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After reporting to Bibi Dong, Tang San began researching the situation regarding the Blood God Child's avatar.
Upon initial observation, Tang San discovered that while this avatar was a creation of Xu Huang, it had become independent the moment the soul was separated from the original body. It had formed a genuine soul of its own. However, within its soul, there was an incomplete grayish flow of energy—this was the method Xu Huang used to control the Blood God Child's avatar.
Tang San speculated that Xu Huang himself was unaware of this. He likely believed that the Blood God Child's avatar would never betray him, and that was the extent of his understanding.
What made Tang San most uneasy, however, was the composition of the Blood God Child. Its bloodline contained the genetic information of countless species from the Jingzhao realm. This meant that Xu Huang had slaughtered countless races during the process of creating the Blood God Child, even turning that world into a wasteland.
As a result, the form of the Blood God Child could be anything, with control depending on which segment of the bloodline's expression was dominant at any given time.
Additionally, within this Blood God Child avatar, there existed countless grudges, hatred, and other negative mental forces distinct from admiration and respect.
This mental energy was a form of belief power.
However, compared to the positive belief power rooted in noble aspirations, this was a negative kind of energy. While equally potent, it was far more prone to corrupting hearts and minds.
But Tang San felt that Xu Huang likely didn't care about this.
Or perhaps, in his pursuit of revenge, Xu Huang was willing to accept these forces, believing that he had full control over them.
"The situation is clear now. After his defeat, Xu Huang traveled to the world of the Sky Pearl Change and most likely entered the realm of the final boss. He occupied that place and influenced the protagonist, Zhou Weiqing, turning him into that monstrous form, annihilating all life on that planet, and severing the connection to the divine realm. Then, he made contact with the Abyssal Dimension."
"As for whether the Abyssal Dimension came to him or Xu Huang reached out to it, that's irrelevant. The two realms have now merged, with Xu Huang assuming control over the Abyssal Dimension, becoming its master."
"Also, judging by the chaotic and numerous bloodline expressions and the countless resentments contained within this avatar, it's clear that Xu Huang didn't just create one…"
At this thought, Tang San's expression turned grim.
The Abyss, Xu Huang—if the Starry Sky World directly connected with the opposing realm, it would suffer immense damage. It was essential to weaken that realm to some extent before making such a connection.
"Tang San, have you figured anything out?" The Blood God Child's avatar mocked when it saw Tang San's serious expression. It sneered, "Do you want me to tell you?"
"No need."
Tang San raised his hand and pressed it against the Blood God Child's avatar's forehead. His soul force erupted, instantly shattering the avatar's soul. The blood-soaked form collapsed into a blood-red egg. Perhaps due to its prior defeat, it was now about the size of a human fist.
Gazing at the blood egg, Tang San focused his thoughts, and his Three-Headed, Six-Armed avatar of Greed, Hatred, and Delusion emerged from his forehead, entering the egg.
Greed, Hatred, and Delusion, this unique martial soul, had long been under the control of Tang San's divine soul. Over the years, he had also cultivated the disciplines of the Three Jewels—戒 (Jie), 定 (Ding), and 慧 (Hui)—to prevent his soul from degrading.
Now that his spiritual state had nearly reached perfection, he could easily separate these mental forces from his body and integrate them into the blood egg, turning them into a tangible avatar.
For someone of Tang San's caliber, controlling two bodies simultaneously was effortless. He then sent the blood egg through the sealed dimension channel, transporting it to the Underworld dimension where Xu Huang resided.
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Back on the Douluo Continent, the landscape had changed due to the invasion of Abyssal creatures:
In 2139 of the Douluo calendar, the invasion of Abyssal creatures weakened the Star Luo Empire, which became the weakest kingdom on the continent. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong of the Spirit Hall reached level 100, achieving the titles of the Rakshasa and Death Gods. Tang Chen of the Haotian Sect attempted to stop her from meddling in worldly affairs, but with only level 100 strength, he was easily defeated by Bibi Dong, who had become a Level 1 Supreme God, supplemented by the essence of仙灵 (Xianling) and having reached God King level. Bibi Dong shattered his Tenth Soul Ring and God-level core, reducing his cultivation to level 99.
Because of Tang San's Haotian bloodline, Bibi Dong spared Tang Chen's life.
From that point, Spirit Hall's reputation soared.
In 2140, strange monsters that could consume all matter to grow appeared again in the former site of the Abyssal invasion. To prevent these creatures from breeding and spreading, the Tiandou Empire and Spirit Hall united to form the Douluo Continent United Nations, led by Spirit Hall.
By 2141, the monsters drew closer to the Star Luo Empire, and its defensive lines grew increasingly strained. Reluctantly, the Star Luo Empire joined the Douluo Continent United Nations.
In 2142, the city lord of the Soul Guidance Technology City in one of Wuhun City's six outer cities, Lou Gao, along with one of Tang San's wives, Guang Ling, developed a soul energy purification system that could cleanse Abyssal energy. This greatly enhanced their ability to resist Abyssal creatures.
By 2149, seven years had passed since the purification system's success. The Abyssal creatures were steadily defeated, and the heavenly energy of Douluo Star grew denser. Each year, more children awakened innate soul power than ever before.
During this period, the Sun and Moon Continent launched another attack on Douluo Continent.
This time, the Douluo Continent United Nations fought back, taking ships across the ocean and causing the Sun Moon Empire to fracture into countless smaller kingdoms. The United Nations began mining on the Sun Moon Continent, transporting all valuable resources back to Douluo.
In the same year, the dimension channel sealed by the Silver Dragon King reopened, and Abyssal creatures attacked once again. However, they were repelled by the soul beasts led by the fierce beasts of the Star Dou Forest.
*Douluo Calendar 2150*
After ten years of preparation, the Silver Dragon King finally led the fierce beasts and the numerous 100,000-year-old soul beasts he had cultivated to announce their existence to humanity.
The leader of the Douluo Continent United Nations, Bibi Dong, invited Gu Yue Na to a battle in the sky. The battle was so intense that it dimmed the sun and moon and darkened the entire world, causing even the planet Douluo itself to tremble.
This battle became known as the Battle for Soul Beast Independence.
The outcome of the battle was unknown to the public, but following the conflict, the Douluo Continent United Nations enacted a law forbidding the arbitrary hunting of soul beasts, unless the beasts first threatened the lives or property of humans. The primary leaders of the soul beasts, Gu Yue Na and her subordinates—Di Tian, Bi Ji, and others—also joined the Douluo Continent United Nations.
*Douluo Calendar 2151*
The Spirit Hall had successfully developed a perfected process for creating soul rings. Soul masters no longer needed to hunt soul beasts to advance; instead, they could purchase soul rings to break through their bottlenecks. From the lowest, ten-year white soul rings to the highest, 100,000-year red soul rings, all were available for purchase—money being the only requirement.
For students at elementary soul master academies, as long as their identity was legitimate, they could receive a free first soul ring. The local Spirit Hall would assess the student's martial soul and physical condition to select the most suitable soul ring. Even if the student's first soul ring needed to be of a ten-thousand-year level, the Spirit Hall would provide it if they could endure it.
Thus, a new profession emerged within the soul master community: Soul Ring Makers—soul masters capable of creating soul rings.
*Douluo Calendar 2152*
Xiao Wu, Guang Ling, Huo Wu, Lan Yin Zi, and others published their writings and became the founders of pill refining, soul guidance devices, weapon crafting, and formations. From this point onward, the continent saw the rise of pill refiners, soul guides, weapon crafters, and formation masters.
*Douluo Calendar 2153*
Due to the decreasing number of bandits and fallen beings on the continent, the Haotian Sect gradually declined. Although Tang Chen had regained his strength to level 100, he was still unable to change the sect's situation. Over the past 13 years, the Haotian Sect's mindset had remained unchanged. On the other hand, the continent's peace had allowed the more talented disciples to harness their Shura energy and form the God of Death domain.
However, using Abyssal creatures as training targets proved too dangerous. Many talented Haotian disciples had fallen, and the blood of Abyssal creatures, when tainted by Shura energy, easily triggered madness in the simpler-minded Haotian disciples.
After numerous problems with Haotian disciples, the United Nations army stopped recruiting any with the Haotian Hammer martial soul. After all, they could not check whether the Haotian Hammer carried Shura energy. To prevent potential madness, such individuals were simply eliminated under the guise of "incompatibility."
Officially, the coalition still welcomed all recruits, but those with the Haotian Hammer martial soul were promptly excluded.
As the territories around the Haotian Sect continued to be developed and villages urbanized, with residents migrating to larger cities, the Haotian Sect's income dwindled.
To survive, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, the two brothers, led the sect back to its roots—blacksmithing.
As for robbing the rich to help the poor…
Even the Haotian Sect's ancestors had been easily killed by a single strike from Bibi Dong. No disciple, no matter how foolish, would attempt such an act. If they did, it would lead to the sect's destruction.
In this era, even level 100 gods had to follow the rules!
*Douluo Calendar 2154*
The governing faction of the Douluo Continent United Nations, the Spirit Hall, prepared to explore the Infinite Desert.
Three years later, in 2157, the Infinite Desert was fully explored, and the Golden Ancient Tree was brought under the control of the Spirit Hall. The guardian mechs of the Golden Civilization were defeated by Bibi Dong, and the records of the civilization's legacy were fully acquired by Spirit Hall.
However, the United Nations did not attempt to replicate all the information. Instead, they selectively studied it according to the current situation on the continent.
Even so, the development of Douluo Continent accelerated like a high-speed train, advancing rapidly.
*Douluo Calendar 2155*
The Blue Silver Emperor now covered the entire Douluo Continent, and the Starry Sky World officially connected with the Underworld. The Blue Silver Network also announced: The Abyssal Invasion Game is officially live!
(End of Chapter)