Douluo: The Dragon King's Descent of the Gods

Historical records state that ten thousand years ago, the Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao invented the Soul Spirit Technique and used it as the foundation to create the Spirit Transmission Tower.

This history is true, and that's what the world believes.

However, only Huo Yuhao himself and a small group of mysterious people knew that the person who created the Spirit Pagoda was indeed Lingbing Douluo, but the person who invented the Soul Spirit Technique was not him, but the mysterious inheritance that he obtained by chance.

In the original timeline, Electrolux died too early, and Huo Yuhao ascended to the God Realm not long after creating the Spirit Pagoda, resulting in the initial version of the Soul Spirit Technique being extremely rudimentary.

Furthermore, because the art of soul spirits involves the knowledge system of the Holy Demon Continent, even after ten thousand years, the Spirit Pagoda has failed to develop a mature artificial soul spirit technology.

In this life's timeline, the Soul Spirit Technique that Huo Yuhao obtained from the mysterious inheritance was not some rudimentary initial version, but a complete and deluxe version that Meng Xinghe assisted Electrolux in researching.

These two versions of the Soul Art are quite different.

The original timeline version was developed by Electrolux from Huo Yuhao's perspective, which is also the perspective of a human soul master. Due to time constraints, it was quite rudimentary.

The current version was developed by Electrolux from the perspective of a soul beast.

To empathize with others and for the sake of his later plans, Electrolux used the rules of Douluo Star to transform himself into a vengeful spirit-type soul beast.

(Those with physical forms are the dead, those without are vengeful spirits. Qian Renxue and Ilex did not have physical forms when they transformed into soul beasts, so they were vengeful spirits, not the dead.)

That's right. As long as the rules set by the Dragon God remain unchanged, the fundamental nature of soul beasts serving soul masters cannot be altered, and no matter how advanced the soul spirit techniques are, they cannot change this.

However, while the Soul Spirit Technique cannot change the fundamental nature of Soul Beasts serving Soul Masters, it can ensure that Soul Spirits and Soul Masters are on equal footing, rather than existing as something akin to a master-servant contract.

First, after a soul beast transforms into a soul spirit, it can exist independently without relying on a soul master, survive without staying in a small soul spirit sphere, and even cultivate autonomously like a soul beast.

Secondly, the reference point for the Soul Contract is no longer the Master-Servant Contract of the Holy Demon Continent, but an equal contract. During the process of signing the contract between the Soul Master and the Soul Spirit, any resistance from either party will lead to the failure of the contract.

To force a contract, the laws of contracts need to be modified, and modifying the laws of contracts requires deducing the cultivation system of the Holy Demon Continent.

To reverse-engineer a completely new and complete cultivation system—sorry, the people of Douluo Continent don't have this ability, otherwise the Mysterious Heaven Technique wouldn't be the number one cultivation technique in Douluo Continent long ago.

After signing the contract, the Soul Master and the Soul Spirit can support each other. The stronger the Soul Master, the stronger the Soul Spirit, and the stronger the Soul Spirit, the stronger the Soul Master, thus forming a positive feedback loop. This allows the Soul Spirit to evolve on its own because of the Soul Master's strength, and the Soul Master's Martial Soul can also evolve on its own because of the Soul Spirit's strength.

The soul skills bestowed upon soul masters by their spirits are no longer randomly generated, but can be selected to a certain extent.

Soul Masters can choose the racial talents of their Soul Spirits, or fuse the abilities that their Soul Spirits learn later with their own Martial Soul. The resulting Soul Skills can either fully inherit the Soul Spirit's talents or abilities, or they can combine with the Martial Soul itself to form new skills.

Generally speaking, if the martial spirit is weak but the soul spirit is strong, choose the former; if the martial spirit is strong but the soul spirit is weak, choose the latter; if both the martial spirit and the soul spirit are weak or both are strong, then either one is acceptable.

However, nothing is absolute. Neither method is inherently superior or inferior. Rather, the choice should be made based on the individual circumstances of the Soul Master or Soul Spirit.

For example, all contracted Ice Silkworm Soul Masters with the Spirit attribute will unanimously choose to fully inherit the simulation talent of the Ice Silkworm clan as their own Soul Skill.

After all, aside from the talent for simulation, the Ice Silkworm Soul Spirit offers negative improvements to Soul Masters in all other aspects.

If you choose the ice attribute, no matter which method you use, the soul skill that the Ice Silkworm grants to the soul master won't even be able to function as an air conditioner in the summer.

If the Ice Jade Scorpion clan abandoned the poison attribute in pursuit of the ultimate power of ice, then the Ice Silkworm clan chose the mental attribute in pursuit of survival ability. As for the ice attribute, due to their living environment, they abandoned it but did not completely abandon it.

At the same time, because the soul spirit and the soul master have signed an equal contract, the contract can be terminated as long as both parties agree, allowing the soul spirit to return to its free state, while the soul master who terminates the contract will lose the soul ring provided by the soul spirit.

Imagine a Soul Master breaking their contract with their spirit as their lifespan nears its end, and with the spirit's consent, passing the spirit on to the next generation, and the generation after that...

After several generations of this process, the soul spirit becomes stronger and stronger through continuous inheritance. If the inheritance is long enough, a ten-year soul spirit may even transform into a ferocious beast soul spirit. In the process of inheritance, the soul spirit itself will also establish a deep bond with the soul master family.

This kind of spirit is called a legendary spirit. (Adapted from Wan Nian Yuhao)

The more Soul Master families possess legendary Soul Spirits, the more stable the peace between Soul Beasts and humans will be, and the more difficult it will be to disrupt the peaceful coexistence of Soul Beasts and humans.

Ten thousand years have passed, and soul beasts and humans have achieved true peaceful coexistence.

The unprecedented maturity of artificial soul technology has kept the price of souls within a reasonable range, rather than being extremely expensive in another timeline.

Ordinary families can buy a ten-year soul spirit without any burden. Families with slightly better financial conditions or soul master talents can apply for an interest-free loan for their first soul spirit, which is enough to buy a hundred-year soul spirit.

If a Soul Master is exceptionally talented, they can obtain a hundred-year-old Soul Spirit for free without even joining the Spirit Pagoda.

Everything is moving in a positive direction. The soul beast race has fundamentally solved the problem of reproduction and survival. If...

If there were no heavenly tribulation, everything would be perfect!

The Heavenly Tribulation, like the Sword of Damocles, hangs over the heads of every soul beast with a cultivation level exceeding 100,000 years.

Even if one becomes a spirit, the Heavenly Tribulation will arrive as scheduled after the required number of years has passed. Only spirits that successfully pass the Heavenly Tribulation can transform into ferocious beast spirits.

For soul beasts with a cultivation level below 100,000 years, this era is paradise; but for soul beasts with a cultivation level above 100,000 years, this era is not fundamentally different from the past, except that the living environment has improved.

What's wrong with a soul beast just wanting to survive?

Why is it so difficult for soul beasts to survive?

Heaven's justice is unjust! The divine realm will not tolerate it!

Dragon God, if you have even the slightest bit of conscience left, please open your eyes and take a look—

Your people could have lived carefree lives, but because of the sins you have committed, they are forced to embark on a path of no return in order to survive.

It's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. Instead of waiting for the Dragon God to have a change of heart and repent, it's better to rely on yourself to carve out a way for the Soul Beast race to survive!

And this path to survival is called—the Reincarnation Plan!

If a soul beast can transform into human form and rebuild its strength, and its power surpasses that of the god who established these laws of heaven and earth, it can break these laws and save the entire soul beast race.

However, Meng Xinghe didn't tell them one thing: the culprit behind all this was not any other deity, but their most revered ancestor, the Dragon God!