Gu Shenggo's Future Plans

After Lan Qingyan left, Gu Shenggo closed the door. Void Archive appeared in his hand, and his consciousness entered it.

The vast golden world of knowledge stretched boundlessly, storing countless pieces of knowledge—enough to guide an entire era.

Prometheus appeared before Gu Shenggo, her expression indifferent as she flipped through a book in her hand. Written on its cover were the words—

[Complete Guide to Island Nation Art Techniques]

"Uh, there are even books like that in here?!"

Looking at the "forbidden book" in Prometheus's hand, Gu Shenggo wore a stunned expression. He had never expected such a grand and magnificent space of knowledge to contain this sort of book.

"This is knowledge too."

Prometheus replied indifferently. Void Archive had stored nearly all the knowledge from the previous civilization, so it was hardly strange for it to contain such a book.

Gu Shenggo found that reasonable after hearing her explanation, though he wondered who had written this book. He reached out and took it, slowly flipping through the pages. The more he read, the more engrossed he became. He even began comparing some of his own personal experiences to its contents, only to suddenly realize that compared to the author, he was still far too inexperienced.

"Truly impressive. In this field, she could already be called one of the strongest."

Gu Shenggo closed the book and looked at the author's name written at the back.

[Aoi Sora]

So it was this Teacher. My respects, my respects.

Gu Shenggo had benefited greatly and almost wanted to find Lan Qingyan immediately to test it out.

Suppressing the flames rising within him, Gu Shenggo returned the book to Prometheus and said, "Show me the results of the Mysterious Water Pill analysis."

With a wave of her hand, Prometheus summoned a very thin book before Gu Shenggo.

[Analysis and Formula of Mysterious Water Pill Ingredients]

Gu Shenggo opened it. Inside were recorded all the materials required for the Mysterious Water Pill: water-element soul beasts, various medicinal herbs, their proportions, and the order in which they had to be added.

As long as he followed this formula, he would be able to refine Mysterious Water Pills.

However, even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice. He needed the materials first. Void Archive was ultimately not the true Herrscher of Reason; it could only simulate and analyze, not create things from nothing.

"If there's a Mysterious Water Pill, then there should be other pills as well."

Gu Shenggo closed the book in his hand. It turned into a little golden fish and swam away, while Gu Shenggo began considering the development of more pills.

After all, pills were standard equipment in fantasy worlds.

Yet aside from martial souls, Douluo Continent had nothing.

"Prometheus, use the Mysterious Water Pill as an example and develop more series of pills. Name them [Miracle Pills]."

Gu Shenggo instructed Prometheus, launching a new research project.

"I understand." Prometheus nodded and created another research project.

It became the second research project after [Gene Warrior]: [Miracle Pills].

Gu Shenggo took the research data regarding [Gene Warrior] and began reading through it carefully.

During his month or so in the Star Dou Great Forest, Gu Shenggo had collected samples from nearly every soul beast and plant he encountered for Prometheus to study, allowing her to draw certain conclusions.

[Gene Warrior] contained genetic templates for all kinds of soul beasts, though they were only preliminary templates and required various experiments to obtain further data.

Once he resolved the Shui Family's affairs and hunted the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, he would head to Heaven Dou Imperial City.

According to Prometheus's calculations, as well as the portion of Gu Shenggo's flesh and blood he had provided, she had indeed discovered an unusual gene within it.

It was temporarily named: [Ice Thorn Vine Gene]

So-called martial souls were genetic products, merely manifested through a unique rule of this world.

This also confirmed that humans were descendants of those Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that had taken human form.

In ancient times, Douluo Continent had been ruled by soul beasts. However, after the Dragon God's defeat and death, those gods of the God Realm, seeking to limit the development of soul beasts under the pretext of their divine rings, created the flaw-ridden soul master system.

After all, the soul master system had only appeared to suppress the development of soul beasts. Whether it was powerful or not made no difference to the gods of the God Realm.

But what was the deal with tool soul masters?

Gu Shenggo thought of another possibility. Many gods of the God Realm had fallen in that great war. The origins of tool soul masters were likely the weapons of those gods, or perhaps the gods themselves.

The Clear Sky Hammer, Wishful Plate, Seven Kill Sword, Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, Hundred Treasures Furnace, and so on.

One day, he would capture a few tool soul masters for research and see how their genes differed from those of other soul masters.

Gu Shenggo closed the research materials and returned them to their original place.

This was ultimately a fantasy world. Many things could not be explained through technology and could only be studied gradually, with conclusions drawn through various experiments.

Each installment of the five-part Douluo series was more absurd than the last.

In the end, it never explained how martial souls came to be. After developing for tens of thousands of years, despite clearly reaching the cosmic level, they still used the flawed martial soul system, at most changing the method of obtaining soul rings.

His consciousness withdrew from Void Archive. Gu Shenggo did not intend to dwell on such matters any longer. He could not possibly remain in this world alone; his future journey lay among the stars and across the myriad worlds.

As for becoming a god through the soul master system, that would merely be wrapping himself in a cocoon and ruining his own future.

Gu Shenggo had his own plans. In the early stages, he intended to follow the Honkai Fusion Warrior system, which was countless times stronger than the soul master system.

However, Fusion Warriors in the Honkai world merged with Honkai Beast genes, whereas Gu Shenggo merged with soul beast genes.

It was not that the stronger the soul beast gene, the better; what suited oneself was best.

Gu Shenggo knew that he already possessed [Ice Thorn Vine Gene] within his body, which was why he chose the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, whose compatibility with him was higher.

"If Honkai could descend upon this world, that would be even more interesting."

Gu Shenggo murmured to himself. The idea was utterly mad—after all, not just anyone could control the terror of Honkai.

Every Herrscher born from Honkai alone could crush those gods of the God Realm. Only God Kings could contend with them.

Casting that dangerous thought from his mind, Gu Shenggo lay on the bed, closed his eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.

This was destined to be an extraordinary night. The Shui Family elders tossed and turned, unable to sleep. They had never expected Lan Qingyan to bring back a Soul Douluo expert, much less have him deal with Wuta, shattering their plans outright.

As long as Lan Qingyan remained in the Shui Family, she was its First Madam. With Earl Shui dead, everything in the Shui Family was under her control, and these elders had no choice but to obediently heed her.

After all, she was one of only two Soul Emperors in the Shui Family.

Meanwhile, Bai Yujie spent the entire night in deep conversation with her mother. Hu Yunyan taught Bai Yujie personally, instructing her on how to seduce Gu Shenggo. As long as she could win Gu Shenggo over and gain the favor of an expert who was about to become a Titled Douluo, it would be even better than relying on the Shui Family. They would have nothing to fear on the continent.

After all, with a Titled Douluo standing behind them, even Spirit Hall would have to consider the consequences before making a move.

Only Lan Qingyan slept soundly. The threat of the Soul Saint had been resolved, and she had gained the backing of an expert who was about to become a Titled Douluo. She was in an exceptionally joyful mood.

(Regarding the system the protagonist will follow later on: Fusion Warrior first, then the path of technology. I'm considering setting the [Douluo] universe as a subordinate universe within the [Swallowed Star] universe. What do you all think?)