[The funeral bells of the old era had begun to ring. The throne of the new age awaited your coronation!]
[At this moment, you hovered above the Undead Demi-plane, looking down upon all living things.]
[Behind you stood three figures radiating deathly auras—the three Limit Douluo you had refined into undead puppets!]
[Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Xuan Zi.]
[Well... Xuan Zi had forcibly raised his cultivation to the Limit Douluo level before self-destructing, so he only half counted.]
[And in the shadows, countless Titled Douluo undead stood ready for battle.]
[This was a terrifying army capable of sweeping across the continent!]
[With a casual wave, you recalled the "Death Douluo," who had once commanded the winds and clouds.]
[To you now, she was no longer a lofty Supreme Elder, but merely a handy weapon.]
[As for the Holy Spirit Cult's tedious affairs? Naturally, you had no interest in handling them yourself.]
[You released Zhongli Wu and several of the original elders from your Martial Soul.]
["Keep this dog on a leash for me."]
[At your command, the once-arrogant cult leader trembled and dropped to his knees in gratitude.]
[In his eyes, you were no longer human. You were a fiendish god descended into the mortal world!]
[Once everything was arranged, you plundered the Holy Spirit Cult's treasury, accumulated over a thousand years, and announced that you were going into seclusion.]
[You remained in seclusion for four whole years.]
[During those four years, under your will, the Holy Spirit Cult became a war machine running at full throttle, constantly supplying you with cultivation resources.]
[And your gaze had turned toward the land of sin and chaos—the Evil Demon Forest!]
[Four years later, the day you emerged from seclusion arrived.]
[A terrifying pressure that made heaven and earth change color erupted from the Holy Spirit Cult's forbidden grounds!]
[BOOM—!]
[Every Soul Beast in the Evil Demon Forest prostrated itself and trembled beneath this aura.]
[You slowly emerged, the nine Soul Rings around you shining in alternating brilliance, their radiance too dazzling for anyone to look at directly!]
[You had used the Holy Spirit Cult's secret techniques to forcibly increase the age of your Soul Rings.]
[Black, black, red, red, red, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold, orange-gold!]
[Two black, three red, and four orange-gold!]
[The ninth Soul Ring in particular was an eerie dark red. Within it, a gigantic Evil Eye seemed to turn slowly, radiating an ultimate pressure that crushed the mind!]
[It was the Evil Eye Tyrant Sovereign!]
[The Ferocious Beast ranked second on the entire continent had, in the end, become a stepping stone on your path to godhood.]
[You felt the two Soul Cores inside you, spinning like stars.]
[Yin-Yang Complementary, an endless cycle!]
[At seventeen, you had reached rank 97 and become a Super Douluo with Dual Soul Cores!]
[You looked at your hands, a haughty smile curling at the corners of your mouth.]
["History? Rules? Starting today, I am history, and I am the rules!"]
[Once again, you had redefined the limits of the Douluo Continent!]
[You did not grow complacent over your explosive increase in strength.]
[Because you knew all too well who your real enemy was.]
[That "Sea God," Tang San, high above in the Divine Realm, was a God King who controlled the God Realm Hub. With your current strength alone, you were still an ant before him.]
[To slay a god, you needed god-level strength!]
[Your gaze turned toward the center of the continent—the Sunset Forest.]
[There lay the final, and most crucial, piece of your plan.]
[Half a day later, you passed through layers of poisonous miasma and arrived at that wondrous treasure land—the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.]
[Red and white spring waters converged as countless heavenly treasures swayed within them.]
[But in your eyes, these Immortal Herbs—enough to drive the world mad—were nothing more than weeds.]
[What you truly coveted was the "source" of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!]
["It's right down there..."]
[You stood at the edge of the spring, your eyes seeming to see through ten thousand zhang of earth.]
[The world knew this place as a treasure trove, but no one knew that two true gods were buried beneath it—the Ice Dragon King and the Fire Dragon King!]
[They were two of the Nine Great Dragon Kings under the Dragon God, genuine First-Level Gods!]
[Although they had fallen countless years ago, leaving behind only their bones and remnants of their souls, even a remnant soul was often more valuable to you, with your special Martial Soul, than a living being.]
["Come forth and fight for me!"]
[You activated your Martial Soul's ability. A strange ripple instantly pierced through the earth, reaching deep into the planet's core.]
[You were "awakening" them—or rather, you were "transforming" them!]
[RRRUMBLE—!]
[The entire Sunset Forest began to shake violently, and the spring waters of ice and fire instantly boiled and surged upward!]
[Two dragon auras of unimaginable power shot into the sky, turning even the heavens pale!]
[Transformation successful!]
[You had completely transformed the remaining souls of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings, restoring them to the First-Level God strength they had possessed at their peak!]
[As the enormous dragon shadows gradually appeared before you, your smile grew wider.]
[The Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, together with the two god-level "Bionic Bodies" you already controlled.]
[At this moment, you commanded a full four forces with First-Level God strength!]
[Every one of them was at its peak, tireless, and absolutely loyal—a killing machine!]
[You looked up into the void, as if meeting the gaze of those eyes high above.]
[The pieces were in place, and the blade was sharp.]
["Tang San, now I'm finally strong enough to have some real fun with you."]
[Divine Realm, Sea God Temple.]
[Clouds swirled, and immortal energy drifted through the air.]
[Tang San sat upon his lofty throne, his gaze as deep as the sea. It seemed to pierce layer upon layer of dimensional barriers and settle upon the Sunset Forest.]
["Another variable... has appeared."]
[He tapped a finger against the armrest, making a steady "tap, tap" sound.]
[Watching the young man who had disrupted the course of fate, Tang San smiled knowingly.]
["If you want to play, then I'll play along. You're only a slightly stronger ant. What kind of waves could you possibly make?"]
[He did not rush to strike him down. Instead, he watched as one might watch prey caught in a spider's web, his eyes gleaming with calculation.]
[And you didn't care about any of that.]
[You knew Tang San was watching you, but so what?]
[As long as I didn't die, I'd train myself to the brink of death!]
[You issued an order to the Aromatic Silk Beauty, demanding that it hand over every Immortal Herb and everything related to them!]
[The aromatic silk beauty, octagonal mysterious ice grass, and infernal delicate apricot... One rare Immortal Herb after another trembled beneath your terrifying pressure.]
[The Aromatic Silk Beauty in charge of guarding the herb garden was especially frightened; its petals were practically about to fall off.]
["Spare me, sir! I'll get them for you right away!"]
[It had never seen a bandit who simply came in and robbed the place! It hurriedly and tremblingly handed over the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, which documented knowledge of Immortal Herbs, afraid that if it waited a second longer, you'd pull it out by the roots.]
[The Immortal Herbs were yours! The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' million-year Soul Bones were yours!]
[These were resources that would make even gods envious!]
[With your spoils in hand, you didn't hesitate for a moment before vanishing into the Undead Demi-plane.]
[This was a separate space beyond the Douluo Plane, where even the Divine Realm's attempts to spy on you would be disrupted.]
["Tang San, when I emerge from seclusion, your godhood will be shattered!"]
[You sat cross-legged atop a small mountain of top-grade Immortal Herbs, your eyes burning with fierce resolve.]
[Become a god! You had to become a god!]
[Only by truly entering that realm and gaining a godhood of your own would you have the right to stand before that man and tell him—]
["Your era is over!"]
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