In Douluo Continent, the Pope used me as a substitute for my first love.

Chapter 169 (Complete): Speculation on Artificial Inner Cores

"The plan? You mean the plan to stop Tang San, that scourge on the path of cultivation?"

Upon hearing this, the Silver Dragon King slowly sheathed his silver dragon spear and disappeared, then raised a rather chilling smile.

"If so, then there's nothing wrong with it."

As she spoke, she suddenly seemed to remember something, glanced at Wang Zhao, and then subtly transmitted her voice to the God of Space:

"However, you previously told me to get along well with Wang Zhao, otherwise I would definitely regret it later. What exactly did you mean by that?"

"And didn't you say that the God of Time can no longer see the future?"

In response, the God of Space paused for a moment, then replied telepathically in the same manner:

"Zhou can indeed hardly foresee the vague future, but as our third brother and successor to the divine position, we can still glean some information about Wang Zhao with a little effort, such as the people who will be very important to him in the future."

"A very important person..."

The Silver Dragon King was taken aback, then her beautiful eyes widened as she pointed to herself.

"You mean me?"

"It cannot be spoken, it cannot be spoken."

The God of Space merely shook his head mysteriously, then secretly glanced at a certain little brother below, thinking to himself, "Brother, this is all I can do for you. When you successfully inherit the divine position in the future, you must remember the kindness of your brother."

The Silver Dragon King then looked at Wang Zhao with a rather complicated expression, making Wang Zhao feel both inexplicably uncomfortable. After a while, she slightly opened her mouth and spoke in a cold voice with a slightly unusual tone:

"I can join the plan to block Tang San's path to enlightenment, but Wang Zhao, you have persecuted my fellow soul beasts. You have to give me a reasonable explanation, otherwise I will hold a grudge."

Hearing this, Wang Zhao looked at the Silver Dragon King's rather serious face. Although she was somewhat surprised, she also felt it made sense, so she thought for a moment and said:

"Alright, let me explain. First of all, I am a Soul Master. The cultivation system of the Douluo World forces me to rely on absorbing Soul Beast Soul Rings to become stronger. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have the strength or qualifications to stand in front of you. I'm just following the rules."

"Secondly, the reason I persecuted the Azure Bull Python and its small group was not just because I wanted to become stronger and try to become stronger than ordinary soul masters. There was another reason, as you know, that since they were bound to become Tang San's help in the future, I would not let them go."

"Don't even mention that I need their spirit rings and spirit bones to improve my strength. Even if I didn't need them, I would never give them to Tang San so easily."

...Wang Zhao's words were quite blunt and unambiguous, which was somewhat of a provocation to the Silver Dragon King, the ruler of all soul beasts. However, that was on the premise that the Silver Dragon King had not seen the future visions that the God of Space had sent her.

Now, for the Silver Dragon King, who couldn't wait to fly out and slap Xiao Wu to death, her hatred extended to everything related to Wang Zhao's previous actions, and she could only applaud them.

But despite these thoughts, as the ruler of all soul beasts, there were still some questions she needed to ask:

"Based on the levels of human Soul Masters, you are currently a Soul King, which means you need to absorb at least four more Soul Rings. What are your thoughts on that?"

"You know the target of the sixth spirit ring is that Erming, the Titan Giant Ape."

Wang Zhao first spoke succinctly.

Upon hearing this, the Silver Dragon King thought for a moment, then nodded without paying any attention. As for the soul beasts in Xiao Wu's little group, she thought they deserved to die as soon as possible, without any pity.

Wang Zhao then said, "We're currently stuck on the three remaining spirit rings. Finding three more spirit beasts with high lifespans would have been unavoidable, but if we had a massive amount of energy to support that..."

"I might be able to obtain spirit rings without hunting spirit beasts."

"oh."

Upon hearing this, the Silver Dragon King became interested.

"You just said that because of the rules of the cultivation system, Soul Masters have to rely on hunting Soul Beasts and obtaining Soul Rings to improve their strength. Why are you saying that now?"

"Because of this."

Wang Zhao reached out and touched the storage ring, and a jade box appeared in his hand. He opened the jade box, revealing a semi-finished artificial inner core inside.

"What is this now?"

At this moment, the Silver Dragon King has formed an alliance with Wang Zhao and the two gods of time and space. For a short time, he was no longer worried about being hunted down by the God Realm Committee because of the exposure of his hiding place. He kept asking questions like a curious child.

"Inner alchemy, or rather, artificial inner alchemy."

Wang Zhaoxuan then described the ancient mythical beasts, their inner cores, his ability to autonomously condense soul rings using the inner cores of the Yanghua Dragon Sparrow and Yinhua Dragon Sparrow, his conjecture about artificial inner cores, and his several experiments with artificial inner cores.

The Silver Dragon King was also somewhat astonished, then, realizing what he had just heard, he said in a slightly bewildered tone:

"From what you're saying, artificial inner cores seem to be a 'good thing' that can harm my soul beast race to the greatest extent and benefit you human soul masters!"

She glanced at the Time-Space Gods, who had remained silent for some reason since she and Wang Zhao started chatting, in the void not far away, and then silently took out the Silver Dragon Spear again.

"If it weren't for those two protecting you, I would have stabbed you to death on the spot!"

"Hehe, you really love to joke around..."

Wang Zhao couldn't help but squint and smile as she took a half-step back, before speaking somewhat seriously:

"So what I just said is that if there is a sufficiently large energy supply to support it, with the Spirit Hall's almost inexhaustible supply of various attribute herbs, it is entirely possible to mass-produce real artificial inner cores, rather than relying on absorbing the energy of dead spirit beasts to create semi-artificial inner cores."

"You mean, is there a way to break the distorted cultivation system where Soul Masters must persecute Soul Beasts to advance in their cultivation level?"

The Silver Dragon King also realized what was happening and couldn't help but ask.

"The key is that there needs to be a sufficiently large energy supply to support it."

Wang Zhao continued to emphasize this point.

"And it can't be interrupted, otherwise even with the Spirit Hall taking the lead, it won't be able to be promoted in the Spirit Master world. It's best to form a certain energy cycle so that it can last for a long time."

"Now that you've brought it up, do you already have some ideas?"

The intelligent Silver Dragon King quickly replied.

After all, it concerns the revival of her soul beast clan. If the artificial inner core that Wang Zhao mentioned can really be promoted in human society, it will undoubtedly save her a lot of effort.

After all, the conflict between human soul masters and soul beasts has never been resolved. She could foresee that without her personal involvement, the soul beast race would be forced into internal strife and extinction on Douluo Star, let alone launching a counterattack against the God Realm.

Not to mention, she had just seen the future visions presented to her by the God of Space using his divine power. Although they were fragmented, she was still able to glean a great deal from them.

(End of this chapter)