Chapter 257: Convincing Bibi dong to Be an Experimental Subject
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For Bibi dong, the ownership of the Martial Soul Hall was inconsequential as long as it didn't belong to the Angel Clan.
However, after so many years of hard work, handing it directly to Tang San was a bit hard to swallow. Besides, Tang San was more inclined towards researching martial soul cultivation theories rather than managing the vast Martial Soul Hall.
Therefore, Bibidong ultimately decided to manage the Martial Soul Hall himself, with Hu Liena assisting on the side. However, Tang San needed to provide some general directions.
"No problem," Tang San agreed. It suited him just fine; he didn't need to be hands-on. He could focus on what he was good at.
"At most, I will postpone the Divine Examination for twenty years," Bibidong brought up the matter. "Once twenty years pass, regardless of whether the foundation of the Martial Soul Hall is ready, I will initiate unification."
"The gods shouldn't interfere too much in earthly matters... In general, I'm not strong enough. As you said, I alone cannot contend with the entire divine realm."
If it weren't for the existence of the divine realm, how could he reign alone?
Furthermore, as Bibi dong's understanding of the Rakshasa God's position deepened, he also learned some things. That is, the previous Angel God and Rakshasa God had both fallen—
Before ascending to the divine realm, the Rakshasa God left behind a wisp of divine consciousness in the inheritance land of the Asura God, violating the dignity of the God King. After ascending to the divine realm, he was directly punished by the Asura God, leaving only the Rakshasa God position and a trace of divine consciousness.
After all, the Rakshasa God was also a god of slaughter, under the jurisdiction of the Asura God. The other God Kings of the divine realm couldn't say much, and the strengths among the five God Kings were evenly matched, so there couldn't be any internal strife. Thus, this matter was left at that.
As for the previous Angel God...
It was the main reason for the descent of the Asura God.
A thousand years ago, the first generation of the Angel God and the Sea God ascended simultaneously. The Sea God gathered the faith of the vast sea, nourishing the divine weapon condensed by his martial soul. The Angel God did the same.
However, the sea had few inhabitants, and the Sea God mostly stayed overseas. The majority of those who contributed faith were sea spirit beasts, which had little impact on the development of mainland civilization and were not judged by the divine realm.
But the Angel God was different. The source of her faith was the humans of the entire continent, greatly affecting the self-development process of human civilization.
Therefore, when the Asura God descended, he intervened to stop the actions of the Angel God and ordered her to ascend to the divine realm.
But the Angel God insisted on opposing the Asura God and was instantly killed with a single move, with her divine soul and body completely annihilated, leaving behind only the divine weapon and the degraded divine armor turned into soul bones as well as the Angel God position.
This history was erased by the Martial Soul Hall.
But the fear of the fallen Angel persisted, so for thousands of years, the Martial Soul Hall focused solely on helping people awaken their martial souls, assisting major powers in managing the order of cities: patrols, guards, capturing fallen souls, and so on. They didn't widely spread the faith and glory of the Angel, fearing that massive consolidation of faith for the Angel God would lead to another descent of the Asura God.
Combined with what Tang San had once said, rejecting the inheritance of the Gods of Destruction and Life... perhaps becoming a god was akin to walking into a tiger's den, with no choice in the matter.
"Regarding becoming a god, I have another suggestion," Tang San said. "Given the talents of His Holiness, perhaps two gods can coexist."
"Two gods in one body?" Bibi dong was startled, then shook his head, saying, "My body is not as powerful as yours, and I can't bear two god positions. Besides, I currently can't find other places of divine inheritance."
"Your Holiness, you have two martial souls, the Death Spider Emperor and the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. The Soul Devouring Spider Emperor can bear the position of the Rakshasa God, while the Death Spider Emperor can bear the position of the God of Death," Tang San analyzed. "As for whether you can withstand the positions of two gods, I have a method here that continuously purifies the three treasures of the human body. In addition, I know that there is a deep-sea whale king in the depths of the sea with nearly a million years of cultivation. If you kill it and obtain its whale glue and whale beads, consumed in the appropriate way, His Holiness's physical body will undoubtedly be incredibly robust."
"As for the position of the God of Death, such a position doesn't exist in the divine realm. You might be able to comprehend the true essence of death on your own and then create the position yourself," Bibi dong looked at Tang San for a while and said softly, "You're quite bold to ask me to be your experiment... By the way, what are the three treasures of the human body?"
"Qi, blood, and spiritual power..." Tang San explained the theory of the three major elixirs and the transformation of essence, qi, and spirit. "In fact, I've already attempted it myself. Even in the instant of constructing the three theories, I saw through every inch of the human body. That feeling was like looking up at the stars, incredibly serene."
"I once heard someone describe it—"
"The foundation of all matter that makes up our world cannot arise out of nothingness. The iron in our bodies comes from the explosions of brilliant stars; the zinc in our blood originates from the dust ejected into space after stars collide; the minute traces of copper require witnessing the death of a star billions of light-years away. We humans ourselves are a microcosm of the universe."
"The nitrogen elements in our bloodline, the calcium elements in our teeth, the iron elements in our blood, and even the carbon elements from all the food we consume—all are scattered throughout the cosmos. Every inch of our flesh and every cell inscribe the history of the entire universe."
"When we gaze upon ourselves, we also see the outline of the entire universe!"
Though there were many unfamiliar terms in this speech, Bibi dong remained silent for a long time, seemingly recognizing the truth of the world.
The human body is the universe!
And cultivation is the process of understanding, controlling, and leading one's own universe, then using one's own microcosm to reflect the macrocosm!
"Qi and blood correspond to the essence of life; spiritual power is something illusory; and soul power is the bridge connecting the two... Matter is the foundation, energy is the source, and the mind is the guide."
Bibidong listened with bated breath, never imagining that true cultivation could be so exaggerated! According to Tang San's theoretical research, once the complete energy conversion circuit between essence, qi, and spirit is constructed, and one fully comprehends oneself and can communicate with the external universe, not only longevity equal to that of the heavens (universe) is achieved, immortality is attained, but also a certain degree of omniscience and omnipotence.
It felt—
Like a dream.
"You're not just painting a rosy picture for me and then using me as a guinea pig for your cultivation theory, are you?" Bibi dong squinted his eyes, but deep down, he couldn't help but hope that this theory was true.
"Cultivation always needs pioneers. If it weren't for my soul power not meeting the requirements, I would have experimented on myself first. And as the strongest soul master on the continent, Your Holiness should lead by example, shouldn't you?" Tang San earnestly engaged in moral coercion against Bibi dong.
"Heh!" Bibi dong naturally wouldn't agree just like that, and he chuckled coldly twice. "We can discuss this matter later. How many ranks have you reached now?"
"Reporting to Your Holiness, I'm at level fifty-seven, and I haven't been idle during this time," Tang San replied, "Because I'm in the period of bodily development, the cultivation speed of my soul power is also fast. So around next June, I should be able to break through to the Soul Emperor."
"Your cultivation speed isn't solely explainable by being in the period of bodily development," Bibi dong hinted, but instead of asking Tang San to reveal his cultivation method, he inquired about the choice of the sixth soul ring.
"Thank you for your concern, Your Holiness. For the sixth soul ring, I've already made a choice. It's a Cloud Tree, located in the White Cloud Forest outside of White Cloud City on the White Cloud Plains," Tang San slowly explained, "Its age has already exceeded ninety thousand years, nearing one hundred thousand years. Due to the uniqueness of my martial soul, I can communicate with it and have it sacrifice itself to me."
Bibi dong's breath hitched, then he remembered Tang San's fifth soul ring. "Did you obtain your hundred-thousand-year soul ring in the same way?"
"Exactly, and in this way, the souls of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts can become soul spirits and progress with me. During battles, they can also come out to assist," Tang San released Wu Lin and Wu Tong and introduced them to Bibi Dong, "The blue-haired one is called Wu Lin, and the red-haired one is called Wu Tong. They are like my daughters."
"Life-like beings created based on life force, akin to martial souls?" Bibidong scrutinized the two, revealing their essence. "Truly peculiar beings. Will your sixth soul ring also exist in this form?"
"Of course," Tang San replied without hesitation, "Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts possess human wisdom and are no different from humans. But I don't want to compromise myself. This is the only way to let them choose whether to follow me or not."
"That's a nobel idea," Bibi dong was taken aback, but considering Tang San's overflowing vitality of the Blue Silver Emperor, any hundred-thousand-year-level plant soul beast would surely desire to follow him, right? This saved a lot of effort in hunting.
"Oh, there's one more thing to mention. I brought a six-year-old girl this time, Gu Yuena. Her martial soul is the integrated Dual Martial Soul and Beast Martial Soul, Silver Dragon and Silver Dragon Spear," Tang San mentioned Gu Yuena's situation, "She already has twenty levels of innate soul power. According to her, she has already been chosen by a deity, and once she reaches the corresponding level, she can obtain a deity's bestowed soul ring. Currently, both of her soul rings are pale golden, with a lifespan of at least a million years."
Bibidong was stunned.
A million years?
All soul rings bestowed by gods?
Why didn't her inherited Rakshasa God position have so many blessings?
"Are you joking?"
"No," Tang San shook his head, "According to my examination, she isn't a soul beast of ten thousand years or more. She's indeed human, but whether she's from the divine realm and lost her memory or something else, it's hard to say."
"Is that so?" Bibi dong pondered upon receiving the erroneous information, then said, "Since she came with you to the Martial Soul City, she must be a member of the Martial Soul Hall."
For Bibi dong, having another genius in the Martial Soul Hall meant having another Titled Douluo in the future. Perhaps Gu Yuena would even help him resist the other deities of the divine realm in the future...
(End of this chapter)