Douluo Continent: Taking Tang San as a disciple, with a ten-thousand-fold return for teaching him.

From Bibi Dong's words and expression, it is easy to see that she sincerely hopes that Chen Luo can also have the opportunity to inherit the godhood. And Bibi Dong's next words directly revealed her true feelings.

“You don’t need to put too much pressure on yourself. Even if no god approves of you, after I become a god, I will do everything I can to help you become a god too!” Bibi Dong said earnestly, her eyes full of determination.

Chen Luo was deeply moved upon hearing this.

It is truly a great fortune to have a girl who would do anything for me, and even more fortunate to have two such girls.

Chen Luo pulled Bibi Dong into his arms and held her tightly for a moment before letting go.

Bibi Dong showed no resistance or rejection during this process, and her hand was gently placed on Chen Luo's back.

"Are you going to become a god?" Chen Luo asked.

Bibi Dong nodded: "Yes, it shouldn't be long. We'll need to do a few more things before we can take that final step."

"Do you need my help?" Chen Luo asked.

“No need. After I become a god, I will find a way to make you a god too.” Bibi Dong’s gaze remained firm.

Chen Luo said earnestly, "I want to try it myself first."

Bibi Dong smiled slightly: "Well, perhaps you can become a god before me."

Chen Luo smiled and said, "If that's really the case, I'll find a way to help you become a god too."

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong smiled, her exquisite and perfect face becoming even more beautiful with the addition of her smile.

Although it was just a few simple words exchanged, the atmosphere was very relaxed and pleasant, and Chen Luo and Bibi Dong both enjoyed the moment.

After spending this time together, Chen Luo and Bibi Dong's relationship has greatly improved, as evidenced by Bibi Dong's direct expression of her feelings.

The feelings between people are very subtle. They may be established in a certain moment and then become unstoppable. For people like Chen Luo and Bibi Dong, who already had some feelings for each other, it was undoubtedly easier for them to develop feelings for each other.

“Let’s go back. We’ve been out for quite a while now, and we must have kept you busy for a long time,” Chen Luo said.

Bibi Dong said, "It won't delay anything. Obtaining the soul ring is the most important thing. I'm really happy to have you with me during this time."

Chen Luo said, "Me too."

The two then embarked on their journey home.

As they sailed across the sea, Bibi Dong suddenly spoke up: "I'm curious why the Sea God didn't choose you?"

Chen Luo said, "I don't know either. Maybe there's someone more suitable."

Actually, that's not the case. Poseidon originally wanted to choose Chen Luo, but had to give up for some reason.

Alternatively, one could say that God did come, but was not "chosen" by Chen Luo, so He left...

Chapter 288 Summary of Strength

half a month later.

Shrek Academy, cafeteria.

Chen Luo and Flander were drinking, eating meat, and chatting. Today was the day Chen Luo was returning.

"Good brother, congratulations on successfully entering the Title Douluo level!" Flander raised the wine bottle with a big smile.

Chen Luo immediately picked up the wine bottles and clinked them together, and the two of them then took a big gulp of wine with gusto.

“I thought you wouldn’t be back for at least six months, I didn’t expect it to be so soon,” Flander said with a smile.

Chen Luo said, "We were lucky. We found a suitable soul beast in advance and successfully captured it."

In fact, Chen Luo could have returned much earlier. With his and Bibi Dong's combined strength, they could have traveled incredibly fast. However, they both tacitly slowed down their journey, stopping along the way to enjoy some quality time together. Otherwise, Chen Luo would have returned much sooner.

Flander asked, "Your ninth spirit ring should also be at the 100,000-year level, right? What kind of spirit beast is it?"

Chen Luo didn't hide anything from him, and smiled slightly, "It's not ten thousand years old."

"It's a million-year-old deep-sea demon whale king."

"A million-year-old soul beast?!"

Upon hearing this, Flander's eyes widened slightly, and he exclaimed in surprise, "The Deep Sea Demon Whale King? You actually defeated that kind of being? How did you do that?"

"Back when we were on Poseidon Island, we heard that even someone like Poseidon didn't have absolute confidence in defeating the Deep Sea Demon Whale King!"

Chen Luo smiled slightly and said, "I found some help."

"Found help? Poseidon?" Flander asked.

Chen Luo shook his head: "It wasn't her."

Flander instantly understood, and looked at Chen Luo with a mischievous grin: "So it was her. No wonder. I was just wondering why you went to find Erlong after you killed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, and waited for Erlong to come back together. Now I understand!"

Seeing Flander's knowing look, Chen Luo couldn't help but laugh and say, "You can't hide anything from me."

Flander said, "You already said that before you left. Besides, only an assistant like her can help you kill a being like the Deep Sea Demon Whale King."

"Speaking of which, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, as a million-year-old soul beast, must be extremely strong, right? How does it compare to Poseidon?"

Chen Luo said, "They are very strong, but I have never fought Poseidon, so I don't know the difference in strength between them."

Flander glanced at Chen Luo with a hint of resentment: "What a pity, you heartless bastard, you wouldn't take your old buddy with you to see the world."

"That's true. If you bring me along, how will you two enjoy your time together?"

Seeing Flander's slightly exaggerated expression and increasingly absurd words, Chen Luo smiled and changed the subject: "How have Xiuyuan and Hongjun been lately?"

Flander said, "It's still the same old story. You spend most of your time cultivating. You haven't been out for very long, so how much can things change?"

“There’s something I need to thank you for,” Flander suddenly said.

"What?" Chen Luo looked puzzled.

Flander said, "Xiuyuan has had a really big influence on Hongjun. Hongjun used to be a bit lazy, but he has become more hardworking since he's been with Xiuyuan."

"Oh, so this is it. I thought something was wrong," Chen Luo said with a smile.

Flander said, "It's a pity, if only Xiuyuan were a girl..."

Chen Luo said seriously, "You must not have any dangerous thoughts, and neither should Hong Jun."

Flanders laughed heartily: "Look how anxious you are, always valuing your disciple above all else."

"By the way, how is Tang San doing these days? Did you check on him when you went out?"

Chen Luo said, "Haotian Douluo's whereabouts are hard to pinpoint. How am I supposed to find out? He's probably cultivating with Haotian Douluo."

Judging by the time, Tang San should be close to clearing the City of Slaughter.

It's unclear whether Tang San will still do things like showing filial piety to his ancestors. If he continues to throw immortal herbs down the Hell Road, Chen Luo will really have no choice but to accept it. That might just be the fate of Tang Chen, the King of Slaughter...

After meeting with Flanders, Chen Luo went to visit his young apprentice, Yu Xiuyuan.

Seeing that Yu Xiuyuan was cultivating, Chen Luo did not disturb him further.

When they passed another simulated cultivation environment, they saw that Ma Hongjun was also cultivating. This little fat boy had really become more diligent.

Yu Xiuyuan and Ma Hongjun's auras didn't change much, only became more solid. This was normal, given the short time that had passed; it was impossible to quickly improve their strength through their own cultivation alone.

After returning to his residence on the back mountain of the academy, Chen Luo neither rested nor cultivated, but instead opened his personal panel.

After absorbing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's spirit ring, Chen Luo's strength increased dramatically. However, due to the precious time he spent with Bibi Dong, he hadn't even had a chance to properly assess his abilities. Now that he's back, he finally has time to see what level he's reached, and checking his personal panel is undoubtedly the best way to do so.

Host: Chen Luo.

Current identity: Yu Xiaogang.

Martial Soul: Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.

Martial Soul Level: SSS Rank.

Soul Power Level: 96.

Soul Ring Combinations: Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years, Ten Thousand Years, One Hundred Thousand Years, Three Hundred Thousand Years, Five Hundred Thousand Years, Three Million Two Thousand Years.

Soul Bones: Deep Sea Demon Whale Torso Bone (3.2 million years), Dragon Skull (3 million years), Holy Dragon Left Arm Bone (500,000 years), Deep Blue Right Arm Bone (500,000 years), Thunder Left Leg Bone (100,000 years), Thunder Scale (External Soul Bones).

Domains: God of Slaughter Domain, Time Domain, Dragon Domain.

Disciples: Tang San (S-rank), Yu Xiuyuan (S-rank), Shrek Academy (S-rank).

……

The boost provided by the soul ring of the million-year-old soul beast, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, was truly enormous, directly raising Chen Luo's soul power level to level ninety-six.

In the book's plot, after Tang San absorbed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's spirit ring, he seemed to only increase his level by three, but that was from ninety-six to ninety-nine. It's not surprising that Chen Luo increased his level from ninety to ninety-six after absorbing the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's spirit ring, and his gains were not even as high as Tang San's in the book's plot.

In addition to the increase in his soul power level, Chen Luo also obtained a soul ring and soul bone with a lifespan of 3.2 million years.

The reason it can reach 3.2 million years is because the little apprentice Yu Xiuyuan lived up to expectations and triggered a hundredfold return when he obtained the soul ring, directly returning more than 2.2 million years of lifespan increase, so it was stacked up.

In other words, the accumulation of years does not bring any benefit to the soul power level; otherwise, Chen Luo would likely have reached the level of a Limit Douluo at level ninety-nine by now.

Even so, the enhancement that the 3.2 million year soul ring and soul bone brought to Chen Luo was still immense.

Chen Luo felt that he could now challenge powerhouses at the Limit Douluo level, and he was not afraid of Bibi Dong, who was about to become a god.

With a soul skill strength of over three million years, even a Limit Douluo would probably have a hard time facing it. "Pay-to-win" soul masters, no, "cheating" soul masters are just different.

After glancing at his personal information, Chen Luo couldn't help but smile; the data was truly pleasing to the eye.

The only drawback was that Chen Luo originally thought his martial soul level would be upgraded again, but the result was still that his SSS level remained unchanged.

However, Chen Luo could clearly sense that the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon had become much stronger.

It's very likely that the highest level a martial soul can reach on the surface is SSS level, and one would have to become a god to improve it further.

After closing his personal panel, Chen Luo felt a greater longing for his future.

"Now that I have successfully reached the Title Douluo level, the next step is truly to set off for godhood..."

Chapter 289 The Fallen Dragon Soul

With the goal of becoming a god in mind, Chen Luo made a brief summary of the resources he possessed.

"My strength has now reached level 96. It is unlikely that I can improve further by relying on cultivation. I don't know how long it would take to cultivate. I can only continue to look for opportunities."

"As for opportunities, I can explore the Dragon's Secret Realm behind the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Clan. With my current strength, I can definitely clear it easily, and I will be able to improve to some extent."

"We'll go to the Dragon's Secret Realm together when Erlong comes back. She'll get some benefits too, and then she can team up with Boss Fu again."