Douluo Dragon King: Doumu's Blessing, I Am the Star Lord

The room had no roof; looking up, one saw not the roof of the Sea God Pavilion, but an endless, deep starry sky.

Two fist-sized orbs of light floated silently in the center of the starry sky. Inside the orbs were extremely solid star cores, flowing with the most primal starlight. Even just looking at them, one could feel the vast power contained within them, coming from the depths of the universe.

"Eternal Star Farewell." Yun Ming's voice echoed beneath the starry sky, carrying a hint of scrutiny.

"These meteorite irons are extraterrestrial star irons collected by Shrek's powerful members throughout the continent. Each piece contains the most primal stellar power."

He paused, his gaze falling on the two floating star cores: "These two star cores above your head originated from the place where two star-attribute extradimensional soul beasts fell to Douluo Continent a thousand years ago."

It contains the true essence of stars. Throughout the entire Douluo Continent, there is no other place more compatible with your Star Martial Soul.

The moment Yunming's aura completely dissipated, the power of the stars in the secluded cultivation room continued to flow slowly, so quiet that only the soft breathing of Qian Gu Xing Ci remained.

Just then, a soft golden light suddenly rose from the star meteorites all around, enveloping him like flowing water.

This golden light was not aggressive in the slightest, yet it instantly isolated all external perception. Even the layers of magic arrays of the Sea God Pavilion could not detect what was happening in this small space.

Qian Gu Xing Ci felt his consciousness sink slightly, and in the midst of the dizziness, his entire consciousness was pulled into his own spiritual sea.

His spiritual sea was originally a boundless and brilliant starry sky.

The Nine Emperors of the Big Dipper hang in the center of the starry sea, shining brightly. The phantom of the Coiled Dragon Staff slowly rises and falls in the starry sea, and with each rotation, it causes the celestial orbits of the anime to flow accordingly.

At this moment, a hunched figure quietly appeared in this vast sea of ​​stars.

He was an old man with white hair and beard, his body hunched over, dressed in a simple golden cloth robe, his face covered with wrinkles like the rings of an ancient tree, but his eyes held the vicissitudes of time and the boundless warmth of life.

He stood quietly amidst the sea of ​​stars, the golden light surrounding him echoing the countless stars in the sky, creating a harmonious sense of shared origin rather than any conflict.

"Welcome, visitor from another world."

The old man's gentle voice echoed slowly through the sea of ​​stars, without a trace of oppression, but with a sense of relief that came after a long period of solitude, when he finally found the path to salvation.

Qian Gu Xing Ci's mind focused slightly, but he showed no sign of panic. He stood in the center of his spiritual sea, bowed to the old man, and calmly but precisely revealed the other's identity: "Junior Qian Gu Xing Ci greets senior."

"You must be the life core of this Douluo plane, the spirit of the Golden Ancient Tree."

The old man smiled and nodded upon hearing this.

Qian Gu Xing Ci looked up at him with genuine curiosity in his eyes and asked, "Senior, as the life source of the Douluo plane, you should be an existence that lives as long as heaven and earth and coexists with the plane. Why have you fallen into this situation?"

Is it only when I step into the core of your being that the seal can be broken and you can communicate with my consciousness?

Upon hearing this, the old man's smile slowly faded, leaving only a bitter and helpless wry smile.

His hunched figure seemed to have bent even more, and his voice carried the weariness and melancholy accumulated over twenty thousand years:

"This story begins 20,000 years ago."

Tang San, who inherited the dual godhood of the Sea God and the Asura God, transplanted me from the core of the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest to Shrek Academy.

To me, there is no difference between the north and south of the Douluo Continent. Wherever I take root, I will nourish this world. So I agreed.

Moreover, his strength far surpassed mine at the time, leaving me no room to refuse.

After a pause, his tone revealed an undisguised grief and indignation:

"Ten thousand years ago, he found me again and said that the over-exploitation of the continent by humans had brought the ecology of Douluo Star to the brink of collapse. He hoped to completely integrate the essence of the Blue Silver Emperor into the Golden Ancient Tree, and use my life core as a guide to concentrate the power of the Blue Silver Emperor to regulate the ecology of the entire Douluo Star and stabilize the plane."

I was unwilling. Although the Blue Silver Emperor and I both belong to the origin of life, we are ultimately two independent beings. If our origins were to merge, there would be too many variables.

But he was, after all, a deity who emerged from this plane, and he carried the oppressive aura of the divine realm.

My instinct was that they were ultimately acting in the best interests of this plane, so I relented.

"Moreover, for thousands of years after the Blue Silver Emperor's essence was integrated, it has remained stable and peaceful, without showing any abnormalities."

Until recently, the spirit of the Douluo Continent risked being devoured by divine power to warn me, and I finally saw their true purpose.

What is the purpose of stabilizing the plane?

They intend to use the years I've spent merging with the Blue Silver Emperor to gradually erode my essence, ultimately replacing me completely and becoming the new life core of the Douluo Plane. At the same time, they want Tang Hao, the Father of the Sea God, to seize control of the Plane's spirit.

As the old man's voice fell, the entire starry sky of the Sea of ​​Spirit seemed to tremble slightly.

Qian Gu Xing Ci remained silent. He already knew about Tang San's control over the Douluo plane in the original work, but he never expected that there was such a hidden layer of usurpation behind it.

After a moment of silence, the old man slowly raised his head and looked at the ancient star in the center of the starry sea. Suddenly, a beam of hope, almost desperate, ignited in his weathered eyes.

He solemnly addressed the ancient stars:

"Visitor from another world, the spirits of the plane have already foreseen your destiny."

"You are a child of the stars, possessing the supreme divine status of the Lord of the Stars. You are the only variable in this plane who is not bound by Tang San's divine will or the Blue Silver Emperor's origin. Could you demonstrate your stellar authority to me?"

With a slight thought, Qian Gu Xing Ci's brow suddenly lit up with starlight, and a vast and powerful stellar force surged forth from the depths of his soul.

The Central Heaven Purple Star Domain unfolded in response, instantly covering the entire space of the secluded chamber, with an endless sea of ​​stars spreading out behind him.

The Upper Enclosure is Taiwei, the Middle Enclosure is Ziwei, and the Lower Enclosure is Tianshi. The three enclosures of stars are arranged in order, with the four symbols of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise guarding the four directions. The twenty-eight constellations, including Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, and Winnowing Basket, are lit up together. The star trails are crisscrossed and orderly, resembling a complete celestial array.

He is the absolute ruler of this sea of ​​stars, bearing the supreme authority of the Lord of all stars.

Chapter 46 Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth, Soul Core

The Golden Tree Spirit's gaze suddenly froze; to be precise, it locked onto the illusory image of the giant blue dragon with gleaming scales and claws, which was coiled in the east among the Four Symbols.

The Azure Dragon Mengzhang, the deity who governs life and the growth of all things.

Seeing his reaction, Qian Gu Xing Ci already understood what was going on. He asked, "Senior, could it be that you, like the spirit of the Douluo plane, wish to borrow my authority as the star sovereign to temporarily assume the order?"

The Golden Tree Spirit slowly shook its head, its aged voice filled with barely concealed urgency and hope: "There's no need for that trouble."

I only need to borrow the power of this being's essence.

Open your mind and completely surrender your domain to this starry sky, allowing the true nature of the celestial sphere to be fully revealed.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qian Gu Xing Ci immediately did as instructed.

He completely relinquished control over the Ziwei realm, merging himself with the entire starry sea.

In an instant, the four symbols, which were originally just phantoms, suddenly lit up with a lively divine light in their eyes, as if they had come to life from the star trail symbols.

The Azure Dragon swishes its tail, its roar resounding through the starry sea; the White Tiger howls in the wind, its killing aura sweeping across heaven and earth; the Vermilion Bird flaps its wings, the Southern Bright Fire burning away nothingness; the Black Tortoise lies dormant, its power of water suppressing the universe.

Qian Gu Xing Ci looked at the azure dragon phantom rising in the east and instantly understood the Golden Tree Spirit's intention.

In Taoist mythology, the Azure Dragon Mengzhang is the head of the Four Symbols, in charge of the opportunity of spring growth, and holds the power to generate and restore the origin of all things. He is the symbol of the origin of life in the world.

The ancient star bid farewell, revealing the Golden Tree Spirit's desire to suppress the Blue Silver Emperor by leveraging the life essence of a higher dimension.

Let's lend the Golden Tree Spirit a hand once again.

The Vermilion Bird Mausoleum God Lord is in charge of Nirvana and rebirth, burning away filth and eliminating calamities, and can cleanse all evil forces that erode the source.

The power of these two is precisely what the Golden Tree Spirit, whose origin has been devoured and whose soul imprisoned by the Blue Silver Emperor, needs most at this moment.

The instant his thoughts turned, in the sea of ​​stars, Azure Dragon Meng Zhang and Vermilion Bird Ling Guang simultaneously let out a clear and melodious cry.

Two golden beams, one carrying boundless vitality and the other the power of rebirth, flew out from the two phantoms of divine beasts, like two shooting stars, and plunged straight into the body of the Golden Tree Spirit.

The moment the light and shadow entered its body, the Golden Tree Spirit's hunched body straightened at a speed visible to the naked eye, its originally dim golden eyes suddenly burst forth with dazzling divine light, and the life essence around its body, which had been suppressed to only a trickle, now surged like a river bursting its banks!

He could clearly sense that, in order to avoid being discovered, the Blue Silver Emperor would deliberately leave behind its own Blue Silver Emperor essence after consuming His essence over thousands of years, intending to gradually usurp His place.

The filthy insect eggs were completely burned away by the fiery flames of the Vermilion Bird's Majesty.

And those withered and damaged primordial veins are being repaired and regenerated at an astonishing speed under the regenerative power of Azure Dragon Meng Zhang, even stronger than when he was at his peak 20,000 years ago.

The golden tree spirit felt the power within its body, which it had lost and regained, even surpassed its former strength. It was first stunned, then its face lit up with ecstatic joy.

He bowed deeply to Qian Gu Xing Ci, his voice filled with the excitement of surviving a calamity:

I have never felt so refreshed!

"I am deeply grateful! Visitor from another world, I will remember your kindness!"

After his initial elation, his gaze swept over the secluded training room, his brows furrowing instantly, his tone filled with a hint of disappointment: "How come the Shrek Academy people these days have such poor judgment? They actually put you in such a lousy place!"

He raised his hand and waved it, and the extraterrestrial meteorite iron that was regarded as a treasure was instantly pushed aside by a gentle force: "For someone like you who bears the authority of the stars, any place illuminated by stars is an unparalleled cultivation ground."

What use could the remaining scattered fragments of power within these inanimate objects possibly be?

Before he finished speaking, his gaze fell on Qian Gu Xing Ci's dantian, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes: "Oh? You actually condensed the prototype of a soul core while still at the Soul Sect realm?"

The old man said no more, and gently waved his withered hand towards the void.

With a soft hissing sound, a pitch-black spatial rift appeared out of thin air in the room.

Behind the crack, there were surging seven-colored thunderclouds. The deafening thunder came through the spatial barrier, but there was no destructive aura of the tribulation. Instead, a clear, righteous, and mysterious energy slowly flowed out from the crack.

If Di Tian were here, he would recognize at a glance that behind this crack was the Seven-Colored Heavenly Tribulation that he had survived eight times, each time facing death!

"This is... the righteous energy of heaven and earth?" Qian Gu Xing Ci felt the familiar energy that originated from the same source as the dragon soul of his Panlong Staff, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

The Golden Tree Spirit nodded slowly: "That's right. I and the spirit of the Douluo plane share the same origin and our powers are interconnected. What he can summon, I can naturally also summon."

The Heavenly Tribulation is the manifestation of the righteous energy of heaven and earth, and the evil-breaking dragon soul within you was originally born from this.

With its help, you can completely perfect this nascent soul core.

Golden light swirled around him, and his voice carried a chilling killing intent: "Alright, it's time for me to personally go and settle the old scores of the past twenty thousand years with that Blue Silver Emperor."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man's figure transformed into specks of golden light and silently disappeared from the secluded cultivation room, leaving only the righteous energy of heaven and earth flowing continuously from the spatial rift.

Without saying much, Qian Gu Xing Ci immediately sat cross-legged in the void, with endless starlight falling from the sky, enveloping his entire body.

He used himself as a guide to inspire the entire universe.

As if in response to his call, the stars in the heavens trembled, and the power of countless stars, like an inverted Milky Way, surged into his body.

At the same time, the righteous energy of heaven and earth within the spatial rift seemed to be summoned, flowing into his meridians through the pores of his body, perfectly merging with the power of the stars, transforming into a vast and righteous force that extinguishes evil, surging towards his chest.

Qian Gu Xing Ci looked inward and saw a illusory, slowly rotating vortex of soul power quietly floating within his middle dantian.

That was the prototype of his soul core that he had already condensed.

The Douluo Continent has a 20,000-year history, and the Soul Master cultivation system is constantly being improved.

By the time of the Dragon King Legend, the condensation of the first soul core had been brought forward to the Soul Saint realm.

But only when one's soul power, physical body, and mental power all meet the requirements can one have the opportunity to take this step.

As for the legendary Three Soul Cores, although they can give Soul Masters the most powerful combat strength among their peers, very few people throughout history have truly succeeded in traversing this path.

But from the very beginning, Qian Gu Xing Ci was determined to take the most difficult path, which was also the one that best suited him.