During the Peerless era, in Mingdu, the Sun Moon Empire.
Heavy snow fell from the sky, yet a dazzling orange-red light suddenly erupted inside Mingdu's imperial palace.
Boom!
After the earth-shaking explosion,
Xu Tianran hovered in midair, clad in a golden humanoid Soul Tool.
Around him, Kong Deming, Ju Zi, the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion, the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion, and several Class 9 Soul Engineers all hovered in a dense crowd, looking down at the ground.
Just moments earlier, Xu Tianran had detonated ten Class 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, and four High-Energy Compression Soul Tool Arrays had concentrated the full force of their explosions inside the imperial palace.
This was power sufficient to slay a god,
all for the sole purpose of killing the Holy Spirit Cult's leader, Death God Douluo, Ye Xishui!
After the explosion, a crater a hundred meters deep appeared in the ground, the rocks melted by the heat into a glasslike green substance.
Xu Tianran looked anxiously at the ground. "Where's Ye Xishui? Is she dead?!"
Beside him, Ju Zi said with certainty, "She's dead. Ye Xishui is dead!"
"Yes, that's right, she must be dead. She's dead! She's dead!"
Xu Tianran's voice trembled as he repeated himself over and over, yet Ju Zi could sense a trace of fear from him.
Xu Tianran had sacrificed the entire imperial palace, the latest high-energy compression arrays, and countless people inside the palace, all to set this trap for Death God Douluo, Ye Xishui.
If Ye Xishui had survived, Xu Tianran dared not imagine what kind of revenge he would face!
Li Chen's spiritual body appeared high in the sky, realization dawning on him. "Looks like this is the incident where Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao died in battle."
"In that case..."
Li Chen turned around and, relying on the Tree of Sorrow's innate sense, immediately pursued them toward a stretch of wilderness outside Mingdu.
Even Kong Deming could not detect his spiritual body.
In the wilderness outside Mingdu,
the white-haired Long Xiaoyao raced along with Ye Xishui on his back. His upper garments were shredded, exposing dense black dragon scales, and his aged skin was flushed with red, his blood and vitality surging.
On Long Xiaoyao's back, Ye Xishui had changed from her elderly state into a youthful one. Dense power of light enveloped her entire body as she smiled and wrapped her arms around Long Xiaoyao's arm.
Both looked calm, even wearing faint smiles, but Li Chen's spiritual body could sense that these two Limit Douluos were already filled with deathly Qi, clearly on the verge of dying.
Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong accompanied Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui.
Soon, the four ran over a hundred kilometers and stopped.
Li Chen's spiritual body flew over to their side.
What amazed Li Chen was that,
Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao were both Titled Douluos now, and Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao were both Limit Douluos, yet none of them could detect him!
Li Chen looked at the four.
"Xiaoyao, put me down. Now that things have come to this, there's something I want to tell you."
Ye Xishui spoke gently.
Long Xiaoyao nodded.
"Xiaoyao, there's something I've kept from you all this time. In truth, you were the one I loved from beginning to end, not Mu En. I even bore you a child. That child took my former surname, Yan."
"That child's descendant is the current dean of Shrek's Martial Soul Department, Yan Shaozhe."
"What I did back then was all because of Old Ghost Zhongli's schemes. I'm sorry I lied to you. Thank you for everything you've done for me. Thank you."
Beside them, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong exchanged a glance and erupted on the spot.
What? Dean Yan Shaozhe was actually a descendant of the Evil Soul Master, Death God Douluo?!
Was this gossip really that huge?!
Hearing this, Long Xiaoyao's mind reeled even harder.
"Xishui, you..."
Bitterness filled Long Xiaoyao's heart. "How could this happen! My poor brother Mu En. At least I get to die knowing the truth, but Mu En was kept in the dark his entire life!"
Long Xiaoyao let out a long sigh.
Ye Xishui's heart was also filled with bitterness.
They had been lovers who loved each other all along, yet Old Ghost Zhongli's schemes had brought them to this ending.
Ye Xishui, who had already become an energy body, embraced Long Xiaoyao.
"Xiaoyao, I've wronged you in this life. If there is another life, I hope we can still be together."
Long Xiaoyao shook his head. "I don't blame you. At least we can die together."
Long Xiaoyao sighed deeply and looked at Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong.
"Things have come to this. Before Xishui and I die, we'll give the two of you one final opportunity! Get ready. We'll transfer our power to you!"
Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong were shocked.
Tang Wutong still hesitated. "But Ye Xishui is an Evil Soul Master! I don't want her power!"
Just then,
Sea God Tang San's divine thought spoke within Tang Wutong's mind. "Why not? Accept their offer. You'll be fulfilling a wish of theirs and taking their Soul Power along the way."
Tang Wutong was dumbfounded. Her father really fucking wasn't picky!
What happened to being irreconcilable enemies with Evil Soul Masters?!
Helpless, Tang Wutong could only nod.
Just as Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were about to transfer their power to Huo Gua and Tang Wutong, Li Chen appeared in Long Xiaoyao's and Ye Xishui's Seas of Consciousness.
"You two, I can give you a chance at another life. Are you willing?"
"Hm?"
Long Xiaoyao raised his head and looked around.
He quickly noticed that Ye Xishui beside him was doing the same. The two Limit Douluos exchanged a glance, both shocked.
Long Xiaoyao hurriedly spoke within his Sea of Consciousness.
"Who are you?!"
"I am the Giant Tree of Sadness. As long as you swear an oath with all your Soul Power, you can undergo reincarnation and renewal of fate!"
Li Chen discovered that his voice sounded neither distinctly male nor female.
Even his appearance in Long Xiaoyao's and Ye Xishui's Seas of Consciousness was merely a giant tree with a pink crown.
"The Giant Tree of Sadness? Reincarnation and renewal of fate?!"
Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui exchanged a glance, surprise in their hearts quickly giving way to delighted astonishment.
"Really?"
Li Chen said, "Really."
Long Xiaoyao took a deep breath.
A conjecture arose in his heart. Could this Giant Tree of Sadness speaking to them be a god?
A god, just like Sea God Tang San from ten thousand years ago!
But at this moment, neither of them could worry about all that.
Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong looked at them in confusion, not knowing why they had stopped transferring their power.
"We're willing!"
Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui exchanged a glance. Tears streamed down their faces as they gritted their teeth and said,
"I, Long Xiaoyao."
"I, Ye Xishui."
"We swear on all the Soul Power and all the memories of this life. Let us meet again in our next life!"
Hum~
A sudden explosive sound rang through the sky,
and a great tree with a pink crown appeared out of thin air.
The Giant Tree of Sadness burst with dazzling red light. The next instant, the giant tree sucked away all the Soul Power from Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao. Tears on their faces, they looked skyward and smiled as their bodies turned into light and dissipated.
Then,
the Giant Tree of Sadness dissipated as well.
Only Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong remained, shocked and bewildered.
Huo Yuhao was dumbstruck.
"What's going on? What happened to transferring their power? Why did Elder Long and Ye Xishui suddenly disappear?!"
He summoned his spiritual power to search the surroundings, only to discover that the two Limit Douluos' presences had truly dissipated without a trace remaining. Clearly, they really were gone.
Within Tang Wutong's mind,
Tang San's divine consciousness flew into a rage.
"The Giant Tree of Sadness? What the hell is this Giant Tree of Sadness?! How dare it!"
In the Divine Realm, Tang San stamped his foot in fury, his face scarlet as he panted like an ox.
Damn it, Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui were supply packs left for his daughter and Huo Gua.
Why had they suddenly dissipated without transferring their Soul Power?
What reincarnation and renewal of fate? Could the God of Love still be alive?!
Tang San wondered, shocked and suspicious.
Without these two Limit Douluos transferring their power, Huo Gua and Tang Wutong would have to cultivate for a long time before they could condense their third Soul Cores and attempt to become Limit Douluos!
The situation and history of the entire continent might even be affected and rewritten!
Unfortunately,
for the next ten thousand years, Tang San never found any trace of the Giant Tree of Sadness again, nor could he detect Li Chen, whose spiritual body traveled through time and space.
In the Dragon King era,
at the speaker's residence in Mingdu.
Li Chen's spiritual body returned, and he jolted awake.
"Holy shit! That felt way too real!"
His first use of reincarnation and renewal of fate across time and space had completely depleted Li Chen's Soul Power.
Otherwise, he would have liked to stay and see how Huo Yuhao and Tang Wutong would deal with the Sun Moon Empire without receiving that power.
But that was fine,
because the next instant, a voice sounded in Li Chen's mind.
[Successfully performed reincarnation and renewal of fate for Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao! Rewards: Dark Holy Dragon Bloodline and Twin Martial Souls!]
"Holy shit!"
Delighted, Li Chen examined his body and indeed discovered that a pure Dark Holy Dragon Bloodline had appeared within him!
The Dark Holy Dragon was a high-ranking dragon among the dragon race! It belonged to the same lineage as Di Tian!
In this Dragon King era where bloodlines reigned supreme,
although the Dark Holy Dragon could not yet compare to Tang Wulin and the Golden Dragon King or Gu Yue's Silver Dragon King, it could absolutely be considered a formidable existence!
At the very least, it was enough to ensure that Li Chen became a Super Douluo!
Li Chen then examined his Martial Souls.
He discovered that he had gained another Martial Soul. When he summoned it, a golden phoenix bathed entirely in flames appeared and let out a clear, resounding cry!
"Th-this is Ye Xishui's Second Martial Soul, the Bright Phoenix?!"
Li Chen was ecstatic. Not bad at all.
This was a super Martial Soul, who knew how many times stronger than Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix!
"Hahahaha!"
"Reincarnation finally succeeded, and only today do I know that I am myself!"
Li Chen laughed in delighted astonishment.
He had endured for fifteen years. Fifteen years!
Did anyone know how he had spent those fifteen years?!
Well, all right, it seemed he really hadn't suffered much.
Whatever. From now on, he, Li Chen, would make his return as the Dragon King!
Li Chen made up his mind. Each use of this third Soul Skill, reincarnation and renewal of fate, had a one-year cooldown.
When the next reincarnation and renewal of fate came, he would grow stronger again!
When that time came, who wouldn't offer him, Li Chen, a cigarette?
"The first time was already Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui. Who'll be next? Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang? Or Tang Chen and Bo Saixi?"
What surprised Li Chen even more was that,
when he opened his phone and looked, he suddenly discovered that the Tree of Sorrow had altered the world!
[Mingdu News: His Eminence Long Xiaoyao, a rank 95 Super Douluo with the Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul, will soon challenge Shrek's Red Dragon Douluo, Zhuo Shi! The two will battle in three days!]
"What the hell? Where did this Long Xiaoyao come from? Was there someone like him in the Dragon King era?!"
Li Chen's eyes widened, and a bad feeling immediately welled up in his heart.
"Wait, don't tell me Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui reincarnated into the Dragon King era?!"