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

"After you consume that immortal herb to enhance your spiritual power, I will find a male member of the Zhu family with a similar soul power level to help you fuse and evolve your martial soul. Be prepared."

After speaking, Emperor Xingluo walked out.

The reason for bringing the eldest son here is to inform him of this secret, and at the same time to select a suitable member of the Zhu family for him to integrate with, and only male members of the family are allowed.

Firstly, the male members of the Zhu family are stronger, and secondly, the devouring and fusion process involves merging the body along with the body, so it must be of the same sex; otherwise, fusion with opposite sexes would bring some unnecessary changes to the body.

At the same time, Tian Hao, far away in the Royal Hotel in the city, looked at the brightly lit Star Luo Imperial Palace and was also thinking about the Netherworld White Tiger's plan.

That's right, that fallen soul master was deliberately created by them so that the Star Luo royal family could capture and study him, and in doing so, they developed the method of soul devouring and fusion.

This method would basically kill or drive anyone else insane, but it's different for the Star Luo Royal Family.

The Star Luo royal family and the Netherworld Zhu family have intermarried frequently, and their members generally possess the bloodline of the Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul, though it is suppressed by the stronger White Tiger Martial Soul bloodline.

Even though it was suppressed, it still existed. Only with this martial soul bloodline as the foundation could it easily accommodate the Netherworld Cat martial soul and cultivate the martial soul fusion skill with the Zhu family.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, the Star Luo royal family could permanently evolve into the Netherworld White Tiger martial soul after absorbing the martial soul of the Netherworld Zhu family. There are basically no major hidden dangers, and it would be no problem to cultivate it to level 99.

This is equivalent to a fusion and mutation of a martial soul. However, fusion and mutation usually occur before the awakening of a martial soul. It originates from the fusion of the martial soul bloodlines of both parents and mutates into a brand new martial soul during awakening, incorporating some characteristics of the martial souls of both parents.

The current method is an acquired fusion mutation, which, although less stable than the innate mutation, is equally powerful.

"The plan is about to begin!"

Turning his gaze toward the residence of the Youming Zhu family, Tian Hao's lips curled into a smile.

The Star Luo royal family and the Youming Zhu family do have a good relationship, but this relationship is pitifully fragile in the face of self-interest.

If enough benefits are presented, the two sides can become enemies in an instant without the slightest hesitation.

All he needs to do is wait for the Netherworld Zhu family and the Star Luo royal family to fall out, then he can use his relationship with Zhu Zhuyun to win over the Netherworld Zhu family, merge them with the Black Tiger Sect, and let Zhu Zhuyun take charge of the Xuanhu Academy.

At the same time, this will allow him to control Zhu Zhuyun to some extent, paving the way for his future plot to seize the position of the God of Jealousy.

Everything is perfect!

"Brother Gui, don't be impatient. There's no need to interfere in what happens next, so as not to leave any traces. Just let things develop naturally."

The Zhu family of the Netherworld aren't stupid; they'll figure it out sooner or later. Let them contact us then.

Tian Hao secretly communicated with Ghost Douluo using his divine sense. He wasn't in a hurry, and such things couldn't be rushed.

If I had just made contact with Zhu Zhuyun, and then the Youming Zhu family and the Xingluo royal family broke up, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

Therefore, things need to be slowed down, and the Netherworld Zhu family must be made to come to us for help in order to ensure a perfect outcome.

In any case, given the size of the Youming Zhu family, the Xingluo royal family wouldn't dare to actually swallow it up in the short term, otherwise the impact would be multifaceted, and it might even cause internal turmoil within the empire.

If he were the Star Luo Emperor, he would slowly erode the influence of the Netherworld Zhu family from all sides, and then swallow them whole once they had weakened them to a certain extent.

Of course, the Youming Zhu family wasn't stupid. It was impossible for the Xingluo royal family to achieve perfect success, not to mention that there were people watching from the outside.

Chapter 533 Rushing from one event to another

That night, Wang Jue, on behalf of Xuanhu Academy, sent challenge letters to the various academy teams in the hotel, inviting them to a duel of sword saints at the competition venue the next day.

Although they were confused, the teams from various colleges were able to accept it because of their experience with the previous Purple Thunder Sword Saint, and they arrived at the competition venue early in the morning to wait.

Similarly, the nobles of the Star Luo Empire also received the news and arrived at the scene, including the Star Luo Emperor and the current Grand Duke of Youming.

Without keeping everyone waiting long, Tian Hao led the entire Xuanhu team to the competition venue and headed straight for the center. Wang Jue and the others who were following behind did not continue to follow, but instead greeted the surrounding teams and stood on the same front.

This scene surprised everyone, but after recalling the previous actions of the Dragon Elephant Sword Saint, they all understood.

This means he's going to challenge all of their teams single-handedly, including his own.

"Heavenly Demon Domain!"

Without much preamble, after glancing at Zhu Zhuyun in the main stands and the Netherworld Grand Duke in front of her, Tian Hao activated the temporarily fused torso soul bone, triggering the transformation skill within.

This torso soul bone itself is not very old, and its soul skill is also very simple, similar to Dai Mubai's White Tiger Vajra Transformation soul skill. Now it has been integrated into the Heavenly Demon Tiger Martial Soul, and the Martial Soul strength has reached the Soul Master level. When used, it is similar to the effect of Martial Soul Possession.

Unless you carefully sense the changes within Tian Hao's body, you won't be able to tell.

As the Heavenly Demon Tiger transformation was activated, the ultimate Dark Demon Domain, originating from the Light and Dark Luo Three Cannons, erupted through the Heavenly Demon Tiger Martial Soul, forming a dark shadow that enveloped the entire arena.

That's not all. The ultimate dark magic realm also incorporates mental manipulation illusion techniques that can deceive others' five senses, especially their vision.

"Eight Steps of the Heavenly Demon!"

Once the ultimate dark demon domain unfolded, Tian Hao used it as a foundation and took a step forward, arriving in front of a team almost instantly, leaving the team members no time to react.

His figure flashed by, moving as fast as a ghost past the team members, and he tapped a vital spot on each of them with his finger, stopping short of causing serious injury.

Without pausing, his figure flashed like a ghost, quickly eliminating all team members. He was unmatched, and no one could even touch him.

"Join forces!"

The captain of the first team of Xingluo Royal Academy roared, preparing to rally all the teams to join forces and attack that person.

Although they were shocked by the opponent's methods and strength, they did not want to lose. Even if the opponent was a prodigy, they had to fight hard and at least not let the opponent win easily.

All the major teams had the same idea and wanted to join forces to launch a siege.

However, once they started to take action, they discovered that this field was not simple. Two adjacent teams wanted to join forces, but they ended up bumping into each other unexpectedly, causing chaos in both teams' formations.

In that chaotic moment, Tian Hao flashed in with ghostly speed, using his absolute agility to strike each person's vital points, and then attacked the other teams without stopping, almost sweeping them away.

"The mental health field?"

Some experts in the stands saw through the trick and realized that the vision of those teams had been distorted.

Just like chopsticks inserted into water appear to be broken, those people's vision is slightly distorted. Although the degree is small, it can be fatal at a critical moment.

This is probably the main reason why that person moved with ghostly speed and was not hit even once by anyone.

After a brief period of panic and adjustment, the various teams below unleashed a variety of area-of-effect soul skills without regard for the loss of soul power, all in an attempt to restrict the movement speed of a certain individual.

Unfortunately, none of this worked. Tian Hao simply increased the visual distortion effect and easily bypassed those wide-range soul skills, clearing out all sixteen teams until only three remained: the Purple Thunder Team, the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, and his own Xuanhu Team.

Even the soul skills and soul power released by those teams were eventually absorbed and assimilated by the ultimate dark demon domain.

The Dark Demon attribute originates from the Evil and Dark attributes, both of which have a strong devouring effect. After fusion, the devouring power is naturally stronger. Basically, it can devour soul power of any attribute, only at different speeds.

"Heavenly Demon Wall!"

When the Xuanhu team saw their captain charging towards them, they decisively implemented the tactic they had agreed on the night before, unleashing all their soul power to form five dark walls of soul power that sealed someone inside.

"What are you waiting for? Charge!"

Wang Jue roared at the Purple Thunder Team and the Star Luo Royal Academy Team. They could only use this move, the Heavenly Demon Wall, to trap their captain. It was pitch black inside and also had the effect of devouring the opponent's soul power, making it a smaller version of the Dark Demon Domain.

However, they weren't entirely sure if this tactic could trap the captain, so they had no choice but to try it as a last resort.

The Purple Lightning Team was the first to react, their bodies crackling with lightning as they rushed over. Just as they were about to launch an attack on the cube formed by the Heavenly Demon Wall, a black sword aura suddenly slashed out from the pitch-black Heavenly Demon Wall.

The Heavenly Demon Wall, which possesses a devouring effect, was completely unable to absorb sword energy of this level and was easily cut open.

At the same time, the dark attribute soul power that made up the Heavenly Demon Wall was instantly devoured and absorbed by the Ultimate Dark Demon Domain, strengthening the Ultimate Dark Demon Domain.

Although startled by the sudden burst of black sword energy, the members of the Purple Lightning Team remained calm and continued their offensive, using the Lightning Speed ​​Step to move quickly and attack continuously as they moved.

This is the core fighting style of their Purple Thunder Academy: using speed to suppress opponents. They were virtually invincible in the preliminary rounds in the Star Luo region.

Unfortunately, they're up against some pretentious cheater today.

Do you know why someone only uses Soul Master level Soul Power every time they participate in the Soul Master Competition?

The purpose is to use this level of soul power to mislead everyone from noticing his real age. If he were to display soul power at the level of a Soul King or even a Soul Emperor, people would inevitably doubt his age.

But if it's just Soul Master level Soul Power, no one would doubt it. After all, compared to the talent he showed, Soul Master level Soul Power is already very low, and no one would think he was pretending to be young.

"Heavenly Demon Wall!"

Tian Hao unleashed five Heavenly Demon Walls, trapping the Purple Lightning Team members inside. The Purple Lightning Team immediately launched a counterattack, but neither their sword energy nor their soul ring skills could break through the Heavenly Demon Walls' defense.

The attacks launched were like a mud ox sinking into the sea, having no effect whatsoever, and even making the Heavenly Demon Wall even thicker.

This Heavenly Demon Wall is formed by condensing Dark Demon Soul Power and has a strong devouring ability. To break through it, one would have to unleash an attack that exceeds the limit of its capacity, such as the black sword energy that Tian Hao unleashed earlier.

Ignoring the increasingly thick Demon Wall, Tian Hao turned to look at the last remaining team.

"Roar!"

Upon seeing someone looking over, six members of the Star Luo Royal Academy team immediately stepped forward and used the Netherworld White Tiger Fusion Technique to transform into three Netherworld White Tigers. The three Netherworld White Tigers then further merged, ultimately manifesting as a giant Netherworld White Tiger that was a full twenty meters long.

Finally, the support-type Soul Master unleashed all five of his support Soul Skills upon the giant Netherworld White Tiger.

"Heavenly Demon Sound - Tremor!"

Seeing the giant Netherworld White Tiger pouncing towards him, Tian Hao uttered a sound that shook the tiger. The sound waves spread out and landed on the giant Netherworld White Tiger, then invaded the minds of the six people inside, causing them to resonate.

The six people, who were already struggling due to the six-in-one martial soul fusion skill, became dizzy and disoriented from the shock. They could no longer maintain the giant Netherworld White Tiger and collapsed before they could even get close, turning into six figures that rolled awkwardly on the ground.

After glancing at the people in the main stands, Tian Hao withdrew his Ultimate Dark Demon Domain and turned to leave the arena.

Today is just a formality, there's no need to make it too serious. Anyway, I'll get both the title of National Protector Sword Saint and the two hundred miles of land promised by Davis.

Having the title of Guardian Sword Saint would expand the influence of Xuanhu Academy and attract more students to study there. The fiefdom of two hundred miles would provide more tax revenue to support the development of Xuanhu Academy and Black Tiger Sect. It could be said that he would gain both fame and fortune.

After witnessing the methods Tian Hao had used, everyone was utterly shocked, with the Grand Duke of Youming being the most deeply affected.

Because the son-in-law used all self-created soul skills, and they were all of the dark attribute, which means that the Netherworld Zhu family could also cultivate them, since their Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul was of the dark attribute.

This discovery thrilled the Grand Duke of the Underworld, as did Zhu Zhuyun, Emperor Xingluo, and Davis.

All three were excited about being able to cultivate that kind of dark attribute soul skill in the future. Zhu Zhuyun was naturally eligible as she had the Netherworld Cat Martial Soul, while Davis and his son had the Netherworld White Tiger plan, which was enough to evolve their own Martial Soul into the Netherworld White Tiger that combined light and darkness. Naturally, they were also qualified to cultivate that kind of dark attribute self-created soul skill.

The only one who was unhappy was probably Dai Xueyi. Her painstakingly trained six-in-one martial soul fusion skill was so easily broken, which hurt her deeply.

After returning to the hotel, Tian Hao left behind a clone corresponding to this identity, which was controlled by Ghost Douluo. He then used the Void Mirror to teleport several times, arriving at the Heaven Dou Empire and transforming into Hai Bodong's disguise.

After all, he had promised Lan Luan that he would help her upgrade Tianshui Academy to a Soul Master University, so how could he leave out the title of Sword Saint?

Because the Douluo Continent is in the form of a planet, it has a time difference, just like Earth in the previous life.

Xingluo City is two hours ahead of Xuefeng City, so when Tian Hao arrived, it was not yet time for the agreed battle to begin.

"Am I late?"

After detouring from the north and flying into the competition venue of Snow Peak City, Tian Hao landed beside Lan Luan, folded his Xuanbing Wings, and asked with a smile.

"Thirteen minutes left."

Lanluan breathed a sigh of relief after glancing at her pocket watch.