69novels Chapter 447 Return to Seagod Island
Chapter 447 Return to Seagod Island
Xu Jingyuan stood there, his face slightly pale.
He knew Tang Sanqiang.
Unexpectedly, Tang San was so strong that the Sun Moon Empire's soul tools, titled Douluo, and royal guards were like paper in front of him.
Hearing the First Prince's roar, Tang San slowly turned his head. He looked at the First Prince, a cruel smile curling at the corner of his lips, and said:
"You just said he's a good-for-nothing?"
The eldest prince froze.
Tang San walked towards him step by step.
Tell me now.
"Who's the trash?"
The eldest prince quickly retreated, unleashing his soul power as he attempted to escape into the palace's defensive array.
But Tang San raised his hand and grabbed.
The purplish-black soul power transformed into a ghostly hand, directly grabbing the eldest prince's body and dragging him back to his original spot.
The eldest prince shouted in terror:
"Help me!"
"I am the eldest prince!"
"Xu Jingyuan, you can't let him kill me!"
Xu Jingyuan remained silent.
Tang San said calmly:
"A prince?"
"very good."
"The prince's soul should be stronger than that of an ordinary person."
The Rakshasa's Demonic Scythe fell.
The eldest prince's screams abruptly stopped.
His soul was forcibly extracted and absorbed into the Rakshasa Scythe.
Upon seeing this, the Second Prince Xu Mingxuan completely lost his composure.
"Activate the palace's defensive array!"
"quick!"
Deep within the palace, a massive soul guidance tower lit up.
A level nine soul-guided shield slowly rose, attempting to isolate Tang San from the outside.
Tang San looked up at the protective barrier, a hint of interest flashing in his eyes.
"A defensive soul tool?"
"That's quite interesting."
After hiding inside the protective barrier, the second prince, his face deathly pale, still forced himself to shout:
"You can't get in!"
"This is the highest defensive array of the Mingdu Imperial Palace; even a Limit Douluo couldn't break it easily!"
Tang San smiled.
"Limit Douluo?"
"What is that?"
He raised the Rakshasa scythe.
A ghostly green light frantically gathered on the scythe blade.
"Rakshasa's divine skill."
"The Thousand Souls Breaking Scythe."
Although he had not truly become a god, this attack already bore the rudiments of the Rakshasa divine technique.
The scythe flashed.
The protective shield trembled violently.
The first layer of soul-guiding barrier shattered.
The second layer of soul-guiding array patterns went out.
The third core layer began to overload.
The second prince's pupils suddenly contracted.
"impossible!"
Tang San swung his sickle again.
boom--!
The level nine soul-guided shield shattered with a deafening roar.
At the palace gates, all the nobles of the Sun and Moon Empire were gripped by an unprecedented fear.
Their prized soul tools seemed utterly powerless before this inheritor of the Rakshasa lineage from Douluo Continent.
Tang San walked into the palace gate.
The second prince turned to flee.
But the next moment, the deathly aura of the Rakshasa had already wrapped around his legs.
Tang San stood behind him and said calmly:
"The soul tool is good."
"The person who can use it is too weak."
The second prince turned around in alarm.
"Don't kill me!"
"I can give you soul guide blueprints! I'll give you anything!"
Tang San's eyes flickered slightly.
Then he pressed a palm down on the top of his head.
"Then I'll take it myself."
A ghostly green light surged into the Second Prince's mind.
Tang San did not kill him immediately, but forcibly searched his soul.
The second prince screamed in agony, his eyes quickly losing focus.
A moment later, Tang San released his grip.
The second prince's body collapsed to the ground, while his soul was devoured by the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
Tang San closed his eyes, digesting the knowledge about soul tools, his smile growing wider and wider.
"I see."
"Soul-guided core, array patterns, energy storage crystal, fixed-mounted soul-guided cannon..."
"interesting."
"This is so interesting."
Xu Jingyuan walked up behind him, his voice trembling slightly.
"You killed them."
Tang San turned to look at him.
"Feeling sorry for you?"
Xu Jingyuan remained silent for a moment.
He then shook his head.
"No."
"It was just too sudden."
Tang San sneered and said:
"Didn't you want the throne?"
"I've already killed a batch of those who were blocking your way."
"Next, all you have to do is walk in and tell everyone—"
"The Sun and Moon Empire needs a new master."
Xu Jingyuan looked at the corpses scattered on the ground, at the shattered soul guidance array, and at his once high and mighty brothers now lying like dead dogs at Tang San's feet.
His fingers trembled slightly.
It's not fear.
Or rather, it's not just fear.
There was also an irrepressible excitement.
From this day forward, he will no longer be that down-on-his-luck prince banished to the western border.
Behind him stood a real monster.
A monster capable of tearing apart the royal structure of the Sun and Moon Empire.
Xu Jingyuan slowly raised his head and looked into the depths of the palace.
"Pass on the order."
"Seal off Mingdu."
"The palace was attacked today. The eldest and second princes colluded with rebels and plotted a rebellion."
"I, the prince, have been ordered to quell the rebellion."
At this point, he glanced at Tang San.
Tang San smiled with satisfaction.
Xu Jingyuan took a deep breath, his voice turning completely cold.
"Martial law is now in effect in Mingdu."
"Those who obey me shall live."
"Those who oppose me shall die."
The holy light of Wuhun City began to shine upon every city in the empire.
After returning to Wuhun City, Qian Renxue did not immediately resume the war. Instead, in the name of the Angel God, she issued one new policy after another.
Initially, many nobles of the Martial Soul Empire and local city lords did not understand.
In their view, now that Qian Renxue has become a god, the Spirit Empire should take advantage of Tang San's disappearance, the instability of the Heaven Dou reforms, and the turmoil in the Star Luo army to march south and annex the two great empires in one fell swoop.
But Qian Renxue did not do that.
She knew very well that land conquered solely by divine power could only inspire fear.
Fear is not submission.
It is not order either.
If the Spirit Empire truly wants to unify the continent, it cannot rely solely on the Spirit Master Legion and the Angelic Holy Sword. It must also make the people understand that the Spirit Empire can offer them more than just war; it can provide a fairer and more stable life than the old aristocratic systems of the Heavenly Dou and Star Luo dynasties.
Thus, the reforms of the Martial Soul Empire began.
The first order was to establish a Martial Soul Awakening Hall in all cities.
All children aged six within the Martial Soul Empire, regardless of their social status—whether noble, commoner, merchant, farmer, or artisan's son—may awaken their Martial Soul free of charge. The awakening fee will be borne by the Empire, and no local official or branch hall of the Soul Masters may charge any fees under any pretext.
The second order was to establish the Martial Soul Academy.
Anyone who awakens their soul power can enter a local martial soul academy for training. Those with exceptional talent can receive training resources from the empire and enter the advanced soul master academy in the main city. Commoner soul masters are no longer limited to relying on nobles, sects, or merchant guilds for training.
The third order was to reorganize the noble fiefdoms.
Within the Martial Soul Empire, no noble is allowed to establish private dungeons, kill civilians without permission, or use existing fiefdom laws to supersede imperial law. No noble who breaks the law will be punished the same as a commoner.
The fourth order was that the army must not commit any offenses.
Wherever the Martial Soul Empire's army passes, it is forbidden to plunder the people's property, forcibly requisition grain, or abuse civilian women. Violators will be punished according to military law, regardless of their military merit or rank.
The fifth order was to establish the Angelic Oversight Division.
The Supervisory Department, directly under Qian Renxue, is responsible for inspecting local Martial Soul Branch Halls, nobles, city lords, and armies. Anyone who embezzles awakening funds, deducts public school resources, abuses civilians, or colludes with remnants of the Rakshasa will be executed on the spot.
When these orders were issued, the first to be shaken within the Martial Soul Empire were not the common people, but the nobles.
They originally thought that after Qian Renxue became a god, she would lead the Spirit Empire to a path of absolute supremacy for noble spirit masters.
Unexpectedly, her first strike landed on one of her own men.
Many local nobles were secretly dissatisfied.
Someone submitted a memorial stating that if the Spirit Empire wanted to unify the continent, it must rely on nobles and spirit master families to govern the regions, and should not alienate the old officials.
Some people privately complained that Qian Renxue had been influenced by Tang Chuan and had actually adopted the Tian Dou approach of weakening the nobility and supporting the common people.
But Qian Renxue only replied with one sentence.
"What the Martial Soul Empire needs is not the support of the old nobles, but the trust of the people of the world."
That one sentence shut everyone up.
Because they knew that the person sitting at the highest point of Wuhun City was not Bibi Dong.
Instead, it was the angel goddess Qian Renxue.
She wasn't negotiating with them.
She was issuing a divine decree.
On the day the first batch of Martial Soul Academies were established in Martial Soul City, Qian Renxue personally descended upon the city.
That day, countless ordinary people in the city knelt on both sides of the street with their children.
They never imagined that their own child would be qualified to enter the Soul Master Academy sponsored by the Empire.
In the past, if a commoner child awakened a little soul power, the best outcome was to be recruited by local nobles to become a guard or servant, or to enter a small sect as the lowest-ranking disciple.
But now, the Empire is telling them that commoner Soul Masters can also become talents cultivated by the Empire.
A little girl in tattered clothes stood on the Spirit Awakening Platform, her hands trembling with nervousness. Her father was a farmer outside the city, and her mother washed clothes for others. The family couldn't even afford a single gold spirit coin.
In the past, even if such children possessed spiritual power, they were likely to be overlooked.
But when a small light-attribute flower appeared in her palm and the testing crystal lit up with a level three soul power light, the soul master in charge of awakening registered her on the spot and sent her to the list of martial soul academy.
The girl's father knelt on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably.
Qian Renxue stood on the high place, watching this scene. There was no smile in her eyes, but a hint of determination.
This is the empire she wanted.
It's not the Spirit Hall driven by Bibi Dong's hatred.
It is not the old order where noble soul masters arbitrarily oppress others.
Rather, it is a new empire illuminated by divine light, allowing at least ordinary people to see the path to ascension.
Meanwhile, the reforms of the Heavenly Dou Empire continued to advance. The Supervisory Council, which Tang Chuan had previously established, had already purged a large number of corrupt local nobles under the impetus of Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo.
Soul Master Academies were established in various parts of Tiandou.
The land registers were re-examined, taxes were reduced or exempted, private punishments by nobles were abolished, and channels for commoners to enter officialdom were opened.
For the first time, many ordinary people who had been driven to desperation felt that the royal family, nobles, and soul masters, who were once high and mighty, were no longer completely unshakeable.
Seeing that both the Heavenly Dou Empire and the Martial Soul Empire had begun reforms, the Star Luo Empire had no choice but to follow suit.
Although the Dai family royal family has not completely abandoned the aristocratic system, it has begun to establish a martial soul awakening subsidy, rectify local military discipline, and reduce the number of people on the border in order to prevent Tang San from returning and massacring the city.
For a time, an extremely rare sight appeared throughout the Douluo Continent.
The three major powers did not continue their war.
The beast tide will not be launched in the Star Dou Great Forest for the time being.
The Martial Soul Empire no longer attacks cities.
Tiandou internal reforms.
Xingluo mustered his troops to protect himself.
The people slowly emerged from their fear and saw a new order being established little by little.
The shadow cast by Tang San's massacre of the city and his soul-devouring still looms over the continent.
Yet, even in the shadows, new life sprouts forth.
Many people are talking about it privately.
Perhaps, after this Rakshasa calamity, Douluo Continent will truly usher in a different era.
An era in which everything is no longer entirely controlled by nobles, sects, and soul master families.
The source of all this is Tang Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Tang San, who is not yet dead but forces everyone to change.
……
The far north.
After the Titan Snow Demon King's sacrifice, Tang Chuan stayed in the Ice Valley for three days. During these three days, he did not rush to leave, but instead sat cross-legged on the ice to stabilize his newly broken-through soul power.
Level 98 to 99 seems to be only one level.
But this level is the dividing line between mortals and demigods.
Level 99 Limit Douluo is the pinnacle of the Soul Master system.
One more step forward, and you're no longer a Soul Master.
It is God.
Within Tang Chuan's body, his first martial soul, the Blue Silver Emperor, had already reached the ninth ring of perfection, its life force as vast as the sea. His second martial soul, the Snow Emperor, already possessed six spirit rings. The six powers of the Snow Emperor, Ice Emperor, Titan Giant Ape, Demon Emperor, Ice Bear King, and Titan Snow Demon King intertwined, gradually transforming his ultimate ice martial soul from simple ice and snow power into a nascent form of extreme northern divinity, possessing elements of coldness, protection, mountains, power, and bearing.
However, there are still three more soul rings to be obtained.
These three spirit rings are the final hurdle before the Sea God's eighth trial is truly completed.
However, Tang Chuan did not immediately continue to venture deeper into the far north, because after the Titan Snow Demon King's sacrifice, the Trident of the Sea God sent a new divine test notification.
In the latter half of the eighth test, he needs to return to Seagod Island to stabilize the balance of his two martial souls with the Light of Seagod before searching for the last two soul rings.
In other words, his power is growing too fast now.
The first martial soul is the Sea of Life, and the second martial soul is the Ultimate Ice.
Both martial souls possess extremely large origins. If the seventh and eighth soul rings are forcibly added, it may cause a temporary imbalance between ice, sea, and life within the body.
Therefore, he must first return to Poseidon Island and use the resonance of the Poseidon Temple, the Poseidon Light, and the Poseidon Trident to stabilize his current demigod status.
Three days later, Tang Chuan stood up.
The wind and snow fell around him, but could not get within three feet of him.
The Snow Emperor's voice echoed in his mind.
"Are we going back to Poseidon Island?"
Tang Chuan nodded.
"Um."
Ice Emperor said, "There's no problem in the far north for now. Although the sacrifices of Titan Snow Demon King and Little White were quite dramatic, Snow Emperor's aura is still there, enough to suppress those soul beasts."
Xiao Bai immediately said:
"I think my ice bear clan would miss me a lot."
Hyotei sneered.
"They're probably more interested in why you suddenly have a dad."
Xiao Bai paused for a moment and then said:
"This matter definitely needs an explanation."
Tianmeng Ice Silkworm said lazily:
"What's there to explain? Just say you moved."
Xiao Bai suddenly realized.
That makes sense.
Tang Chuan's lips twitched slightly. He didn't participate in the debate in the sea of consciousness. He looked up at the south.
That's where the sea is.
It's also in the direction of Poseidon Island.
"I'm gone."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Trident of Poseidon emitted a deep hum.
A blue-gold light enveloped Tang Chuan's entire body. The next moment, he transformed into a streak of light, sweeping across the far northern snowfield and heading towards the distant South China Sea.
……
a few days later.
Poseidon Island.
Sunlight spilled onto the azure sea, creating shimmering waves, while the sea breeze carried a faint salty scent across the beach.
Compared to the ever-changing world of Douluo Continent, Seagod Island remains a pristine paradise far removed from worldly strife. White sand beaches, azure waters, lush forests, and the towering Seagod Mountain in the center of the island, with the Seagod Temple standing quietly atop its summit.
The light of the sea god cascaded down from the mountaintop, enveloping the entire island in a faint, sacred aura.
However, Poseidon Island is no longer as peaceful as it used to be.
Ning Rongrong, Xiao Ruier, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and others remained here for the assessment.
During the time that Tang Chuan pulled out the Trident of the Sea God, returned to the mainland to fight Tang San, and then went to the far north to replenish his soul rings, they did not stop either.
The Sea God's test is extremely rigorous for everyone.
But it was precisely because of this rigorous training that their strength improved extremely rapidly. (End of Chapter)