Douluo Continent: I am the true master

Chapter 1023 Merit, Tribulation, and Supreme Treasure

merit.

Although the overall level of the Douluo Continent universe is relatively low, it is still an extraordinary world. Therefore, Ye Wen drew a lot of inspiration from the cultivation novels of his previous life when he was cultivating. He even pirated "Investiture of the Gods" and spread it as an entertainment novel.

Therefore, he has a deep understanding of the merits of Ye Wen.

Unfortunately, Ye Wen did not receive any merit for liberating Douluo Star, and even after conquering dozens of star systems, he still did not receive any merit from heaven.

As a result, Ye Wen thought that this universe was of a very low standard and that the laws of the world had not given rise to such a mechanism.

But judging from the current situation, Ye Wen realized that his thinking was flawed.

Subconsciously, Ye Wen believed that doing good deeds or helping the human race develop its civilization, like in prehistoric novels, would earn him merit.

But this is actually a misconception.

Such actions can at best be considered good deeds, which may allow one to be reborn into a better family in the next life during the cycle of birth and death.

True merit should be a special kind of energy that descends upon us when we benefit the entire world and are recognized by Heaven and Earth.

Now Ye Wen has defeated Chaos, averting a crisis that would lead to the destruction of the world.

This would be a great deed that benefits this universe!

Although Ye Wen knew that the merit before him was due to him and would never dissipate, he still couldn't help but feel an irresistible urge. He began to absorb the merit into his body little by little, and the feeling was simply amazing.

However, the habits he had developed over the years allowed Ye Wen to quickly calm down and begin to analyze the mystery of this merit.

In prehistoric novels, the greatest use of merit, besides helping people become saints, is to strengthen magical treasures. However, its most common function is equivalent to gaining the approval of heaven and earth and possessing a decent get-out-of-jail-free card.

Of course, this "avoidance of death" refers to not offending those powerful individuals, since they have many other methods at their disposal.

As for ordinary people, whoever dares to kill someone with merit will be rejected by heaven and earth, suffer misfortune after misfortune, and even die and perish. Therefore, merit has become the most sought-after existence in the prehistoric world.

After some analysis, Ye Wen discovered that the merits he had gained had the same effect. Unfortunately, destroying a mere God-King level Chaos was not enough for Ye Wen to leap into sainthood.

However, Ye Wen estimated that the merit he gained this time was enough to transform his super artifact, the Boundless Ocean Blade, into something beyond a super artifact.

Through his comprehension, Ye Wen learned that beings above the level of divine artifacts are referred to as Heavenly Dao Sacred Artifacts in this world. They are supreme artifacts that can directly mobilize the highest laws of this universe and can instantly annihilate a life plane, making their power terrifyingly powerful.

However, Ye Wen did not choose to be lazy and instead upgraded the Vast Ocean Boundless Blade.

As mentioned before, the merit function of this universe is the same as that in the prehistoric novels, which means that the divine artifacts made later may not be inferior to the Heavenly Dao Sacred Artifacts that are upgraded by merit.

However, Ye Wen still needs more time to explore.

Having already attained immortality, and as the strongest ruler of the Douluo civilization, Ye Wen has no shortage of time and materials. To waste the merits he had painstakingly accumulated over tens of thousands of years for a moment's pleasure is something only a fool would do.

Therefore, Ye Wen decided to accumulate merit first, in preparation for any future needs.

However, Ye Wen ultimately spent some merit points to slightly improve his cultivation level.

After all, there are predecessors to refer to in the God King realm, but Ye Wen is the only one in the God Monarch realm. He needs a sample to refer to in his future breakthrough path.

Lv151→Lv152↑

Feeling the ease with which his cultivation improved and the increasingly close connection with this world, Ye Wen's eyes were momentarily dazed and wistful.

It turns out that upgrades can be this smooth again.

This allowed Ye Wen, who had been stuck at level 150 for many years and felt just as frustrated as when he reached level 99 and was classified as a Limit Douluo (a demigod or quasi-god), to finally feel a sense of exhilaration.

However, Ye Wen did not indulge in it, because he knew that such rapid improvement was only temporary. Unless he could obtain more merit, he could not rapidly improve his cultivation level, but how could that be possible?

After all, this universe, with its dozens of galaxies and tens of thousands of life-bearing planes, has only given birth to two oddities: good and evil.

Thinking of this, Ye Wen suddenly raised an eyebrow!

"It seems that it's not impossible for another powerful being to emerge from the Chaos Laws. After all, I've already thoroughly understood the Chaos Laws of Good and Evil. It shouldn't be difficult to cultivate a similar powerful being by imitation. That way, I can repeatedly farm merit points!"

With this thought in mind, Ye Wen was overjoyed, as if he had found a broad and promising road.

However, Ye Wen was also afraid that the Heavenly Dao of this universe possessed the same intelligence as the consciousness of the Douluo plane and had discovered the hidden meaning in his thoughts.

However, after sensing the merit within his body and seeing that it showed no unusual activity and that the sky was not brewing any kind of tribulation or lightning to warn him, Ye Wen was secretly delighted. It seemed that although this universe had merit, it was ultimately not as intelligent as the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World, which could punish those who committed crimes in advance.

However, given Ye Wen's cautious nature, he didn't intend to cultivate powerful beings of both good and evil in a grand manner. After all, who knows if this universe might suddenly become enlightened one day, and his tax evasion would definitely be punished then.

So Ye Wen thought for a moment and sketched out in his mind a method of using chance encounters to constantly guide similar powerful people, causing them to fall into evil and then become his own merit experience pack.

The plan has been approved.

After working for a while and receiving his merit bonus, Ye Wen was full of satisfaction. He casually waved his hand and dispersed the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Furnace, which had been condensed to the extreme.

However, as the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Furnace dissipated, Ye Wen immediately noticed something amiss.

"What is this?" Ye Wen asked in surprise.

Where the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Furnace was originally located, a black and white tortoise shell was suspended, with strangely interwoven black and white chaotic laws rippling on it, as if it had merged with the furnace.

Ye Wen naturally recognized that the tortoise shell came from the little tortoise Li, but the once lifelike little tortoise had been completely killed by the refining process, leaving only this empty shell.

Before Ye Wen could even examine the mysterious tortoise shell, an ominous fluctuation of laws suddenly emanated from the cosmic space where the merit had just appeared.

Ye Wen looked at the thunderstorm clouds that were gradually rising there with some surprise.

"My goodness, I've lived here for so many years and never seen such merit and heavenly tribulation. It's all come together today."

With the appearance of merit, Ye Wen naturally found it easy to connect the appearing thunderclouds with the heavenly tribulation.

Suddenly, Ye Wen had a flash of inspiration. The Heavenly Tribulation not only brought tribulations to cultivators to test whether their innate qualities were strong enough to ascend to immortality, but also often served as a test for treasures.

"According to the information obtained from the plow, its birth was not accompanied by a tribulation of lightning, but now it is."

Is it because of the chaotic laws governing it? Or because it possesses the power to influence the workings of this universe?

At this moment, regardless of the possibility, Ye Wen could not allow the brand-new plow to be destroyed under the heavenly tribulation.

With Ye Wen's keen observation skills, he quickly realized that when the Zhou Tian Star Array enveloped the plow, no lightning tribulation had yet occurred around it. This meant that as long as there was enough high-energy reaction to conceal the plow's existence, the mechanism of the lightning tribulation could be avoided.

After confirming that the Heavenly Dao of this universe did not possess high intelligence, Ye Wen felt less burdened and directly condensed the Zhou Tian Star Array of the Douluo Star System into a one-meter-sized Zhou Tian Star Furnace, once again covering the plow.

As the plow was put away again, the nascent lightning tribulation paused, seemingly bewildered. It then rolled around a few times but failed to find its target before gradually dissipating.

However, Ye Wen will soon face another problem.

That is, the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Furnace is ultimately an illusory object. If it is not maintained by the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, it will eventually dissipate.

However, this did not stump Ye Wen. He carried the Zhou Tian Star Furnace and flew towards his base in Tianwaitian on Douluo Star.

The energy will dissipate, but we can just recharge it with the Zhou Tian Star Array every now and then. Anyway, it would be a waste not to utilize the sunlight radiated from the Zhou Tian stars.

Moreover, Ye Wen secretly pondered that he could also use this opportunity to explore the minimum energy limit of this Heavenly Dao in terms of energy concealment.

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After a long time, Ye Wen felt a surge of excitement. After all, this was a chance to repeatedly defy the supreme rules of this universe and explore its ultimate mysteries. How exhilarating!

With Ye Wen's full return, the Douluo civilization, which had been somewhat stagnant in recent years, suddenly ushered in a second spring.

After all, Ye Wen's existence is not only an absolute symbol of martial power, but also the core belief of the Douluo civilization and its many life planes.

The collapse of the Creator God has a significant impact on the Douluo Civilization's dominance.

Now, Ye Wen's emulation of Jesus' resurrection has undoubtedly branded him with the label of immortality, bringing the faith concentration of the Douluo civilization to an unprecedented peak.

However, Ye Wen was not interested in this.

Having just achieved the status of a supreme god, he might still cheer because he had gained so much faith power, but he was no longer the boy he once was. Only exploring the mysteries of higher realms could excite Ye Wen.

So Ye Wen once again became a hands-off manager. Apart from spending a few shameless days with Xue Di and the others when he first returned, he devoted himself to the research on the plow and the experiment on shielding against heavenly tribulations.

With Ye Wen actively accelerating the energy loss of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Furnace, he quickly measured the energy value that shielded the Heavenly Tribulation.

Therefore, Ye Wen quickly lost interest in it and devoted himself to studying the brand-new plow.

As a time-space artifact capable of traversing parallel worlds, Ye Wen was already very interested in the plow and had studied it thoroughly from the inside out. Given enough materials, he was even able to replicate it himself.

However, after a little research, Ye Wen discovered that this plow was completely different from the previous pink turtle-shaped plow.

Not only has the color changed, but even the function has changed.

After a period of systematic study, Ye Wen looked at the black and white tortoise shell shimmering in his hand with a complicated expression.

"I didn't expect you to be here. This is quite a difficult choice."

Ye Wen exclaimed in surprise, then looked in front of him.

A spatial gate opened, surrounded by the laws of chaos, and opposite it was a starry sky that Ye Wen found both familiar and unfamiliar.

"It's been a long time, my home planet, Blue Star."

There was a time when Ye Wen also thought about achieving great success in his cultivation, and then taking Ah Yin and the others to break through the limitations of dimensions and return to his home planet, Blue Star.

But after being stuck at the King of Gods for so many years, even though he could still feel that unreachable world deep in his heart, Ye Wen gradually gave up this idea.

However, the main problem was the lack of proper methods; otherwise, Ye Wen would also like to revisit the place.

But when this choice was presented to him again, Ye Wen was once again caught in a dilemma.

After all, what could an orphan like me do if I went back?

Furthermore, Ye Wen's eyesight is now comparable to that of a cosmic telescope. He can tell at a glance that although tens of thousands of years have passed on Douluo Continent, at most only a hundred years have passed on Blue Star.

Although it was only a century, for that ordinary world, everything had changed drastically, and Ye Wen didn't even have an old classmate he could visit.

More importantly, Ye Wen used his clone to probe inside, only to find that his cultivation level was rapidly shrinking over there.

Although he is still an extraordinary being, capable of surviving in the universe, if his barely-there avatar were to arrive on the technologically advanced planet Earth, he would most likely be detected by Earth's surveillance system, which is gradually developing into an interstellar civilization, and would ultimately be captured and dissected.

It can only be said that the claim by those tech giants in the past that Douluo Star is a hydrogen world is still gaining traction.

Although Ye Wen believed that even if his current strength were reduced to one-tenth, he could still cause a mass extinction on Earth.

Ye Wen was already aware of the evil in human nature, so he did not want to test it or stir up unnecessary trouble.

"It's good to just look at my hometown like this. There's no need to try to integrate into a hometown where I no longer have a place."

Ye Wen sighed softly, then recalled his clone.

Upon returning to the Douluo Universe, the clone, whose strength had been drastically reduced, regained its peak power.

The dimensional gate is closed.

Just as Ye Wen had expected, the technologically advanced Blue Star locked onto the target the moment Ye Wen's clone appeared in the universe.

After all, the more you know, the more afraid you become. The leaders of Earth are constantly worried that a being might suddenly appear in the universe to monitor the development of their civilization, or that aliens might arrive.

After all, Earth is currently only a Type I civilization at best, but any civilization capable of traversing the universe is one that Earth cannot afford to provoke.

(End of this chapter)