From the Soul Motion Machine onwards, the Mechanized Douluo

Chapter 583 The brighter the divine fire burns, the stronger the divine authority becomes.

The Azure Lotus Imperishable Body possesses the power of being one with body and spirit, and can be reborn from a drop of blood—an extremely domineering ability.

Chen Hong looked at the delicate girl in front of him with some surprise. Who would have thought that, without realizing it, the most powerful person in the Technological Federation would become this strong woman with the strength to lift mountains?

If it weren't for that bugged ability of body and spirit becoming one, Chen Hong would still be able to launch a targeted soul attack on Ye Lingling. However, once this passive ability of body and spirit becoming one came out, Chen Hong had no choice but to defeat her.

"Your ability isn't completely invincible. If the soul attack is too powerful, you might even be completely annihilated by it." Under Chen Hong's Black Lotus Soul Eyes, all of Ye Lingling's three dimensions—no, all the data of Ye Lingling's Azure Lotus Undying Divine Body—were laid bare before him. Understanding the unity of body and soul was a good thing, but it wasn't absolute invincibility.

"Look." With a thought, Chen Hong sent a thin line of blood across Ye Lingling's icy-cold index finger.

"Huh?" Ye Lingling looked at the bloodline that had just flashed on her fingertip with some surprise, a faint look of astonishment appearing in her blue eyes.

Chen Hong had just activated the Spirit Sword within the [Illusion and Reality] technique, gently tracing a line across her fingertips. Logically, the Spirit Sword shouldn't have harmed her physical body, but Ye Lingling was surprised to find that the Spirit Sword had actually created a tangible wound on her flesh. How could this not surprise her?

Chen Hong then explained, "Lingling's first passive divine body ability simply transforms all the attacks you suffer into pure physical damage, then uses your regenerative abilities to recover. Your current divine body is like being at the intersection of the spiritual and material planes, able to withstand dual attacks while also being damaged by attacks from dual domains. This only compensates for your weak soul power, but it cannot compensate for the shortcomings of your overall realm. If you suffer a powerful soul attack, it will still be very dangerous."

"However, at this point, your second divine body's ability is quite impressive: rebirth from a drop of blood. As long as you prepare an escape route in advance, even if you are completely destroyed, you can still be reborn. Hmm, you might lose some memories, since you haven't experienced it."

"However, this is the best way to protect yourself. It can prioritize avoiding certain powerful locking abilities that directly target your soul and launch a chain attack. Since it's not divine blood that transmits memories in real time, it naturally possesses the ability to be immune to these chain attacks."

Before Ye Lingling had even tried it herself, Chen Hong had already revealed all of Ye Lingling's divine abilities, causing the latter to roll her eyes in dissatisfaction: "Then does Brother Hong's divine soul possess any divine-level abilities?"

Ye Lingling has not yet become a god. She has only advanced slightly, transforming into a divine body under the Heavenly Lightning of Destruction. In terms of soul power that truly involves the laws, she is still at the level of Limit Douluo, which is level ninety-nine.

Chen Hong smiled and pinched Ye Lingling's soft cheek: "My soul ability is the [True Self]. Subsequently, all the passive abilities of my nine soul rings evolved into a part of the [True Self] system. In other words, the eight abilities [Sage], [Overclock], [Contract], [Illusion and Reality], [Selflessness], [Eternity], [True Vision], and [Transcendence] are all part of my soul ability."

Fortunately, although Ye Lingling has transformed into a divine body, her face is still soft and not hard and unyielding.

"However, whether it is the divine body or the divine soul, it is actually a reflection of one's own power. The state of one's own power determines the final state of the divine body and the divine soul. This is also true of divine power. The state of your power system determines the laws you can create at the moment you ignite the divine fire and transform into divine power."

Ye Lingling pouted, then gently nestled into Chen Hong's arms and whispered, "How much longer until you become a god?"

At this moment, Chen Hong was already twenty-two years old, and he had been stuck at the level of Limit Douluo for almost two years.

"This is a gradual process, let's take it slow, it should be done soon." Chen Hong gently embraced Ye Lingling's slender waist, feeling the terrifying power beneath the soft body of the girl in his arms. Chen Hong still looked at the azure sea with a deep and distant gaze.

"There's no need for Tang San to say when I'll become a god. I'll become a god whenever I want," Chen Hong whispered in the girl's ear.

"Is Brother Hong really that confident?"

"Hehe. How should I put it? Faith is something I could feel even as a child. Igniting the divine fire was actually quite simple for me." Twenty-two-year-old Chen Hong had only cultivated seventy-nine levels of soul power in total, because twenty levels of soul power were directly bestowed upon him by the Evil Eye Tyrant and the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. The time it took Chen Hong to advance from level eighty to ninety-nine was less than a month.

"Becoming a god is a bit difficult for Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and others, but for me, it has always been very simple. It's just that I've never wanted to become a god so inexplicably." After undergoing countless lightning temperings with Ye Lingling, Chen Hong's physique, mental strength, soul power, and divine soul have all been greatly honed, basically reaching the limits that mortals can reach.

"Well, for example, my cultivation level hasn't improved, but my spiritual sense has been growing. You can think of it as me secretly sneaking away." When he said this, Chen Hong couldn't help but chuckle to himself. His soul star sea was growing little by little along with his spiritual power, and this growth wouldn't stop just because his cultivation level stagnated.

"Brother Hong is still such a bad guy." Ye Lingling couldn't help but complain when she heard the news. He said he wouldn't become a god, but he secretly ran away on his own.

"Haha, we still need to be careful. Who knows if Tang San will have an epiphany now that I've become a god? My growth rate is much faster than his, and time is on our side. Besides, if we keep waiting, Qian Renxue might be about to become a god as well."

Chen Hong was never worried about Tang San. What he was mainly worried about was why, under such adverse circumstances, the Asura God and the Sea God would still choose Tang San.

However, if he couldn't figure it out, he didn't want to think about it. In any case, as time went by, the faith of the Douluo Realm was converging on him. Although he didn't want to become a god of faith, the power of faith was the best fuel to ignite the divine fire.

The brighter the divine fire burns, the stronger the divine authority becomes.

(End of this chapter)