Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Black Dragon, I am the Lord of the Gods

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"Wait." Di Tian's deep voice rang out, carrying an unprecedented solemnity. He stepped forward, his dragon eyes staring directly at Xuan Ming: "Xuan Ming, I understand your concerns about the situation of soul beasts. If it's about curbing the unchecked growth of human soul masters, I, Di Tian, ​​will have no objections. But to exterminate billions of lives through slaughter... this is against the natural order, and even if the initial intention was for the survival of the soul beast race, I absolutely will not agree to it!"

Xuanming looked at Ditian, a barely perceptible ripple flashing in his icy blue eyes. He gently shook his head: "This is the difference between you and humans, Ditian. Or rather, it is the essential difference between all highly intelligent soul beasts and humans."

His gaze swept over Di Tian and the Demon Emperor, finally settling on the Evil Emperor: "You possess power, wisdom, and even long lifespans, but deep down you still retain a certain... bottom line. Humans, on the other hand, when driven to the brink, often choose the most extreme and thorough way to solve problems. They nip problems in the bud and eliminate them completely to prevent future troubles."

"Even if a transformed soul beast integrates into the human world for millions of years," Xuanming said calmly, "it will never become a true human. Because you lack that ruthlessness that will kill everything to survive."

Upon hearing this, the three ferocious beasts were all deeply shaken. They had never considered this issue from this perspective before.

But what alarmed them even more was the implication in Xuanming's words—his suggestion just now was not entirely a spur-of-the-moment threat.

Seeing their solemn expressions, Xuanming softened his tone slightly: "However, I only mentioned this suggestion casually. At least for now, there's no need to go that far."

"You... really have such a plan?" The Demon Emperor couldn't help but ask, his voice filled with disbelief.

"It's just taking precautions." Xuanming's tone returned to its usual calm. "Any factor that might threaten the final plan needs to be considered in advance. Exterminating humanity is the simplest and most brutal method, and also the last resort."

He gazed out at the bustling city, his eyes deep: "There's no need to worry about that for now. Let's see what kind of revolution Soul Guidance Device technology can bring to the Douluo Continent, and see if my plan can proceed smoothly."

“If everything is under control, then all will be well.” His voice grew colder. “But if my plan goes wrong…”

He didn't finish speaking, but the chilling killing intent emanating from him sent shivers down the spines of the three ferocious beasts.

“Of course,” Xuanming withdrew his gaze, “that’s the last resort.”

The Evil Emperor stared intently at Xuan Ming with its enormous single eye. At this moment, it finally understood that this human was unlike any other being it had ever known before.

He is neither a simple guardian nor a pure destroyer, but a chess player who can calmly weigh everything, including the survival of billions of lives, for a grand goal.

“I understand.” The Evil Emperor’s mental fluctuations carried a sense of complete submission. “Please come with me, my lord.”

Without further hesitation, its massive body turned toward a desolate mountain range outside the city.

There, it will complete its final sacrifice, entrusting its nearly 800,000 years of cultivation, along with its hopes for the future of its race, to this being that it fears yet cannot help but submit to.

One month later, in a desolate mountain range somewhere on the Sun and Moon Continent.

The Evil Emperor's sacrificial process lasted for nearly a day, with the vast and boundless spiritual essence flowing into Xuanming's body like a burst dam.

However, when the last wisp of soul light extinguished, Xuanming did not awaken immediately as he usually did after absorbing a soul ring. Instead, his spiritual power surged uncontrollably, like a silkworm spinning silk, rapidly enveloping his entire body and forming this strange spiritual cocoon. Neither Di Tian nor the Demon Emperor had ever seen anything like it. They could sense that Xuanming's life force within the cocoon was stable and vast, and his spiritual power was transforming and sublimating at an astonishing speed, but they couldn't discern exactly what was happening.

This spiritual cocoon seemed to isolate all internal and external perceptions, and even Di Tian's half-step divine consciousness spiritual power could not penetrate it in the slightest.

Left with no other choice, the two could only stay here closely, waiting for Xuanming to emerge from his cocoon on his own.

This month felt both long and short for Di Tian and the Demon Emperor. It felt long because of the unknown wait, and short because they could clearly sense that the power within the cocoon was undergoing a qualitative change, a qualitative change that made their hearts tremble.

Finally, at dusk on the thirtieth day.

"Click..."

A faint, yet seemingly soul-piercing, cracking sound emanated from the surface of the enormous spiritual cocoon!
Di Tian and the Demon Emperor opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their gazes sharp as lightning, staring intently at the direction from which the sound came!
On the smooth cocoon wall, a tiny crack quietly appeared, like the first crack on ice.

Immediately afterwards, a second, a third... cracks spread rapidly like a spider web!
An indescribable aura slowly emanated from the crack.

That aura... vast, ancient, as if it contained the profound laws of the beginning of heaven and earth! It was no longer a simple fluctuation of spiritual energy, but a higher level of power, closer to the origin!
The moment Di Tian sensed this aura, his massive dragon body trembled violently! For the first time, an incredulous shock and... a hint of excitement that even he himself was unaware of appeared in his deep dragon eyes!
"This...this is..." Di Tian's voice trembled slightly, "Divine sense?!"

The spiritual consciousness transforms into the divine spirit, and the primordial spirit begins to take shape!
This is a landmark transformation of spiritual power, marking its transition from the mortal realm to the divine realm! It signifies that spiritual consciousness transforms into the primordial spirit, and spiritual power transforms into a higher level of primordial spirit power! From this point on, wherever the mind goes, it can glimpse the world of gods and mobilize some of the laws of heaven and earth!
Upon reaching this level, one's spiritual power can be called "Divine Origin Realm," and its possessor can be called a demigod!
Di Tian's spiritual power, accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years and enhanced by the bloodline of the Dragon God, had long since reached the pinnacle of the mortal realm, infinitely close to divine consciousness. However, he was always firmly blocked by an invisible barrier of rules belonging to this world, unable to truly take that final step! He tried for tens of thousands of years, exhausting all methods, but all to no avail!
But now... Xuanming, a human soul master, actually... actually overcame that barrier after absorbing the Evil Emperor's soul ring?!

How can this be? !
The rules and barriers of Douluo Continent should be equally stringent for both soul beasts and humans! How did he manage to do it?!
Although the Demon Emperor's understanding of divine sense was not as profound as Emperor Tian's, she could still clearly sense that the aura emanating from the crack was completely different from Xuan Ming's aura before! It was a leap in the level of life, a kind of pressure that made her feel awe deep in her soul!
"He... succeeded?" The Demon Emperor's voice carried a hint of uncertain shock.

Di Tian did not answer; his entire mind was immersed in the increasingly clear and powerful aura of divine consciousness.

“Crack! Crack! Crack!”

The cracking sounds grew more frequent and louder!

Finally, with a deafening roar that seemed to shatter the heavens and the earth, the entire cocoon of spirit shattered! It transformed into countless shimmering specks of light, dissipating into the air!

As the light dissipated, a tall, slender figure was revealed.

Xuan Ming remained suspended in mid-air with his eyes closed. His appearance seemed largely unchanged, but the aura emanating from him was entirely different!
An indescribable majesty and profundity emanated from him, as if he were one with the entire universe. He simply stood there, giving one the feeling of the "law" itself. His spiritual power was no longer outwardly projected, yet it seemed omnipresent, discerning every subtle change in his surroundings.

Di Tian and the Demon Emperor didn't even dare to use their spiritual power to investigate easily, because they had a feeling that any thought of spying could be instantly detected by the other party, or even countered!
This is divine sense! The perspective of a god!

His gaze calmly swept over Di Tian and the Demon Emperor.

Merely being swept by that gaze, Di Tian and the Demon Emperor felt as if their very souls had been utterly exposed, all their secrets laid bare! A sense of awe, born of primal instinct, rose involuntarily from the depths of their hearts! (End of Chapter)