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"The Emperor!!" "Long live the Emperor!!"
The Myriad Beast army watching from below could no longer contain their joy the moment they saw the thousand-meter-tall projection of the Six-Winged Angel crushed by their sovereign. Victory over the Heaven Dou Empire—and the unification of the entire Douluo Continent—was finally within their grasp.
Near the outskirts of Spirit City, a purple-haired woman clad in violet-gold battle armor watched Qian Daoliu's fall, her pupils trembling with shock. Who exactly is this Di Tian? How can he be this powerful?
Ignoring the thunderous cheers of the enemy army, she blurred into motion, streaking toward the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King in the sky.
"Bibi Dong, I won't let you pass!" A youthful, boyish voice rang out. A young man in black robes appeared, covering half his face as he let out a wicked laugh.
"You again!!! Xie Di!" Bibi Dong snarled in fury.
"Mental Domain!!!"
In an instant, Bibi Dong's vision fractured. One black-robed figure became two, then four, eight... their numbers multiplying at a maddening rate. Facing the Evil Eye Tyrant King, Bibi Dong felt her skin crawl. This opponent was simply too difficult to handle.
While her second martial soul possessed two soul rings of eight and nine hundred thousand years respectively, the Evil Emperor's mental strength was so overwhelming that she was forced to rely on her first martial soul. Her mental defenses had always been her weakness; she couldn't risk using her second soul. She had to maintain the "Undying Body" state of her first martial soul just to survive.
Only in that state could she endure his horrific mental assaults. If she died, she could simply resurrect and continue.
It was less a case of the Evil Emperor pinning her down and more a mutual stalemate. Because her poison—enhanced by the "Ultimate Poison" attribute and a nine-hundred-thousand-year soul skill—was so lethal, Xie Di feared she would wipe out his allies. Similarly, Bibi Dong feared what his mental shocks would do to the rest of the Spirit Hall forces.
Thus, they maintained a tacit agreement to remain locked in a duel. Furthermore, the Myriad Beast Empire's policy of not killing prisoners and only seizing supplies had led the Heaven Dou Empire to adopt a similar restraint. This agreement had kept the three-year war at the scale of a conflict rather than a genocidal blood feud that would last generations.
Faced with a sky full of "Evil Emperors," Bibi Dong could only deploy her "Six-Winged Purple Light Wings" to weave through the illusions. Among the hundreds of figures, only one was real, but every phantom felt indistinguishable from the truth. Even with her "Spirit Abyss" realm mental strength, she couldn't tell them apart.
Transformed into the Death Spider Emperor, she clashed with the phantoms, though a fraction of her mind remained anchored on the battle between the Six-Winged Angel and the Black Dragon King.
Elsewhere, a bald man with muscles like burnished gold watched the Six-Winged Angel's defeat with widening eyes. Is this the true power of the Soul Beast Co-Lord? He turned toward the floating Golden Crocodile Douluo, his rage boiling over.
"Golden Crocodile!! Fight me one-on-one if you have the guts!!!"
"Wei Wo, it's a bit much to ask a newly promoted Limit Douluo to fight you alone, isn't it? Qian Jun, Jiang Mo—let's go!" Golden Crocodile Douluo laughed heartily.
"Understood, Second Enshrined!" The two brothers summoned their Coiling Dragon Staffs, the Blood Dragon and Blue Dragon manifesting once more.
Golden Crocodile laughed on the surface, but internally, he was fraught with worry. His eldest brother's situation was dire; he wouldn't hold out much longer. He quickly sent a secret mental transmission: "Qing Luan! Head to the Douluo Temple immediately!! I'll pin down the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear!!"
Qing Luan Douluo nodded, transforming into a giant azure bird and racing toward the heart of Spirit City.
In the sky, a kaleidoscope of golden light and black shadows tore through distorted space, turning the heavens into a violent painting. "Golden ink"—blood saturated with intense sacred soul power—splattered across the clouds.
The Six-Winged Angel was now bathed in golden blood. Qian Daoliu had pushed his speed to its absolute limit, yet every golden flash he left behind was instantly pursued by a black draconic claw.
"Brother Qian, give up! I see no hope for your Heaven Dou Empire!" A trace of pity flickered in Di Tian's golden eyes. He genuinely didn't want to kill a man like Qian Daoliu.
The massive angelic phantom gripped the Angelic Sacred Sword, which flared with a pillar of holy flame. Qian Daoliu closed his eyes, expanding his mental domain to its limit, sensing every ripple in space—above, below, left, and right. His entire form, from his divine armor to his wings, became pure light.
Seeing that Qian Daoliu refused to yield, Di Tian's black scales shimmered with an ominous light. He let out a roar: "Evil Dragon Soul-Devouring Wave!"
In an instant, the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King seemed to manifest in every direction simultaneously. Countless pitch-black energy orbs screamed toward the Six-Winged Angel. Each one was powerful enough to obliterate a Super Douluo or a weaker Limit Douluo.
Faced with this bombardment, the Angel vibrated at a high frequency. Qian Daoliu was walking the razor's edge of space and speed. Ignoring the drain on his soul power, he frantically shifted his coordinates, using the Sacred Sword to parry the waves that were about to hit.
The collisions dyed the blue sky into a simulated night. However, there were simply too many waves. He couldn't dodge them all. The Angel's sacred wings became his final shield.
As the assault continued, golden blood and radiant feathers drifted down from the height of several thousand meters. Below, the soldiers and Title Douluo of both sides stopped their fighting. The "Sacred Rain" falling from the sky sent a clear message.
The peerless Angel Douluo, the strongest in the sky, was dying. This rain felt like a funeral procession for a legend.
"Brother Qian... safe travels!!!" A flash of hesitation crossed Di Tian's eyes before hardening into resolve. "Black Dragon Domain!"
"Dragon God's Claw!!" "Dragon God's Claw!!"
The space surrounding the thousand-meter Angel was completely encased in endless black claw marks. Every strike tore the void, swallowing the surrounding air into nothingness.
BOOM!!!
The concentrated explosion of the Dragon God's Claws turned the world black. The shockwave and resulting gales shredded the clouds, uprooted ancient trees, and leveled the earth for miles. Xie Di moved to protect the Myriad Beast soldiers; Bibi Dong did the same for the Heaven Dou ranks.
The next second, a golden light pierced the darkness, illuminating the sky once more. The Six-Winged Angel that should have been at the center of the explosion was gone. The crowd followed the golden trail with their eyes.
There, standing beside the blood-soaked Qian Daoliu, was a second Six-Winged Angel!!
"It's the Angelic Knight!!!" "The Young Mistress of Spirit Hall is here!!!" "We're saved!!!!" "Heaven Dou shall prevail!!!"
The soldiers watched the two angels in the sky with awe. They believed that with two of them, that black dragon would finally meet its match.
Bibi Dong, in her Death Spider Emperor form, looked up at Qian Renxue and murmured, "Xiao Xue... have you also reached this step?"
"Grandpa! Are you okay?!" Qian Renxue asked urgently.
"I'm fine! Xiao Xue, I didn't expect you to complete the Eighth Trial so quickly and reach this level!" Qian Daoliu praised, his voice weak but proud.
"Grandpa, there wasn't enough time. I only managed to condense the Yin-Yang Balanced Dual Soul Cores. There was no time for a third," Qian Renxue said with a touch of frustration.
"It's enough! Your soul bones have evolved into the Angelic Divine Raiment. With the Sacred Sword, even as a new Limit Douluo, you are likely stronger than I am," Qian Daoliu smiled.
Di Tian looked at the Angelic Sacred Sword in Qian Renxue's hand. The blade acted like a black hole for light, hungrily devouring soul power particles from the surrounding space. A Divine Tool? This is going to be troublesome...
"Solar Sacred Sword!!" Qian Renxue clutched the sword to her chest before raising it high. The wings on the crossguard released ten thousand rays of dawn. Golden light coalesced into the blade as the attributes of Sanctity and Fire exploded through the power of the sun.
"Grandpa! Together!!" Qian Renxue locked her gaze on Di Tian and charged.
"Right!! Follow me!!" Qian Daoliu followed close behind. Their swords resonated, the holy flames on their blades doubling in intensity.
Di Tian's pupils contracted. He opened his maw, a terrifying energy condensing within. "Black Dragon's World-Ending Breath!"
A torrent of dark dragon fire roared forth, spanning thousands of meters to swallow both angels.
"Angelic Protection!" Qian Daoliu shouted. Two golden orbs of light enveloped them as they dove straight through the dark breath.
Suddenly, Qian Renxue's brow furrowed. She summoned her soul rings: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, red, red. Her ninth ring erupted in a blood-red light. She split—one became two, then four, then eight.
One phantom appeared in front of Qian Daoliu, another in front of herself. In the next instant, those two leading phantoms were shredded into four pieces, vanishing into sparks of holy light.
Qian Daoliu's heart sank. Di Tian's dragon breath had been a feint; the real killing blow was the Dragon God's Claws hidden within the flames.
Now, seven thousand-meter-tall Six-Winged Angels—Qian Daoliu and Renxue's clones—surrounded Di Tian.
"Angelic Domain!!" they cried in unison.
The seven angels expanded their domains, pinning the massive black dragon in the center. Every direction was blocked by an angel. Di Tian's eyes flashed with excitement. He laughed, "One against seven? Now this is interesting!!!"
"Dark Dragon King True Form!!!"
The five-hundred-meter dragon expanded further, becoming a thousand-meter-tall Dark Dragon King with a wingspan of over two thousand meters. Each beat of its wings created localized hurricanes. With a mere flick, he traveled thousands of meters.
Qian Renxue was stunned. So fast!! Even though he was restricted by the five-thousand-meter Angelic Domain, his speed was astronomical. Within that range, he shifted positions every second, appearing like a flickering image—moving five thousand meters and instantly reappearing on the other side of the domain.
"Dark Domain!" Di Tian roared.
The dark domain instantly merged with the Angelic Domain. Now, the seven angels were trapped within his range. Even more terrifying was that the fifty-percent attribute boost for the angels and the fifty-percent debuff for the enemy were neutralized. Di Tian's single domain had canceled out their combined efforts.
The secondary effects remained, however. The Angelic Domain burned Di Tian's soul power every second, while the Dark Domain drained the life and power of the two Qians. In a heartbeat, the dragon closed the gap to Qian Daoliu, his massive wings slamming into the elder.
Qian Daoliu's phantom was sent flying, only to be teleported back to the center upon hitting the domain's edge.
"Brother Qian! I forgot to mention—once I release my true form, I don't need spatial abilities to be fast!! Don't focus so much on spatial ripples!!"
Qian Daoliu broke into a cold sweat. Di Tian's current speed wasn't just "fast"—it was monstrous.
"Grandpa!! Give it everything! I'll take the lead!!" Qian Renxue declared, her Divine Raiment erupting in brilliance.
The six angels converged on the dragon. Facing the assault, Di Tian didn't back down. He twisted his massive body, lashing out with claws and wings. Dark claws scraped against the Divine Raiment, sending off sparks of golden fire. Qian Renxue's Solar Sword slashed at his scales, sparking dark embers in return.
The dragon's defense was legendary. Qian Renxue unleashed "Angelic Aurora Slashes," opening several bloody gashes on the dragon's hide. But she watched in horror as those wounds—vast as they were—appeared to be mere scratches to a creature of that size. Furthermore, they were regenerating at a visible rate.
The dragon was simultaneously devouring their energy and using it to repair his body. The battle became a chaotic blur of gold and black. To the soldiers below, it looked like a collision of stars.
"This battle has no end!!" Qian Daoliu panted heavily. "Brother Di, why don't we call this a draw?"
Di Tian was also breathing hard, his expression grim. He had promised his Lord he would take Spirit City. Now, he was stuck. A Six-Winged Angel in full Divine Raiment with a Divine Tool was terrifying, and her ninth skill—giving clones seventy percent of the original's power—was broken. If he hadn't fully unleashed his true form, he might have actually lost to this girl.
"Enough."
A voice, devoid of all emotion, rang out. It wasn't loud, yet it etched itself into the heart of every person present. Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu felt their hearts skip a beat.
The next moment, a seven-colored domain instantly overwritten both the Dark and Angelic domains. Every element of darkness and sanctity within the range was neutralized, dissolving into seven-colored soul power particles.
One thousand meters! Three thousand! Five thousand! Ten thousand!
The massive prismatic domain covered everyone—low-level masters, Title Douluo, Xie Di, Bibi Dong, and the three combatants in the sky. To their horror, they found that all elements within the domain obeyed only one person: the silver-haired figure in the sky.
The Silver Dragon King floated there silently. Her hair was like the Milky Way, and her purple eyes held an air of absolute, peerless sovereignty.
The moment Di Tian saw her, guilt flooded his eyes. He tore through space, reverted to his human form, and knelt in mid-air. "My Lord... I apologize. I failed."
The Myriad Beast soldiers watched their Emperor kneel, but none felt surprise. It felt... right. It felt natural. Only the Heaven Dou soldiers watched in confusion, wondering who could make such a terrifying man beg for forgiveness.
"It is fine. It is all over now." The Silver Dragon King looked at Qian Renxue's armor and sword. She understood why Di Tian had been delayed.
She reached out a pale, slender hand toward the sky. A spark of seven-colored light appeared in her palm. Then, nine soul rings rose from her feet.
Light gold! Light gold! Light gold... All nine were a radiant, pale gold. The spark in her hand grew exponentially.
A hundred meters... a thousand... five thousand!!
A five-thousand-meter-wide orb of chaotic energy hovered above her. It contained every elemental attribute, and though no single element reached the "Ultimate" rank, they began to fuse and annihilate one another, turning into a dull, grayish color: Chaos.
Di Tian looked up at the orb in awe. After her reincarnation, by using the human soul master system, the Lord is even stronger at the same level! The energy in that orb was something a hundred "Dragon God Claws" couldn't match.
Qian Renxue saw the orb and immediately flew in front of the Silver Dragon King. She would not allow her to destroy Spirit City!
"Xiao Xue!! Fall back!!" Bibi Dong suddenly appeared in front of her, staring up at the orb. She frantically calculated how long her "Undying Body" could last against such an attack.
Qian Renxue looked at Bibi Dong's dark, purple figure. Her heart warmed for a fleeting second, but she quickly steeled herself. With a swift strike, she knocked Bibi Dong toward the ground.
"Don't flatter yourself! Who needs your protection?!" Qian Renxue's body radiated holy energy as she poured every ounce of light and heat into her sword.
Qian Daoliu rushed to her side. "Xiao Xue!! If you try to block this, you will die!!"
"Think of Ye Lan!! Don't be reckless!! We still have a chance! If you complete the Ninth Trial, we can turn this around!!"
Qian Renxue's golden eyes filled with sorrow. Pure white tears fell as she gave a tragic smile. "Grandpa... tell Ye Lan I'm sorry."
"I will not let all these people die before me! Behind me are hundreds of thousands of civilians... there's you... Grandpa Crocodile... Uncle She... everything that Spirit Hall is!!"
"This... is my King's Way!!"
(End of Chapter)