Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 444 Dominate the world
The fourth year of the Tian Dou calendar.

With Xu Chenhuan's fall, the fall of Longyan Pass, and the relocation of the Body Sect overseas, it was declared that the Star Luo Empire no longer had any resources to contend with the Heaven Dou Empire.

The million-strong Tian Dou army entered the country and headed straight for Xingluo City.

Forced by circumstances and in order to preserve his family's legacy, the former Star Luo Emperor, now the Duke of White Tiger, represented the Star Luo nobles and went out of the city to hand over a letter of surrender.

The announcement of the surrender meant that from this day forward, the Star Luo Empire would cease to exist, and the entire Douluo Continent would have only one nation: the Heaven Dou Empire.

Later historical records state:

The Azure Emperor, blessed by Heaven and bearing the Dragon Soul, ascends on a whirlwind, destroying the Soul Palace and slaying the Star Sect, ultimately bringing chaos back to the origin and ushering in a new era of myriad phenomena.

……

half year later.

The Heaven Dou Empire absorbed the territory it had acquired by annexing the Star Luo Empire, and the Douluo Continent officially entered an era of unification.

The emergence of the unified empire brought about a unified belief across the entire Douluo Continent. Regardless of their sincerity, every citizen of the continent was required to have an imperial flag enshrined in their home and worship it day and night.

Douluo Star, West Sea.

There is an island that looks like a small continent, called Poseidon Island. After the Poseidon Empire was destroyed, it became an uninhabited desert island.

Island coast.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King floated on the surface of the sea, with only the part above the water reaching hundreds of meters in length. Its two eyes, larger than a human's, darted around as if anticipating something.

"The Ocean Daily Faith has seen a good increase recently, with a steady upward trend."

Lin Rong sat on a charred rock by the sea, blue-gold light gathering in his palm.

The blue light floated in front of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and transformed into a seemingly ordinary trident.

"Here's the reward I promised you, take it."

"Thank you, Master." The Deep Sea Demon Whale King thanked him excitedly. Just as he was about to transform into human form, he remembered the lesson he had learned before, so he quickly stopped the transformation and spat out the Heart of the Sea God from his mouth, embedding it into the Trident of the Sea God.

When the Heart of Poseidon returned to its place, the seemingly ordinary trident suddenly shone with a dazzling golden light. After the light faded, the trident was no longer gray-black, but a deep blue-gold.

Looking at his mount's eager expression, Lin Rong calmly said:

"The succession to the Sea God's throne is within the trident. I have also erased the mark that Poseidon left on the Sea God's throne. Whether you can successfully inherit the Sea God's throne depends on your fate."

As the only million-year-old soul beast in Douluo Continent to have survived the nine heavenly tribulations on its own, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's aptitude is beyond doubt, absolutely meeting the minimum standards for inheriting a godhood.

If the God Realm hadn't been isolated by the Golden Dragon of Fortune from outside Douluo Star, perhaps Poseidon could have prevented the Deep Sea Demon Whale King from gaining the Sea God's recognition by using the mark imprinted on the Sea God's position.

But there is no if in reality.

The moment the Heart of the Sea God, which had been devoid of the Sea God's divine will, returned to the Trident of the Sea God, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King sensed the call of the Sea God's divine position to it.

Even ordinary inheritors need to complete nine tests before they can be qualified to enter the divine inheritance space to inherit a divine position.

But the Deep Sea Demon Whale King doesn't need that.

Back then, it competed with Poseidon for the position of sea god. Whoever won would become the sea god, and there was no need to complete the nine trials to prove its divine potential.

In an instant, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King answered the call of the Sea God's throne, and the seawater on the surface of the ocean surged back, turning into a giant whirlpool a thousand meters high on the coast of Sea God Island.

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King knew that the space for the inheritance of divine positions lay behind the whirlpool. Without a word, he charged into the whirlpool with the rolling waves and disappeared. As expected, there were no surprises.

After a stick of incense.

A divine phenomenon erupted from the coast of Poseidon Island and soared into the sky.

Within the pillar of light, a majestic phantom of a ten-thousand-foot-tall whale appeared, its divine power amplified by the blue-gold divine energy.

Below the strange phenomenon, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King shrank to the size of a three-meter-long whale fry and floated in mid-air, looking extremely excited. Its aura and demeanor were worlds apart from the whale phantom in the strange phenomenon.

"So powerful! Is this the power after becoming a god?"

"If this power existed ten thousand years ago, what would Poseidon be?"

The rapid expansion of its power made the Deep Sea Demon Whale King extremely confident. Now it couldn't wait to storm the realm of gods and ravage Poseidon again and again to avenge the loss of its left eye.

"Are you done showing off?" Lin Rong said abruptly.

Upon hearing this, the Deep Sea Demon Whale King immediately became as obedient as a child and respectfully replied:
"Yes, Master. Please give me your orders."

"Although Douluo Continent is the largest continent on Douluo Star, it is not the only one," Lin Rong said slowly.
"In this vast ocean, there are several continents and countless islands. You will lead the sea spirit beasts to conquer all these continents and islands. If you can spare the natives, do so. The spread of faith is the fundamental purpose of your mission."

"The more indigenous people there are, the faster the faith will be collected."

Creating a godhood requires consuming a massive amount of faith. In order to gather this faith as quickly as possible, it is necessary to unify the entire Douluo Star and make the entire Douluo Star believe in him alone.

"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely complete this task perfectly."

The Deep Sea Demon Whale King answered with absolute certainty.

Such a simple task, and it also allows it to openly show off in front of other sea spirit beasts—it couldn't wait to do it.

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Spirit world.

"My mark on the throne of the sea god has disappeared. Who has inherited my divine position?"

Poseidon first ruled out his direct descendants who remained in Douluo Continent, wondering if the person who would inherit his godhood would be one of his many illegitimate children.

"I don't know if it's a descendant of the little swan, a descendant of Little Chenchen, or one of the two visitors from another world."

Although he thought this way, for some reason he had a bad feeling, as if something terrible was about to happen to him.

Poseidon still believed that the person who would inherit his divine position was his and Xiao Chen's descendant, and therefore resented that, despite both being illegitimate children, the Xue family was the royal family of the Heaven Dou Empire and possessed the Heart of the Sea God, while the Chen family had nothing.

Based on this, Poseidon no longer paid attention to this ominous premonition.

No matter how rebellious his descendants are, how could they possibly disrespect their ancestor?
Poseidon thought to himself, then turned to look at Douluo Star outside the God Realm.

The golden dragon of fortune hovering outside Douluo Star grew stronger and stronger, which meant that the person in the prophecy was growing stronger and stronger.

"What kind of power is needed to unify the realm of gods?"

"Inheriting a powerful divine position? It can't be that simple. Could it be a single entity with multiple divine positions?"

Poseidon pondered this and felt that he had guessed part of the truth of the prophecy.

(End of this chapter)