"What a pity, it's hard to replicate your approach." Yun Ming sighed helplessly.
Unless one could nurture their martial soul to an extraordinary level, far surpassing the soul master themselves, separating the martial soul would only weaken the soul master.
Moreover, even if the martial soul was nurtured to be extremely strong, the soul master themselves had to be powerful. If after separating the martial soul, the soul master was left with nothing, then it would be impossible to further advance by relying on the fully liberated martial soul's power.
Yun Ming could reach these two thresholds, but this method offered him too little improvement, not worth the effort.
"Teacher, you can consider harvesting now. If you manage to break through to the half-step God King level with this, our Douluo Planet will be completely stabilized."
Upon hearing Xu Yuan's words, Yun Ming revealed a thoughtful expression.
He had planned to wait for his martial soul to mature and use the harvest of its fruits to attempt breaking through to the God King level.
Now, Xu Yuan was urging him to try a major stage earlier, leaving him somewhat hesitant.
"Teacher, I now have the ability to thoroughly resolve the Abyss issue. The structure of Douluo Planet and the Abyss can also be reshuffled. I plan to take this opportunity to directly create a god realm."
The process of creating a god realm was Xu Yuan's chance to ascend to God King, and the benefits brought by the creation of the god realm would also be an opportunity for Yun Ming.
Xu Yuan wouldn't be bound forever. Even if he condensed a God Position, he would discard it when it no longer helped him. At that time, Yun Ming could also use this God Position to break through.
The existence of a God Position had such benefits.
Breaking through shackles.
Of course, without corresponding potential, even with a God Position, it would be difficult to enter a domain that didn't belong to oneself. Yun Ming had the potential to reach the God King level.
Moreover, Yun Ming's chance to advance to the God King level wasn't limited to inheriting a God Position from his disciple Xu Yuan. He could also condense his own God King-level God Position.
This was simple.
The god realm would be created around the current structure of Douluo Planet and the Abyss. If all three qualifications of the plane masters of the entire plane were inherited by Yun Ming, there was a high possibility that Yun Ming could condense his own God King God Position during the creation of the god realm.
Without much hesitation, Yun Ming made a decision.
Xu Yuan wouldn't harm him.
Moreover, Yun Ming knew that relying on the fruits of martial soul cultivation provided minimal stimulation and assistance in advancing to the God King level.
"Only a stronger me can swiftly seize the positions of the plane masters of Douluo and the Abyss."
Yun Ming understood that this was the fundamental reason why Xu Yuan urged him to break through first.
The other two had already become plane masters. To obtain the authority of a plane master from them wasn't as simple as defeating or killing them.
Mutual destruction and a lose-lose situation were the most likely outcomes.
"I need to go into seclusion to think about how to break through."
After discussing some recent changes with Xu Yuan, Yun Ming dispersed this body and began his seclusion.
Leaving for seven months and returning to Douluo, Xu Yuan also felt somewhat unaccustomed.
The massive accumulation of faith on him had become quite thick.
In seven months, even though he hadn't shown himself publicly, his reputation hadn't diminished at all; instead, it grew even more immense within the Federation.
"The power of faith, condensing a God Position, although it has no side effects, it does have drawbacks—it will guide the direction of my God Position."
Faith is a power emanating from personal will, inevitably containing various mental forces. These mental forces included expectations towards him, such as the public's expectations of Xu Yuan, perhaps leaning more towards a "Spear God"?
Or something like the "Blood Spear God."
This was the title given to Xu Yuan by the Federation's propaganda.
Regarding this, Xu Yuan hadn't made any corrections.
If the God Position was to perfectly match oneself, it was best not to overly rely on the power of faith but rather to forge it oneself.
"Seven months away, Brother Shengqun will finally break through soon."
Xu Yuan opened his soul-guided communication and found a message sent by Xu Shengqun three days ago.
The message was set to non-disturbance mode, purely informing Xu Yuan that he would break through in five days.
"Tang Wulin left the academy and went to the Demon Plane, without a trace?"
Xu Yuan frowned.
He looked carefully at the details in the message sent by Yali.
To go to the Demon Plane, Tang Wulin went to great lengths in both the Tang Sect and the Sea God Pavilion, barely managing to seal his power to a level the channel could withstand.
"Could it be, he wants to become a god?"
Before going to the Demon Plane, Tang Wulin was already at the peak of level ninety-nine, with power reaching the true god level. Even if he went to the Demon Plane, nothing should have gone wrong.
But to break through in the Demon Plane.
What exactly was in the Demon Plane?
"Could it be those forbidden areas?"
Within the forbidden areas of the Demon Plane, there were remnants of divine power. Was it to borrow the power of the gods?
Or—
"I hope Little Jia is fine now."
Xu Yuan took a deep breath.
He roughly guessed where Tang Wulin went to break through.
When Tang Wulin initially roamed there, it nearly cost the life of the Dragon Plane. If this breakthrough to godhood was indeed aimed at the Dragon Plane, then Little Jia, the current master of the Dragon Plane, would surely have a hard time dealing with it.
"Let's go and see."
Xu Yuan decided to visit the Demon Plane.
To see what Tang Wulin had been up to recently.
Additionally, he suddenly realized the utility of the Demon Plane.
It was an excellent platform. If possible, during the process of creating a god realm, they could try to incorporate the Demon Plane into the plans.
Incorporating the entire Demon Plane and the many connected planes would form a rather vast structure.
Shrek Academy.
Xu Yuan sealed his power and easily entered the Demon Gate.
Inside the channel, space shifted, and Xu Yuan continuously calculated something.
"Not far."
Judging the positional relationship between the two planes based on the spatial channel's path, Xu Yuan discovered it wasn't very far.
"The Dragon Plane is over here."
Determining direction and distance, followed by spatial teleportation.
Having just appeared in Shrek City of the Demon Plane, Xu Yuan disappeared in the next moment, reappearing outside the Dragon Plane channel.
Little Jia became the master of the Dragon Plane and subsequently, similar to the Hell Plane, directly confronted the Demon Plane.
Currently, Alqi also established a royal city here to suppress attacks from the Dragon Plane.
Because the Dragon Plane's primordial energy hadn't yet recovered, the friction between the two sides wasn't significant.
Xu Yuan's appearance caught the attention of a Great Demon under Alqi's command.
However, sensing a hint of mortal danger, this Great Demon tactfully chose to pretend not to perceive Xu Yuan's presence.
"Phew, gone. Lately, which powerful plane has the Demon Plane offended? There are always master-level experts appearing, and they all seem to head towards this Dragon Plane."
There had been three changes of overlords. With lessons learned from the previous two, the current one was quite pragmatic.
Dragon Plane.
"As expected, this Tang Wulin has made a move on the Dragon Plane."
Xu Yuan's expression darkened.
Once started, it couldn't stop.
Perhaps Tang Wulin didn't know what damage his cultivation caused here the first time he came, but having gained from the first experience, he would undoubtedly return for a second round.
Some things, once begun, could never be stopped.
This was why Xu Yuan, who initially occasionally guided Tang Wulin, later completely ignored him.
Under Old Tang's subtle influence, Tang Wulin's thoughts were becoming increasingly skewed.
When the initial signs of character change appeared, Xu Yuan abandoned any possibility of peaceful coexistence with Tang Wulin.
Only because there was still a trace of Old Tang's consciousness within him did Xu Yuan refrain from rash actions.
Now, things were different.
Returning from the Holy Demon Continent, Xu Yuan was already a half-step God King.
Though not yet a God King, he didn't need to fear a mere divine consciousness.
A God King's divine consciousness?
Still fearless.
At this moment, Xu Yuan was no longer understated.
He would boldly implement his ideas step by step, no longer needing to play house with that God King divine consciousness.
"Little Jia."
Xu Yuan spoke, and soon a wave of consciousness appeared.
"Open!"
In Xu Yuan's hand appeared the Hunyuan Spear. A force shot from the spear into his forehead, forming an eye.
The eye emitted light, and a starry sky emerged.
Within the starry sky, Xu Yuan and a dragon's body materialized.
"Where is this?" Little Jia looked around, utterly shocked.
"A temporary consciousness space I've created for communication."
Little Jia's main body was still present. As the plane master, he could only perceive some situations within the plane.
With his limited strength, he couldn't achieve what Yun Ming could—freely descending within his own world.
Xu Yuan used fluctuations in willpower to attract Little Jia's attention. Sensing Little Jia's consciousness fluctuation, he pulled Little Jia's consciousness into this space, thus establishing the basis for communication.
"Brother Xu Yuan!" Little Jia was extremely excited and said, "You must help me."
Xu Yuan reassured Little Jia, letting him speak calmly.
"What's going on with the Dragon Plane recently?"
"A robber has come here. His bloodline power is even higher than my Mountain Dragon King bloodline. When I appeared to stop him from stealing the plane's essence, he suppressed me. Without the support of the plane's power, I wouldn't stand a chance against him."
Little Jia's tone was full of grievances.
The Mountain Dragon King's bloodline power already belonged to the top tier of dragon bloodlines.
Little Jia simply couldn't imagine there being anything that could suppress the Mountain Dragon King's bloodline.
Xu Yuan had nothing to say.
As a traveler, he had started thinking about how to avoid bloodline suppression even before he began cultivating.
The Golden Dragon King's bloodline was practically unsolvable now.
Without a system or a heaven-defying inheritance, even the pride of a traveler wasn't enough to support Xu Yuan in directly opposing the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
After all, in the original work, any power related to bloodlines was overwhelmingly dominated by Tang Wulin whenever he appeared.
It gave no hope to any soul masters walking the bloodline path.
"What's the situation now? Is he still devouring the Dragon Plane's essence?"
Little Jia shook his head.
"He only absorbed some essence when he first entered. Although I appeared to stop him and couldn't suppress him, with the plane's power, we fought evenly. My main body is still confronting him now; he can't absorb the essence."
"Take me to him."
"Alright."
Little Jia didn't hesitate at all.
In his view, Xu Yuan was strong.
With Xu Yuan's arrival, salvation had come.
Under Little Jia's guidance, Xu Yuan quickly arrived at the deep sea of the Dragon Plane.
In the endless depths of the ocean, a continent stood.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't a continent but a giant dragon.
The dragon's body formed a small landmass on the sea surface.
Opposite the dragon was a golden dragon emitting violent bloodline power.
Xu Yuan's appearance caught the attention of both dragons.
"Xu Yuan?"
In the blood-red pupils of the golden dragon, a hint of shock appeared.
Why would he come here?
"Big Brother!" Little Jia exclaimed joyfully.
This made Tang Wulin's heart sink.
He had just entertained the idea of asking Xu Yuan for help, but who would have thought that the master of the dragon with Mountain Dragon King bloodline would call Xu Yuan Big Brother?
Trouble.
"Wulin, stop."
Xu Yuan spoke indifferently.
"Xu Yuan, this is my chance to break through to the god level," Tang Wulin said gravely.
Long ago, he obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Zang Xin.
Using the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, he initiated the Sea God Nine Trials.
Moreover, with his Sea God father's leniency, he quickly completed the nine trials.
Without obtaining the Sea God God Position, he achieved maximum affinity with the Sea God. Using this power, he purified the Blue Silver Emperor's bloodline and suppressed the violent forces within the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
The essence of the Dragon Plane was the key to his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline fully absorbing the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
By obtaining the essence here, his Blue Silver Emperor would undergo a mutation, possessing endless potential. In the future, he would have a better chance of absorbing the Golden Dragon King's bloodline.
"Little Jia is under my protection. The Dragon Plane has also given me opportunities. You can't take the essence here," Xu Yuan said.
Little Jia was someone he had nurtured for a while.
Moreover, accurately speaking, Little Jia represented a new branch of dragon development, a hope among the nine dragon kings.
The nine dragon kings had been quite helpful in Xu Yuan's growth.
Revealing most secrets and freely discussing the god realm and dragon clan information could all be attributed to the nine dragon kings.
This was still very useful to Xu Yuan.
And there were some pointers from the nine dragon kings on cultivation.
As the hope of the nine dragon kings, Xu Yuan had to protect the Dragon Plane.
Not to mention, both Xu Yuan and Yun Ming had received opportunities in the Dragon Plane.
Back then, Xu Yuan was first perceiving the essence, and the impact was considerable.
Tang Wulin's heart sank.
"So, there's nothing to discuss?" His tone turned angry.
We're supposed to be comrades, and you're siding with outsiders!
"Stealing a plane's essence for cultivation—such a method could only be devised by you," Xu Yuan sneered.
His words left Tang Wulin speechless.
The cultivation technique he practiced wasn't developed by him but was taught by Old Tang and developed by his father.
Yet, he couldn't argue with Xu Yuan.
So he remained silent.
"I'm not a saint, but stealing essence for cultivation is still too ruthless," Xu Yuan said. "Tang San, you must have targeted the Dragon Plane long ago, right? Accurately speaking, you've used this method in many planes across the universe, haven't you?"
Tang Wulin abruptly turned to look at Xu Yuan.
Shock was evident in his gaze.
Who?
"How, isn't the divine consciousness inside you Tang San's divine consciousness?" Xu Yuan retorted.
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