A resounding dragon roar echoed across the heavens, reverberating throughout the Tianhu Domain. Wherever the sound reached, the elemental energy in the entire Tianhu Domain seemed to surge with newfound vitality.
The Eight Kings Domain—once the former Star Luo Continent—had officially been renamed after the Star Luo Empire was defeated by the Federation.
At this moment, within the Tianhu Domain of the Eight Kings Domain, Gu Yue had transformed into a thousand-meter-long silver dragon, with nine-colored radiance coiling around her. The intense fluctuations of elemental energy turned the surrounding ten-thousand-meter area into a vast ocean of elements.
"She's probably going to be smug about this for a while," Xia Yi remarked with a slight smile. Originally, he had come at the invitation of the Heart Moon Fox to try the Void Perception Pool.
While he gained nothing from the Void Perception Pool, Gu Yue, on the other hand, had acquired a significant opportunity from the Omniscient Pool.
Since integrating Na'er's essence, Gu Yue's strength had been recovering accelerated, far surpassing Xia Yi's.
With the elemental power contained within the Omniscient Pool of the Eight Kings Domain, she could not only briefly unleash god-level strength, but her cultivation had also directly broken through to Soul Sage. At this moment, she was not merely assuming her true form but was instead utilizing Martial Soul Avatar as a soul master.
Moreover, her spiritual power had just broken through to the Spirit Domain Realm.
The anomaly occurring now was the elemental tide caused by her spiritual power reaching the Spirit Domain Realm.
Spirit Domain Realm—something many Hyper Douluos pursued for a lifetime yet could never attain—had been broken through just like that.
"Ding ding ding…"
Xia Yi's soul communicator suddenly rang.
"Zhu'er!" Xia Yi took it out and saw that it was Leng Yaozhu calling.
"I just left seclusion, and she already knows?" Xia Yi chuckled, curious but not overthinking it. Without hesitation, he immediately answered the call.
After listening to Leng Yaozhu's account, Xia Yi quickly understood what had happened.
"You all wait for me. I'll return to Mingdu soon to find you." Xia Yi took a deep breath, his fist subconsciously clenching tightly.
"Those incompetent fools in the Federation government… Did they not consider that Tang Sect would fight to the death? Before launching an operation, did it never occur to them to evacuate civilians beforehand?" Xia Yi gritted his teeth. That was a military factory—even if Tang Sect hadn't detonated it, once the Federation forces breached the facility, a battle would have inevitably ensued, which could also have led to an explosion.
Could those in the Sun-Moon Federation truly have failed to foresee this?
Millions of civilians… Lives that could have been saved—now simply gone?
"What's wrong? What happened?" Seeing Xia Yi's face darken, Gu Yue immediately withdrew her Martial Soul Avatar and approached him. Originally, she had planned to show off her new power after breaking into the Spirit Domain Realm, but upon seeing Xia Yi's expression, she put aside her intention to boast.
Xia Yi didn't conceal anything and told Gu Yue everything that Leng Yaozhu had shared with him.
"I'll go back with you," Gu Yue said indifferently.
The loss of human lives didn't stir any emotions in her. She only offered to accompany Xia Yi because he needed her assistance.
"Alright! First, we should go see the Xin Yuehu." Xia Yi did not refuse. To ensure absolute success, he truly needed to leverage soul beast power for this matter.
Handled well, this could also potentially benefit the soul beasts.
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"Lord Angel!" Upon seeing Xia Yi again, Xin Yuehu looked somewhat disappointed, as Xia Yi had not obtained the Void Perception Power from the Void Perception Pool, confirming that he did not possess the Tianhu Domain's bloodline.
"I can help you overcome your bottleneck and break past your limits—but I need something," Xia Yi stated directly.
"Break past our limits? R-really?" The Heart Moon Fox lifted her head sharply, her beautiful eyes filled with unconcealed excitement. She immediately promised, "As long as Lord Angel can help the strong of the Eight Kings Domain break through their limits, whatever you need—if we can provide it—we will not refuse!"
"I need to take the Crystal Mountain with me," Xia Yi said solemnly.
"Crystal Mountain? Ah! Lord Angel, Crystal Mountain is incredibly tough—what do you need it for?" She asked, unable to contain her curiosity.
"I may as well be honest. Your 'Heaven' needs the power of Crystal Mountain," Xia Yi said.
He wasn't lying. Crystal Mountain was formed from the Dragon God's divine power, though it had been tampered with. Even Gu Yue couldn't absorb it.
However, she still needed to take it back.
Even if she couldn't absorb its power, she had another use for it.
She planned to use the crystals of Crystal Mountain to reconstruct the bodies of the dragon souls within Dragon Valley's miniature world.
Over the past year, Xia Yi, Gu Yue, and Demon Emperor had used Dragon Valley's miniature world as a foundation and, with the three Cauldrons of Sky, Earth, and Sea, had created the prototype of a Soul Beast God Realm.
Since that was the case, it was time to revive the dragon souls within Dragon Valley.
Only by reshaping their bodies could they leave Dragon Valley's miniature world.
"I just need to ask—if you take Crystal Mountain, will we still be able to communicate with Heaven?" Xin Yuehu's tone grew heavy.
Though the temptation to break through was great, it couldn't compare to their connection with Heaven.
"I will take the altar within Crystal Mountain with me as well, so after that, none of you will be able to communicate with the Heaven," Xia Yi shook his head. "In truth, whether or not I take Crystal Mountain, you will lose that connection before long. The future of the Eight Kings Domain can only depend on yourselves."
Xia Yi wasn't trying to frighten her. Regardless, the Dark Dragon King would eventually take back the Dragon Crystal within the Crystal Mountain altar, which would destroy the altar. Even if Crystal Mountain remained, the Tianhu Domain would no longer be able to contact the Dark Dragon King.
"I see…" Xin Yuehu sighed softly. In truth, she had already sensed through the Void Perception Power that the Tianhu Domain would eventually lose its connection to the Sky.
This was one of the reasons why she agreed to surrender to the Sun-Moon Federation.
If they resisted, without the Sky, they wouldn't even be able to struggle to survive.
Surrender was the only option.
"In that case, I agree to let Lord Angel take Crystal Mountain." She Finally relented. They couldn't use the power within Crystal Mountain anyway—better to exchange it for a chance to break through their limits.
Although the Eight Kings Domain was officially under the Sun-Moon Federation, for them to maintain true autonomy, they needed their own Limit Douluos.
"I have already modified your Eight Divine Pools together with Xia Yi. As long as you undergo one more baptism, you will be able to break past your limits in the future," Gu Yue said indifferently. She had long since understood why the strong of the Eight Kings Domain couldn't surpass their limits, so solving the issue had been simple.
"I will have Tian Kui Douluo and Shi Xing Douluo try immediately," Xin Yuehu said excitedly. Besides them, she and her sister also had the potential to break past their limits—they just needed time.
Limit Douluo—the pinnacle of human cultivation.
How could she not be thrilled?
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Upon arriving at Crystal Mountain, Gu Yue opened the entrance to Dragon Valley's miniature world, transformed into a thousand-meter-long dragon, and directly grabbed Crystal Mountain in her claws before flying into Dragon Valley's miniature world.
Xin Yuehu was left dumbstruck.
"Is that really a Soul Sage's Martial Soul Avatar?" she couldn't help but wonder.
"If there are any problems in the future, you can send someone to find me in the Douluo Continent, or contact me through the soul guide communicator." Xia Yi glanced at Heart Moon Fox before flying into the Dragon Valley Small World.
At the core of the Star Dou Forest in the Douluo Continent, a seven-colored great cauldron emerged, and the voices of Xia Yi and Gu Yue echoed from within.
"Lord!" Di Tian and a group of fierce beasts immediately stepped forward and saluted.
"How is the situation?" Gu Yue asked.
"The residents of the Star Dou Forest have mostly been relocated. Now, only the Lake of Life remains," Di Tian replied.
"Leave the Lake of Life alone for now!" Gu Yue shook her head. The Lake of Life was already nearly dried up, but it still could not be moved at this moment.
The Lake of Life was connected to the life energy of the entire Douluo Continent. If they moved it, they might directly awaken the Will of the Plane from its slumber.
At this point, neither Gu Yue nor Xia Yi wanted to take that risk.
Having come this far, it was best to proceed steadily and cautiously, step by step.
"Bear Lord, take the Myriad Demon King and the Scarlet King to the ocean to assist the Demon Emperor in relocating the sea soul beasts. If you encounter any fanatics loyal to the Sea God, kill them on sight!" Gu Yue's gaze turned sharp. By now, most land soul beasts had already perished, and sea soul beasts had become the largest remaining soul beast population.
Transferring all of them into the embryonic form of the Soul Beast God Realm was no easy task, and even the Demon Emperor would be overwhelmed in the short term.
"Bi Ji, Zi Ji, you two are responsible for patrolling the Douluo Continent. Search for any remaining soul beasts and find an opportunity to transfer them into the Soul Beast God Realm. Di Tian, you must also continue searching. No matter the cost, find the Myriad Longevity Platform Plane," Gu Yue continued, turning to look at Di Tian.
"Understood, Lord!" Di Tian and the other fierce beasts saluted in unison, their eyes filled with excitement.
Finally, hope had come for soul beasts.
"Let's go to Mingdu. We must settle the Tang Sect's affairs before Di Tian finds the Myriad Longevity Platform Plane," Gu Yue said with a smile, looking at Xia Yi once all the fierce beasts had left.
"Alright!" Xia Yi nodded.
In addition to dealing with the Tang Sect, he also wanted to bring down the Spirit Pagoda's Qian Gu Family and help Leng Yaozhu seize control of the Spirit Pagoda.
That way, retrieving the soul spirits created from soul beast souls would become much easier for him and Gu Yue.
However, this plan had to be carried out step by step.
The first step was to get Leng Yaozhu out of the Blood God Legion. Otherwise, even if the Qian Gu Family fell, she wouldn't be able to become the next Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda.
That was also why Xia Yi had always wanted to go to the Blood God Legion.