Douluo Continent: The Underworld Emperor Halosa Lets Three Fly

Chapter 238 Evolution

She could clearly feel that this power, though newly born, was full of vitality and unwavering faith, far purer and stronger than any faith she had ever gathered before.

Reflected in her golden eyes was the jubilant scene of the continent below, and a gentle, contented smile graced Yali's lips. The first step of the plan had been successfully taken. The foundation of her faith was being firmly forged.

The vast power of faith, like the ocean, continuously converged on Yali through the God Ranking Network that spanned the continent.

She did not directly incorporate these powers into her divine status or use them to enhance her divine power. Instead, with a thought, she guided them all towards her martial soul, the Prayer Angel, which had already begun to merge with her divine position.

As a first-level deity, the direct boost her martial soul provided to her strength was already negligible. However, when this power, originating from the most sincere prayers of billions of living beings, surged in, Ya Li clearly felt that her Prayer Angel martial soul was undergoing a miraculous and positive transformation.

The radiance became purer and more sacred, and the life force it contained became richer and more powerful, as if it could listen to and respond to all the beautiful wishes in the world.

An even more noticeable change is that the form of the Prayer Angel has become increasingly solid and clear. Its face and figure are gradually becoming consistent with Yali's original form, like a perfect incarnation composed of the pure power of the Angel of Light, and in harmony with her heart.

Yali gazed at the prayer angel who looked almost exactly like herself, and couldn't help but recall the ancient records: "In the past, the first sea god Poseidon calmed the raging waves of the sea, quelled the chaos of the sea spirit beasts, accumulated a thousand years of faith, and finally, based on his martial spirit 'Sea God Trident,' he condensed a first-level godhood, and further refined his martial spirit into the super artifact Sea God Trident, which shook the universe."

"Today, I have gathered the faith and prayers of all the Soul Masters in this plane. I wonder if the scale is comparable to the accumulation of the Sea God in his early days? Can it also allow my Prayer Angel to undergo a fundamental leap and embark on the path to a higher level?"

With anticipation, she guided all the power of faith to pour into it, praying that the angel's radiance would become more brilliant and its form more lifelike, and that she could even sense a faint, independent spirituality sprouting within it.

It gently approached Yali, as if it were attached to her, or as if it were resonating with her.

However, the changes seemed to end there. The Prayer Angel did not undergo the earth-shattering transformation expected; it did not exude the pressure of a super artifact, nor did it generate any new laws or abilities.

Yali sighed softly, reaching out her fingertips to touch the cheek formed by the halo of the praying angel, and murmured, "Still not enough? Is the accumulated power of faith still not strong enough? Or—is some crucial opportunity missing?"

She sensed that the evolution of the Prayer Angel was still in a process of quantitative accumulation, as if it was just one step away from breaking through a certain critical point, but she could not find that key power or insight.

"It seems that merely solving the basic problems of survival and cultivation isn't enough to bring about a true qualitative change in faith." A decisive glint flashed in Yali's golden eyes. "We need a stronger desire, a more ultimate aspiration—for example, to become a god!"

With her mind made up, Yali once again invoked divine power and dimensional authority. The sky, which had just calmed down, was once again enveloped in auspicious light, and a second, more majestic and alluring divine scroll slowly condensed and took shape beside the first divine scroll!

On the new divine ranking list, the words engraved by divine power were more concise, yet contained a startling message: "A further decree to all living beings:"

The heavenly path has been opened, and the divine gate has been reopened.

Those who possess exceptional talent, unwavering resolve, and merit in the Dao can be summoned to the realm of reincarnation to hone themselves and explore the divine path.

I hope you will continue to study diligently and await the opportune moment.

—A Second Edict from the Goddess of Life

The appearance of this God Ranking was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a boiling oil pan, instantly triggering a far more frenzied and intense shock among the high-level Soul Masters of the entire Douluo Continent than when the first God Ranking descended!

If the first God Ranking addresses the foundation and future, then this second God Ranking points directly to the ultimate goal that all powerful Soul Masters dream of—becoming a god!

For nearly ten thousand years, no new god has been born in the Douluo Continent. The path to godhood is elusive and seems to have become a thing of the past. Countless talented individuals have stopped at the peak of the mortal world and died with regret.

Today, the four words "the gates of the gods reopen" are like the dawn breaking through the long night!

Mingdu, headquarters of the Temple of War.

An elderly man, who had been in seclusion for many years and whose aura was as heavy as a mountain, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his body trembled slightly with excitement. He pushed open the door of his secluded stone chamber, his voice hoarse but filled with fervor: "The Divine Path! The Divine Path has reappeared! I have been trapped at level ninety-nine for over a hundred years, and I thought my life was hopeless—but Heaven has not forsaken me! The Goddess of Life has shown me great kindness!"

(ps: All four half-step gods are dead)

He staggered towards the outer stele of the Divine List, tears streaming down his face.

The ruins of Tiandou City house a hidden sect.

The sect leader was a still-beautiful woman, her cultivation having reached the Limit Douluo level. She gazed up at the God Ranking in the sky, her delicate body trembling slightly with excitement, the exquisite teacup in her hand already crushed to dust without her realizing it. "The Reincarnation God Realm—the call—is it real? Can we, Soul Masters, truly ascend to the God Realm again?!"

She muttered to herself, then sternly shouted to her disciples, "Pass down the order! From this day forward, the entire sect must exert all its strength to accumulate merit and comprehend the Divine Ranking! This is a once-in-a-millennium opportunity for our sect!"

In the wilderness, a lone Limit Douluo.

He had just killed a strange beast and was covered in blood, but he ignored his injuries and knelt on one knee in the direction of the God Ranking. His fists were clenched so tightly that his nails dug deep into his palms, and his eyes burned with an almost insane flame: "Become a god!"

I will surely become a god! Her Highness the Goddess of Life has shown me the way; I will spare no effort to enter that realm of reincarnated gods!

Similar scenes played out in the minds of every Title Douluo above level 95.

They all put aside their affairs and rushed to the nearest location of the Divine Ranking Stele, as if getting closer to the Divine Ranking would bring them one step closer to the legendary Realm of Reincarnation.

They sat cross-legged beneath the list of gods, their eyes burning with fervor, their minds completely absorbed in it, trying to glean even the slightest message or guiding power about the divine realm.

An even greater, purer force of faith, imbued with an incomparably strong desire and determination, surged into the God List like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, converging upon Yali.

This time, the power of faith is of far superior quality to that before!

Under the impact of this even more powerful wish force, the Martial Soul of Prayer Angel shone brightly once again, and on its face, which was identical to Ya Li's, a faint, extremely subtle, "divine" majesty seemed to emerge.

Quantitative changes are rapidly accumulating towards qualitative changes.

As Yali felt this new and fervent surge of faith, a satisfied smile finally appeared on her lips.

That should be enough, right?

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