Douluo Dalu: Shooting the Sun

Yang Podi scooped a ladle of spring water and observed it carefully for a while. The breath of life in the spring water actually exceeded that of the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest. Moreover, next to the spring water was an ancient golden tree. This was probably the legendary water of life.

Yang Po Di took a sip carefully and instantly felt very comfortable all over his body, as if it was filled with the breath of life. This was the water of life.

Yang Podi was even more puzzled. An ordinary soul master should not be able to build a place like this. Perhaps only a god could do it. But even if it was a god, why would he build this courtyard in this place? Why would he plant the ancient golden tree in this place?

Judging from the situation in this place, it is already thousands of meters underground. If it weren't for the aura emitted by this fire dragon, I'm afraid I wouldn't have noticed it. You know, at that time, Yang Po was already a Titled Douluo at level 98, and this fire dragon seemed to be very awed by this courtyard.

What's even more strange is that this courtyard seems to have some special function, it can even conceal the aura of the ancient golden tree.

Yang Podi suddenly thought of something and his face changed instantly.

I remember that in the Douluo world, the Abyss Plane is a terrifying existence. The Abyss Plane did not appear in Douluo I, but appeared in Douluo II due to the collision of continents. Judging from the current situation, it is possible that the so-called Abyss Plane is underneath this Soul-Calming Courtyard, and the use of Soul-Calming Stone to build the Soul-Calming Courtyard and the Golden Ancient Tree is probably to suppress the Abyss Plane.

If this is the case, there must be a large formation under the cave or even the entire rock space, and the ancient golden tree is the core of the formation.

It is no wonder that the volcanoes in the entire Liuhuo Mountain Range are extremely prone to eruption. It turns out that there is such a terrifying thing under the Liuhuo Mountain Range.

Yang Podi stayed in the entire Soul-Suppressing Courtyard for half a month, but did not gain anything else. Instead, all the water of life was taken away. As for the courtyard built with the ancient golden tree and the Soul-Suppressing Stone, with Yang Podi's current strength, he had no way of moving away, and he did not dare to move away.

However, practicing under the ancient golden tree is indeed very good. It is about 50% faster than normal practice. It is simply a rare place for practice. Unfortunately, the only entrance is covered by magma, and I am afraid that no one can get in.

If you really want to get in, you either have to refine your body with ice and fire in the Yin-Yang Eyes of Ice and Fire, or reach the realm of Ultimate Fire or Ultimate Ice, or it is possible to reach the Ultimate Douluo. Apart from this, there is probably no other way.

Yang Podi finally decided to leave here. He now had other things to deal with. It would be the same to come here to practice after he finished dealing with them. Even the ancient golden tree could not make him truly become a god.

As for the situation inside the cave, Yang Podi has no plans to tell anyone for the time being. This will serve as his secret base and also as his last trump card. If he really cannot find the throne of God in the future, this may be the best way out.

This is a somewhat fictionalized origin of the ancient golden tree, which is not clearly described in the original novel. It can be regarded as a small foreshadowing for the later part.

Chapter 243 Changes in Tiandou Palace

After Yang Podi left Liuhuo Mountains, he planned to go to Tiandou City to take a look. He didn't know what the situation was like there. Maybe he could take advantage of the situation and make some money again.

What Yang Podi didn’t know was that a lot of things had happened recently.

First of all, Tang Hao has been in a coma since the war between Tianxing Academy and Haotian Sect. However, Tang Xiao has recovered about 50% to 60% and can barely preside over the affairs of Haotian Sect.

Tang San and his group are preparing to go to Seagod Island. Everyone has gathered and is ready to set off at any time.

At this moment, Xiao Wu, who had been missing since the Soul Master Competition, suddenly appeared. Xiao Wu went straight to the Haotian Sect and found Tang San.

Tang San and Xiao Wu hadn't seen each other for many years. When they met, they were both very excited and couldn't help but hug each other. Both of them even had tears in their eyes.

As for Xiao Wu's identity as a hundred thousand year soul beast, it was still relatively safe in the Haotian Sect. At least under the leadership of Tang Xiao, no one dared to have any evil intentions.

Although the Tiandou Empire and the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect received the news, they did not take any action. After all, in terms of strength alone, the high-end combat force of the Haotian Sect should be considered the strongest now, especially the black dragon claw that appeared at the end of the battle with Tianxing Academy, which became a shadow in the hearts of many major forces.

Tang San hugged Xiao Wu tightly, not wanting to let go at all, but Tang San finally spoke: "Xiao Wu, do you know someone from Di Tian?"

Xiao Wu nodded: "I know Uncle Di Tian. I just met Uncle Di Tian some time ago. It is said that Uncle Di Tian is a friend of my mother. He has been traveling with his friends over the years. I have never seen him since I was a child."

"But some time ago, the Spirit Hall suddenly came to arrest me, and it was Uncle Di Tian's friends who saved me. If it weren't for their help, I'm afraid I would have been captured by the Spirit Hall."

Tang San quickly spoke up: "What is going on with this Spirit Hall? How do they know where you live in the Star Dou Great Forest?"

Xiao Wu shook her head: "About a year ago, a group of spirit masters from the Spirit Hall came to explore the Star Dou Great Forest. Er Ming saw that these people were suspicious and judging from their attire, they should be from the Spirit Hall, so he attacked them, but unfortunately two of them escaped."

"It was these two people who tipped off the enemy. Later, the Spirit Hall sent two Title Douluo and ten Soul Saints to capture me. Among them were Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, as well as three members of the golden generation of the Soul Master Competition."

"Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo used their martial soul fusion skills to restrict Da Ming and Er Ming. The other ten soul saints and many soul masters all came to besiege me. If Uncle Di Tian's friends hadn't appeared, I would probably not have been able to escape at all."

After hearing this, Tang San's eyes suddenly turned red: "The people in the Spirit Hall are too bullying. I will help you get revenge sooner or later."

After some lingering time between Tang San and Xiao Wu, they finally decided that Xiao Wu and Tang San would go to Poseidon Island for training together, so that there would be exactly seven people in the team.

Another thing happened in the Tiandou Empire. Emperor Xue Ye suddenly fell ill. For a moment, the entire Tiandou City area seemed to be in a panic, and all kinds of rumors spread.

Some people said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was plotting to murder Emperor Xue Ye and wanted to usurp the throne, while others said that the three upper sects were up to something and wanted to persecute Emperor Xue Ye.

In short, the entire Tiandou City area is very chaotic, and the major forces are intricately intertwined. However, judging from various circumstances, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe has the strongest power. In addition to his own Crown Prince's Mansion, he also has the support of his teacher, Ning Fengzhi, the leader of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect. Moreover, the crown prince is the apparent heir to the Tiandou Empire, and it can even be said that he is the only heir. It seems that there should be no big problem for him to ascend to that position.

The one who opposed the most strongly was Prince Xuexing. Prince Xuexing had always been highly valued by Emperor Xue Ye, was in charge of a large number of troops, and even had extremely strong power in the court. In particular, Prince Xuexing had always been extremely concerned about the death of Prince Xue Beng, and all signs seemed to indicate that it was the work of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

Moreover, Prince Xuexing has always been against Crown Prince Xue Qinghe. If the crown prince really ascends to the throne, I am afraid his end will be very miserable.

Prince Xuexing and Emperor Xue Ye have always had a very good relationship, and he is also very aware that Emperor Xue Ye's health has always been pretty good. Now he suddenly fell ill and was in a coma, which seemed to reveal all kinds of doubts, not to mention that Emperor Xue Ye himself was also a Soul Douluo. Unless he was poisoned, he would not fall ill so quickly.

Just when many doctors were at a loss, Prince Xuexing heard that Tang San was good at making poisons and had unique insights into various herbs. In order to save his brother and for his own future safety, Prince Xuexing invited Tang San to treat Emperor Xue Ye.

After some thought, Tang San took Tang Lie and prepared to go to the palace to visit Emperor Xue Ye. Unexpectedly, the Tiandou Palace had been closed at this time, and even the imperial guards and other troops were mobilized, indicating that there was a trend of palace coup.

However, Prince Xuexing has a wide network of contacts and is even involved in the palace to a certain extent. Especially now that Emperor Xueye is in a coma, a small number of people loyal to Emperor Xueye want to do their best to save him. When they heard that Prince Xuexing has a miraculous doctor, they decisively opened the palace gate for Xuexing, Tang San and the others.

When Tang San saw the unconscious Snow Night Emperor, especially after seeing the poison that Snow Night Emperor was infected with, he was completely shocked.

In order to poison a Soul Douluo like Emperor Xue Ye, one must use an extremely poisonous substance, and the poison that Emperor Xue Ye was poisoned with was actually the poison of the porcupine.

Considering Xue Qinghe's recent actions, all signs indicate that it was Xue Qinghe who poisoned the person, and this porpoise poison is only found in the Spirit Hall, or more precisely, in the Porpoise Douluo.

Before Tang San and Prince Xuexing could take any action, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe directly launched a coup.

Xue Qinghe is now completely reckless, otherwise he would not have risked using the poison of the prickly porpoise, not to mention that Qian Daoliu's arrival gave him great courage and confidence.

For a moment, Tang San and the other two became birds in a cage, trapped directly in the Tiandou Palace. Although Tang Lie was strong, he was directly suppressed by Thorny Porpoise and Snake Lance Douluo. The soul power levels of the three were almost the same. Although Tang Lie had the advantage of the Clear Sky Hammer martial spirit, he could not fight one against two.

As for Tang San, he was even more miserable. The guards around him were densely packed, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe also showed his strength, which was close to the level of Soul Douluo. This was far beyond what Tang San, a Soul Emperor, could resist.

At the critical moment, Di Tian rescued Tang San, and Qian Daoliu, who came after hearing the news, fought with Di Tian.

However, both Qian Daoliu and Di Tian seemed to have suppressed their strength. Qian Daoliu did not use his angel power in Tiandou City, while Di Tian fought against Qian Daoliu as an ordinary person and did not show his true form as a black dragon.

The battle seemed to be getting extremely intense, but it was also somewhat conservative.

Yang Podi, who was dozens of miles away, also felt the noise of the battle.

Yang Podi couldn't help but laugh: "I didn't expect that the two of them would actually fight. This is quite interesting."

Immediately afterwards, Yang Podi concealed his soul power, sneaked quietly, and prepared to sneak into the palace for a stroll.

As the battle spread wider and wider, Xue Qinghe's side seemed to have no advantage, especially as time went on, the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect also discovered Xue Qinghe's true identity and directly turned against him. After all, Ning Fengzhi and the others hated the Spirit Hall the most, and the Haotian Sect also gradually began to support them.

Xue Qinghe seemed to understand the current situation. Using the excuse that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Haotian Sect were plotting rebellion, he directly ordered the Tiandou Empire's imperial guards and the spirit masters affiliated with the royal family to wipe out the three sects.

In the end, a great battle broke out between the two sides, during which countless royal guards and royal soul masters were killed or wounded, while the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Haotian Sect suffered heavy damage again, and the battle gradually died down.

But after the war, Qian Daoliu fled in a hurry with Qian Renxue and a few soul masters, leaving Tiandou City in a tragic scene.

After this battle, the faces of the Haotian Sect, the Qibao Liuli Sect, and even Prince Xuexing all looked extremely gloomy, because it seemed that the only strength lost from the beginning to the end of this battle was the strength of the Tiandou Empire.

The soul masters and imperial guards belonging to the Tiandou royal family were basically wiped out. It can be said that the royal family was left with only an empty shell.

The Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Haotian Sect were heavily surrounded by the imperial guards, and there were also many soul masters directly under the royal family. They also lost one or two hundred people each. Don't underestimate these one or two hundred people. After all, the two major sects only have about six or seven hundred people now, and many affiliated families have joined recently. Otherwise, the two major sects would only have about five hundred people. This loss is a direct loss of one-sixth of their total number.

What's even more frustrating is that the entire royal treasury was looted, and it was difficult to rebuild the soul master team or even the imperial guards. After all, no matter what you do, you have to spend money, and without money you can do nothing.

And there is an even more troublesome thing. Emperor Xue Ye is half-dead, several major heirs of Tiandou Empire are all dead, and the only remaining prince Xue Qinghe simply ran away, and he is an impostor. Now Emperor Xue Ye only has a little princess Xue Ke left. Who will inherit the throne?

Prince Xuexing has always had a very bad reputation. Although he still has many followers, he is not fit to be an emperor. Moreover, Prince Xuexing does not get along well with the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. If he really becomes the emperor, the entire Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect might turn against him.

At the critical moment when everyone was unable to make a decision, everyone's eyes turned to the half-dead Emperor Xue Ye. He was probably the only one who could make such a decision now.

After everyone confirmed it, Emperor Xue Ye could indeed find a way to wake him up, but he probably wouldn't live long after waking up. After all, this was the poison of a Titled Douluo, and none of the people on the scene could cure it.

Finally, Tang San used drugs to forcibly wake up Emperor Xue Ye, but according to Tang San's estimation, Emperor Xue Ye would only live for ten days or half a month at most.

After Emperor Xue Ye regained consciousness, he looked at the devastated palace, the dead or wounded imperial guards and royal spirit masters, and the completely looted royal treasury. He was nearly pissed to death.

Judging from the current situation, the Tiandou Empire can be said to have a powerful enemy, the Spirit Hall, outside, and is extremely unstable internally. Even the royal family does not have the ability to protect itself, especially the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect and the Haotian Sect outside the Tiandou City. Originally, the three sects cooperated with each other and supported each other, but now the strength of the royal spirit masters has all collapsed. If these two parties make any moves, the Tiandou royal family will be in trouble.

At this time, the Tiandou royal family did not have many choices. The only trump card was Marshal Gelong's million-strong army. However, that was just an ordinary army. Moreover, after losing the treasure house, how could this million-strong army be supported?

The Tiandou Palace Incident is described in one chapter, which can be regarded as a transition and also as a small summary of this section.

Chapter 244 Return to the Killing City

Emperor Xue Ye is worthy of having been in charge of the Tiandou Empire for many years and has a solid foundation. He immediately summoned Marshal Ge Long and the three teaching committee members of the Tiandou Royal Academy. These four people are rare masters in the Tiandou Empire.

At the same time, an order was issued to pass the throne to Xue Ke, and Marshal Ge Long and Prince Xue Xing were appointed as assistants. Three members of the Education Committee and most of the teachers and students of Tiandou Royal Academy entered the palace to assist Princess Xue Ke.

In this way, the Tiandou Empire's political power was barely stabilized. At the same time, it tried to win over the Haotian Sect and the Qibao Liuli Sect, and conferred the title of King Lan Hao on Tang San, while assisting Princess Xue Ke.

I don’t know if it was because they were afraid that the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would interfere too much in the affairs of the Tiandou royal family, so they did not confer a title to Ning Fengzhi. Instead, they conferred the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and the Haotian Sect as the sects that protect the country, and they would stand together with the royal family.

At the same time, Emperor Xue Ye wrote a letter to Dugu Bo, a guest official of the Tiandou Empire, hoping that he could come to Tiandou City to help jointly preside over the overall situation. Unfortunately, the letter fell into the sea and Dugu Bo did not respond at all.

After taking all these measures, the Tiandou Empire was temporarily stabilized, but Emperor Xue Ye himself was exhausted and passed away suddenly.

Princess Xue Ke received support from all parties and officially inherited the throne, becoming the first empress in the history of the Tiandou Empire.

However, the Tiandou Empire at this time was indeed facing internal and external troubles, and the positions of the major kingdoms and principalities within the empire were unclear. Among them were many small principalities such as the Barak Kingdom, the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom, the Silves Kingdom, and the Gu Lei Kingdom. On the surface, they supported Princess Xue Ke's ascension to the throne, but in fact they did not make any statement.

These kingdoms and principalities together occupy four provinces of the Tiandou Empire, and they are four provinces close to the Spirit Hall and the Xingluo Empire. Although the area and population density of these four provinces are not as large as the Tiandou area, they have directly lost about 30% of their territory invisibly.

Faced with this situation, it is impossible for the entire empire to send troops to conquer, after all, the Spirit Hall is the real number one enemy.

After this coup, Tang San and his companions became more eager for strength, so the group of seven prepared to go to Hanhai City to go out to sea. Increasing the strength of Sea God Island has become an obsession for Tang San.

Yang Podi didn't care about these trivial matters. At this time, he had already made a lot of preparations to enter the City of Slaughter.

Yang Podi has always been wary of the King of Killing. In terms of strength alone, Yang Podi estimated that he was already higher than Tang Chen. But Tang Chen had already gone through the Eight Tests of Shura and could apply some of the Shura power. In a sense, Tang Chen was already a demigod.

Especially since Tang Chen still has the Shura Demon Sword in his hand, this Shura Demon Sword is a true super artifact, and its power increase may reach an unimaginable level.

When Tang San had just entered the Titled Douluo realm, he was able to seriously injure Bibi Dong with the artifact Poseidon Trident, and the Shura Demon Sword is even more powerful than Poseidon Trident.

I remember that in the original novel, Tang San only managed to win when Tang Chen was poisoned, and he did so with the help of the Trident of Poseidon and the Light of Poseidon. But this was also one of the most difficult battles for Tang San.

When Yang Podi entered the Slaughter City, the entire Slaughter City was in chaos. After all, it had been less than ten years since Yang Podi left the Slaughter City. Many people still remembered the situation when Yang Podi killed everyone in the place. It was simply a nightmare for countless people.

After Yang Podi entered the City of Slaughter, even the Slaughter Knights were trembling with fear. After all, he was the God of Slaughter, a soul master who could unleash soul skills in the City of Slaughter, and he was the embodiment of all kinds of blood and killing.

In the inner city of Slaughter City, a girl in black veil greeted Yang Podi: "Respected Lord God of Slaughter, welcome back to Slaughter City. I wonder what brings you back to Slaughter City this time?"

Yang Podi's face was indifferent, and he seemed to have no expression: "Take me to see the King of Slaughter, I have something to ask him."

The girl in black veil seemed to be trembling a little, and her face looked a little hesitant: "Lord God of Killing, this may be troublesome. Generally, we will only go to see the Lord of Killing if he summons us. Normally, no one dares to disturb the Lord of Killing."

Yang Podi glanced at the black-veiled girl and said, "You are afraid of the King of Slaughter, but not me?"

After he finished speaking, a terrifying murderous aura appeared from Yang Podi's body, and the entire surrounding space turned blood red. Both the girl in black veil and the horror knight in the dark trembled, and the horror knight even fainted.

The black-veiled girl spat out a mouthful of blood, and then said tremblingly: "Lord God of Killing, please show mercy. I will take you to the residence of the King of Killing immediately."

Yang Podi nodded slightly, then immediately suppressed his murderous aura. In this city of slaughter, strength was always respected, or rather, everything was based on killing, without a trace of mercy.

Following the guidance of the Black Shark girl, Yang Podi came to a special door. This door was made of a whole piece of thick stone. It did not look like an ordinary door, but more like a mechanism door.

The Black Shark girl spoke to the door, "Great Lord of Slaughter, the God of Slaughter wishes to see you."

A roar came directly from the room: "Didn't I tell you not to allow anyone to disturb me, even the God of Death."

The black-veiled girl’s face was filled with fear: “Lord King of Slaughter, if you don’t meet Lord God of Slaughter, I’m afraid many people in the City of Slaughter will die.”

The door to the room suddenly opened, and a red light flew out quickly, directly separating the head of the black-veiled girl. At the same time, the voice of the King of Slaughter was heard: "You are afraid of the God of Slaughter, but not me? I am the ruler of the City of Slaughter."

Yang Podi looked at the corpse of the black-veiled girl with cold eyes, and said lightly: "Lord King of Slaughter, I have something I want to see you about. I hope you won't be so reserved."

The tone of the King of Slaughter became extremely cold: "God of Slaughter, you are the greatest God of Slaughter in my Slaughter City, of course I won't be so distant, come in?"

Yang Podi walked straight into the door without any hesitation. However, as soon as he stepped into the room, the huge stone door blocked the entire entrance, and the entire room was completely closed like a cage.

Yang Podi took a closer look at the room. It was completely enclosed and the light was very dim, even darker than the City of Slaughter. Even the firelight around it had a hint of gloom.

Especially on the roof, there were some inexplicable marks, which were completely unlike those caused by ordinary people.

Yang Podi thought to himself that even if it was a soul beast or even a divine beast, it could not escape the limitations of the animal itself.

Bats have two other characteristics. One is their exceptionally long sleep schedules. A typical bat needs to sleep for over twenty hours a day, while only being active for two to four hours, or even less. Furthermore, Batman prefers to sleep upside down, and the traces on the beams indicate this bat's living habits.

In addition, bats are afraid of fire and light, so they usually only come out at night or early in the morning.

Judging from various signs in this room, this is probably the private living space of this dead bat. The blood-red nine-headed bat king may need a long time to hibernate.

Before Yang Podi could think too much, the King of Slaughter on the opposite side drank a mouthful of Bloody Mary and said coldly: "King of Slaughter, you have been away from the Slaughter City for such a long time, how come you have time to come to me suddenly today? What is your purpose in coming to the Slaughter City this time?"

Yang Podi smiled and said, "I have recently searched for a lot of spirit rings in the Xingdou Great Forest, and now I am still short of a 100,000-year spiritual spirit ring. I want to see if there are any powerful 100,000-year spiritual spirit beasts in the Slaughter City. If there are any, I can help you get rid of them."

The Slaughter King's originally pale face seemed to become even paler after hearing this, and there was even a hint of ruthlessness in the corners of his eyes: "Slaughter God, there are no soul beasts in my Slaughter City."

Yang Podi shook his head: "The Ten-Headed Fiery Sun Snake and the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King I met on the Road to Hell, both of them are very powerful. I want to ask, why did I have no spirit rings after I killed them?"

The King of Slaughter couldn't help but laugh: "God of Slaughter, have you forgotten that this is the territory of the great Lord Shura, so there are no soul beasts here."

As soon as the King of Slaughter finished speaking, Yang Podi casually threw out a living soft-bone rabbit from his body. This was caught before entering the City of Slaughter. Although the soft-bone rabbit was trembling, it was able to survive normally.