[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen":3,"chapter-douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-23":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Douluo: The Dragon King's Taiji Xuanzhen",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2308591,4511,"Chapter 23: Eight Gates Soul Subjugation and the Golden Dragon King","douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-23",23,"\u003Cp>The seven-colored light fell into Zhao Xuanzhen’s palm, the will of the dimensional spirit frantically devouring the vast energy of the Douluo Continent; countless specks of light surged from all directions, forging into a spear of seven hues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spear’s shaft was engraved with ancient inscriptions of mountains, rivers, and trees, writhing like living things; its tip flowed with liquid crimson light. Zhao Xuanzhen gripped the seven-colored spear, his gaze locking onto Tang San, sealed by the Nine Stars of the Celestial Plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charge—throw the spear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky turned ink-black; the seven-colored spear streaked across the heavens like a meteor, leaving a hundred-meter-long rainbow trail. Where its tip passed, space cracked open in tree-like fissures, spreading endlessly outward—within the shattered rifts, the fleeting forms of all things in the world rose and sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spear of Dimensional Vengeance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven-colored spear pierced through the chest—no blood spilled—but Zhao Xuanzhen clearly saw blue-gold auras surging wildly from Tang Wulin’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang San’s aura instantly withered; his blue-gold eyes fixed on Zhao Xuanzhen, cold and furious:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A variable of fate, dimensional spirit! You think defeating my lingering divine thought is the end? I shall return again and rewrite this ending!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll wait for you, Tang San.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen’s voice was utterly calm; from now on, no Tang San would interfere with the Douluo Continent. The gods’ return remained uncertain—he would seize this opportunity to pluck away each feather of the Divine Kings, preparing a grand funeral for Tang San!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, neither uttered another threat; they simply stared silently at each other, as if carving each other’s faces into their hearts and souls, forever remembering that hatred—they were destined to be enemies who would never rest until one was dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The blue-gold light shattered; Tang San’s divine thought scattered with the wind. Tang Wulin trembled all over, opened his large black eyes, slightly bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where am I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High above, Tang Wulin stood atop the star energy condensed by the Celestial Plate, gazing down at Donghai City, now reduced to a tiny dot; an involuntary flicker of panic crossed his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been meditating in the Zero Class dormitory—how had he suddenly woken up in the sky, facing a figure shrouded in mist and clouds?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin slightly bent forward, forcing calm as he spoke. His weak soul power of a first-ring Soul Scholar could not pierce Zhao Xuanzhen’s illusory disguise—he could only cautiously probe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen was about to speak when he suddenly sensed a change; his expression turned grave. The next second, Tang Wulin felt an abnormal heat explode within him—a fierce dragon’s roar echoed through the sky!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That roar brimmed with exhilaration, rage, venom, and boundless desire for destruction; golden light pierced the clouds, coalescing into a colossal golden dragon phantom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden dragon stretched a hundred meters long, its body massive and powerful; thick blood qi radiated outward. Its scales gleamed like radiant golden gems, adorned with intricate spiral patterns; its blood-red eyes burned with bloodlust and cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King—unleashed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the coiling golden body of the Golden Dragon King, seventeen rings of blue-gold light shimmered brilliantly, especially prominent—the weakest of these rings faintly bore seven-colored specks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The residual force of that spear just now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen’s eyes narrowed slightly. The Golden Dragon King had been slain by the combined efforts of the Divine Kings; in his dying moments, he had driven his divine core into Tang Wulin’s body, hoping to drag Tang Wulin down to hell with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Golden Dragon King’s scheme backfired utterly—the divine core was instead sealed by Tang San with eighteen seals, turning him into nourishment for Tang Wulin. By this time, Tang Wulin had already broken the first seal and absorbed a layer of the Golden Dragon King’s energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining seventeen seals had remained intact—but the dimensional spirit, likely hating Tang San with every fiber of its being, had, when the seven-colored spear pierced Tang Wulin’s chest, not only obliterated Tang San’s divine thought, but also begun tearing apart the divine seals Tang San had left behind!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King roared—and the second seal shattered instantly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seventeen seals were interconnected; Tang Wulin lacked the capacity to absorb the second seal’s energy, so the Golden Dragon King unleashed all its power to violently strike the third seal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This golden dragon, embodying the power and destruction of the Dragon God, sought to shatter every seal at once, descend to the mortal realm, and annihilate heaven and earth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Tang, save me!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin screamed. As the vessel of the Golden Dragon King’s divine core, he was enduring unimaginable destruction—his body teetered on the brink of collapse!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But “Old Tang” had long since vanished; Tang Wulin’s cry was futile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Tang is dead,” Zhao Xuanzhen said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin’s face flushed unnaturally; he gritted his teeth against the agony from the Golden Dragon King, voice trembling: “Did you do this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Zhao Xuanzhen admitted without hesitation. “In his own words, he had already courted death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Courted death? Tang Wulin disliked the phrase—it sounded like a clumsy excuse to assign blame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you think Old Tang was a good man?” Zhao Xuanzhen asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” Tang Wulin paused. “We met only a handful of times. He told me the spiritual items needed to break the Golden Dragon King’s seals, and I gained power through them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you ever experienced memory gaps—or found yourself suddenly somewhere, like today?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin fell silent. Since meeting Old Tang, he had blacked out three times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first: shortly after enrolling at Donghai Academy, he was invited by Gu Yue to Donghai Park. He remembered seeing several strange figures approach—then woke up to find them gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second: during the Zero Class final exam at the Spirit Ascension Platform, he briefly lost memory while fighting a genius from the Spirit Relic Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last: today, upon waking from cultivation, he found himself inexplicably floating in the sky—with the Golden Dragon King about to break free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean… Old Tang is the root of all this? He possessed my body back then?” Tang Wulin, sharp as he was, understood Zhao Xuanzhen’s implication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. Old Tang is dead—you won’t be forcibly controlled by him anymore. But now there’s a problem: the Golden Dragon King is raging, shattering your seals layer by layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Golden Dragon King breaks free, no one on the Douluo Continent can stop it. You and all humans here will face endless death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—I still need to find my parents!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reuniting with Tang Ziran and Lang Yue was Tang Wulin’s greatest wish; his voice grew urgent: “Isn’t there a way to reseal the Golden Dragon King?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There is.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen nodded slightly: “While the seals remain intact, apply a second stabilizing seal to the Golden Dragon King. The Golden Dragon King’s divine core is a treasure of this world—those who covet it are beyond your power to resist. You cannot protect it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the secondary seal, I will take custody of the Golden Dragon King. In the process, your martial soul will be purified by the leaking power of the Golden Dragon King.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin nodded without hesitation: “My parents are waiting for me. I don’t want to die, and I don’t want anyone on the Douluo Continent to die because of the Golden Dragon King—they have parents who love them too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King gave me power, but also caused me trouble. If my appetite weren’t so monstrous, if I hadn’t eaten my family into ruin, my parents wouldn’t have disappeared to earn money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, the spiritual items needed to break the Golden Dragon King’s seals are astronomically expensive—the second seal alone requires tens of millions of Federation coins. Without Old Tang, I don’t even know what’s needed for the remaining seals, let alone that others are watching the Golden Dragon King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To possess such a treasure is to invite death. If I keep holding onto the Golden Dragon King’s divine core, I may pay with my life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take it. I want a peaceful life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin was utterly clear-headed—or rather, in his heart, surviving safely and finding Tang Ziran and Lang Yue mattered more than the Golden Dragon King’s divine core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen smiled faintly: “To subdue this Dragon King, I must pay a heavy price—but compared to the divine core, such a cost is trivial.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night of shining stars had not ended—when the Nine Stars of the Celestial Plate suddenly ignited, their starlight trembling as they greedily devoured celestial energy; the Celestial Plate shuddered violently, its surface cracking into a spiderweb of fine fissures!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Plate—shattered!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The celestial star force exceeded its limit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang San was merely a lingering divine thought; the Golden Dragon King was an entire divine core—the gap between them was an unbridgeable chasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Tang San had done at least a little work—the Golden Dragon King’s seals remained sturdy. The Golden Dragon King had only broken through to the fifth seal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen lightly tapped the air, murmuring: “Eight Divine Forces—Tengshe, the Celestial Plate amplified by starlight, the residual power of the dimensional spirit… and… the Eight Gates of the Human Plate!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four energies released simultaneously; the terrifying pressure made the sky ripple violently. Within a hundred li, the sea of clouds surged outward in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen’s entire body turned molten gold; blazing golden flames erupted. Tang Wulin stared, dumbfounded—he had always thought Soul Emperor Wu Changkong was the strongest—he had never seen such a spectacle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Roar—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King roared in fury. Since its birth, its life had nearly been spent in seals!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Dragon God split into Gold and Silver Dragon Kings; the Silver Dragon King fled, the Golden Dragon King was defeated, sealed in a divine realm prison. After barely surviving a second life, it was nailed to death by the Three Realms’ Judgment Sword—its prison changed to Tang Wulin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After painstakingly securing a third life, it now faced another seal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this never-ending?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Star energy surged like a river, blindingly radiant; eight gates guarded the eight directions, their light interweaving into a massive array that trapped the Golden Dragon King within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eight Gates—Soul Subjugation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final plate of the Eight Trigrams and Odd Gates—the Human Plate’s Eight Gates Art!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King thrashed wildly, its mountain-sized body slamming against the Human Plate’s Eight Gates; each impact shook the heavens with thunderous crashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The eight gates stood unmoved—behind them, the Celestial Plate’s infinite star energy amplified their strength. Moreover, the Golden Dragon King had not broken enough seals—its roars gradually grew fainter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King’s phantom body suddenly froze, as if petrified by Medusa’s gaze—its massive form cracked and dissolved into a radiant golden crystal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King’s divine core!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core was rhombus-shaped, fist-sized, covered in sharp intersecting lines, its center slightly raised, radiating overwhelming blood qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Losing the Golden Dragon King’s divine core, Tang Wulin’s first thought was relief—a searing heat surged through him; his blood boiled, steam bursting from every pore. He groaned, nearly collapsing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden net-like patterns etched across his forehead; he instinctively summoned his Blue Silver Grass martial soul—thick vines, as wide as fingers, erupted and spread rapidly around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Blue Silver Grass expanded, quickly claiming a patch of sky; its blue glow shimmered crystalline, golden veins appearing in regular patterns along the leaves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Martial soul evolution—Golden Vein Blue Silver Grass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Dragon King was half of the Dragon God; even a trace of its leaked energy was enough to evolve the Blue Silver Grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen did not strip away every trace of the Golden Dragon King’s bloodline—the first five seals were merely its skin. Tang Wulin had given him such a precious gift; it was only fair he received some benefit. Zhao Xuanzhen would not burden an innocent ten-year-old with Tang San’s filth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin leapt up in excitement—the evolution of his Blue Silver Grass into Golden Vein Blue Silver Grass meant a massive boost to his martial soul’s origin. His soul power flowed several times faster than before—his cultivation speed would skyrocket from now on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blue Silver Grass was a typical weak martial soul on the Douluo Continent; Golden Vein Blue Silver Grass, fused with the Golden Dragon King’s power, was undoubtedly a top-tier plant martial soul!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trading a time-bomb like the Golden Dragon King’s divine core for a top-tier Soul Master talent and a smooth cultivation path—Tang Wulin felt his future was bright. He no longer needed to worry about money to break seals—only to cultivate hard and find his parents!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Contentment brings joy—Tang Wulin had always been optimistic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you… eh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin had meant to thank Zhao Xuanzhen, but noticed the latter’s grim appearance—his body crisscrossed with deep blood wounds; even a slight movement sent spurts of blood flying. Strangely, the wounds didn’t bleed profusely—they closed with astonishing speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re bleeding everywhere… are you okay?” Tang Wulin asked weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Burned out…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen wiped blood casually. Even though most pressure was borne by Tengshe, his third-ring Soul Elder’s fragile body had reached its limit. He used his True Self martial soul to precisely control his muscles and forcibly stop the bleeding—only a body martial soul could manipulate bodily functions so perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Celestial Plate overloaded and shattered; the Human Plate suppressed the Golden Dragon King—two of the Eight Trigrams’ four arts were temporarily unusable. The cost was immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was worth it. The Douluo Continent’s only super-tier powers left were three: the Blue Silver Empress, who devoured the Golden Ancient Tree; the Abyss, watching hungrily; and the Demon Hell, observing in secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Abyss and the Demon Hell lay beyond the Douluo Continent; Zhao Xuanzhen’s first threat was clearly Yin. Once she finished devouring the Golden Ancient Tree, she would almost certainly emerge to seek revenge on Zhao Xuanzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Priority: eliminate the Blue Silver Emperor...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen silently resolved himself, then gazed at Tang Wulin and the golden-striped Blue Silver Grass that stood firm despite the howling wind, and spoke slowly: \"I once heard a saying: individual lives differ, but the total quantity of good and evil in the world remains constant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone plays their own role from birth—some good, some evil. From now on, with no outside interference, who you become depends solely on yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I’ll be myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man gently caressed the golden-striped Blue Silver Grass, his eyes glinting with bright light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this life, Tang’s surname in Tang Wulin was no longer Tang’s from his biological father Tang San, but Tang’s from his adoptive father Tang Ziran…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2444,"2026-06-20T10:43:43.510Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a248f8ec1aa33a7798208db2a0294b64f086cd0755a2a7a6571d88f7f04e98a1","douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-24","douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-22",92,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-cover.jpg"]