Douluo Continent: Transmigrating into Huo Yuhao's world and inheriting the Angel of Time

Chapter 119 Mental Alteration? Is the Spirit Pagoda about to become the biggest liability?

How should I choose my eighth spirit?

Luoyang City, on the Spirit Transmission Pagoda.

Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on the ground, flipping through a book in his hands, his brows furrowed, unsure of what to choose.

Seven days have passed since the battle on Poseidon Island.

During this period, some shocking events also occurred on the mainland.

The Douling Empire has completely disappeared from the historical record. Its territory was occupied by the Sun Moon Empire for two-quarters, and the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire each occupied one-quarter.

On the surface, it appears that the three empires are profiting, but in reality, there is a turbulent undercurrent, and the power of the Sun and Moon Empire is far greater than before.

This also drew the attention of the Star Luo Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire to this treasure, which was no less significant than a soul spirit.

That's a "Soul Tool!"

In that battle, the Sun and Moon Empire unleashed a barrage of attacks, each one a full-force strike from a Soul Saint. The overwhelming barrage of Level 7 Soul Guidance Cannons made the Douluo Continent fully aware of the Sun and Moon Empire's strength.

For this reason, the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Star Luo Empire formed an alliance, constantly sending troops and powerful figures to guard the border. At the same time, both empires also arranged for a Title Douluo to travel within their respective empires, all in order to eliminate evil soul masters.

After the Sun and Moon Empire's seemingly legitimate attack, both empires were not fools and began to conduct self-examinations to prevent a similar situation from occurring.

Although they were allies, they were still two great empires.

There was also mutual suspicion, with each fearing that the other might suddenly join forces with the Sun and Moon Empire to deal with the evil spirit masters within their respective empires.

As for whether this would lead to becoming a vassal state of the Sun and Moon Empire, that's hard to say.

Throughout history, there have been quite a few monarchs who surrendered.

In contrast to the turbulent changes outside, Huo Yuhao remained remarkably quiet, as he consulted various books about spirit-type soul beasts and information about spirit-type soul masters throughout history.

He was preparing to find a relatively powerful mental-type soul skill among them.

Currently, his Eye of Time possesses only three powerful soul skills: one is mental detection, the Eye of God, the most powerful auxiliary ability; the other is the alternate dimension of the Dark God Tiger, which allows him to overcome stronger opponents with weaker ones.

Thirdly, there's the "Time Stop!" which is born from the divinely bestowed soul ring granted by the God of Destruction.

Although it overlaps somewhat with Zafkiel's abilities.

But its advantage lies in its ability to catch people off guard.

After all, Zafkiel needs bullets to hit the target, while time stop requires mental energy to surround the enemy. Combining the two can maximize the power of time stop.

Besides these, he also possesses simulation, Abyss Eye, and other illusions, which are basically of moderate size.

The development of mental systems is still far from sufficient.

What Huo Yuhao wanted was "mind manipulation".

This is also a manifestation of strong mental power; forcibly modifying the other party's memories can turn enemies into friends or alter the entire world.

This is also the ability that Huo Yuhao desires most.

If the goal is to unify the world in the future, some sects or powerful individuals can be turned into friends, becoming entities that will not betray you.

If it becomes a god, will the Partridge's abilities cover the entire Douluo Continent?

Could this indirectly modify all humans and soul beasts, completely implanting the message of peaceful coexistence, thereby enabling the Douluo Continent to achieve a unified state?

Driven by this idea, Huo Yuhao constantly consulted books in an attempt to find a soul beast with this characteristic and then cultivate it into a 100,000-year-old soul spirit.

To achieve this characteristic, he locked himself in the library.

He completely ignores and doesn't care about any outsiders.

If anything happens, his clone can naturally handle it.

Just as Huo Yuhao was immersed in the vast knowledge, the Spirit Pagoda in the outside world also underwent some changes.

As Huo Yuhao's clone who oversees the Spirit Pagoda and Luoyang City, he is currently facing a particularly difficult situation.

Although the increase in the lifespan of the soul spirit was amplified by the mutated Azure Vine and Elder Yi's efforts, the lifespan of the soul spirit has already been developed to 99,000 years. Theoretically, the lifespan of the soul spirit can be increased to 100,000 years.

However, the accumulation of energy can never reach 100,000 years.

It seems like something is missing.

In an attempt to break through this bottleneck, two souls were injected into one soul, bringing the total source to 99,999 years, but it still failed to reach 100,000 years.

How can anyone accept this?

Elder Yi and his clone, who governs the souls, kept demanding more resources, which gave Huo Yuhao, who was managing the Spirit Pagoda and Luoyang City, a headache.

Resources are completely insufficient.

In particular, a large portion of resources needs to be allocated to researching the mysterious liquid obtained from the depths of the sea, as well as the resources needed by geniuses like those in the Soul Spirit Tower, the allocation of resources for the entire Spirit Transmission Tower, and the issuance of certain tasks. All of these require a significant amount of resources.

The most significant expenditure is still on training the military.

Yes, it's about training an army.

Whether for the purpose of conquering the Douluo Continent or to prevent attacks from other empires, the training of an army is of utmost urgency.

Furthermore, it continues to expand outwards.

Titled Douluo are the commanders-in-chief, Soul Douluo are generals, Soul Saints are deputy generals, Soul Emperors are centurions, and so on.

This is another large expense.

Most importantly, the supply cannot be interrupted, otherwise the rapidly rising Spirit Pagoda will come to a temporary halt.

Even though the supply of soul spirits couldn't meet the demand, and all the soul masters in Douluo Continent wanted them, the demand was extremely high during the first three months. However, now that the supply has stabilized, selling tens of thousands of soul spirits a day and earning a million gold soul coins daily is simply not enough.

After all, Soul Masters only make up a small part of the Douluo Continent.

The majority of the population consists of ordinary people. Some of their children have already obtained a soul spirit, while others are not yet old enough and some have not even been born. Resources from other branch towers cannot be delivered in a short time, and the teleportation array cannot be exposed, which has led to the current situation.

In terms of finances, it's practically nonexistent.

It's terrible.

The Spirit Pagoda seems to be incredibly prestigious and lucrative to the outside world, even being hailed as the richest person in the Douluo Continent, and everyone wants to join it.

But—in reality, the Spirit Pagoda is indeed rapidly becoming the biggest liability!

"My head hurts, it really hurts!" Huo Yuhao clutched his head, his eyes bloodshot and bright red.

At that moment, he really didn't know what to do.

"Could it be that they're going to open the Spirit Ascension Platform?"

"But the Ascension Platform is only half-finished; there's simply not enough time to take such a big step!!!"

The rise of an empire takes a long time.

The fact that a pagoda like the Spirit Pagoda has grown to this level in just over six months is an enormous leap forward.

It's already gotten to the point.

"It seems we have to find outside help."

After a brief moment of thought, Huo Yuhao turned his gaze to the other forces on the Douluo Continent.

It can no longer support rapid development on its own, and under the current circumstances, it is also impossible for the Spirit Pagoda to develop slowly.

With the Sun Moon Empire harboring fierce ambitions within and Tang San secretly manipulating the situation from behind the scenes, it was impossible for them to simply stockpile grain and slowly declare themselves king.

Currently, among the top forces in Douluo Continent, excluding the Holy Spirit Cult and Shrek Academy, only the Body Sect, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, and Xuanming Sect remain as behemoths.

Among them, the Body Sect, having an avatar among them, was extremely familiar with the situation inside, making it incredibly easy for them to acquire resources.

But it was precisely because he thought he understood it so well that he realized what the Body Sect was really like.

There, a large number of original martial souls gather. They constantly hone their bodies every day, training to the point of exhaustion. Afterwards, they nourish their bodies with medicinal baths. Some original martial souls even require more resources to awaken.

Most of the ordinary disciples were struggling to keep up with the demand, relying instead on the "Thunderous Hell Vine" from the back mountain, which had been there for tens of thousands of years, to enhance their strength.

This spirit beast is no ordinary creature.

It is a species that is at the top of the plant-type soul beasts from birth. It is born with intelligence. When it first grows, it is like a bamboo shoot, only a small section. The place where it grows must be a place full of lightning.

It can only develop during rain and thunder. Each time it is struck by lightning, it becomes stronger; a hundred lightning strikes are equivalent to a year of training for an ordinary soul beast.

Thunder is the most violent of all natural forces, and it is under the test of thunder that the Thunderous Hell Vine continues to grow.

In the beginning, its growth is very slow and difficult because it needs to wait for natural lightning to strike it before it can develop.

Therefore, while other soul beasts might cultivate for a year, it might take ten years for it to gather enough lightning bolts for a hundred strikes, making its cultivation more than ten times slower than that of ordinary soul beasts.

However, as time goes by, once the Thunderous Hell Vine is able to cultivate to the hundred-year level, the situation will change dramatically.

Once the Thunderous Hell Vine reaches a hundred years of cultivation, it can actively attract lightning during thunderstorms, allowing the lightning to strike it. Often, it can receive a hundred lightning strikes in a single night. Although by then, it will take more than a hundred lightning strikes a year to improve its cultivation level, its cultivation speed will increase significantly.

Due to its inherent characteristics, once the Thunderous Hell Vine is cultivated to a certain level, its destructive power becomes extremely terrifying, often creating a spectacular scene of thunder pools appearing in an area.

This Thunder Pool will continue to expand as the Thunderous Hell Vine strengthens itself, until it devours everything around it.

The Thunderous Hell Vine, with its ten thousand years of cultivation, is enough to alter the celestial phenomena, causing thunder to descend upon the mortal realm and wielding the power of thunder to destroy everything in the outside world.

Therefore, once a Thunderous Hell Vine with this level of cultivation appears, it will inevitably cause disaster in a certain area.

Only the strongest can destroy it.

However, the Thunderous Hell Vine also has a drawback. Because it relies on constantly absorbing lightning to improve itself, once it reaches a certain level, the destructive power of the compressed lightning becomes too strong, making it vulnerable to self-destruction at any time.

The vast majority of Thunderous Hell Vine appear in deep mountains and forests, developing in uninhabited places, but ultimately perish during its own growth process.

Depending on their growth history, Thunderous Hell Vines typically self-destruct around 20,000 to 50,000 years old, with very few Thunderous Hell Vines capable of cultivating for more than 50,000 years.

The Body Sect has only a few rare beings that have existed for over 60,000 years; they are truly treasures.

Therefore, aside from the gold soul coins provided by the Heavenly Soul Empire that barely sustain itself, even the Soul Spirits of the Body Sect were obtained at a discount from its clones. One can imagine...

Just how poor is this Body Sect these days?!

This may also be because their sect's cultivation methods and location deep in the mountains mean there is absolutely no flow of external financial resources.

Ascetic practices are normal.

That leaves only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Xuanming School.

The successors of these two individuals are now both inside his Spirit Transmission Tower. One came with Jiang Nannan, and the other came with Wang Dong, or rather, Tang Wutong.

Neither of them is as valuable as the Body Sect.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School possesses the absolute wealth of the Douluo Continent. Although it may not have been particularly prominent during the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, it should not be underestimated as the so-called number one support class.

The Xuanming Sect has accumulated a large amount of resources thanks to the Xuan Shui Pill.

Huo Yuhao thought for a moment and decided to put both on the same chariot. Only children make choices; adults want it all.

Thinking of this, Huo Yuhao quickly got up and prepared to go find Ning Tian first.

He hadn't met this person even once since he came here with Tang Wutong.

That was rather impolite.

The Spirit Pagoda has nine stories.

In the last room in the corridor, three graceful figures sat cross-legged on futons, surrounded by extremely dense energy fluctuations. It was clear at a glance that the three were deeply immersed in cultivation.

I don't know how much time had passed, but suddenly a knocking sound came from the door.

"They're here."

The leader sensed the undisguised presence outside the door and knew it was Huo Yuhao. He called out to the two lovers in a low voice.

She looks at least 70% like Tang San, but her features are much softer, and her eyes are more like Xiao Wu's.

She has large, light blue eyes, long, curled eyelashes, a slender and delicate body, and long, light blue hair cascading down her back.

Her pristine white dress accentuated her flawless beauty, making her appear like a goddess descended to earth. Her red lips were delicate and vibrant. She was none other than Tang Wutong.

Because of the God of Destruction, she no longer needs to disguise herself as a man to get close to Huo Yuhao. Her only goal now is to storm the God Realm and demand an explanation.

Why would her father be so heartless?

Is splitting her soul in two really the behavior of a father?

Because of this hatred, she stopped trying to hide herself and simply told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that she wasn't a man. As a result, the three of them became even closer and often slept together.

"You two hide first." Tang Wutong quickly straightened her clothes and opened the wardrobe, gesturing for the two to hide inside.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng are not core members of the Spirit Pagoda and usually reside on the fourth floor. According to the rules, they should not be here.

It was Tang Wutong who brought them here.

As for work, that doesn't exist.

The core members have only one goal: cultivation, cultivation, and more cultivation.

They occasionally gather to discuss, eat, and compete to confirm rankings, distribute more resources, or form their own teams.

Because Wang Dong is now in female form, and because of what happened before, she felt guilty towards the Shrek Academy students who joined the Spirit Pagoda, so she didn't reveal her identity and just teamed up with Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

As for whether this is in accordance with the rules?

Anyway, Huo Yuhao didn't say anything, and no one paid any attention to the matter.

The core personnel are directly under the control of the tower master, and the other personnel have no ability to be managed.

And now Huo Yuhao has come to visit.

Tang Wutong instinctively hid the two of them.

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