Shared Heavens from Douluo Continent

Douluo Continent

Spirit City, Pope's Palace.

In a side hall less than a hundred meters from Bibi Dong's bedchamber, Dai Changsheng, dressed in a moon-white robe, suddenly opened his eyes, ending the day's meditation.

"Finally, level twenty!"

Feeling the Soul Power within him reach its bottleneck, Dai Changsheng could not help smiling happily.

More than three months had passed since Dai Changsheng last entered the Gray Mist Space. He was now seven years old.

As long as Dai Changsheng absorbed a second Soul Ring, he could become a Soul Grandmaster.

Looking across all of Douluo Continent, a mere Soul Grandmaster was nothing noteworthy. But a seven-year-old Soul Grandmaster carried considerable weight.

Having finished meditating, Dai Changsheng immediately headed to Bibi Dong's bedchamber to share the good news that his Soul Power had reached level twenty.

After learning of this, Bibi Dong first praised Dai Changsheng with a smile, then had Chrysanthemum Douluo accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a suitable second Soul Ring.

The Star Dou Great Forest was one of the three most famous Soul Beast habitats on Douluo Continent.

It was almost as vast as the entire Balak Kingdom, stretching across the borders of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.

Two-fifths of its territory lay within the Heaven Dou Empire, while the remaining three-fifths belonged to the Star Luo Empire.

It was an enormous primeval forest with complex terrain, containing all sorts of natural hazards such as wetlands and swamps.

The Soul Beasts there were also extremely dangerous. The closer one got to the center of the forest, the stronger the Soul Beasts became. There was even no shortage of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

In theory, nearly every Soul Master could find the Soul Ring best suited to them within the Star Dou Great Forest.

"Screech—"

Accompanied by a piercing eagle cry, a somewhat translucent Golden Sculpture carried Dai Changsheng and Chrysanthemum Douluo as it sped toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Chrysanthemum Douluo was, after all, a level ninety-five Title Douluo. So long as they did not encounter a particularly powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, protecting Dai Changsheng would be easy enough.

With Chrysanthemum Douluo's help, Dai Changsheng found a suitable second Soul Ring in less than three days.

It was a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring from a Ghost Tiger whose cultivation had just reached ten thousand years.

Before leaving Spirit City, Dai Changsheng had specifically asked Bibi Dong to assess his physical constitution and soul strength.

Testing physical constitution was simple. Bibi Dong only needed to inject Soul Power into Dai Changsheng's body and see how much his meridians could endure.

Testing soul strength was somewhat more troublesome. They needed to find Soul Masters skilled in spiritual abilities and have them slowly probe the upper limit of Dai Changsheng's mental resistance with spiritual attacks.

Fortunately, Spirit Hall was brimming with talent. Although spiritual-type Soul Masters were relatively rare, finding a few above level fifty was no difficult task.

Based on the final test results, Dai Changsheng's physical strength rivaled that of a battle Soul King, while his spiritual power was several times stronger than that of an ordinary person. He could withstand the spiritual backlash of a Soul Ring no older than twelve thousand years.

That was why Bibi Dong had asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to help Dai Changsheng find a tiger-type Soul Beast whose cultivation had just surpassed ten thousand years to serve as his second Soul Ring.

"Whoosh!!!"

After more than three hours of full-force absorption, Dai Changsheng finally refined the Ten Thousand Year Ghost Tiger Soul Ring completely. He slowly opened his tightly shut eyes, and an eerie chill flashed through them.

Under normal circumstances, when ordinary Soul Masters absorbed their second Soul Ring, it would only be around seven or eight hundred years old, at most allowing their Soul Power to rise to level twenty-one.

Yet after Dai Changsheng absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Ghost Tiger Soul Ring, his Soul Power surged directly to level twenty-four.

Apart from the increase in Soul Power, Dai Changsheng had also grown noticeably taller. He now stood over one and a half meters tall.

Seeing Dai Changsheng successfully absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, Chrysanthemum Douluo secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then, unable to contain his curiosity, he asked, "Changsheng, what is your second Soul Skill called? What does it do?"

"My second Soul Skill is called White Tiger Demon God Transformation. Like White Tiger Adamant Transformation, it is a strengthening-type Soul Skill. It increases all my attributes by 150% for half an hour."

Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded slightly. "A 150% increase to all attributes? It really is a Soul Skill well suited to you."

Strengthening-type Soul Skills generally held no advantage during the early stages. In particular, the boosts granted by Hundred-Year Soul Rings were usually rather weak, so most battle Soul Masters preferred offensive Soul Skills when absorbing their first two Soul Rings.

Dai Changsheng's case was different, however. Not only was he born with immense strength, but his physical constitution and soul strength far surpassed those of ordinary people. In his hands, strengthening-type Soul Skills were even more useful than other kinds.

With Dai Changsheng's current strength, if he used both his first and second Soul Skills at the same time, his power could soar from over a thousand jin to between three thousand five hundred and four thousand jin. Even a weaker battle Soul King would likely be killed by a single punch!

"Too bad this Ten Thousand Year Ghost Tiger didn't drop a Soul Bone."

Under Chrysanthemum Douluo's somewhat speechless gaze, Dai Changsheng waved his hand and stored the Ten Thousand Year Ghost Tiger's corpse in his Storage Soul Tool, shaking his head with a regretful expression.

What a greedy little brat!

Chrysanthemum Douluo could not help complaining inwardly. If Soul Bones dropped so easily, he would have gathered a complete set long ago.

"Elder Chrysanthemum, please help me hunt two more Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts. I want to turn them into Soul Battle Slaves."

Now that Dai Changsheng had absorbed two Soul Rings, he could use Aid and Abet to enslave two Soul Battle Slaves at once.

As for the Thousand-Year Golden Sculpture Dai Changsheng had already enslaved, he only needed to release its soul. Like a Soul Ring, its soul would naturally dissipate, freeing up a new slot.

"Fine!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo knew the effects of Aid and Abet, so naturally he did not refuse Dai Changsheng's reasonable request.

Over the following days, Chrysanthemum Douluo helped Dai Changsheng hunt two Soul Beasts with cultivations of around fifteen thousand years.

Ordinarily, Dai Changsheng's soul strength was insufficient to endure the spiritual backlash brought by fifteen-thousand-year Soul Rings.

However, Soul Battle Slaves enslaved by Dai Changsheng only retained around seventy percent of their strength from when they were alive.

Once the Soul Rings of Soul Beasts with fifteen thousand years of cultivation were transformed into Soul Battle Slaves, they were equivalent to Soul Beasts whose cultivation had just surpassed ten thousand years—right within Dai Changsheng's limits.

The two Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts Chrysanthemum Douluo hunted for Dai Changsheng were a Ten Thousand Year Light Swan and a Ten Thousand Year Face-Eating Spider.

The Light Swan was a relatively rare healing-type Soul Beast. It possessed extraordinary vitality and was a close relative of the Jade Swan.

Furthermore, Light Swans flew extremely fast, far surpassing most flying Soul Beasts of the same level. Otherwise, Light Swans, which were not adept at attacking, would have long since been eaten by other Soul Beasts.

A Soul Beast like the Light Swan, which flew quickly and excelled at healing, was naturally an ideal flying mount.

The Man Faced Demon Spider, meanwhile, was one of the highest-tier spider-type Soul Beasts and was also known as the "nightmare of small Soul Beasts."

The Man Faced Demon Spider not only possessed potent venom, but could also spray highly adhesive spiderwebs, making it comparable to a control-type Soul Master.

Dai Changsheng himself was a power-attack-type Soul Master. With support-type and control-type Soul Battle Slaves added in, he could form a basic Soul Master squad and achieve an effect greater than the sum of its parts.

Star Luo Empire

"Whoosh—"

As a streak of white light descended from the sky, the Ten Thousand Year Light Swan—over three meters long with a wingspan exceeding ten meters—landed on the training grounds of the Star Luo Imperial Palace with Dai Changsheng and Chrysanthemum Douluo on its back.

Led by a palace attendant, Dai Changsheng and the others soon met the Star Luo Emperor.

When the Star Luo Emperor learned that Dai Changsheng had not only become a Soul Grandmaster, but that his second Soul Ring was actually a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, he was visibly delighted. He praised him lavishly, as though he truly cherished this youngest son of his.

Although Dai Changsheng disdained this belated paternal affection, he still played along with their loving father-and-son act in order to get more Gold Soul Coins out of the Star Luo Emperor.

In the end, the delighted Star Luo Emperor directly rewarded Dai Changsheng with a grand estate spanning hundreds of mu as the Fourth Prince's Mansion, then took one million Gold Soul Coins from his private treasury to serve as Dai Changsheng's spending money.

After squeezing all the Gold Soul Coins he could out of the old man, Dai Changsheng could not be bothered to linger in the palace. Instead, he took Chrysanthemum Douluo to inspect his new residence.

According to the intelligence Dai Changsheng had gathered, the grand estate bestowed upon him by the Star Luo Emperor had originally belonged to a high-ranking corrupt official. The construction costs alone had exceeded two million Gold Soul Coins.

In addition to the estate, the Star Luo Emperor had also bestowed upon Dai Changsheng over a hundred maidservants, two hundred household servants, and another two hundred guards.

After inspecting his new residence, Dai Changsheng promoted several of the more capable servants to serve as stewards.

Dai Changsheng had no intention of remaining in Star Luo City for long, so it was necessary to cultivate several trusted subordinates to manage the prince's residence while he was away.

By the time Dai Changsheng finished handling the various trivial affairs of the prince's residence, the sky outside had already darkened. He gave up on returning to Spirit City overnight and stayed at the prince's residence with Chrysanthemum Douluo instead.

It was not until the next morning, after Dai Changsheng finished breakfast and paid his respects to the Star Luo Emperor at the palace, that he and Chrysanthemum Douluo returned to Spirit City.

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Dai Changsheng had originally planned to take Chrysanthemum Douluo to the Zhu residence to see his young fiancée, but after considering it carefully, he dismissed the idea.

The more importance Dai Changsheng showed Zhu Zhuqing, the more likely she would be targeted by Zhu Zhuyun and the others.

Unless Dai Changsheng brought Zhu Zhuqing with him to Spirit City, he would only make her situation even more difficult.

Dai Changsheng did not mind taking Zhu Zhuqing back to Spirit City, but he worried that Bibi Dong would mind.

After all, Bibi Dong had always wanted to bring Dai Changsheng and Hu Liena together.

If Dai Changsheng suddenly brought Zhu Zhuqing back to Spirit City, who knew what kind of madness that lunatic Bibi Dong would unleash?

Bibi Dong might look wise and mighty on the surface, but in reality, she was a lunatic who wanted to destroy Spirit Hall and even Douluo Continent itself.

If Bibi Dong decided Zhu Zhuqing was too much of an eyesore, she could easily find some excuse to have her die without a trace—for example, claiming that Zhu Zhuqing had gone out to hunt a Soul Ring and was accidentally killed when a Soul Beast fought back.

Therefore, Dai Changsheng felt it was best not to contact Zhu Zhuqing for now. It would be better to let her remain an unnoticed nobody.

Since the Ten Thousand Year Light Swan flew much faster than the Thousand-Year Golden Sculpture, Dai Changsheng and the others took only a little over two hours to travel from Star Luo City to Spirit City.

After returning to Spirit City, Dai Changsheng first went to see Bibi Dong. He deliberately told her about his experiences over the past few days in a slightly spoiled, boastful tone, then resumed his life of diligent cultivation and spending time in the library.

Hong Kong Island world

Victoria Peak Villa District

"One, two, three, four, two, two, three, four..."

Led by Madonna, He Min and the others had changed into yoga outfits and were following a yoga video on television.

Madonna and the others already had curvaceous figures, and the fitted yoga outfits made them look even more alluring, like ripe peaches.

Especially when Madonna and the others did jumping exercises, their pairs of lively, bouncing breasts were impossible to look away from.

"Tap, tap, tap..."

As Dai Changsheng ate premium fruit and admired the scenery in the living room, Sha Lena walked over, dressed in a black office outfit, wearing towering heels, and swaying her Slender Waist.

"Boss, the newly opened Jundu Hotel is preparing to hold a jewelry exhibition in three days. They say many prominent figures from Hong Kong Island will be invited. This is the invitation they sent you."

"Oh? An invitation from the Jundu Hotel?"

Dai Changsheng had been somewhat indifferent, but when he heard the words "Jundu Hotel," his expression immediately changed slightly.

If Dai Changsheng remembered correctly, the jewelry exhibition being held by the Jundu Hotel had likely already been targeted by the international gang of robbers led by The Doctor.

"Sha Lena, tell Li Jie to accompany me to the jewelry exhibition in three days."

Dai Changsheng narrowed his eyes. "Also, have Li Fu lead two security teams and stay in a hotel near the Jundu Hotel, ready to move at any time!"

"Yes, Boss!"

After Sha Lena left with a sway of her hips, Dai Changsheng withdrew his gaze from Madonna and the others. He rose and left the living room, heading down to the villa's underground secret chamber.

Many strangely shaped devices were arranged throughout the spacious underground chamber.

Those devices had all been developed by Dai Changsheng's research personnel using the advanced technologies he had shared from the memories of Conan Dai Changsheng.

The most conspicuous item was a suit of alloy armor resembling an Iron Man suit.

The power source for that alloy armor was a high-tech solar battery developed by Professor Agasa.

Although the energy supplied by the solar battery was far inferior to an Arc Reactor and not enough to make the armor fly, it could still sustain the wearer's normal movements.

Moreover, the armor's limbs incorporated the advanced technology of Power-Enhancing Shoes. Electricity and magnetism could stimulate the wearer's limbs, allowing their muscular strength to be pushed to its limit.

An ordinary person wearing that alloy armor could unleash, at most, over a thousand jin of force.

Someone born with great strength like Dai Changsheng, on the other hand, could unleash around five tons of monstrous power for a short time with the armor's enhancement—enough to kick over a sedan with one foot.

Other than the eye section, which was made of specially treated bulletproof glass, every other part of the alloy armor was forged from special bulletproof alloy.

With Dai Changsheng's current strength, combined with that alloy armor, he could easily slaughter his way through an armed unit without heavy weaponry.

After staring at the alloy armor for a while, Dai Changsheng shifted his gaze to the black suit displayed in the case beside it.

The black suit itself was nothing special. What was truly special was the black cape attached to its back.

That black cape was actually a simple glider, just like the one used by Kaito Kid, except its color had been changed from white to black.