Douluo Unrivaled: The Beginning Materializes the Black Abyss and White Flowers

Chapter 204 Black Tower's First Kiss

When Gu Yue learned from Lu Jingming that it was actually the Sea God Tang San who was plotting against the Emperor Beast, she was not surprised, after all, with her intelligence, she could have figured it out.

However, what truly shocked her was the ruthlessness of the Sea God Tang San.

It turns out that the fragment of divine consciousness that merged with the Emperor Beast was actually a part of the soul of Tang San's daughter, the Sea God.

Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet the Sea God Tang San cruelly split his daughter's soul in order to scheme against the Emperor Beast.

Such a temperament brought Gu Yue's fear of Tang San, the Sea God, to its peak.

After all, what wouldn't someone who could be so heartless as to harm their own daughter do? With such a person targeting her, how could Gu Yue not worry about the safety of the Imperial Beast?

The Emperor Beast had been clamoring to transform into human form, precisely because of the influence of Tang Wutong's fragmented consciousness.

Faced with this situation, Lu Jingming suggested turning the tables and having a game of chess with the Sea God Tang San to see who the real winner would be in the end.

He wanted to make the Sea God Tang San lose both his daughter and his army, so after obtaining Gu Yue's consent, the Imperial Beast successfully transformed into human form.

Perhaps influenced by the fragments of Tang Wutong's consciousness, the transformed Emperor Beast, though possessing golden hair, bore a resemblance to Tang Wutong in appearance.

Di Tian asked Gu Yue to name him, but Gu Yue asked Lu Jingming to name him instead. So Lu Jingming took a shortcut and directly named him "Wang Qiu'er".

After that, Gu Yue brought Wang Qiu'er to St. Freya Academy.

Only by keeping Wang Qiu'er by her side could she feel at ease, since the Emperor Beast had already been targeted by the Sea God Tang San, and no one knew what underhanded tricks the other party might use.

Lu Jingming's idea was simple: neither Wang Qiu'er nor Wang Dong'er were the real Tang Wutong; the real Tang Wutong's memories and soul had always been controlled by Tang San.

As long as Wang Qiu'er doesn't offer herself up as a sacrifice or do anything that leads to her own death, once she becomes powerful enough, even if Tang San releases Tang Wutong in an attempt to replace Wang Qiu'er and seize the fortune and destiny of the Emperor Beast, it remains to be seen who will ultimately be in control.

Tang Wutong was born in the realm of gods. As the daughter of a god-king, she possessed incomparably noble blood and was born with divine consciousness, a quality only gods could possess.

However, she has not yet become a true god. As long as Wang Qiu'er is powerful enough, she may have a chance to turn the tables.

Actually, the most pitiful one is Wang Dong'er.

Although her body belongs to Tang Wutong, her experiences, her lover, and everything else will ultimately be taken away by Tang Wutong.

The real Wang Dong'er had already disappeared back in Qiankun Wenqing Valley; what appeared afterward was simply Tang Wutong.

Although strictly speaking, the three of them are originally one soul, their experiences, memories, and personalities are all different. Can they really be considered the same person? In Lu Jingming's view, this is a rather controversial question.

Just like a certain pure love god of war, a tree warrior, he only recognizes souls.

Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, and Tang Wutong are three people whose souls are closely connected, yet they possess different personalities.

When Wang Dong'er died in Qiankun Wenqing Valley, the personality named Wang Dong'er disappeared forever. The one who awakened from that body was Tang Wutong.

Therefore, Lu Jingming felt that Huo Yuhao in the original work was also a genius, and it was impossible for him not to notice the differences between Wang Dong'er and Tang Wutong.

But upon closer reflection, it's understandable.

Huo Yuhao fell in love at first sight with the martial soul fusion skill he and Wang Dong used—the Goddess of Light, who was Tang Wutong. So it seems he didn't choose the wrong person.

Despite having a simulated universe for virtual battles, students occasionally engage in real-world soul battles, just like Wang Qiu'er and the others at this moment.

Lu Jingming glanced at Wang Qiu'er and Ji Juechen, who were locked in fierce combat on the training field, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

He could tell that neither of them had used their trump cards, but their strengths were roughly equal.

Holding the Golden Dragon Spear, Wang Qiu'er's simulated martial spirit, the Golden Dragon, possessed extreme power. Every move she made was powerful and heavy, with immense strength.

Ji Juechen's cultivation was slightly superior, and because he studied swordsmanship with Jingliu, his strength improved significantly, and his sword intent became increasingly pure and powerful.

This battle was a spectacular clash of strength and skill. Wang Qiu'er was good at strength but slightly inferior in skill, while Ji Juechen was proficient in swordsmanship and focused on skill, while strength was not his forte.

After watching for a while, Lu Jingming realized that the two were evenly matched in the short term, so he gently patted Meng Hongchen, who was clinging to him.

"Dream, I have something to do. I'll play with you next time."

"Oh, alright!" Meng Hongchen's eyes were full of reluctance as she slowly released her grip on Lu Jingming's hand, her gaze following his departing figure.

When Lu Jingming passed by Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, who were also watching the game at the training ground, he reached out and patted them on the head.

Then, he turned his gaze to Ye Guyi's blond hair, intending to do the same, but Ye Guyi glared at him and looked away.

Upon seeing Ye Guyi, Lu Jingming couldn't help but think of Qian Renxue.

He was a little curious and wondered if the two were related. After all, in this world, Qian Renxue's divine position was shattered ten thousand years ago, and she remained at level eighty-nine for the rest of her life.

Although some wicked thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Jingming had no intention of revealing the existence of the parallel world for the time being.

"This experiment can be considered a success. I have indeed felt the feedback. Now I just need to wait for the fruit to ripen, and the divine position will naturally be formed."

Lu Jingming walked into the Black Tower's laboratory and immediately saw the Black Tower sitting in the main seat with an imposing air.

She wore her usual witch outfit, her beautiful legs in black stockings elegantly crossed, surrounded by a group of busy black tower dolls.

"Oh, so you're planning to start the second phase? I told you long ago that the gods of this world are all mediocre. Take that Sea God guy, for example, I have plenty of ways to deal with him. You're just too cautious."

Black Tower slightly raised the brim of her witch's hat and glanced at Lu Jingming indifferently.

She had already thoroughly analyzed this world, and the divine realm was no exception.

She even calculated the method for the divine realm to ascend to a divine star.

While analyzing the entire universe might be an exaggeration—Black Tower isn't some giant mechanical head, and besides, he's lost the power of the Path of Intelligence and is no longer the Commander of Intelligence—Black Tower is still a genuine genius.

For a genius, the path and method that the gods of the divine realm had failed to find even after countless years was discovered by her in a very short time.

That's why she mercilessly called the gods in the divine realm mediocre. They wasted their time, remained stagnant, made no progress, and had no innovation. They were utterly boring.

Lu Jingming did not refute Black Tower's words.

He knew in his heart that he was indeed too wary of the God Realm and the Sea God Tang San because of his preconceived notions.

With his current power, he is indeed no match for the divine realm if he were to confront it head-on.

However, sometimes a direct confrontation is not necessary. As a genius, Black Tower has endless methods and naturally has ways to limit Sea God Tang San.

“It can now be confirmed that the planet’s feedback can indeed condense a divine position.” Lu Jingming said, extending his right hand, and the holy mark on the back of his hand lit up with a bright green divine light.

Although this divine position is still in its infancy, it undoubtedly proves that his direction is correct.

"Now we just need to wait for the filth to be cleared away and a large amount of negative energy on the planet to be converted into positive energy. At that time, the planet will evolve, and I will be able to condense a god-king level position."

Lu Jingming smiled. The feedback from a single planet was enough to solidify the position of a God-King.

At this moment, he was already planning for his second godhood, so he intended to take action on this Douluo Continent.

Before that, they had to deal with the major threat that was Sea God Tang San.

He not only had to consider his own divine status, but also the needs of others.

He hoped to help Zhang Lexuan, Xu Jiujiu, Meng Hongchen, and even the people of Haiyuan City become gods, as long as there were conditions and opportunities.

This is probably what is meant by "when one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven"—he will not mistreat anyone who follows him.

"So, I'm leaving the rest to you, Black Tower."

"No problem, just beg me!"

"Please, Ms. Black Tower, who is exceptionally intelligent, unparalleled in the world, and whose beauty rivals that of fish and geese!" Lu Jingming praised calmly.

He was already used to this situation.

However, he thought to himself that next time the Black Tower asked him to do an experiment, he couldn't just ask for a few words and be done with it; he had to at least give them some benefits.

His gaze unconsciously fell on Black Tower's beautiful legs in black stockings. Given Black Tower's integrity, their increasingly harmonious relationship, and the many unknowns he could bring to Black Tower, he might actually have a chance to kiss her.

He has always maintained basic restraint towards the girls in this world, but he feels it's okay to occasionally "go crazy" when it comes to the "paper doll wife" he summoned.

Just like with Jing Liu, if she didn't pull some "shenanigans" like the previous sneak attack, she would only ever treat Lu Jingming as a disciple, not a suitor.

The same applies to the Black Tower. If she doesn't take the initiative, she will only treat Lu Jingming as a rare experimental subject, and once she has thoroughly studied him, she will lose interest.

Lu Jingming knew that he was not a super genius like Ruan Mei and Luo Sigumu who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Black Tower, and could not become her best friend or friend based on talent alone, so he had to put in more effort.

Of course, given Lu Jingming's real power, there are too many unknown factors that he can bring, which even the Black Tower would find difficult to fully understand. Therefore, there is no need to worry that the Black Tower will lose interest in him.

But Lu Jingming's goal wasn't just to be friends or business partners with Heita; he wanted Heita to be his wife, the kind who could bear him children.

Hearing Lu Jingming's praise, Hei Ta was very satisfied and immediately nodded, saying, "I will block the God Realm's observation of this planet, and also find some things for that Sea God to do."

Black Tower could also foresee that simply blocking observation might push Sea God Tang San to his limit, so they would have to find something else for him to do so that he wouldn't have time to pay attention to the commotion here.

Last time, with the help of Mebius, and following the divine consciousness clone of the Sea God Tang San, she had already left a contingency plan in the God Realm.

She could even manage to provoke the Golden Dragon King, so creating some trouble for the Sea God Tang San would be a piece of cake. "I do have an idea, and it might even add a powerful general to the World Serpent."

Upon hearing that the Black Tower was going to cause trouble for Tang San, Lu Jingming recalled how the Black Tower had previously provoked the Golden Dragon King to attack the seal of the Forbidden Land of Gods in order to divert the Sea God Tang San's attention. Suddenly, a brilliant idea flashed through his mind.

Lu Jingming put his idea into action immediately, activating his true power.

As the true authority was activated, a tremendous power that could transform the illusory into the real surged forth from his palm.

Suddenly, a ball of flame burst forth, and enveloping it, a red gem gradually materialized from nothingness, as if stepping from a non-existent illusory realm into the real world.

"No matter how many times I watch it, it's still so incredible that it can turn imagined things into reality. This power and memory are somewhat similar to mysterious abilities, but they are also fundamentally different."

Black Tower watched this scene with great interest.

In her eyes, Lu Jingming's power was nothing short of miraculous, comparable to even the Star God, and perhaps even more powerful.

After all, as long as Lu Jingming is powerful enough and possesses sufficient true power, he may indeed be able to achieve his desires and even reach the realm of omniscience and omnipotence.

Sometimes, Black Tower couldn't help but wonder whether it was truly materialized from the game world into reality by Lu Jingming, or merely a figment of Lu Jingming's imagination, or perhaps a projection or counterpart of the real Black Tower.

However, these questions are unlikely to be answered definitively in the short term, and she is not the type of person to get stuck on trivial matters.

She knew that she truly existed in this world at this moment, and that was enough; she didn't intend to dwell on the other trivial details.

With Black Tower's intelligence, she could naturally sense that Lu Jingming was lusting after her body, but she wasn't disgusted, and that was enough.

As the flames gradually dissipated, Lu Jingming smiled and handed the red gem to the Black Tower, saying, "Here, the Plague Gem. I already have an excellent candidate, and he has a major flaw. I look forward to the birth of the World Serpent's Seventh Throne—the Plague King."

Is this kind of pretend game fun?

Black Tower rolled her eyes dramatically, but still reached out and took the gem. This seemingly disdainful gesture actually contained a unique kind of doting affection.

“It’s fun!” Lu Jingming answered without hesitation.

Now that he has transmigrated to this world and possesses such a powerful cheat ability, he naturally wants to experience it in the most interesting way.

The situation on Douluo Continent has been relatively calm recently. The Sun Moon Empire is busy accumulating strength, while other empires are secretly catching up. It is expected that no major events will occur in the next few years.

So Lu Jingming wanted to have some fun and, incidentally, seek more benefits for himself, his partner, and his subordinates.

“Boring,” Black Tower said helplessly.

For a genius like her, Lu Jingming's methods simply didn't interest her.

Compared to playing games that involve building factions, she prefers to spend her time studying simulated universes, since the unknown is more attractive to her.

"Instead of wasting your time, why don't you find me more materials? When can you help me build a space station?"

Black Tower has lost her enthusiasm for researching Douluo Star; she wants to go to outer space to conduct more in-depth research.

However, although she had the technical skills, the prerequisites were difficult to meet.

There is a severe shortage of both construction techniques and equipment, as well as the quantity of construction materials.

"A space station? How about we build a celestial vessel?" Lu Jingming stroked his chin and suddenly made this bold suggestion.

"As for the Immortal Ship, it's not that I can't build it, but do you have enough materials and energy?" Black Tower curled his lip.

She naturally knew about the hunting alliance of immortal ships and had also studied the structure of immortal ships in depth.

With sufficient resources, building another fairy ship is not difficult.

But the key is that each of the immortal ships is like an independent world, with countless hidden realms inside.

The amount of energy required for the celestial vessel to navigate freely in the universe is enormous.

The reason why the Immortal Ship Alliance was able to achieve this was because the Hunting Star God opened up the path of destiny, and the imaginary energy was inexhaustible. But does Lu Jingming have such conditions?

"Why not use the Herrscher Core?" Lu Jingming held up the Plague Gem and looked at the Black Tower with anticipation.

How wonderful it would be to build your own fairy ship!

The Herrscher core can connect to the imaginary space and generate endless Honkai energy.

Logically speaking, Honkai energy, as a type of imaginary energy, should be able to replace destiny energy and provide power for the celestial ship's voyage, even after modification.

“Theoretically it is indeed feasible, but the output of the Herrscher core is too low. However, I can use this to help you develop a more powerful Honkai energy engine, but the problem is, where are the materials? You can't even leave this planet, and you're already fantasizing about building a celestial ship!”

Hei Ta stretched out his finger and forcefully tapped Lu Jingming's forehead.

She knew, of course, that while Lu Jingming's power of truth could materialize all materials, it was too wasteful to use his power of truth to exchange for materials, since his power of truth was not inexhaustible.

"Materials? Oh dear, I almost forgot, I also have this!" Lu Jingming suddenly realized and slapped his forehead.

Immediately, he used his true power again. As a large amount of true power was consumed out of thin air, a golden cube slowly floated up in his hand.

"The First Key of God, the Void Treasury, possesses the power to understand and reproduce. With your knowledge, Black Tower, any material that you have fully analyzed can be converted out through Honkai energy."

Black Tower narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in them.

She immediately reached out and took the Void Treasury, and almost instantly matched with it, allowing this first divine key to recognize her as its master. The process was as smooth as when the Thousand Realms One Vehicle recognized its master, with almost no rejection reaction.

"This ability is quite interesting, and it suits me very well." Black Tower showed great interest.

With her knowledge and sufficient energy, she could create a celestial vessel on the spot with the help of the power of the Void Treasury, provided that she has enough Honkai energy.

While creating a celestial ship by hand is not very realistic at the moment, creating satellites or other technological creations, or even all kinds of soul tools, is no longer a difficult task for the Black Tower, which possesses the Void Treasury at this moment.

Moreover, the most important function of the Void Treasury now is to reproduce the cosmic materials as understood by the Black Tower.

Those materials that are extremely precious and hard to find in this universe now have new ways to be obtained.

In this way, Lu Jingming's dream of building a fairy ship seems to have a chance of being realized.

Of course, this is undoubtedly a massive undertaking. After all, the size of a single immortal ship is equivalent to that of a planet. If you add the countless grottoes opened up inside, its scale far exceeds that of an ordinary planet.

"Hey kid, why are you suddenly being so generous today?" Black Tower asked Lu Jingming with surprise as he played with the Void Treasury.

In the past, she had to beg him politely if she wanted to study items from another world, but now Lu Jingming was being so generous.

It should be noted that weapons like the Void Treasury, which contain power, require a large amount of real power to materialize.

"It's alright, I made quite a bit of money this time." Lu Jingming's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

The commotion he caused in the parallel world this time was quite significant, involving the Spirit Hall, the two great empires, Seagod Island, and the City of Slaughter, and his gains were naturally quite substantial.

This time, he not only received feedback from the planet and his divine position began to condense, but also received a large amount of real power in return; otherwise, he really wouldn't have been willing to take out the Void Treasury.

After all, he had been trying to accumulate enough real power so that he could summon his paper doll wife, Huang Quan, and cleave the God Realm in two with a single strike.

But upon closer examination, summoning the Yellow Springs at its peak, or a weakened version, both require consuming a massive amount of true power.

Given his current situation, he simply doesn't have such a substantial reserve, as there are still many areas where he needs to utilize his true power.

Moreover, cleaving the God Realm in two with a single strike seems too boring; it would be much more interesting to slowly maneuver around the Sea God Tang San.

Just like this time, he had already prepared a "gift" for the Sea God Tang San.

"It's rare for you to be so generous. What kind of reward would you like? A celestial ship is not feasible right now, but building you a spaceship is no problem."

Black Tower tossed the Void Treasury in his hand, circled Lu Jingming once, and suddenly spoke.

The Void Treasury was of great help to her, enabling her to complete many experiments, and she didn't mind giving Lu Jingming some rewards.

"What use would I have for a spaceship now? You might as well kiss me."

Compared to a spaceship, Lu Jingming would prefer the Black Tower to give him some special reward, such as a kiss.

"Oh, you really don't hide your desires at all!" Black Tower raised an eyebrow slightly, then kissed Lu Jingming on the cheek without hesitation.

"I keep my word. Alright, you can leave now." After handing over the reward, Black Tower's expression changed instantly, and he began to shoo people away without any mercy.

"Uh!" Lu Jingming was a little surprised and subconsciously touched his cheek, still clearly feeling the moisture and warmth from before.

His lips twitched slightly as he said, "No, I meant kiss here, not on the cheek!"

As he spoke, he pointed to his lips.

Heita looked at him with disdain and said, "You wish! Do you think my first kiss is that cheap? I'm not going to give it to you so easily!"

"Alright!" Lu Jingming wanted to refute that the Void Treasury was not cheap at all, but he had already gotten a good deal today, and there was plenty of time in the future anyway.

If we can kiss on the cheek today, then the first kiss to win over the Black Tower probably won't be too far away.

Big Black Tower

(End of this chapter)