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

"I'll kill you sooner or later!"

She increasingly regretted getting involved with this thing in the first place, which led to her current predicament, with even Mu En dead and Xiaoyao and Shaozhe implicated.

"Follow!"

After saying this, Tian Hao turned and floated away, with Ye Xishui following behind.

Soon the two arrived at a metal platform, which was a tribulation platform specially made by Tian Hao.

"Stand up there and trigger the heavenly tribulation; I will assist you from the side."

After saying this, Tian Hao arrived at the edge of the tribulation platform and signaled to Ye Xishui that she could begin.

I'll chop you up sooner or later!

Muttering something, Ye Xishui could only follow that mysterious feeling and unleash her full soul power to trigger the heavenly tribulation.

Ye Xishui's full-force outburst quickly triggered some mechanism in the world, causing dark clouds to gather in the sky. These clouds quickly merged and transformed into a massive thundercloud, within which flashes of blazing white lightning tinged with purple – the Heavenly Tribulation.

The moment the Heavenly Tribulation took shape, a bolt of lightning struck down, hitting Ye Xishui on the Tribulation Platform. The lightning enveloped her entire body, and the intense light even shone through her flesh, revealing her skeleton.

Her long black hair turned to ashes in an instant, and she couldn't even save her eyebrows. However, Ye Xishui couldn't care less about that at the moment. She was focusing all her energy on using her soul power to fight against the heavenly tribulation lightning that had invaded her body. In the process of fighting, she was tempering her soul power, body, and mental strength in all aspects.

Tian Hao then manipulated the Tribulation Platform to release his domain, enveloping the heavenly tribulation lightning to prevent it from dissipating or being dispersed through the earth, aiming to utilize all the power of the tribulation lightning for tempering.

As the creator of the Heavenly Tribulation, he understands it best. The Heavenly Tribulation is both a test and an opportunity, and it will temper the body in all aspects.

Therefore, only by making full use of the heavenly tribulation lightning can the efficiency be maximized. Once the tempering of the nine heavenly tribulations is completed, becoming a god will be a natural outcome.

Unlike the quantitative changes that led to qualitative changes for Tang San and Huo Yuhao, the tribulation to become a god is a pure qualitative change, and it puts the least pressure and burden on the world.

Ye Xishui also sensed that someone's actions were inhuman. Although she was angry, she could only accept her fate and cooperate by using the heavenly tribulation lightning to temper her body.

Before the power of the first lightning bolt had completely dissipated, the second lightning bolt struck, combining with the first to amplify its power.

Fortunately, Ye Xishui was empowered by multiple cheat codes, making her incredibly strong, and she was able to withstand the attack.

The only flaw of the Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul is its power nature; it has little resistance to Heavenly Tribulation Lightning and may even double the damage.

However, this is also a tempering and improvement of the Blood Soul Demon Puppet's power, making the martial soul's nature mutate more thoroughly and integrate more closely with the newly added dark and evil corrupt attributes.

At the same time, the super god martial soul core formed by the Bright Phoenix martial soul is also undergoing a transformation, based on the angelic divine power that was originally integrated into it.

To be precise, it was eroded and devoured by the power of the angels, causing its martial soul form to slowly transform into an angel form.

Although the Phoenix Martial Soul is powerful, it is still somewhat inferior to the Angel Martial Soul.

Most importantly, Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Demon Puppet is essentially an angelic form, or even a fallen angel, which creates a strong resonance and resistance with that angelic divine power, thus accelerating this mutation.

Nine consecutive bolts of heavenly tribulation lightning struck down before the tribulation clouds finally dispersed. However, the heavenly tribulation lightning below remained, and under the restraint and isolation of the tribulation platform, it formed liquid plasma that enveloped Ye Xishui, and the purple aura within it grew increasingly intense.

The strange phenomenon here naturally attracted many people, but they all just stood at a distance and watched quietly, without approaching to disturb it, for fear of attracting the celestial tribulation and being dragged in to be struck by lightning.

It took a full day for Ye Xishui to finally dissipate the lightning power of the first tribulation. Once finished, she immediately took out a black robe and put it on, covering her once again exposed body, and glared angrily at someone.

She had initially thought that this tribulation platform was meant to help her disperse the power of the lightning tribulation, but it turned out to be the opposite – a concentrated source of power. If she hadn't been strong enough, she would have been reduced to ashes by the power of the lightning tribulation long ago.

"Go back and rest well, and experience the improvement after the tribulation. I will notify you when you undergo the next tribulation."

Ignoring the old lady's glare, Tian Hao left with a ball of separated light purple plasma.

I'll chop you up sooner or later!

Muttering annoyedly, Ye Xishui was even angrier at that thing, and then glared angrily at the people around her.

"What are you looking at? Get out of here right now!"

She can't beat that thing, but dealing with these bastards is no problem. Do they really think everyone can laugh at me?

Seeing Ye Xishui get angry, Kong Deming and the others quickly made their escape.

Although that person became the master's prisoner and test subject, they didn't see it as a shameful thing, but rather as an opportunity. Didn't they see that the master had arranged for that person to undergo tribulation and become a god?

They could only envy such an opportunity.

After those people left, Ye Xishui returned, still seething with anger, to find that thing.

She wanted to know how that thing would treat her after she transcended the tribulation and became a god—would it continue to keep her as a prisoner, or would it simply destroy her?

Although he had previously wished he could chop it up, he understood the enormous gap between himself and that thing. Even if he transcended tribulation and became a god, he would still be no match for it. Now his fate was in its hands, and he had no right to choose for himself. He could only wait and see what that thing would do.

What will you do with me after you succeed?

Upon arriving at the laboratory where that thing was located, Ye Xishui asked directly.

"Keep experimenting. According to the information I've gathered, gods are also ranked, from priests to third-level gods, second-level gods, first-level gods, and god-kings. There's still a long way to go."

Tian Hao's answer was also very straightforward, saying that you are destined to be a guinea pig for life and there is no escaping it.

This cold answer almost made Ye Xishui's mind go blank. She originally thought that after she became a god, it would be over, and at most she would continue to be the other party's slave. Who would have thought that she would still have to be someone else's test subject.

"I'm curious, were you born this way, or did you go through something that made you so inhuman?"

After a long silence, Ye Xishui couldn't understand how there could be such an inhuman creature in the world.

She used to think that Zhongli Laogui was a scoundrel, but after getting to know him, she realized that if a man could be so shameless, couldn't he just find someone else to bully?

Is it really that fun to always bully me?

Is this interesting?

Tian Hao was too lazy to answer such a meaningless question. He continued to think about how to act in a reasonable way to lure out the Abyss and the Abyss Saint King and draw them into the scheme.

At the same time, it is also necessary to make it reasonable for the divine realm to discover the Abyss Saint Lord hidden in the dark. Perhaps the nephew has already discovered the Abyss's spying. All of this needs to be arranged reasonably to turn the nephew's attention to the Abyss, so that the two sides can love and kill each other.

It's not enough to just have that adopted son Karl; he also needs to cooperate to create a perfect game.

Although one may also fall into the game, as the saying goes, a good hunter always appears as the prey. At the same time, the prey's identity is the best camouflage and the most effective way to outmaneuver others.

"what is this?"

Ye Xishui glared angrily at someone and was about to leave when she looked towards the side of the laboratory as if sensing something. She discovered a strange sapling, half black and half gold, and sensed her own power within it, feeling a faint resonance.

"The divine tree that I nurtured for you will also be the main body of your future warship."

After giving a casual reply, Tian Hao continued to ponder.

That divine and demonic tree was cultivated by him using a section of the Golden Ancient Tree as its foundation, and guided by the power of both Ye Xishui's martial souls and its origin, as the carrier of his future warship.

Don't think I'll forgive you just because of this!

Ye Xishui glanced at something, snorted, walked over and took the Divine Demon Tree planted in the flowerpot away, intending to nurture it properly with her own power.

She was also very curious about the starry sky and had long coveted the divine tree that could be made into a starship. She originally thought she wouldn't get one, but who would have thought that the thing would actually prepare one for her.

At least you still have some conscience.

Putting aside the things Tian Hao was up to, Dai Hao and Shrek Academy finally discovered that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School was gone and had sided with the Super God Academy and the Four Great Empires, which almost made them vomit blood with anger.

As the number one support-type sect in the world, and in charge of the Treasure Pavilion, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School possesses abilities that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

Now they have not only lost this great ally, but have also turned him into an enemy.

They were already at a disadvantage compared to the four great empires, and now the difference is even more pronounced.

Dai Hao was the first to lose his composure and personally came to Shrek City to question them.

"What exactly happened between you and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School?"

In the dean's office, Dai Hao had a gloomy face and wanted an explanation.

Many of their plans require the participation of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School and the Treasure Pavilion. Now that they've run away, even their land has been taken away, which has a fatal impact on them. Many ongoing plans will have to be changed.

The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School's sudden and unannounced defection to the Super God Academy and the Four Great Empires must have a reason. If there's no problem on their side, the problem must lie with Shrek Academy.

What exactly did you do to them?

"This was our mistake."

Yan Shaozhe admitted his mistake, but didn't explain further.

There's no point in denying it now that something like this has happened; what's most important is to face it positively.

However, he hadn't expected the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School to react so strongly. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have refused his wife's suggestion of using witchcraft. Now that things have escalated to this point, there's no way to undo it.

What are your countermeasures?

Seeing that Yan Shaozhe had taken the initiative to admit his mistake, Dai Hao had nothing more to say and could only discuss the next steps.

"How can there be a solution to this? We also cannot support a support sect that can rival the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School in a short period of time. The key now is to figure out the true intentions of the four great empires."

I've noticed they seem uninterested in our plans. Even the remnants of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire haven't been tempted to launch an attack to restore their kingdoms. This is highly unusual; there must be a larger conspiracy at play.

Yan Shaozhe shifted the topic to the four great empires, which were the real enemies they needed to consider, and it seemed that they had some grand conspiracy.

The reason Huo Yuhao was sent to the exchange team was also to allow him to use his spiritual soul skills to investigate from within the Sun Moon Empire.

Without understanding the true intentions of the four great empires and that person, one will never feel at ease.

"The Empire's energy can only be focused on the domestic situation in the short term. The Star Luo Empire has also wiped out the network we set up. Now I am completely clueless about them."

Dai Hao said he was powerless to do anything, and that he would be focusing his energy on dealing with internal problems of the empire for the next few years, leaving him no time for anything else.

"Let's think of a solution!"

Yan Shaozhe also knew that this kind of thing couldn't be left to Dai Hao's side; it was up to Shrek Academy to investigate themselves. He hoped that Yuhao could bring back good news.

"Has that person's identity not been investigated yet?"

Dai Hao inquired about another matter, the main source of the current situation being that person, who is also the biggest threat now.

That person is so powerful that they cannot be dealt with through direct means; they can only resort to other methods. However, they must first investigate the other party's identity and background before they can devise a targeted plan.

“He is very cautious. We can only tell that he is from your Star Luo Empire from his accent, and we are not sure if he is deliberately imitating our accent to mislead us.”

Yan Shaozhe was also quite helpless about this problem. He was also investigating that person's identity and background, and was even the first to investigate, but unfortunately, he didn't get any results.

Even information about that accent can't be taken seriously, since accents can be changed, and for that kind of being, changing an accent is really not difficult.

So far, they have not been able to find out the other party's identity or background.

"Any news from the divine realm? Will they make a move? And when?"

Dai Hao could only ask one question, which was also the key to his personal visit.

He is under immense pressure right now. To the west are the remnants of the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Fighting Spirit Empire, as well as the powerful Sun Moon Empire. To the south is the Star Luo Empire, which is not bad either. To the east is the Star Dou Great Forest, which could erupt at any time. And to the north is the powerful Xuanbing Empire.

If he had a choice, he would never have chosen such a strategically important but ultimately undesirable location as the foundation of his nation.