Super Divine Artifact: Mysterious Nether Immortal Armor! Heaven and Earth Mysterious Nether, Ultimate Dao World-Destroying Twin Divine Cores? Split personalities?

The great hall first fell silent, then a ripple of low snickers rose.

"Only for storage?

Absurd!"

A legion commander sneered repeatedly.

"If that is so, wouldn't our Xuanwu Empire's Soul Tool army be like heavenly soldiers descending upon them when we march over?

How is this so-called Douluo Continent any different from a savage wilderness before us?"

"What about their Martial Souls?"

A sect representative asked cautiously:

"Since they have not developed Soul Tools, surely they must have achieved something in the way of Martial Souls?

What lineage does their finest Beast Martial Soul belong to?"

"They revere the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon as the world's finest Beast Martial Soul."

Lu Ye spoke flatly.

At these words, several generals with phantoms of the Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon manifesting behind them laughed outright.

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon?

It dares call itself the finest?"

An old man in black robes shook his head with a laugh and said.

"Before the destruction-attribute Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon, it is merely a loach with a little electricity.

Let alone our imperial family's god-level Xuanwu Martial Soul, passed down for tens of thousands of years. It could suppress that thing completely with a flick of a finger."

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul existed on the Xuanwu Continent as well.

But on the Xuanwu Continent, where "gods clashed," a lesser dragon Martial Soul like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon could hardly obtain any resources.

There was also a sect on the Xuanwu Continent with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.

But its strongest member was merely a Titled Douluo.

It did not even rank among the Xuanwu Continent's sects.

The atmosphere in the great hall relaxed completely, and burning ambition shone in the eyes of civil officials and military officers alike.

Under the protection of Divine Beast Xuanwu, this continent not only had experts as numerous as clouds and Titled Douluo in droves, but also vast numbers of Ferocious Beasts living harmoniously alongside humans, as well as ninth-level Soul Guidance Technology far ahead of its time.

Such a backward Douluo Continent was simply a piece of fat meat delivered right to their mouths.

"Your Majesty, when will we meet their borders?"

The chancellor stepped forward and declared loudly.

"We shall prepare the troops for war at once, mobilizing the Soul Guidance Legions and the elite forces of the major sects to expand the empire's territory and welcome the Ancestor's grace!"

Lu Ye slowly rose to his feet and looked down upon his officials:

"At the speed the continents are drifting, the seas along their edges will fully meet in three days at most."

His gaze was icy, his imperial majesty on full display:

"Pass down my decree. All members of the three Ninth-Level Soul Guidance Legions are to remain on alert, and every Titled Douluo of the Worship Hall is to stand by for orders."

"Since the natives of the Douluo Continent do not know how vast heaven and earth are, our Xuanwu Empire shall personally teach them a lesson.

Send word. Anyone who dares obstruct the empire's expansion-"

Lu Ye swept his sleeve and turned, his voice chilling:

"Kill them without mercy!"

"We obey Your Majesty's sacred decree!"

The officials all knelt in homage, their voices shaking the entire Xuanwu Hall.

Yet, at that moment.

High in the heavens, a vast, unfathomable power was silently gathering.

An immense Sky Screen was about to tear open with a thunderous roar at the summit of the sky.

In the darkness, in the deepest reaches of the sea.

Two pools of golden light from a pair of eyes pierced the gloom of the seabed.

Lu Changqing ended his divine sense communication with his descendant Lu Ye and fully raised his heavy eyelids.

"Whew..."

He exhaled a Divine Breath, stirring a deep-sea undercurrent that swept across ten thousand miles in the depths of the vast ocean trench.

"That sleep actually lasted a full fifty thousand years."

Lu Changqing silently marveled.

In his mind, a crisp mechanical notification sounded as expected:

[Ding! Host detected to have completed a stage of deep slumber. Duration of this slumber: 51,420 years.]

[System calculating...]

[Congratulations, host!

Your physical constitution has broken through the god-level barrier and advanced to: God King level!]

[Congratulations, host!

Your innate turtle shell has completed its transformation and advanced to: Super Divine Artifact: Mysterious Nether Immortal Armor!]

[Congratulations, host!

You have successfully condensed twin divine cores in one body: Heaven and Earth Mysterious Nether Divine Core (turtle body, primary self), Ultimate Dao World-Destroying Divine Core (serpent body, offense)!]

Lu Changqing stretched his limbs slightly.

With just that tiny movement, the Xuanwu Continent above, bearing countless living beings, remained as steady as Mount Tai, while the continental shelf beneath the sea rumbled thunderously.

"System, bring up my current status panel."

[Host: Lu Changqing]

[True form: Divine Beast Xuanwu (pure divine beast bloodline · turtle and serpent as one)]

[Realm: God King level (Twin God Kings combat strength)]

[First divine core: Heaven and Earth Mysterious Nether Divine Core.

Divine laws controlled: Absolute Imperial Control Law, Mysterious Water and Houtu Law.

Trait: The true body's defense has crossed the threshold of Supreme God King, immovable as a heavenly abyss, untouched by all arts.]

[Second divine core: Ultimate Dao World-Destroying Divine Core.

Divine laws controlled: Great Slaughter Void-Breaking Law, Nine Nether Annihilation Law.

Trait: Offensive might unrivaled throughout the heavens, tearing through the Plane Barrier with a single strike, specifically shattering all protective Astral Qi and Divine Bodies.]

[Innate divine artifact: Super Divine Artifact: Mysterious Nether Immortal Armor (supreme defensive divine artifact).]

Looking at the information on the screen of light before him, Lu Changqing murmured in satisfaction:

"When I became a god fifty thousand years ago, I still had to rely on the system to conceal me from the Divine Realm's laws, treading carefully for fear of being noticed by that Asura God or Destruction God King."

"Now, fifty thousand years later, I have entered the God King realm, and this defense of mine has even broken through to the Supreme God King level."

Just then, a pitch-black giant python coiled around the spine of the enormous turtle body abruptly raised his head.

His serpentine body wound across hundreds of millions of miles, his scales like carved black jade, radiating a chilling, savage, world-destroying divine might.

Two serpent eyes, scarlet as a blood-soaked hell, suddenly opened. His crimson forked tongue flicked slightly as he spoke in a low, hoarse voice:

"Old turtle, you finally deigned to wake up completely."

(Both the Snake Head and the turtle head are the protagonist; they can be regarded as two personalities.)

The turtle head slowly turned to meet the Snake Head's gaze and spoke steadily:

"What, even after sleeping so long, that serpentine temper of yours still hasn't worn smooth?"

The Snake Head gave a cold, sinister chuckle and said menacingly:

"Worn smooth?

I've been coiled up on this pitch-black seabed for fifty thousand years. My muscles and bones have long been itching for action!"

"Back then, you formed a human avatar to establish an empire, married, had children, and left behind a line of descendants. That was your business."

"Now that we've finally woken up, you sensed it too, didn't you?

In the waters ahead, there is a presence left behind by a god."

Lu Changqing's enormous turtle head gave a slight nod as he replied calmly:

"Of course I sensed it."

"That presence is weak and impure, forcibly elevated through the power of faith. It is merely a First-Level God Inheritance Site."

"A First-Level God?"

The Snake Head flicked his crimson tongue, and an intense, bloodthirsty desire for battle flashed in his scarlet eyes.

"Before us as we are now, how is a First-Level God any different from an ant?"

"Your first divine core, 'Heaven and Earth Mysterious Nether,' governs absolute defense. It can even take a Supreme God King's attacks head-on."

"And my 'Ultimate Dao World-Destroying Divine Core' governs Great Slaughter Void-Breaking and Nine Nether Annihilation. It is the pure path of slaughter and offense!"

"One turtle, one serpent. You defend, I attack.

Together, you and I are two genuine God Kings."