Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Qian Daoliu glanced at Yan, who nodded, thus making a promise to Nox.

After receiving the promise, Nox looked down at Yan, his milky white soul fire flickering. He hadn't expected that the powerful figure would care so much about this kid. Was he a junior whom that the powerful figure valued so much?

The sacred dragon's thoughts shifted for a moment, then it let out another dragon roar, and its powerful soul force enveloped the dragon soul wood that had been tempered by fire, sending it into the air. Then, Nox's soul fire instantly spread up to it.

Noxi's soul fire blazed fiercely, and as it burned, the dragon aura on the Dragon Soul Wood grew even stronger.

After some time, the soul fire burning in Nox's eyes seemed to weaken. He let out a low growl, and a point of pale golden light shot out from his forehead, piercing straight into the Dragon Soul Tree.

That tiny sliver of golden light pierced through, yet it instantly amplified Noxi's released soul power threefold. The milky-white light was imbued with a golden aura, completely enveloping the Dragon Soul Tree.

The Dragon Soul Tree rapidly contracted, and before long, most of it had peeled away. He let out another low roar, and his soul power instantly contracted. With a loud bang, large amounts of powder scattered everywhere, and the entire Dragon Domain seemed to tremble violently.

Noxi's aura weakened considerably. It slowly raised its right claw. The Dragon Soul Tree was gone, replaced by a long, dark golden piece of wood. A massive aura of soul energy rushed towards it.

He slowly placed the log in front of Yan, the soul fire in his eyes dimming considerably, and said in a deep voice, "This is the best Dragon Soul Wood in the Dragon Domain."

It has been growing here since the day the Dragon Realm was born. It can be said to be the mother tree of all Dragon Soul Trees in the Dragon Realm, and it contains the most soul power.

After my refinement, all the essence of this mother tree was concentrated on this log. Its hardness surpasses even my original dragon scales, and even I cannot determine the extent of its effects.

I have fulfilled my promise as you requested, and I hope you will also keep your promise, not to harm me, and more importantly, not to destroy the Dragon Realm.

Noxi looked down at Yan, her soul flame flickering slightly, carrying a hint of tension and hesitation, as well as a yearning for life. Every living being instinctively fears death, regardless of strength.

Nox was the same. As a holy dragon, he was actually seriously injured in battle and eventually died. But in order to 'live', he did everything he could to preserve his spiritual imprint, putting himself in a state between life and death, so that he was not completely dead.

In the original timeline, a new sacred dragon only appeared in the seven dragon cities after he was completely dead and his consciousness was erased like the other dragon souls in the area.

Because of his fear of death, Noxie cherished every chance to 'live' and was worried that Yan might change his mind.

Yan looked up at Noxi, accurately catching a strange glint in Noxi's weakened soul fire. He glanced at the piece of Dragon Soul Mother Tree essence and then said, "This piece of Dragon Soul Wood has become incredibly hard after being tempered. I suppose you have a way to cut and modify it."

Nox said, "Even divine-grade weapons from the outside world cannot break through the powerful dragon soul protection within the Dragon Soul Wood. There is only one thing that can cut it."

A massive milky-white light shone again, but this time it wasn't Noxi's soul fire. He took something from somewhere and slowly floated it down in front of Yan. It was a long horn, about two meters in length.

This long horn possesses a unique aura, not belonging to any particular magical element, yet connected to all magical elements in the Qin Emperor universe, as if it were formed from condensed magical elements itself. While its dragon soul aura isn't as vast as that of the Dragon Soul Wood, it is far purer.

"This was my former horn, which fell off when I died. Only a weapon made from this sacred dragon horn can break through the dragon soul protection of this top-grade dragon soul wood."

Noxi continued, "I don't have much soul power left, but I should be able to help you refine it into a weapon. What kind of weapon do you need?"

Nox appeared extremely respectful, as if he had chosen to grovel and become a sycophant for survival, so lowly that it was completely unbecoming of his identity as a holy dragon.

After thinking for a moment, Yan said, "The material of this dragon horn is precious. It doesn't need much refining. We just need to change its shape slightly and make it into a Dragon Soul Blade."

"Ok."

Without the slightest hesitation, Noxie nodded and said, "It is my honor to serve you, and this is also the only way I can leave a mark on this world."

As Noxie spoke, the flame of his soul flickered once more, this time appearing as a pale golden speck of light that quietly merged into his two-meter-long horn. This was the spiritual imprint of the holy dragon Noxie's very essence, and his final power.

Under the influence of the pale golden light, the horn of the sacred dragon began to condense and change, its size shrinking by a circle, and in the process, it took on the shape of a long sword.

This is a weapon similar to the Tiger Soul Blade in "The Legend of the Divine Weapon". The hilt is completely shaped like a dragon, with pure white and crystal clear dragon scales, a slender and perfect body, and even the fine lines on the dragon claws are so clear, making the whole white dragon lifelike.

Without a doubt, this was the image of the Holy Dragon Nox in its previous life. Its enormous soul seemed to be about to burst out of the sword, but under the influence of the Holy Dragon Nox's spiritual imprint, the power of the Holy Dragon's soul gradually subsided.

The end of the hilt is the dragon's tail, and the entire body of the giant dragon forms the hilt. The somewhat exaggerated dragon's head is raised, its mouth is open, and the blade extends outward as if it were spewing from the dragon's mouth.

The blade and hilt are made of the same material, crystal clear throughout, with a milky white halo flowing around them, as if half-alive, containing indescribable magical fluctuations, its radiance flickering uncertainly. There seems to be a layer of mist on the blade, mist formed from magical elements.

After the battle sword was crafted, it slowly landed in front of Yan. Noxi, who had just finished doing all this, appeared quite listless, and his aura fluctuated.

Chapter 267 Humanoid Soul Guidance Device

"This is indeed a fine blade. You've put a lot of thought into it." Within the Dragon Domain, Yan gazed at the Dragon Soul Blade before him, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes. This battle blade, forged entirely from the horns of a sacred dragon, was undoubtedly top-tier in terms of material alone. It required no flexibility, only hardness—an indestructible hardness.

"My horn is also uniquely endowed, containing the most essential part of me. Influenced by the dragon essence in my mind, it contains much of my dragon soul energy," Noxi said again. "This sword is actually a full-elemental magic weapon, truly full-elemental, including dark element. Its sharpness can almost ignore all magical and physical defenses, and its power is immense." Yan's eyes lit up slightly after hearing this. For a long time, although his combat strength was considerable, he faced a rather troublesome problem of being countered due to his single attribute. Simply adding other attributes to his martial soul was reckless, and this weapon seemed to be a good supplementary means.

Noxi's soul flame flickered slightly in his eyes, and his voice was filled with emotion.

"This may be the last useful thing I leave behind. It was made from my horn, Your Excellency. May I name it after myself, so that I may leave a trace of myself in this world?"

"The Blade of Noxus, that's not such a bad name." Upon hearing this, Yan slightly raised his hand and flicked it. The Blade of Noxus immediately moved and then flew into his palm on its own.

The moment he held the sword, he immediately felt a surge of pure elemental energy flow into his body through his fingers and wrist.

In an instant, the Dragon Soul Blade seemed to become perfectly integrated with his hand, and a cool sensation flowed into his body, making him feel indescribably comfortable.

With a casual wave of his hand, a layer of milky white light, almost like a phantom, flashed by. Although the battle blade was large, it seemed as light as nothing. A string of silver light streaked across the sky. Yan did not activate the weapon, but the blade energy shot out three feet. A clear dragon roar pierced the air and captivated people.

As Yan gripped the Noxus Blade, a surge of energy entered his body. A milky-white light flashed and disappeared in an instant. The blade seemed to come alive, transforming into a slender white dragon that began to swirl around his palm.

A burst of white light shot into the sky, pointing straight at the dark night sky. A slender white dragon coiled around his right hand, continuously radiating milky white divine light.

A fresh, pure emotion arose in my mind. It leaped with joy and greeted me warmly.

Yes, it was a new soul, a strange soul. Nox watched quietly from the side, the weakened soul fire in his eyes fluctuating violently, revealing a hint of gloom.

The white light gradually subsided, and a small dragon appeared in Yan's right palm. It moved and changed its posture according to his will. The lustrous milky white color did not have the dazzling brilliance of a radiant light. The eyes of the dragon's head were two silver stars, making it look lifelike.

Noxi then spoke up, explaining, "Your Excellency, this divine artifact has been created, and you are the first life force it has encountered. It will naturally attach itself to you and recognize you as its master. From now on, no one but you can use it. Unless, you alone. I see that you can control it to transform into so many forms, so you must have already mastered how to use it." Yan casually flipped his hand, and the young silver dragon instantly transformed into a small dagger. With another slight movement, it transformed into another form, changing at will, truly a weapon of choice.

Yan nodded in satisfaction, then reached out and picked up the tempered Dragon Soul Wood. The weight of this Dragon Soul Wood was unimaginable; it didn't look very big, but it weighed over a thousand pounds.

Yan took it and tapped it gently. The Dragon Soul Wood produced a dull sound, which was not metal, but much more resonant than metal.

A flash of white light, and the Dragon Soul Blade transformed into a dagger, its thin blade extending five inches. Yan's right hand danced wildly, scattering silver threads into the void.

The silver threads released by the Dragon Soul Blade landed on the Dragon Soul Wood, and Noxi, who was looking down at it, immediately had a different feeling. The specks of silver light formed patterns and outlined magic arrays in the Dragon Soul Wood. The dazzling technique made people's eyes light up.

"Dragon tendons, there should still be some, right?" Yan casually asked Noxie. The soul fire in the latter's eyes flickered intensely. For the dragon race, using their dead body parts as materials to make anything was a desecration, but it seemed that practice made perfect, and Noxie nodded.

Before long, seven slender dragon tendons lay there, each displaying a different color: blue, red, yellow, green, gold, black, and six-colored light.

These are the finest and toughest dragon tendons. According to Noxi, these seven dragon tendons came from the previous Dragon Kings of the seven Dragon Cities and can be considered one of the most precious materials in the Qin Emperor Universe.

Yan bent down, picked up the seven dragon tendons, and carefully compared them for a while. Then, he transformed the Dragon Soul Blade into a small needle and inscribed a soul-guiding array on the seven dragon tendons. Finally, he combined them with the Dragon Soul Wood component.

The soul fire in Noxi's eyes had become extremely dim. Although it was still burning, it showed a state of exhaustion. With the last bit of energy in his spiritual imprint, he insisted on watching Yan make this soul-guided artifact.

He felt he had to accomplish one last thing: to fully restore the dragon sanctuary to its original balance, free from any threat.

Its gaze swept over Qian Daoliu, then looked at Yan, who was still making a new soul tool. A certain idea had already formed in its mind.

Yan didn't seem to notice Noxi's odd behavior. After obtaining the dragon tendon, he took some dragon teeth from Noxi and then separated and reassembled the dragon soul wood according to the pre-set shape, eventually forming what appeared to be a human-shaped outline.

The humanoid figure radiated a faint golden light and carried a sacred aura, releasing a considerable amount of soul-guiding fluctuations, making it appear exceptionally strange.

"Humanoid soul tool, wasn't that blueprint just a conjecture? You deduced it successfully?" At this moment, Qian Daoliu couldn't help but show his surprise. The thing that Yan created was indeed a soul tool similar to armor.

This seems similar to the soul tool design blueprints that the Spirit Hall found in an ancient ruin before, but if he remembered correctly, that soul tool was just an idea, an idea that even those ancient soul masters were unable to complete.

"Great Master, later generations are not necessarily inferior to their predecessors. Although the ancient Soul Masters failed to complete the design of this work, they started it and designed the most basic ideas. And after many years of research, I have filled in its shortcomings." Yan replied casually, and then continued the assembly of the armor, or more precisely, the Soul Guidance Battle Armor. He knew that in later eras, Soul Guidance Mechs and Soul Guidance Battle Armor would ultimately allow humanity to stand tall in the Douluo Plane. Ten thousand years later, in Huo Yuhao's era, various Soul Guidance Devices had developed to a peak, probably having completed the replication of the ancient Soul Guidance era, and it was time for an upgrade.

At this time, the humanoid soul tool was born. The humanoid soul tool is a combat soul tool similar to Iron Man's exoskeleton armor. It is comprehensive and powerful, enabling support-type soul masters to have considerable combat capabilities. Soul masters with lower cultivation levels can even kill some high-level soul masters when they wear it.

Yan has offended too many people over the years. Although he has always had bodyguards at the level of Title Douluo, he still needs more trump cards. This humanoid soul tool, as well as the derived soul tool battle armor and soul tool mecha, are the key topics he has been researching.

The research on the prototype of the humanoid soul tool is not difficult. The ancient soul tool masters have built a framework. Yan has studied those ruins over the years and has even been able to update and improve artifacts like the Gate of Time and Space. His soul tool design ability is certainly no less than that of the soul tool masters of ten thousand years ago.

If he remembered correctly, the first humanoid soul tool was created by Huo Gua, which only had about thirty core soul guidance arrays. Once you have a target, the difficulty of trying it is not that great.

However, the initial humanoid soul tool was too rudimentary and required multiple design updates to achieve Yan's goal. This was originally the most time-consuming and energy-intensive task.

However, Yan possessed the AI ​​Dawn and the Flame Queen, a goddess who devoted herself to serving him on the Five Elements Continent. With the goddess's help and cooperation, he used her divine power to assist and protect his brain and soul. After the AI ​​rapidly deduced countless times, he obtained a relatively mature humanoid soul guidance technology.

However, there were still some material-related issues that hadn't been resolved, so the casting process had been delayed. Originally, this matter had been put on hold, but the discovery of the Dragon Domain on the Dragon Continent of Longqinus gave Yan a different idea.

If he remembers correctly, the divine artifacts and super divine artifacts of the Dragonia Continent are only formed under the laws of heaven and earth, and it is not necessarily required that the creator's strength must reach the level of a god or above.

Just like the Dragon Soul Blade from before, wasn't it created by Noxi using the last bit of her power?

This strange law is very favorable to Yan. He has many ideas, but due to his limited strength, he is unable to create his ideals into artifacts on the level of divine artifacts, whether on Douluo Continent or Five Elements Continent. However, he can do so on Longqinus Continent.

Therefore, when he used the Gate of Time and Space to pull the Dragon Realm, he did not completely sever the connection between the Dragon Realm and the Dragonzinus Continent. Instead, he used this secret realm as a passage connecting the two worlds, and even placed it closer to the Dragonzinus Continent.

The strange fluctuations in the laws of the sky when Noxi created the Dragon Soul Blade already indicated that the laws of the Dragon Realm continent had not failed, even though they were currently in the Dragon Domain.

Yan's humanoid soul tool used so many precious materials and was inscribed with the knowledge of magic arrays that Yan had learned in multiple worlds. Theoretically, once successfully made, it could become a divine artifact of the Dragonia Nus Continent, or even a super divine artifact. This was also the goal that Yan wanted to achieve.

Chapter 268 Armored Dual-Type Mechs

"Buzz..." As the blue dragon tendon successfully merged into the humanoid soul tool, a layer of blue, watery light spread out, and a low buzzing sound rang out throughout the entire Dragon Domain.

The purple moon in the sky transformed into a full moon once more, and under the increasingly brilliant moonlight, Yan continued the action of connecting the dragon tendons.

Starting with the first Water Dragon Tendon, followed by the Fire Dragon Tendon, Earth Dragon Tendon, Wind Dragon Tendon, Gold Dragon Tendon, Black Dragon Tendon, and Silver Dragon Tendon.

The most distinctive feature is undoubtedly the silver dragon tendon that shimmers with six-colored light, symbolizing the four elemental magics. Within the silver dragon tendon, which is also imbued with two other mixed magics, the elemental fluctuations are the most intense, as if it possesses a soul and gently pulsates.

As the silver dragon tendon finally merged into it, Yan slashed his palm with the knife in his left hand, scattering a spray of blood essence across the entire armor, instantly filling the air with light and shadow.

Seven colossal dragons soared out, their brilliance mingling in the air, their immense spiritual aura enveloping the entire Dragon Realm.

The silver-purple dragon moon in the sky returned to its full state. Under the moonlight that illuminated the dragon domain, more bone dragons were awakened. This prompted Qian Daoliu to divert some of his power to suppress these bone dragons, preventing them from affecting Yan, who was currently engaged in his work.

Noxi, who had been intently watching the Flame Forged Armor, felt the soul fire in his eyes surge dramatically in an instant.

"A thousand dragons are revived, and seven dragons soar into the sky. These are signs of the birth of a divine artifact. This strange armor has indeed reached the level of a divine artifact."

"Your Excellency, let me lend you a hand." Under the full moon of silver and purple, thousands of bone dragons revived and roared, and the afterimages of the seven great dragon souls appeared in the world. The humanoid soul tool had already reached the level of the Qin Emperor's cosmic artifact, but it seemed to be missing something.

At this moment, Noxie spoke again. The fire of his soul in his eyes finally shone again the instant the zither was formed, and golden light flashed between his brows, indicating that his spiritual imprint was operating again.

"It's a full moon." Noxi's voice suddenly carried a hint of emotion as the giant dragon head looked up at the sky.

The silvery-purple dragon moon became full once more. The Dragon Realm brightened noticeably, and the immense soul energy in the air began to condense again. The bone dragons' bodies began to sway and move under the infusion of soul energy, forcing Qian Daoliu to use even more powerful forces to suppress them.

The Holy Dragon's dimmed soul fire rippled, and he said with a sigh, "You two are the strongest I have ever seen in countless years. One is unmatched in forging divine artifacts, and the other possesses godlike power. It's a pity..." Nox paused, his massive body barely able to stand, his dragon head slightly lowered towards Yan, the crystalline milky-white dragon bones emitting a faint silver light.

"You're still not giving up, are you?" Yan looked at him calmly, as if she had long expected this guy to make a move.

"How could I be content without even trying? After all, I am a sacred dragon who experienced the ancient war, who buried the four divine beasts of the orc race, and who buried me from that era. How could I so easily give in?" Noxi said calmly. "It's a pity for you two. With your strength, you would surely be remembered for eternity on the continent of Longqinus. It's just a pity that you will leave this world with me." The moment Noxi finished speaking, a ball of soul fire shining with a pale golden light shot out from the skull of the sacred dragon, carrying his last trace of spiritual imprint. In the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of Yan and instantly disappeared into the humanoid soul tool.

As the soul fire departed, Noxi's massive body crashed to the ground, announcing that this sacred dragon had left the world of dragons forever.

The dazzling golden light instantly entered the humanoid soul tool, and Yan was instantly thrown away by this divine artifact he had forged.

A dazzling golden light was released instantly, enveloping Yan and Qian Daoliu. Yan's body stiffened instantly, and everything around him seemed to disappear in an instant.

The Dragon Realm became unusually noisy at this moment, as if all the bone dragons had been revived. The entire Dragon Realm was filled with the roar of dragons and the surging waves of death.