Douluo Continent.
When Ye Yao opened his eyes.
He found himself in an endless expanse of water.
As several sea fish Soul Beasts swam past him.
They suddenly flicked their tails in terror and vanished before his eyes like "rockets."
He instinctively raised his hand.
But what rose was an enormous claw covered in azure scales!
The claw seemed exceptionally sharp; a slight movement sliced apart the massive reef beside him.
"What's going on?"
Just as Ye Yao tried to make sense of the scene before him, his vision blurred, and another scene appeared.
It was like gaining an extra viewpoint while watching a movie.
This time, he was before a frozen river.
He lay on the ice.
It felt as though a small mountain weighed on his back, his four thick legs splayed out as a long tail slowly swept across the ice beside him.
Immediately afterward, a third viewpoint squeezed in.
This time, it was a dense forest.
His paws made no sound as they touched the ground.
Beside him stood a tree so large it would take several adults with outstretched arms to encircle it.
A casual swipe from him sent the tree flying.
The fourth viewpoint showed the inside of a dark gray volcano.
The temperature at the crater was frighteningly high, and spurts of lava occasionally shot out from within.
Yet he was perfectly at ease in the lava, as comfortable as if he were soaking in a hot spring.
With a sweep of his hand, two enormous crimson wings spread open.
Whoosh! Flames surged along with his movement.
The surrounding lava nearly splashed out of the crater!
Ye Yao stopped moving, gazing in bewilderment at the bodies in his four viewpoints.
The azure claw in the water.
The turtle shell in the snow.
The white tiger paw in the forest.
And the red wings in the mountain valley.
All four bodies were his?
Just as he was puzzling over this, a voice rang out in his mind.
[Ding!] [Congratulations to the host on being reborn on Douluo Continent and awakening the Four Sacred Beasts System!] [Host: Ye Yao.] [Current status: soul split in four.] [Current bodies: Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Black Tortoise.] [Bloodline stage: juvenile.] [Soul Beast level: hundred-thousand-year.] [The four bodies are located in the east, west, south, and north of Douluo Continent, respectively.] [By completing missions, the host can obtain the four sacred beasts martial souls, condense sacred beast godhood, and achieve supreme divine might!]
Four hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts?
All four of Ye Yao's bodies wore puzzled expressions at once.
He tried making the White Tiger walk a few steps forward, and the other three bodies did not move along with it.
Next, he made the Azure Dragon swish its tail.
Sediment immediately swirled up from the bottom, and several nearby fish were swept dozens of meters away by the current before they could even flee.
He really could control the four bodies separately, just like clones!
[Four Holy Beasts mission activated!] [Mission requirement: each body must become a Soul Ring for one of Douluo Continent's top powerhouses.] [After becoming a Soul Ring, the host can use the soul of the sacred beast to backlash against the Soul Master and possess their body.] [The stronger the Soul Master and the greater the affinity of their attributes, the higher the mission rewards.] [The Black Tortoise belongs to water. Becoming a Soul Ring for the Sea God or the inheritor of the Sea God Inheritance will provide the best affinity.] [The Vermilion Bird suits Soul Masters with flame or phoenix attributes, the White Tiger suits power attack system Soul Masters, and the Azure Dragon suits beast martial soul Soul Masters.] [Warning: during the battle to become a Soul Ring, the host must fight with full strength!] [Only a Soul Master who kills a sacred beast through their own strength and absorbs its Soul Ring will meet the conditions for reverse possession.] [Voluntary sacrifice, deliberately holding back, or having an outside force deliver the kill will not complete the mission.] [After a sacred beast's body is killed, its consciousness will transfer with the Soul Ring. The other three bodies will remain unaffected.] [Before the Soul Ring is absorbed, the soul of the sacred beast cannot leave it.]
Ye Yao had never expected the mission to involve getting other people to kill him.
Thinking it over, those on Douluo Continent capable of killing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast could probably be counted on one hand.
And they would have to happen to need a Soul Ring.
The hardest part, however, was getting someone to find him. All four of his bodies were in uninhabited parts of the continent.
Just as he was considering these matters, a golden light appeared in the sky without warning!
The locations of all four bodies were illuminated by golden light at the same time!
[Heavenly Screen activated.] [Information on the ten greatest Soul Beasts of Douluo Continent and their locations will now be revealed, attracting Soul Beasts to come and kill you.] [The system missions and reverse-possession mechanism will not be disclosed.]
The last notification had barely disappeared when a resounding voice came from the sky.
[The Heavenly Screen descends!] [All information released by this Heavenly Screen is true and beyond question!] [Information concerning the ten greatest Soul Beasts of Douluo Continent will soon be revealed.]
Heaven Dou City.
On the broad streets, pedestrians who had been choosing goods stopped one after another.
The flatbread vendor held up his hand, failing to pass over the flatbread for a long while.
The guards at the city gates all looked up.
Before their eyes, an enormous golden screen of light was unfolding.
At that moment, everyone on Douluo Continent, whoever or wherever they were, could clearly see or hear the Heavenly Screen's information.
"The ten greatest Soul Beasts?"
"Which Titled Douluo created this?"
"Why make something like this out of the blue?"
A Soul Master by the roadside watched for a long while, then suddenly grew excited.
"This is a good thing!"
"Who cares who made it! If it really can tell us where Soul Beasts are, won't that save us searching everywhere?"
Hearing this, the people beside him perked up as well.
Especially those Soul Masters stuck at a bottleneck and preparing to search for Soul Rings.
Usually, even after searching a Soul Beast forest for ten days or half a month, they might not find a suitable one.
If the Heavenly Screen announced their locations directly, that would indeed be far more convenient!
Of course, that depended on whether they could defeat them.
But they soon came to their senses.
These were the ten greatest Soul Beasts of Douluo Continent. There might even be hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts!
In that case, they would be beyond their reach!
Meanwhile, all the major powers on Douluo Continent gazed at the sky in shock.
Spirit Hall, the Star Luo Empire, the Heaven Dou Empire, the Upper Three Sects, and others.
From newly awakened Soul Masters to Titled Douluo, all of them, without exception, were watching the golden light in the sky.
The more powerful the Titled Douluo, the more stunned their expressions were!
They could not imagine what kind of power could accomplish something on this scale!
At that moment, Yu Xiaogang was reading alone in his room. Suddenly hearing the voice, his face immediately filled with disdain.
"The ten greatest Soul Beasts? Could this so-called Heavenly Screen possibly have more authoritative information than I do?"
Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong gazed solemnly at the sky, her eyes holding both fear and anticipation.
Her second martial soul happened to be short of Soul Rings.
If she could find a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast through the Heavenly Screen, that would naturally be excellent!
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo stood shoulder to shoulder. They exchanged a glance, both their eyes filled with horror!
They had never heard of this Heavenly Screen revelation!
Even with their strength, they could sense a frighteningly powerful presence from the Heavenly Screen.
Sea God Island.
Sea God Bo Saixi had been watching Tang San and the others undertaking the Sea God Nine Trials in the distance.
Then a majestic voice suddenly startled her out of her reverie. Looking up, she saw something called the Heavenly Screen?
A Limit Douluo, she immediately slammed the table and rose, awed by the terrifying power contained within it!