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

At first, it was just a warm current spreading across my left hand, with my wrist as the boundary. As time went on, the temperature of this current began to rise exponentially, and the original warmth quickly turned into a scorching heat.

"That's it?" Tang Shan frowned. It wasn't as difficult as Xue Qinghe had described, except that his palms were slightly hot.

However, the moment this thought crossed his mind, a sudden change occurred. The skin on his left hand began to swell and flare up at a visible speed, displaying a sickly redness. The original heat had now completely transformed into magma that seemed capable of melting steel, raging through the meridians of his palm.

hiss!

Tang Shan couldn't help but gasp involuntarily, cold sweat instantly soaking his back. This wasn't just burning hot; it felt like his hand had been thrown into a steel furnace!

His right hand gripped his left wrist tightly, his knuckles turning white from the force, as if trying to stop the devastating pain from spreading throughout his body.

Soul power circulated wildly through the meridians in his palm, attempting to refine the high-quality energy transformed from the soul bones.

As the soul power was refined, the pain not only did not lessen, but became even more violent.

Moreover, as the soul bone was gradually refined, some more domineering and unique energy surged into every corner of Tang Shan's body through his left hand.

A maddening, tingling itch spread through his limbs and bones. That special energy began to forcibly transform his body, every inch of skin, every muscle, every ligament, and even down to the cellular level, all were being forcibly reshaped by this domineering energy.

The person's overall physical condition soared at an alarming rate without any increase in the total amount of Qi and blood.

Grass!

This intense, bone-deep itch was more unbearable than pain. Tang Shan couldn't help but curse, his teeth grinding together as he desperately suppressed the urge to scratch himself to pieces, while simultaneously increasing the output of his soul power.

Since soul power can be refined, can blood and qi be refined as well?

The thought flashed through his mind, but Tang Shan didn't have time to think about it. He mobilized the blood and qi that were slowly flowing through his limbs and bones, gathered it in his left hand, and tried to use the power of his blood and qi to forcefully flush out and speed up the refining process, so as to end this agonizing ordeal.

When that surging energy and blood flowed into the area where the soul bone was located, it was like pouring a bucket of highly concentrated gasoline on a raging fire. The refining speed did indeed increase dramatically, but the nature of the pain also underwent a complete transformation.

If it was like placing your palm in boiling lava before, which was painful but bearable, and would eventually become numb over time;

Now, Tangshan felt as if an invisible hand was smashing his left hand bones one by one, forcibly pulling them out, and then shoving a brand new bone full of thorns into them.

This pain was not only extremely intense, but each "replacement" was a completely new and extreme torment.

His consciousness gradually faded, not because Tang Shan's will was not strong enough, but because that special force had penetrated his body and directly affected his soul.

In a daze, he felt as if he were on a vast, ancient battlefield.

Two towering figures clashed violently. One was humanoid, exuding an ancient and desolate aura; the other was humanoid, with a wild and savage presence. Each collision was accompanied by a deafening roar that shook the entire mountain forest and valley. The terrifying aftershocks of the battle raged like a tsunami, causing the earth to crumble and mountains to crumble wherever they passed.

Tangshan's consciousness silently observed the battle, without a single thought arising within him.

His state at this moment was very mysterious. He was witnessing everything, yet he couldn't generate any thoughts, as if his subconscious was the only one observing the battle.

Ancient languages ​​are rough and obscure; their specific meanings are incomprehensible, yet one can sense the violence and indomitable spirit they contain.

As time passed, the blurry scene gradually became clear. It was a massive mountain range that pierced the clouds, and apart from the perpetual poisonous fog and oppressive silence, it had nothing remarkable about it.

Roar!

A deafening roar rang out, and the towering humanoid figure moved. Its enormous fist, imbued with the immense power of heaven and earth, struck its opponent like a meteorite.

Wherever it passed, the air was compressed into a solid state, the sky and earth changed color, and endless primordial energy surged wildly into the body, transforming into pure power. There were no fancy techniques, just the purest and most domineering head-on bombardment.

Hiss!

Space seemed to be torn apart by an invisible hand, and five golden claws that could cut through heaven and earth appeared out of thin air, carrying a chilling light that made people's hearts tremble, directly clashing with the punch that contained the power of heaven and earth.

Boom!

The moment fists and claws clashed, space distorted and shattered like a mirror. A terrifying shockwave spread outwards in a ring, uprooting towering ancient trees that required several people to encircle them, instantly turning them into dust.

The enormous feet of those humanoid creatures slammed into the ground, causing the entire earth to collapse with a deafening roar, leaving behind a massive, bottomless footprint.

It let out an unknown roar, accompanied by a series of powerful punches capable of shattering mountains, and frantically attacked its opponent.

Moo!

Just then, a deafening elephant's roar suddenly rang out. It seemed that the battlefield had intruded into the territory of a giant beast, provoking its master's fury.

A colossal elephant, somewhat resembling the Diamond Mammoth but far more terrifying in size, charged toward the two combatants with immense force.

As the giant elephant galloped, the earth trembled violently, and its size expanded wildly. Almost instantly, its height rose to a colossal fifty meters, resembling a moving mountain.

However, the two figures engaged in fierce combat didn't even glance at the terrifying giant elephant.

A thick arm covered in golden fur and a large hand that looked no different from a human's but exuded endless pressure reached out at the same time and grasped the giant elephant's two long and sharp tusks respectively.

Immediately afterwards, as if by telepathy, the two exerted their strength simultaneously, actually lifting the fifty-meter-tall mountain-like giant elephant above their heads, and casually tossing it away like trash, sending it flying thousands of meters away, smashing countless mountain peaks. Then, the two collided again in an instant, continuing that earth-shattering death battle.

Time passes by indefinitely; the sun rises and sets, the world changes, and so it goes on and on.

An unknown language let out a final, earth-shattering roar, filled with resentment and rage. However, faced with the dazzling golden light that tore through the heavens and earth, it was ultimately powerless to reverse its fate. In a daze, a trace of crystalline purple seemed to be mixed within the golden light.

Its enormous body plummeted like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the mountain peak where the final battle had begun. The mountain collapsed, creating chasms. Its massive left hand stretched helplessly out in the void, as if trying to grasp something, but ultimately it slowly drooped, utterly silent, and lay dormant in the endless canyon.

……

His consciousness was abruptly pulled away like a tide, and Tang Shan suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

The itching all over his body continued, and the excruciating pain of bone replacement did not stop, but his consciousness was still immersed in the earth-shattering battle he had just fought.

Who are they? Is that man the owner of the hand bone? No, is that definitely a human? The giant elephants that appeared midway through the battle eventually swelled to be fifty meters tall, but judging from the height comparison, the two sides in the battle seemed to be taller than those giant elephants.

Isn't this a bit outrageous? Why did that light that tore through the heavens and earth later turn purple? Did it kill the owner of the hand bone?

And that unknown language, full of primitiveness and barbarity, why is it never recorded in the books of the Spirit Hall?

Thoughts arose and faded, numerous doubts flooding Tang Shan's mind. But what intrigued and craved him most were these two creatures, whether they were truly spirit beasts or not; their sheer power was incredibly alluring. If they were spirit beasts, he wondered if they still existed on the continent, and if he could acquire spirit skills using them as his spirit rings.

My boiling thoughts had long since ignored the pain and itching; all that remained was excitement.

During this process, the bones in Tangshan's left hand were removed one by one and then replaced.

Every cell and every part of his body underwent a special transformation, as if he had become more attuned to the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

It is foreseeable that even without absorbing the soul bone, Tang Shan will make a huge profit this time simply from the benefits of body modification.

……

In the small courtyard in Tangshan, Xue Qinghe frowned slightly, his eyes filled with worry.

I looked up at the sky; the sun had just risen.

"Grandpa Golden Crocodile, it's been three days already. I hope Tangshan will be alright."

Golden Crocodile Douluo remained standing in the same spot as before, as if he had never moved.

He glanced at Xue Qinghe, whose face looked somewhat haggard, and shook his head helplessly.

"Xiaoxue, this is the second time you've asked me this in the past hour. Don't worry, you've absorbed most of it. You haven't been resting well these past three days, so you should go back and rest for a while. With your Grandpa Golden Crocodile here, Tangshan will be fine."

Xue Qinghe showed no intention of going back, but instead kept his eyes fixed on the closed stone gate.

Golden Crocodile Douluo also looked towards the secret chamber, his gaze passing through the stone door and observing the subtle changes in Tang Shan's body through his skin.

It's really strange. That corpse should have been a power-type soul beast, so why was it modified to have Tang Shan's affinity for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?

Now that the identity of that beast in Death Canyon is known, how extraordinary must its race be to be its opponent?

We hope that Tangshan can provide us with this answer after your successful integration.

However, I didn't expect that the original martial soul would be the condition for the fusion of this soul bone. It felt both unsurprising and reasonable.

Could it be that this kid really has some great fortune?

However, I am still curious about the true identity of the owner of this soul bone.

The surging soul power returned to the dantian, and the boiling blood and qi gradually calmed down, bringing the fusion of the soul bones to a close.

Click!

It sounded like a crisp sound from the first use, or perhaps the friction from something that hadn't been used for a long time.

He subconsciously moved his left hand, and a series of cracking sounds came from it.

P.S.: Did you all guess that the two spirit beasts weren't original? The next chapter will reveal their identities and spirit bone skills. Soon after, Xue Qinghe will become an apprentice and join the academy. But don't worry, the main character of the competition will barely appear; there will be more indirect descriptions. Finally, the main character isn't the chosen one of this plane.

Chapter 120 Perfect Human: The Effects and Origins of Soul Bone Skills (Bonus Chapter for 500 Monthly Tickets)

call!

Tang Shan exhaled deeply, and subconsciously clenched his left fist, a surge of power welling up inside him.

The gains from absorbing the soul bone this time were immense; my overall physical attributes have at least doubled. And this is just the increase in physical attributes alone. If the accompanying potential is further developed, improving my physical attributes by another 50% wouldn't be a problem.

There's also the Soul Power level. Although most of his Soul Power disappeared over time, his physical size still allowed Tang Shan to successfully break through from level 22 to level 23.

In this way, if he uses the second soul skill, the Law of Heaven and Earth, Tang Shan's body could grow to a height of about four and a half meters.

As he stood up, a series of crackling sounds echoed all over his body, and he grew even taller.

Tang Shan is 1.88 meters tall.

Tang Shan's intuition, stemming from his martial spirit, told him that this was the optimal height he had theoretically reached. Even as he grew older, unless Tang Shan actively sacrificed attributes such as agility or endurance, his current height would not change.

As for where the final growth and development goes, according to the martial spirit instinct, or rather, the intuition transmitted by Tang Shan's subconscious instinct, the subsequent growth is the ultimate "polishing" and "reshaping" of the physical body: the gaps between the bones are precisely adjusted to the most perfect mechanical proportion, revealing subtle mysteries in the smallest detail.

The ligaments and tendons seem to have been tempered and refined, reducing the loss of force transmission to the theoretical minimum.

The muscle lines perfectly blend explosive power with static beauty, with every inch of the muscle texture approaching the "ultimate form of the human body".

In summary, Tangshan is evolving towards the template of "perfect human beings".

This so-called perfect human being does not refer to invincible combat power, but rather to the development and advancement of human genetic theory.

Whether it's the reaction speed of motor nerves, the upper limit of intelligence in brain development, the unparalleled beauty, or the excellent inheritance of genes, all have been pushed to the physical ceiling that this race can theoretically achieve.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that the direct amplification of this "perfection" under the Soul Master system is actually limited. Apart from making Tang Shan's meridians more spacious, his innate spiritual power more enhanced, and his basic physical qualities stronger, there is nothing else special.

Okay, thinking about it carefully, these increases are actually quite exaggerated.

After Tang Shan gradually understood the general information being transmitted from his subconscious mind, his expression became quite interesting.

Good heavens, I've undergone a second development, and it's even developing towards the template of the human ceiling in terms of talent. Unfortunately, that's just how it is for humans in Douluo Continent; the limits of our genes are there, and we still need to rely on soul power to achieve extraordinary things.

If I were in some kind of world where I am covered by heaven, and if it were related to special physique and genes, wouldn't the effect of my second development be equivalent to directly fusing all kinds of physiques to condense a chaotic body?

Pushing open the door, the bright sunlight shone down on me. Looking up at the sky, it was just noon; it seemed I was absorbing the sunlight quite quickly.

I subconsciously looked down and met eyes that couldn't hide their exhaustion.

"Your Highness."

Tang Shan paused for a moment, then spoke instinctively.