Douluo Continent: I Raise God-Level Soul Beasts

Everyone looked at Hun Xuzi, their eyes seeming to want to devour him whole:

"Where is the Soul Emperor? Tell him to come out!"

"Your Soul Clan is truly terrifying! You actually plan to use the bloodlines of the entire continent to build your Soul Clan's Imperial Bloodline Great Wall. I cannot tolerate this!"

"Soul Emperor, is it? A hundred years in seclusion? Or a thousand? I thought he was quietly accumulating strength, but it turns out he was plotting to kill us behind the scenes. I underestimated your Soul Clan, damn it!"

"Even if this guy is a nine-star Dou Sheng, I can't stand it! Come out and fight him one-on-one!"

"Three years! Give me three years, and I will fight the Soul Emperor to the death!"

"Damn it, I'm going to kill him too!"

Suddenly, the Soul Emperor became the target of everyone's criticism.

Some powerful figures who have grown up over the past few hundred years don't even know much about the Soul Emperor, because this guy is too mysterious and has almost never appeared in seclusion for thousands of years.

Only now did I realize that above the Soul Palace Master, Soul Extinction Life, there was another super strong expert at the ninth level of Dou Sheng, Soul Heaven Emperor!

Speaking of the Soul Emperor, he can be considered a legendary figure. In the original work, he possessed everything a tyrant had: ruthless, cruel, and unscrupulous. In order to advance to the supreme Dou Di level, he plotted for a thousand years, causing widespread suffering. If Xiao Yan had not appeared out of nowhere, the final outcome of the Dou Qi Continent would have been changed by the Soul Emperor.

Unfortunately, with Su Ze present, everything became quite ordinary.

Because of Su Ze's existence, these people dared to say to the Soul Emperor, "Come and fight me one-on-one if you dare."

If it weren't for Su Ze, they would be like this: "Soul Emperor Daddy, please forgive us, waaaaah!"

Suze gives us strength, oh yeah!

"Therefore, considering the ambition and danger level of the Soul Clan, our Palace has classified them as a Level 5 force, and our Palace will monitor them for a period of time. The monitoring period will be determined according to the situation on the continent, until the Soul Clan no longer poses a threat to the people of the continent."

At this moment, Hu Tao said something that made everyone breathe a sigh of relief:

"With the Spirit Hall overseeing things, we can rest assured."

"Thank goodness for the Spirit Hall!"

"The Spirit Hall, the Soul Hall—a single word difference, yet worlds apart! I'm devastated!"

"One wants to save the world and create a harmonious and ideal world. The other wants to destroy the world and drag the entire continent down with it. Compared to this, I almost want to kneel down to the Spirit Hall."

Without comparison, there is no harm. After this incident, everyone realized how good the Spirit Hall was. Despite having the power to do whatever it wanted, it did not harm the masses.

As the list was announced, everyone gradually understood the Spirit Hall's actions. Those forces whose names were not called rushed to the bulletin board to see the list.

Because there are many forces across the continent, this bulletin board was built to be quite large.

It's an entire mountain peak.

The entire mountain's four walls are constructed of large stone blocks, with golden characters carved on them.

This mountain peak is clearly man-made.

……

Meanwhile, in the Jia Ma Empire, the Yunlan Sect's three-year agreement had come to an end.

Xiao Yan stepped onto the mountain. At the end of the long stone steps, clouds and mist swirled. Beyond the clouds and mist was a huge plaza, paved entirely with massive stones, giving it an ancient and grand appearance. In the center of the plaza stood a huge stone tablet, which recorded the lives of the past sect leaders of the Yunlan Sect and those who had made great contributions to the sect.

Looking around the square, there were nearly a thousand people sitting cross-legged in a semi-circle. Without exception, they were all dressed in moon-white robes, with cloud-shaped longswords fluttering in the wind at their cuffs, as if they were alive, faintly containing a hint of sword intent.

But the ruling class of the Gama Empire at the top, such as Jia Xingtian and Yunling who will not leave until he is destroyed... their minds were clearly not entirely on this three-year agreement, but waiting for news from afar.

Many forces within the Gama Empire also participated in the Spirit Hall's ranking process.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was no longer the same Xiao Yan as before. He glanced around and uttered three words calmly:

"I'm withdrawing from the competition."

Chapter 182 Xiao Yan's Rapid Advancement: Peak Dou Huang, Shocking the Entire Audience!

"Withdrawal? Withdrawal?!"

Everyone seemed to have misheard.

This also caused the disciples of the Yunlan Sect to burst into laughter, a bunch of hindsight experts:

"Haha, it seems this kid isn't as tough as the rumors say; he's just a coward!"

"Hilarious, is he just surrendering outright?"

"Relax, thinking about it, it makes sense. How can a useless cultivator compare to our young sect master? It's wise to admit defeat and forfeit the competition. Otherwise, not only will he lose face, but he might also end up crippled and miserable from then on!"

"Xiao Yan, I despise you!"

Faced with the ridicule and insults from the crowd, Xiao Yan smiled calmly.

He has transformed compared to himself three years ago.

Xiao Yan glanced over and immediately grasped the strength of the bigwigs from the Jia Ma Empire present.

He spent more than two years of those three years in the Monster Mountain Range and Monster Manor.

His progress over the past two years has been unimaginable to these people.

It can be said that he has already transcended the current power structure of the Gama Empire.

Xiao Yan turned around calmly. The huge black ruler behind him did not crush his body; instead, it made his figure even more upright.

Just as he was about to leave, Yun Leng shouted, "Xiao Yan, you audacious madman! The Yunlan Sect is not a place you can come and go as you please!"

Nalan Yanran bit her lip, looking at Xiao Yan's figure with a mix of emotions. That good-for-nothing from back then was actually able to come to Yunlan Sect without any fear, and when facing nearly a thousand disciples of Yunlan Sect, he remained calm and composed, without the slightest tension or change in expression.

It seems that the high-grade herbs that person gave him have truly changed him completely.

"The Nalan family, Nalan Yanran!"

Nalan Yanran slowly stood up, then leaped into the air and stood in front of Xiao Yan. Her delicate body was as upright as a proud snow lotus, her bright eyes staring at Xiao Yan, and her voice was as calm as his.

"Kid, she's not going to let you leave easily today. I told you before, if you don't plan to fight her, you'd better not come."

At this moment, the old medicine spirit within the body spoke.

Xiao Yan replied helplessly, "But His Highness once said that one should keep one's word, and besides, I was the one who proposed the three-year agreement. If I don't come, it would be too embarrassing."

The old doctor laughed: "Aren't you embarrassed now?"

Xiao Yan shook his head and looked directly at Nalan Yanran, saying, "Nalan Yanran, the three-year agreement is nothing but an empty promise, and the marriage contract is nothing but a hollow shell. Perhaps you made a mistake in the way you chose back then, or perhaps our reactions were a bit too intense, but none of that matters now."

"So you're planning to run away? You're scared? You're afraid of losing to me?"

For three years, Nalan Yanran practiced her match against Xiao Yan countless times. Because of that high-level Yan Grass, she had to take it seriously, which almost became her inner demon.

But now Xiao Yan has actually come over and said that he's not fighting anymore!

Xiao Yan shook his head: "You can't beat me. There's no need for us to fight now. If you really want to fight me, seize the opportunity in the next two years and we'll meet at the Divine Rise Tournament."

Xiao Yan said calmly, "Yes, his current goal is not the three-year agreement, but the second Divine Rise Tournament organized by the Spirit Hall. That will be a showdown between all the teenagers from Douluo Continent and Dou Qi Continent. That is the stage they should be pursuing."

Nalan Yanran had obviously heard of the Shenqi competition.

However, Xiao Yan felt that Nalan Yanran's situation was precarious. Her strength was too weak, and she would probably be eliminated in the first round of the Divine Rise Tournament.

After all, he had been to Douluo Continent, and a random young man he encountered was so powerful that it would take Yao Lao's possession to defeat him.

In the Shenqi competition, Yao Lao might not be able to help him. He knew that Yao Lao's existence couldn't be kept secret from Su Ze and the others. If Yao Lao were to help him, it would be like having a cheat code...

Well, actually, even if the Medicine Master possesses you by then, it won't be of much use.

Even at his peak, Yao Lao was only a Dou Zun. His soul strength was reduced to the peak of Dou Zong, and the maximum strength he could exert when possessing another body was only around the mid-level of Dou Zong.

The strength of a mid-level Dou Zong is only equivalent to that of a third-level god to a second-level god.

To be honest, it's hard to say what their strength will be like in the future.

So Xiao Yan came out this time to settle the matter of the three-year agreement, and then planned to return to the Monster Manor to continue his cultivation.

It's so comfortable there! There's plenty of food and drink, and beautiful scenery! You can get stronger just by lying down, you don't even have to work hard!

He only needs to spend three to five days each month honing his skills and training his combat techniques.

Therefore, most of the experiences Xiao Yan had in the original novel did not happen during these three years; he spent most of his time lounging around in the Monster Mountain Range and Monster Manor.

And coincidentally, Yao Lao had already found high-grade herbs in the Monster Manor that could revive Xiao Yan's body. He was just waiting to train Xiao Yan into a high-level alchemist, create a body for him, and give his soul a place to reside, so that he could regain his freedom.

Then go back and settle the score with that scoundrel Han Feng!

In fact, during this period, Yao Lao also encouraged Xiao Yan to go and learn alchemy techniques from Su Ze.

The medicine master was very enthusiastic, after all, he also wanted to learn how to refine pills of grade nine or higher, especially imperial pills.

Su Ze was also very approachable, and he naturally agreed to Xiao Yan's request.

Unfortunately, after a while, Yao Lao and Xiao Yan were completely dumbfounded.

This kind of stir-fried pill is completely different from ordinary pill refining. The stir-frying technique and the incredibly skillful control over pure soul power... are beyond the reach of even the most skilled alchemist.

I can't learn it, I really can't learn it.

It can only be said that their level is far from sufficient.

So they quickly gave up.

For them, there are no shortcuts in alchemy; only diligent effort and unwavering exploration can break through the bottlenecks in alchemy.

In fact, Su Ze's creation of the Emperor Pill did not offer much help to the alchemists on the Dou Qi Continent.

Since these alchemists cannot even refine a ninth-grade finished pill, how can they possibly understand the Emperor Pill?

There was a gap in the process, making it impossible for them to understand the essence of Su Ze's pill-frying technique.

Getting back to the point, Xiao Yan's words made Nalan Yanran blush.

Don't misunderstand, this isn't shyness.

Instead, it's anger that causes blood to rush to the head!

Those words were an insult to her!

Doesn't that mean that if she doesn't seize the opportunity in the next two years, she won't have a chance to defeat him at all?

At this moment, he didn't even bother to fight me!

He didn't surrender at all.

"Xiao Yan, don't be so arrogant!"