Douluo Continent: Awakening the Original Martial Soul at the Start.

Chapter 157 Soul

The water god tried to escape, but found that he couldn't move at all.

Under the powerful suppression of the Asura Domain within the Great Sumeru Hammer, coupled with the super artifact Asura Demon Sword, he was nothing more than a lamb to the slaughter.

With a single blow, the water god was reduced to a lump of flesh and fell to the bottom of the sea.

Without even looking, Tang Hao transformed into a streak of scarlet light and vanished.

Under the abundant water energy of the ocean, the sea god quickly regained its original form, but its aura was much weaker.

"What a monster! To possess such combat power so soon after becoming a god—no wonder he's the chosen successor of the God of Asura!"

Looking in the direction Tang Hao left, the Water God sighed with lingering fear, "If we hadn't been in the ocean, I might have died from that attack."

"No, this continent is too strange. I'd better leave immediately!"

With that thought in mind, the Water God stopped lingering and opened the passage to the God Realm, returning to the God Realm.

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Inside a wooden cabin beside Star Dou Lake in the heart of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Having already achieved the status of a quasi-god, Di Tian transformed into human form and followed Gu Yuena, pushing open the door and entering.

"Sister Gu Yuena!"

Upon seeing the newcomer, Qian Renxue rushed forward, hugged Gu Yuena, and exclaimed joyfully.

"Xue'er, you've come!"

Gu Yuena gently patted Qian Renxue's back and said with a smile.

"Sister, what have you been doing all this time?!"

Qian Renxue pulled Gu Yuena to sit down next to her and asked curiously.

"It's all because Li Fei upgraded Douluo Star, causing a surge in the number of Soul Masters. Coupled with Qi and Blood Martial Arts and Soul Tools, the number of Soul Beasts dying has increased dramatically recently. If this continues, the Soul Beasts on the continent will be wiped out in less than a thousand years!"

Gu Yuena rolled her eyes and glared at Li Fei, saying irritably.

Li Fei was also stunned. He hadn't thought that much about it. He knew that the number of newly awakened Soul Masters had increased significantly in recent years, but he hadn't expected it to cause such great harm to Soul Beasts.

After a moment's thought, Li Fei understood the key point. To put it bluntly, it was because the number of humans far exceeded that of soul beasts, and their cultivation speed was also much faster. A soul master's cultivation time in one year was equivalent to that of a soul beast in several decades or even a hundred years.

The improvement of a Soul Master will definitely require hunting Soul Beasts to absorb Soul Rings. As time goes by, it will inevitably become what Gu Yuena said: the land-based Soul Masters, who already have very little territory, will eventually have to make their living space even smaller.

Li Fei began to ponder, stroking his chin. It was impossible to ban Soul Masters from cultivating throughout the entire continent. Even with the influence of Qi and Blood Martial Arts, it only lowered the status of Soul Masters considerably, but it wouldn't make people give up Soul Master cultivation.

Nowadays, most Soul Masters choose to cultivate both internal and external aspects of their cultivation, and very few specialize in Soul Mastery.

Moreover, banning it is not advisable. Soul Masters are a civilization that has slowly developed from the birth of Douluo Star to the present day. This is the accumulation of time, and it is not something that Li Fei can change at will. Even a god cannot change it.

"Huo Yuhao created the Soul Spirit system using Electrolux, and in Douluo Continent III, the Spirit Pagoda could even create artificial Soul Spirits to help Soul Masters acquire Soul Rings. This might be a very good idea!"

After thinking for a while, Li Fei realized that apart from modifying the rules of Douluo Star, it seemed that only the Soul Spirit system and condensing Soul Rings himself remained.

"Gu Yuena, I have two methods here, see if they are feasible!"

"Tell me!" Gu Yuena asked with great interest.

"The first type is the Soul Spirit. The Soul Spirit is the soul of a Soul Beast that is extracted from its body in a special way and a contract is signed with the Soul Master on an equal footing. When the Soul Master reaches the bottleneck of level 10, the Soul Spirit transforms into a Soul Ring to break through. This method is superior to the Soul Master hunting Soul Beasts. It allows the Soul Beast's soul to retain its consciousness and help the host fight. It can be considered as allowing the Soul Beast to survive in another way."

I will also forge some divine artifact-level towers and place them in the Star Dou Great Forest, the Far North, Sea God Island, and the Demon Forest. You only need to have the soul beasts drip some of their blood into specific places on these towers every now and then. These artifacts can automatically create artificial soul spirits based on the soul beasts' genes.

With both combined, I believe that soul beasts will have enough room to survive in the future!

Li Fei explained the principles of soul spirits to Gu Yuena in detail. In fact, the so-called soul spirit is very simple. It is to transform the soul into a spirit body and let it live on the soul ring. It is not a very difficult thing.

If Electrolux, who barely became a god, could do it, then Li Fei and Gu Yuena could too!

Leaving aside Li Fei, Gu Yuena inherited the wisdom of the Dragon God and instantly understood what Li Fei meant. After pondering for a moment, she asked, "Who controls the tower you speak of?! I can't trust humans!"

"That's right! Li Fei! Although you helped your master, this is a matter of great importance concerning the survival of soul beasts, and it cannot be left to humans to control!" Di Tian, ​​who had been silent all along, also spoke up quickly.

"I didn't intend for humans to control it, nor was it intended for it to be a soul beast. The Spirit Transfer Tower I crafted will possess consciousness. It will select the most suitable artificial soul spirit for the arriving soul masters according to the rules I set for it. At the same time, it will absorb the souls of all dead creatures within a radius of ten thousand meters, transforming them into soul spirits to live within the tower!"

Li Fei's idea was simple: to leave the Spirit Pagoda in the gathering place of several major soul beasts. As for whether the area where the Spirit Pagoda was located would be controlled by humans or by soul beasts, that was none of his business.

As for the Spirit Pagoda, Li Fei will only allow it to operate according to specific rules, which no one can control, thus preventing it from being exploited by evil spirit masters as much as possible.

Because of Tang Hao, the City of Slaughter has disappeared, and evil soul masters are destined to begin to appear in the eyes of major forces. It should be said that there are already evil soul masters active in the soul master world, but they are mostly on the Sun and Moon Continent.

The Sun and Moon Continent is now in chaos. The Sun and Moon Empire, which has been passed down for countless years, has been disintegrated due to the collapse of the God of Darkness. Various forces have begun to fight for territory, constantly clashing with each other and engaging in small-scale wars.

"Yes! That's for the best!" Gu Yuena nodded in agreement. "Then what's the second way?!"

"The second method is not suitable for ordinary Soul Masters. That is to independently condense Soul Rings. This method can only be learned by Soul Masters who have reached at least the Soul Saint level, so it is only suitable for some geniuses!"

The soul core that is formed independently is usually the most suitable for oneself, and its lifespan is also the limit that the body can withstand. The soul skills and amplifications enhanced by the soul rings are usually the strongest.

"It's indeed not suitable. The ability for a soul beast to autonomously condense its soul core requires over 100,000 years of accumulated experience after it transforms into human form. Even then, once they reach level 70 and fully transform into human form, they can no longer condense it and still need to hunt soul beasts. It's already quite remarkable that you've enabled a genius soul master to condense their own soul ring!"

As the goddess of soul beasts, Gu Yuena understood better than anyone why transformed soul beasts could condense soul rings, and naturally knew the difficulty of getting human soul masters to condense soul rings.

"Actually, there's another way to leave the soul beast a way out!"

"What method?!" Gu Yuena asked hurriedly. Having more methods means having more options, and it wouldn't do much harm to the soul beasts.

"That's the Dragon Realm. I know a bit about what happened to the Dragon God back then. The Dragon God wanted to upgrade the Dragon Realm to a God Realm. Although the Beast Gods were almost all killed or wounded, the Dragon God went berserk, and the upgrade failed, the Dragon Realm was at least preserved. Even though it was severely damaged, its resources far surpass those of Douluo Star! With our strength, turning it into a God Realm might be difficult, but becoming a Quasi-God Realm shouldn't be a problem. We can open up a few passages in the areas where soul beasts are concentrated on Douluo Star and let some soul beasts migrate in. That shouldn't be a problem!"

Li Fei wasn't making things up; he had evidence. Back then, the Dragon God was just a hair's breadth away from succeeding. At that time, the foundation accumulated by the Dragon Realm was already sufficient. Even though the war back then damaged most of the Dragon Realm and even caused the plane's consciousness to fall into slumber, the Dragon Realm still has the foundation to return to the Quasi-God Realm.

"The Dragon Realm?!"

Gu Yuena wasn't particularly willing. The Dragon Realm was currently the sleeping place of the Beast God and the Dragon Clan, and she didn't want to disturb it.

"Of course, if you don't want to, that's fine too!"

Seeing Gu Yuena's troubled expression, Li Fei didn't bring it up further.

"No! It's just that it's where the dragons rest, and I don't want to interfere too much!" Gu Yuena sighed.

"I see. Then all we need to do when we restore the Dragon Realm is to separate the Dragon Clan from the Beast God's target area!" Li Fei suggested.

"That's the only way!"

……

While Li Fei and Gu Yuena were discussing how to restore the God Realm, Tang Hao had gone on a killing spree. In order to find his clone, he had already killed five second-level gods and seriously injured more than a dozen gods. Many gods who felt that their strength was insufficient did not stay on Douluo Star any longer and all returned to the God Realm.

Near Hurricane Canyon, Tang Hao dragged the Clear Sky Hammer slowly toward the canyon. After harming so many gods, he finally obtained a little bit of news about the Wind God.

"According to that guy, the God Forger, the Wind God is recuperating in the deepest part of Hurricane Canyon, and incidentally absorbing and fusing the Thunder God Spark he obtained from Xiao San's mind!"

Thinking of Tang San's confidence and promise when he went to Thunder God Island, Tang Hao felt a pang of pain in his heart, and the killing intent in his eyes intensified. His scarlet gaze turned towards Hurricane Canyon, and he quickened his pace, turning into a blur as he entered the canyon.

As Tang Hao entered, the hurricanes blowing out of the canyon had completely turned crimson, having been completely affected by the power of the Asura God.

The further in you go, the more swift the hurricane becomes; if it's a level 5 hurricane at the canyon entrance, it's a level 15 hurricane here.

"I can sense the fluctuations of divine power; that Wind God must be inside!"

Feeling the energy fluctuations brought by the wind, Tang Hao became excited and accelerated his pace, heading deeper into the area.

"Damn it! This successor of the Asura God found us so quickly?! I've only fused with half of the Thunder God's divine essence!"

Sensing Tang Hao's approaching aura, the Wind God's expression turned grim. He had used the power of the wind to detect that Tang Hao was chasing him and understood the reason. Now his injuries had healed, but the fusion of the Thunder God's divine essence was not going particularly smoothly.

Although wind and thunder complement each other, it is still very difficult to fuse the power of two laws and authority. The best choice is to do so at the beginning of the understanding of the laws, just like Qian Renxue. Now the Wind God's Wind Law Domain is close to perfection, and the cracks in the law are almost non-existent. It is difficult for the Thunder Law to be integrated into it.

This was a discovery made when the Wind God chose to fuse with the Law of Thunder. If Tang San hadn't not comprehended much of the Law of Thunder within his divine core, leaving it incomplete and with gaps to integrate with the Law of Wind, he probably wouldn't have been able to even achieve half of it.

Slowly rising to his feet, the Wind God took out his divine weapon, the soft sword, adjusted his unstable state, and walked outside. He didn't think he would lose to the Asura God, who was only a first-level god.

"Wind God! You've finally come out!"

Tang Hao watched the figure of the Wind God emerge with excitement. He had finally found the enemy who killed his son. Seven blood-red divine rings appeared behind him. A "crack" sound, like glass shattering, rang out. All seven divine rings shattered and transformed into a terrifying force that merged into the Haotian Hammer formed by the Asura Demon Sword.

The Haotian Hammer gradually grew larger, soon reaching a size of a hundred meters. When compressed to its limit, the Asura divine power transformed into scarlet flames and lightning, sweeping outwards in all directions.

"The Great Sumeru Hammer!"

Facing his enemy, Tang Hao had no intention of testing him. He immediately unleashed his full power, the massive Haotian Hammer crashing into the void. Under that unprecedentedly terrifying power, even space itself began to distort.

The distorted space restricted the wind god's movements, making it difficult for him to dodge.

"Wind and Thunder Sword!"

Because he absorbed half of the Thunder God's divine essence, the Wind God's strength broke through to the Quasi-God King level. Therefore, he was not without the ability to resist this attack. He condensed the wind and thunder laws he had comprehended into the tip of his soft sword and launched a very simple straight thrust, intending to break through the entire area by focusing on one point.

However, the Wind God clearly underestimated the power of the Great Sumeru Hammer. This strike was a condensation of the power of all seven divine rings that came with the Asura God's position when they shattered, making it much stronger than the God King's attack.

The sword tip collided with the Great Sumeru Hammer, and the terrifying force caused the Wind God Sword to bend downwards. The laws of wind and thunder and the law of slaughter collided continuously, converging into a terrifying energy storm that swept outwards. In just an instant, the Hurricane Canyon, which was constantly plagued by hurricanes, was transformed into a huge basin with a diameter of 10,000 meters.

The terrifying energy fluctuations had even swept up to the nearest city, Shenfeng City. Fortunately, due to the great changes in the world, Feng Xiaotian and his father had both broken through to the Title Douluo level. By combining their power, they managed to barely block the energy storm, which was almost completely exhausted.

The two sides were still locked in a stalemate when the lightning around the Wind God suddenly intensified, as if it were out of control, and his expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

"puff!"

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, the Wind God's expression changed drastically: "Damn it! The Thunder God's divine spark is starting to go out of control!"

Thor's divine spark has not yet been completely fused. Previously, with the suppression of his divine soul, the two divine sparks could coexist peacefully. However, now that the power of the Wind God is resisting the Great Sumeru Hammer, he cannot spare the energy to suppress it, and Thor's divine spark has begun to revolt.

(End of this chapter)