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

Tian Hao suddenly asked, "Is it time to proceed with the next step of the deception?"

"Your current physical structure is not much different from that of humans. The only difference is that your bloodline power is stronger, but it is not very stable. However, if you give birth to offspring, your bloodline should be much more stable, and you will be no different from humans at that time."

Based on your example of a shapeshifting spirit beast, I speculate that we humans evolved from shapeshifting spirit beasts like you, eventually forming the human race.

That's why those martial spirit bloodlines exist.

He revealed a conjecture, an idea that Tian Hao had long harbored, inspired by the future Tang God King.

It's only because Tang Shenwang went to the God Realm, and gods seem to have difficulty reproducing; otherwise, if they were on the Douluo Continent, they would have multiplied for tens of thousands of years and become a race long ago.

Based on this reasoning, this is how the Douluo humans came to be; otherwise, there would be no way to explain those martial soul bloodlines.

“What you said makes some sense, but that only explains the part of humans with beast spirits and plant spirits. Weapon spirits, which are of the artifact type, are not something that we spirit beasts can evolve.”

After thinking about it carefully for a while, A-Yin partially agreed with this conjecture, but also had doubts.

"Don't forget that you soul beasts also have soul bones. Some soul bones can form weapons, not to mention external soul bones and the concept of martial soul mutation. As they mutate generation after generation, they will naturally become all sorts of things."

Besides these, there are also divinely bestowed martial souls, such as the Angelic Martial Soul inherited by our Spirit Hall, among which the six-winged Holy Angel is a divinely bestowed martial soul.

Tian Hao spoke very seriously, and his words were based on solid evidence.

For weapon-type soul bones, one can refer to the divine artifacts made by the Dragon God, the Golden Dragon King's rib, and even the Dragon Clan's magic sword, which can be transformed into a martial soul and passed down.

This proves that soul bones can not only be transformed into weapons, but also serve as a means of inheriting martial spirit.

"As a 100,000-year-old soul beast, you can rely on your own powerful primal force to generate a soul ring to break through the bottleneck. But we humans do not have such a vast primal force as you. We cannot break through the bottleneck set by the rules of heaven and earth with our own strength alone. Therefore, we can only hunt soul beasts and use their soul rings to break through the bottleneck and continue cultivating."

However, this is, after all, cultivation relying on external forces, which I believe pollutes oneself and is detrimental to long-term cultivation. This is probably the main reason why we humans cannot cultivate into gods by relying on our own strength.

Even the Angel God and the Sea God of Seagod Island, whom our Spirit Hall worships, became gods by reaching level 100 through the power of faith, not through their own cultivation.

We are currently researching how to strengthen our own origin, like you did, to generate spirit rings using our own origin power. Only such spirit rings can perfectly fit us and ultimately become the foundation for becoming a god..."

As he shared his conjectures, Tian Hao expressed his strong desire for A Yin to participate in the research.

Moreover, he had just discovered, through the spiritual sea of ​​his martial soul, that Ah Yin's physical structure was exactly the same as that of a human, the biggest difference being that her bloodline power was stronger and less stable.

This is enough to prove my conjecture that the Douluo humans may indeed have originated from soul beasts.

Just as humans evolved from apes in a previous life, the humans in this world must also have an origin, and they definitely did not evolve from apes, otherwise those martial spirit bloodlines cannot be explained.

Surely it couldn't be that our human ancestors fell in love with a spirit beast across species?

Even if there is interracial love, it must be a union between a pure human and a transformed soul beast, thus passing on the soul beast's martial soul bloodline.

"What you said makes some sense, but it's meaningless."

After thinking for a while, Ah Yin finally shook her head.

So what if humans evolved from transformed soul beasts?

"What I mean is that you, Sister Yin, should persuade those 100,000-year-old soul beasts to transform into humans. This way, their cultivation speed will be faster, and they won't be bothered by lightning tribulations. As long as their aptitude isn't bad, they can quickly cultivate to the level of Super Douluo, and there's even hope of reaching level 99."

In this respect, you transformed soul beasts have an advantage over us humans. Only when your high-ranking members become stronger can our cooperation continue stably.

Tian Hao appeared very sincere, genuinely hoping that the soul beasts could grow stronger so that they could have one more ally and fight together against the God Realm and the gods in the future.

In any case, these soul beasts are easier to fool than human forces as allies.

Not to mention that soul beasts are opposed to the gods of the divine realm, and are their natural and staunch allies.

Furthermore, if a divine war breaks out with the God Realm in the future, the soul beasts can perform sacrifices when they die, thus enhancing their strength. Who wouldn't love such a perfect ally?

"Aren't you afraid that we soul beasts will become stronger and launch a counterattack against you humans?"

Ah Yin was touched, but also puzzled as to why the young man would help them, the soul beasts, in this way.

"I'm not too worried because we have a common enemy."

Tian Hao shook his head slightly; he wasn't really worried.

"A common enemy?"

A-Yin was even more puzzled. How did they end up with another common enemy?

"The cataclysmic changes that occurred nineteen years ago were essentially the massive influx of divine power into our world; that divine power is the foundation of the divine realm."

Regardless of the reason why the divine realm allowed its spiritual power to flow into our world, the gods will surely take that spiritual power back.

We might even venture a guess: the divine realm was destroyed by some force. If the gods were still alive, they would surely try to rebuild it. They might then descend upon our world and transform it into the divine realm.

It's hard to say how the gods will treat us then, and we don't want to have another group of masters above us, so we will inevitably rebel in the future.

You soul beasts are inherently opposed to the divine realm, and in this respect, we share the same stance.

With a powerful group of enemies threatening from the outside, I believe anyone with a sound mind knows what choice to make.

Having revealed the essence of the changes in heaven and earth and the problems of the divine realm, Tian Hao believed that some high-ranking members of the soul beasts must also know these things. For example, the hidden Silver Dragon King must know them, and might even be able to recover from his injuries and be reborn more quickly by using the power of the divine realm.

That being's combat power is by no means weaker than the Golden Dragon King. Once he is born, he will be a huge pressure on all of humanity. It's better to show goodwill to the soul beasts now, so that it will be easier to talk things over later.

Chapter 51 Refining the Soul Ring

With the matter of expanding his dantian space, Ah Yin trusted Tian Hao a lot more, and they talked about many topics, including the soul cores and the mysteries of qi and blood of soul beasts, which benefited Tian Hao greatly.

"So you're saying you can't condense all nine spirit rings on your own either?"

After hearing Ah Yin explain the secrets of autonomously condensing soul rings, Tian Hao gained a deeper understanding of it, realizing that he had previously misunderstood.

He thought that after the 100,000-year-old soul beast transformed and began cultivating again, he would be able to condense all nine soul rings and cultivate to the title of Douluo in one go, but who would have thought that this was not the case.

"In this regard, it mainly depends on bloodline and talent. My ability to condense soul rings is based on my own origin and incorporates various talent characteristics of my body. Seven soul rings are already my limit."

Ah Yin was also very distressed by this. She couldn't form her next spirit ring on her own, and if she wanted to continue breaking through, she would have to obtain spirit rings from other spirit beasts, which was something she didn't want.

"Actually, I think you're getting a bit stuck on this. There's no need to follow the age limit of our human soul masters' soul rings. All you need is to use soul rings to break through the bottleneck. The age and strength of the soul rings are secondary."

As for soul skills, they can be supplemented by self-created soul skills, such as the self-created soul skills of the Clear Sky Sect.

"You've been in contact with Tang Hao and the others for so long, have you noticed them using the Chaotic Cloak and the Nine Absolute Techniques of Haotian most often, or their own soul skills?"

Seeing Ah Yin's distress, Tian Hao offered some advice.

Is that okay?

Ah Yin was taken aback; she had never thought of it this way before.

"My teacher followed the path of integrating the spirit ring into the martial soul. At the last moment, he completely integrated the spirit ring into the martial soul, broke through to level ninety-nine, and his martial soul became incredibly powerful."

I think you should give it a try. You have an advantage here that we don't, because all your spirit rings originate from yourself.

Tian Hao encouraged him, saying that he had such a hypothesis, but unfortunately he couldn't do it himself, so he could only let the person in front of him do the experiment.

"I'll give it a try."

After a moment's thought, Ah Yin manifested her own martial soul, the Blue Silver Emperor, in her palm, then separated the soul rings from her body and guided them to merge into her martial soul.

"Crush the soul ring structure, guide the inner source to merge, and guide the soul power of the soul ring structure into the lower dantian."

Tian Hao reminded him.

Actually, shattering a spirit ring isn't difficult, since it's just an energy body. The challenge lies in how to reassemble it after shattering it. The Clear Sky Sect has the deepest research in this area. They shatter spirit rings to a subtle degree, allowing them to release a large amount of spirit power while also repairing themselves.

Tian Hao and A Yin had previously violently dismantled the soul beast's soul ring, leaving no possibility of restoration.

Knowing that Tian Hao had the ability to create spirit ring structures, A Yin didn't pay much attention. She decisively shattered the first yellow spirit ring structure. The large amount of spirit power released by the shattering of the structure was easily contained by the powerful spiritual force that controlled the expanded lower dantian.

The origin of the spirit ring was integrated into the martial soul Blue Silver Emperor. Because they were originally from the same source, the fusion was very smooth and without any obstacles.

"Try to see if you can directly use your martial soul to unleash the effect of your first soul skill, just like when you used that talent ability before you transformed."

Looking at the Blue Silver Emperor, which had grown a bit bigger, Tian Hao gestured for Ah Yin to try using it to unleash her soul skill.

Following her instructions, Ah Yin recalled her experiences before transforming into human form and manipulated her martial soul to unleash that soul skill, or rather, her innate ability.

Sure enough, the Blue Silver Emperor in her palm suddenly extended rapidly, binding Tian Hao like a dumpling. It was Ah Yin's first soul skill, Blue Silver Entanglement.

"Feel sorry!"

Ah Yin, who had just realized what was happening, quickly controlled the Blue Silver Emperor to retrieve it. She had only used it instinctively before, but she hadn't expected to entangle Tian Hao.

Tian Hao didn't pay any attention and looked at the Blue Silver Emperor with golden patterns, saying, "We human soul masters have no other way to maintain our soul rings. Moreover, because they are external forces, they cannot be perfectly integrated with the martial soul and used as a talent ability. Therefore, we can only rely on the external soul rings."

But you are different. Your spirit rings are all your own original power and innate abilities, which can be perfectly integrated. Moreover, the integration of those original powers can make your martial spirit even stronger.

As for spirit rings and cultivation bottlenecks, simply use a little bit of primordial power to condense a white spirit ring as a token gesture.

This was his research on his teacher's system for refining soul rings. When he saw the nine soul ring origins separated from the Seven Kill Sword by the Sea of ​​Martial Soul Spirit, he realized that the path was wrong.

Because those nine spirit rings originated from spirit beasts, not the Seven Kill Sword itself, they could not be perfectly fused together, which is why they were separated.

Or rather, while breaking through to level 99 on that path is no problem, becoming a god at level 100 is simply impossible unless one inherits a divine position or becomes a god through the power of faith.

After speaking, Tian Hao condensed a blank soul ring and signaled Ah Yin to share a portion of her primordial power.

Without hesitation, Ah Yin separated a faint trace of her primordial power, which Tian Hao guided to merge into her blank soul ring.

The originally colorless blank spirit ring quickly turned white, and the color was very light, obviously it had just reached ten years, filling Ah Yin's empty spirit ring slot.

The two continued their efforts, with Ah Yin dismantling all six remaining spirit rings, transferring the spirit power into her dantian space for storage, and integrating her original power and spirit skills into her martial spirit, the Blue Silver Emperor.

As all the primal power merged, the Blue Silver Emperor, which was originally just a Blue Silver Grass, quickly transformed into its true form. Numerous vines intertwined together, resembling a large tree, reaching a height of three meters and filling the entire room.

"Don't retract your martial spirit. Store it in your dantian and maintain it there for a long time. This is equivalent to being in a permanent state of martial spirit manifestation, so you can take action at any time."

Thinking of an earlier conjecture, Tian Hao gestured to A Yin to store it in his dantian.

A Yin followed his instructions and stored her martial soul in her lower dantian. As the martial soul entered the lower dantian space, the originally chaotic soul power inside gradually calmed down and continued to circulate within the Blue Silver Emperor.

Trying to unleash his first soul skill, a blue silver grass vine suddenly extended from his hand and wrapped around the sofa opposite him.

"Thank you!"

Seeing that it had indeed succeeded, Ah Yin suppressed her excitement and sincerely thanked Tian Hao.

In just one day, my skills have improved so much, and further improvement is no longer a problem.

This is even the cultivation path for them, who are transformed into humanoid soul beasts, making it exceptionally significant.

"Wait a minute, it's not that simple. After transforming, the power of the original body is sealed within the body's power. It needs to be guided and released through a spirit ring. In other words, condensing a spirit ring is very necessary."

However, one can wait until the spirit ring is condensed before integrating it into the martial soul, transferring the sealed talent abilities of the original body into the martial soul.

Tian Hao, who had been pondering this seriously, soon realized that transformed soul beasts still had to go through the normal process of condensing soul rings before integrating the soul ring's origin into their martial soul, essentially making a transfer.