Douluo Continent: Building a Divine Kingdom Starting from the Spirit Hall

"Ignore it; they must have made a deal."

Xue Ye wasn't too worried about this, after all, Sword Douluo's father had died at the hands of the Spirit Hall's Grand Elder, a fact confirmed by Bone Douluo, and there was no doubt about it.

With the murder of his father behind him, there is absolutely no way that Sword Douluo would submit to the Spirit Hall.

It was probably just a collaboration at the time; either that thing brokered it, or the Spirit Hall approached them on their own initiative.

"cooperate?"

Xuexing couldn't imagine what kind of cooperation it would be, and nothing else unusual happened during that period.

"Have you ever wondered why that Haotian Douluo hasn't shown up yet? And why the Sword Sect dared to announce that it would replace the Haotian Sect as one of the three upper sects?"

With a soft chuckle, Xueye had already guessed the reason behind it all.

"They joined forces and surrounded and killed Haotian Douluo?"

Startled, Xue Xing realized that such a cooperation could indeed provoke even a proud person like Sword Douluo to temporarily set aside his hatred and take action, not to mention the influence of his disciple.

Only by defeating or killing Haotian Douluo can the Haotian Sect be considered truly defeated. Therefore, it is very likely that Sword Douluo and the Spirit Hall had this deal.

"They probably didn't kill anyone, at most they severely injured them, otherwise the Clear Sky Sect would have been destroyed by the Spirit Hall long ago."

Xueye guessed that Haotian Douluo was definitely not dead yet, otherwise the Spirit Hall would not have kept the Haotian Sect alive until Pope Qian Xunji was ambushed and killed by the Haotian Twins before they finally destroyed the Haotian Sect, and even then, they only destroyed the outer shell.

"I will personally visit the Vajra Sect and the Sword Sect."

With that in mind, Xuexing solemnly agreed to the matter and then went out to get started on it as soon as possible.

Although he longed to be a carefree prince who didn't have to worry about anything, the empire was currently beset by internal and external troubles, and if he wanted to enjoy life, he had to share some of his elder brother's burdens.

However, this trip will definitely be tough, so I'll have to bring some beauties along the way. The twins I got a few days ago were pretty good...

"Uncle Bo, Yan'er should be almost done refining that spirit ring, right?"

Watching his younger brother leave, Xue Ye then asked Dugu Bo, who was standing beside him, with concern. He valued this Poison Douluo highly, and even more so his granddaughter.

That's the daughter-in-law I personally booked!

Chapter 447 The Prodigy Dugu Yan

"Yanyan is very talented and hardworking, and she is a year ahead of schedule."

When Dugu Bo mentioned his beloved granddaughter, a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

His granddaughter is already ten years old. Since awakening her martial soul at the age of six, she has been cultivating her soul power. In the same year, she cultivated to level ten and refined the head soul bone of the 100,000-year-old Azure Phosphorous Serpent King, which he had specially hunted and obtained, greatly enhancing her spiritual power.

Afterwards, he helped her hunt down a Jade Serpent King that had just reached the age of ten thousand years, and used the second soul skill of his ninth soul ring to seal it inside his granddaughter's body, allowing her to slowly refine it.

Although it took a full four years to refine, it was worth it.

After all, that was the first ten-thousand-year soul ring ever. With this foundation, as long as the plan is proper and the soul bone is added, it is entirely possible to refine a hundred-thousand-year soul ring at the Soul King level.

In addition, stimulated by a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Soul Bone and a Jade Scale Serpent King Soul Ring, the granddaughter's martial soul evolved from the Jade Scale Serpent to the even stronger Jade Scale Serpent King, further enhancing her aptitude.

Moreover, when he was hunting for spirit rings, he discovered that the spirit bones dropped by 100,000-year-old spirit beasts might be related to the spirit bones that spirit masters themselves lacked. The spirit bones he hunted back then were exactly what he lacked.

This is definitely not a coincidence. Perhaps Yan Yan will be able to assemble a set of 100,000-year-old soul bones that resonate with her soul rings in the future, which would be much more perfect than scattered soul bones.

"I truly envy Uncle Bo's soul skills, but unfortunately they have limitations."

Xueye was filled with envy. If he had Dugu Bo's soul skill, he could have mass-produced powerful individuals long ago.

Unfortunately, he didn't have it, and that soul skill also had significant limitations.

"The more powerful a soul skill is, the more restrictions it has. Just like the Martial Soul True Body of the seventh soul ring, this is a law of the soul master world that no one can change."

Dugu Bo sighed at this, saying that although his ninth soul ring skill could seal the soul power in others, it required a month to recover, and the seal was not permanent, depending on the quality of the target's soul power.

For example, the ten-thousand-year soul ring sealed in his granddaughter's body can be sealed for a month and a half at a time, while a hundred-thousand-year soul ring can be sealed for a day.

For the past four years, he has stayed by his granddaughter's side, using the second soul skill of his ninth soul ring once a month to maintain the soul power on her body that was targeting the ten-thousand-year soul ring, allowing it to be gradually worn down and refined by his own soul power.

There's no other way; the quality of a level 10 Soul Master's Soul Power is far inferior to that of a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. We can only rely on this slow and painstaking process to get it done.

However, the effort is worthwhile. If things continue like this, he can definitely raise his granddaughter into a prodigy.

Recalling the amazing performances of those two prodigies in the previous two Soul Master Competitions, Dugu Bo was filled with excitement.

That's a prodigy!

“Those two kids, Graphite and Stone Mill, have been delayed for three years already. Uncle Bo, are you going to wait any longer? Why don’t we just use those two soul bones?”

Xueye mentioned the two twin brothers with Xuanwu Turtle Martial Souls. They were also very promising. For this reason, he found two head soul bones and sent them over, hoping to replicate the miracle of Dugu Yan. However, Dugu Bo never took a liking to them.

"You don't understand the dangers of refining a 100,000-year soul ring. The Xuanwu Turtle Martial Soul doesn't have any talent in terms of spiritual power. It must be supported by a head soul bone that is at least 90,000 years old in order to safely refine a 100,000-year soul ring."

Otherwise, even if all the previous spirit rings were made into ten-thousand-year spirit rings, it would still be difficult to safely refine a one-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring even after cultivating to level ninety.

Dugu Bo shook his head slightly. Refining a soul ring is much more dangerous than refining a soul bone, especially a 100,000-year soul ring. If one's mental strength is not strong enough and there is no head soul bone to share the pressure, death is almost certain.

This is also the main reason why the vast majority of Title Douluos in the Soul Master world do not choose a 100,000-year Soul Ring as their ninth Soul Ring. As for the fact that 100,000-year Soul Beasts are too powerful and difficult to hunt, that is only a secondary issue.

Otherwise, given the resources of the Spirit Hall and the three upper sects, they would have already equipped their titled Douluo with 100,000-year spirit rings.

Therefore, the head soul bone is of utmost importance, and it is better to have none than to have a bad one.

Unfortunately, his ninth spirit ring could only seal spirit power and could not withstand the mental impact on the spirit master when refining the spirit ring.

"It's just that the three upper sects have excluded us and are secretly hunting down 100,000-year-old soul beasts, making the 100,000-year-old soul beasts in Sunset Forest and the far north more vigilant and united."

Seeing that his proposal was rejected, Xueye couldn't help but feel angry again, not at Dugu Bo, but at the three upper sects.

The actions of the three upper sects not only triggered the previous beast tide, but also made the 100,000-year-old soul beasts more vigilant and united, and even more difficult to kill. Their forces alone were no longer sufficient to hunt them down.

"How hateful! What a pity!"

Dugu Bo was also very unhappy about this. Currently, apart from 100,000-year-old soul beasts that are guaranteed to produce soul bones, whether other age-old soul beasts can produce soul bones depends on luck. Even 90,000-year-old soul beasts have a high chance of not producing soul bones, let alone the most precious head soul bones.

The head soul bone he prepared for his granddaughter was obtained only after he had crippled the Azure Phosphorous Serpent King and had an elder of the Heavenly Dou royal family deliver the fatal blow.

He even had Xueye find a trashy torso soul bone and three soul bones from the left arm and right leg, so that he could complete the soul bone set on his body, leaving only the head empty, and then guide the most precious head soul bone to explode out.

Unfortunately, I can no longer hunt 100,000-year-old soul beasts in the inner area of ​​Sunset Forest and the far north. Otherwise, I would be ganged up on by at least ten 100,000-year-old soul beasts. Even if I become a Super Douluo with the help of soul bones, I would still be defeated by such a lineup.

This shortcut has been ruined by the three upper sects; those bastards are truly inhuman.

"It's a pity about those two children; they could have become outstanding talents."

Xue Ye was unwilling and regretful. The two brothers had excellent talent, and their innate soul power had reached level nine. Becoming a titled Douluo was a certainty, and with proper training, they could very well become prodigies.

Pity!

"It's not a pity. Starting with a ten-thousand-year soul ring is difficult, but a thousand-year soul ring is not a big problem. If you refine two soul rings that are infinitely close to ten-thousand-year in age, the third soul ring should be able to withstand the mental impact of a ten-thousand-year soul ring on its own."

If you want to be able to bear a 100,000-year spirit ring on your own in the future, it's best to choose spirit beasts of the tortoise type for the spirit rings, maximizing the enhancement of their Xuanwu Tortoise Martial Soul, and using the Martial Soul to share some of the mental impact during the spirit ring refining process.

Dugu Bo proposed a solution of the next level, which he had come up with earlier.

The process of refining spirit rings by a soul master inherently enhances their spiritual power. The enhancement to spiritual power from refining two nine-thousand-year-old spirit rings is absolutely no weaker than the spiritual power gained by a normal soul master refining their first four spirit rings and breaking through their soul power level.

With his own sealing soul skill, refining a ten-thousand-year soul ring as the third soul ring shouldn't be a problem.

With this kind of blessing, one can attempt to refine a 100,000-year soul ring at level 70.

Moreover, it would take twenty or thirty years for the two of them to cultivate to the Soul Saint level, which would be enough time for them to find a high-age head soul bone.

Of course, it would be best if we could find it faster.

In addition, it is necessary to make the most of the spirit rings to evolve the spirit. The choice of spirit rings is crucial. The higher the compatibility with the spirit, the more obvious the improvement to the spirit, and even the spirit can evolve.

His own martial soul evolved from the Azure Scale Serpent Martial Soul to the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul because he refined a soul ring with high compatibility. His granddaughter's martial soul also evolved into the Azure Scale Serpent King Martial Soul because of the Azure Scale Serpent King soul ring and the Azure Phosphorous Serpent Emperor soul bone.

The martial souls of the Shi Mo and Shi Mo brothers are Xuanwu turtles, which naturally align with turtle-type soul beasts. Those kinds of soul beasts are the easiest to kill; as long as you can find them, you can eliminate them.

Although this means the two brothers can only pursue the extreme path of the Limitless Style, the benefits they would gain if they could obtain a 100,000-year soul ring at the Soul Saint level in advance would be unimaginable.

It's important to know that among a Soul Master's nine Soul Rings, the most crucial is the seventh Soul Ring. A 100,000-year seventh Soul Ring and a 10,000-year seventh Soul Ring are completely different concepts.

Chapter 448 Deception is Contagious

"Do you think things would have been very different if I hadn't believed Tang Zhen's lies?"

After chatting with Dugu Bo for a while, Xueye suddenly sighed, feeling a pang of regret.

In recent years, he has increasingly regretted his actions, realizing that he may have truly wronged his father.

The situation within the empire has changed so much in recent years that he increasingly feels inadequate and unable to handle those problems perfectly.

If he can continue to improve under his father's guidance, it's uncertain whether he can handle the current situation, but his abilities will certainly be stronger than they are now.

Most importantly, what happened back then caused Seagod Island, which was originally allied with the Heaven Dou Empire, to abandon it. You should know that the Heaven Dou Empire has divine power, which is in no way inferior to the Spirit Hall.

The Spirit Hall has now displayed such formidable strength, and it also possesses a god, filling him with deep regret.

If none of this had happened, with the support of Seagod Island, their Heavenly Dou Empire would never be in such a passive position as it is today.

"Your Majesty, I cannot answer your question. However, I am also the head of a family. In my mind, family and family members come first, and everyone else is unimportant."

Dugu Bo did not answer directly, but only spoke about his mindset and philosophy as the head of a family.

Although the Dugu family has always been a single-lineage family, I am still the head of the family and can understand that kind of thinking.

"I understand!"

With a wry smile, Xueye understood what Dugu Bo meant.

Tang Zhen is the head of a clan and the master of a sect. His family and sect are the first and second most important things, and everything else comes after that. But that's human nature, and we can't blame Tang Zhen. It just means that Tang Zhen's vision is not long-term enough.

Only those who truly possess a long-term vision and a broad perspective can temporarily step outside the box, disregard temporary gains and losses, and make perfect plans.

In short, they were all scammed, and now it's too late for them to regret it.

"My father must have felt just as helpless and powerless as I did at first, which is why he wanted to focus on cultivating me and my younger brother Xue Zhan. He might even have hoped that we brothers could join forces, one in literature and the other in martial arts, to lead the empire to continue."

On a snowy night, I could better understand my father’s feelings back then. Only by sitting on this throne could I have a panoramic view of the entire empire and even the whole continent.

I was too eager for quick success and instant benefits, too short-sighted, and lacked a sense of the big picture when I was the crown prince.

"My father and I have both failed. I have no chance now, but I can follow my father's path and cultivate a perfect emperor. There should still be time."

Thinking to himself, Xueye decided to follow in his father's footsteps and use every means to cultivate a perfect emperor.

"Uncle Bo, take me to the Sword Sect."