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

"There are nine heavenly tribulations in total, each with nine more than the previous one, and their power is doubled."

The first Heavenly Tribulation alone was enough to annihilate any Soul Master below the peak Douluo level. Even the one from the Vajra Sect only survived it thanks to the strength of his Martial Soul and a complete set of 100,000-year-old Soul Bones…”

Tian Hao did not shy away from the topic and delivered the lines he had prepared beforehand, as a way of expressing his sincerity and the sincerity of both parties in cooperating.

Meanwhile, the Grand Duke of Youming, who was walking and talking with Wang Hu ahead, was also paying attention to the conversation behind him. He heard Tian Hao's words and his expression became serious but also showed a hint of a smile.

Knowing this secret alone is a huge windfall; the Black Tiger Sect and that kid are indeed sincere in proposing marriage and forming an alliance.

Not long after, the four of them sat down in a hall.

“Uncle, I fell in love with Zhuyun at first sight. I have come here mainly to propose marriage. This is the betrothal gift I have prepared. Please accept it.”

After sitting down and exchanging ideas for a while, Tian Hao, seeing that the atmosphere was ready, stood up, bowed, and took out two mutated versions of the "Looking Through Autumn Water Dew" and several thick manuals from his storage soul tool.

"Is this the immortal herb that can enhance spiritual power?"

He curiously examined the two similar-looking immortal herbs, which were also the first time he had ever seen such herbs.

Ever since he learned of the existence of the immortal herb from his daughter, he had sent people to search for all the relevant ancient books. There were some similar records, and although the effects were different, they could all transform a person.

Having already broken through to the Title Douluo realm and obtained the ninth soul ring, if the increased spiritual power wasn't of much use, he would have wanted to swallow that herb.

"We haven't fully understood the medicinal properties of this herb. Enhancing mental strength is just one of its effects. There are still many other medicinal properties that haven't been fully utilized, and we don't know the specifics yet."

After a brief explanation, Tian Hao said that he was also unsure of the specific effects of the herb.

Of course, these two medicinal herbs were specially cultivated by Yue Guan for Zhu Zhuyun and Davis. They were a variant of the "Looking Through Autumn Water Dew" and incorporated other ingredients to ensure that Zhu Zhuyun and Davis's martial souls would undergo a great transformation.

At the same time, one's mental strength will be greatly enhanced, and one may even be able to autonomously absorb the mental power of the divine realm to continuously strengthen one's mental strength, in preparation for bearing a divine position at the level of a chief god.

There's no way around it; the level of the main god is too high. If the quality of the martial soul isn't high enough, even the main god of the Seven Deadly Sins probably wouldn't even look at it.

We absolutely need to strengthen Davis and Zhu Zhuyun, otherwise they'll be a liability if they're not up to par.

We can't let the God of Destruction and his henchmen make things difficult for us.

"It suits Zhu Yun very well. This girl is one of the few in our Netherworld Clan who possesses spiritual power talent. Now that she has the help of this immortal herb, she will surely be able to fully develop her spiritual power talent."

The more the Duke of the Underworld looked at his daughter, the more satisfied he became, which was the main reason why he always valued his eldest daughter.

Zhu Yun possesses exceptional talent, especially in mental abilities, which enabled her to acquire the Netherworld Spring Fall mental-type soul skill as her third soul skill.

With the help of such a magical herb, one's spiritual talent will surely be fully developed. In the future, one will only need to focus on spiritual soul skills to achieve great success.

Furthermore, mental strength can further assist in the cultivation of sword intent, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone, and may indeed mold a genius.

"Zhu Yun, you should swallow and refine it now. I'll watch over you from the side."

Tian Hao gestured to Zhu Zhuyun, instructing her to swallow a magical herb.

The Grand Duke of the Underworld was right. Another key reason he valued Zhu Zhuyun was her spiritual talent. This spiritual talent alone was enough to make her future achievements limitless, far surpassing what Zhu Zhuqing could achieve.

Zhu Zhuyun naturally didn't stand on ceremony. After glancing at her father, she reached out and picked up the immortal herb closest to her, swallowed it, and then sat on the sofa to meditate and cultivate with her martial spirit attached.

Although it is a variant of the "Wang Chuan Qiu Shui Lu" (望穿秋水露), its medicinal effects are equally mild.

Not to mention, Tian Hao also incorporated Zhu Zhuyun's soul power and blood into the refining process to enhance compatibility, making the refining process easier and faster.

As the medicinal power of the mutated "Looking Through Autumn Water Dew" continuously merges into the soul power, it then merges into the sea of ​​spirit, enhancing the spirit's power.

This wasn't the end. As the medicinal power continued to integrate and transform, the Sea of ​​Spirit began to actively absorb the surrounding divine spiritual power, further enhancing Zhu Zhuyun's spiritual power and accelerating the transformation of the Sea of ​​Spirit.

Finally, even the martial soul underwent a mutation, which was reflected in Zhu Zhuyun's martial soul possession form.

In the real Douluo Continent, the possession of a Beast Soul Master is not as romanticized as in the animation; rather, it truly transforms them into a half-beastman form.

After Zhu Zhuyun's martial soul was attached to her, long black fur appeared on her body, her ears turned into cat ears, and even a graceful cat tail extended from her back.

Now, the black cat fur on his body has turned into soul power and dissipated, leaving only some faint purple patterns, and his figure has become more slender.

In the end, only the cat ears and cat tail remained unchanged, which clearly indicates that the martial soul had mutated.

Seeing the change in his daughter's martial spirit possession form, the Grand Duke of Youming stood up excitedly.

Their biggest weakness is actually their martial soul. Although the Netherworld Cat is not bad, it is only a high-level martial soul and cannot be considered a top-level martial soul.

If the daughter can use that immortal herb to mutate her martial soul, it will definitely be a benign mutation, making her even stronger—that would be evolution.

The Netherworld Cat is already incredibly close to being a top-tier martial soul. If it mutates and evolves, it will undoubtedly become a true top-tier martial soul.

Once they achieve a top-tier martial soul, they can bring Zhu Yun's children into the family for training, allowing them to branch out and improve the bloodline of the entire family. Their Youming Zhu family will surely become a top-tier family comparable to the three upper sects.

Once strength increases, status within the empire will inevitably rise as well; these are interconnected, and the benefits they bring far exceed expectations.

However, since it was an acquired mutation, there was a lot of uncertainty, and problems still arose in the end.

The powerful spiritual force clashed with the dark attribute soul force, and a fierce battle broke out within Zhu Zhuyun's body, causing her face to turn ashen and blood to spill from her mouth and nose.

How could this happen?

The hopeful and excited Duke of the Underworld was shocked and furious when he saw this scene. He was about to succeed, so why did something go wrong?

"His mutation should be more mental. After being strengthened, it repels the original dark attribute. Now we either have to interrupt her martial soul evolution or give up either the dark attribute or her mental power."

Wang Hu, who had been watching closely, revealed the inside story according to the pre-arranged script and proposed three solutions.

"Then let's abandon the dark attribute."

Before the Netherworld Lord could speak, Tian Hao made a decision first, stepped forward and placed his palm on Zhu Zhuyun's back, using his ultimate dark demon soul power to devour the dark attribute origin within Zhu Zhuyun's body.

The origin of a martial spirit is naturally not so easy to devour, but now that there is spiritual power inside to repel and suppress it, it will be much easier to devour.

The Underworld Duke remained silent on this matter, and in his heart he was more inclined to preserve his spiritual talent.

After all, having consumed a magical herb, it would be a waste to simply discard it.

Moreover, the potential of spiritual talent is not low, as the Holy Spirit Sword Saint has already proven. It would not be bad for Zhu Yun to specialize in swordsmanship in the future.

In comparison, while the dark attribute of the Netherworld Cat Martial Soul is decent, it's not top-tier, so it's best to discard it.

I just hope that Zhu Yun's martial soul can evolve into a top-tier martial soul!

This mutation and evolution of the martial soul is destined to be full of twists and turns, not to mention that someone is guiding it from the sidelines.

After the martial soul underwent a change, the four spirit rings floating around Zhu Zhuyun also changed. The first yellow spirit ring detached, followed by the second, the third, and finally the fourth.

Before the group could react, the four soul rings were repelled and separated, then shattered and dissipated in the air.

"This……"

The scene left the Grand Duke of the Underworld dumbfounded; he truly hadn't expected such a turn of events.

Both Tian Hao and Wang Hu looked astonished, as if they hadn't expected it either.

Despite the many unexpected events, none of them spoke to disturb Zhu Zhuyun's meditation.

This continued for more than an hour before Zhu Zhuyun's soul power aura finally stabilized, but her soul power level dropped to level 40. Clearly, separating so many dark attribute origins and four soul rings came at a certain cost.

"Was it successful?"

Upon seeing his eldest daughter open her eyes, the Duke of Youming asked anxiously.

Although there were many changes, as long as the martial soul was successfully evolved, it was fine, even if four soul rings were missing.

After all, they are just four soul rings that are hundreds or thousands of years old.

"I succeeded. My martial soul is much stronger than before. It is definitely a top-tier martial soul, and it is a pure mental type."

Weakly leaning against someone's chest, Zhu Zhuyun nodded, feeling very happy inside.

Although he paid a heavy price and was even seriously injured, his martial soul eventually mutated and evolved into a top-tier martial soul of pure spirit type.

At the same time, her mental strength indeed improved to the level of a Title Douluo. She was even able to project her mental strength to sense her father's mental strength. In her perception, her mental strength was nearly twice as strong as her father's.

The medicinal power of that miraculous herb was indeed extraordinary.

"Uncle, do you have any of the sealed spirit rings from the Spirit Hall, or could you get a low-age spirit beast?"

Tian Hao seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said.

"what do you mean……"

The Grand Duke of the Underworld was an exceptionally intelligent man, and he quickly understood his thoughts, his eyes immediately turning red with excitement.

"I will go and fetch it right away."

The Grand Duke of the Underworld excitedly leaped out of the hall and returned shortly with a bone—a soul beast bone.

There is a white ring on the soul beast's bone, which is the sealing and fixing soul ring.

The Star Luo Empire had previously reached a cooperation agreement with the Spirit Hall, taking over the sale of fixed spirit rings within the empire. Even the Spirit Hall could only sell high-level spirit rings.

At the same time, various forces were very curious about this method of solidifying spirit rings and conducted a lot of research. The Youming Zhu family naturally also conducted research, and this fixed spirit ring was used for research.

"This is just a verification, not a true refining. Once verified, we will immediately use our soul power to expel the power of the soul ring."

After reminding Zhu Zhuyun, Tian Hao indicated that they could begin.

Zhu Zhuyun understood her fiancé's guess and was equally excited. She took the soul beast skeleton handed to her by her father and used her soul power to activate the sealed soul ring. Soon, the white soul ring broke free from the skeleton's bindings and floated in the air, being drawn by her soul power to be placed on Zhu Zhuyun's body.

After hovering for a while, Zhu Zhuyun used her soul power to push away the soul ring, her face showing joy.

"It's true! I can really reabsorb the spirit ring!"

Zhu Zhuyun was so excited that her chest heaved violently, causing an avalanche on the majestic snow-capped mountain.

Although this situation was unheard of, she could clearly see the value in it.

She also knew the secret that the Pope of the Spirit Hall possessed twin spirits and understood the greatest advantage of twin spirits. Now, she herself could indirectly possess the advantages of twin spirits, and her first spirit ring could be refined from a 100,000-year-old spirit ring.

Once one cultivates to the level of a Title Douluo, one can possess nine 100,000-year soul rings.

The advantages that would bring are unimaginable.

The Grand Duke of the Underworld remained silent, too excited to speak, before greedily eyeing the remaining immortal herb.

If before it was only a possibility for her daughter to become a prodigy, now it's almost a certainty.

The more such opportunities one has, the better, and there's only one of those magical herbs left.

"The key to this anomaly lies in Zhu Yun's strong spiritual talent. Without this, it would be difficult to fully unleash the medicinal power of that immortal herb. Just like when I swallowed it, it only simply enhanced my spiritual power."

Seeing his father-in-law's thoughts, Tian Hao sighed with regret, which calmed down the Grand Duke of Youming, who also sighed with regret.

"Pity!"

If it could be applied to all members of his clan, he would intercept this immortal herb even at the risk of causing a rift with the royal family.