Universe Asking-Love, Purple Dragon Enters the World

Since the opening chapters of the original work covered Xiao Wuling's Martial Soul awakening and Soul Spirit selection, this work would also have a higher-spec "Martial Soul awakening" and "Soul Spirit selection."

"Knock, knock, knock."

The staff member knocked on the office door and reported quietly, "Councilor, the location, people, and blood are all ready."

The door opened, and a stern-faced middle-aged man in formal attire strode out of the office.

Though his temples were flecked with white, the short black hair atop his head stood as upright as his back.

He was Councilor Xu, one of the thirty-six seats of the Spirit Pagoda Council, born in the Sun Moon Federation.

"Move out." Councilor Xu said only two words after appearing, then led his subordinates into the elevator.

The elevator descended floor by floor. At each level, a blue light swept across Councilor Xu's pupils, making his gaze colder with every pass.

"The White Tiger Lineage... you think you deserve the Xu surname?"

Mingdu West Mountain Scenic Area, central region.

A valley with rounded edges occupied an area of more than ten li.

The interior of the valley dipped downward like the inner wall of a stone bowl.

The valley floor was filled with lake water, shimmering beneath the moonlight.

Night cicadas chirped, and the trees cast dense shadows.

Yet beneath those pitch-black woods, things were far from peaceful.

The grass by the lake was calf-high. Countless silent figures clad in black strode through it, producing rustling sounds that perfectly embodied the word "efficiency."

A great round purple crystal disc, around ten meters in diameter, had been placed steadily beside the lake.

The black-clad figures each attended to their own tasks. No one directed them, yet they coordinated flawlessly, orderly and precise.

Some stood before mechanical cages, draining the blood of anesthetized Sub-Dragon soul beasts within.

Others held steaming warm blood and painted stroke after stroke across the Amethyst Crystal Disc.

The crimson lines connected, outlining a strange yet imposing totem.

It was a purple Sub-Dragon roaring toward the heavens.

The totem worshipped by their ancestors.

Suddenly, one of them checked the time, then picked up a communicator and relayed toward the other side of the lake, "It's about time. Bleed them."

The silent atmosphere was shattered as two sharp blades left their sheaths.

Two muffled slicing sounds rang out. It was the sound of sharp blades severing windpipes and muscle...

On the opposite shore from the Amethyst Crystal Disc.

A young man and woman kneeling by the water collapsed at the sound.

The two were newlywed lovers.

They lay stiffly facedown on the lakeshore, still dressed in wedding attire and new clothes.

Before dying, their lips still moved as though saying, "Didn't you say... only one of us would die?"

Blood erupted from the gashes in their throats, flowing into two glaring scarlet streams before merging into the clear lake ahead.

With two heavy kicks, two black-clad men sent the newlyweds flying into the lake. The force was so great that they were kicked all the way to its center...

Just then, a soft sigh drifted down from above everyone's heads. "Husband and wife are birds of the same forest, after all."

The newcomer was Councilor Xu.

He retracted the Battle Armor covering his body, his black shoes stepping onto the grass. He nodded at the nearly hundred black-clad figures bowing to him. "Mm. Sons of the Xu Family, you've all worked hard."

"Prosperity to the Xu Family, glory to Sun Moon!"

Watching the couple gradually sink to the lakebed, Councilor Xu shook his head slightly. "Sigh. I hope the method learned from the Shadow Department of the Holy Spirit Cult can successfully open this mysterious forbidden ground."

At his side, the attendant who had followed Councilor Xu down looked full of hope as he replied, "Rest assured, Patriarch. Since it is a divine revelation bestowed by the god worshipped by our imperial family, there can be no mistake!"

"After tonight, our Federation hawks, our Sun Lineage, will surely reclaim our rightful position!"

"Good." Councilor Xu's eyes regained their resolve.

His gaze lowered to the Amethyst Crystal Disc beside the lake.

The Sub-Dragon totem upon it had already been completed, lifelike and vivid, its blood-painted lines still steaming in the night.

Councilor Xu immediately waved his hand. "All of you, leave the valley floor first. Remember to seal off the mountain paths completely, because I am going to..."

"Receive the descent of a god."

Voices answered from all around, "Yes!"

After the hidden guards carried the beast cages and piloted Soul Tools up the rock walls, returning to the cliff tops surrounding the circular valley.

Councilor Xu slowly let out a breath.

He stretched out both hands, palms raised as if catching the radiance of the sun and moon.

The next moment, the surrounding temperature suddenly soared, and faint mist rose from the lakeshore.

A star rose from Councilor Xu's hands like a rising sun, continuously expanding.

The Sun Martial Soul Avatar, blazing red with a golden sheen, floated above the purple crystal disc by the lake.

It continuously shone down brilliant light, bringing scorching heat.

Just then, the rustling of footsteps through grass approached from behind Councilor Xu.

Two youths, one tall and one short, walked over. Judging from their appearance, the taller one was no more than eighteen, while the younger one was only fifteen.

Yet their faces were filled with grief and determination.

"Father."

"Uncle."

"Good." Councilor Xu looked at the brothers who had come to his side, and his eyes immediately reddened.

"After ten thousand years of bloodline dilution, you are the direct descendants of the Xu Family's new generation most likely to awaken the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon Martial Soul. You are both fine men!"

"Your father and uncle are proud of you. Every man, woman, elder, and child of the Xu Family will forever remember your sacrifice tonight!"

"For the prosperity of the Xu Family, for the glory of Sun Moon!" The brothers let out a clear cry and faced the sun above the lake.

Councilor Xu closed his eyes and forcefully patted his son and nephew on the shoulders...

The next moment, the brothers simultaneously drew Soul Tool daggers. After pouring in Soul Power, they drove them with all their strength into their own hearts.

After the blade tips pierced their hearts, the brothers pulled the daggers free before the avalanche of pain could strike, allowing blood, still carrying their body heat, to spurt forth.

Those two streams of fresh, hot blood, mixed with wisps of purple, flowed onto the purple crystal disc before them.

At that moment, the Sub-Dragon soul beast blood totem on the Amethyst Crystal Disc was stirred by the two streams of human blood and began flowing rapidly in reverse through the grooves.

In a daze, under the brothers' unceasing heartblood offering, the ring-shaped blood-red Sub-Dragon totem seemed to come alive!

The next second, a sudden change occurred—

The blood-red Sub-Dragon formed from blood truly flew up from the Amethyst Crystal Disc, following the sun's pull toward the Sun Martial Soul Avatar above.

The Sub-Dragon totem crashed into the Sun Martial Soul Avatar, seemingly triggering some reaction. The entire sun began to deepen and turn purple.

The originally dazzling sunlight and heat radiation also became cold and secluded.

Councilor Xu opened his eyes through his grief, forcing himself not to look at his son and nephew, who had already collapsed at his feet.

He slowly stepped onto the Amethyst Crystal Disc and shouted toward the dark-purple sun above the lake, "Primordial Ancestor who governs destruction!"

"Your most devout followers offer dragon blood and life as sacrifice. Please descend into this world and guide Your bloodline upon a path to the heavens!"

The dim purple atmosphere suddenly fell silent...

But the silence did not last long.

Just as Councilor Xu's Soul Power was about to fail to sustain his Martial Soul Avatar...

The purple star above the Amethyst Crystal Disc finally reacted.

This purple sun rapidly collapsed at a visible speed, condensing into a brilliant purple orb!

That purple orb resembled a burning purple doorway, scorching through space and connecting to somewhere beyond this world.

Terrifying waves of intent, carrying the momentum to destroy all things, burst from the brilliant solar orb and swept through the valley.

It was as if some forbidden existence was trying to squeeze through from the other side of the "door," seeking to descend into this world through the purple sun.

Just as Councilor Xu and the black-clad figures atop the cliffs all stared toward the lake...

Suddenly!

Everyone, including Councilor Xu, felt their heads grow heavy, as though an immeasurable will had suppressed both their souls and minds.

The next moment, those who still dared look toward the purple solar orb could clearly see:

A vast and majestic being churned within the brilliant purple sun before rising over the lake.

At that moment, the purple sun shrank, becoming a streak of purple light that flew back to hover above Councilor Xu's head.

Everyone present focused their incomparably devout gazes upon the gigantic purple being over the lake.

That was a Sub-Dragon.

A flawless, peerless Sub-Dragon!

Its horns rose as high as the cliffs surrounding the valley, and its majestic dragon body nearly filled the entire valley.

The clear mirror-like lake reflected the giant dragon spreading its wings.

It unfurled its magnificent dragon body, its amethyst wings hanging down as it continuously scattered the beauty of destruction upon the world.

With every movement it made, terrifying dragon might poured down in all directions.

A chorus of thuds sounded as more than a hundred people around the valley all dropped to their knees.

The direct descendants of the Ming Capital Xu Family recognized it at a glance. This was the God Rank Martial Soul inscribed in their ancestral records: the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon!

Councilor Xu, standing closest, was so shocked that his heart and gall trembled.

Though the majestic creation before him seemed somewhat illusory in form, it was vastly more magnificent and beautiful than the Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon totem!

The Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon Martial Soul described in the ancient records seemed like an incomplete, defective imitation before it.

As far as the eye could see, the lake was filled with surging purple radiance. Even the invisible, boundless space twisted beneath the Amethyst Crystal Dragon's winding body, torn into purple cracks.

The Amethyst Crystal Dragon also realized that its majestic form was perhaps too conspicuous, so it gradually withdrew its amethyst wings and destructive fluctuations.

When its dragon might and Will of Destruction receded, everyone immediately felt their bodies, bones, and even souls relax.

Its purple-gold vertical pupils swept over the valley and lake before finally settling on the trembling Councilor Xu.

A deep, resonant dragon voice suddenly sounded. "Was it you who guided my descent?"

Though Councilor Xu was a tall, imposing man, he slammed his forehead against the Amethyst Crystal Disc with repeated thuds and answered devoutly, "Yes, yes!"

"Primordial Ancestor who governs destruction, it was I, Your devout follower, who led the core members of my family to guide You into this world."

"Well done!" The Amethyst Crystal Dragon extended one dragon claw.

Destructive fluctuations clung to its claw tip as it descended toward Councilor Xu's trembling crown, leaving him too terrified to even raise his head.

Faced with such an overwhelming difference in size, Councilor Xu knew he did not even amount to one of the other's toenails. He could only kneel upon the purple crystal disc and let the aura of destruction fill his nostrils.

Yet the amethyst claw tip did not land atop Councilor Xu's head. Instead, it touched the sun hovering above him—his Martial Soul.

"This is the reward I promised you before." The deep dragon voice fell.

When Councilor Xu's Sun Martial Soul was touched by the power of destruction, its blazing red and golden color visibly began to darken.

Remade by the power of destruction, his originally red-gold Sun Martial Soul rapidly evolved into a brilliant purple sun.

Within the sun, the shadow of a dragon-shaped beast suddenly emerged from nothingness.

Councilor Xu's body also became sturdier with every breath, cords of muscle splitting apart his clothes.

This was the change brought about by Martial Soul mutation and a second Martial Soul awakening!

That was right. With that light touch, the giant dragon activated Councilor Xu's dormant bloodline, restoring the God Rank Purple Imperial Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon Martial Soul, which should have long been lost, upon its follower.

"Roar—" Purple light suddenly flared from Councilor Xu's pupils. Unable to contain himself, he raised his head and let out a hearty dragon roar:

"Woooo—"

"Thank You for the gift, Divine Ancestor." Councilor Xu opened and closed his mouth full of dragon fangs.

The pair of purple spiral horns on his forehead struck the crystal disc with clanging thuds, while the grin on his face could not be restrained.

Suddenly, heaven and earth changed color.

Countless hazy water vapors rose from the lake, flooding the entire valley in an instant and even spreading beyond it.

Bathing in the water vapor rising below, the Amethyst Crystal Dragon murmured, "Is the Love God Graveyard about to open?"

It suddenly looked down at Councilor Xu and asked, "How much time can you buy us?"

Councilor Xu, now half man and half dragon, respectfully replied, "The satellites in the sky will not pass over this valley before tonight ends. But even with my family's influence, we cannot seal off Mingdu West Mountain Scenic Area for long."

"Therefore, I can buy at most one day for You, Divine Ancestor. Please forgive this subordinate's incompetence..."

"Good. I understand." The Amethyst Crystal Dragon interrupted him.

"One night is enough for me to reshape my body."

Before the dragon voice faded, the next moment...

The entire lake beneath it suddenly underwent a strange transformation, as though a slumbering god had opened its eyes.

Gold and silver tides surged upward from the clear lakebed, converging at the center of the lake into a golden sun and two silver moons.

The golden sun hung between a crescent moon and a waning moon, swaying from side to side as if making some kind of choice...

The gold and silver colors blossomed like a lotus.

Using the golden sun and silver moons as their source, they climbed the surrounding mountain walls until they enveloped the entire valley.

At that moment, it was as though heaven and earth had overturned, and the sun and moon had reversed.

Everyone from the Xu Family felt their vision blur and their consciousness grow hazy, as though an irresistible force was dragging them all toward the lake at the center of the valley.

Just then, a terrifying will erupted from the Amethyst Crystal Dragon, halting the spread of the gold and silver radiance with the force to destroy all things and drawing all of those colors toward its soul body...

No one knew how long passed.

When everyone from the Xu Family awoke from their daze, they discovered that their Divine Ancestor—the Amethyst Crystal Dragon—had already vanished from above the lake.

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Author's Note:

The original text from the Douluo 3 era explicitly established that satellites existed.

As for why other Quasi-God experts could not sense the Dragon Emperor's appearance, aside from the Will of Destruction formed from the Destruction Godhead acting as a barrier, the forbidden ground of Universe Asking-Love Valley also played a crucial role.