The God Realm Lost Contact! The Plane Spirit's Request

At this moment, Xu Tianchen was in his room studying his martial souls. One moment, he scratched the wooden board on the floor with his dragon claws; the next, he scorched it with fire, tinkering here and there to his heart's content.

After all, he had been transmigrated for six years. Every time before this, he could only watch others use their mysterious powers. Now that he had them himself, he had to enjoy it properly. Although he did not have the two cheat-code answers of Ultimate Ice and a spiritual-type martial soul, he at least had Twin Martial Souls.

What mattered most now was figuring out what to do in the future.

First, going to Shrek was out of the question. For one thing, his great-grandfather and that bargain-bin father of his would never agree. Besides, he had no desire to fight two hundred people over a single toilet.

He was not particularly interested in learning soul tools either, but he still had to find a way to get the Spirit-Eating Dagger. It was the bait for Electrolux, the greatest cheat in Soul Land 2. There were still fourteen years until the plot began, though.

When the time came, he would see whether he could intercept Huo Yuhao directly and lure him over to the Sun Moon Empire.

Then, he would cultivate diligently and see whether his talent could catch the God of Destruction's attention, making him bestow a divine inheritance upon him—or protect him long enough for him to create a god position of his own.

Knock, knock, knock.

A burst of knocking interrupted Xu Tianchen's plans and fantasies for the future.

"Who is it?"

"It's me." Kong Deming's voice came from outside the door.

Upon hearing Kong Deming's voice, Xu Tianchen hurried over, opened the door, and welcomed him inside.

"Great-grandfather, why are you here? Are you done talking?"

"We're done. I came to explain a few things to you." Kong Deming stroked Xu Tianchen's head and smiled.

The two walked over to the table and sat down. Along the way, Kong Deming noticed the wooden board covered in scorch marks and claw marks. Once they were seated, he pulled Xu Tianchen to his side.

"How does it feel?"

"Very novel. Very interesting?" Xu Tianchen answered.

"Mm. You've only just gained your martial souls, so that's normal. You'll get used to them later."

"As for your future cultivation, your father and I have discussed it. You will not need to learn how to make soul tools. Knowing how to use them will be enough. Your main focus should be cultivating your martial souls. As for who will teach you, your father and I have discussed that as well. You've probably heard of him."

Not having to learn soul tool crafting was certainly a good thing. During this era of Soul Land 2, the highest limit of soul tools was ultimate combat power—that was, when Kong Deming broke through Rank 95 in the later stages of the original story and became a Rank-10 Soul Engineer.

Moreover, if not for studying soul tools, Kong Deming, with the talent of Twin Martial Souls, would not have been stuck at the Rank 94 bottleneck for so long.

So it was better to focus solely on martial souls in the early stages. With Xu Tianchen's talent, becoming a god might not be guaranteed, but reaching Rank 98 or Rank 99 would not be a problem. After all, Shrek's three Ultimate Martial Souls had all eventually become Ultimate Douluo.

And if it truly did not work out in the end, then if his rank was insufficient, he could make up for it with Spirit Rings. He could raise his physical strength and attach several more high-age Spirit Rings to his second martial soul.

As for someone capable of teaching cultivation...

Well... honestly, in this era, someone stronger than Kong Deming, whose combat power rivaled Rank 98, had to be an Ultimate Douluo!

"I won't make you keep guessing. It's Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao." There was a trace of regret on Kong Deming's face, but his gaze toward Xu Tianchen remained affectionate.

"We decided that after I take you to obtain your first Spirit Ring, your father will bring you to become his disciple."

"Dragon Emperor Douluo..." Xu Tianchen muttered the title again.

"Alright, stop overthinking. Go rest early. Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to hunt soul beasts."

With that, Kong Deming stood up, patted Xu Tianchen on the head, and left.

"Mm, goodbye, Great-grandfather." Xu Tianchen hurriedly stood as well.

"Goodbye."

Watching Kong Deming's departing figure, Xu Tianchen could not help looking forward to tomorrow's soul hunt.

Late at night.

Xu Tianchen had been lying in bed, fully immersed in a game of chess with Duke Zhuang, when his entire body suddenly began to emit golden light without warning.

And Xu Tianchen, who had been sound asleep, seemed to hear a voice calling out.

"Cosmic Superman... ah, no, person from beyond the heavens, wake up."

Xu Tianchen groggily opened his eyes and discovered that he was stark naked in a golden space, with a glowing little ball floating before him.

He woke up instantly and fired off three deadly questions in a row.

"Huh? Where is this? Who are you? Why am I here?"

"This is your Sea of Spirit. As for me, I am the Plane Lord of the Douluo Plane."

The little ball of light before Xu Tianchen spoke in a voice whose gender could not be discerned.

"Sea of Spirit? With my current spiritual power, how could I have successfully opened a Sea of Spirit?"

"Of course I opened it for you. This is just a small benefit I'm giving you."

Xu Tianchen could actually hear a hint of pride in that voice. With a thought, a set of dark purple fitted clothes appeared on his body. Then golden light flashed, and they transformed into a set of golden armor that radiated boundless majesty, with a dragon's body, eagle arms, a mastiff's back, and rhinoceros legs.

Wow... as expected of the Sea of Spirit. Whatever he thought of really appeared.

"Alright, time is limited. Wait until I'm finished speaking before slowly exploring your Sea of Spirit."

The golden little ball's tone began to grow impatient, and the golden light it emitted had also dimmed somewhat.

"Fine. Go ahead."

The Emperor Armor on Xu Tianchen's body changed back into dark purple fitted clothes.

"I noticed you the moment you arrived in the Douluo Plane. After all, within this plane, your unusual soul aura stood out as brightly as an ever-burning lamp in the darkness."

"The God Realm is currently unable to monitor the lower realm because it has been assaulted by the Spacetime Turbulence. However, the Spacetime Turbulence has only attacked and enveloped the God Realm; it has not swept it away. By my estimate, it should still hold for at least fifty years."

"Wait. Are those fifty years calculated according to Douluo Plane time, or God Realm time?"

Xu Tianchen interrupted the Plane Spirit.

"According to Douluo Plane time. I will retain only enough power to restrain Tang Hao and Ah Yin. I will give all remaining destiny and plane power to you, asking only that once your cultivation succeeds in the future, you help me escape the covetous eyes of Tang San and his father."

The Plane Spirit made its request to Xu Tianchen sincerely.

"Alright, I promise you. By the way, what about that original Child of Destiny?"

"I have already reclaimed the parts that could be reclaimed and added them to you. But a large portion had already been set in place and could not be changed, so I could not take it back. You can see for yourself later. You may subdue him, and he will become one of your aids," the Plane Spirit answered.

"Oh, right. When the Spacetime Turbulence struck, Tang San sent something down. I blocked it outside the plane barrier. But Sea God divine power is attached to it, so I cannot hold it back for long. It is estimated that in another dozen or so years, it will reach the place it was originally supposed to reach."

"Alright, I won't talk with you any longer. I hope that the next time we meet will be when you have become a god and come to save me."

With that, the ball of light formed by the Plane Spirit vanished with a whoosh, leaving Xu Tianchen behind.

Xu Tianchen thought of leaving the Sea of Spirit, and the instant the thought arose, his figure disappeared.

In reality, Xu Tianchen slowly opened his eyes while lying on the comfortable bed and looked around at his surroundings.

Mm, it was his room.

He pinched himself. Tss... that hurt a little.

Then he closed his eyes again and entered the Sea of Spirit.

Okay, confirmed. He had not been dreaming. All of this was real!

Who said this era was bad? This era was amazing!

Once his father ascended the throne, and once his cultivation reached a high enough level, he would have them build momentum for him. An ocean's worth of faith could nurture the Sea God into a first-class god. Even the original Douluo Continent alone could nurture the Angel God into a first-class god. Then if he gathered both continents—and if that still was not enough, were there not two more continents?

He refused to believe that gathering the resources of the entire Douluo Star would still not be enough for him to achieve the position of God King.

As for the thing Tang San had sent down, hmm...

Think carefully. What could it be?

Huh? Could it be Princess Tang, the strongest dog leash in Douluo?

It seemed highly possible. But sending it down this early... had Tang San noticed him, a person from beyond the heavens, and wanted to put a dog leash on him too?

Otherwise, why send it down so early? It could not possibly be because transmission had a delay, right?

If it really was the first possibility, then...

Tang San, you have already earned your death!

Once he had developed enough, he would make Tang San fly.

Forget it. No more thinking. Sleep. He still had to hunt soul beasts tomorrow.