Chapter 36: The Fifth Livestream Begins — The Temptation of Dragon Essence!
Fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.
At last, it was time for the next livestream quiz to begin.
At the same time as before, an invisible ripple swept across the Douluo Continent.
Everyone was pulled into the livestream room once again.
Before their eyes, the familiar illusory screen reappeared, displaying the public chat.
[Ning Fengzhi (sighing): Time flies! It's already time for another livestream quiz.]
[Dugu Bo (lamenting): I look forward to each one with hope, but it always ends in disappointment...]
Compared to others, Dugu Bo wasn't especially interested in the various rewards.
After the wish reward from the first quiz, he now saw the livestream as his last hope to save the Biling Clan.
But since then, none of the rewards had helped solve the Biling Poison problem.
[Xue Ye (smiling): Let the livestream begin already. This emperor is growing impatient!]
In the fifteen days following the fourth quiz,
Emperor Xue Ye had followed Prince Xue Xing's suggestion and recruited many fearless commoners from around Heaven Dou City to act as a suicide squad—
To answer the livestream's questions, especially if the reward was another cultivation method.
Now, Emperor Xue Ye was brimming with confidence.
Compared to the Star Luo Empire's royal family, the Heaven Dou Empire's was far too weak.
Now that this fate-changing livestream had appeared,
Emperor Xue Ye had resolved to elevate his royal family to rival the Star Luo Empire's.
At that moment—
The public screen vanished, and the space before everyone's eyes transformed.
What had been a vast, dark void like a cosmic vacuum suddenly changed.
The livestream had begun!
As it did,
The dark space instantly turned into a boundless, green sea of trees—an ancient, expansive forest filled with towering trees and powerful soul beasts roaming and hunting within.
For ordinary civilians, this forest might be unfamiliar.
But to most soul masters, its name was well known:
It was the largest soul beast habitat in all of Douluo Continent—the Star Dou Great Forest!
As the camera zoomed across the forest,
It swept from the outskirts through the inner regions and into the core zone—
Eventually traversing the entire forest.
And in the heart of the Star Dou Forest,
Everyone saw two enormous soul beasts.
One was a massive ash-brown ape with molten cracks across its body—the Titan Giant Ape.
The other, a colossal bluish serpent with a massive bull's head—the Sky Blue Bull Python.
Yet, as the two soul beasts saw this, they were both visibly stunned.
Because what was being shown seemed to be from over two months ago...
Could the livestream show past events?
Thinking back to the first and second quiz sessions, both of which showed events from the past, the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Blue Bull Python were quickly reassured.
The camera then shifted again,
This time to another soul beast habitat—Sunset Forest.
Then to several other soul beast domains across the continent.
Though none were as vast as the Star Dou Forest, they were still common hunting grounds for spirit beasts—Eternal Night Forest, Falling Star Forest, Undying Volcano, and more.
Upon seeing this, soul beasts with over 100,000 years of cultivation—especially those in the Star Dou Forest like Di Tian—grew excited.
From the direction of this livestream, it seemed this round's question might finally concern soul beasts.
Was it finally time for them to shine?
After showcasing the soul beast territories across Douluo Continent, the camera suddenly shifted—
To the Far North.
There, viewers saw terrifying soul beasts from the extreme cold—
Including the striking figures of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, seated among palaces of frost.
Also shown was the towering Titan Snow Demon King.
After the Far North, the scene shifted again—
To the Endless Ocean.
Various ocean regions were shown, each inhabited by powerful marine soul beasts.
However, the camera merely panned across these areas and did not dive below the sea surface to expose all the terrifying creatures dwelling in the deep.
With this final sweep,
The livestream had now covered the three greatest soul beast territories on Douluo Star:
Star Dou Forest, The Far North, and The Endless Ocean.
As the image froze above the vast blue sea,
A line of blood-red text appeared before everyone's eyes.
At the same time, a cold voice echoed:
[Event playback complete. The quiz begins now!]
[Question: Among all the soul beasts shown in the livestream, who possesses the highest cultivation on Douluo Star?]
[Reward for this question: One Dragon Essence]
[Reward Explanation: Dragon Essence is a condensed essence of a true dragon, brimming with life energy and dragon lineage. It dramatically enhances physique, greatly increases cultivation and lifespan for both humans and soul beasts.
For humans, consuming Dragon Essence can also cause martial souls to evolve or mutate. Those without dragon lineage will gain it through mutation.
For beast-type martial souls with the potential to evolve into dragons—such as Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, Biling Serpent, White Armored Earth Dragon, Golden Sacred Crocodile—it will trigger evolution.
Even tool-type martial souls with dragon-related elements, such as Snake Staff or Dragon Staff, may undergo evolution.
For soul beasts, Dragon Essence will strengthen their bodies, extend lifespan, boost cultivation, and even grant the potential to evolve into true dragons.
Soul beasts already possessing dragon bloodlines will experience a direct enhancement of their lineage.]
This Dragon Essence… was unbelievably powerful!
As they read the reward's description, both humans and soul beasts in the livestream were stunned, eyes wide with shock and awe.
Compared to the second livestream's reward—martial soul evolution—
Dragon Essence not only offered the same evolution benefits,
But also enhanced physique, cultivation, and longevity.
It was on another level entirely!
In that instant, many powerful beings—including Yu Yuanzhen of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Poison Douluo Dugu Bo, Tuoba Xi of the White Armored Earth Dragon Clan, Golden Crocodile Douluo of Spirit Hall—
As well as soul beasts like the Sky Blue Bull Python, Di Tian, Zi Ji from the Star Dou Forest, and even the Deep Sea Demon Whale King from the Endless Ocean—
All felt a powerful, overwhelming desire for the Dragon Essence.
(END CHAPTER)
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