Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

The man seemed to be listening to something as well. The moment Kong Tianxu's voice ended, his eyes widened in fury, his vertical eye between his brows opened, and his boundless spiritual power surged like the ocean.

In an instant, his entire body turned crimson gold, and nine soul rings—gold, black, black, black, red, rose gold, red, red, and red—rose up, bursting outwards with intense golden light. He pointed his right hand at Kong Tianxu, and a terrifying mental storm full of shockwaves instantly transformed into fine needles and shot towards Kong Tianxu.

Intense sorrow and anger affected everything, and the influence was not only at the spiritual level, but also spread throughout the entire space.

Immediately above Kong Tianxu's head, a vortex and a skull appeared.

However, his originally solemn expression changed the moment he saw the man's face, filled with surprise and joy, as if he had seen a long-lost relative.

"Huo Yuhao? You should have said it was you earlier! Why are you acting so lazy in the illusion?"

Huo Yuhao was stunned. It was the first time he had ever seen someone not surprised when they saw his soul ring configuration. But the moment Kong Tianxu smiled, golden light, an even more brilliant golden light, overshadowed everything.

The terrifying combination of spirit rings is evident to all.

Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, rose gold! Red, red, red, blue gold! Red, red, red, red, red, red, red, gold!

The sacred dragon that roars across the world, the holy spirit puppet that is like a god or a demon, and the supreme body that is proud and invincible—these three golden soul rings, each worth millions of years, are located at the very top of the three martial souls, radiating a dazzling light that makes the world pale in comparison.

The twenty-one spirit rings, with a total age of nearly ten million, instantly overshadowed the brilliance of Huo Yuhao's spirit rings.

Huo Yuhao's expression changed drastically.

Among his spirit rings were several ten-thousand-year-level rings, but the person before him had at least a hundred-thousand-year-level ring! Furthermore, he possessed three golden spirit rings that made his heart tremble. Each of them far surpassed his Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm's million-year spirit ring.

Furthermore, his martial spirit—the moment that giant dragon appeared, his two soul skills, mental confusion and mental weakness, simultaneously became ineffective.

Faced with the rapidly expanding demigod-level soul explosion, Kong Tianxu simply made a shushing gesture.

The eighth spirit ring behind the Supreme Body Spirit—the Demigod Golden Tree Million-Year Spirit Ring—lit up.

A pale gold, thin, transparent light shield appeared around Huo Yuhao, and the crimson gold soul explosion suddenly contracted.

With a tightening in his heart, Huo Yuhao's hands danced like butterflies, sending out a beam of icy blue light. The icy blue light, like a blooming flower, transformed into countless icy blue rays, neutralizing the power of the soul explosion.

Then, he gripped the Morning Dew Blade tightly with both hands, took a deep breath, and the dense ice mist around his body fluctuated at an astonishing speed, transforming into huge rings of ice mist aura that met the golden light shield.

Kong Tianxu sneered.

Even if in this illusion, your Limit Douluo Huo Yuhao, whom I created based on my personal impression, seems to be a bit stronger than in the original work, what right do you have to stop my million-year soul skill?

With that laughable Morning Dew Blade, or your Three Wonders of Vast Winter?

Those! Are! Not! Good! At!

Since I am the ultimate, I am invincible under the gods.

Golden Tree, seal it off!

As if they were in different spaces, the icy mist, or rather Huo Yuhao's demigod-level ninth soul skill, the Sigh of the Ice and Snow Goddess, emanated through the golden light membrane, yet it did nothing to slow down the contraction of the light shield.

The light membrane tightened instantly, and Huo Yuhao's expression changed drastically, with genuine fear appearing in his eyes for the first time.

He could feel that the light shield was not just sticking to his body, but was seeping into his body; it was an invasion that he could not resist!

The next instant, Huo Yuhao closed his eyes, and even his Asura Eye closed as well. However, the faint blue light in his hand suddenly intensified.

Suddenly, he swung his arm out, and the ball of blue light instantly contracted, revealing a crystal-clear blue dagger that flashed out, drawing an extreme blue line in the air. It also passed through the light membrane and disappeared in an instant.

The next moment, Huo Yuhao was completely enveloped by the golden light membrane.

He was horrified to discover that his soul power was draining away at an incredible rate, and even the spiritual power in his sea of ​​consciousness was being completely sucked away by that suction force.

It was as if a seed had grown strong by nourishing itself. Suddenly, he became an ordinary person!

This is one of the four million-year soul skills that the Golden Tree bestowed upon Kong Tianxu, possessing extremely terrifying sealing and parasitic power. In essence, it consumes the recipient's own soul and energy to maintain the seal, while simultaneously planting a seed within the recipient's body, which grows into a small Golden Tree with the recipient's abilities and memories, perfectly replicating the Golden Tree's greatest use at Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao knew he was doomed. His soul power had been completely drained, leaving him with no strength left even for self-destruction. The golden tree seed had begun to sprout within him, and his meridians were being eroded inch by inch by that greedy little tree. Yet, he still glared resentfully at Kong Tianxu.

He's going to die, but he might not lose!

Because the final move he used was the Tang Sect's number one Guanyin's Tears! And the Ghostly Carving Divine Blade, a masterpiece of unparalleled skill, with its deep blue flames and the chilling power of a dragon and phoenix carved in a single stroke!

Kong Tianxu shook his head dismissively.

His gaze didn't even follow the blue dagger that shot towards him; he merely glanced at it indifferently.

A blue-gold light rippled outwards.

The fourth soul skill of the million-year-old sea dragon, the Sorrow of the Overturned Sea.

A dragon's roar shook the heavens, and a stream of azure water surged forth with seemingly slow yet incredibly fast speed, striking the small blue dagger precisely. The water merely grazed the blade, yet the Ghost Carving Divine Blade, imbued with all of Huo Yuhao's power, was utterly shattered into countless fragments, which then vanished into nothingness under the embrace of the azure water.

The tragedy of the overturned sea, a single line of countless waves, submerged.

The water line continued its relentless flow, gently enveloping the golden light shield. After a slight ripple, Huo Yuhao was nowhere to be seen.

Chapter 404 Death God Puppet VS Real Body

In an instant, the divine artifact shattered, and the ultimate limit was lost.

Kong Tianxu withdrew his right hand. The golden light shield slowly shrank, eventually transforming into a pale golden ball the size of a walnut, which fell into his palm.

Within the sphere of light, one can vaguely see a tiny, exquisite golden tree sapling slowly growing, each leaf shimmering with deep blue and pale gold and silver hues.

To Kong Tianxu's surprise, although this was just an illusion simulated based on his impressions, the Golden Tree Seed actually contained Huo Yuhao's complete soul power operation method. Those things that he himself only knew the surface of but not the inside of were perfectly reproduced in their operation process.

Although it is merely an illusion and must deviate from reality, it is still incredibly precious.

In particular, the ideas about developing and utilizing the third eye sparked a flurry of inspiration in Kong Tianxu's mind.

The Sorrow of the Overturned Sea rippled slowly several times, the illusion shattered into black and white mist, and returned to the Sea of ​​Spirit. The spiritual reflection was still as hazy as before, only it seemed to have faded a little. The mist surging from all directions transformed into a black and white double helix ritual artifact that was between illusion and reality, and fell into Kong Tianxu's hands.

The white spiral is noticeably shorter and more ethereal, divided into seven segments and not complete. The black spiral, on the other hand, feels cool to the touch, with a heavy, iron-like texture emanating from every part of the complete single spiral.

He didn't claim the reward of a seven-day trip to the God Realm immediately. After all, one day in the God Realm is equivalent to one year on Earth, and the situation on the continent was not yet stable. Kong Tianxu naturally couldn't just disappear for seven whole years like a hands-off manager.

Of course, for him now, it wouldn't take too long to sweep across the entire Douluo Continent.

Kong Tianxu raised his head and looked toward the source of the unknown sound in the void.

"return."

……

Sun and Moon Empire, Ming Capital, Imperial Palace.

It was already late at night, but the gold and red soul guide lamps were still shining brightly among the metallic palace buildings, and the soul guide bell tower, which never stopped running for twelve hours a day, rang at midnight.

The Sun and Moon Empire has existed for ten thousand years, and this bell tower has never been interrupted for a single day since the founding of the empire. Whether in the palace or among the people of the Ming capital, everyone is accustomed to this sound accompanying them to sleep.

The melodious chanting made this palace, whose architectural style was quite different from that of the Three Kingdoms in Douluo Continent, lose some of its daytime majesty and instead added a sense of oppression and mystery.

A group of figures clad in black moved like ghosts through the Sun and Moon Palace, their steps echoing the distant chimes. Each of them was enveloped in a faint, shimmering light, making it impossible to discern their presence unless one looked closely with the naked eye.

Moreover, apart from their vision, their breathing, heartbeat, body temperature, and footsteps were all controlled by their powerful soul force and suppressed to a level almost identical to the environment in some unknown way, demonstrating that all of them were at the ninth level of cultivation.

As they passed in front of the palace, the various types of highly accurate detection soul-guided devices inside seemed to ignore them, allowing the suspicious men in black to pass by without issuing the slightest warning.

The leader, dressed in black, was tall and moved with a brisk pace. Occasionally, the black hood covering his head would slip back a bit due to his large, sweeping movements, revealing a few strands of sparse, dark green hair.

"Your Majesty, I never imagined that your country's research on stealth soul tools has reached such a level. This epoch-making technology is probably still under development even by the Sun Moon Empire. I never expected that the Heavenly Soul Empire would be able to put it into actual combat and mass-produce it." A hoarse voice approached and rang out from behind the black-clad man with dark green hair.

Given this title, the identity of the tall man at the front was self-evident; he was none other than the True Form Douluo, Poison Undying.

If Kong Tianxu were here, he would be familiar with the old man who approached him to speak. The man was around sixty years old, with purple eyes. His black clothes had tulip and tiger head patterns embroidered on the inner lining. He had a deep and composed aura and was a level ninety-five Shattered Star Douluo who held the fifth seat among the Star Luo Empire's worshippers.

However, compared to the imposing and majestic demeanor of a grandmaster several years ago, Shattered Star Douluo looked much more weathered now, his eyes darting around as if he were a thief.

In fact, they belonged to a group of self-important titled Douluo from the original three kingdoms of Douluo Continent, and they were indeed here to steal, so they were naturally feeling guilty.

Du Bu Si waved his hand dismissively at Shattered Star Douluo's half-hearted praise:

"What invisibility soul tool? It's just a half-finished product. Only a Title Douluo-level soul power can barely drive it and distort the surrounding space. It can't be considered true invisibility."

"Senior Poison's words are rather self-deprecating," the last remaining Super Douluo of the Douling Empire couldn't help but say upon hearing this. "Even if it can only be equipped to Title Douluos, how many nine-ring powerhouses did we originally belong to the Three Kingdoms? If everyone could have an invisibility soul tool, how much more could they do? For example—"

"Take today, for example, you, Xue Lanlian, came with me to the Sun Moon Empire to steal a girl in her twenties? Humph!"

Poison Undying coldly retorted, his eyes sweeping over the surrounding soul guidance facilities with a hint of doubt and anxiety.

All the titled Douluo fell silent for a moment.

Yes, this group of top experts from the continent, with an average age of over one hundred, gathered the manpower and resources of three kingdoms and even went so far as to use a stealth soul tool that was still in the secret stage to infiltrate the Sun Moon Imperial Palace. All they wanted was the legitimate daughter of the Sun Empress of the Sun Moon Empire, the nominal heir.

Is it useful? It might be.

Before setting off, in the court and behind the battle tents, countless civil officials and advisors gave many feasible reasons, saying that the Sun Empress's acquisition of the country was illegitimate, and that the eldest daughter of the emperor was the balancer between the Kong family and the Sun and Moon Xu royal family to maintain a fragile political alliance. If she were to fall, the Sun and Moon Empire would inevitably break out into internal strife, and in this way, the original three kingdoms would be able to get a precious breathing space.

But truly insightful people harbor great doubts: Will this really work? It's probably useless.

It's just a case of desperate measures.

The war did not last long, but its intensity far exceeded the imagination of everyone in the original Three Kingdoms period.

Following the fall of Douling City, in the battle of Tiandou City, the Ice and Snow Maiden Snow Empress and the Flame Phoenix Douluo Luo Xiaotao used their extreme ice and fire power to blast open the city gates of Tiandou City, causing heavy casualties to the allied forces of the three kingdoms.

The renowned general Xue Yu of the Heavenly Soul Empire perished in battle, and most of the royal family was captured. The Douling Empire, the weakest of the three, fared the worst, losing not only its entire royal family but also its army, which was rendered ineffective and practically defunct. This explains the reason why the Super Douluo of the Douling Empire uttered those words.

The Star Luo Empire is a large and powerful nation, so only the Northwest Army Group under the White Tiger Duke is no match for them in battle, but it is already the strongest army in the Star Luo Empire.

What's even more troublesome is that most soldiers have developed a strong fear of the Soul Guidance Gun, a weapon of pure killing. Even with the White Tiger Duke's strict discipline, it is difficult to organize an effective large-scale counterattack. Only a Title Douluo-level expert can personally lead the charge.

Before they set off, the three great empires only dared to set up their defenses outside Xingluo City in a desperate attempt to win, allowing the entire Tianhun and Douling territories, as well as most of the southern Xingluo territory, to fall into the hands of the Sun Moon Empire.

The mainland will change hands, and the sun and moon will be unified in an instant.

Shattered Star Douluo opened his mouth, his face pale: "Senior Poison, Old Xue, the royal palace is just ahead. Although this invisibility soul tool has countless uses, we should still be careful, after all, the level of soul tools in the Sun Moon Empire..."

"Beep beep beep beep!" The piercing alarm suddenly rang out without warning, echoing throughout the entire palace.

"What's going on? Damn it! Weren't we invisible? How did we still get detected!"

The Shattered Star Douluo panicked immediately, and most of the dozen or so Title Douluos showed despair on their faces.

Being in the imperial palace of Mingdu, this place is bound to be a trap. Super Douluo might have a chance of survival, but for Title Douluo like them, there is absolutely no way they can escape!

Poison Undying's strong steps suddenly stopped, and his previously hesitant eyes gradually became filled with relief.

It seems this kid has made ample preparations. Then I don't need to hide anything anymore.

Du Bu Si looked up at the sky and saw that a large silver net had quietly appeared in the once clear sky. This was not a physical net, but a net made of energy, covering an area of ​​almost several thousand square meters, and it was heading straight for them.

Linked Soul Guidance Device. Capture Type.

"I'll cover your retreat. You all hurry out of the city and head west!"