Douluo Amon: I am the Heavenly Venerable of the Dragon King.

Chapter 558 Gu Yuena: I'm on the third floor this time.

"You can go back and consider my terms. We can talk again once you've thought it through. Goodbye." Fors said calmly to Gu Yuena as she sat on the sofa.

"Aponia".

Gu Yuena, who was about to leave Fors's room, suddenly turned around and said a name to Fors.

Fors' pupils contracted slightly, then he looked at Gu Yuena with a normal expression and said, "What are you talking about?"

"It's nothing."

Gu Yuena, who had been observing Fors's reaction, curled the corner of her lips before turning and leaving.

She has gotten the answer she wanted to know.

"Click." With the door closing, Fors finally breathed a sigh of relief. After all, talking with Gu Yuena for so long was quite tiring.

"Next, let's talk to Gu Yuena a few more times, and then get the artificial soul thing approved."

Just as Gu Yuena said, the creation of artificial, ten-thousand-year-old souls is an inevitable trend, and it is impossible to stop such a thing.

Perfect timing, it's been quite boring to be stuck on this for so long. Since Gu Yuena has brought it up, Fors doesn't mind taking the easy way out and going along with Gu Yuena's wishes.

However, we can't just agree so hastily, otherwise it would seem too deliberate. We need to argue back and forth a bit, so that Gu Yuena won't become suspicious.

"Then next, we'll have to play around with her in other ways." Fors's lips curled up as she pondered how to play with Gu Yuena next.

Gu Yuena, who walked out of the room on the other side, had also returned to her usual aloof demeanor.

"Gu Yue, Sister Fors's request wasn't too unreasonable, was it? Wanting research data on artificial ten-thousand-year-old souls isn't a big deal for us, is it?" Na'er's voice rang out again.

Gu Yue smiled slightly and said, "What do you know? This is how a deal should be made to seem real. If we agree to Fors's conditions all at once, who knows what she will think?"

"Although she didn't agree this time, her attitude has softened. I'll talk to her a few more times, try to negotiate some better terms, and then make a few more concessions."

Fors proposed three conditions:

Research data on artificially created ten-thousand-year-old souls;

All materials related to the Ten Thousand Beasts Platform to date;

And once the two inventions mentioned above are put on the market and generate profits, Gu Yuena must give three-quarters of her share of the profits to Fors.

None of this mattered to Gu Yuena.

The technology for creating artificial, ten-thousand-year-old souls is already mature, so it doesn't matter if Fors sees it. In any case, she'll eventually plant the Dragon Mystic Magic, so Fors probably won't be able to see anything anyway.

As for the Beast Platform, it doesn't matter much, because the Beast Platform has only been developed for a short time, and even the Spirit Pagoda headquarters hasn't figured out its secrets. She can just pack some information and fool Fors.

As for the final share of Gu Yuena's interests?

Gu Yue really didn't care about those things. If it weren't for the fear that Fors would become suspicious, he wouldn't mind giving all the profits to Fors.

But as I said before, if she agreed too readily, Fors might think she had some kind of conspiracy and then cause some trouble. That's why Gu Yue maintained certain bottom lines and discussed the distribution of benefits with Fors.

Moreover, not to mention the unexpected gains on this trip.

"That woman Fors really did react to the name Aponia. It seems she really is plotting something behind the scenes."

The name Aponia was learned by Gu Yuena when Nan Fusheng gave Xu Xiaoyan her seventh spirit ring while she was still at the governor's mansion in Tianhai City, through eavesdropping.

(ps: This was explained in Chapter 489)

After that, Gu Yue secretly used his power in the Spirit Pagoda to search for whether there was a Limit Douluo named Aponia in the world, but the result was unsatisfactory.

Although no information was found, this made Gu Yue even more certain that the woman named Aponia should be from some hidden force, and Fors seemed to have some kind of deal with her.

In that case, Gu Yue wouldn't mind testing Fors's limits.

Although nothing has been detected yet, judging from Fors's reaction, she does indeed have a connection with the person named Aponia.

Fors thought she had Fors under control after this test, but in reality, it was Gu Yue who had Fors under control.

"Beep beep beep!"

Just then, Gu Yue's communicator suddenly rang. She opened it and saw that it was someone below saying that there was an important document that needed the deputy tower master's approval. Leng Yaozhu then said to give it to Gu Yuena to review, which was why they contacted her.

"What kind of situation is this?"

Gu Yue thought with a hint of helplessness, "My teacher seems to be getting lazier and lazier lately? No, he's actually valuing me more and more. He'll hand me important documents from time to time, calling it 'training my ability to handle affairs.'"

This was quite a hardship for Gu Yuena. Although those documents were nothing to her, they still took up a lot of her time.

She is usually busy with the creation of artificial ten-thousand-year-old souls, the construction of the Ten Thousand Beast Platform, and also has to take time to place her subordinates into the Spirit Transmission Tower. All of these things take time.

"If the Dragon God Core were here, we wouldn't have to go through all this trouble." A shadow fell over Gu Yue's eyes again. The fact that Li Xiaochou had taken the Dragon God Core from her in the Dragon Valley Small World back then had always been a hurdle in her heart.

If she had the Dragon God Core, she would find it much easier to use the Dragon God Mystic Arts, and the problem of building the Ten Thousand Beasts Platform would be solved.

The biggest problem with the Beast Platform right now is its instability. It's a small plane that was temporarily opened up, so instability is perfectly normal.

For the Ten Thousand Beasts Platform to be officially put into use and for the Soul Beast Clan to have a stable base, the plane of the Ten Thousand Beasts Platform must be extremely stable.

Therefore, if the Dragon God Core were to serve as an anchor point, the Myriad Beast Platform could truly become a stable small plane, instead of being like it is now.

"Li Xiaochou!"

Gu Yue said the name through gritted teeth. After taking the Dragon God's core, the other party's whereabouts disappeared completely, making it impossible for Gu Yue to find them and take revenge.

"Beep beep! Beep beep!"

The sound from the communicator brought Gu Yue back to her senses.

"Sigh, I should probably deal with those troublesome matters first."

"The teacher is quite relaxed now. She seems to go out for trips from time to time lately, and I, her student, have to do the work for her."

……

A somber atmosphere permeated the gray-white world, so oppressive that all the creatures of the abyss could hardly breathe.

In fact, this state had lasted for three Abyss Days. Every layer of the Abyss plane was trembling because their Abyss Lord, a Holy Monarch, who was also the ruler of the entire Abyss plane, was enraged.

It failed. It actually failed.

Despite paying such a huge price, the Abyss's invasion of humanity still failed, and it even failed to kill the being that could potentially threaten the Abyss's origin.

When the Seed of the Ant King's Plane was completely devoured, causing that layer of the Abyss Plane to collapse, the entire Abyss Plane trembled. Twice in a row! The complete dissipation of the two Seeds of the Plane instilled a powerful sense of crisis in all the Kings of the Abyss.

They finally understood why the Holy King was so willing to go to such lengths to find and kill that human. It was because that human had truly threatened the very survival of the Abyss.

The Holy Monarch sat on a tall, enormous chair, his aura of dominance over an entire era faintly visible, causing the entire abyss to tremble violently under his pressure.

For this true master of the plane, destroying any layer of the abyss is merely a matter of lifting a finger.

The abyss has 108 layers, just like the 108 components of his body, with the deepest layer being the place where his origin lies.

At this moment, all the Abyss Kings stood silently before him. Originally, there were 107 figures besides the Holy Lord, but now only 82 remained.

In the last instance where the Abyss Saint King made his move, the price he paid was the energy generated by the sacrifice of ten Abyss Kings in order to temporarily open the spatial passage.

The Abyss Saint King is indeed incredibly powerful, but that's within the Abyss Plane. When he forcibly invades another plane as the ruler of that plane, he will face immense pressure from the entire plane.

However, despite paying such a heavy price in the Abyss, they still failed to completely eliminate Tang Wulin, and even the Abyss Saint King was injured. This is unimaginable.

The Abyss Saint has remained silent here for three Abyss Days, and no one dares to utter a sound at this time.

"God, that is the power of God, the power of the true God!" The Abyss Saint King's voice was very calm, without any emotion.

But these few simple words made all the Abyss Kings breathe a sigh of relief; at least, the Holy Lord had passed that period of contemplation.

But how could gods exist in that human world? Gods should be a completely elevated form, existing independently of all planes, and something that all planes strive for.

If the Abyss Saint King wanted to become a god, he could have done so long ago. However, as the ruler of a plane, he has many innate advantages, but also great drawbacks.

With the Abyss Saint King's cultivation level, ascending to the God Realm of his plane and becoming a God King wouldn't be a problem at all. That's absolute strength; all he lacks is the position of a god.

However, it faces a problem that no other being who becomes a god would face: it is the ruler of a plane.

The so-called ruler of a plane is the core of the entire plane, ruling over everything within it. If he so desires, he can even cause the entire plane to self-destruct, annihilating all abyssal creatures. He controls all the power of this realm.

However, precisely because he is the ruler of this plane, and precisely because he is so powerful, he has become completely integrated with the entire Abyss Plane. In a sense, he is the Abyss Plane, and the Abyss Plane is him.

In other words, if he wants to become a god, he must transform the entire Abyss Plane into a brand new divine realm. Leaving aside the possibility of collisions with other existing divine realms...

The energy required to elevate a plane to the level of a god is immeasurable.

Therefore, only by devouring the power of other planes and nourishing oneself with the life energy of other planes, making the entire Abyss, that is, making the Abyss Saint King, the master of this plane, stronger than other god realms, can there be a possibility of advancement!

As for these Abyss Emperors and Kings, no matter how strong their cultivation, they will be stuck below the God level. Unless the Abyss becomes a God Realm, they will never have any hope of advancement. This is completely different from the Douluo Continent.

"Holy Lord, is that really the power of a god? But didn't the God Realm, to which the Douluo Continent plane belongs, disappear long ago?" The Spirit Emperor, ranked second in the Abyss and known as the Sage of the Abyss, asked with some confusion.

If they hadn't been unaware that the God Realm radiating throughout the Douluo Continent had disappeared, why would they have dared to connect with the Douluo Continent and attempt to invade the entire plane?

The Holy Monarch said calmly, "I don't know either, but the protective shield released by the Seed of Life at the end definitely reached the level of a god."

"That human himself did not possess such divine power, but he had the seed of godhood within him. With the help of the power of the Douluo plane, he forcibly released divine power. Otherwise, how could he have repelled me?"

"I never expected that there would be such strength on the Douluo Continent. No wonder that little human was able to devour the energy of the abyss. There is a god behind him, and the seed of life on his body has grown much stronger after this battle."

"If I can obtain it and devour it, all the creatures in the Douluo plane will sacrifice their life energy to my Abyss during their decay."

In the end, this ruler of the plane, a generation of Abyss Saint King, was filled with excitement.

Many Abyss Emperors and Kings were quite surprised at this moment. For the past few Abyss Days, they had always believed that the Holy Lord was in a state of extreme rage, but now it seemed that this was not the case.

The Abyss Saint King coldly said, "After searching for so many years, I have finally found a shortcut that will allow my Abyss to truly advance. How could I possibly give up now?"

"Human greed is endless, and there are many more things we can exploit with our human allies. Contact them, and I, the Holy Lord, will personally express our 'sincerity' to them. This may seem like a failure, but in reality, our greatest gain is that we have found the location of the Seed of Life on the Douluo Continent."

"So what if it devours you all? As long as I can eventually absorb it, all the life energy of the entire Douluo Continent will become part of the Abyss. At that time, I will be able to forcibly open the God Realm and elevate the entire Abyss."

"A wise and benevolent ruler!"

Numerous Abyss Emperors and Kings knelt on the ground, bowing respectfully.

Among them, the Black Emperor lowered his head, but a faint light flickered in his captivating eyes, as if he were deep in thought.

(End of this chapter)