Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

After the Asura God left, the magnificent palace returned to peace. The remaining gods looked at each other, discussed the matter for a while, and then left the palace to return to their respective territories.

Chapter 261 Yet Another Brand New Universe

In the underground research room of the Papal Palace in the center of Wuhun City, Yan, after finishing a day of cultivation, opened the portal to space and time as usual to try to obtain resources from outside the world.

This was his usual routine after the Seagod Island incident. After the Seagod Island matter was resolved, the Spirit Hall dispatched a large number of ships to sail across the ocean to find the other three continents in the world, based on the rough sketches provided by Yan and the information provided by Seagod Island.

This matter naturally requires a process and cannot be rushed. Under such circumstances, Yan could only wait. Since he had nothing else to do anyway, he returned to his routine in Wuhun City: cultivation, rest, and opening the portal to time and space.

At this moment, the portal to space and time inside the underground research lab has changed its appearance. As Yan's research on soul tools improves, he is also constantly trying to explore and upgrade this 'divine artifact'.

Although this soul tool is not the same concept as a divine artifact in the general sense, it is indeed a divine artifact to Yan.

Through this divine artifact, he obtained many precious resources from other worlds, giving him a foundation far surpassing that of his contemporaries in the Douluo Continent, which was also the key to his superiority over other strong individuals of his generation.

At only sixteen years old, he already possesses level fifty-seven soul power. In a year at most, when he turns seventeen, he should be able to reach level sixty and become a Soul Emperor.

If this news gets out, there will probably be even more people who want him dead. Normally, a person's cultivation speed slows down in the middle and later stages, but it seems to be reversed for him. Moreover, he hasn't even started the Divine Trial yet, which is the most crucial point.

On the Douluo Continent, there is a group of people whose cultivation speed far surpasses that of their peers. These are the cultivators who have initiated the Divine Trial, mainly those from Seagod Island.

Because humans are scarce in the ocean, Poseidon, the god of the sea, pays special attention to Seagod Island, which he left behind in Douluo Continent. He gives every person on Seagod Island the opportunity to undergo divine trials and bestows upon them divine soul rings and the like.

Although most of the so-called divine tests conducted by the people of Poseidon Island are simply a way to quickly discover their own potential, it's as if the gods themselves are helping them gain an unfair advantage.

But this is permitted in the divine realm, which just goes to show how shameless the Sea God is. Look at the Angel God, he's very honest. Apart from the Angel Family, he doesn't give anyone else a test. Moreover, the tests for the Angel Family are extremely difficult. In any case, according to the High Priest, they are very difficult. He himself had to risk his life almost to survive them.

Qian Renxue is currently worried about the assessment all day long. Yan, after understanding the situation, didn't have any good solutions, so he could only silently care for her and offer her a warm hug to comfort his future goddess.

In fact, Yan knew quite a bit about the divine-level assessment, especially the ninth-level divine assessment that involved the inheritance of divine positions.

Just like the one on Poseidon Island, they won't fail either. After all, the fact that you can initiate the divine test proves that you have been valued by the gods and are intended to inherit the divine position. In a way, you have divine protection in secret. You may lose this protection after becoming a god, but before becoming a god, although there will be hardships, things will definitely develop in a positive direction.

Of course, the Nine Trials of Asura in that dead end is not included in this list. The master of this inheritance is hypocritical and too lazy to care. He knew that his divine trial had been secretly tampered with by the Rakshasa God, but he was too lazy to care. He also didn't care about Tang Chen, who was tricked.

In this respect, he is indeed a 'qualified' god of enforcement. After all, powerful beings in the divine realm cannot interfere with those in the lower realms, and as a god of enforcement, he should be even more so.

Besides, he's just a successor of the Divine Trial. He can cast a wide net and if one doesn't work, he can just switch to another.

As for Shen Kaoyan, he shamelessly went to try it out, but of course he didn't dare to mess with the seven sacred pillars of Seagod Island. He knew very well what kind of person the Seagod behind Seagod Island was.

If he touches the sacred pillar of the Sea God, he might be tricked into taking the test. If he succeeds, he can stay on Sea God Island; if he fails, he's doomed.

He took advantage of Qian Daoliu's absence from Wuhun City some time ago, coaxing his sister Xue'er to take him to the Elder Hall in front of the Angel Statue, hoping to activate a top-level seventh or eighth trial so that he could also get a cheat code.

Who knew that the angel god would be so uncooperative, refusing to activate the test, and the reason given was that because Qian Renxue had already activated the divine test, there wasn't enough energy to activate a similar test for the time being, mainly because there wasn't enough energy for rewards.

When Yan received this divine feedback, he was immediately taken aback. He gained a completely new understanding of the angel god's 'straightforwardness'. No wonder this god could issue the decree to exterminate evil soul masters and to have the Spirit Hall unlock the martial souls of all eligible children on the continent. He was simply too straightforward and too principled.

Yan was feeling frustrated and annoyed, so in front of the angel statue, he beckoned to Xue'er with his finger, tricking her into lowering her body slightly before embracing her and kissing her in the temple.

He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he thought he heard a woman's voice cursing him. It sounded familiar, like a goddess from the side of light.

Unfortunately, this experience only lasted a short time, after which Sister Xue'er pushed him away and chased him away, which left him a little disappointed as he wanted to take things further.

After Qian Daoliu returned, he personally came to cause trouble for him, warning him not to do it again. Yan, of course, scoffed at this warning.

That old guy couldn't have a happy ending on Poseidon Island, so he came to suppress the younger generation's freedom to love. Although he said he divided his heart into many parts, he was absolutely sincere about the part he had for Sister Xue'er. He was very sure of that.

However, because Qian Daoliu had activated a strict defense mode, Yan was unable to succeed and could only resume his cultivation life, waiting for the outcome of the voyage while continuously opening the gates of time and space in an attempt to obtain new resources to strengthen himself.

During his months of secluded cultivation, he also tried to call upon the Flame Queen from another world, hoping to find comfort in her warm and fiery embrace.

However, Lie Yan seemed to be in seclusion, and his reply to Yan was quite vague. But Yan guessed that Lie Yan had probably already figured out the bottleneck to advancement and was trying to advance to a second-level god in the core world of the Five Elements Continent, which was a great thing for him.

Once the Blazing Flame succeeds, his backing and influence will be even stronger. Inside the underground research lab, Yan pondered the situation on the Five Elements Continent, while the portal to time and space had already opened. With the influx of faith power, the entire portal began to radiate a blue-silver glow.

A wisp of spacetime energy emerged from the hollow doorway, and something seemed amiss on the interwoven spacetime light curtain.

"This situation? This spacetime coordinate is outside the universe, and it's a completely new universe?" Yan, who was just going through the motions, suddenly made a different discovery. There was a dashboard on the upgraded spacetime gate, which he used to calculate and display spacetime coordinates and such.

At this moment, the portal to a completely new world has been captured. The data on the dashboard is somewhat different, with the last few data points being completely different from the coordinates discovered earlier.

He had also discovered several coordinates before today, which should be cosmic planets or other planes, but no matter which one, the last few numerical coordinates were fixed, which means that they are in the same universe.

However, the one discovered now has all its coordinates fluctuating, with the last few coordinates having uncertain values. It should be a completely new world outside of its own Douluo Universe.

He had only encountered this situation once before, when he encountered the world of "Mad God".

"If it's not the same world as last time, which one will it be this time? Another universe in the Great God Circle storyline, or the Throne of Gods? These should all belong to the Great Universe outside of the Douluo Universe, anyway, it shouldn't be the Abyss Universe or anything like that." In front of the Gate of Time and Space, Yan kept adjusting this soul tool to capture some of the wandering energy of that universe in order to detect the nature of the power of that world.

This step is crucial, as it helps him determine some basic information about that world and avoid pitfalls.

It's important to understand that not all universes are orderly; some are chaotic or even evil, such as the Abyss Plane, which exists outside the Douluo Universe.

That realm was in utter chaos, forcibly pulling a plane into the abyss and swallowing it up through constant invasion and the infusion of energy.

Once the evil forces of this plane are drawn into a certain world, it will be a great catastrophe. In the subsequent timeline, a certain 'pure and innocent' god-king plotted to have a certain abyssal world invade, so that his family could gain huge benefits.

The 'insignificant' price was the sacrifice of countless ordinary people on the Douluo Continent; to him, it was nothing more than that.

Although Yan wasn't exactly a good person, he had no interest in harming his own world. After all, this plane was basically controlled by the Spirit Hall, and inviting an invasion from an evil world would be tantamount to undermining his own foundation. He certainly wouldn't do such a thing.

"The energy in this universe is relatively normal, somewhat similar to Douluo Continent and Five Elements Continent. It shouldn't be the kind of evil, chaotic, invading abyss world, so it's worth exploring." In front of the gate of time and space, Yan silently absorbed and refined a trace of energy, and felt slightly relieved after confirming that this energy did not have the evil fluctuations of the abyss.

Every time he discovered a new world, he felt a little apprehensive, fearing that he might come face to face with something like the Crimson Mother of the Abyss.

Although he has angels or gods as backers, if he were to unfortunately encounter that kind of world, he might be wiped out by the vanguard before his backers could even come into play.

Therefore, to avoid this situation, Yan also left behind a means in this underground research room, which would be activated immediately if things went wrong, at least giving him a little chance to save his life.

"Is this also a 'Western fantasy' world? We can rule out a few suspected universes now." In front of the blurry image on the spacetime light screen, Yan watched the fleeting dragon figure and silently crossed out 'Only I Am Immortal' and 'Star Mark of Space Speed'. As far as he knew, these two worlds were special, and their special cosmic laws were quite easy to identify.

The main point is that these two worlds are not set in a Western fantasy world at all. One is a future starry world, and the other is a celestial realm with immortals and heroes.

The scene just now, with numerous figures engaged in a great battle and the fleeting image of a giant dragon, should not be possible within these two universes. It must be a Western fantasy world, and Yan also discovered something different.

Chapter 262 The Situation in the New World

“This universe is different from the Mad God Universe we discovered last time. It is relatively static compared to the Douluo Universe, and its coordinates are relatively fixed. It seems we need to be more careful this time.” Inside the underground research room of Wuhun City, Yan, who was manipulating the Gate of Time and Space, had gained a better understanding of the other universe after careful calculations.

The last time he discovered the Mad God Universe, its position was in relative motion with the Douluo Universe. When he connected the two worlds, it happened to be the time when the two worlds intersected, so it was not difficult. Moreover, even if he was discovered to have stolen something afterward, there would be no major problems.

However, the world he discovered this time was relatively static compared to the Douluo Universe. This meant that the positions and distances between the two universes were fixed, which also meant that he had to be more careful. Otherwise, if the powerful beings on the other side discovered his actions, they might follow his trail to cause trouble.

"However, it seems that the energy in that world is somewhat disordered. Is there a problem? It seems to be a negative aura similar to the abyss. Has it been invaded?" Yan circulated his soul power to control the gate of time and space, and more faith power was poured into it. Ripples appeared on the time and space light curtain, and a strange world appeared in the mirror. Earth dragon cavalry charged, and strong orcs roared. It was another world full of fighting.

...The continent of Ryuzinus is a world filled with numerous kingdoms. The history of this world underwent a dramatic change roughly ten thousand years ago.

Ten thousand years ago, the world of Ryuzinus collided with another world, creating a spacetime rift at the point of impact, allowing creatures from the other dimension to invade this world en masse.

At that time, the human army, mainly composed of the Eastern Dragon Empire, fought back and drove the enemy back into the abyss. The Eastern Divine Dragon used its body as a seal to suppress the rift and seal away the powerful being from another world.

After this battle, the Eastern Dragon Empire was severely weakened and was later invaded and destroyed by the Western Dragon Empire on another continent.

After the Western Dragon Empire seized world domination, it also had to take on the responsibility of guarding the world rift. So, on this rift, humanity built the magical holy site of the Seven Towers of Fran, attracting outstanding magicians to help strengthen the seal.

Over the next ten thousand years, due to various reasons, the Western Dragon Empire split into several countries, and the Farlan became the true power to rule the world. It intervened in the countries to prevent further conflicts and thus maintained a long-term situation of multiple countries coexisting.

After the Seven Towers of Falan became a sacred place on the continent, magicians became the most revered profession on the continent of Longzinus.

Perhaps some people don't believe in the existence of gods, but no one fails to worship magicians. The Falan religion is the faith of all nations except for the orc tribes in the far north of the Dragon's Nest continent.

This place is both a holy land for mages and a place they fear most. Apart from the Farlan Legion guarding Farlan, only mages are allowed to enter.

Entering Falan is not too difficult. But leaving Falan is something almost no mage dares to hope for.

No one is allowed to leave that place without at least Blue-level strength. The ranks of mages on the continent are divided using the seven colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, with purple being the highest and most valuable.

Other professional ranks on the continent also follow the standards for mages, using colors to indicate strength.

One of the main reasons why Falan became a holy land for mages is the Seven Towers of Falan. Each of these seven towers houses a powerful ninth-tier purple-level mage, who are the pinnacle of Longzinus's existence.

The Milan Empire is the most powerful human nation on the continent of Longzinus. It is bordered by the far northern wilderness to the north, the Kingdom of Ascoli to the west, the Kingdom of Floro to the east, the Kingdom of Palermo to its southwest, and the Kingdom of Popon to its southeast.

To its south lies the core of the continent of Longzinus—Fallan. Surrounded by four powerful nations and bordering the far northern wilderness, the Milan Empire was destined to be militarily strong; otherwise, how could it stand firm amidst such fierce competition?

The city of Cognac is located in the north of the Milan Empire. This small city is less than one percent the size of the imperial capital, Milan, and has a population of only a pitiful 20,000.

In this frigid land, which is close to the far north wilderness, most people in the city rely on hunting for a living.

To the north of the city lies a range of rolling mountains. Although not very large, their altitude of over two thousand meters and steep slopes make them an almost impenetrable barrier.

Because of these high mountains, most of the cold air from the north is blocked, and the climate in Konya is much more comfortable than in other cities in the northern part of the Milan Empire.

Beyond the Brenner Pass behind the city of Konya lies the Apulia Plain. The Apulia Plain was arguably the most important source of food for the Milan Empire. Its fertile land and numerous large, commercially developed cities were the economic lifeline of the entire Milan Empire; their destruction would severely weaken its national strength.

Given its strategic location, the city of Konya should have been heavily fortified. However, due to its treacherous surrounding terrain, it had long been untouched by war, so the Milanese Empire never imagined it would fall, and its military preparedness was only average.

It was precisely because of this oversight that the city of Konya reacted somewhat slowly when the accident occurred.

At this moment, on the outskirts of the city, countless humanoid beastmen, led by dozens of giant beastmen, are launching a fierce attack on Konya City.

Orcs are an ancient race that has thrived in the far northern wilderness of the continent of Longzinus. They have a form similar to humans but the appearance of wild beasts.

No one knows how orcs came to be. Some say they are a combination of humans and beasts, while others say they are purely beasts.

On Dragonsinus, orcs are the race closest to monsters, but they are not exactly the same as monsters.

Orcs are naturally warlike and possess extremely powerful strength, similar to magical beasts but without their magical abilities.

It is precisely because they are not good at magic that they have always been suppressed by the three great northern empires of mankind, and can only survive and reproduce in the far northern wilderness.

When talking about orcs, one cannot help but mention magical beasts. Magical beasts refer to extraordinary beasts on the continent that are different from ordinary wild animals. Many of them possess magical abilities. The earliest mages created the magic system by studying the abilities of magical beasts.

The magical beasts on the continent of Longzinus are divided into ten tiers. Those below the third tier are low-level magical beasts, those from the fourth to the sixth tier are high-level magical beasts, and magical beasts above the sixth tier are called intelligent magical beasts, meaning they possess considerable intelligence and are able to communicate with humans.

Low-level magical beasts are generally docile, and even those with a fiery temper are not very destructive.

Higher-level magical beasts become terrifying. As for intelligent magical beasts of the seventh rank and above, they are even more terrifying, capable of causing widespread slaughter with a single skill.

Only a very small number of top-tier intelligent monsters in Warcraft have the potential to advance to this level.

The two most powerful known magical beast races are the Behemoths of the far northern wilderness and the dragons living in Dragon City, a hidden land of eight human kingdoms.

True dragons and true Behemoths are extremely rare, and in fact, throughout the history of the continent, they have never reached four digits. However, their strength is extremely powerful, at least at the seventh rank or above.

The Behemoths hold a high position in the far north, yet their numbers are few. The dragons, however, possess an advantage the Behemoths lack: they have many close relatives.

This is largely due to the dragons' inherently promiscuous nature. This race can mate with any species of comparable size, and powerful dragons can even transform into different forms and change their size, making their sexual resources even richer.

Furthermore, the power of the dragon race does not stop there. Many high-level magical beasts can interbreed with multiple races, just like dragons, and the ability to reproduce hybrid offspring across races is indeed a natural advantage for the dragon race.

After thousands of years of reproduction, the number of true dragons is still very small, but the number of various sub-dragons is very large. Having dragon blood, these sub-dragons have at least the strength of the third tier, and the strongest can even be compared with true dragons.