Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court with the Holy Spirit Cult, Section 26

Afterward, those collections were handed over to Hu Liena, who took them to Bibi Dong's grave. Now, they had all fallen into Yang Hao's hands.

One had to know that these were the accumulated riches of the Spirit Hall over countless years, far more substantial than the Holy Spirit Cult's own foundations.

As for Hu Liena's Head Soul Bone, he had devoured it with the help of the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone, merging it into the Divine Spear. With Bibi Dong's help, he had also fused it with the Divine Slaughter's Domain. He had even renamed the spear, making it the God-Slaying Spear!

"Not bad. The fusion is perfect."

Bibi Dong's Divine Sense was quite pleased. It had gone even better than she had expected.

"This Divine Slaughter's Domain doesn't seem that extreme."

Yang Hao was puzzled. Going by how it had been portrayed in Douluo I, this thing was extremely extreme; it could even affect a person's mind. Even someone as calm and rational as God King Tang had been affected for a long time.

"That was its original state. Na'er spent decades adapting it and evolved the Divine Slaughter's Domain, making it much easier to control. What you've fused with now is Na'er's work.

"Besides, you have a Tool Martial Soul, and your Martial Soul has even separated from your body. Naturally, the Divine Slaughter's Domain will affect you even less."

Thinking of that disciple, Bibi Dong felt a pang of sadness.

Na'er should have had a good life, and that child had been stubborn. After that battle, she had gone to the Far North to guard her own corpse and study the Divine Slaughter's Domain, hoping to use it to break through her limits.

Unfortunately, those limits weren't so easy to break. In the end, she had still passed away, but she had transferred the Divine Slaughter's Domain to her Head Soul Bone, preserving it.

Clearly, Na'er had harbored hatred in her heart and wanted revenge. That was why she had left behind the Divine Slaughter's Domain at the very end.

"If I fuse with the Divine Slaughter's Domain, will Tang San discover it? Could he even use it to control me?"

Yang Hao was worried about that. After all, the Divine Slaughter's Domain had been left behind by the Asura God, so he had to be on guard.

"The Divine Slaughter's Domain wasn't left behind by the Asura God."

Bibi Dong explained, "The Divine Slaughter's Domain originated with Slaughter God Cyprus, a deity who appeared after the Rakshasa God. He had the Asura God's backing and once underwent the Asura God Trial. Unfortunately, he failed, but he still managed to break through level one hundred and become a god.

"With the Asura God's support, Slaughter God was able to ascend to godhood. He even invaded and seized the Rakshasa God's inheritance site, the City of Fallen, leaving behind the Divine Slaughter's Domain and the Asura God Trial.

"God King Tang's Divine Slaughter's Domain isn't pure. He possessed the Asura God's power from the very beginning, which was why it could later evolve into the Asura Domain. Tang Chen and Tang Hao, by contrast, couldn't evolve theirs."

These were secrets passed down through the Rakshasa God Position. Unfortunately, the Rakshasa God had fallen back then, and Bibi Dong had inherited the godhood too late to sort through them. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so easily manipulated by the Asura God.

"Slaughter God Cyprus?"

After repeating the name, Yang Hao found it somewhat familiar.

The Divine Realm did indeed have a deity by that name. He was a Second-Level God, one of the Asura God's lackeys, and could draw on the Asura God's power.

Later, the new generation of Goodness and Evil God King defeated him and sealed his Divine Sense inside a sword.

But who would have thought that Slaughter God had originated from the Douluo Continent, seized the Rakshasa God's inheritance site, the City of Fallen, and turned it into the City of Slaughter?

No wonder the Rakshasa God Trial had also been passed down in the City of Slaughter, and had been able to corrupt and sabotage Tang Chen's Asura God Trial.

After all, the Asura God was a God King and a God Realm Enforcer, while the Rakshasa God was only a First-Level God—an entire rank lower.

For a mere First-Level God to dare sabotage a God King's trial inheritance was practically asking to die.

But if the City of Slaughter had originally been the Rakshasa God's inheritance site, then everything made sense.

Besides, the First Generation Asura God had been a primordial deity, not a mortal who had cultivated into godhood, and he hadn't been born from the Douluo Plane. How could he possibly have left behind an inheritance site on the Douluo Plane?

The Divine Realm had rules forbidding gods from interfering in mortal planes, and the Asura God had also been watched by the Destruction God King.

But if he had nurtured a native subordinate deity on the Douluo Plane, that would have given him plenty of room to maneuver.

Both generations of Asura Gods were skilled at playing the long game.

Yang Hao couldn't help grumbling inwardly. Both God King Tang and the First Generation Asura God had been scheming old foxes. God King Tang had even laid out a grand plan spanning ten thousand years, arranging for his children and grandchildren to become gods, God Kings, and even Supreme God Kings.

He had even passed on the godhoods of Life God King and Destruction God King—originally his enemies—to his son and daughter-in-law, making the Divine Realm formally bear the Tang name.

"You need to completely refine the Divine Slaughter's Domain and turn it into your own power. Only then will you avoid being influenced by its source. It'll be difficult, but it's your only chance to break through your limits and become a god."

After giving him that final piece of advice, Bibi Dong's Divine Sense thought fairly well of the young man. The main reason was that the explosives and firearms he had invented were quite powerful and could be mass-produced. That was enough to help the Holy Spirit Cult unify the continent and destroy all the legacy factions left behind by those people back then.

"Thank you for your guidance, Your Majesty."

Yang Hao thanked her gratefully, then humbly asked about another problem.

"Your Majesty, I used the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone to take the Strength Clan young master's One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul, but it doesn't belong to me. When I use Martial Soul Possession, it puts a heavy strain on my body and consumes a great deal of Soul Power. I also can't obtain Soul Rings to improve it."

Although he had obtained the One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul, his situation was different from Huo Yuhao's acquisition of the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Martial Soul. Even now, he still couldn't adapt to it.

It was especially bad after he had devoured Tai Jingang's Martial Soul to strengthen the One-Eyed Vajra. Possessing it put an even greater strain on his body, and it consumed so much Soul Power that he couldn't sustain it for long.

He couldn't go on like this.

Chapter 34: Evil Moon and Lexuan

"You're going about it the wrong way. Martial Souls evolve on the foundation of bloodlines. Without the corresponding bloodline, it's naturally difficult to control one.

"Beast Martial Souls manifest through possession, which makes the body's bloodline even more important as a foundation.

"You can try separating the Martial Soul from yourself and forming a detached Martial Soul, like that person's Martial Soul back then."

After offering a suggestion, Bibi Dong thought of that person and couldn't help sighing. She had truly been foolish back then.

"A detached Martial Soul?"

Yang Hao froze for a moment, then grew excited.

Right! How had he forgotten about this approach?

"Little one, your greatest advantage right now is that External Soul Bone. Raise it to the million-year level as soon as possible. Then, with my own Soul-Devouring Spider God Martial Soul guiding it, it should be able to evolve into a God-Level Soul Bone. That will surely improve your physical potential by a great deal."

After giving him one last piece of advice, Bibi Dong's Divine Sense left and went into slumber.

She had acted this time for the sake of Na'er's Soul Bone and the Divine Slaughter's Domain. She didn't have that much power to spare. Her faith hadn't yet taken shape, and every bit of power she used up was gone for good.

"Beautiful big sister, I need a Beast Martial Soul Master with a detached Martial Soul to help with my research."

Yang Hao went straight to Feng Ling. Now that he had found a way forward, he naturally had to begin researching it as soon as possible.

With the Holy Spirit Cult's resources, finding a Soul Master like Yu Xiaogang wouldn't be difficult.

"I'll order people to look for one."

Feng Ling agreed, then studied the young man before her.

"You really aren't planning to hunt Soul Rings?"

"My idea is excellent. If it works, it'll be enough to usher in a new era."

Yang Hao had great confidence in his idea. It was also the only path suited to him.

He had consulted Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue. Breaking through level one hundred as a Soul Master was possible, but condensing a godhood and becoming a god was incredibly difficult.

As far as anyone knew, there were only two ways: use Faith Power to create a Self-Created Godhood, or inherit a godhood through a God Trial. There was no third option.

What he wanted wasn't merely to become a level-one-hundred demigod. He wanted to become a true deity.

The path of human Soul Masters wouldn't work for him. He could only use Soul Beasts' Origin Soul Core route as a reference. At least Soul Beasts could evolve their Origin Soul Cores into God Cores, which were still god-level existences.

Besides, the Douluo Plane had been created and shaped by the Dragon God, and Soul Beasts were descendants of the Dragon Clan. Clearly, the Soul Beasts' Origin Soul Core route was the most orthodox.

"Then big sister will wait and see."

Feng Ling grew interested and looked forward to seeing what came of it.

The Holy Spirit Cult worked quickly. Half a month later, they found Yang Hao a Soul Master much like Yu Xiaogang. His Martial Soul had undergone an innate mutation, allowing his Beast Martial Soul to manifest outside his body.

Yang Hao studied him and used him as a model while slowly modifying the One-Eyed Vajra Martial Soul bound to his Soul Bone.

Wan Hun joined in too. Ever since swearing allegiance back then, he had been researching the theories Yang Hao had described, and he had made some progress.

This kind of detached, materialized Beast Martial Soul fit the Soul Spirit concept very well.

While Yang Hao was busy with his research, Dragon God Douluo Mu En was reading a letter in the Sea God Pavilion at Shrek Academy.

He had been reading this letter for two years, and the more he read it, the more uneasy he became.

It was a letter from his friend Long Xiaoyao. Its contents were simple: he urged Mu En to give up on Shrek Academy, saying that Shrek had changed for the worse. The warning made little sense, but it still left him worried.

He knew Long Xiaoyao. If he was warning and persuading him like this, Shrek must be facing a grave danger, perhaps even the threat of destruction. Mu En himself might also die.

Only then would Long Xiaoyao have written such a letter. But Mu En couldn't understand what could have led Long Xiaoyao to think that way.

Was there really a power on the continent capable of destroying Shrek?

Could it be that the Soul Tool system in the Sun Moon Empire had advanced further?

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Mu En sensed an evil yet familiar aura approaching. It even caused the Golden Ancient Tree's power to reject it.

"Lexuan?"

Looking at the red-haired woman who walked in, Mu En frowned.

"Weren't you out hunting a Seventh Soul Ring? How did you end up like this?"

The girl had gone to hunt a Seventh Soul Ring, but now she had returned with such a drastic change and a much stronger evil aura.

"I hunted a Soul Beast with an evil attribute. It turned my Martial Soul into the Evil Moon Martial Soul, and the effects of my Soul Skills changed considerably."

Zhang Lexuan explained what had happened, her expression resolute.

"Elder Mu, I want to go find Xiaotao and bring her back."

She stated what she wanted. She was going to find Xiaotao and bring her home.

"You've read this letter?"

Mu En knitted his brows, then glanced at the letter on the table, guessing what had happened.

Zhang Lexuan said nothing, clearly confirming it.

"Alas!"

"You don't have to do this because of Bei Bei's choice."

Mu En could guess what she was thinking. Her decision was surely connected to the intimacy between Bei Bei and that girl Tang Ya, as well as the letter. She wanted to use this change to go to the Sun Moon Empire and investigate.

It was too dangerous, and it would ruin her future.

"Elder Mu, this is my choice."

Zhang Lexuan stood by her decision. Besides, she had already taken the first step: using her Seventh Soul Ring to change her Martial Soul as much as possible and become an Evil Soul Master.