Douluo: Founding the Heavenly Court from the Holy Spirit Cult

Chapter 46: Yin Yang Five Elements

"This was a million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale. Its strength was immense, no less than the Beast God, and I had to utilize the Rakshasa Demon Scythe to finally slay it."

Speaking of that battle, Ye Xishui's expression turned solemn; it had been truly difficult to fight, and she had even nearly been killed in return, requiring over a month just to recover from her injuries afterward.

"A million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale."

Yang Hao realized with a start; this must have been the Demon Emperor from ten thousand years in the future.

"There is also this Reverse Scale from the Beast God, which contains his power of the Ultimate Darkness attribute, perfect for strengthening the dark attribute of your soul bone. Finally, there is this Ice Fire Spring Water, which contains powerful forces of Ultimate Ice and Fire that can temper your soul bone. Once you devour and refine the soul bones of those two Ice and Fire Immortal Grasses, you should be able to absorb it."

Ye Xishui took out a blood-stained, shattered dragon scale and finally pointed toward the pool of blood from before.

Only then did Yang Hao notice that the blood pool had transformed into two pools of ice and fire; clearly, this was a harvest from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

"The power of this pool water is so strong, and there is even a sense of divinity to it."

Feeling the power within the water, Yang Hao was deeply envious.

"This is one of the harvests from that Place of Becoming God. The Immortal Grasses inside were all over a hundred thousand years old; I hunted them for their soul rings, and you shall devour their soul bones. Additionally, there was a Divine Thought left behind by the Sea God Tang San, which we extinguished. The Sea God's Light separated from it was integrated into this pool water. Like the Angel God, the Sea God possesses three ultimate attributes: water, divinity, and light, which are perfectly suited for your soul bone and Holy Sword martial soul to absorb."

Ye Xishui explained.

The harvest this time was immense; not only were there the soul rings and soul bones of those Immortal Grasses, but at the very bottom of the spring lay the remains and remnant souls of the two Ice Fire Dragon Kings. She intended to use them as a foundation to forge her own tenth Divine Ring.

Of course, the cost was not small. To slay the Divine Thought left behind by the Sea God, both the Angel God and the Rakshasa God had spared no effort in consuming divine power to activate their two Sovereign Artifacts, only then managing to suppress and extinguish it.

"Devour it right here; I will watch over you."

Signaling for him to refine it on the spot, she did not have much confidence in the evolution of that Soul-Devouring Demon Spider soul bone.

According to the Godhood Notations, the Sea God Tang San had relied primarily on the baptism of divine power during his God Trials to rapidly evolve his Eight Spider Lances into a god-level soul bone; otherwise, relying solely on the few spiders he devoured would have been far from enough to evolve it to such a level.

Yang Hao's Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone was vastly different from those Eight Spider Lances, having added a full ten elemental attributes: light, dark, wind, thunder, ice, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—the complete set.

The requirements for evolution would inevitably be higher, the difficulty greater, and there might even be grave dangers.

She had to keep a close watch.

"Understood."

Nodding, Yang Hao first devoured the Gold of Life, allowing the Gold of Life within the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone to grow significantly, and used this to temper the spider leg bone once more before beginning to devour the soul bones.

First came the soul bones from the Immortal Grasses of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then the other soul bones, and finally, he devoured Di Tian's Reverse Scale to strengthen the dark attribute of the spider leg bone, evolving it into Ultimate Darkness.

This was the power of the devouring ability; it could directly plunder and fuse, especially since Yang Hao had added the chaos attribute, giving it a much stronger carrying capacity.

Of course, this was ultimately an external force, and achieving perfect control was difficult, requiring long periods of comprehension and integration.

"Teacher, what was the unexpected harvest you mentioned back in the Star Dou Forest?"

Having adapted to the evolved soul bone, Yang Hao recalled what his teacher had said earlier.

"It is this. The power of the chaos attribute contained within its body is very strong."

Ye Xishui retrieved a soul beast from her active storage soul tool; it was a black and white bird.

Chaos Yin Yang Bird!

Looking at the black and white bird, Yang Hao immediately thought of the Chaos Yin Yang Bird that would appear in the future.

Although he did not know if it was the same one, the power of Chaos Yin Yang upon it was genuine.

The lineage of the Yin Yang Chaos Bird was formed from the residual Chaos Yin Yang Two Energies left over from the birth of the world, nurtured within a bird; a single planet would only have one at any given time.

He had not expected his teacher to actually capture this thing; no wonder Di Tian had gone berserk and even wounded her.

Looking at the Yin Yang Chaos Bird, Yang Hao had a bold idea.

Thinking it, he did it; he manipulated the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone to pierce into the body of the Yin Yang Chaos Bird, devouring it along with the Yin Yang Chaos Two Energies within.

He immediately entered the Ice Fire pool water, using the power of the soul bone to circulate the ice and fire forces to temper his body.

The many previous Immortal Grass soul bones naturally included those of the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot; the spider leg bone devoured them, which was equivalent to consuming the two Immortal Grasses.

Yang Hao could now perform the Ice and Fire body tempering just as God King Tang had done in the past.

This was not all; the spider leg bone devoured the power within the Ice Fire Spring Water. That was the power of the Ice Fire Dragon Kings after their divine power had been diluted—true god-level power, which was a great tonic for the spider leg bone.

Not to mention that it also contained the fused Sea God's Light from God King Tang's Divine Thought, possessing the three ultimate attributes of divinity, light, and water, which was the essence of the Sea God's Light.

Yang Hao took out his Holy Sword martial soul, using the spring water to temper it while absorbing the divine attributes within.

He also took out his Demon Blade martial soul and God-Slaying Spear martial soul to undergo the ice and fire tempering.

Ye Xishui watched quietly from the side, only setting her mind at ease when she saw her disciple tempering successfully.

But Yang Hao was not one to sit still, and he began a daring operation.

He separated and snapped off the spider legs of the five attributes—gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—folding and embedding them into the edges of the base of the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone, forming a mutually generating cycle with the five attributes.

Water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates gold, and gold generates water; the soul power of the five attributes circulated in a mutually generating cycle.

He guided the Chaos Yin Yang Two Energies he had previously swallowed, condensing them upon the base of the soul bone to form a Yin-Yang fish eye, while the light and dark attributes manifested as a Taiji diagram to serve as a carrier, forming a complete Taiji map.

This was not the end; he guided the Yin-Yang attributes to fuse with the Five Elements, splitting the Five Elements into Yin and Yang aspects: Yin Metal and Yang Metal, Yin Wood and Yang Wood, Yin Water and Yang Water, Yin Fire and Yang Fire, and Yin Earth and Yang Earth.

This was inspired by the future evolution process of Tang Yuge's Five Elements Qilin Martial Soul.

The future Tang Yuge relied on the power of the Yin Yang Chaos Bird to evolve her Five Elements attributes into Chaos Five Elements, a path that could be said to have infinite potential.

Yang Hao wanted to follow this very path, evolving the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone into a true Chaos attribute.

However, such forced inlaying was inherently unstable, but Yang Hao had long since prepared a countermeasure: he had yet to consume that million-year Demon Emperor Soul Bone.

Simultaneously, he circulated the Five Qi Converging to Origin technique from the Mysterious Heaven Skill, guiding the power of the Five Elements soul bones to resonate with his internal organs, strengthening the Five Elements attributes within them.

The Mysterious Heaven Skill possessed the techniques of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and Five Qi Converging to Origin, though these could only be mastered after reaching a state of great completion.

With the powerful comprehension granted by his Golden Finger, Yang Hao had grasped the inner mysteries, and now, by utilizing the Five Elements power of the soul bones, he was fusing and mastering them, allowing the soul bone power to integrate more tightly with his body.

Afterward, he guided the Yin-Yang attributes to merge in, strengthening and nourishing his own Yin and Yang energies.

Once the Five Elements power and the Five Qi of the internal organs stabilized, the five previously separated Five Elements attribute spider legs were rapidly regenerated under the support of the powerful life force of the Gold of Life.

Without pausing, he took out a secret soul bone imbued with the aura of death.

He had found this secret soul bone in the Holy Spirit Cult's inventory; originally, he had only intended to study the power of death, but now he had a better idea.

He used one of the spider leg bones from the second row to swallow and fuse it, granting it the death attribute, then took out the Lovesick Heartbreak Red soul bone he had specifically saved to have another spider leg in the second row consume it, gaining the life attribute.

In this way, the second row of spider legs formed a structure of life and death opposition, which would greatly assist him in comprehending the powers of life and death—two forces with incredibly high limits.

Chapter 47: Chaos Eight Wings

Using Metal Control, Yang Hao manipulated the rare metals he had already prepared and nourished to quickly adhere to the spider legs, with attributes corresponding one-to-one.

For instance, by fusing Cold Heart Iron Essence into the ice-attribute spider leg, it could better carry and unleash the power of Ultimate Ice.

The others were treated similarly, while the base was made of a large piece of Chaos Silver, the only rare metal possessing the Chaos attribute.

Finally, using the Metal Control soul bone skill to manipulate the rare metals, he guided the structure of the spider legs to make subtle adjustments, transforming them into blade-like wing forms; this was the Chaos Eight Wings he had been conceptualizing.

That's right, he was referencing God King Tang's Sea God's Eight Wings, which were a form of the Eight Spider Lances.

There was no help for it; the spider leg form of the soul bone was difficult to use in combat and did not fit Yang Hao's fighting style, so transforming it into a wing form would be much better.

At the same time, he could integrate the architectural principles of flying soul tools to gain greater speed, which would be very useful whether for chasing down opponents or making an escape.

Having finished these, he finally began to swallow the Demon Emperor Soul Bone.

The energy contained within a million-year soul bone was extremely vast, and the essence of that level allowed the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone—or rather, the Chaos Eight Wings—to finally break its limits, reaching the million-year level, just one step away from true godhood.

A million years is the same level as a soul master's hundredth level; it is not the god level, but can only be called a demigod. Only by going further can one reach the true god level, much like the gap between a million-year soul beast and a divine beast.

As it broke through to the million-year level, the soul bone itself underwent a transformation. The base began to extend, covering Yang Hao's entire back and even forming shoulder armor structures on his shoulders.

During this process, the inlaid Five Elements spider legs were also covered and fused, making the Five Elements cycle even more perfect and stable.

It even fused the incorporated rare metals into a single, unified whole.

This change was well within Yang Hao's expectations; ten thousand years ago, God King Tang's Eight Spider Lances had evolved in this very way, which was the source of his confidence in using spider legs to shape the Five Elements cycle.

By the time these operations were completed, the ice and fire energy and the Sea God's Light in the pool had been completely swallowed, leaving only clear water.

However, this had also allowed Yang Hao's soul bones and body to be greatly tempered; his physical constitution was incredibly strong, and his soul bones were infinitely close to the god level.

Seeing that the swallowing and evolution had gone quite smoothly, Ye Xishui finally set her mind at ease.

"First, spend some time grinding and adapting. Once you have raised that Cyclops Martial Soul to its limit, then fuse the origin of that person's Soul-Devouring Spider God Martial Soul to complete the god-level evolution. At that time, it should be able to assist in further elevating and evolving the Cyclops Martial Soul into a Titan Giant Martial Soul."

"Furthermore, you are far from mastering these attributes on your soul bones; it is hard to predict what changes might occur during evolution."

"However, if you can raise these attributes to the ultimate level, when the soul bones undergo god-level evolution, you might be able to evolve them into the power of laws, which will be the foundation of your path to godhood."

She offered this reminder; on the way back, she had communicated with this disciple and knew of his ideas in this regard, which were highly feasible.

Moreover, she had learned much knowledge regarding the divine level from those two, and she knew very well how one should become a god and what the focus of divine cultivation was.

"This disciple understands; I will not be impatient."

Nodding earnestly, Yang Hao naturally understood the principle that one cannot rush to eat authentic stinky tofu, otherwise, all one gets is technology and harsh additives.

Over the past year or so, the Soul-Devouring Spider Leg Bone had improved too quickly and too much, spanning a vast range that he was far from being able to control or adapt to, even with his cheats.

Besides, the deeper the accumulation, the greater the harvest during the transformation.

According to what Qian Renxue had said, to become a First-Class Main God, one must master three types of laws—that is, to cultivate three attributes to the ultimate level, then transform them into laws upon becoming a god, and finally fuse them into the god position to form authority.

The Sea God had done the same, primarily cultivating the water and light attributes, fusing them into the Sea God's Light, and adding the faith of sea soul beasts to master the authority of the ocean.

It was precisely because of this that he chose to swallow and fuse so many attributes.

Three ultimate attributes were enough to shape a First-Class Main God; if he could cultivate all these attributes to the ultimate level and then become a god, he might even be able to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Dragon God.

Moreover, his Golden Finger was the enhancement of comprehension, which was perfect for perceiving these powers; this was his advantage, and he had to make good use of it.

"It is a pity that you have not refined the soul bones for all six parts, otherwise, you would definitely have been able to form a soul bone set."