Douluo Continent: The Eternal Order of the Azure Sky.

"Destroy the jade pendant she gave you; keeping it will only be a hidden danger."

Just as Kong Tianxu had guessed, he had been following behind Kong Tianxu the whole time and knew everything that happened during the Soul Hunting Operation.

“Of course.” Kong Tianxu took it out of his belt. For some reason, Kong Deming felt that the black luster of the jade pendant seemed to be lighter than before.

With a cold snort, Kong Tianxu's hand flashed with golden light, and a very faint black smoke emanated from it. The jade pendant gradually turned into its original emerald green color and gradually dissipated under the power of Wanshi Guiyuan.

"They have another trick up their sleeve? This Xuanming Sect..."

Kong Deming's voice was already tinged with anger. That black smoke was clearly not a good thing, and if it weren't for the fact that the Xuanming Sect was located in Tiandou City, making it difficult to clean up the mess, he would definitely have paid them a visit.

Kong Tianxu's eyes were deep and unfathomable. Only when he touched the Xuanwu Divine Pill did he realize that something was wrong with the jade tablet; a faint, cool sensation kept seeping into his body.

Of course, it had no effect on him.

The Realm of Returning to the Origin shatters all mysteries. The map, which was under a mental energy restriction, was like this, as was the Xuanming Poison, which was as cool as a deep pool. Neither of them could withstand this unprecedented and miraculous power.

However, even without this early warning, he wouldn't risk taking on someone who might stab him in the back at any moment. Besides, this person wasn't of much value.

The Xuanming Sect is indeed a good entry point, but that's just something to do along the way. The strongest among them is just a slightly stronger title holder, so what does that mean to him?

Kong Tianxu looked up at Kong Deming and said with a wry smile:

"Grandpa, let's put the Xuanming Sect aside for now. I've already sacrificed the elemental creed I just created, do I still need to test it further?"

Kong Deming was amused by Kong Tianxu's feigned modesty and said:

"Alright, of course not. No one would believe your achievements if you told them. With a cultivation level below Soul Sect, you killed a Soul Emperor, three Soul Kings, and crippled a Soul Saint. The Silver Dragon Martial Soul is indeed a gift from heaven. However, what makes Grandpa happiest is your Soul Guidance Device."

"Through a small reverse inscription, a melee soul tool can be transformed into a fixed soul-guided cannon. Good, very good. This is a very important idea, and it may even change the direction of the Empire's most cutting-edge soul tool technology research. At your age, as a soul tool master, I am far inferior to you. If it weren't for the limitation of level 40 soul power cultivation, your true soul tool level should be level seven."

For Kong Deming, the father of level nine soul masters, to give such an evaluation and unequivocally recognize him as level seven, means that Kong Tianxu can now at least call himself a level six and a half soul master.

Kong Tianxu scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed by the praise, since he had only borrowed some experience from his previous life. Of course, being able to truly apply these to the design of soul tools was definitely genius.

After all, even someone's design of adding mechanisms to a soul tool is already a groundbreaking feat in this world.

Reaching the location of the golden hawksbill turtle's corpse, Kong Tianxu retrieved the head bone, the source of chaos, and removed its shell. He then stored both items in his storage ring and said to Kong Deming:

"Grandpa, let's go. I know where to find a suitable soul beast for me."

"Is it indicated on that map?"

Kong Tianxu gave a soft "hmm" and walked to Kong Deming's side. The two of them floated into the air in the blue light.

Kong Deming didn't ask any further questions. His only grandson had an extraordinary keen sense of many things, a fact that had been proven countless times over the past eleven years.

From beginning to end, the two of them never looked at Xu Yingluo again, as if she were just a speck of dust floating beneath their feet, not worth a second glance.

Before leaving, as if to celebrate something, Kong Tianxu snapped his fingers, and the seven-colored runes that had appeared in his hand at some unknown time quietly shattered.

Chapter 15 The Dust Settles

I'm not dead?

As Xu Yingluo's mind slowly returned from the sudden chill, she clutched the small scab that had formed on her chin wound, shivering from the cold. She stared at the receding blue dot of light in the sky, her bewildered gaze, a mixture of relief and despair, suddenly turning into a chilling, venomous resentment.

How dare they look down on me like that? They're only doing this because they have a Super Douluo elder as a relative. Wait until we return to the Xuanming Sect…

She suddenly realized with sorrow that she really couldn't do anything to the other party. The strongest person in the Xuanming Sect, her own ancestor, was only level 94, and had been in seclusion for many years, his fate unknown.

And in the future, given the other person's talent, they will likely become someone I look up to for the rest of my life.

Should she thank him for his mercy? The Xuanming Sect was practically untouchable in Tiandou City; this stark contrast made Xu Yingluo experience for the first time the true meaning of "might makes right." Her fingertips dug deep into her flesh, and she secretly vowed that no matter what it took, she would repay this humiliation tenfold.

Instead of dwelling on why the other party had let her go, Xu Yingluo was about to stand up and leave the dangerous place of Xingdou.

Then, she saw her body covered in colorful lines.

Centered on the wound on his chin, countless eerie, multicolored lines spread across his entire body, and the scabs on the wounds were even more colorful.

The various colors of light flickered and shimmered in response to each other, looking as if the blood flowing within her was a mixture of seven colors, or perhaps as if her soul power was about to burst forth.

Xu Yingluo turned her head sharply, and sure enough, the corpses of the Xuanming Sect members, including the huge remains of the golden tortoise shell, all shone with the same seven-colored radiance.

She smiled bitterly, realizing how foolish she had been; how could she not eliminate such a person completely?

Immediately, her body swelled up, and when it reached its maximum size, it was like a balloon that had been blown up to its maximum size. With a "bang," it burst open and turned into countless tiny, colorful specks of light.

The other corpses also exploded almost simultaneously, appearing from the sky as if several small fireworks had burst open on the ground—exactly eight in total.

The second innate ability of the Silver Dragon Martial Soul is Super Element Resonance.

Using one's own soul power as a guide, and through powerful elemental control, it causes various elements around it to resonate and assimilate until the resonance frequency reaches its maximum, and then it explodes with a roar.

When this insidious talent is used to inject soul power into another person, it detonates the other person's own soul power and the elements around their body.

It is far superior to the so-called ice-type divine skill, Ice Blast.

The simultaneous activation of the four core elemental arrays in the final stage of the Elemental Creed, resulting in an exceptionally clean post-battle cleanup, all stemmed from this.

After an unknown amount of time, this small, ravaged forest finally returned to peace. Everything had vanished, except for a few deep pits and the scattered carcasses of golden wolves, which testified to what seemed to have happened here.

The last ray of seven-colored light fell and merged with the earth. The last trace of the Xuanming Sect members in this world vanished, as if they had never existed here.

The dust has settled.

……

The ninth-level Soul Masters flew extremely fast. When the fluctuations of the broken elemental imprints came from afar, Kong Tianxu and his companion had already landed deep in the mixed zone, amidst a sparsely wooded patch of colorful trees.

Somewhat surprised, he unfolded the map in his hand. Under the influence of the Origin of All Things Domain, the contents recorded on the parchment were fully revealed.

At the very bottom of the map, at the last barrier that Xu Yingluo's father was unable to crack, there was a line of small writing:

Ten thousand years, Immortal Herb

But... Kong Tianxu looked at the strange scene before him and muttered to himself, "This is really a bit exaggerated."

Unlike the lush and verdant landscape outside the mixed zone, the vegetation here is sparse and mostly colorful, even though we are now close to the core area of ​​the star system.

This dazzling appearance is definitely not a good thing. Bright colors usually represent poison in plants, which is common knowledge in the Douluo Continent.

What truly shocked Kong Tianxu was that, with his position as the boundary, behind him was still normal woodland, while in front of him, the ground was covered by a layer of bones that almost completely covered the ground.

Some of them even displayed the same vibrant colors, appearing even more eerie under the shroud of dust in the air.

Keep in mind, this is deep in a forest; the air should be much better than outside. Even if there's a dense fog today, these fine dust particles are clearly not something that should be present under normal circumstances.

"The Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower truly lives up to its reputation as one of the most deadly poisons of our time. According to the detection results of the soul tool, we are still some distance away from its true form, yet the poisonous mist it releases can still cause such a terrifying effect. It is probably not just a matter of 70,000 years of cultivation."

With a wave of his hand, Kong Deming cast two golden halos around himself and Kong Tianxu, the golden light separating them from the vibrant plants.

"The stronger the better. That way, I'll be even more excited about the level of that immortal herb."

Kong Tianxu strode forward, his excitement barely concealed in his words. Even he, facing a celestial herb that had reached the level of ten thousand years and was absolutely a divine grade, could not remain sufficiently calm.

The Immortal Spirit Grass is inherently intelligent. Unlike ordinary plant-type spirit beasts that only develop sentience and a certain degree of self-defense ability after a thousand years of cultivation, it possesses intelligence nearly identical to that of ordinary spirit beasts from the moment it grows. It rapidly grows stronger with continuous growth. However, the Immortal Spirit Grass has extremely demanding growing conditions, and even in a natural habitat with such superior natural conditions as the Star Dou Great Forest, it is rarely found.

Similarly, as a plant-type soul beast formed from the purest spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it possesses extremely high nutritional value. It is an unparalleled tonic for all soul beasts and human soul masters. If it is a thousand-year-old immortal herb, then it is truly a rare and precious treasure.

The Demon King, ranked fifth among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts and possessing a cultivation of 530,000 years, ascended to the level of a top-tier plant-type soul beast by devouring a newly cultivated Immortal Spirit Grass that had just reached a thousand years of cultivation. This allowed it to leap from the level of an ordinary Demon Eye Tree to that of a top-tier plant-type soul beast, becoming the King of Plants in the Star Dou Great Forest. Before devouring it, it was already a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast, demonstrating the terrifying power of the Immortal Spirit Grass.

After reaching ten thousand years of cultivation, the rarity of the Immortal Spirit Grass increases even further. As a rare soul beast that can continuously improve its level with its cultivation, if the thousand-year-old Immortal Spirit Grass can be considered a top-tier soul beast, then after ten thousand years of cultivation, it is probably no less than a true super soul beast.

Chapter 16 The Nine-Colored Jade Flower and the Immortal Herb

More importantly, the purity of the Immortal Spirit Grass is far beyond what a combat-type soul beast like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which is born for slaughter, can compare to. Kong Tianxu was extremely looking forward to seeing what kind of soul skill it would bring him.

As he walked, Kong Tianxu carefully observed the fine dust particles in the air that were barely visible to the naked eye. These dust particles were a pale green color, not dense, but floating very steadily.

When it came into contact with the golden light, it even made a "crackling" sound.

"Such powerful corrosiveness," Kong Tianxu exclaimed in amazement. The ninth-level peak soul tool that Kong Deming was using was called Jin Yuanzhuo. It was a combination of offense and defense, suitable for both close and long-range combat. It was one of his original main soul tools and ranked among the top three among ninth-level soul tools.

The fact that this soul tool could react shows that the poison is incredibly potent. No wonder it caused Xu Yingluo's father, a Title Douluo, to suffer a crushing defeat. And those colorful skeletons must have been left behind by soul beasts that were poisoned to death.

Upon hearing this, Kong Deming smiled slightly and increased his soul power output, causing golden light to immediately ripple forward.

As the poisonous fog dissipated, the view became clear, and amidst the flashes of blue light, Kong Tianxu finally saw the source of the poisonous fog.

It was a vibrant green, an astonishingly vibrant green.

A vibrant green sheen covered the earth, and a single, emerald-green plant stood quietly, only about three meters tall, yet extremely lush, bearing nine strangely shaped leaves. These leaves resembled human hands, but with nine fingers, spreading out completely across the large expanse of land, and at its tip bloomed a large, emerald-green flower.

A faint emerald green mist rises from the stamens of these large flowers and gradually spreads outward. Between the large flowers and leaves, a new bud has just emerged. As the flower moves slightly, a strong emerald green luster is released from the bud.

"Nine leaves, nine fingers, nine feet, nine thousand years, nine exquisite azure phosphorescence." Kong Deming reminded him softly, his expression as relaxed as ever.

However, Kong Tianxu's eyes were not on this top-tier plant-type soul beast with a cultivation level close to 100,000 years, but were fixed on the green body of the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower not far away.

There, a white herb, less than half a meter tall, swayed gently in the breeze. Its almost transparent stems and leaves, bathed in sunlight, stood out preciously against the lifeless greenery, even possessing a touch of otherworldly purity. Pale golden veins, like blood vessels, appeared and disappeared within the stems and leaves of this strange herb, accompanied by a milky white glow.

As if sensing something, the milky-white light, which resembled breathing, suddenly became more rapid, and with a slight mental fluctuation, the vast spiritual energy of heaven and earth around it also underwent drastic changes.

Under the observation of the Elemental Vision, Kong Tianxu clearly perceived that the concentration of spiritual energy around this immortal herb was more than twice as high as the normal level in the core area.

"Grandpa, I want it." Kong Tianxu took a few steps back, completely ignoring the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower, whose strength was comparable to that of a human Title Douluo, just like he had done in previous Soul Hunting missions.

It wasn't the twenty thousand years recorded on that old parchment, but thirty thousand years.

The 30,000-year-old immortal herb perfectly met his needs in terms of both age and quality. Even Kong Tianxu's discerning eye couldn't find any fault with this soul-hunting target.

"It will be ready soon."

Kong Deming took a step forward, his powerful aura pouring out without any concealment. He raised his right hand, and two golden halos appeared above his head, while a terrifying energy matrix began to compress.

The Nine-Penetrating Azure Flower finally detected Kong Deming's presence the moment he stopped concealing his aura. Compared to animal-type soul beasts, plant-type soul beasts are far more sensitive when their territory is invaded. Especially in a situation like Kong Deming's, where its poisonous mist showed no reaction upon approaching. Almost instantly, this top-tier soul beast, whose actual cultivation level exceeded 99,000 years, unleashed its strongest skill under intense pressure.

The large, azure flower trembled slightly, its entire body radiating a brilliant azure light. At the same time, all nine leaves and nine fingers fell off, leaving only a bare flower. The eighty-one emerald green poisonous leaves that had fallen swirled and danced in the air, rapidly absorbing the azure phosphorus poisonous mist, transforming into a deep azure array of flying leaves that instantly shot towards Kong Deming.

Upon unleashing this attack, the originally bright emerald green light on the Azure Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flower dimmed considerably, and even its newly sprouted tender green branches and leaves, representing the threshold of 100,000 years, showed signs of withering and yellowing. Clearly, this attack not only consumed its soul power but also caused significant damage to its cultivation and even its vitality.

However, as a plant-type soul beast, its trust in intuition is almost blind, and this intuition has saved it countless times in the tens of thousands of years of cultivation.

In fact, its first reaction was not wrong, and could even be considered the optimal solution. However, this time, the difference in strength between it and its opponent was simply too great.

Faced with the imposing azure flying leaves, Kong Deming merely smiled indifferently. Two golden rays behind him, shimmering with intense soul power fluctuations, erupted simultaneously, instantly shattering the flying leaf formation that had gathered most of the azure nine-petal flower's soul power. However, just as the golden light approached the flower, the azure nine-petal flower seemed to have taken some powerful tonic, its azure light intensifying once more.

A vibrant green light began to ripple like waves. Centered on the flower, the earth within a radius of tens of meters cracked, and all plants, including some that had evolved into plant-type soul beasts, were instantly reduced to dust.

All of this stemmed from the white light that suddenly shone beside the Jade Phosphorus Nine Absolute Flowers.

It was as if a small, blazing white sun had suddenly appeared. A massive amount of primordial energy from heaven and earth surged toward that small sun like a whale swallowing the sea, and then transformed into the purest milky white soul power, which was instantly absorbed by the large, emerald-green flower beside it without any refinement.