Douluo Continent: From Seven Treasure Glazed Tile to Crescent Moon's Solemnity

Chapter 277 The Little Spirit World

Imagine a duel between two great soul masters, where one side has the Explorer's Armguard and uses the Invincible Golden Body to block three soul skills launched by the opponent.

At the same time, because it consumes the soul power in the soul power crystal of the soul tool itself, the soul master does not suffer much loss and can still use his strongest soul skill.

Of course, the side with the Explorer's Armguards wins.

Therefore, the amplification from soul tools is still very significant, almost enough to secure victory.

These are all soul skills that are more inclined to self-defense and escape. According to the principle of Ning Feiliu's soul tools, if it can be equipped with a defensive soul skill, then can it be equipped with a powerful offensive soul skill?

For example... replace the core of the soul skill in the soul tool with an offensive soul skill similar to "White Tiger Blazing Light Wave".

The power of the soul skills of this soul tool does not depend on the soul skill core, but on the soul power crystal, or more precisely, the output soul power of the soul power crystal.

Therefore, this offensive soul skill, similar to "White Tiger Blazing Light Wave," is no less powerful than a 50,000-year-old soul skill...

This would seriously disrupt the balance of battles between Soul Masters.

If Ning Feiliu were to actually create such a soul tool in the future, it would be akin to high technology beating up primitive humans.

To be precise, it's similar to how Soul Masters in the Douluo Continent I era used advanced offensive Soul Tools to beat up Soul Masters during the Douluo Continent II: The Legend of the Condor Heroes era.

That scene... was truly too cruel.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling also thought of this scene, and then they both felt somewhat powerless.

As a Soul Master, even if you work hard to cultivate in the future, will it still be inferior to having a powerful Soul Tool?

It's like this: you study hard, but it's not as good as having a good family background. You need more than 600 points on the college entrance exam to get into your desired school, but when you ask your roommate who got into college, he only scored less than 500 points and got into the same university as you as his second choice.

Anyone would find this hard to accept.

Ye Lingling was alright; she was just a support-type Soul Master, so that feeling of powerlessness wasn't as obvious.

Dugu Yan, however, was a Battle Soul Master, and the thought of such a scene was simply unacceptable to her.

My own decades of cultivation and effort may not be as valuable as the other party possessing such a soul tool...

In this sense, it's like playing a video game where you use all sorts of skills and maneuvering to bring the opponent to low health, only to have the enemy Mordekaiser unleash his ultimate, EQAAAAA, and kill you instantly.

All I saw was talent and hard work.

Ning Feiliu knew this too, but he shook his head and said, "This world is becoming more and more unfair. We Soul Masters with extraordinary backgrounds already have better resources than other commoner Soul Masters, and it will only become more unfair in the future."

In Douluo Continent, this is actually considered good, because in reality, powerful and noble Soul Masters don't have many cultivation techniques or elixirs to help them cultivate.

The only advantage is having a top-quality martial soul.

Compared to other fantasy and cultivation worlds... not to mention those, the divine cultivation techniques of sects, as well as various elixirs, rare treasures, and cultivation sites that can improve cultivation speed, directly put ordinary cultivators and rogue cultivators far apart.

Compared to the martial arts world like Tang San's previous life, techniques like the Mysterious Heaven Skill and martial arts manuals like Ghost Shadow Tracking are enough to create a significant gap.

In Douluo Continent, you start with only one martial soul; everything else depends on your own efforts.

Moreover, with enough good luck, it's not impossible to be like Huo Yuhao, starting with a level-one, useless martial soul, and then progressing to a max-level, top-tier martial soul with three lives, seven soul spirits, seven soul bones, and all sorts of magic and cultivation techniques...

His situation is truly indescribable; his background offered absolutely no help, he relied entirely on his own hard work (and luck).

The story begins with him encountering a million-year-old soul beast that has escaped its confinement and wants to become a god. He even helps the beast kidnap a four-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast. Then he encounters an invincible necromancer from another world, a holy god of death, and then obtains a one-hundred-thousand-year-old soul beast embryo. After that, he also meets Rong Nianbing, the god of emotions, as his master...

This luck is unbeatable.

But apart from that, one's background is far more important than luck.

After all, no one can be that lucky unless you are a chosen one like Huo Yuhao.

"That's true... This world is inherently unfair," Dugu Yan sighed, "Sometimes, personal effort really can't compare to one's birth."

Take Ning Feiliu, for example. It's said that he relied entirely on external advantages, but in reality, if he hadn't been born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but rather into an ordinary farming family like the one in Notting City, he would have been a different story.

He didn't have the resources to open a clinic and gain experience in pharmacology; he probably needed to solve his basic needs and financial problems first.

Therefore, one's background is still very important.

"We're lucky. We'll just keep working hard," Ning Feiliu said with a smile. "If someone like us, with our background, is inferior to ordinary Soul Masters, wouldn't that be too shameful?"

Yes, they originally had a huge advantage over commoner Soul Masters, but in the end, they were the ones who lost. It was indeed a bit embarrassing.

Some people may think that as long as they have high innate soul power, especially full innate soul power, they can easily become a titled Douluo.

In reality, you still need to work hard to cultivate. Does having innate full soul power guarantee you'll become a Title Douluo...?

Not to mention the possibility of you dying or being killed along the way, even if you don't cultivate every day, how can your soul power increase on its own?

In Ning Feiliu's view, talent is just like a smart student and a stupid student doing homework. A smart student can do homework faster, but if he doesn't do his homework during the National Day holiday, no matter how smart he is, he won't be able to finish it by himself.

The slow learner is slow at doing homework and needs a lot of tutoring and care, but as long as he is willing to do his homework, that's enough.

If he can spend six hours a day doing his homework during the seven-day National Day holiday, he can finish all his homework.

That's why Soul Masters with innate full Soul Power aren't that... sought after.

For example, in the original storyline, Tang San and Xiao Wu, two students with innate full soul power, were not snatched up by other soul master academies in Notting City, and no one from other soul master academies tried to poach them... that's why.

Therefore, hard work is still the most important factor.

"Hmph! That's true, but we're not lazy. Don't make it sound like Lingling and I don't work hard." Dugu Yan said with her hands on her hips, dissatisfied.

"Um... I didn't mean to mention you and Lingling, Sister Yan," Ning Feiliu said somewhat awkwardly.

Seeing Ning Feiliu's reaction, Ye Lingling found it somewhat amusing and said, "Yanyan, don't misunderstand Feiliu. He definitely didn't mean it that way."

During this time, since she started fighting alongside Dugu Yan, she has changed how she addresses Dugu Yan, from "Dugu classmate" to the affectionate term "Yan Yan".

"Hmph, I think that's exactly what he means." Dugu Yan hugged Ye Lingling tightly and said, "He's just bullying us! Lingling... tonight we'll team up and get our revenge!"

"Tonight..." Upon hearing Dugu Yan's words, Ning Feiliu's mind conjured up exciting images once again.

In no time, he set up a small tent.

Upon seeing the well-equipped little tent, both Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling blushed and became flustered.

Although I couldn't stand Ning Feiliu, I was always happy when I was with her.

So of course they also longed to be with Ning Feiliu.

"Oh, right... we agreed before that after this period, we would go out for training together." Ning Feiliu forced down her wandering thoughts and said.

"Of course I'm ready anytime!" Dugu Yan said excitedly. "Aside from the last All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Tournament, I haven't really seen much of the outside world. This time, I'm going to take a good look at the outside world."

"I... I'll talk to my father about this and give you an answer in a few days," Ye Lingling said.

"Okay, then we'll wait for Lingling's reply before discussing the departure time," Ning Feiliu said with a smile.

"Alright then, but... before that, you have to..." Dugu Yan said with a mischievous smile, grabbing Ning Feiliu's hand while holding Ye Lingling's hand with her other, "Come on, let's go to my house!"

Another night of intense pleasure ensued, but Dugu Yan, who had originally planned to get revenge on Ning Feiliu with Ye Lingling that night, was the first to give up.

She was the one who started the war, but afterwards she just sat there wrapped in a blanket, watching Ye Lingling suffer Ning Feiliu's attacks.

……

Then the next day, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were still asleep, like exquisite works of art...

When Ning Feiliu woke up, she found that...

A line of small characters appeared out of thin air before my eyes—

[This allowed a thousand Spirit Blossom Trees to take root and bloom for the first time in this world, thus gaining access to the mysteries of the spirit realm.]

Then the small text shattered, transforming into a vast and unique stream of knowledge that entered Ning Feiliu's mind.

"The Spirit Realm..." Ning Feiliu was stunned for a moment, and then... he sensed the existence of the Spirit Realm.

This so-called spirit world is actually located in... Sunset Forest.

And at this moment, in the Sunset Forest.

Watching the last Spirit Blossom Tree come back to life, grow and bloom, Dugu Bo revealed an excited smile.

And then, at that moment...

All one thousand Spirit Blossom Trees in Sunset Forest released a strong yet soft pink light, which gathered together and transformed the already pink Sunset Forest into a place that brought immense peace to people's hearts.

It's beautiful and warm, and even the soul can find complete peace.

Where Dugu Bo could not see, he saw the soft light released by the thousand Spirit Blossom Trees. In the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, the Spirit Blossom Ancestral Tree also emitted an even more powerful aura.

In the unknown underground of the Yin-Yang Well of Ice and Fire, the two enormous dragon skeletons seemed to resonate with each other, releasing a powerful force.

In an instant, the powerful force, following the soft pink light, fell entirely into the original Spirit Blossom Ancestral Tree.

Then... a hundred years...

millennium……

Ten thousand years...

Fifty thousand years!!

Finally, this original Spirit Blossom Ancestral Tree instantly traversed a time span of tens of millions of years, becoming a 50,000-year-old Soul Beast.

On its massive trunk, a kind and gentle old face quickly materialized.

"Master!" it suddenly cried out with joy.

Ning Feiliu, who was far away in the Dugu Mansion in Tiandou City, also heard the call.

He didn't expect that completing this task would allow the Spirit Blossom Ancestral Tree to absorb a portion of the life essence of the two Dragon Kings, directly transforming it into a 50,000-year-old soul beast!

"Hmm, it seems you've actually benefited from this misfortune." Ning Feiliu didn't know what to say, but he sensed something else...

Within the Sunset Forest, it seemed as if countless souls had been revived.

Those who perished in the Sunset Forest, whether soul beasts or human soul masters, all their souls have been resurrected.

A thousand Spirit Blossom Trees formed a unique and vast realm, or what could be called a miniature spirit world.

In short, in this small spirit world, all the dead souls are awakened, and there is no risk of their souls being scattered.

However, their awakening not only startled the spirit beasts who saw them, but also made them believe they had been resurrected, and they began to act in the same way they did in life.

The vicious and malevolent spirits intend to attack any living thing they can see.

Still thinking of the departed souls of his loved ones, he planned to leave Sunset Forest.

In an instant, the entire Sunset Forest was in chaos!

"What...what should we do?" Ning Feiliu frowned.

"Master, should we let these souls rest in peace?" the Ancestral Tree of the Blooming Spirit Flower asked respectfully at this moment.

"Yes, that..." Ning Feiliu didn't know how to address the Spirit Blossom Ancestral Tree, which had already developed self-awareness, and was just about to give it a name.

As a result, the Ancestral Tree of the Blooming Spirit Flower said, "Master, you may call me the Spirit King."

"Well then, Spirit King, do you have a way to quiet them down?" Ning Feiliu asked.

"In this nascent spirit realm, the master is the supreme ruler, while I am subordinate to the master and can put them back to sleep at any time," the Spirit King said respectfully.

"Alright... except..." Ning Feiliu saw the resurrected Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin, who were happily reuniting with Dugu Bo.

"Besides these two, my father-in-law and mother-in-law, may the rest of the souls rest in peace," he concluded.

"Yes, Your Majesty," King Ling said respectfully.

Then it addressed the Sunset Forest, shouting, "All spirits...rest in peace!"

Sure enough, after it issued the command, the Spirit Blossom Trees in Sunset Forest swayed slightly as if they had heard the command.

Then they emitted strange fluctuations, and soon all the troublesome ghosts disappeared from their original spots again.

Only Dugu Xin and Duan Zilin remained, excitedly reuniting with Dugu Bo.

"Spirit King, you may step back for now. I will come to find you later," Ning Feiliu said, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Yes... Master." The Spirit King obeyed the order and then ceased maintaining a conscious connection with Ning Feiliu.

"The Lesser Spirit Realm...?" Ning Feiliu was somewhat dazed. The knowledge he had about the mysteries of the Spirit Realm made his original thought even clearer.

Why be a moon god, a war god, or an asura god? He wants to be... the supreme ruler of the spirit world, the god-king!

(End of this chapter)