Douluo Continent: I possess astonishing wisdom as I control energy!

Kong Ming'an's smile faded, and his expression became equally serious.

This was a test he casually set for himself, a test of his own abilities, so he couldn't be careless.

Chapter 188 Moon's Collapse of Faith

After a brief standoff, Moon made a move.

There were no fancy soul skills, just the purest and most direct punch. Wherever the fist struck, a vast and majestic will, seemingly capable of suppressing everything, erupted forth.

Dominate the world!

Mu En's fighting style is extremely pure, centered on his self-created "Reign Over the World," supplemented by the ultimate attack of the Dragon Emperor's Evil-Slaying Rift and the domain control of the Dragon Emperor's Shaking Domain, combined with his own Limit Douluo cultivation.

The former is about operation, with some additional mechanisms; the latter is about numerical values. The two are combined into one, pure and powerful.

The golden fist energy tore through the air and instantly struck Kong Ming'an. Kong Ming'an neither dodged nor evaded, but directly raised his hand to take the blow head-on.

"Bam—!"

With a muffled thud, the blow shattered Kong Ming'an's arm, the cracks spreading to nearly half of his chest.

However, the expected carnage did not occur. Instead, a stream of silver data flowed beneath its body.

The horrifying injuries lasted only a moment. The surrounding area shimmered with silver light, and countless data streams rapidly converged and recombined as if they were alive. To Mu En's astonishment, Kong Ming'an's body was restored to its original state in the blink of an eye.

Kong Ming'an seemed to be deep in thought, carefully savoring the unique "artistic conception" contained in that punch that belonged only to Mu En.

This kind of soul power, spiritual power, and highly integrated physical strength, achieved through one's own will, is something he does not yet possess.

Kong Ming'an paused slightly, then stepped forward and engaged Mu En in close combat.

He no longer directly withstood all attacks, nor did he completely dodge them. Instead, he used this opportunity to personally experience and analyze Moon's every exertion of force and the moments when his will was concentrated.

Moon quickly discovered the problem.

The young man before them possessed extremely high strength and considerable combat experience. His movements were fluid and natural, yet they lacked a certain smoothness, with a subtle sense of stagnation between them.

This was supposed to be a weakness, perhaps the breakthrough point for him to defeat his opponent. However, the opponent's progress was clearly visible to the naked eye!

From being a little awkward at the beginning, to gradually getting used to his rhythm, and even starting to imitate and learn!

We can't drag it on any longer!

Mu En's thoughts raced, his eyes flashed with a sharp light, and in the next moment, his soul power suddenly erupted!

"Dragon Emperor Breaks Evil and Rifts!"

A golden dragon-shaped blade of light, condensed to its ultimate form and seemingly capable of tearing apart all evil, suddenly slashed out. At the same time, a domain filled with majestic dragon might and pure light power suddenly unfolded around its body.

"Dragon Emperor's Domain Shakes the Realm!"

He used two unique skills at the same time, and the golden dragon's might and the dazzling power of light instantly engulfed Kong Ming'an's figure!

His body was torn apart, the silver light was completely obscured, and his aura almost vanished. However, the next moment, Kong Ming'an's body re-emerged in the silver light, completely unharmed.

He looked down at his palm, a knowing glint in his eyes.

It turned out to be the case.

The next moment, he imitated Moon and threw a punch!

A massive fist-shaped shadow composed of silver data streams suddenly appeared. Although its form was different, it contained a trace of Mu En's domineering will!

Young and delicate, yet possessing the same spirit!

Moon's pupils contracted sharply, but he didn't hesitate to throw a punch to meet it. The golden light of his fist shattered the silver fist shadow.

As he shattered the silver fist shadow, Mu En was already certain in his heart that this was his reign over the world!

Although it's still very weak, how is this possible?!

However, Kong Ming'an did not give Mu En any more time to think. More silver fist shadows fell like meteors, each punch carrying the ever-improving will of "ruling the world".

From naive imitation, to mastering both form and spirit, to finally surpassing the master!

That fist intent actually surged and transformed wildly during the battle, until a certain moment...

"boom!!!"

A silver fist aura, combining the precision of data flow with the domineering power of a sovereign, completely shattered the golden fist light that Mu En was struggling to maintain, and solidly imprinted itself on his chest!

"puff--!"

Moon's body flew backward like a kite with a broken string, spitting out blood. His powerful aura instantly weakened, and his straight body became hunched over again.

Moon lost.

This was inevitable, since Moon's condition was indeed terrible and he couldn't fight for long, while his opponent Kong Ming'an had a constant automatic health regeneration and health lock, making him practically invincible.

Forcibly suppressing the surging blood and qi within his body and his injuries, Mu En barely managed to stand up, his face ashen, but he didn't show much resentment.

He knew that his opponent had held back at the end; otherwise, that punch would have been enough to severely injure or even kill him.

However, before he could speak, a stream of pure life energy separated from the golden ancient tree and poured into Mu En's body like sweet rain, quickly stabilizing his injuries and nourishing his parched meridians.

Kong Ming watched calmly. He had not come for the sake of killing; this battle with Mu En was merely incidental, a convenient way to test his own survival and combat abilities.

Aside from the somewhat abstract concept of "feeding Douluo," Mu En himself was fine and had no reason to harm anyone.

After doing all this, Kong Ming'an thought for a moment, then took out the silver orb containing Ah Yin's soul.

With a light tap of his fingertip, ripples spread across the surface of the light sphere. As if turning the pages of a book, Kong Ming'an searched through Ah Yin's memories, then copied a portion of them. He then condensed that copied memory into a stream of light and sent it to Mu En.

Moon paused, instinctively catching it, and then the stream of light directly merged into his mind. In an instant, a vast amount of memories flooded in, and Moon's consciousness became hazy.

As Moon's consciousness waned, an immense and terrifying spatial fluctuation erupted from above the golden ancient tree.

A colossal spatial portal appeared out of thin air in the sky, directly enveloping the entire golden ancient tree.

Under the horrified gazes of the many powerful Shrek Academy members who rushed to the scene after noticing something amiss, the golden tree, which embodied the academy's symbol and faith, was uprooted and flew directly into the spatial portal, disappearing completely.

In the center of Poseidon Island, only a bottomless, enormous crater remained.

Moon stood frozen in place, oblivious to the chaos around him. At that moment, countless memories were churning uncontrollably in his mind.

A blue figure was quietly devouring the memories of souls at the core of the ancient golden tree!

He recognized some of the souls; they were the deceased leaders of Shrek Academy throughout history, including even his teacher!

The additional information clearly told him that the blue figure was none other than Tang San's mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin.

Her ability to parasitize this place, devouring the souls of past pavilion masters to nourish herself and seize the Golden Ancient Tree, was all at the behest and arrangement of the Sea God Tang San!

Moon's body swayed slightly, his face as pale as paper.

Nourished by the power of the ancient golden tree, his body was in exceptionally good condition, enough to extend his life by ten years. Yet, he felt no joy whatsoever.

He stared blankly at the empty center of Poseidon Island, and at that moment, a crack appeared in his faith in the sea god.

Chapter 189 The Tree of Billions of Silver Radiance

Undead Demiplane

Beneath the peculiar, desolate sky of the undead demiplane, the colossal golden tree, supported by Kongming's soul-soothing power, slowly flew towards the void boundary of the demiplane.

Hyotei followed beside him, his golden eyes scrutinizing the massive ancient tree with a hint of curiosity. He couldn't help but ask, "Why did you go through all this trouble to snatch this tree? What are you planning to do with it?"

"It's a modification, of course," Kong Ming'an explained softly.

As the Golden Ancient Tree that is destined to become the core of life in the Douluo Plane, its material is undoubtedly the most superior material within the Douluo Plane.

His previous actions—extracting the essence of the Asura God's position, capturing Ah Yin, and fighting Mu En—were all incidental.

Along with the previous modification of "Ling Shu" and its ascension to godhood, all of this was paving the way for the current modification of the Golden Ancient Tree.

Without much explanation, Kong Ming'an led Bingdi to the edge of the undead demiplane.

Compared to the central area of ​​the undead demiplane, this place is somewhat chaotic, with not only scarce energy but also very weak spatial anchoring.

Looking further out, there is the void beyond the Douluo plane, and fragments of different sizes anchored at the edge of the undead demiplane.

These are all fragments of the plane that Kong Ming'an obtained by making a wish to the will of the Douluo plane.

Because the Douluo Continent itself is quite large, it constantly attracts naturally drifting fragments of other planes from the universe to attach themselves to it.

As the chosen one, within the bounds of the rules, most of his reasonable needs can be met.

Therefore, after receiving knowledge about the demiplane from Elder Yi, several months ago, the Snow Emperor captured the plane fragments sent by the wills of these many planes and temporarily anchored them outside the undead demiplane, awaiting his use.

Without much hesitation, Kong Ming'an chose a slightly larger dimensional fragment, and then brought Ice Emperor and the Golden Ancient Tree to this dimensional fragment.

Everywhere one looked was desolate; the entire fragment of the plane was empty, and the surrounding space was chaotic, seemingly on the verge of disintegrating at any moment.

Kong Ming'an's gaze was calm as he directly controlled the golden ancient tree to descend slowly.

The moment the massive roots of the ancient golden tree touched this desolate land, as if by instinct, they rapidly burrowed downwards, stabilizing itself and, in doing so, temporarily stabilizing the surrounding space.

Immediately afterwards, Kong Ming'an raised his hand.

Instantly, the gleaming silver "Spiritual Pivot" beside him detached, then expanded into the air, transforming in moments into a massive halo hundreds of meters in diameter, steadily encircling the ancient golden tree and encompassing it.

The renovation has officially begun.

First, there is the process of stripping and purifying.

Countless beams of silver light extended from the enormous halo, then solemnly probed into the interior of the ancient tree.

The immense power of light and life energy accumulated over millennia were gradually stripped away and extracted. The ancient tree trembled slightly, and its once brilliant gold fading at a visible speed.

Then, the true reshaping began.

A massive silver halo showered down a waterfall of dazzling light; it was not merely soul power, but a special energy composed of countless tiny computing units and data streams.

Like a living silver stream, they seeped little by little along the veins of the ancient tree's branches, gradually covering and replacing the originally golden trunk and leaves with intricate and delicate silver patterns, shimmering with light.

These silver patterns are not static; they slowly intertwine and flow across the trunk and branches of the ancient tree, gradually changing its shape and exuding a cold yet boundless aura.

Kong Ming'an looked intently, his thoughts clearer than ever before.

As the Ling Shu network grew increasingly vast, the information deluge became overwhelming and complex. The simple "Ling Shu" itself could not handle such a massive amount of information. Therefore, it needed a powerful information filter and processor as the carrier of the "Ling Shu."

The Golden Tree was his target.

The current transformation is a magnificent achievement based on the knowledge of "divine positions" and "divine artifacts" at the God-King level, combined with the methods of "artifact cultivation."

In layman's terms, he now regards the "Spiritual Pivot" as the "divine position" to be passed down.

The process of transforming the Golden Ancient Tree involves using the techniques of forging "divine artifacts" to continuously improve its compatibility with the "Spiritual Pivot," forging it into a "divine artifact" embryo that is most suitable to bear the "Spiritual Pivot."

Just like in the usual divine succession, the successor of a divine position will increase the corresponding divine compatibility level after completing each divine test.

And this is only the first step.

After the refining process is complete, he will pass on the "Spiritual Pivot" to the transformed Golden Ancient Tree in a manner similar to the succession of a divine position.

Thus, the two established a close connection, and then, using the method of "artificial cultivation," they completely fused the "spiritual pivot" with this perfect embryonic body, becoming inseparable and achieving absolute unity!

This massive creation, constructed in this way, will serve as his first spirit ring.

And this is the path he conceived, a path that probably only he could take.

At a certain moment, the renovation was completed.

The once dazzling golden tree has completely vanished, replaced by a colossal silver tree, its entire body forged from mithril, its branches and leaves flowing with a pure silver light and endless streams of data.

It stands silently, each leaf resembling a miniature galaxy of silver light, each exchange of energy releasing a vast torrent of information, forming a massive information processing hub.

Without the slightest pause, Kong Ming'an raised his hand, and the enormous silver spirit ring that had been hovering around the silver giant tree slowly descended, naturally enveloping the tree.

Just like the way soul rings and soul cores are embedded in the "Star Ring" technique, the Silver Radiance Soul Ring naturally interlocks with the Silver Giant Tree.

And at the very moment the two joined together,

"Om-!"

An indescribable burst of brilliant silver light suddenly erupted, and a vast stream of information surged and converged at an unprecedented scale and speed, emitting a crisp buzzing sound and instantly illuminating the entire dimensional fragment.

a moment,

The light subsided, the hum died down, and the fusion was complete.

Kong Ming'an let out a soft breath, gazing at the giant tree before him, completely integrated with the "Spirit Pivot" soul ring, its entire body flowing with a tranquil and profound silver light.

It is no longer a simple plant, nor a simple soul tool, but a completely new, living information life form with infinite possibilities.