbers, no one dared to provoke this group that exuded an otherworldly aura.

After continuing on my way, I finally stopped in front of a shop. The five simple characters on the small plaque shone brightly in the sunlight—Old Wang's Soul Guidance Shop.

The shop is small, only a few dozen square meters in size when viewed from the outside. Various soul tools are displayed in two rows of glass cabinets, emitting faint soul power fluctuations.

A thin, middle-aged man lay on a recliner by the door, a thin book covering his face. The book had five eye-catching and evocative characters on it: “The History of the Sun and Moon.”

"Boss, wake up," Tang Shan called softly, kicking the swaying recliner with his toe.

"Hmm, ah, oh, hey, ya!" These five pure syllables fully demonstrate the complex process of the boss going from being dazed to waking up, then from being awake to being startled, and finally being completely awake.

Tang Shan's lips twitched slightly, but he ultimately said nothing, simply waiting silently for his boss to "get up."

Seemingly remembering what he had been reading before bed, Mr. Wang reflexively covered the front of the book, and then the contents of the book were vividly displayed before Tang Shan's eyes.

Suddenly realizing what he had just done, Boss Wang gave Tang Shan an awkward but polite smile, and then quickly put the book into the storage soul tool in his left hand.

"May I ask your name, sir? Are you here to purchase a soul tool?" To prevent any further mishaps, the shopkeeper didn't delay any longer and immediately stood up to ask.

Tang Shan nodded: "I prefer collecting soul tools, and I require them to be made by different people. I wonder if your store has any? By the way, you can just call me Mr. Tang."

After a brief glance at the group of women behind Tang Shan, Boss Wang didn't say anything more and simply led Tang Shan and his group into the store.

"This is a level four soul-guided ray, made by Master Yu Xiang. It has stable energy output and is smaller than a regular soul-guided ray." Mr. Wang pointed to a cannon barrel with a diameter of seven inches in the glass cabinet and talked eloquently. Perhaps saying seven inches doesn't give you a strong sense of reality, but converting it to more than twenty centimeters will give you a deeper understanding.

Despite being called a soul-guided ray, its caliber felt about the size of a cannon. Tang Shan's eyelids twitched; something felt off. He couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any with an even smaller caliber?"

Mr. Wang was taken aback, then shook his head regretfully: "My lord, as everyone knows, the minimum diameter of a soul guide ray is three inches. This is the ninth-level soul guide ray, Moonlight, developed by the Moon Kingdom's Azure Moon Douluo. Apart from that, the diameter of a seventh-level soul guide ray is five inches. This seventh-level soul guide ray with a diameter of seven inches is already the result of that grandmaster's extraordinary skill."

"What about soul-guided cannons? Do you have any?" Tang Shan didn't buy them immediately, but changed the subject and asked about other offensive soul-guided devices.

"Yes, yes, it's just a bit bulky. I've put it in the warehouse. Mr. Tang, come with me." Boss Wang patted his chest and then led Tang Shan deeper into the shop. Tang Shan scanned the area with his spiritual power and, after confirming that there were no ambushes or traps, he followed them deeper in.

About ten meters into the shop, there is a partition. Turning into the partition, there is a small space with an iron door inside. Opening the iron door leads to the so-called warehouse.

Before entering the warehouse, Tang Shan looked at Gu Yue and the others: "You guys just wait here. Take a look and see if there are any soul tools you like."

Each of these soul tools displayed on the table has a sticker attached to its base, with a densely packed brief description of the tool.

Gu Yue nodded, and Zhu Zhuyun and the other girls had no objections either. To be honest, they had never seen so many soul tools before.

Although it was called a warehouse, it was actually more like a small courtyard. Countless wooden crates were placed in the corner. After searching for a while, the boss, Mr. Wang, dragged out a huge wooden crate.

The wooden box was really big, nearly a meter long and almost half a meter high and wide. Boss Wang took out a crowbar and spent a lot of effort to pry the box open. A strong fluctuation of soul power came from it.

Tang Shan stepped forward, and a huge cannon barrel came into view from the box. It was half a meter in diameter and nearly a meter long. Dense soul guidance patterns were engraved on the cannon body, without any sense of order, and looked rather messy.

"The Soul Guidance Cannon is only so-so in power and consumes a lot of Soul Power, so it's really not cost-effective. This is the only Level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon I bought, and it's been sitting in the warehouse for quite a while. If you want it, the price is negotiable."

Tang Shan examined it carefully for a moment and asked, "Can I try its power? If it's suitable, I'll buy it."

Boss Wang nodded without hesitation: "Of course, no problem. There's an experimental area over there. You can fire a few shots and try it out."

Without further hesitation, Tang Shan bent down and grabbed the level-two soul-guided cannon. Boss Wang was about to say something to remind him when he stared in disbelief as Tang Shan picked up the soul-guided cannon from the box.

If it were an ordinary Soul Master, even a relatively strong offensive type, it would be quite difficult to lift this huge level 2 Soul Guidance Cannon. Unfortunately, this time it encountered Tang Shan, whose Martial Soul was his main body and who had cultivated his internal martial arts to the level of Vajra Indestructible.

Under Boss Wang's guidance, Tang Shan aimed at the target and infused it with a subtle amount of soul power.

With Tang Shan's soul power quality surpassing that of ordinary Limit Douluo, even with only a tiny bit of soul power infused, he instantly pushed the soul guide cannon in his hand to its limit.

hum!

The soul guidance array was activated, and the dense soul guidance patterns flickered, turning the gray cannon body into a dazzling silver-white.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth was drawn in and, together with Tang Shan's soul power, was transformed into pure energy. Powerful soul power fluctuations spread outwards from the cannon that Tang Shan was holding.

A milky-white sphere of light, roughly the same size as the cannon's caliber, condensed in front of the muzzle, about half a meter in size. Layers of energy rippled across the white sphere, and its internal structure appeared vaguely unstable.

Tang Shan frowned, but he didn't hesitate any longer. He directly activated the soul-guided cannon in his hand. A white ball of light with a diameter of half a meter drew a beautiful arc and crashed heavily into the so-called target, which was a stone pillar as tall as a person.

Boom!

The internal structure of the white sphere of light collapsed the instant it touched the stone pillar. Destructive energy raged around the point of collapse, and the stone pillar was the first to be hit.

The upper half of the stone pillar was completely destroyed, with most of it blasted into dust. A few fragments of rock flew backward, but did not affect the area where Tangshan and Boss Wang were standing.

Mr. Wang gave a helpless smile: "As Mr. Tang can see, this soul-guided cannon is huge and heavy, but its attack effect is really mediocre. Its compressed energy is extremely unstable and its attack speed is not fast. Apart from being good at attacking and defending cities, it has no other practical value in combat."

Tangshan also discovered the problem with the Soul Guidance Cannon, or rather, the common problem with Soul Guidance Devices on the Sun Moon Continent: its size.

First, it should be clear that in the Douluo Continent II era, the size of both soul-guided rays and soul-guided cannons was much smaller than it is now. The thickest soul-guided ray was no more than the thickness of an infant's forearm, and the degree of condensation of the ray was far greater than it is now. As for soul-guided cannons, no matter what level they were, the condensed energy balls were basically the size of a fist, with the only difference being the amount of energy contained within them due to the different levels.

Now? The size of the Soul Guidance Ray is comparable to that of the Soul Guidance Cannon, while the size of the Soul Guidance Cannon was developed entirely to match the specifications of the fixed Soul Guidance Cannon projectile launcher. It is bulky and has mediocre effects, so it is really hard to know how to evaluate it.

As expected, advancing the advancement of soul tools on the Sun Moon Continent is imperative. Regardless of whether the advanced soul tool technology can radiate across the entire continent, I must master the most advanced soul tool technology. How can such a crude and inadequate soul tool array support the exaggerated amplification of the Battle Armor that spans two soul master ranks and even makes the soul power of a Title Douluo comparable to that of a Limit Douluo?

Tang Shan, now completely resolute in his decision, smiled and said, "Boss, I'm quite satisfied with both this soul-guided cannon and this soul-guided ray. How much do you think they cost?"

“I’ll charge 1,000 gold soul coins for the Soul Guidance Cannon. As for the Soul Guidance Ray,” Mr. Wang rubbed his hands together, “it’s a masterpiece after all, so it’s not expensive. Just 20,000 gold soul coins.”

Tang Shan nodded. He already knew from his previous mental scan that the Sun Moon Continent also used Gold Soul Coins, and that the specifications were no different from those in the Douluo Continent, so he could pay directly.

He took out two briefcases, preparing to pay with one thousand gold soul coins. As for the storage soul tools, unsure whether the magic arrays on the two continents were the same, he chose to proceed cautiously. Otherwise, it would have been more convenient to use the storage soul tools directly for the transaction. After all, countless soul masters had perished at his hands along the way, and the number of storage soul tools he had accumulated was enormous.

"Boss, give us one of each of these soul tools outside, make sure they're unique." A clear voice suddenly rang out. Tang Shan was startled and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw that Gu Yue had come to the backyard at some point, holding the soul tool ray from earlier.

Boss Wang was taken aback, unsure how to react. Tang Shan saw Gu Yue nod slightly to him and didn't ask any further questions. He simply said, "Boss, let's do it this way. Give us a discount, and I'll pay the total amount in gold soul coins."

……

Half an hour later, the owner of Old Wang's Soul Tool Shop, his mouth practically stretched to his ears, saw Tang Shan and the others out of his shop with a beaming smile. He couldn't help it; while his shop didn't have a huge variety of Soul Tools, buying one of each still amounted to an enormous sum, practically equivalent to his entire year's sales revenue. How could he not be delighted?

"Boss Wang, we'll stop here. We're leaving now." Tang Shan raised his hand in farewell, and with a gentle wave of his spiritual power, he lifted the women into the air and disappeared into the horizon in an instant.

Watching the group from Tangshan depart, and recalling the group of stunningly beautiful women beside Tangshan, Boss Wang couldn't help but sigh, "He's truly a winner in life; he ate so well."

He raised his hand and stroked the storage ring filled with gold soul coins, his smile as bright as a chrysanthemum. The next moment, Boss Wang's expression suddenly froze.

P.S.: It seems feasible for Tang Shan to combine the power of Gu Yue to develop a soul-guided array for amplifying battle armor in a short time. The core issue is understanding what the patterns on the soul-guided array signify.

Chapter 552 Magic Arrays and Rules