Douluo: One Thought of God and Demon, Inheriting the Dual God Positions of Good and Evil

As a soul beast that had lived in the Star Dou Forest for ten thousand years, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger knew this forest far better than they did.

Its intelligence was quite high, even surpassing that of ordinary humans. Naturally, it could understand human speech. It nodded, then turned and ran off.

Nether Dawn Lion King, Absorbing the Third Soul Ring!

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger darted forward a few steps, then looked back at Qian Renxin, signaling for him to follow.

"Young Master... do you know this soul beast?" Ling Yuan asked in surprise.

Soul beasts had always been mortal enemies of humans.

Even soul beasts without aggressive tendencies would flee upon seeing humans rather than approach them amicably.

She had never seen a soul beast this docile.

And this was a powerful, aggressive soul beast that had lived for tens of thousands of years, acting like a house cat.

"This is the first time I've met it."

Qian Renxin smiled. "It seems to understand what I need. It has lived in the core region for at least ten thousand years, so it must know this place better than we do."

Yue Guan also recalled the soul beast's identity at this moment.

Yu Xiaogang knew information about the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and as a Titled Douluo, there was no reason for him not to know it as well.

"I remember now. This soul beast is called the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. It was once a Divine Beast White Tiger, but after being possessed by an Evil God, it became an entirely new kind of soul beast."

Yue Guan continued thoughtfully, "It seems it sensed the Young Master's uniqueness, which is why it came here specifically to curry favor with him."

Qian Renxin nodded, confirming his guess. "That's right. One of the gods whose inheritance I bear is the God of Evil. Let's follow it first. Just maintain a safe distance."

After that,

the four of them followed closely behind the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as they traveled through the Star Dou Core.

After following the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for roughly half a day,

they arrived in a mountainous wilderness. The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger stopped, raised its sharp claws, and pointed toward a cave to the east as it let out a hesitant, low growl.

Qian Renxin turned his head and said,

"Elder Ju, go see what's in there."

"Yes, Young Master."

Yue Guan had been wanting an opportunity to prove himself. He instructed Gui Mei and Ling Yuan, "I'll go first. You two protect the Young Master here."

After saying that, he unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and flew into the cave.

Not long after entering,

an enormous lion's roar thundered out from within the cave, sending birds and beasts scattering.

Yue Guan had already used Soul Power to block his ears. He spoke with interest,

"It's actually a Nether Dawn Lion King. Its last appearance must have been thousands of years ago. I can't believe its bloodline still survives."

As a great power that had been passed down for twenty thousand years,

Spirit Hall possessed an exceptionally deep foundation. Its research into martial souls, soul masters, and soul beasts was extremely thorough, and many rare soul beast martial souls had been recorded.

Sensing the intrusion of an unfamiliar aura,

a male lion three meters tall paced out. The mane around its neck was grayish-white, and its dark brown eyes stared at Yue Guan as it slowly lowered its body.

"Roar!"

The Nether Dawn Lion King unleashed a powerful sound wave from its mouth, containing an enormous amount of Soul Power.

Yue Guan was prepared. He held the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum before him, blocking most of the damage. The remaining force of the sound wave could not injure him, merely making his body feel slightly uncomfortable.

His black soul ring trembled, and countless chrysanthemum petals slowly drifted down from the sky, creating a scene of breathtaking beauty.

Yet as they descended,

cold flashes suddenly appeared. The flowers transformed into blades and swept back and forth, unstoppable wherever they passed.

The Nether Dawn Lion King staggered backward in fright, but its body was still covered in wounds, with white bone visible beneath them.

Wracked with pain, it became furious. It spat out an energy sphere where light and darkness converged, launching it rapidly toward Yue Guan.

"Fourth Soul Skill, Strange Flower."

Yue Guan remained unhurried. He summoned a female clone, which stepped forward and blocked the energy sphere.

He then unleashed his sixth soul skill, Golden Stamen, Flowing Rosy Radiance. Golden petals transformed into a meteor shower and blasted toward the Nether Dawn Lion King like cannon shells, smashing deep pits into the lion's thick, brutish body and leaving it sprawled on the ground, barely alive.

Seeing that the Nether Dawn Lion King had been severely injured,

Yue Guan did not continue attacking. Instead, he released his third soul skill, Aura Barrier. Dozens of petals scattered about, firmly trapping the heavily wounded Nether Dawn Lion King.

After resolving everything,

he flew out of the cave and knelt before Qian Renxin.

"Young Master, there truly is a ten-thousand-year soul beast inside possessing both Light and Dark Attributes. I have completely subdued it."

Qian Renxin nodded and entered the cave.

Under the control of the Aura Barrier, the Nether Dawn Lion King could not move. Death already filled its eyes as it watched a massive sword descend upon it.

After its breath was extinguished and it died,

a black soul ring emerged from its corpse, carrying a profound and mysterious aura. The patterns around the ring were even more intricate, like secrets that could not be spoken aloud.

Qian Renxin immediately sat down where he was and began absorbing the soul ring.

Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ling Yuan stood guard before him.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lay at the cave entrance, dragging out the Nether Dawn Lion King's corpse and devouring it in huge mouthfuls.

Its strongest power was the power of utmost evil.

However, besides its utmost evil attribute, it also possessed abilities of space, wind, lightning, and other attributes. It was unquestionably a top-tier soul beast, capable of rivaling a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast despite having only sixty thousand years of cultivation.

The key ability that allowed its cultivation to rise rapidly was its devouring power.

After consuming a powerful soul beast,

its cultivation also rose considerably.

It could be said that within the Star Dou Core Region, it was incomparably blessed compared to other soul beasts. Given a little more time, it would certainly become the overlord of Star Dou.

Unfortunately, it was precisely because of the strength of its devouring power

that it was often driven away by the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.

If there had only been those two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, it could occasionally sneak into the core region to hunt ten-thousand-year soul beasts. After all, the Titan Giant Ape and the other beast usually remained in the Lake of Life and would not come out, nor would they specifically guard against it.

But there were also two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbits.

The Soft Bone Rabbits were not strong in battle, but their speed and survival techniques were exceptional. Every time, they could discover it in time and report to the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.

As a result, it basically did not dare hunt in the core region.

It could only feed on low-level thousand-year soul beasts in the mixed zone, causing its cultivation to progress extremely slowly.

It was Qian Renxin and the others' arrival that gave it hope of breaking this deadlock.

Inside the cave,

Qian Renxin closed his eyes and focused, continuously absorbing the soul ring's power.

A ten-thousand-year soul ring was far more tyrannical than a thousand-year soul ring. On top of that, this Nether Dawn Lion King had more than eleven thousand years of cultivation.

As he absorbed the soul ring, even his body, strengthened by three Immortal Herbs, faintly felt the strain.

About one or two hours passed.

The black ten-thousand-year soul ring around his waist gradually solidified.

Qian Renxin let out a faint breath of relief. It seemed his physical strength was barely sufficient.

However,

at that moment,

the remnant intelligence within the soul ring began struggling. The Nether Dawn Lion King sent wave after wave of lion roars against Qian Renxin's spiritual power.

Qian Renxin frowned slightly as pain spread throughout his body.

The Soul Impact from a ten-thousand-year soul ring had always been troublesome. Unless they had sufficient confidence, ordinary Spirit Kings would choose a thousand-year soul ring when advancing rather than challenge a ten-thousand-year one.

Qian Renxin calmly controlled his spiritual power, condensing it so that the lion roar's attacks could not scatter it.

Then, he continuously used the Goodness Origin to dissolve the hatred and obsession within the soul ring.

The Power of Goodness had extraordinary effects when it came to reforming and manipulating others.

Very quickly, the hatred within the Nether Dawn Lion King's obsession gradually faded. It lost all will to fight, then slowly dissipated on its own.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Request, Conditions for a Soul Spirit

After several hours of hard struggle,

Qian Renxin finally opened his eyes and exhaled deeply.

The black soul ring pulsed around him, emitting a faint pressure.

Purple, purple, black!

Qian Renxin believed that even on the Douluo Continent, which had existed for countless ages, there were very few people who possessed such a soul ring configuration.

Moreover, as long as he continued completing divine tasks, he would soon be able to raise the age of his earlier soul rings.

After absorbing the entire soul ring,

the Soul Power accumulated within his body was also released, instantly bringing him to the realm of a level thirty-five Battle Soul Master.

That was after he had tempered his physical constitution to a sufficiently high level before releasing the Soul Power.

Otherwise, this much Soul Power would have been enough to raise him to level thirty-nine!

This rate of improvement was practically like riding a rocket.

He stood up.

Information about his third soul ring, Light-Dark Awakening, also entered his mind.

Although it was a soul ring of the God-Demon Giant Sword,

the strength of this soul skill was not reflected in that martial soul.

With this soul ring,

Qian Renxin could switch between his God, Demon, and human forms much faster, no longer needing to waste one or two seconds during battle.

Though it was only one or two seconds, in battles between high-level soul masters, that was a fatal flaw.

He had already noticed this weakness during his earlier battle with the Rock Armor Demon Ape.

That was why he had needed to find a soul beast possessing both Light and Dark Attributes.

Now, this flaw had been remedied.

Furthermore, the soul skill Light-Dark Awakening also aided his god and demon states.

In God Form,

his third soul skill required two seconds of charging before unleashing several blazing sword energies infused with powerful light and fire.

In Demon Form,

he could release a demonic aura totem. After a brief pause, the demonic aura totem would erupt with darkness and cold.

"Congratulations, Young Master, on successfully completing your three soul rings."

Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ling Yuan, who had been watching from afar, stepped forward and bowed.

From the time they left Spirit Hall until now, they had spent roughly five months.

That was already extremely fast.

After all, Qian Renxin's requirements had been exceptionally high: either a soul beast with a space attribute, or a ten-thousand-year soul beast possessing both Light and Dark Attributes.