Chapter 154: The Greatest Mastermind Behind Douluo Continent—Is This Also Part of the Ten-Thousand-Year Plan?
No dragon could defy the Dragon God.
Originally, Sima Jinchi's ninth soul skill was a golden soul ring—
A technique that could only be used together with Tang Wulin: the Dragon Slaying Technique of the Dragon Race.
It was a blade art inherited from the Dragon God himself, who once wielded the Dragon-Slaying Blade to punish rebellious dragons.
As the blade's spirit, he had never been able to perform it on his own. But after recognizing the Silver Dragon King as his master, he had finally separated it from Tang Wulin's exclusive soul skill and learned to use the Dragon Slaying Technique independently.
Against soul masters who possessed dragon-bloodline martial souls, it was utterly devastating—
it did not slay the soul master but directly cut down the martial soul itself.
That was far worse than killing someone outright. A fate worse than death.
Sima Jinchi hadn't killed them all, as they still needed captives for interrogation.
And now, they had caught a big one—the Holy Spirit Cult's supervisor.
The information a Titled Douluo in charge of such an organization possessed would surely be significant.
Still, Sima Jinchi was a little frustrated. He hadn't been able to truly display his full power this time.
"Speak! What formation did you set up?"
"I will never talk! For the glory of the Holy Cult, I am willing—"
Before he could finish and self-destruct, Gu Yue extended a slender jade finger and pointed. Instantly, the Evil Soul Master froze in place, his entire body suspended mid-motion as if time itself had stopped. Not even his breathing continued.
Gu Yue's voice was soft, yet it echoed clearly in everyone's mind.
"Tell me—what formation is this?"
The other Evil Soul Masters struggled briefly, their eyes growing vacant.
"No!"
Then, in perfect unison, they spoke mechanically, "It is the Phoenix Imprisoning Array, a mission from the Great Pope. We are to capture the Phoenix and conduct a sacrifice to summon the Demon Emperor!"
"Demon Emperor? Who's that?" Gu Yue asked.
She had been asleep for countless years and had never heard of such a name.
But since they had a formation capable of imprisoning a phoenix, it was clearly no trivial figure.
Jiang Chen explained, "The Demon Emperor is a million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Her husband, the original Deep Sea Demon Whale King, was once the ruler of the oceans. However, the First Sea God, seeking to collect faith power and ascend to godhood, conquered the seas and forced the sea soul masters and beasts to submit to him. The Deep Sea Whale King refused and was blinded in one eye by the First Sea God."
"Though he survived, two thousand years later, during Tang San's eighth Sea God Trial, the task was to slay the Deep Sea Demon Whale King. Tang San—then the Second Sea God and later known as Tang God King—couldn't defeat him alone, even with the assistance of the Shrek Seven Devils. It was only with the suppression of the Sea God's Light and the secret aid of the Asura God that the whale was slain."
"His wife, seeking vengeance, sacrificed billions of lives to reach the million-year level herself and then allied with the Holy Spirit Cult, becoming its Pope."
As he finished, Jiang Chen paused, realizing the irony.
She had sacrificed billions, while he had only devoured the spirit cores of Huo family Limit Douluo descendants. The difference was—
Those billions were forced, while the Huo ancestors offered theirs willingly.
Oh. Then it didn't count as evil.
Gu Yue frowned slightly. A soul beast, huh?
The Deep Sea Demon Whale King had been an unrivaled existence beneath the waves, but creatures at the top of the food chain always had few descendants.
As for its reputation—well, wreaking havoc across the oceans was only natural.
What, was it supposed to stop eating?
The Sea God's actions, though… were harder to justify.
He had caused all this, yet hadn't resolved it completely.
If he meant to kill, he should've finished the job.
Could it be that Tang God King had foreseen all this and deliberately left the situation to evolve into today's mess?
If so, then he truly was the greatest mastermind in Douluo history.
Could this, too, have been part of his ten-thousand-year plan?
How clever!
Even so, sympathy aside, colluding with the Abyssal Plane to destroy the Douluo Continent was unforgivable.
"I will handle her," Gu Yue declared with regal authority.
She needed to establish her prestige now that she had awakened. Otherwise, having remained dormant for so long, few fierce beasts would even recognize her.
Were it not for Di Tian's presence, who would know of her at all?
She had planned to subdue Jiang Chen to show everyone that she was the rightful ruler of all soul beasts, one even the million-year-old would bow to.
Unfortunately, she couldn't quite suppress him… and had instead been repeatedly embarrassed.
Still, could the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen truly be harder to deal with than Jiang Chen?
With her Dragon God "wisdom," if needed, she would directly suppress or even slay the whale.
Then let's see who dares underestimate her again!
She even imagined it: after slaying the million-year beast herself, Jiang Chen—the million-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger—would bow and beg for mercy before her.
A playful smile curved her lips.
"Enough. You don't even know where that creature slumbers. How do you plan to find her?"
Jiang Chen sighed speechlessly. She truly had a wild imagination.
If the Federation ever discovered the Demon Emperor's location, they would mobilize instantly—perhaps even launch a twelfth-level fixed soul-guided cannon strike without hesitation.
They couldn't bomb the Abyssal Plane, sure, but blowing up a single soul beast? That, they could do.
Gu Yue frowned slightly. "Then we'll storm the Holy Spirit Cult, kill them all. I don't believe the Demon Emperor, as their Supreme Leader, would still refuse to appear!"
"She might, actually," Jiang Chen replied, shrugging. "The Holy Spirit Cult is extremely well hidden. The Federation's searched for thousands of years and still hasn't eradicated them. Even with the Spirit Transferring Tower helping to identify potential Evil Soul Masters by testing younger generations early, not every one of them can be prevented."
"The temptation of power is hard to resist—especially for those whose innate soul power is so weak they have little hope otherwise."
The Tower's method helped, yes, but Evil Soul Masters remained—
like rats in the sewers, always lingering, reviving time and time again.
Six thousand years ago, they even opened the Abyssal passage again, nearly destroying the Extreme North.
And those who turned to the Cult often weren't sane at all.
Perhaps the Demon Emperor had only wanted revenge at first.
But after sacrificing billions, her mind must have shattered completely—
transforming into a madwoman intent on annihilating the world.
"She might not care about the Cult at all anymore," Jiang Chen continued. "For all we know, your appearance will only drive her further underground."
"Then what do you suggest!?"
Gu Yue's anger flared. Were it not that he was still useful, she'd have killed him already for questioning the Dragon God's wisdom.
"Wait," Jiang Chen said calmly.
"Wait? Wait for what?" she demanded.
Wait for me to become a god.
(END CHAPTER)
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