Chapter 211 - Visit
'He was corrupted... by god that was at least if not stronger than me, meaning at least 1st-Class God of Spirit Rank 121+.'
I thought as I observed the corpse of Tang Chen and weird black energy that was still in his body until the energy went to my body.
[Unknown Energy is trying to corrupt the host.]
I heard Architect's voice in my head, as I used Laws of Devour to absorb the energy.
[Unknown Energy Devoured.]
[Demonic Energy Reserved increased by 4 Units.]
This was better compared to all mortals in the Slaughter City, but that was understandable, as this energy belonged to an entity on the same level as me, even though it was very little of it, but still gave me a lot of benefits.
"Come, we need to complete the Hell Road so you can initiate Inheritance Trail."
I said as Bibi Dong followed me to the Slaughter City.
"Don't forget to send some people here to clean this place up... they should have hoarded a lot of treasures during its existence."
Slaughter City existed more than 100,000 apparently so the number of things it hoarded should be enormous, not including personal possession of its residents. Some of them were very, very rich people. It would be a shame to leave everything here just gathering dust.
It would be good for Bibi Dong to take it, and it was somewhat a gift from me.
As we walked the desolate streets of the Slaughter City, we have arrived at the Hell Slaughter Arena, where the entrance to Hell Road was located, and it was opened already...
"Here take this. This should protect you in case you get attacked by that god during your trial."
I said to Bibi Dong, while I passed her Magic Seal, as she nodded and entered the Hell Road, which closed immediately after she entered.
I sat cross-legged in the Slaughter Arena and started comprehending the Law of Slaughter. This place is basically saturated in the killing intent and Laws were easier to comprehend in places, where they were strong.
Meaning, Slaughter Arena was the best place to comprehend the Law of Slaughter.
For several hours I have been comprehending Law of Slaughter and my comprehension rate quickly reached 14%.
Law of Slaughter, contrary to the Law of Devour, was combat-oriented and gave a huge boost to my offensive capabilities.
Unknown POV
It was a long time since I have descended onto the mortal plane of the Douluo Planet.
I only went down here, because my Successor was killed... unfortunately for him, being corrupted by Rakshasha Goddes made him unable to inherit my God Position.
The girl that entered Hell Road seemed to have good potential that would make a good successor.
But what interested me more right now was the foreigner that came with her.
It was a very long time since I have encountered one, and all of them were extremely strong... but wľas needed.
To traverse the dark cold depths of the Void between Universes and even survive encounters with Void Beasts was an achievement on its own.
'He already started comprehending Law of Slaughter on his own... his power system must be attuned to it, but even then, comprehension of Laws without any outside help is astounding, and his speed is tremendous.'
I thought as I observed a crimson-silver-haired man who was comprehending Law of Slaughter at tremendous speed.
Gods of Douluo Divine Realm also comprehended Laws, but that was not the correct term to say.
God's Position was basically a special condensation of Laws that gave its user, or its host for better terms, control over the Laws themselves. In my case, my God Position gave me Laws of Slaughter, Murder, Order and special Authority of Judgement.
If I pass my God Position to a new successor and he would become a new Asura God, then I would also lose access to the Laws in the God Position.
Due to that, I have spent millennials comprehending those Laws on my own, making them my own, as other God-Kings did. Having a God Position greatly lessened the required effort to comprehend Laws, it made everything easier.
Though Authority cannot be obtained from it.
'Hmm... Universal Law is still silent about this one, meaning his presence here didn't endanger the existence of the Shao Universe or any other Dimensional Realm within the Universe. If I pass the God Position to Successor it may be dangerous for me, as God-KJing without God Realm or Anchored to any, probably the Universal Law would choose to dispose of me, unless...'
I thought in my head about several possible outcomes.
The Universal Law is the origin of everything in the Shao Universe and also where everything originates from including the Multidimensional Space. It's beyond the normal 3-Dimensional universe of mortals with the Universal Law being above the rules of every multi-dimensional universe and with them being only parts of it. The Universal Law is formless, it cannot be seen or touched and it's considered an irreversible existence in the Douluo Dalu Universe and is what balances the entire universe.
The Universal Law is hostile to all thing that it considers a threat, it will destroy all God-Kings that is not in a God-Realm or with a positioning anchor to a God Realm.
'Maybe in another Universe, I could reach a higher level of power. My level and understanding are high enough to the point, where I can forge my own power system rather easily, something that cannot be done here, due to Universal Law. Hmm... I could imitate his power system and combine it with mine, to create a new path. Also, from what I know, Divine Power is one of most common energy types in the existence right behind Qi and Magical Power.'
I thought and soon I have decided on the next course of action.
I went to the man and slowly revealed my presence until he opened his eyes and looked at me with a calm yet wary expression.
"Hello, a foreigner. I am Asura, the Asura God of this Realm."
Chapter 212 - Asura
POV MC
When I opened my eyes, I knew that the man before me was a god.
It was clear as the sky.
He was a bit slender and rather tall, with long silver hair and blood-red eyes that gave feeling like they pierced through your soul. While he didn't radiate any kind of power, he had around him substantive murderous aura condensed into an icy atmosphere, and the whole body is wrapped in the dark red magic pattern.
"Hello, a foreigner. I am Asura, the Asura God of this Realm."
Okey this was surprising and yet something that I have awaited to happen. It was just a matter of time, until some God noticed my existence here, especially after I have become Being of Law.
"I have waited when someone from up there will notice my existence."
I stated plainly as Asura nodded.
"Do you want some tea?"
I asked him, as I conjured one small tea table and two mats to sit on. Then I started brewing tea.
"It would be nice."
He sat opposite me.
"Now what is the reason for you to descent to the mortal plane?"
I asked as I gave him a cup of my best tea.
"It was a very long time since I have encountered a foreigner to our Universe. Usually, they can't enter this Universe due to some special circumstances, but somehow another foreigner arrived, and this one arrived with the most unconventional method... two-way Universal Gate, meaning that this foreigner has a background far above what the current Universe can handle."
Stated Asura as he looked at me and sipped his tea.
In one sense he was right.
In that one he was right.
My backing was Longinus Dreizhen Orden which had several people that could either wipe out everyone in this Universe or be considered an absolute threat to natives. Not counting Mercurius who was Half-Step Great Old One, but here were Kaziklu Bey an Exarch, Deus Ex Machina whose true body was Autarch Realm Cultivator same as Exarch, Christof Lohengrin who was True Ancestor or Rot Spinne who was as strong as Lord-Class.
"So what do you wish for?"
I asked directly, as I knew that he didn't come here to kill me or something or else I would be already dead, additionally, if he killed me, probably Mercurius could resurrect me and they would come here for revenge for killing a member of the Orden.
So only logical conclusion was he wanted something from me.
"It is a good tea."
Asura said after a while as he looked at me.
"In this Universe, there is the absolute form of control in the so-called Universal Law. A God-King cannot survive without being tied to the God Position or the God Realm. If we pass it to Inheritor and decide to leave our Dimensional Layer, there is a high chance that the Universal Law would consider us a threat and decide to kill the God-King."
He said as I perked immediately.
This could be greatly used for my benefit.
"So you want the safe pass for my Universe, where you can live without fear of Universal Law killing you and perhaps to advance even further."
I stated as Asura nodded in agreement.
"Indeed."
"That is doable, but there is one major condition to it."
I said.
Allowing Asura to pass to the Astral Boundary Universe wasn't something impossible to do, but I want something in return.
"What condition?"
Asked Asura expressionlessly.
"You will join my faction in the Astral Boundary and become Elder of the Baator."
If I could gain Asura to become Elder of the Baator, then survival of my faction would be basically guaranteed, as someone on the Lord-Class would be the best trump card. Not even Warlock Imperial Courts had active backing of their Warlock Emperor, as Six Warlock Emperors were in a deep slumber for a very long time, and they didn't awaken yet.
Having such a powerhouse backing Baator from the start would practically shelter our growth.
"What would I from the position of the Elder be required to do?"
He asked calmly, not much surprised by my condition.
"Basically nothing aside from protecting Baator, if someone invaded that our ordinary forces cannot handle. As you would be a Lord-Class Powerhouse, it would be best if we kept your existence of an utmost secret before we have enough strength. As an Enforcer of the Douluo Divine Realm, you can do the same thing in the Baator. Basically, Elders have a free hand on what to do, they are hidden guardians and protectors and often they discuss and decide the most important matter of the Empire together with Emperor, who is currently me, but that is only on rare occasions if Senatorum Imperials can not decide something, or the decision required attention of Elders and Emperor directly."
Elders in Baator didn't really have many things to do, aside from training and getting stronger, as they were the final protectors of the Baator.
Zekram didn't have any official duties and he spend all of his time training. Crom Cruach same, while Azrael spent some time in integrating Fallen Angels better into the Baator, but overall he was the same as Zekram and Crom Cruach.
"That seems fair. Must I remain in the Baator all the time or can I go explore Universe on my own?"
Asked Asura after some time of consideration.
"Basically you can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't harm the interests of the Baator. Additional information would be provided as long as you become an Elder. Your only responsibility would be protecting Baator, and if you wish you can perform additional duties you chose."
I stated.
Elders were free to live as hermits or to do some things they wish to do.
"Then as long as you can provide me passage to your universe I will join your faction, but I want information about Power Systems in your universe... not a conventional one."
Asura said and I was overwhelmed by happiness.
Chapter 213 - Successful Inheritance
I instantly knew what the term "not conventional knowledge" meant.
There were people who studied Cultivation Systems and Power Systems from a more scientific point of view and knew many things about them. I could easily obtain those data from Kaziklu Bey or Mercurius and it would be a good trade to exchange them for Asura joining Baator.
"That is doable. I can predict that you will leave for the Astral Boundary when your Inheritor ascends as God."
I stated.
It would be good if Bibi Dong can ascend as God as soon as possible, so Asura would become Elder of the Baator. With time-lapse between two Universes, it would be long centuries in the Astral Boundary before Asura will arrive.
"As soon as she Inherits my God Position I will leave through the Universal Gate."
Said Asura to me.
"Last question. You should be aware of the fact that I am currently trying to find a way to perfectly create Artificial Spirit Souls, but the thing to achieve that is the Genome of the Primogenitor of them, the Dragon God. What can you tell me about that, I heard that there is the possibility of him returning?"
I asked.
"Dragon God was one of the ancient gods born very long ago and as you already said he is the originator of all Spirit Beasts. In ancient times, he rampaged through the Douluo Divine Realm as he wanted to create a new Divine Realm solely for the Spirit Beasts that would ascend as Gods. Due to my short-sightedness or foolishness, I killed him and split his godhood into two parts, namely Silver Dragon King and Golden Dragon King. The reason for this war was that Spirit Beasts were oppressed by humans and it was supported by Human Gods, especially by Five God-Kings. Only after a long time, we have realized that it was a grave mistake."
Humans in the mortal plane or planes under the Douluo Divine Realm were dependant on Spirit Beasts to advance. Without them, they won't be able to advance effectively. If they annihilate them, they would also cut their own path to Godhood. Something that the gods of the Douluo Divine Realm realized too late and probably Dragon God was too arrogant a fellow to reason with.
"Status of the Golden Dragon King is unknown, but I know that Silver Dragon King is alive and slumbering in the Star Duo Forest, protected by strongest Spirit Beasts. You will find what you want up there. Your best chance to get what you want would be to help the Silver Dragon King absorb Golden Dragon King and become a new Dragon God. Golden Dragon King is mad and only cares about the destruction of everything and vengeance... Silver Dragon King should be probably more reasonable."
Said Asura after a short time, as I nodded and frowned at the same time.
"That seems doable. Fortunately, Silver Dragon King would be reasonable enough to negotiate."
I answered as we talked about various topics, mainly asked about this Universe and some notable factions and Gods, as the Asura was very knowledgeable about many things that happened in the Shao Universe.
"She has succeeded."
Stated Asura plainly after several hours, apparently Bibi Dong finished and passed the trials.
"Now the influence of the Rakshasha Goddes has been destroyed from my Inheritance Trial, that little girl is now the successor of the Asura God. Hopefully, she will ascend as God as soon as possible so I can be freed from my duty."
He continued as I looked at the Hell Road, where Bibi Dong soon emerged from as Asura disappeared from the mortal plane.
"I take it that you have finished."
I stated as Bibi Dong nodded her head in agreement, proud that she became an Inheritor and Successor of the Asura God.
"Yes, I have obtained Deathgod Domain and my Spirit Rank has reached 84, once again closer to the Titled Douluo."
She would be the youngest person to become Titled Douluo, with the tempo it would take her maybe several years to reach Titled Douluo, and another decade to reach the pinnacle, and then she could ascend as God.
"Asura God told me your deal with him... how lucky."
She said teasingly, as I was surprised to see such behavior in her this time.
"Yeh... his presence would be very beneficial to the Baator."
I answered as I stood up.
"Shall we go? This place is no longer of use to me."
I have already used all Slaughter Aura to boost up my comprehension rate of the Law of Slaughter, so staying in the Slaughter City any longer would be totally useless at this point.
"After we return to the Spirit Hall, I will depart to the Star Dou Forest to settle some things. If the Project of Artificial Spirit Rings is successful, then humanity won't be dependent on the Spirit Beasts, and this conflict could be resolved. Asura God himself said, that killing Dragon God was a mistake in certain parts. Additionally, inform Ajuka that he could start Project Spirit Ring Evolution."
I said as we walked out of the Slaughter City.
"Spirit Ring Evolution?"
Titled her head, Bibi Dong, at this term.
"Another reason why humanity is dependent on Spirit Beasts is to obtain older Spirit Rings but to achieve that you need to kill older Spirit Beast to advance the age of the Spirit Ring. I have theorized that one could age his own Spirit Ring by using Divine Power on the Spirit Ring to age it. Ajuka has tested it by using Divine Crystal and it seemed to work."
Ordinary Spirit Master wouldn't have a chance to use this method as it would require one of two possible ways.
One would be to find a Divine Crystal and use its Divine Power to age his Spirit Rings, but Divine Crystals were almost non-existent in the Douluo Planet or probably this entire Mortal Realm. Divine Crystals are a condensation of Divine Power or are created from refining Power of Faith.
Chapter 214 - Return and Next Step
The second way was to get Divine Power from God, but that was even more problematic in certain sense for the current generation of Spirit Masters, as this could be done only by Spirit Master who is worshipping a God, that is still alive, and want to pass some Divine Power to said worshipper for such purpose.
But this was not a problem for Spirit Hall currently. With the alliance with Baator, I could easily supply Low-Grade and Mid-Grade Divine Crystals to Spirit Hall. Most of the Divine Crystals that Baator nowadays had, were made by the special method by refining souls of mortals into Power of Faith and subsequently into the Divine Crystal.
These souls were obtained by Devils by entering into the contract with humans and other weak races. This method was very good and yielded countless Low-Grade Divine Crystals and even many Mid-Grade Crystals.
Unfortunately, as the souls of humans were too weak because they were just ordinary humans or occasionally some magicians, we cannot produce High-Grade Divine Crystals. That would be possible only in the Astral Boundary or...
Here.
Souls of the Spirit Masters were good and could be used as material.
"Dong'er I will send some devils from Baator to collect souls of Spirit Masters here so their souls could be made into the Divine Crystals."
I said as she nodded, not really minding me calling her in a more intimate way, additionally, she was several centuries younger than me, so it didn't feel weird... maybe a little bit.
Spirit Hall, several weeks later
I have stayed at the Spirit Hall much longer as I thought before departing for the Star Duo Forest. The main reason was I was engrossed with Ajuka in research, as we started an experiment with Ageing of Spirit Ring with Divine Crystals.
Our test subjects were Bibi Dong and other Titled Douluos of three branches of the Spirit Hall.
The current Spirit Hall was very different from the past. Now entire restructualization of the organization was finished, supplemented by an especially bloody and brutal purge, conducted by Golden Crocodile Douluo who was named Judgement Elder, and Holy Templar Order who were helping him.
Hundreds of lesser clergy were executed by colluding with Heaven Dou Empire or Star Luo Empire, corruption, misusing their authority, hoarding resources for their own gain, and the list could go on.
Those who were killed were swiftly replaced by new priests. Now all clergy fell under the Ecclesiarchy Branch, which was responsible for spreading influence of the Spirit Hall, worship of Angel Goddes whom Qian Daoliu was inheritor and would be one god of Spirit Hall and also newly even worship of the Asura God as Bibi Dong would ascend as Asura God and a steady supply of the Power of Faith would be very good.
I even helped Golden Crocodile Douluo Jin Eyu rank up and he became second Extreme Douluo of Spirit Rank 99, it would be good if he could obtain a God Position, but if not, then at least he would become a Wild God that would be a pillar of the Spirit Hall.
Holy Templar Order was successfully formed and was being trained by Custodians in Battle Formation and coordinated attacks.
While Custodes were only Ultimate-Class, aside from those in the Shao Universe right now that reached Legendary-Class, a Battle Formation of Custodians could easily kill even Satan-Class entity without any losses.
Custodians trained their entire life, all day when they were not on the duty, that was the reason how they could achieve such perfect harmony and synergy in their battle formation. Additionally, they had the best equipment Empire could provide, ate the best food from the highest-ranked monsters and magical bests Empire caught, enjoyed a supply of free magical rituals, potions, alchemy pills, healing, and basically everything one could imagine.
Of course, there was no free lunch in life, and when one becomes a member of the Adeptus Custodes it is almost impossible to leave. If one wants to retire it could be either for health issues that are of extreme importance. Other reasons, namely personal reasons, one needs permission from Captain-General and Emperor cumulatively, reason needs to be objective and additionally, the member needs to have at least several centuries of service and significant merits for that.
That was the reason, why many children of nobles that had practically no chance to inherit the title, strived to become members of Adeptus Custodes and often even Heirs themselves that sought ways to improve their strength.
One of the Tribunes of the Adeptus Custodes aside from Sirzechs were Diehauser Belial and Ruval Phenex, both of them were heirs to their respective houses, but in the end, they joined Custodians in the vision of more potential for growth, as their firstborn would inherit the title, as Custodians were allowed to marry and have families, though even there existed some conditions to it and main was to reach the rank of Praefect.
"I should be going to the Star Duo Forest. I have been here in the Shao Universe for around six months, meaning around 50 years have passed in the Astral Boundary... this time-lapse is problematic as hell, maybe Mercurius would have a method to deal with it."
I muttered to myself as I stood up in my room, where I have been comprehending Law of Darklight, but my success was null, unfortunately.
Ajuka was currently doing his research as we were nearly done with the Project Spirit Ring Ageing, and Bibi Dong was attending her official duties as the Supreme Pontiff of Holy Throne of the Spirit Hall.
So I spread my wings and flew directly to the Star Duo Forest.
Chapter 215 - Star Dou Forest
Star Duo Forest
Star Dou Forest is one of the Douluo Continent's most famous great spirit beast habitats. It's located southeast of Balak Kingdom.
Its area is huge, practically equal to Balak Kingdom's territory, spanning the border of Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire, within it, two fifth's of the area is in Heaven Dou Empire while the other three-fifths are in Star Luo Empire. It's an immense primeval forest, the forest's interior terrain is complicated, with wetlands, swamps, and so on.
The spirit beasts there are known for their viciousness and killing intent. The closer to the center of the forest, the more powerful the spirit beasts. Inside the core area of the Star Dou Forest, there are many 100,000 Years Old and even older Spirit Beasts.
I watched the Star Dou Forest for a bit, before I entered, after casting several concealment spells on myself.
After I walked here for several hours, as I was not careful to not get lost, as this place was problematic to navigate in, I realized that I needed to find some guides, thus I have decided to look for some 100,000 Years Old Spirit Beasts that could communicate and whom I could coerce or negotiate with to bring me to the core layer.
Of course, I could use my Spiritual Sense to scan the entire area of the Star Dou Forest, but that would probably cause Silver Dragon King to wake up and attack me instantly. Even when weakened greatly, it still had apparently a great deal of power, and I don't want unnecessary fights.
A peaceful solution to this would be best, by coming into agreement with Di Tian, who was the current Beast God.
Fortunately finding some 100,000 Years Old Spirit Beasts with my abilities wasn't that hard and soon enough I found two of them, close to the Inner Layer of the Star Dou Forest.
One of them was Sky Azure Bull Python. It had a head in the shape of a bull that is at least 4 meters in diameter, eyes the size of lanterns, and a dark cyan enormous snake body that is thicker than water barrels.
Another one was Titan Ape. It had black fur all over its body. The height of its shoulders at least outstripped seven meters. Not only was its body enormous, but all over its entire body was covered with muscles protruding like little hills.
I could instantly identify them, as I have copied the entire library of Spirit Hall inside Architect, so I was currently the most knowledgeable being in the entire Douluo Planet.
Both of them were 100,000 Years Old Spirit Beasts.
"Hello there."
I said as both of them instantly got into a combat stance as they looked at me warily.
"What do you want non-human?"
Asked the Titan Ape, not surprisingly, they knew that I wasn't human, but alas, Spirit Beasts had far superior senses to humans and could discern that I am something else based on my scent alone.
"Show me the path to the Core Area of the Star Dou Forest, where I can find the Beast God. In return, I will give you something very good that will increase your strength tremendously."
I said as both Spirit Beasts looked at each other before looking back at me as they nodded in agreement.
"What is your name non-human?"
Asked the Sky Azure Bull Python.
"Samiel Zentaur, and yours?"
I stated my code name.
"Da Ming."
Said Sky Azure Bull Python.
"Er Ming."
Was the name of the Titan Ape.
"Er Ming and Da Ming... are you brothers?"
I asked.
"Not thought the blood but in everything else, we are as close as brothers."
Said, Da Ming.
"Hmm... let's keep going."
We kept going on for more than an hour until we stopped for a small pause.
"Why are you searching for the Beast God Samiel Zentaur?"
Asked Er Ming as we were resting at the local lake.
"You could say that I am bringing salvation to the Spirit Beast species."
I chuckled as I said that, while both of them didn't say a word to retort it.
After resting for some time, we went to move once again, and I was using my aura to scare away other Spirit Beasts, that even Er Ming and Da Ming found especially threatening.
Soon enough we have arrived at the entrance to the Core Layer.
"This is where we will stop. Inside the Core Area of the Forest, there are many Spirit Beast way above 100,000 Years of Age, so we will remain here."
Said Da Ming as he looked at the entrance to the Core Area, while I nodded and took out two Superior-Grade Divine Crystals.
"Take this as the token of my gratitude."
I said as they both were shocked by this as they felt Divine Power inside the crystals as they quickly bowed and thanked me for that. Absorbing such crystal could tremendously increase their cultivation, probably even multiply it.
After entering the Core Area, I felt someone was watching me.
As the Apocalypse-Class my senses were comparable to Gods of this Universe, so feeling some Spirit Beasts that were still mortal was observing me was easy to find.
"Come out Di Tian, I know that you are watching and I mean no harm to you or to Spirit Beasts, or to her."
I shouted as I released some of my aura, which was comparable to the 1st-Class God.
Soon enough Di Tian appeared out of shadows.
In human form, he is a handsome middle-aged man in a black robe with golden lines who possesses black hair with one golden strand hanging, sharp deep golden pupil eyes, with an at least 2-meter height body and broad shoulders.
"What are you? You are certainly no God and no human or Spirit Beast."
Chapter 216 - Di Tian
"You can say that I am a foreigner to your Universe. My race is called Devil."
I said as I showed him my true form, with my twelve wings fully spread, my two tails were dancing behind me and with my four horns sprouting proudly from my head.
I intentionally released my Aura, letting him feel my full power.
"What do you want with my Lord?"
Asked Di Tian warily, as he knew that he wasn't a match for me, but his duty ordered him to guard the Silver Dragon King.
"I came here to propose a deal... I don't mean any harm and I bring the gift of my intention."
I took out a Divine Crystal and passed it to Di Tian, who froze on the spot as he caught it.
It wasn't an ordinary Divine Crystal but rather one of few Monarch-Grade Divine Crystals that I had. Baator obtained quite a few of them, mainly by trading with Heaven, as they had countless of them, but unfortunately, they cannot use Divine Crystals to enhance their strength as Yahweh placed countless restrictions on his angels.
So they started trading secretly Divine Crystals with Baator for some resources. We had a ceasefire as peace was never officially signed, but they needed many more resources than Baator possessed. And we overpriced everything, as any proper Devil would in that situation. Unfortunately for Heaven, no other Pantheon wanted to trade with them, as all of them bore a great deal of hatred for Yahweh, and also, they cannot let anybody found out that Yahweh died.
Because of that, I got some Monarch-Grade Divine Crystals, while they were mostly hidden in our Vault, deep within dungeons of the Imperial Palace, I took some with me. Rest would be used by Hela when she reached Mighty Stage God.
She was already a Pinnacle Greater God but lacked some things to advance aside from Divine Power, which she had in a form of Divine Crystals, and that was to upgrade her Divine Authority to a higher level.
Divine Crystals were peerless treasures in the entire Shao Universe, as Gods were scarce. In other Universes, even in the Astral Boundary, while not so rare, they were not so common, they were something in the middle.
Di Tian currently had a cultivation of 890,000 Years Old Spirit Beast and he immediately absorbed the Monarch-Grade Divine Crystal, and his cultivation started rising at the tremendous speed and soon crossed 900,000 Yeard Old where he started undergoing a Tribulation, which he passed easily, and his cultivation still keeps climbing.
910,000 Years Old
930,000 Years Old
950,000 Years Old
970,000 Years Old
980,000 Years Old
990,000 Years Old
999,999 Years Old
Then he progresses slowed down a bit after his body exploded with enormous power, and he reverted to his original dragon form.
His entire body was covered with pitch-black scales, but it shone with dark purple colors within those dark clouds. It's more than 3 thousand meters in length.
Then even bigger clouds started gathering around him, and an enormous thunderbolt struck down at Di Tian.
I instantly sat cross-legged and started comprehending the Law of Lightning. Tribulations such as these, were basically an amalgamation of various Laws, with the most dominant Law being the Law of Lightning.
It would be a shame to pass a such good opportunity to comprehend Laws, as Law of Lightning was considered as most destructive Element, and would greatly increase my offensive capabilities.
[Law of Lightning has been detected. Comprehension of the Law of Lightning has reached 8%.]
I heard Architect's voice in my head, as I kept comprehending the Law of Lightning as Di Tian was undergoing probably the most dangerous tribulation, as he was attempting to cross to be a 1 million Years Old Spirit Beast.
Soon enough Di Tian's tribulation has ended, and my comprehension of the Law of Lightning has reached 11%, which was an exceptional result for such a short time. Alas, my talent was supreme thanks to baptism from the Underworld itself, and this place was extremely rich and suitable to comprehend the Law of Lightning.
And then he reached.
1,000,000 Years Old
After reaching 1,000,000 Year Di Tian walked to me, and bowed deeply, as I was surprised by his gesture.
"I thank Senior very much for granting me this opportunity."
He said sincerely, as it was all thanks to me he could reach such a high level of cultivation as I gave him Monarch-Grade Divine Crystal.
"The only thing I want is a drop of blood from the Dragon God, that is all I will ask. That will resolve all animosities between Spirit Beasts and Humans, additionally, after my partner becomes a God-King in the Divine Realm, I will guarantee you that, Spirit Beasts could create their own Divine Realm and leave Douluo Planet for another planet."
I stated as Di Tian's eyes widened in shock hearing all of that.
"If I may ask, how do you wish to achieve all of that from one drop of the Dragon God's Blood?"
Aksed he skeptically.
"Artificial Spirit Souls that will replace real ones in the creation of Spirit Rings. Dragon God is the originator of all Spirit Beasts in the Douluo Dimension, with advanced genetical technology, I and my subordinate could create Artificial Spirit Souls with abilities as real ones, based on the genome of Dragon God. His blood is needed or else the Artificial Spirit Souls won't be perfect and complete, which would cause humans once again hunt spirit beasts. These Artificial Spirit Souls won't be alive, but they would be like clones without life or consciousness. In regard to aging Spirit Rings, that could be created by aging them with Divine Crystals and Divine Power which already has been solved."
I explained it all, as Di Tian listened to all this and was processing it in wonder.
"If it is true then it should work. I only ask one question, who is your associate among humans?"
He asked slowly.
"Bibi Dong."
Chapter 217 - Meeting Bi Ji and Zi Ji
"So the young pontiff has regained complete control over the Spirit Hall... then it should be possible to achieve what you want with her help."
Commented Di Tian.
I had to admit that he was pretty smart to figure things just by me stating the name of my associate. He instantly knew that with my strength, I would force every "disobedient element" to follow her orders, so the entire Spirit Hall has fallen directly under her control.
"Our organization places a great value on the development of certain factions in this universe. Shall you agree to several of my conditions, I and my associates will help you in return for some resources and territory."
I said lightly, as Di Tian started considering my words.
He could easily guess by my words that I wasn't native of this Universe and that was okey, I never intended to hide it, and he would find about it sooner or later, as he had some inheritance from the Dragon God, so his information about this Universe was very high.
Additionally, he could clearly see that Bibi Dong has got some outside help, if not it wouldn't be possible for someone so young to reach such a high cultivation level and even get absolute control over the entire Spirit Hall.
"The final decision is up to the My Lord when she wakes up. Even then, it would be impossible to do so, as currently Golden Dragon King is sealed inside the Divine Realm and my Lord would need to recover first and absorb Dragon God."
He stated as I nodded. Everything just needed some time.
Sooner or later, Bibi Dong would become the new Asura God, and then disposing of Golden Dragon King would be easy. Asura told me if I can reach consent with Silver Dragon King, other God-King won't prevent Silver Dragon King from absorbing Golden Dragon King to ascend as a new Dragon God. It would be beneficial for all parties.
"If everything goes according to the plan then soon enough Spirit Beasts would have their own living space and even Divine Realm."
I said as Di Tian nodded and signed me to follow after him to meet his Lord.
We went to the central area of the Core Layer of the Star Dou Forest, where there were two females waiting for us already.
One of them had her entire body was covered in purple-black scales. She had a slender figure with perfect, round breasts and long legs. The upper part of her chest was bared to reveal her snowy white skin and a deep cleavage between her breasts. Her long purple-black hair hung down loosely behind her back and away from her body even without the wind blowing. Her exquisite face was exceedingly charming with her deep purple eyes. Her lips, on the other hand, were a bright purple. An ink-black scale on her forehead rippled with layers of purple radiance streaming forth to the top of her head. She was outstandingly beautiful, has light purple eyes, deep purple lips, purple hair, and a big round chest.
Another one had jade-green hair that flowed down behind her back, and her eyes were jade-green, too. Her figure was slender, and her light-green dress outlined it perfectly. Her snowy-white and slender arms were exposed. The strangest thing was that she had a pair of wings behind her, which seemed to be sculpted from gems. This pair of wings was jade-green, and every feather looked extremely dazzling. The bright-green wings were filled with a captivating aura of life and made her look like a natural goddess.
"She is Zi Ji, one of the Great Fierce Beast, Abyss Demon Dragon."
He said as he looked at the purple-haired woman somewhat affectionately.
"And she is Bi Ji, also one of the Great Fierce Beast, Emerald Swan."
And he introduced another woman, and then it probably hit me, they were his mates. I then took out several Superior-Grade Divine Crystals and passed gave Divine Crystals to them.
"It is my pleasure, honored Ladies. Here please accept my small gift to commemorate our first meeting."
I greeted them as I gave them each 5 Superior-Grade Divine Crystals that should help them greatly promote their cultivation to higher levels.
"We thank Senior for his generousness."
Said Bi Ji for them as she gave a short bow as thanks.
They were aware that the Divine Crystals were priceless and the person who could give them away like nothing, should be really someone far out of their categories and most probably a God. As I controlled my aura, now I appeared like an ordinary mortal to those who saw me.
"Then shall we proceed?"
I asked as Di Tian nodded and we continued to the resting place of the Silver Dragon King.
Chapter 218 - Silver Dragon King
"My Lord is still sleeping, so you need to wake her up."
Said Di Tian, as we came to the resting place of the Silver Dragon King, where she was slumbering.
I nodded my head and quickly located the precise place where the Silver Dragon King was sleeping.
'She is gravely injured. Even though she was originally a Quasi God-King Spirit Rank 149, but right now her power is greatly reduced, she is probably even weaker than me. Her injuries are pretty severe, to recover she would need at least more than 20,000 Years, as she is very slowly recuperating.'
I thought in my head as I was analyzing the injuries of the Silver Dragon King. She was in a very deep slumber, so she cannot detect me scanning her.
I took out a small vial of blood that was radiating an enormous amount of power and gave even me some pressure.
It was Blood Essence from Primordial Dragon from the Astral Boundary, that I have obtained from Kaziklu Bey exactly for this purpose. Primordial Dragons in the Astral Boundary were far stronger than Dragon God here.
In the Astral Boundary Dragons were the strongest race. Though nobody knew how many powerhouses they had, as they were extremely reclusive, it was confirmed that they had at least one Primogenitor, who was noted to be extremely close to becoming a half-step Great Old One.
Arcanists had a great relationship with Dragons and often traded treasures for knowledge with them.
Races in the Astral Boundary sometimes allied with each other or divided themselves based on their occupation. Just like humans divided themselves based on their cultivation systems into Warlocks, Arcanists, and Knights.
Arcanists were allied with Dragons and secretly allied with Devils of Baator as our path was extremely similar.
Knights were paths created by Arcanists, and they usually acted as servants for high-ranking Arcanists.
While Warlocks followed the mindset of cultivators in the cultivation Universes and created their own dominion where they fought against each other for resources.
Elves in the Astral Boundary were divided by their sub-species into Dark Elves, (ordinary) Elves, High Elves, and most powerful Silvermoon Elves. Elven Queen Cohinem was one of the Silvermoon Queens and wife of extremely mighty Silvermoon Elven King.
As I cast a special spell on the bottle and teleported it to the body of the Silver Dragon King and activated a magical spell that started draining Divine Power from the Monarch-Grade Divine Crystal and together with the blood of the Primordial Dragon started entering the mouth of the Silver Dragon King.
I could see that it had a great effect and Silver Dragon King started recuperating probably a hundred times faster compared to what it was before. I waited for several hours until I saw that the Silver Dragon King has recuperated around 20% of her injuries, it was a good result as her injuries were too severe for me to heal with one batch of resources.
The most problematic was the fact, that most of them were caused by Asura God himself, meaning there were Laws in the game, and thus it was difficult to resolve in a short time or with a small number of precious resources.
I was sitting here and meditating, and absorbing residual energy with Laws of Devour to increase my Demonic Energy Reserves, as this place was good for it, as energy density increased several times in this small area from since the Silver Dragon King started healing and waking up.
Soon enough, I was woken up by an enormous dragon roar, that was heard across the entire Star Dou Forest, as all spirit beats prostrated themselves in the direction of the roar.
The Silver Dragon King has woken up.
Very soon she arrived before me.
She had long silver hair, similar to Grayfia but hers were shinier, and violet eyes with a mature look. She had exquisite beauty and an alluring figure. Most notable feature about her was a pair of silver-purplish dragon wings sprouting from her back and two silver horns on her head.
"I thank you foreigner for healing my injuries."
She said as she looked at me indifferently. Fortunately, she knew that I wasn't human or she would have attacked me probably, though not that I feared here in this state, even if some injuries of her were healed by me.
"How long would it take for you to completely recuperate?"
I asked as we sat down.
"Several decades at most. That blood you gave me, was of an even higher grade than the original Dragon God."
Stated Silver Dragon King.
"Also what is your name foreigner? I can feel the mighty aura of your and bearing of the monarch?"
She asked subsequently after.
"Zeoticus Gremory-Lucifer, Emperor of the Baator and Supreme Ruler of all Devils."
I said with a small bow.
"My name is Gu Yuena, Silver Dragon King and Ruler of the Spirit Beasts."
She introduced herself.
"It has been a very, very long time since a foreigner has entered this Realm. Especially stronger ones, so what is your goal what you want here?"
Asked Gu Yuena.
"Cultivation Resources such as Immortal Herbs, precious ores, and metals, or human souls."
I stated plainly.
"I propose an agreement between three sides. Pactum Spiritus Imperialis, an agreement Soul-Geass between you, Pontiff of the Spirit Hall, and future Asura God and me as the third party. I had already told a Di Tian about this, but with these inventions enmities between Spirit Beasts and Humans can be resolved."
I said as I explained things, in the same way, I have to Di Tian.
Chapter 219 - Agreement with Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena
"So in the end the death of the Dragon God wasn't in the vain."
Muttered Gu Yuena as she heard everything I said to her.
"Indeed, death of the Dragon God showed the resolve of the Spirit Beasts as species and soon after, Asura realized that if Spirit Beasts were to be annihilated, it could easily cut a path of Spirit Masters and he admitted that killing Dragon God was a mistake, or rather not allowing any Spirit Beasts to ascend as God was a mistake. Dragon God with his rampage did severe damage to the Divine Realm of Douluo. Right now, the only thing I need to obtain is the original genome of the Dragon God, but that cannot be done the right now the only way to ascend as Dragon God is for one of the halves to devour each other."
I said to her, as Gu Yuena nodded and looked at me.
"What about the Golden Dragon King?"
She asked me, as while she shared some sense of comradery with the Golden Dragon King, if ascending as Dragon God and preserving the lineage of the Spirit Beasts, one of them needed to die, it was perfectly acceptable.
"Based on what Asura said to me, Golden Dragon King was consumed by madness and is currently sealed within the Douluo Divine Realm. So after you recuperate you can easily devour the Golden Dragon King and become a new Dragon God. After you give me the genome, I can create a perfectly Artificial Spirit Soul, and finally, there could be some form of peace between humanity and Spirit Beasts. Don't forget that Douluo Realm could be invaded any time..."
I stated as Silver Dragon King nodded grimly.
Before I came here, Mercurius warned me that Void Insects were sniffling around the Shao Universe.
Void Insects were serious trouble.
They were another carnage for countless Universes, just like Fiends of the Infinite Abyss.
Void Insects lived in the Void between Universes and were extremely powerful species, where even the weakest creature was comparable to the Grand-Class / Starry Sky Warlock. And those were just workers, Warrior Insects were at standardly at the Ultimate-Class, and they were just cannon fodder.
Usually, Void Insects behaved like Fiends and invaded Universes with high enough Energy Level for resources, but for them, the most precious resources were corpses of powerful beings so they could reproduce endlessly.
They were extremely troublesome to deal with and usually to deal with Void Insect Swarm required a lot of effort and many sacrifices needed to be done in order to defeat single, and sometimes weaker Swarm.
Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King inherited a lot of knowledge from Dragon God and knew how much a threat the Void Insect Swarm actually represented. The real threat was that every swarm was under command of the Hivemind, and each Hivemind was an Eternal Ranked powerhouse. From inherent memories, she knew that the entire Shao Universe didn't have even a single Eternal Ranked powerhouse, so the presence of the Void Insect Swarm was a grave threat.
She could only hope that the Swarm that was around, was one of the weaker Swarms, meaning its Hivemind would be an only early stage of its ranks, and it won't have a large number of top-level bugs.
"I will focus on healing my injuries, within next decades I should be fully healed up... afterward we could sign the contract."
She said as I nodded.
"That seems fair, and at least give me drop of your blood... while your genome won't be enough for creation of perfect Artificla Spirit Souls, it should be enough to create incomplete that would serve good for ten to twenty years."
Incomplete Artificial Spirit Souls had one great defect which was their lifespan. They cannot be preserved for a longer period of time as their foundation is not stable enough for such a task.
She nodded and gave me several drops of her blood.
This will allow me and Ajuka to create incomplete Artificial Spirit Souls, that while not perfect, could replace Spirit Rings for Spirit Masters.
"I hope that you recuperate as soon as possible, Your Highness Gu Yuena, so we can complete our agreement."
I said to her as I prepared to leave the Star Dou Forest and go back to the Spirit Hall.
"I will Your Majesty Lucifer, may our cooperation bring us great benefits."
She said with an elegant small bow.
I then teleported out from the Star Dou Forest.
3rd POV
Gu Yuena stared at the place where Lucifer has teleported out before she let out a long sigh.
"My Lord."
Sounded voice of Di Tian who knelt as he arrived before the Silver Dragon King.
"You have broken through... it shall not take a long before you can ascend as God and with your age, it should be not a problem to reach pinnacle 1st-Class God or even Half-God King."
Stated Gu Yuena as she looked at Di Tian.
"It was thanks to Senior Lucifer, he gave me Divine Crystal with the energy of pinnacle 1st-Class God."
Answered Di Tian swiftly.
"He used same on me to help me heal... he also said he had a great interest in collecting human souls, meaning he and his faction have a method on how to refine souls into the Divine Crystals."
Divine Crystals in Baator were mainly used in two ways. One of them was their usage in Arcanotechnology and the other in Mysticism Rituals to enhance physique.
Of course only wealthy and powerful could use Divine Crystals in such rituals to enhance their physique as it consumed a lot of Divine Crystals, but since Devils were good at harvesting souls, they had a stable income of Low-Grade and Mid-Grade Divine Crystals, that could be used mainly by Ultimate-Class and Satan-Class beings to enhance their physiques.
Additionally, Dragons in Baator used Divine Crystals in their training as Divine Power was good for them to increase their strength.
Chapter 220 - Passing Time
"What do you think about his proposal Di Tian?"
Asked Gu Yuena her most loyal follower.
"It is good and the agenda behind him is terrifying. If he truly wanted he could call someone stronger than even Dragon God from his organization to force our compliance, so it would be good to remain friends with him, not that we will lose anything, but instead we could gain a lot. Additionally, fact that he already has some form of agreement with the Asura God is even more terrifying, that even Asura God is not willing to offend him over relatively outrageous demands from point of view of gods."
Explained Di Tian and he was basically right.
The fact remained that, even the strongest god of the Douluo Divine Realm the Asura God didn't want to offend the foreigner, which meant he was aware that the organization behind him was terrifying to extent that even he didn't want to become their enemy.
Organizations that could send their members with a larger amount of people across the Universe and even the Universe such as Shao Universe was an extremely frightening thought.
While Di Tian was unaware of it, but Shao Universe had an extremely powerful seal around it, that prevented anyone from the outside from entering it and it would require a terrifying entity to bypass that seal.
And yet someone arrived.
Additionally, she didn't have anything to lose from this deal, instead, it would only benefit her and Spirit Beats as a whole.
Also, she was wary of Void Insect scouts around the Shao Universe, as this could be a grave threat to the entire Shao Universe if the Void Insects somehow enter the Shao Universe.
"Go and organize all Spirit Beasts and focus on cultivation. We need to cultivate as many Spirit Beasts that could ascend as Gods as possible."
Ordered Gu Yuena as Di Tian bowed and left.
Sometime later
It was already around 3 years since I have arrived at the Shao Universe, as there were many things to do here. Around 300 years have passed in the Astral Boundary, hopefully, everything should be okey there.
Time Lapse between two Universes would adjust to 1:1 more the Universal Gate would be used. I and Ajuka have managed to create incomplete Artificial Spirit Souls, while their life expectancy was only several days or weeks, it was enough to need Spirit Masters currently.
Spirit Hall has also undergone tremendous development after two years of rapid advancement. Golden Crocodile Douluo Jin Eyu has reached Limit Doulou Level Spirit Rank 99, and Arch-Cardinal Dugu Bo has reached Spirit Rank 95 becoming another Hyper Douluo of the Spirit Hall.
Most importantly Bibi Dong has reached Titled Douluo Level, as she was advancing at tremendous speed and currently was at Spirit Rank 94, only a step away from the Hyper Douluo Level, as her fast period of training has ended.
In the end, a relationship between Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong has mended over the years, as he acknowledged that under her leadership the Spirit Hall has reached immense high, as the number of Titled Douluos has increased significantly, and after dividing Spirit Hall into three Branches of Ecclesiarchy, Hall of Elder and Holy Templar Order all under control of the Holy Throne of Supreme Pontiff.
All branches worked together as one machine, making use of its immense influence and power.
I have also talked a Qian Daoliu and informed him about certain things that he needed to know, and also with Jin Eyu, as those two were basically guaranteed to ascend as Gods, creating a Pantheon of the Spirit Hall. Even now, Spirit Hall and all Churches had an additional God Statue that they worshipped and it belonged to the Asura God.
Qian Daoliu was guaranteed to ascend as the Angel God, while Jin Eyu would need to find a suitable God Position for himself if he didn't want to become a Wild God, but even those were needed, but someone of his potential it would be waste for him to become a Wild God.
Currently aside from those two, there was only one Limit Douluo on the entire Douluo Planet named Bo Saixi, who was High Priestess of the Sea God.
The situation in the Sun Moon Continent is also developing well.
After two years, supported by the Hall of Elders, Spirit Hall has become a deeply rooted organization in the Sun Moon Kingdom, while on the surface it isn't any kind of strong organization, but in shadows, there were 5 Elders stationed there, together with three Cardinals on the surface acting as faces of the organization.
Now the Spirit Hall has started taking over important nobles in the Sun Moon Kingdom and gaining their allegiance.
After 20 Years the Douluo Planet would recuperate enough to the point, where it could once again hold Gods on it, and Spirit Energy Density would be rising, so during this period of time, Spirit Hall needed to develop as much as possible.
On the Douluo Continent, things were the same, as the political situation was mainly the same, just with the Spirit Hall was investing more time and resources into secretly subjugating smaller nations. Aside from two hegemons, Star Luo Empire and Heaven Dou Empire, there existed many Kingdoms, Principalities, and Duchies independently from two Empires, or some were vassals to one of the two Empires.
Usually, these nations, if you can call them like that, were weak, and lacked any kind of higher-end powerhouses, only some kingdoms may have one Titled Douluo, but that was rather rare. This made them a perfect target for the Spirit Hall to subjugate in shadows and secretly cultivate their soldiers into component armies that could be used against two Empires.
Currently, even though Spirit Hall was far ahead in terms of powerhouses and with the addition of Spirit Technology and the creation of the Holy Templar Order gave them more confidence, the development time was still too short.
