Douluo Continent: Starting with a Void Treasure Trove

"Finally, I've reached level 30," Xu Yang said, snapping out of his cultivation. For the past two and a half years, Xu Yang had been constantly cycling between cultivation and learning.

However, two years ago, Xu Yang slowed down his cultivation speed for some reason. In addition, he had been focusing his main energy on transforming soul beast corpses into soul tools and researching soul beast genes.

It can be considered a small achievement. The tail feathers left behind by the seven-colored spirit kite that Xu Yang killed with his second spirit ring were made into a level three spirit tool by Xu Yang and named the Spirit Kite Fan.

You can unleash attacks of different elements by infusing soul power.

Xu Yang gave it to Meng Hongchen as a recognition and reward for her work over the past two and a half years. Meng Hongchen was very happy after receiving the Spirit Kite Fan.

Xu Yang originally planned to find a few evil soul masters as test subjects for human modification, as a way to lay the foundation for the future fusion warrior plan, but he was interrupted by another matter.

Six months after Kong Deming deployed his men, he finally obtained the listed carving knife—the Soul Devouring Blade. The reason it took so long was mainly because, for some reason, the carving knife had fallen into the hands of the Star Luo Empire.

It was even collected into the royal treasury, and it took Kong Deming a lot of effort to find out its whereabouts.

Fortunately, perseverance pays off, and the Star Luo royal family simply couldn't figure anything out. Furthermore, storing the carving knife was also a considerable expense.

Therefore, the people Kong Deming sent out didn't cost much, just a mere one million gold soul coins. That's less than the monthly allowance Kong Deming gave Xu Yang.

When Kong Deming found out, he was both amused and exasperated for quite a while.

"Ah Yang, this is the Soul-Devouring Blade you mentioned. I'm handing it over to you now. Remember not to open the outer protective device easily; it's to prevent its curse from harming people."

Kong Deming looked at the Soul-Devouring Blade in front of him, which was emitting black smoke.

Xu Yang carefully examined the carving knife in front of him, which was almost identical to the description in the original work.

"I understand, Grandpa. Also, I need to call some help, since it's still difficult for me to handle this on my own right now."

"Shake...someone?"

Kong Deming knew who the person Xu Yang was talking about was, to be precise, a god.

In his view, shouldn't the gods, who are so high and mighty, make preparations in advance and set up rituals before descending upon Douluo Continent?

How could Xu Yang speak of it so casually? It was as if the God of Destruction was his friend, someone he could summon at any time.

Xu Yang stared at Kong Deming, slightly taken aback.

With her eyebrows arched, she smiled and said:

"Why don't you stay here and watch for a while, Grandpa? I don't think the God of Destruction will mind."

Xu Yang had already informed the God of Destruction about the possibility of obtaining the Gold of Life, so he wasn't worried that the God of Destruction's sudden surprise would expose the little lie he had told earlier.

"Really...is it okay?"

"Of course, the God of Destruction is very kind and easy to talk to. Grandpa, you can stay here, he'll be down in a little while."

Xu Yang channeled his soul power into the mark on his left arm, and the purplish-black mark continued to glow rhythmically.

It's as if it's saying, "Wait a minute, I understand."

Not long after, a dark purple figure silently descended upon Xu Yang and spoke first:

"This should be our first real meeting. Let me reintroduce myself. I am the God of Destruction, one of the five God Kings of the Douluo God Realm."

"And the lady next to me is my wife, the goddess of life."

The figure of the God of Destruction slowly stepped aside, revealing the emerald green figure behind him.

The figure smiled kindly at Xu Yang and his grandson and said:

"Hello, I am the Goddess of Life, and this man next to me is my husband."

Xu Yang, however, was not nervous at all. He smiled and nodded at the Goddess of Life, and introduced himself:

"I am Xu Yang, and this gentleman next to me is my maternal grandfather, Kong Deming. He is also the person on the Douluo Continent who has the deepest understanding of soul tools—without exception."

During the time it took for the group to introduce themselves, Kong Deming had recovered from his shock. He then said:

"Greetings, seniors. I am Kong Deming, and I have some insignificant research on soul tools."

The two men could see right through Kong Deming in a single glance. Level 94 soul power, twin martial souls. What intrigued them most was the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield, Kong Deming's natal soul tool placed within his spiritual sea.

The God of Destruction first nodded, then shook his head and said:

"What a pity. The fact that you can make up for the nearly five-level difference in soul power with external objects shows how great the amplification of that thing in your spiritual sea is."

"If you can break through to the god level, no... even if you reach level ninety-nine and nurture it for several hundred years, perhaps that thing can transform into a divine artifact."

"It's just that with your talent, you have a good chance of breaking through to level 94, but it's almost impossible for you to become a Limit Douluo. Besides, Limit Douluos these days don't even have a lifespan of several hundred years anymore."

"What a pity..."

"Oh, by the way, what you mentioned about Shrek Academy was quite interesting. I originally wanted to investigate further, but unfortunately, it seemed to have touched a nerve with Tang San, and he got quite angry after discovering it."

"I can't continue to do this openly, so I'll just have to find another opportunity later."

The last two sentences were spoken by the God of Destruction to Xu Yang via telepathy.

"This time, we've descended as divine clones, so we don't have much time. Let's take out that carving knife."

Xu Yang pushed the Soul-Devouring Blade towards the God of Destruction and his wife, saying:

"Seniors, this is the Soul-Devouring Blade. However, it is cursed for some reason, and many vengeful spirits are attached to it."

The Goddess of Life took the Soul-Devouring Blade, and the vengeful spirits on it attacked her frantically as if stimulated by something.

With a single burst of divine power, the God of Destruction cleansed away all the wronged souls, revealing their original forms.

"It is indeed the gold of life. Such a large piece of gold of life would probably require draining an entire medium-sized plane to condense."

"Even in the realm of gods, this is a rare treasure. I never expected you, little one, to be so lucky."

The goddess of life smiled gently.

"Just lucky..."

Xu Yang laughed awkwardly.

"Hmm... let me think, how should this be used properly?" The Goddess of Life stroked her chin, her face full of thought.

The God of Destruction continued chatting with Xu Yang.

"Your luck is something I'm a little envious of. Such a large piece of living gold can be used as the embryo for a divine artifact."

"Did you know that there is a God of Emotions in the God Realm who has seven divine kitchen knives? They are all made from rare and unusual materials."

"That set of artifacts, in my opinion, has the potential to be upgraded to a super artifact, while yours, taken alone, is even inferior to a certain kitchen knife of the God of Emotions."