Chapter 1: Dark Sacred Dragon and Original Sin Demon Puppet
Sun Moon Empire, Evil Demon Forest.
This place was known as a forbidden zone of the Sun Moon Empire, and not many people dared to set foot within it.
The reason was that it was infested with the powerful Evil Eye Clan, and the king of the Evil Eye Clan was the Evil Eye Tyrant Ruler, who ranked second among the current ferocious beasts.
Yet beneath such a forbidden zone, a little-known, gigantic artificial Dragon Tomb was hidden.
It was pitch black there, filled year-round with ultimate darkness and overbearing dragon Qi.
At first glance, one might feel that this place was like a dead zone, but if one listened carefully, one could faintly hear bursts of lingering dragon roars echoing endlessly within this underground Dragon Tomb.
If one followed the dragon roars, they would see an unimaginably massive dragon-shaped skeleton quietly standing right in the center of the underground Dragon Tomb.
Although it looked as though it had been dead for who knows how long, that bone-white dragon skeleton was covered with traces left by the erosion of time.
Even so, the terrifying dragon might emanating from its body, which surpassed all dragons, still shook people to the core.
It seemed as though any living creature in the world, as long as it dared to lock eyes with those hollow dragon pupils, would uncontrollably feel a reverence and submission welling up from the depths of its soul.
With this gigantic dragon skeleton as the center, the entire underground Dragon Tomb was littered with the piled-up corpses of various dragon-type soul beasts everywhere.
Some had long since weathered and decayed, leaving only broken skeletons, while others still retained flesh and blood, clearly having died only months or even days ago.
Without exception, they all lay prostrate and died facing the massive dragon skeleton in the center.
Viewed from afar, it was as though countless dragon subjects were still paying homage to their supreme king after the end of their lives.
Devout and awe-inspiring.
Yet such an ancient dragon skeleton, capable of intimidating ten thousand dragons, had now been artificially transformed into a magnificent and eerie palace.
To be precise, it was not a palace in the true sense.
It was merely a huge altar built inside the chest cavity of the dragon skeleton, relying on countless complex and ancient formations.
Around the altar, dark and ancient runes continuously swirled, like a black hole, greedily absorbing the overbearing dragon Qi throughout the entire Dragon Tomb and pouring it endlessly into the altar, as if nourishing something.
At the center of the altar, a black-haired young man sat cross-legged.
The young man had sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, a face like jade, and features so handsome they were almost demonic, as if the masterpiece of the heavens.
Yet, completely contrary to his handsome appearance, the aura emanating from his body was icy and gloomy, giving people an alternative sense of oppression.
Even just taking a glance from afar would cause one's mind and soul to tremble, and one could not help but breed an urge to bow down and pay allegiance to him.
Especially behind him, a gigantic, pitch-black sacred dragon projection loomed in and out of sight.
Amidst the churning, rolling black mist, a pair of dragon pupils, as if cast from gold, slowly opened, overlooking the entire Dragon Tomb like the descent of a true Dark Sacred Dragon, making one's hair stand on end.
When the gaze continued to fall upon the young man, one would discover another even more bizarre scene.
Five humanoid demon puppet projections, dozens of zhang tall, guarded the young man firmly in the center like the most loyal bodyguards.
Each of them emanated a completely different, terrifying aura.
Arrogance, jealousy, gluttony, wrath, laziness.
Five powerful original sin powers intertwined and collided constantly between those puppets and upon that altar, transforming into an invisible mental domain.
If someone's spiritual power was slightly weak, just by taking a single glance, the desires hidden deep within their heart would be infinitely magnified, ultimately sinking completely into original sin and turning into a puppet that only knew desire.
At that moment, a middle-aged man slowly walked into Dragon Valley.
Just by sensing from afar the original sin aura emanating from those five demon puppets, his gaze began to blur, and all kinds of negative emotions frantically surged within his heart.
Seeing this, he did not panic in the slightest, instead skillfully taking out a specially made, pitch-black pill and swallowing it into his mouth.
As the medicinal power rapidly dispersed, that mental fluctuation on the verge of losing control was finally forcefully suppressed, and only then did he regain his sobriety.
Afterward, not daring to overstep in the slightest, he followed the only safe route along the outer perimeter of the altar and walked step by step beneath the gigantic dragon skeleton.
Arriving before the altar, he immediately knelt on one knee, his expression respectful.
Young Master.
According to your instructions, the person has been brought and is currently waiting outside Dragon Valley for your verdict.
Upon the altar.
The black-haired young man slowly opened his eyes.
His eerie pupils were filled with lustful divine light forged by temptation and desire, and merely locking eyes with them was enough to cause one to lose control of their mind and soul.
His name was Long Wushang.
He was the young master of the Holy Spirit Cult in a certain sense, as well as the only publicly acknowledged direct bloodline of the two current Ultimate Douluos.
His father was the Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, the continent's only Dark Sacred Dragon, one of the Black-and-White Twin Sacred Dragons.
His mother was the Death God Douluo Ye Xishui, the true ruler and supreme sect master of the Holy Spirit Cult, a figure who truly stood at the pinnacle of the entire Evil Soul Master world.
As the offspring jointly nurtured by two Ultimate Douluos, Long Wushang had almost perfectly inherited the most powerful dark origin within both of them.
On the day of his martial soul awakening at the age of six, he awakened twin martial souls in one stroke.
The first was inherited from his father Long Xiaoyao, possessing the ultimate darkness attribute as a super martial soul—the Dark Sacred Dragon.
The second was a brand-new martial soul—the Original Sin Demon Puppet—which had continuously mutated and sublimated from Ye Xishui's Blood Soul Demon Puppet Martial Soul.
Unlike ordinary martial souls, the Original Sin Demon Puppet naturally harbored the formidable power of the seven original sins.
Within this Original Sin Demon Puppet martial soul, the power of these seven original sins achieved an unprecedented, perfect balance.
Precisely because of this, the moment the martial soul awakened, this unprecedented aura of the original sin origin actually crossed the plane barrier and alarmed the Divine Realm.
The God of Destruction was the first to cast his gaze toward the Douluo Continent.
Subsequently, the Seven Original Sin Gods serving under the lineage of the God of Destruction also simultaneously noticed this human boy who could perfectly inherit their power.
For deities, finding a successor who truly resonated with their own divine position was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
As for someone like Long Wushang, who could not only shoulder the seven types of original sin power but also balance them perfectly, he was completely unprecedented.
If they missed him, who knew how many years would have to pass before encountering the next one.
Not to mention, they also saw the possibility of the unification of the seven original sins from this human kid. The Seven Original Sin Gods individually possessed the combat strength of First-Level Gods; if they fused into one, perhaps even the God King level would not be his limit, and his growth potential was simply unimaginable.
Cultivating such a high-tier combat asset—moreover one originating from their own faction, an opportunity that could enhance the overall combat strength of the Divine Realm—was naturally something the God of Destruction was unwilling to miss.
Therefore, with the support of the God of Destruction, the Seven Original Sin Gods hesitated almost not at all, immediately joining hands to mobilize the authority of the Divine Realm and bestowing an unprecedented divine inheritance upon Long Wushang.
This was the so-called Seven Gods Inheritance.
The so-called Seven Gods Inheritance was not a one-time divine trial, but a complete assessment system running through the entire growth process.
Each time Long Wushang broke through a major boundary, the Original Sin Demon Puppet Martial Soul would be pulled by divine power and autonomously initiate a corresponding original sin trial.
Only by successfully defeating the corresponding original sin inner demon, completing the trial, and truly gaining mastery over that original sin power could he obtain the recognition of the corresponding Original Sin God.
At that time, that Original Sin God would personally condense an original sin divine ring composed entirely of divine power for him.
Therefore, completely different from ordinary soul masters who relied on hunting soul beasts to obtain soul rings, Long Wushang's first seven soul rings all came from divine rings bestowed by the Seven Original Sin Gods.
When all seven original sin divine rings were gathered, upon reaching the eighth soul ring, he would be able to fuse the power of the seven divine rings and condense the true Original Sin True Form.
And when his cultivation reached the Titled Douluo realm and he obtained the ninth soul ring, he would also need to simultaneously complete the final trials of the seven original sins.
Only by thoroughly fusing the power of the seven original sins, causing the seven sins to return to one and transforming into the ultimate original sin, could he step onto his own supreme divine position and become the Original Sin God wielding the seven original sins.
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