Douluo: Master of Life and Death, Reviving the Popes
Chapter 33

Ten-Thousandfold Growth Rate, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Army?!

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"Xiao Heng... this Life Essence truly is a divine treasure for preserving one's life!" Qian Wuji gave an objective assessment. "But if that is all it does, then the strategic value of this Life Angel Martial Soul may be inferior to your Death Angel Martial Soul."

Seeing that everyone still believed the Life Angel Martial Soul's abilities were inferior to his first martial soul, Qian Renheng smiled faintly.

"Uncle-Grandfather, you do not think that is all the Life Angel Martial Soul can do, do you?!"

A sly glint flashed through Qian Renheng's eyes. "What I just told you was merely the prelude. It is not over yet!"

"It is not over yet?!"

Everyone's hearts jolted. Could it be that the Life Angel Martial Soul possessed an even more powerful ability?

"Of course!" Qian Renheng declared proudly. "The Death Realm of the Death Angel Martial Soul can revive the dead and restore them to their peak condition!"

"Then how could the Life Realm of the Life Angel Martial Soul, which is of the same quality as hers, merely produce a few drops of medicine?!"

"Actually, I believe the most terrifying aspect of the Life Angel Martial Soul is not bringing the dead back to life and regenerating flesh and bone, nor is it those few drops of medicine, nor is it its ultimate Healing ability!"

"It is this... as long as I plant vegetation within the Life Realm, those plants will grow at a full ten thousand times the speed of the outside world!"

"Ten... ten thousand times?!" Qian Xunji's mouth fell open, his voice trembling.

"That is right, ten thousand times! The plants inside grow ten thousand times faster than those outside! One year is equivalent to ten thousand years!"

As Qian Renheng spoke, his eyes began to shine. "In other words, even if I merely transplanted roadside weeds into the Life Realm, after one year, they could become Soul Beasts with a cultivation of ten thousand years!"

"If ten years passed outside, then they would become plant-type Soul Beasts at the hundred-thousand-year level!"

"Throughout the history of Douluo Continent, since Soul Masters first appeared, no one has ever possessed a martial soul like mine—one capable of mass-producing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!"

Qian Renheng's words came like a barrage of cannon fire, bombarding everyone's sensitive nerves.

"Moreover, from the moment plants are planted in the Life Realm, a Life Mark will be branded within them."

"This not only means I have complete control over their life and death, but also means..."

"As long as I do not wish it, they will never awaken their intelligence and become true Soul Beasts!"

"They can only obediently remain plants with cultivation years but no thoughts!"

"Even if we take a step back and say that I allow them to awaken their intelligence and become Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts..."

"They must still obey my commands unconditionally!"

"Because within the Life Realm, I am the absolute ruler. I am the one and only god!"

Qian Renheng smiled playfully. "Great-Grandfather, Uncle-Grandfather, I am sure you understand that deeply after being revived, do you not?!"

"Hiss—" Gasps rang out throughout the great hall, one after another without end.

Qian Wushuang, Qian Wuji, and Qian Daoliu—these three old monsters who had lived for ages—stood frozen in shock, lost in thought.

What was this? Mass-producing Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and ones completely under his control at that?

"Xiao Heng... if what you say is true..." Golden Crocodile Douluo trembled with excitement.

"Then after waiting ten years, would you not be able to raise an army of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts all by yourself and sweep across Douluo Continent?!"

"And from now on, would Spirit Hall no longer lack Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones?"

Even if they were merely plant-type Soul Beasts, they were still genuine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts!

Those dazzling red Soul Rings, the two Soul Ring abilities most suited to oneself, and the skills of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones!

No matter how incompatible a Soul Ring's attributes were with one's martial soul, the terrifying power and foundation brought by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring could completely make up for that so-called incompatibility!

This was not something a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring could hope to rival.

Looking at it this way, the strategic value of the Life Realm of the Life Angel was not much lower than that of the Death Angel!

However, just as everyone sank into wild fantasies, Qian Renheng poured a basin of cold water over them.

"Grandfather Golden Crocodile, things are not as simple or as wonderful as you imagine."

Qian Renheng explained with a bitter smile, "It is true that Spirit Hall will never lack Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones in the future."

"But if you mean forming an army of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and sweeping across the entire continent? That is impossible."

"Why?!" everyone demanded in unison.

Qian Renheng spread his hands helplessly. "Although the Soul Beasts that grow in the Life Realm develop at a terrifying rate..."

"They grow ten thousand times faster than those outside, but they cannot leave the Life Realm even half a step unless they take human form."

"Because the moment they step out of the Life Realm, they must endure the Heavenly Tribulation that Soul Beasts face every hundred thousand years!"

"Every hundred thousand years, Soul Beasts must undergo a Heavenly Tribulation. If they survive it, they can continue living. If they fail, they will be reduced to ashes and become a handful of dust."

"This is also why Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts are so rare. Although their growth rate is astonishing, their foundation is far inferior to that of Soul Beasts that cultivate naturally in the outside world."

"If they left the Life Realm to undergo tribulation, their chances of survival would be one in ten thousand. Calling it certain death would not be an exaggeration."

"Besides that, compared to Soul Beasts that cultivate naturally outside, their combat strength is also far inferior."

"And their cultivation years have a limit as well. At most, they seem to be able to reach only one million years."

As for becoming gods? I have not even become a god myself. How could plants that grow dependent on the Life Realm become gods?

Besides, the rules of heaven and earth prohibit Soul Beasts from becoming gods unless they follow an alternative path to godhood!

Although everyone felt somewhat regretful after hearing these limitations, since they could not form a Soul Beast army to sweep across the entire continent...

The shock in their hearts did not lessen in the slightest.

So what if they could not leave? As long as they could reliably produce Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and Spirit Bones, then in the future, every Soul Master in Spirit Hall could have a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as their ninth Soul Ring. It would be impossible not to become invincible!

After becoming a Title Douluo, whether one could cultivate to the realm of a Super Douluo also depended greatly on Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

"Actually, Great-Grandfather, Uncle-Grandfather, Grandfather, you should broaden your thinking a little."

"Who says that plants grown inside must become Soul Beasts?" Qian Renheng's lips curled upward.

"Just imagine, if I had an extremely rare medicinal herb and did not allow it to awaken its intelligence..."

"But instead let it steadily grow within the Life Realm until it reached one hundred thousand years..."

"At that time, a hundred-thousand-year medicinal herb, to us Soul Masters..."

Qian Renheng paused, smiling as he watched everyone's eyes widen. "To Soul Masters, would such a herb not be far more precious than a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring or a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone?!"

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