Douluo: Starting from the Nine-Curved Vine Dragon

Chapter 445 Thriving
Tiandou City, the Imperial Palace.

Since returning from Poseidon Island, Lin Rong has secluded himself, focusing all his attention on the matter of fusing with the divine position.

Time just slips away little by little.

Three years later.

In a banyan grove within the palace gardens.

Lin Rong exhaled a breath of stale air, and a glint of light flashed in his open eyes.

"At the peak of level ninety-nine, the formula for fusion of divine positions is ready. The only thing I lack now to create my own divine position is the power of faith."

Over the past three years, the combined faith power acquired from the entire Douluo Star, along with the faith power obtained previously, has reached 60% of the amount required to create a godhood.

In about two years, he will be able to gather the faith power needed to create his own godhood.

This year marks the seventh year of the Tian Dou calendar.

Lin Rong was crowned Emperor of Tiandou at the age of fourteen.

Now, seven years have passed, and he is now twenty-one years old.

At the age of 21, he was a level 99 peak Title Douluo. Two years later, after gathering the power of faith needed to create his own godhood, he became a god at the age of 23.

Compared to the original novel where Tang San inherited the Sea God's position at the age of twenty-five, it still took more than two years.

"If this were the original timeline, I would be twenty-one years old, and Tang San, who is half a year older than me, would only be twenty-one and a half years old, and would still be wasting his time on the Seagod Island taking the Seagod's Light test."

"It was because of me that Tang San died at Hu Liena's hands. Now I am the only person left in this other world. Thinking about it, I feel a bit lonely living alone in a foreign land."

Lin Rong walked out of the banyan grove and appeared silently in the government affairs hall.

Inside the palace, his old steward and the eunuch sat side by side behind the desk, dealing with the mountain of official business piled up on the table.

Seeing this, he did not make a sound to disturb them, but instead walked to the bookshelf next to him and flipped through the intelligence from the past three years.

The first step is the unification of Douluo Star.

With the help of the Heart of the Earth and the combined efforts of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King, the four continents of Douluo Star, including Douluo Continent, were merged into a supercontinent.

Although the Super Continent is a fusion of four continents, it is centered on the Douluo Continent, so it is still called the Douluo Continent after the fusion, and its area is more than three times that of the original Douluo Continent.

The tens of millions of islands, large and small, are arranged in the seas surrounding the Douluo Continent, from near to far, according to their size.

This includes the island where the Body Sect lives in seclusion, which is located on the outermost edge of all the islands.

"The Asura God Poison Emperor still hasn't shown even the slightest thought of submission?"

Lin Rong closed his eyes and sensed that he could not find the aura of Poisonous Emperor in the light of loyalty that had been transformed.

"Since that's the case, I'll let you enjoy yourself for another two years. After I become a god, I'll personally take action and beat you into submission."

Continuing to review the intelligence, it concerned the cultivation progress of the divine successor.

Three years have passed.

All of his divine inheritors have cultivated to the level of Title Douluo.

Among these inheritors, the one with the highest cultivation level is still Yun Hui, who embodies both the good and evil gods, with a peak soul power of level 97.

While Xu Pan, the inheritor of the Hercules, still ranks second in soul power level, he is no longer the only one. Yi Shuihan, the inheritor of the God of Emotions, has surpassed him, and the two are now tied for second place, both at the peak of level 96 soul power. Following closely behind are Feng Xiaotian, the inheritor of the Wind God, and Xiong Lai, the inheritor of the God of Laziness, both of whom recently broke through to level 96.

Following them were Ye Lingling, the inheritor of the God of Love; Ma Hongjun, the inheritor of the God of Fire; and Wang Shiyu, the inheritor of the God of Butterflies. All three of them broke through to level 95 six months ago.

Most of the others were at level 93 or 94, because their ninth soul rings were all 100,000-year soul rings bestowed by the gods.

With the soul power provided by the 100,000-year soul ring, level 93 is the lowest soul power level among them, and it is also the soul power level they have right after absorbing the soul ring.

For example, Oscar, the inheritor of the God of Food, has the slowest cultivation speed for his food-type martial soul, and he is not as old as Xu Wei, who is also a food-type soul master.

Therefore, among all the inheritors, Oscar has the lowest soul power.

He broke through to the Title Douluo level just half a month ago, and is the only one at level 93. The others have all cultivated to at least level 94.

Even so, Oscar is only twenty-three years old this year, and will be twenty-four in a month or so.

Compared to the original novel, Oscar, who is 23 years old, has only just arrived at Seagod Island and his cultivation level is only Soul Emperor, which is far from comparable to the current level 93 Title Douluo.

“Yun Hui is at the peak of level 97. It won’t be difficult for her to break through to the peak of level 99 within two years. Perhaps she will become a god before me.”

"If Yi Shuihan puts in more effort, there is a sliver of hope that he can break through to the peak of level 99 within two years and become a god before me, along with Yun Hui."

"Xu Pan, although he had the Evil God Pearl to enhance his talent, he still suffered from a poor foundation. If he had obtained the Evil God Pearl a few years earlier, he might not only be at the peak of level 96 now, but at least at the peak of level 97, or even level 98, or even 99."

In addition, Lin Rong also possesses the inheritance of seven divine positions:
The Earth God, one of the seven elemental gods.

Pride, envy, wrath, greed, and lust are the five cardinal sins, one of the seven original sins.

Finally, there is the position of the Rakshasa deity.

Arranging these divine successions is somewhat difficult.

If we were to choose a suitable successor for these seven divine positions, let's set aside the question of whether there are enough talented individuals to fill them.

Even if we assume there is one, their progress in the succession of divine positions is far, far behind that of his subordinates.

Therefore, Lin Rong now has two choices.

One method is to merge divine positions, selecting several suitable inheritors from among those in hand and merging their divine positions with these seven divine positions.

The only troublesome part of doing this is for Lin Rong himself, because he needs to constantly adjust the formula for the fusion of divine positions.

Another option is to select seven people from the existing Title Douluos and bestow upon them treasures that can enhance their talents, such as divine blood.

Lin Rong herself is not a god; the only ones who can offer divine blood are the old steward and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.

The blood of the gods is extremely important to them, and they certainly wouldn't let the old steward do that.

However, if the Deep Sea Demon Whale King were to offer up about thirty drops of divine blood on his own, he would probably lose most of his life. He would not die, but he would definitely be left with incurable fundamental damage.

"Why not do both methods together?"

"Of the seven divine positions, five are used for fusion, and the remaining two are used by Bubble to donate divine blood to enhance the talents of the two selected titled Douluo."

The two titled Douluo selected through layers of trials and tribulations must have exceptionally high talents, so the amount of divine blood required is approximately five drops.

Offering five drops of divine blood would weaken the Deep Sea Demon Whale King for at most a few years, but would not cause any fundamental damage.

(End of this chapter)