Chapter 343: Seven Emotions and Six Desires
At this moment, Yang Xiong was undergoing the test of the Thunder God's inheritance. But if one looked closely at Yang Xiong's situation, they would know that his current condition was very wrong.
Yang Xiong's body was in an extremely special state. His entire heart and divine soul seemed to be detached from his body. Every soul bone in his body seemed to be in a state of being stripped, and every soul bone flashed with blood-red lightning, as if subjected to endless polishing by the lightning.
However, Yang Xiong's body was in an incredibly eerie state. Half of it was blood-red, while the other half was covered in lightning. It seemed that two imposing auras were vaguely beginning to compete.
Especially that blood-red lightning, which gradually began to spread across Yang Xiong's entire body. Like maggots attached to the bones, it gradually began to occupy various parts of Yang Xiong's body.
And Yang Xiong's two eyes were in completely different states. One was relatively peaceful, and although filled with a fierce aura, the murderous intent was like that of an Asura.
The other eye, however, appeared incredibly crazy. Endless desire began to fill the eye, and it also showed an unwillingness towards destiny.
In the sky was a giant phantom of a Thunder Qilin. The phantom began to gradually merge into Yang Xiong's body, revealing endless longing in its eyes.
"After hundreds of thousands of years, I am finally close to succeeding. As long as I occupy Yang Xiong's body, as long as I can completely take over Yang Xiong, then everything in the world will be in the palm of my hand next, and I can even reach the Dragon God's realm."
"Yang Xiong, from now on, everything of yours will be mine. Your body, your opportunities, and even your woman, I will treat them well!"
Even though a look of pain appeared on Yang Xiong's face, the Thunder Qilin didn't care at all at this moment. His eyes seemed filled with infinite hope, as if he saw a bright path. His bloodthirst and ambition were fully exposed, completely unlike how a god should act.
The Asura Demonic Sword in Yang Xiong's hand seemed to be trembling, but the massive Thunder God's Hammer seemed to flash with endless lightning, as if filled with infinite destructive power, firmly suppressing the entire space.
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In the God Realm, at this moment, the Asura God and the Sea God were staring intently at the giant light screen, their expressions becoming incredibly serious.
A look of pity appeared on the Sea God's face. "Asura, are you still not going to help your inheritor? If you don't help now, there will probably be extremely terrifying consequences."
The Asura God shook his head. "It shouldn't be like this. I always feel like something is wrong. Given Yang Xiong's personality, how could he be suppressed so easily?"
The Sea God quickly spoke, "Is it because the Thunder Qilin is too powerful? Yang Xiong is just a mortal after all. No matter how strong his body and soul are, he ultimately cannot contend against a god. Especially this divine soul of the Thunder Qilin, which is extremely powerful, seeming even stronger than mine. He has probably reached the peak of a First-Class God, and can even barely step into the realm of a God King."
The Asura God said, "It is indeed as you said. The Thunder Qilin was a God King-level existence while alive. Even though he has fallen for countless years, this divine soul of his is incomparably powerful, and he must have made many preparations for today. He even had a Super Divine Weapon prepared long ago."
A look of puzzlement appeared on the Sea God's face. "Although this Thunder Qilin's strength is formidable, others might not know, but I know your strength. With your strength, especially since Yang Xiong still holds the Asura Demonic Sword, helping him should be a breeze. Wanting to slay a wisp of the Thunder Qilin's divine thought should be very simple."
The Asura God said helplessly, "I also find it a bit strange. I seem to be somewhat unable to fully control the Asura Demonic Sword. No matter how strong this Thunder Qilin is, he shouldn't be able to do this."
The Sea God's expression showed shock. "That shouldn't be. Other than you, even other God Kings cannot control your Asura Demonic Sword, unless that person is..."
The Asura God nodded. "When Yang Xiong completed the seventh test, his Asura affinity reached ninety percent, which already counts as perfectly mastering the Asura Demonic Sword. Now that he has completed the eighth test, his control over the Asura Demonic Sword is no weaker than mine."
The Sea God quickly spoke, "You mean to say that all this was done intentionally by Yang Xiong? Then why would he do this?"
The Asura God's expression was serious. "I should be quite clear about this Yang Xiong's experiences. In order to make his body stronger, he repeatedly risked his life to break through his limits. To make himself stronger, he can resort to any means necessary. No matter how slim the hope, he will not give up."
"Although this Thunder Qilin is somewhat hateful, he was indeed a God King-level existence back then. If my guess is right, Yang Xiong probably wants to use the Thunder Qilin's original thunder to temper his body again. By then, he might really be able to make his body undergo another transformation."
"If that really happens, his body could truly break through to level 100. By then, he will definitely be the strongest person in the world, and could even fight you."
The Sea God swallowed hard. "Then this Yang Xiong is too crazy. This Thunder Qilin is plotting against his body. Is he not afraid that if he fails, it won't just be a simple fall, but he might even become a sinner to the human realm and the God Realm."
The Asura God snorted coldly. "It's just mutual scheming. This Thunder Qilin schemes for Yang Xiong's body, while Yang Xiong schemes for the Thunder Qilin's god position and inheritance divine artifact. Both sides are gambling. As for winning or losing, that is probably hard to say."
The Sea God felt a wave of terror. "They are gambling too big, aren't they? Doing this, I'm afraid before the two of them decide a victor, anything is possible."
The Asura God shook his head. "It's not that the victor is undecided. The victory and defeat have already been determined long ago. We just need to quietly await the outcome."
"Perhaps this inheritor of mine is even more outstanding than I imagined. His schemes are deeper than I imagined, his determination to become stronger is firmer than I imagined, and his talent is even more terrifying than I imagined. Who knows, he might really be able to lead the God Realm to unprecedented heights in the future."
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In a certain world, Yang Xiong was currently staring dead at the people in it. Staring at Qian Renxue, who was pointing a sword at him, and Bibi Dong beside her. Suddenly, a hint of a smile appeared in his eyes.
"These methods are way too clumsy. If you only have these little tricks, then there is nothing fun to play with."
Qian Renxue's face changed slightly. "Yang Xiong, what do you mean by this? Am I wrong? Didn't you provoke me time and time again?"
Yang Xiong snorted coldly at the corner of his mouth. "A beast is just a beast. You still don't understand the human world. You still don't understand human feelings. You still don't understand the complexity of the human world."
"You probably just observed my past experiences to simulate this scene. But if you understood my personality, you probably wouldn't be doing this useless work."
Whether it was Qian Renxue, whose face changed drastically, or Ning Rongrong beside him, who was full of love, both of their eyes became incredibly confused at this moment, as if they didn't understand what Yang Xiong meant at all.
Yang Xiong continued to speak. "Rongrong and I share mutual affection. It's not because of some childhood sweetheart thing, nor is it because Rongrong is beautiful, and certainly not because Rongrong is the princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. It's because of our mutual recognition and attachment to each other."
"Rongrong and I have walked together all the way. We went to school together, cultivated together in Shrek, and experienced all sorts of dangers. We both understand each other's needs, and both understand that we are each other's greatest pride. This is not something simple love and romance can compare to."
"As for you, Qian Renxue, the reason I let you go is not because of any feelings, let alone any love. It was for the sake of the whole world, and also for the wariness in my heart."
"Angels represent light, represent justice. I let you go time and time again out of respect for the contributions your angel clan made to the soul master world. Only a foolish soul beast would mistake that for romantic love."
In fact, the reason Yang Xiong had let Qian Renxue go all these years was, on the one hand, due to his wariness of various factions. He was either wary of Qian Daoliu or the powerful strength of the Spirit Hall. It had absolutely nothing to do with love. Not to mention that Yang Xiong had another trace of wariness deep in his heart.
According to the original Douluo story, Tang San was the true son of destiny. If he really destroyed the Spirit Empire early and dealt with Qian Renxue early, he would probably welcome unknown changes, and might even produce unknown enemies.
At least now Yang Xiong knew Qian Renxue's personality and knew where the bottom line of the Spirit Empire was. Rather than giving Tang San an advantage, it was better to follow his own pace.
Yang Xiong knew that Tang San wasn't as gentle as he appeared on the surface. This person was absolutely more stubborn than anyone Yang Xiong had met, and more selfish than anyone he had met. Otherwise, he wouldn't have caused so many things ten thousand years later. Otherwise, the whole world would have been unified long ago.
And exactly because of Tang San's selfishness, wars constantly erupted in the world, while Tang San's Tang Sect took the opportunity to sell weapons to achieve its various goals. Even Huo Yuhao became his pawn.
Qian Renxue's face was gloomy. "Yang Xiong, you are quite good at pretending. Even on the day of your wedding, you still don't dare to face your own feelings? In my eyes, you are just a coward."
Yang Xiong laughed. "You don't understand some things. Although you are a high and mighty god, you probably haven't experienced the test of a god. At least, you haven't gone through the test of the seven emotions and six desires."
Both Qian Renxue and Ning Rongrong's expressions changed drastically. Clearly, even the Thunder Qilin didn't expect that even having reached this stage, Yang Xiong wasn't lost at all and still possessed his own independent thoughts.
And Yang Xiong continued speaking. "The so-called test of the seven emotions and six desires refers to the seven emotions of humans, which are joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock. I think this level of the test now isn't simply the test of joy. Probably for your purpose, you have gathered all the tests together, which is why you specially chose this current scenario."
"During a wedding, it is usually when humans are the most joyous, and also when people are happiest and easiest to indulge. Then Qian Renxue appears, and a massive army presses down on the border. This should be the moment I feared the most deep down in the past. At this kind of time, it's easy for shock and fear to appear, making it easy to panic. If everyone in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan is annihilated, and even all my relatives die in this battle, it would probably be the saddest moment for a person..."
"You painstakingly created this scenario, but unfortunately, in my eyes, it is just a joke. You don't understand me, much less the people around me."
"I forgot to tell you, I have always been immune to both soft and hard approaches. In my eyes, I only believe that as long as there is breath, the battle does not cease!"
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