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"This is a long story. As I mentioned earlier, immortals cannot exist in the universe because the 'Universal Consciousness' does not allow such 'cancers' to appear within it."
"In a sense, the 'Divine Realm,' which houses countless 'Gods,' is an even greater 'tumor' to the universe. The 'Universal Consciousness' not only employs various means to kill individual immortals, but it also uses various methods to destroy the 'Divine Realm' itself."
"The wars of the Divine Realm in the ancient era were very likely secretly orchestrated by the 'Universal Consciousness'."
"Nowadays, the greatest threat to the 'Divine Realm' is the 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence'."
"This 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence' is a special energy created by the friction, collision, and crushing of countless spaces, planes, and parallel dimensions within the universe. These energies typically dissipate into the cosmos, but under specific circumstances, they can merge. After absorbing the power of time and space from the outside world for tens of millions of years, they eventually form the Spatial-Temporal Turbulence."
"simply put, 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence' is a special energy born from countless accidents. The 'Universal Consciousness' is likely the first butterfly to flap its wings and incite this energy. As time passes, the power of the turbulence grows stronger until it destroys all Divine Realms."
"The reason I suspect the 'Universal Consciousness' is the mastermind behind the 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence' is that it is only effective against entities like 'Gods' and the 'Divine Realm,' which are formed by spiritual power and lack a true physical body. It is ineffective against physical starfields and physical planets."
"Therefore, to counter the 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence' and potential future 'Divine Realm Wars,' the Supreme God King, the 'Dragon God,' led the initiative countless years ago. With the assistance of eighteen God Kings, the 'Douluo Divine Realm' began its evolution into a 'Douluo Divine Star'."
"A 'Divine Star' represents a dimensional ascension of the 'Divine Realm.' Once the 'Divine Realm' evolves into a 'Divine Star,' the starfield it controls would be dozens or even hundreds of times larger than before. A larger starfield means a greater source of spiritual power."
"This would not only increase the number of god positions in the 'Douluo Divine Realm' but also push the realm of the gods to a higher level."
"Most importantly, a 'Divine Star' would likely possess physical attributes. Once the 'Divine Realm' became a 'Divine Star' with physical properties, the increasingly terrifying 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence' would no longer be a threat."
"So that's how it is," Ye Lan murmured. "In that case, Senior Fire Dragon and Senior 'Dragon God' failed in the promotion to a 'Divine Star'?"
"Alas, that is correct. If we had succeeded, my little sister and I would not be here on Douluo Planet," the Fire Dragon King sighed.
"During the process of promoting to a Divine Star, the 'Universal Consciousness' once again stopped us. Under its influence, the 'Dragon God' suffered a mental breakdown, and several of the eighteen God Kings turned against us. Facing the insane attacks of the Supreme God King 'Dragon God,' the subordinates of the Dragon God—the Dragon Clan and the Gods of the Soul Beasts—were conflicted on whether to fight back. In that Divine War, countless gods fell, and God Kings spilled their blood."
"My little sister and I were two of the eighteen God Kings—the Fire Dragon King and the Water Dragon King. In the end, we died in that Divine War. Our dragon bones, carried by the 'Spatial-Temporal Turbulence,' arrived here on Douluo Planet. Eventually, the aura radiating from our remains created the 'Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well'."
After explaining his and the Water Dragon King's origins, the Fire Dragon King fell silent, evidently recalling the Divine War from countless years ago. Too many friends and kin had died in that battle.
That they were able to retain their consciousness was already a fortunate outcome; many of their kind had left behind neither corpse nor soul.
"Thank you, Senior Fire Dragon, for clarifying my doubts. May I ask what you need from me?" Ye Lan asked.
The Fire Dragon King recovered from his thoughts and said, "Human, you are one of the very few existences that my little sister and I have paid attention to. Thousands of years ago, I also sensed humans on the Douluo Continent collecting faith to resonate with the god positions of the Divine Realm, eventually becoming gods. However, in my opinion, their talents were far inferior to yours."
"Therefore, my little sister and I hope that after you become a God, you can look after the 'Soul Beast' race. If possible, we hope that after you cultivate to become a 'God King,' you can help a few 'Soul Beast' juniors ascend to godhood."
"Senior, based on what you said, there are many planets in the starfield where Douluo is located, right? The 'Soul Beast clans' on these planets surely do not lack geniuses. Do they really need my assistance?" Ye Lan asked in surprise.
"Alas, the cause of all this is still that Divine War. Because the charisma and strength of the Supreme God King 'Dragon God' were too great, countless 'Gods of Humans' were killed by the 'Gods of Soul Beasts' and the 'Dragon God' at that time. In that war, too many 'Gods of Soul Beasts' died as well."
"After the 'Dragon God' regained clarity, he was overcome with guilt over the slaughter he had caused. He ordered his subordinate, the 'Asura God King,' to split him in two, and decreed that from then on, the 'Soul Beast race' could not become gods. Even Soul Beasts that held god positions had to step down. Only after the return of the 'Dragon God' could Soul Beasts become gods again," the Fire Dragon King said helplessly.
Hearing the Fire Dragon King's words, Ye Lan was momentarily speechless. Why did the 'Soul Beast race' have to bear the consequences of the sins committed by the 'Dragon God' himself?
"Senior, if I help the 'Soul Beast race' become gods in the future, wouldn't I be breaking the oath that 'Soul Beasts cannot become gods'?" Ye Lan asked.
The Fire Dragon King shook his head helplessly. "In my view, this is the only thing Lord 'Dragon God' did wrong. Although the ban on Soul Beasts becoming gods was a promise made by the 'Dragon God' out of guilt for the slaughter, the root cause of everything was the 'Divine Star' advancement ritual."
"At that time, among the eighteen God Kings, many 'Human God Kings' and most 'Human Gods' were in favor of the 'Divine Star Advancement.' The one truly playing tricks was the 'Universal Consciousness,' yet all the consequences of that battle were borne by the 'Soul Beast race.' This is truly unfair to them," the Fire Dragon King said.
Ye Lan thought deeply and said, "Senior is right. The fate of countless Soul Beasts should not be determined by the words of a single dragon."
"Lord Dragon God said that when the 'Dragon God' returns, 'Soul Beasts' may become gods."
"However, the current 'Douluo Divine Realm,' under the leadership of the Dragon God's former subordinate, the 'Asura God King,' has actively sealed away the 'Golden Dragon King'—one of the two halves of the Dragon God—and keeps it under constant surveillance."
"In other words, 'Soul Beasts cannot become gods' was once a sentence spoken by the 'Dragon God,' but now it is the faction led by the 'Asura God King' that is truly enforcing it."
"The 'Asura God King' does not allow the 'Dragon God' to return, nor does he allow the 'Soul Beast race' to become gods. Isn't 'Asura God' using a feather as an arrow of authority?"
"To think that originally, 'Asura God' was the subordinate Lord 'Dragon God' valued most. 'Asura God' was originally a First-Class God on the same level as the 'Rakshasa God.' It was with the help of the 'Dragon God' that he became a God King. If not for Lord 'Dragon God,' 'Asura' would not have been qualified to hold a 'God King position.' I never expected that the 'Asura God,' who received such grace from the 'Dragon God,' would backstab the 'Soul Beast race' and Lord 'Dragon God'."
As the Fire Dragon King finished speaking, his massive body fluctuated violently with emotion.
After listening to the Fire Dragon King's explanation, Ye Lan finally understood why Soul Beasts could not become gods.
In short, the Dragon God, along with a group of Soul Beast and Human God Kings, led the promotion of the 'Divine Realm' to a 'Divine Star.' However, under the interference of the 'Universal Consciousness,' the 'Dragon God' went mad, ultimately triggering a Divine War.
Countless gods fell. After the 'Dragon God' sobered up, he asked the 'Asura God' to split him in two, one half of which became the Golden Dragon King.
Guilty over killing countless 'Human Gods,' the 'Dragon God' decreed that the 'Soul Beast race' could not become gods until the 'Dragon God' returned.
However, after splitting the 'Dragon God' in two, the 'Asura God' decisively betrayed the 'Dragon God.' He sealed the 'Golden Dragon King' and then used the 'Dragon God's' decree to permanently forbid Soul Beasts from ascending.
In the past, Ye Lan thought that "Soul Beasts becoming gods" would trigger some kind of crisis, but he didn't expect it to be entirely "man-made."
It could only be said that he is indeed the 'Asura God' who passed his position to Tang San; their temperaments are absolutely of the same breed.
Otherwise, a turtle wouldn't look at a mung bean and find it pleasing to the eye—they were made for each other.
At this moment, Ye Lan began to consider his stance after becoming a god in the future, and whether or not to help the 'Soul Beast race' ascend.
If he helped the 'Soul Beast race' become gods, conflict with the 'Asura God King' would be inevitable.
He was indifferent to this point.
This was because, under his plan, Tang San must complete the Asura God Trials.
Tang San would become the next Asura God King, so he was destined to be enemies with the Asura God in the future.
In the Divine Realm, besides the 'Asura God King,' the 'Sea God,' who belonged to the Asura God King's faction, was also his enemy.
In his past life, Qian Renxue's Ninth Trial was definitely tampered with by the 'Sea God.'
In this life, he feared that Little Xue's trials would also have the 'Sea God's' hidden hand. After all, one day in the Divine Realm is a year on Douluo.
If nothing unexpected happened, Little Xue would become the 'Angel God' in a dozen years.
To the Divine Realm, this was merely a dozen days. After Tang San obtained the 'Asura God Trials,' Ye Lan had reason to believe that the 'Sea God,' who was aligned with the 'Asura God King,' would also pay attention to Tang San.
Therefore, the 'Sea God' was destined to be his enemy.
Aside from the Sea God, there remained the 'Rakshasa God.' His teacher was a prime example of someone miserably pitted by the 'Rakshasa God.'
Although he had his own enemies in the Divine Realm, helping 'Soul Beasts become gods' didn't seem to offer him much benefit, as he was not part of the 'Soul Beast race.'
If there was any Soul Beast he could help at the moment, it was only the 'Titan Giant Ape.' After all, as his first hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and first hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, it had not only given him the abnormal 'Titan Divine Body' and 'Titanification,' but it had also just assisted him.
Just as Ye Lan was pondering how to treat the 'Soul Beast race,' the massive 'Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well' began to stir violently.
The boiling hot spring churned even more intensely. As ice and fire merged, countless plumes of white steam exploded from within.
A moment later, two beams of soul light rushed out from the 'Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.'
One was deep blue, the other crimson red.
Just as Ye Lan wondered what these two lights were, the Fire Dragon King spoke:
"Human, do not panic. These two soul lights are the last remains of my little sister and me. It is a pity that we have been dead for too long, otherwise, there would be more than just this. However, I believe they will provide you with great assistance. I hope that for the sake of these remains, you will lend a helping hand to the 'Soul Beast race' in the future. I believe you will definitely become a God King, and perhaps even surpass Lord 'Dragon God'."
The Fire Dragon King's eyes, resembling glowing suns, revealed a pleading look.
In the distance, the 'Water Dragon King,' sensing its consciousness growing increasingly illusory, took one last lingering look at the scenery of the world.
Then, the two consciousnesses of the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' crashed into the two beams of soul light.
At this moment, the two soul lights became increasingly bright.
Just as Ye Lan was curious about what the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' were giving him, the two soul lights seemed to have a consciousness of their own and smashed straight into his chest.
Ye Lan, who was originally immune to fire and ice, simultaneously felt extreme cold and extreme heat. He quickly sat cross-legged on the ground and began to absorb the two soul lights.
It wasn't until Ye Lan began absorbing these lights that he realized—these were 'two Spirit Bones'?
This time, the difficulty of absorbing the Spirit Bones was far less painful and tormenting than when he absorbed the 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone.'
These Spirit Bones seemed to possess a will of their own, actively merging with him.
His right arm felt icy cold, even though sounds of bones squeezing and cracking constantly came from it.
To Ye Lan's surprise, he felt no pain at all, and his physical fitness was skyrocketing.
Aside from his right arm, his pupils felt like balls of fire, yet he still felt no pain.
Unsure of exactly what Spirit Bones these were, Ye Lan could only keep his eyes closed tight and constantly adapt to the changes in his pupils and right arm.
After a long time, Ye Lan slowly opened his eyes and saw Uncle Wolf, Grandpa Dugu, and Yan-yan.
"Idol! What happened here? Grandpa and I just saw two huge dragon shadows, but the perimeter of the 'Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well' was blocked by something invisible. Grandpa, Uncle Wolf, and I couldn't get in at all! Are you okay in there, Idol?" Dugu Yan asked, her eyes full of worry.
Dugu Bo sensed the changes in Ye Lan, his eyes lighting up. "Little Lan seems to have obtained something incredible."
Prompted by Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan examined Ye Lan carefully and instantly noticed the change.
"Idol! Your pupils have changed so much!" Dugu Yan exclaimed.
At this moment, Ye Lan's golden pupils had changed.
The whites of his eyes had turned the color of magma, and his round pupils had transformed into vertical 'Dragon Pupils.' These 'vertical Dragon Pupils' remained a brilliant gold.
Facing everyone's questioning gazes, Ye Lan explained, "Don't worry about me, I'm fine. Those two dragon shadows just now were Senior Fire and Senior Water. They gave me two incredible things."
"What things, Little Lan? Is everything okay with them?" Silver Wolf asked nervously. He hadn't expected such an accident to occur in the secluded 'Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.'
Ye Lan shook his head and said, "The seniors gave me two Spirit Bones. One is a 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone,' and the other is an External Spirit Bone, 'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes'."
"What?! Little Lan, what good luck!! Why don't I ever encounter people giving away hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bones and External Spirit Bones?!" Dugu Bo exclaimed in amazement.
A glint flashed in Silver Wolf's eyes; this meant Little Lan wouldn't need to rush to absorb the Blue Silver Emperor's hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
"Hehe, worthy of being my Idol!! If others knew, they would definitely die of envy!!" Dugu Yan excitedly hugged Ye Lan, rubbing against him.
"Ahem, you guys chat first, I have something to do, I'm leaving." Dugu Bo turned around with his hands behind his back.
Silver Wolf didn't want to stay and be a third wheel either, echoing, "Little Lan, I'm leaving too. Call me if you need anything."
Hearing her grandfather and Uncle Wolf's words, Dugu Yan's face flushed red; clearly, they knew about her and Ye Lan.
Feeling Dugu Yan's soft embrace, Ye Lan, knowing the taste of the marrow, did not let Dugu Yan off the hook.
After opening the 'Isolation Barrier,' he ruthlessly 'taught' Dugu Yan a lesson.
Several hours later, after some tenderness, Dugu Yan bid farewell to Ye Lan.
Having composed himself, Ye Lan finally began to verify his gains.
The gifts from the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' seniors were truly too absurd. What he had told Grandpa Dugu and Uncle Wolf hours ago was actually holding back a large part of the truth.
After all, the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' were former God Kings; their gifts were definitely not as simple as 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones.'
First, what the 'Water Dragon King' brought him was not a 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone,' but a 'Pseudo-God Level Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone.' This was an extremely complete 'Right Arm Spirit Bone,' containing not just the forearm but the humerus as well.
'Pseudo-God Level Spirit Bone' was a name Ye Lan coined himself. In reality, the 'Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone' not only boosted his stats by the equivalent of a 'Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone,' but as his level increased, this bone would eventually evolve into a 'God King Level Spirit Bone.'
In addition to gifting him the 'Pseudo-God Level Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone,' the 'Water Dragon King' also attached a 'Water Dragon King's Claw' to the forearm.
The potential of this External Spirit Bone was also 'Pseudo-God Level' capable of evolving into 'God King Level.' However, because the characteristics of 'External Spirit Bones' are determined by the Soul Master's physical fitness, the boost from initially absorbing this 'Water Dragon King's Claw' was equivalent to absorbing a sixty-thousand-year Spirit Bone.
The 'Fire Dragon King' gifted him the External Spirit Bone 'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes.' Moreover, it possessed two soul skills, meaning 'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes' was actually two External Spirit Bones: the Left Dragon Pupil and the Right Dragon Pupil!!
In summary, the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' provided him with a total of four Spirit Bones.
They were: 'Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone,' External Spirit Bone 'Water Dragon King's Claw,' External Spirit Bone 'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes - Right,' and External Spirit Bone 'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes - Left.'
And all these Spirit Bones were Pseudo-God Level. As Ye Lan's strength increased, their quality would eventually rise to God King Level.
Because Ye Lan absorbed four Spirit Bones at once, the physical enhancement provided by these bones was equivalent to absorbing one Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone and three Sixty-Thousand-Year Spirit Bones.
This directly boosted Ye Lan's physical fitness to the level of a High-Rank Spirit Douluo.
However, due to the characteristics of External Spirit Bones, while Ye Lan's physical fitness skyrocketed, the age of the External Spirit Bones also surged again.
Ye Lan's 'Tentacles of the Ancient Beast,' 'Water Dragon King's Claw,' and 'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes (Left & Right)' all skyrocketed to ninety-nine thousand years.
Following the surge in the age of the External Spirit Bones, the physical enhancement provided by the four External Spirit Bones increased once more.
This brought Ye Lan's physical fitness to the Titled Douluo level.
Of course, Titled Douluo-level physical fitness did not mean Ye Lan's physical combat skills were at the Titled Douluo level.
This merely signified his body's potential and endurance capacity. The improvement in physical fitness allowed Ye Lan to absorb Soul Rings that a Titled Douluo could absorb.
If Ye Lan could use a 'Titled Douluo' level attack, he wouldn't be backlashed by the power he generated.
Aside from the repeated surges in physical fitness, these Spirit Bones provided him with a total of four soul skills.
The 'Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone' and 'Water Dragon King's Claw' provided two soul skills in total: 'Dragon God Claw - Ultimate Ice' and 'Boundless Ocean.'
'Dragon God Claw - Ultimate Ice' originated from the divine skill 'Dragon God Claw' personally taught by the Dragon God. The 'Water Dragon King,' also known as the 'Ice Dragon King,' could control both 'Ultimate Ice' and 'Ultimate Water.'
After the 'Water Dragon King' received the 'Dragon God Claw' teaching, it combined it with its own understanding of 'Ultimate Ice' to create 'Dragon God Claw - Ultimate Ice.'
Currently, Ye Lan's use of 'Dragon God Claw - Ultimate Ice' merely converted his own 'Ultimate Water' into 'Ultimate Ice,' causing ten times elemental damage (twice that of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Skill).
But as Ye Lan's strength increased, the power of this move would become increasingly terrifying. When Ye Lan's strength reached a certain level, he could even use 'Ultimate Ice' to achieve the effect of freezing time.
'Boundless Ocean' was the domain-type soul skill of the 'Water Dragon King Right Arm Bone,' belonging to the 'Ultimate Water' domain category.
Within the 'Boundless Ocean' domain, enemies would not only take water elemental damage every second, but their movement speed would also be reduced by thirty percent, and they would be unable to use displacement-type soul skills.
'Boundless Ocean' directly filled the gap in Ye Lan's 'Ultimate Water' attribute soul skills.
'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes - Right Eye' provided Ye Lan with the soul skill 'Fiery Golden Eyes.'
'Fiery Golden Eyes' could convert Ye Lan's 'Ultimate Light' into 'Ultimate Fire,' shooting a terrifying 'Ultimate Fire' death ray directly from his pupils, causing ten times fire elemental damage.
'Fiery Golden Eyes' could also coordinate with Ye Lan's self-created soul skill 'Golden Gaze' to release 'Dragon Might' with five times the mental damage. From now on, 'Golden Gaze' would no longer just be a skill for crushing the weak, but a powerful mental attack skill capable of fighting above his level—'Dragon Might.'
'Golden Dragon Pupils - Fiery Golden Eyes - Left Eye' provided Ye Lan with the auxiliary soul skill 'Consciousness Acceleration.'
Clearly, 'Consciousness Acceleration' was an upgraded version combined with Ye Lan's self-created soul skill 'Golden Pupil.'
After activating 'Consciousness Acceleration,' Ye Lan's consciousness could accelerate up to one hundred times!
Besides 'Consciousness Acceleration,' the true vision of the 'Golden Pupil' did not disappear.
Moreover, after Ye Lan's pupils turned into Golden Dragon Pupils, he could see a wider color gamut than the original human eye.
The world in Ye Lan's eyes now became extremely dazzling; he could even see the distribution of soul power particles in the air.
Ye Lan didn't know if this was the effect of the External Spirit Bone 'Golden Dragon Pupils' or if the world simply looked like this in the eyes of the Dragon Clan.
If Ye Lan didn't want to use the 'Golden Dragon Pupils,' he could also revert his pupils to their original 'Human Eyes.'
Of course, in a sense, the 'Golden Dragon Pupils' were now Ye Lan's true eyes.
All in all, the gifts from the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' this time were simply too absurd.
Ye Lan had originally been considering whether or not to help the 'Soul Beast race,' but the gifts from the 'Fire Dragon King' and 'Water Dragon King' made it impossible for him not to help.
After all, one is soft-spoken when eating others' food and hesitant when taking others' gifts; Ye Lan had eaten until he was stuffed in one go at the Water and Fire Dragon Kings' place!
These were four whole Spirit Bones with 'God King Level' potential and four abnormal soul skills!
(End of Chapter)