Chapter 226: Absorbing the Evil God Pearl, the Divine Luo Ya

Gu Xuan entered Gu Rong's Bone Dragon space; only here, after the Evil God Pearl met with an accident, could Gu Rong immediately seize control of it again.

Inside Gu Rong's Bone Dragon space, Gu Xuan seemed to be in boundless void, sitting cross-legged while holding the Evil God Pearl.

Exactly, Gu Xuan intends to absorb the Evil God Pearl as his sixth soul ring; the pearl seals the Evil God's primordial power and endless soul power, essentially no different from a bestowed soul ring.

Or, it's like the inner core of the Ten-headed Blazing Yang Snake that Ma Hongjun absorbed in the original story.

And Gu Xuan, who is absorbing the Evil God Pearl as his sixth soul ring, if his body can withstand it, perhaps this will become his first hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

After adjusting his breath, Gu Xuan released his martial soul; as it emerged, his body seemed to be clad in a dark-silver bone armor, his odd-colored hair flew wildly, and his inner soul power began to surge.

With the release of his martial soul, five soul rings—two yellow, one purple, two black—slowly appeared on Gu Xuan's surface, circling and pulsing; each pulse of the soul rings made his aura grow stronger.

Then Gu Xuan began using soul power to undo the seal on the Evil God Pearl, and the pearl was fully exposed before him.

This seal had already been altered by Gu Rong; Gu Xuan only needed to use spatial power to undo it.

But what Gu Xuan didn't expect was that his absorption of the Evil God Pearl went extremely smoothly; after the seal was lifted, the pearl showed none of the expected turmoil, instead floating quietly there, letting Gu Xuan draw its power.

Although Gu Xuan felt doubtful inside, he was not careless; he first began to slowly absorb the Evil God Pearl's power, gradually condensing a soul ring.

When a white sixth soul ring appeared on Gu Xuan's surface, the Evil God Pearl remained unchanged, even actively helping him absorb and transform its power.

Gu Xuan remained doubtful, but the outcome was good; thus he cautiously absorbed and refined the Evil God Pearl while staying alert for any unknown danger.

In just a quarter of an hour, Gu Xuan's sixth soul ring shifted from white to yellow, then to purple, almost skipping the hundred-year stage entirely, because his physique now rivals that of a Titled Douluo.

From the start of absorbing the Evil God Pearl until now, only twenty minutes have passed, and this is while Gu Xuan has been careful and cautious the whole time.

After confirming there was no threat, Gu Xuan also sped up his absorption of the Evil God Pearl.

Light purple, purple, dark purple……

Gu Rong was also carefully observing the changes in Gu Xuan's sixth soul ring; at this moment, both Gu Rong and Gu Xuan were equally tense, for a slight mistake could cause Gu Xuan an accident, and as a direct elder, Gu Rong's worry was no less than Gu Xuan's own.

Moreover, Gu Rong felt even more astonished; even at his age and level, he had never seen a soul ring absorbed without hunting a soul beast.

At this point, Gu Rong had once again affirmed Gu Xuan in his heart, for Gu Xuan's maneuver was simply astonishing, and Gu Rong had no doubt, because Gu Xuan had literally passed the buck to the Ice Fire Dragon King.

Although the Ice Fire Dragon King is sealed in a strange space beneath the Ice Fire Liangyi Yan, legends of him have always circulated outside.

Another quarter hour passed, and Gu Xuan's sixth soul ring turned black, the symbol of a ten-thousand-year soul ring.

Moreover, absorbing a bestowed soul ring like this has the advantage of avoiding the soul shock from soul beasts; since Gu Xuan's physique now matches that of an ordinary Titled Douluo, he only needs some time to achieve a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring!

As time passed, the color of Gu Xuan's black sixth soul ring gradually deepened, and its energy was rising in a terrifying manner.

Twenty thousand years…… thirty thousand…… fifty thousand…… eighty thousand……

This time the soul ring's increase was much slower than before, taking a full two hours; Gu Xuan's sixth soul ring color became profoundly deep, even showing a hint of red halo.

Gu Xuan's sixth soul ring had reached ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine years, only one step away from breaking the hundred-thousand-year limit.

At that moment, an ethereal voice echoed in Gu Xuan's mind, indistinguishable in gender or age, filled only with endless icy evil.

"Congratulations, kind human, you have gained the Evil God's approval; would you accept the Evil God's inheritance and become a supreme, ultimate, top-tier deity?"

Gu Xuan, who was fully refining the Evil God Pearl, heard this voice; his expression instantly turned strange, as if he were both in his own sea of consciousness and in an endless expanse.

Strangely, however, the main body of the Evil God Pearl being refined by Gu Xuan was unaffected at all, and having reached the zero point, he only needed another breakthrough for his sixth soul ring to evolve into a hundred-thousand-year level.

But………kind human………inherit the Evil God's throne?

And damn, a supreme, ultimate, top-tier deity? Was the Evil God in the original really that powerful? If the Evil God were truly that mighty, how could he end up clinging to life in a tiger's body?

As if seeing Gu Xuan's confusion and incomprehension, the ethereal voice sounded again: "Human, you need not worry; I harbor no malice. People misunderstand the Evil God too deeply, for history is written by the victors—I am merely a failed investor who lost."

"I will give you time to consider, but you must make a choice: one, inherit the Evil God's power; I will help you refine the Evil God Pearl, and your sixth soul ring can smoothly break through to hundred-thousand-year."

"Two, renounce the Evil God's power, and bear the consequences yourself."

"?" Gu Xuan froze; "These are the two options? Give up the Evil God's power and suffer the consequences yourself?"

Just as Gu Xuan hesitated, the two Dragon King seals on the backs of his hands, while he sat cross-legged, flared bright, and two dragon souls surged into his sea of consciousness.

"Luo Ya, I never expected you to still be alive!" the Ice Fire Dragon King's voice sounded at the same time.

And Gu Xuan became even more bewildered: "Luo Ya? What is that? The Evil God's name? Evil God Luo Ya?"

But there's no such person in the original work; and if not for my grandfather's increased strength sealing the Evil God Pearl, this thing would have likely run off to another world.

Upon hearing the Ice Fire Dragon King's question, that ethereal voice sounded again: "How? You're both still alive? What's impossible for me?"

Then Luo Ya directly asked the Ice Fire Dragon King: "How is the Dragon God now?"

Hearing the words "Dragon God," the Ice Fire Dragon King's eyes dimmed slightly; the Fire Dragon King said: "The lord was split into the Gold Dragon King and Silver Dragon King, sealed in the Divine Realm."

Hearing that reply, Luo Ya seemed to have already expected it, merely saying with some resentment: "Back then I shouldn't have stood up for you; now my Evil God position has truly become the source of 'evil,' denounced and hunted, forced to rely on parasitizing soul beasts just to scrape by…"

Although Gu Xuan didn't know what was going on, listening to their exchange he now understood a bit of the original situation.

This Evil God Luo Ya has deep ties with the soul beast clan; he was a mighty deity of the Dragon God era, only perhaps slain for speaking up for the soul beasts?

The Two Great Dragon Kings exchanged a glance, also knowing they should tell Gu Xuan these things.

Actually, when Gu Xuan originally absorbed the soul ring of the Dark Evil God Tiger, the Two Great Dragon Kings had already speculated whether Luo Ya could still be alive, after all, the Evil God's bloodline cannot be faked.

But after all these years, the Evil God has never appeared in the world, nor has any inheritance surfaced; moreover, Luo Ya was once besieged by the God Kings, and even the Dragon God later was split—Luo Ya, though a top-tier expert among first-rank gods, cannot compare to the Dragon God in strength, so how could he have survived?

Now it seems Luo Ya likely left a contingency earlier, only now regaining a thread of divine sense, and still dreaming of deceiving their heirs……

ps: Typos will be corrected later.

Here I've originality‑tweaked the Evil God; if I just followed the original it'd be bland, so I designed my own version.

Dear readers, please feel free to offer suggestions.

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