The Glory of the Sun and Moon in the Peerless Tang Sect

The black fist force and the dark green palm shadow collided fiercely. There was no boom; the sky seemed to tremble slightly. But this seemingly minor tremor caused everyone in the Heavenly Dou City below to freeze for a moment.

Each punch and palm strike appeared to be a casual move by Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi, but they were infused with their understanding of their own martial spirits.

Du Busi staggered back several steps before regaining his footing, and Long Xiaoyao seized the opportunity to break through Du Busi's blockade. But right behind Du Busi, Gu Lao also blocked Long Xiaoyao's path, coldly saying...

"Long Xiaoyao, if you want to attack Tianhuang, you'll have to get past me first. We're not on the same page. No matter what your reasons are, or what our past relationship was, you've already cut off your own escape route by doing these things."

"A way out? From the moment I decided to protect Xi Shui, I had no way out." Long Xiaoyao laughed self-deprecatingly, then his expression turned serious, and he shouted loudly.

"Further words are useless. I will not compromise on the matter of Xi Shui. Poison Undying, Ancient Dragon, if you want to stop me, then come at me together!"

Old Gu and Poison Immortal exchanged a glance, and instantly understood each other, nodding almost imperceptibly.

Protecting Yu Tianhuang's safety is more important than stopping Long Xiaoyao. Although Yu Tianhuang doesn't seem to be at a disadvantage against Ye Xishui at the moment, Ye Xishui is, after all, a Limit Douluo.

Just then, a terrifying beam of blood-red light suddenly pierced through the heavens and earth. The diameter of the blood-red pillar of light exceeded one hundred feet, causing the surrounding clouds and space to collapse.

Ye Xishui had already merged with the Blood Soul Demon Puppet, and the blood-red soul ring ranked ninth was radiating an eerie light.

The ninth soul skill, Fallen Blood Light! And it's the ninth soul skill amplified by the Martial Soul True Body. While its power is slightly inferior to Death's Light, its attack range is extremely terrifying.

If this attack were to land inside Heaven Dou City, the entire city would likely be destroyed.

And it cannot be dodged.

Because the Soul Skill "Fallen Bloodlight" itself has a curse effect.

"Go to hell!" Ye Xishui's sharp laughter echoed through the space, lingering endlessly.

Chapter 499 Heart of the Ocean, Mermaid Duet, and Yu Ningqing

"Buzz buzz buzz—" A long buzzing sound rippled outwards along with the appearance of the fallen blood light, as if the world itself could not withstand such terrifying energy fluctuations and was emitting a mournful wail.

The crimson light permeated the space within a radius of nearly a hundred kilometers, turning it into the same color. The halo was distorted and blurred, resembling a blood-red hell on earth.

This is the power of a Limit Douluo. At full power, they could easily destroy a major city like Heaven Dou City. Therefore, it's clear that what Du Busi said to Kong Deming earlier wasn't an exaggeration, but rather that he truly possessed such strength and confidence.

However, as the capital of the Sun Moon Empire, Mingdu possesses the most advanced soul-guided defense system in the world, and its defensive capabilities are far superior to those of Tiandou City.

Furthermore, the entire royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire was wiped out by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps, leaving no one to organize a final resistance. If Ye Xishui's ninth soul skill, Fallen Blood Light, were allowed to fall into Heaven Dou City, it is likely that apart from Limit Douluo powerhouses like Poison Undying and Old Man, no one would survive.

After being humiliated and disfigured by Xu Zihuang, Ye Xishui's mental state has completely deteriorated.

Long Xiaoyao, Du Busi, and Gu Lao had long since stopped fighting and were looking at the crimson pillar of light that had descended from the sky with surprise and uncertainty.

"Long Xiaoyao! How dare you violate the rules of Soul Masters and attack civilians in Tiandou City?!" Du Busi roared at Long Xiaoyao with a ferocious expression, then made a move to rush to Xu Zihuang's side, ready to stop Ye Xishui's Fallen Blood Light at all costs.

"If Heaven Dou City is destroyed by that madwoman Ye Xishui, I'll self-destruct my soul core and take you all down with me!"

Gu Lao also followed behind Du Busi with a drastically changed expression, not only because he didn't want to see the tragic destruction of Tian Dou City, but also because he was worried about Yu Tianhuang's safety.

Long Xiaoyao stared wide-eyed in anguish, not stepping forward to stop Du Busi and Gu Lao. Although he was protecting Ye Xishui because of his own predicament, he was unwilling to see Tiandou City turn into a ghost town.

"Xi Shui, you..."

Seeing Du Bu Si and Gu Lao rushing over, Ye Xi Shui burst into maniacal laughter.

"Die! I'll make you all die here, never to be reincarnated! Hahahahahaha!"

But to everyone's surprise, Xu Zihuang, who was locked onto by Ye Xishui's ninth soul skill, Fallen Blood Light, suddenly flashed forward and took the initiative to meet it.

Both Du Bu Si and Gu Lao were taken aback, then seemed to realize something. The urgency in their eyes disappeared, replaced by a strange feeling.

The golden-red and purplish-gold light dissipated, and Xu Zihuang deactivated the two amplifying soul skills brought by the Flawless Golden Body and the 100,000-year-old Thunder Beast Soul Bone. His true form returned to its usual appearance, and the emotions deep in his eyes were unusually calm.

It could be said that from the very beginning of their confrontation, all of Ye Xishui's reactions were within his expectations. All his previous actions were actually aimed at driving Ye Xishui into a state of madness, so that she would unleash the incredibly powerful and devastating Soul Skill, Fallen Blood Light.

Xu Zihuang looked up at the corrupting blood light that was about to engulf his body, his right hand clenched and resting against his left chest. The Heart of the Ocean instantly burst forth with dazzling blue-gold light, condensing into a blue hexagonal crystal.

Behind him, a massive fish tail swayed. A golden figure silently appeared behind him, the very image of the Sea Princess.

Xu Zihuang held the blue crystal above his head. Ye Xishui's fallen blood-red light was blocked by the magnificent blue crystal and instantly dissipated.

Ocean Heart effect: grants immunity to all energy attacks once.

Xu Zihuang used the Soul Skill "Heart of the Ocean" to become immune to Ye Xishui's ninth Soul Skill, "Fallen Blood Light".

And following closely behind is another effect of Ocean Heart: amplification!

The energy contained in the Fallen Blood Light was completely integrated into the Heart of the Ocean, along with the spiritual attribute attack of Xu Zihuang's Golden Eye Martial Soul.

Xu Zihuang stared coldly at Ye Xishui opposite him, his entire body now a dazzling gold. This wasn't the unusual manifestation of a flawless golden body, but rather pure spiritual energy. His terrifying spiritual will surged instantly, causing the space within a radius of tens of kilometers to feel as if it had solidified.

Since his mental strength reached the demigod level, even without using the second awakening ability of his gold-level martial soul, his mental will possessed the effect of time and space confinement. Although he could not control Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui to the point of immobility as before, it was enough to restrict Ye Xishui for a moment, preventing her from avoiding his carefully planned attack.

Red, red, red, red, red, red, bright gold, blue gold. Eight spirit rings rose, and the blue-gold eighth spirit ring shone brightly once more.

Two more illusory figures of sea princesses appeared on either side of Xu Zihuang. Both of these sea princesses held the Heart of the Ocean in their hands, and together with the Heart of the Ocean that Xu Zihuang held in his right hand, three blood-gold beams of light suddenly shot into the sky and shot towards Ye Xishui.

Within these three blood-gold rays of light lies the fusion of Ye Xishui's ninth soul skill, Fallen Blood Light, and Xu Zihuang's Golden Eye Martial Soul's spiritual attribute attack.

Unfortunately, he hasn't yet condensed a second soul core with the attribute of destruction and a third soul core with the attribute of ultimate lightning. Otherwise, he could leverage the complementary nature of the three soul cores to infuse them with the energies of destruction and ultimate lightning. At that point, even a god-level expert would likely be unable to ignore this attack.

The three blood-gold beams of light merged together, their power surging dramatically. It wasn't a simple addition of one plus one plus one, but a fundamental sublimation.

This is Xu Zihuang's other soul skill from his eighth soul ring: Mermaid Duet! Mermaid Duet allows him to triple the effect of his mental-type soul skills. It's practically a divine skill among mental-type soul skills. This effect only appeared after upgrading the Sea Princess soul ring to the million-year level.

The curse of the Heart of the Ocean was amplified by the Mermaid's Duo, making this attack far more powerful than a full-force strike from a Limit Douluo-level expert.

The moment the fused, blood-gold pillar of light extended outwards, it was as if the end of the world had arrived; the sky completely collapsed, and countless bolts of lightning flashed within the space. It was truly a cataclysmic event.

"Old dog, here you go." Xu Zihuang's lips curled into a slight smile, his cold voice filled with a strong sense of mockery.

Ye Xishui, who was imprisoned by Xu Zihuang's demigod-level mental will, instinctively felt her life was threatened, and her pale face was mixed with anger and resentment.

A deep dragon roar resounded, and a black figure suddenly darted out, resolutely blocking Ye Xishui's path. Dark dragon scales instantly covered its entire body.

Long Xiaoyao smiled bitterly, gazing silently at Xu Zihuang opposite him, a smile tinged with relief. If he could die protecting Ye Xishui, it would be a relief for him.

The next moment, a blood-gold beam of light, over a kilometer in diameter, enveloped their bodies and stretched for tens of kilometers.

This blood-gold pillar of light seemed to have existed since time immemorial, stretching across the heavens and earth like a world-destroying light that spanned eternity.

The beam of light lasted for a full quarter of an hour before it slowly dimmed.

Long Xiaoyao's clothes had melted away, and his black dragon scales had been stained blood red. However, his most severely damaged body was not his physical body, but his spiritual sea.

Ye Xishui was radiating an aura of light, and a pair of golden wings enveloped the two of them. She was anxiously placing her hands on Long Xiaoyao's back, infusing him with soul power.

"Free and unrestrained!"

However, her condition wasn't good either; Xu Zihuang's mental attack wasn't easy to defend against. Bleeding from all seven orifices, her spiritual sea was also severely damaged. And when she used her Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul ability, the wound Xu Zihuang had previously left on her face appeared even clearer and more grotesque.

A mouthful of blood spurted from Long Xiaoyao's mouth. He gave Xu Zihuang a deep look, then transformed into a black dragon phantom, carrying Ye Xishui on his back and disappearing into the void.

"Let's get out of here!"

"The next time I come knocking, it will be your death day." Xu Zihuang's soul power was also greatly depleted at this time, so he did not choose to pursue. Moreover, he hoped to wait until he broke through to the Title Douluo realm, then crush Ye Xishui with his strength and let her die in endless pain.

Poison Undying and Ancient were astonished by Ye Xishui's second martial soul, and after a brief hesitation, Long Xiaoyao took Ye Xishui and fled.

"The Phoenix of Light?! Twin Martial Souls?!"

Although the Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul is powerful, it is rarely passed down on the continent. The most renowned Radiant Phoenix Soul Master on the continent is Yan Shaozhe, the dean of the Martial Soul Department of Shrek Academy, and also the personal disciple of Elder Mu, the former master of the Sea God Pavilion.

This inevitably brings to mind the connection between "poison that never dies" and "ancient times".

Gu Lao reacted immediately and stepped forward to grasp Xu Zihuang's wrist with concern.

"Tianhuang, are you alright?"

"I'm not injured, but my soul power is quite depleted."

Xu Zihuang smiled and shook his head.

“Old Gu, I hope you can keep today’s events a secret from Ning Tian. At this point, I don’t want her to worry anymore.”

"I understand your idea."

Gu Lao nodded slightly, took a deep breath, and exclaimed, "But you have truly given us a tremendous surprise this time. To severely injure two Limit Douluos with the cultivation of a Soul Douluo is probably a unique achievement in the history of the Soul Master world."

On the other side, Du Busi also approached with a strange expression, patting Xu Zihuang on the shoulder with great appreciation.

"I won't say much more about my thanks."

"Senior Poison, you're too kind." Xu Zihuang nodded to Poison Undying, then solemnly suggested to Poison Undying, "Now that the Heavenly Dou City Palace has been breached, you should go and take charge of the overall situation. If possible, it would be best to go to Dragon City and bring Vina back to Heavenly Dou City. She is the princess of the Heavenly Soul Empire, and with her there, people's hearts can be stabilized."

Thinking of this, Du Busi's expression turned somewhat grim. After greeting Xu Zihuang and Gu Lao, he hurriedly headed towards the Heavenly Soul Empire's palace. Inside the palace, some powerful figures from the Body Sect and the Heavenly Soul Empire were already preparing to begin rescue operations, hoping to find survivors.

Xu Zihuang and Gu Lao returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

The news of the surprise attack on the Heavenly Soul Empire's imperial palace caused a huge uproar across the continent for some time afterward. Despite the Heavenly Soul Empire's best efforts to suppress the news, almost all the citizens of Heavenly Dou City witnessed the earth-shattering battle that took place high above the imperial palace that night. Completely suppressing the news was simply unrealistic.

For a time, the entire Heavenly Soul Empire was filled with panic.

However, in the following months, Vina, as the only direct descendant of the royal family of the Heavenly Soul Empire, suppressed her grief and took the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of presiding over the overall situation of the Heavenly Soul Empire.

With popular support and the unanimous backing of the Body Sect, Vina ascended the throne two months later, becoming the first empress of the Heavenly Soul Empire in ten thousand years.

Meanwhile, the Sun Moon Empire returned to calm. Aside from consolidating its already occupied territory in the Heavenly Soul Empire, it took no further action.

The Heavenly Soul Empire also longs for a period of stability to stabilize its domestic situation.

The Star Luo Empire, however, was somewhat restless, dispatching multiple elite Soul Master teams to harass the southern part of the Sun Moon Empire. Unlike the newly established Heavenly Soul Empire, the Star Luo Empire was united in its desire to reclaim the Mingdou Mountains. Only by controlling the Mingdou Mountains and using them as a natural barrier for defense could they avoid being too passive.

Moreover, the Star Luo Empire was well aware that the Sun Moon Empire was accumulating strength in preparation for its upcoming invasion.

However, the Sun Moon Empire mobilized an even stronger team of Soul Masters to suppress the Star Luo Empire's Soul Masters; even the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Corps was deployed. The outcome was predictable.

In several clashes, the Star Luo Empire's Soul Masters suffered heavy losses and had to recall these elite Soul Master squads back to the country to avoid further losses.

Once again, it has been proven that the so-called Grand Marshal of the Star Luo Empire, Duke White Tiger Dai Hao, is nothing but a hollow coward. Faced with the powerful Sun Moon Empire, he is utterly helpless. Without Xu Zihuang's assistance, they couldn't even breach the Mingdou Mountain Range.

During this time, Xu Zihuang remained at the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, staying by Ning Tian's side. Two months later, they finally welcomed their first child.

The top floor of the central castle of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School.

The spacious and luxurious room was brightly lit. Ning Tian lay wearily on the large bed in the center of the room, but her eyes held a sweet sense of happiness.

The healing-type weapon spirit Douluo from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School who had previously examined Ning Tian's body released his healing scepter spirit to nourish Ning Tian's body.

Ye Guyi, Gu Lao, and Ning Xingxu also stayed by Ning Tian's bedside.

Ning Tian held Xu Zihuang's hand, and the two of them looked at the little life lying beside him, wrapped in soft silk.

"Tianhuang, let's name our daughter."