Douluo Continent: Reincarnated as the Truth Doctor, Son-in-Law of the Spirit Hall

Chapter 197 The Era When Gods Did Not Believe in Soul Tools

After being shown off by Poseidon, the god of the sea, the Asura God returned to the realm of gods with extremely mixed feelings.

Upon arriving in the realm of gods, he immediately convened a meeting of god-kings.

The five great gods gathered again, and he recounted all the information he had received from Poseidon, the god of the sea.

All four god-kings showed expressions of surprise and doubt.

They all thought Ladio was daydreaming.

Knowledge that even the God King couldn't conceive of is the exclusive domain of their divine realm. How could you, a mere human, possibly understand it better than them?

So when Poseidon secretly collaborated with Ladio, they simply treated it as a joke.

Ladio succeeded, truly strengthening Poseidon's original divine power and even gaining a subordinate god.

This isn't a hierarchical relationship between the God of Destruction and the Seven Deadly Sins; it's much closer.

The God of Kindness frowned slightly and said, "We've never considered these things. Is our understanding of divine positions really less than that of a human who recently attained the position of God of Slaughter?"

The Goddess of Kindness was quite downcast; even she, a goddess who loved to play, couldn't help but feel a sense of loss at this moment.

This is being defeated in the area where they excel.

Moreover, the other party was a human being whom he had once looked down upon.

The goddess of life was even more direct, sincerely praising, "The wisdom of the Holy Master Latio has surpassed our imagination. He has succeeded; now we must consider how to proceed."

"What kind of behavior is this! He actually stole our divine authority? He..." The God of Destruction clenched his fists, deeply indignant.

The god of evil leaned back in his chair, cynical, and laughed:

"Stop joking. Destruction? Our authority? We didn't even know that before. Heh heh, Shura, that little Poseidon, was he really corrupted by my aura? Now he's turned into a black-faced monster?"

The evil god is more interested in these pranks.

The God of Asura nodded slightly. "Yes, he hasn't continued to split up the divine positions yet because the accident last time caused some problems with the divine positions, and he needs to recuperate..."

The Asura God had no idea that the accident was entirely caused by the Sea God Poseidon himself!

However, Poseidon, the god of the sea, was also concerned about his reputation, so he did not tell the god of asura directly, but only said it was an accident.

The God of Destruction immediately retorted, "An accident? I don't think so. Perhaps it's the price of splitting up the divine positions! He's just caught in a bind, which is why he can't explain. Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?"

Several god-kings nodded in agreement, but deep down they didn't believe that Ladio could perform such a "miracle".

They are more inclined to believe there are costs they are unaware of.

And Poseidon's current state is in line with their expectations.

"That should be right..."

"How about we observe from the sidelines next time we split things up? If Master Latio has no ill intentions, he should agree."

The goddess of life made the suggestion, and all the gods nodded in agreement.

This is both to further understand Ladio and to insure Poseidon, the god of the sea.

"There's one more thing. You guys haven't been following Douluo Continent, so you don't know they're talking about entering some kind of Soul Tool Era. It's quite interesting..."

As the meeting drew to a close, the God of Evil suddenly laughed and said...

"The era of soul tools?"

The gods were quite curious.

With a wave of his hand, the evil god conjured a screen of light, and everyone saw scenes of the mortal world.

The location was naturally the Spirit Hall, and it was nighttime.

But unlike the nights that the gods had witnessed for tens of thousands of years, the Spirit Hall lit up, as if it were daytime.

The streets were still bustling with pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages.

Seeing this, all the gods were stunned. The changes that had taken place on the Douluo Continent had indeed piqued their curiosity.

Is this the most typical change in the era of soul tools?

The God of Destruction sneered, "Those are nothing but gimmicks and tricks, utterly worthless. Besides emitting light, what else can they do?"

"What if they figured out that thing Latio used? One shot and it would shatter the heavens..."

The god of kindness suddenly reminded them, and all the gods were taken aback again.

They seemed to have a vague premonition that something was about to change.

Tragically, they were unaware of the specifics of this change.

……

Meanwhile, a large-scale upheaval broke out in the kingdoms and duchies affiliated with the Heavenly Dou Empire.

A bottom-up coup, they gathered a group of fervent followers of the Holy Master Latio and overthrew the rule of the kingdom and the duchy.

They raised the banner of deposing all gods and empires, and exclusively honoring the Holy Teacher, demanding autonomy.

They were no longer willing to accept exploitation by the imperial nobles, but instead wanted to emulate the spirit of the Holy Master Ladio, so that everyone could be treated fairly.

They don't aim to gather a powerful force to crush or destroy any existing power; rather, they seek to achieve this goal through strong assimilation.

They infiltrated the area by uniting with the nobles' servants and soldiers.

In just half a month, all the other countries on the Douluo Continent, except for the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires, became the Free Alliance.

The two empires quickly noticed this change and immediately sealed off their borders to prevent the Free Alliance from infiltrating.

Their power is not frightening; what is frightening is their assimilative power.

Once people are infected by their ideas, the common people, workers, soul masters, soldiers, and even nobles within the empire will rebel, and the empire's rule will completely collapse.

However, neither of the two great empires could use force to suppress them.

Because the other side did not use force first, and moreover, this form of the Free Federation has little impact on the Soul Master forces; they may even side with the Free Federation.

If it offends the Holy Master Ladio, then it would be even more of a loss.

The two great empires could only defend themselves in frustration and ponder countermeasures.

……

Heavenly Dou Empire.

Emperor Xueye was in a terrible predicament. He sent Qian Renxue to Wuhun City to send back news from there, but he didn't expect that trouble would break out on his own side first.

"These are turbulent times..."

Prince Xuexing paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "Brother, there's something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time..."

"What is it?" Emperor Xueye frowned and looked at Prince Xuexing.

Prince Xuexing took a deep breath and said in a solemn voice, "It's about His Highness the Crown Prince. Actually, I've suspected the Crown Prince for a long time; he... might not be the real Qinghe!"

"!!!" Emperor Xueye stared blankly at Prince Xuexing, never expecting the other party to say such an absurd thing.

If the crown prince isn't the crown prince, then who could it be?

Prince Xuexing continued, "Although there is no concrete evidence, all aspects indicate that Qinghe has been switched, and the deaths of the other princes are very likely his doing as well..."

Prince Xuexing seized the opportunity to voice his suspicions.

(End of this chapter)