Moreover, all the authorities the clone wielded, along with the powers it used from the various pathways, had been curtailed to a certain extent.
Their power had been weakened considerably and could not compare with that of the original body.
But even in that curtailed state, the clone had possessed the nine authorities, along with its simulation of the various pathways.
Combined with the absolute might of the Fantasy Dragon's draconic body, it had attained a level of power that bordered on total domination.
With only the strength of a Titled Douluo, it had slaughtered every Limit Douluo and Super Douluo of that era who stood on the same level.
In fact, before the original body could finish sweeping them all away, Tang San had been forced to intervene directly.
Added to that was the influence of Huo Yuhao's divine position as the God of Emotion. Under that double intervention and double influence,
the clone had been forced to adjust its plans and, in the end, could only forcibly seize Huo Yuhao's divine position.
Otherwise, there really was no telling how everything afterward would have unfolded.
At that thought, Li Qingxun sighed. What had already happened could never be changed.
At a movement of his consciousness, the Snow Empress appeared.
The ethereal older sister, her white robes fluttering, quietly materialized behind Li Qingxun.
Her curious gaze surveyed the surroundings, but after only a few glances, she slipped back into Li Qingxun's body.
Touched by how considerate the Snow Empress was, Li Qingxun rose to his feet.
He passed the large tree and headed into the distance, pretending he had finished restoring his soul power, to continue killing soul beasts.
Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm, Li Qingxun's eyes suddenly opened.
A flicker of confusion crossed his eyes.
As he raised his palm, an illusory white sphere appeared in his hand.
Dense white mist churned continuously within it.
Sensing that a wisp of the power he had left on the Douluo Continent had been stirred, the clone's eyes flashed with confusion.
"My power hasn't completely disappeared yet. It looks like some of the people I killed back then are still alive."
"I wonder when I'll be able to reconnect with my original body's consciousness. My original body is effectively missing half its spiritual power right from the start."
The clone sighed as he spoke. He and the original body had always been one consciousness.
He shared the same consciousness with his original body. Both were Li Qingxun.
The clone's consciousness was also a portion Li Qingxun had split off from his original body.
But as the consciousness on this side had grown increasingly terrifying and powerful, Li Qingxun had actually kept most of his consciousness within this clone during the later stages.
Only when the clone had been forced to go to the Divine Realm had Li Qingxun transferred his main consciousness back into his original body.
Then he had put himself to sleep.
Thus, the consciousness left in the clone still amounted to just under half. Although this would not affect Li Qingxun much,
his condition would be better if that half of his consciousness could return.
As he thought, Li Qingxun raised his hand, and a woman in a long blue dress slowly appeared beside him.
The woman was beautiful, but she had a fish's tail.
Standing on his other side was the Ice Empress's illusory figure.
The Ice Empress gazed into the distance, a thoughtful look on her face.
At their appearance, Li Qingxun smiled at them, his expression calm. "Why have you two come out early?"
"It's still too soon. We'll only have a chance of establishing contact once my original body breaks through to three rings."
"Then I can send you two back. With your strength,"
"once my original body gains a firm foothold, I'll have a little more security too." As Li Qingxun spoke, he looked at them, especially the Ice Empress.
Although the Ice Empress currently served as one of his emotions, her own combat strength was only around that of a Second-Level God.
But if he could send her back, even if her power was reduced by ninety-nine percent,
that remaining wisp of power would still make her countless times stronger than she normally was.
When the time came, she would be able to offer Li Qingxun even greater help.
Hearing Li Qingxun's words, the Ice Empress sighed.
She truly missed the Snow Empress. Beside her, however, the Mermaid Princess Liya's expression barely changed.
Were it not for Li Qingxun's request, she would actually have been unwilling to return to the Douluo Continent.
But recalling the strength Li Qingxun had displayed and his absolute domination over that generation, Liya was curious too.
Just how strong was Li Qingxun at his full capacity?
Just as Li Qingxun was chatting with these two soul spirits of his-or rather, his emotion clones-
a soft knock sounded at the door.
He raised his hand and drew the two soul spirits back into his body.
The door opened, and Wang Dong'er and Meng Hongchen entered together.
Looking at the two girls, Li Qingxun smiled. "What brings both of you here together?"
"What? We're not allowed to come see you together anymore? Do we have to come one at a time?"
Meng Hongchen shot Li Qingxun an indignant look as she spoke. Beside her, Wang Dong'er sighed.
"Tang San has already established some contact with the other Seven Divine Realms."
"They're planning to settle the issue through arena matches, and they want you to go too."
"They hope you'll participate. After all, as the Sixth God King, your strength is second only to Tang San's among those here."
Wang Dong'er sounded conflicted as she spoke, her eyes filled with hesitation.
She loathed Tang San and knew that Tang San did not like her either.
The one Tang San loved was his true daughter, Tang Wutong, not her, Wang Dong'er.
Yet Xiao Wu had always shown her the same love and care, whether she was Wang Dong'er or Tang Wutong.
Xiao Wu adored her all the same, and that left her with complicated feelings.
Or rather, conflicted ones.
Thus, she and Tang San had maintained a state of never having anything to do with each other again, while she had remained in contact with Xiao Wu.
This time, Xiao Wu had personally approached her, hoping Li Qingxun would participate.
That left Wang Dong'er in a rather awkward and uncomfortable position.
After all, Tang San had nearly ruined Li Qingxun back then. Originally, Li Qingxun had been the one most likely to become a God King.
Yet in the end, he had been left with only the God of Emotion's position.
Moreover, Li Qingxun had not eliminated Rong Nianbing, the God of Emotion of that generation.
He had beaten Rong Nianbing half to death back then and had nearly killed him outright.
But in the end, with Tang San, Life, and Destruction joining forces to stop him, Li Qingxun had still failed to finish the job.
Furthermore, with Tang San's help, the previous God of Emotion had broken through to the Quasi-God King Level.
That amounted to cheating Li Qingxun, then asking him to help.
Wang Dong'er felt she was letting Li Qingxun down over this.
Yet Li Qingxun merely smiled in response.
His calm gaze rested on his two women, his eyes filled with an overbearing confidence-or rather, a haughty disdain for all beneath him.
"That bastard Tang San wants me to participate? Fine."
"I'll head over right now. It looks like he's agreed to my terms."
"Fight me. As long as he can defeat me, I'll agree to his request."
"If he can't, he'll let me kill Rong Nianbing."
As he spoke, Li Qingxun raised a hand and gently smoothed his beautiful long black hair.
A vicious look flashed in his eyes.
Back then, Rong Nianbing had passed his divine position to Huo Yuhao without permission and had even tried to get him killed.
He had never forgotten that grudge. The man had also secretly given Huo Yuhao a great deal of help.
Although all of it had been at Tang San's direction, he really had nearly died at Rong Nianbing's hands.
Although he had now broken through to become a God King through the divine position of the Emotion God, his martial soul was still the Fantasy Dragon.
Even a curtailed Fantasy Dragon was still the Fantasy Dragon.
His strength was far beyond what any ordinary God King at the same stage could match.
Since Tang San actually wanted him to join the great battle, he would take a good, thorough measure of this God King Tang's strength.
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