"Correction"

Long Yao threw back his head and laughed wildly. "Hahahahahaha! Hahahahahahahaha!" Then he burst into laughter again. "Haha... whew. Interesting. Add a second hidden Martial Soul: Chaos Holy Dragon—fifteen-meter-long golden giant dragon, with the three attributes of strength, time, and space. Spirit Ring Configuration: First Spirit Ring, Thirteen-Thousand-Year Jet Black; Second Spirit Ring, Twenty-Eight-Thousand-Year Jet Black Silver; Third Spirit Ring, Forty-Six-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Red; Fourth Spirit Ring, Hundred-Thousand-Year Rose Gold. First Spirit Skill: Star Ring—support amplification type; when used, the First Spirit Ring enlarges, and attacks passing through the First Spirit Skill gain increased damage and speed. Second Spirit Skill: Holy Dragon Claw—attack type; fires five Sharp Blades with spatial cutting damage. Third Spirit Skill: Void Claw—a massive golden dragon claw appears from thin air, moving according to the Right Hand's motions; capable of both attack and defense. Fourth Spirit Skill: Time and Space Roar—freezes time in a designated area for five seconds, then slows time by thirty percent for twenty seconds. All of the above Spirit Skills can be amplified by the First Spirit Skill. Begin generation. Change the First Martial Soul, Clear Sky Hammer's Spirit Ring Configuration to One Yellow, One Purple, Two Black."

Long Yao's unrestrained laughter exploded across the tranquil Official Road leading to Shrek City like thunder from a clear sky. At first, it was brazen and wild, as though he wanted to trample every rule Between Heaven and Earth beneath his feet. Later, it turned into a deep, interested Low Laugh, carrying a playful air of total control.

With his arms folded, his eyes shone like stars as he stared fixedly at the System Screen only he could see. It was the gaze of a Creator examining his own masterpiece, filled with absolute confidence and authority.

[Highest Authority Command Received... Verifying host permissions... Verification passed...]

[Warning: You are performing an advanced custom modification. This operation will permanently alter the character's foundational settings and may cause severe deviations in the worldline. Continue?]

"Continue."

[...Detected forced execution command. Operation confirmed. Executing...]

[First Martial Soul "Clear Sky Hammer" Spirit Ring Configuration reconstruction initiated...]

A string of cold mechanical prompts sounded in his mind, but Long Yao did not care. A deviation in the worldline? That was exactly what he wanted. He did not want to blend into this story. He wanted to become this story's sole Master.

The instant the announcement ended, an unusual wave of power surged from Long Yao's body. He did not summon his Martial Soul, yet the four Jet Black Spirit Rings that had originally floated in Soul Depth, representing twenty thousand years of cultivation, appeared on their own and slowly revolved around him. Every Spirit Ring radiated a deep, powerful aura. That pure Ten-Thousand-Year power was enough to make any Soul Ancestor-level opponent despair.

But in the next moment, a sudden change occurred!

The deep color of the two black Spirit Rings floating at the bottom began to fade at a visible rate. Their ink-black radiance seemed to be forcibly extracted by an invisible hand. An eerie purple gradually emerged amid the black, while the intensity of their glow rapidly weakened. In only a few seconds, one of the Spirit Rings had completely "degraded" from the black representing ten thousand years into the purple representing a thousand years, and the power contained within it stabilized at the Thousand-Year level.

But it was not over yet! The purple hue of the other fading black Spirit Ring flashed past, and its color continued to lighten until it finally became a ring of glaring bright yellow! A Hundred-Year Spirit Ring!

This utterly bizarre scene overturned all Soul Master common sense in the history of Douluo Continent! The age of a Spirit Ring could only be raised by hunting Spirit Beasts of greater age. When had anyone ever heard of one "degrading" on its own? It was like a rich man voluntarily exchanging his vast fortune for a few copper coins.

The Livestream Room instantly fell Deathly Stillness, followed by an eruption of danmu as overwhelming as Mountain Shouting Sea Roaring.

[Keyboard Warrior Ninth-Rank Elder]: ?????? Have my eyes gone blind? The Streamer turned two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings into a Thousand-Year and a Hundred-Year one??? What kind of operation is this? Cutting off his own arms?!

[Old Driver of Qiūmíng Mountain]: He's gone mad! The Streamer has absolutely gone mad! Starting with four Ten-Thousand-Year black rings, he could have walked sideways among Soul Ancestors, yet he actually downgraded them? What kind of performance art is this?

[I Really Only Know How to Give Freely]: Could... could this be some kind of strategy to hide his strength? Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger? But that is way too costly! Those were two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings!

[Defeat the Hypocritical Tang San]: Calm down, everyone! The Streamer must have some Deep Meaning behind this! Just watch, he definitely has something else up his sleeve! I believe in the Streamer!

Just as the viewers in the Livestream Room were utterly baffled, an even more shocking sight appeared.

[Second hidden Martial Soul "Chaos Holy Dragon" generation program activated... Injecting root power...]

"Rooooar—!!!"

A dragon roar that seemed to come from primordial chaos and cross endless time and space did not come from the outside world. Instead, it exploded directly within the deepest part of Long Yao's soul, at the core of his Sea of Consciousness!

Boom!!!

An indescribably Terrifying Pressure erupted from Long Yao's body! The Official Road beneath his feet cracked inch by inch, and the hard yellow earth crumbled into powder like a biscuit struck by a Great Hammer. The Towering Ancient Trees lining the road shook violently, while countless Flying Birds screeched and shot into the sky. Within a hundred-meter radius, every living creature trembled beneath that sacred and tyrannical pressure, prostrating themselves on the ground and worshipping in Long Xiaoyao's direction!

Dazzling golden radiance rose sharply behind Long Yao like a miniature sun! Within the light, an enormous Divine Dragon Phantom that blotted out the sky slowly Coalesced.

It was a true, sacred giant dragon!

Its dragon body was covered in scales that seemed forged from pure gold. Every scale gleamed with an immortal luster, brimming with the sensation of invincible strength. Its dragon head was raised high, fierce and majestic, while a pair of Dragon Horns pointed toward the heavens like twisted lightning. Most chilling of all were its eyes. Those were not Eyes any living creature should possess. Within its left eye, a vast Brilliant Star River slowly flowed; within its right eye, the river of time surged without end!

Strength, space, and time! Three of the most supreme Law Powers in the universe perfectly fused within this golden giant dragon, forming an absolute power beyond all else, Named "chaos"!

[Chaos Holy Dragon]!

The Livestream Room was completely silenced at that moment. All danmu stopped. Every viewer stared wide-eyed and open-mouthed, too shocked to think.

Several seconds later, the screen was completely flooded by endless danmu, so dense that the image could no longer be seen.

[Lust is the Primary Productive Force]: I... fuck...

[I Really Only Know How to Give Freely]: A dragon!!!! It's a dragon!!! A golden dragon!!! What the fuck kind of Martial Soul is this?!! Have I been reading Douluo for nothing???

[Keyboard Warrior Ninth-Rank Elder]: Chaos Holy Dragon... strength, time, space... Th-this is a God King Level Martial Soul, isn't it?! Streamer! You didn't transmigrate! You're the Creation God descending to experience mortal life, aren't you?!

[Rich Women Love Me]: Aaaaaaahhh! So handsome!!! Too handsome!!! Streamer! I want to bear you monkeys! No! A whole nest of little dragons!!!

[Rich Women Love Me] rewarded [Million-Year Spirit Beast Inverse Scale] x1 (worth 900,000 yuan): Streamer! Here! Take it as a meeting gift! If it's not enough, your big sister has more!

[Defeat the Hypocritical Tang San]: I get it! I get it now! Downgrading the Clear Sky Hammer's Spirit Rings was to make room for this even more badass Martial Soul! So that's how it is! Streamer, you're awesome! (voice cracking)!!!

The Divine Dragon Phantom coiled behind Long Yao, while the new Spirit Rings began to Coalesce.

Buzz—

The First Spirit Ring appeared. It was entirely Jet Black, its glow deep and profound, but on closer inspection, one could see power denser and heavier than that of an ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring flowing across it. That was proof of thirteen thousand years of cultivation! A torrent of knowledge poured into his mind—[First Spirit Skill: Star Ring], a terrifying support skill capable of amplifying all of his abilities!

Buzz—

The Second Spirit Ring followed immediately after. It was also jet black, but specks of silver starlight glittered within that endless darkness, as though an entire starry sky had been compressed inside. It was a manifestation of highly condensed Power of Space. Its twenty-eight thousand years of cultivation filled the Spirit Ring with an edge capable of tearing through anything. [Second Spirit Skill: Holy Dragon Claw]—with a single swipe, it carried not only the physical might of a giant dragon, but also dimensional wounds that cut through space, ignoring all physical defenses!

Buzz—

The Third Spirit Ring emerged. Its color was exceptionally strange. It possessed the Jet Black base color of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, yet was overlaid with Dark Gold patterns. From the gaps between those patterns seeped threads of blood-red radiance. This was a sign that the three attributes of strength, space, and time had begun to fuse. Its forty-six thousand years of cultivation caused it to radiate a heart-chilling aura of destruction. [Third Spirit Skill: Void Claw]—it could tear open space to stand undefeated, or gather the power of the void into an invincible attack!

Buzz—!!!

When the Fourth Spirit Ring appeared, the whole world seemed to lose its color!

It was a... Rose Gold Soul Ring!

Noble, gorgeous, dreamlike! This Spirit Ring gave off an incomparably gentle yet incomparably exalted glow, flowing with the mysterious aura of fate and time. This was the color produced only by Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and among them, it was the rarest Rose Gold, found only on Fate Beasts such as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion! Its terrifying hundred-and-ten-thousand years of cultivation made the very existence of this Spirit Ring enough to distort reality!

[Fourth Spirit Skill: Time and Space Roar]!

Long Yao closed his eyes and quietly felt the brand-new power within him, power enough to destroy heaven and earth. The Clear Sky Hammer's Ultimate Strength was violent and direct, while the Chaos Holy Dragon's power was absolute dominion—Rule The World and command the laws themselves!

He could sense that with a single thought, he could freeze the time before him and shatter space. His Level 45 Soul Power, bolstered by his Twin Martial Souls—especially the Chaos Holy Dragon—could likely unleash Combat Power beyond that of most Soul Emperors. He might even be able to trade blows with a Strong Person who had just entered the Soul Saint realm!

[Warning: Detected drastic changes to the host's power system. The world's law of Causality is undergoing forced correction... Correction failed... The worldline has entered an unknown trajectory...]

Listening to the final prompt in his mind, the smile on Long Yao's lips deepened.

Unknown?

This was the stage he wanted.

Time: Douluo Calendar Year 2030, autumn, 4:50 PM

Location: Official Road outside Shrek City (partially destroyed)

Viewers: 8,974

Equipment: None

Items: None

Martial Souls: First Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer [Traits: Ultimate Strength, armor penetration, shattering]

Second Martial Soul: Chaos Holy Dragon (hidden) [Traits: strength, time, space]

Soul Power: Level 45 (Soul Ancestor)

Spirit Rings: [Clear Sky Hammer] First Spirit Ring (Yellow · Hundred-Year), Second Spirit Ring (Purple · Thousand-Year), Third Spirit Ring (Black · Ten-Thousand-Year), Fourth Spirit Ring (Black · Ten-Thousand-Year)

[Chaos Holy Dragon] First Spirit Ring (Black · Thirteen-Thousand-Year), Second Spirit Ring (Black · Twenty-Eight-Thousand-Year), Third Spirit Ring (Black · Forty-Six-Thousand-Year), Fourth Spirit Ring (Rose Gold · Hundred-and-Ten-Thousand-Year)

Spirit Skills: [Clear Sky Hammer] First Spirit Skill · Titan Heavy Strike, Second Spirit Skill · Earth Pulse, Third Spirit Skill · Gravity Domain, Fourth Spirit Skill · Chaotic Wind Style

[Chaos Holy Dragon] First Spirit Skill · Star Ring, Second Spirit Skill · Holy Dragon Claw, Third Spirit Skill · Void Claw, Fourth Spirit Skill · Time and Space Roar

Soul Bones: None

Soul Spirits: None

Reward Stash: [Million-Year Spirit Beast Inverse Scale]