[{"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-82":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},2308650,4511,"Chapter 82: Five Taiji Doukai Pieces, Instantly Slaying an Evil Soul Emperor, Body Secret Art","douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-82",82,"\u003Cp>\"Die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil Soul Masters are the very embodiment of fear and calamity; the Evil Soul Emperor had never suffered such an insult!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two yellow, two purple, and two black soul rings rose, and the Evil Soul Emperor’s body erupted in eerie green ghost flames; his hands twisted into massive, grotesque bone claws, each fingertip extending into long, spear-like bone spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seventh carriage exuded a chilling cold as the seeping ghastly green flames stained the floor, where the snarling bone claws scraped, leaving trails of acrid green smoke in their wake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Tang Wulin, Mo Lan, the train security team, and everyone else assumed the Evil Soul Emperor was about to charge, he suddenly lifted his head—his forehead split open with a crimson bloodline, and a torrent of spiritual power coalesced into a solid, needle-like spike that pierced straight toward Zhao Xuanzhen’s third eye, accompanied by the shrieks of countless tormented souls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Puh—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled groan sounded—but it was not from Zhao Xuanzhen. It was from the Evil Soul Emperor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil Soul Masters have no code of honor; deceit and treachery are virtues in their eyes. The Evil Soul Emperor deliberately misled them into thinking he was a close-combat type, then launched a sudden spiritual assault, aiming for a single killing blow!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the instant his spiritual strike struck Zhao Xuanzhen’s mind, the Evil Soul Emperor felt his meticulously planned attack like a cicada trying to shake a tree—a torrent of overwhelming spiritual power crushed the spike inch by inch, and the counter-attacking will surged back like an invisible sledgehammer, hammering deep into his spiritual sea!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His spiritual sea churned violently, like a tiny boat tossed in a storm-tossed ocean; black blood spurted from all seven orifices, the agony of spiritual backlash splitting his skull, causing him to stagger backward, his dangling bone claws scraping sparks from the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spiritual Abyss Realm!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Soul Emperor lifted his blood-caked head, staring in shock at Zhao Xuanzhen, whose eyelashes hadn’t so much as trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was an Evil Soul Master who specialized in spiritual power, having ascended to the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm through the evil practice of refining souls with phosphorescent flames. Only a Spiritual Abyss Realm practitioner could have reversed his attack and shattered his spiritual sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen had no interest in explaining anything to the Evil Soul Master. The soul tool communicator’s screen flashed red; in recording mode, his tall, lean body dissolved into a streak of light—switching from absolute stillness to blinding speed in an instant. Black, black, black, gold, black—five terrifying soul rings descended in an instant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The golden soul ring ignited; black and white qi surged like dragons, filling the entire seventh carriage. The moment his domain enveloped, Yin and Yang qi dominated all—around the Evil Soul Master, the writhing ghost flames melted like frost beneath the sun, sizzling and dissolving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His forehead fringe fluttered lightly; his heartbeat thundered like war drums. Golden flame blazed forth, and Zhao Xuanzhen’s presence burned as radiant as the rising eastern sun!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden runes danced across his exposed skin; each line glowed, and his muscles and bones exploded in a series of sharp pops—strength, speed, perception—all skyrocketing wildly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His blazing golden eyes swept across, and the Evil Soul Emperor’s scalp prickled with dread—the overwhelming, suffocating killing intent, wrapped in regal golden radiance, drowned him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magnificent aura of Golden Awakening compensated for the ten-level soul power gap. Unimaginably, the Evil Soul Master’s face twisted into a look of sheer horror—as if an innocent lamb had encountered a merciless predator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A suffocating sense of death clamped down like an invisible hand around the Evil Soul Emperor’s throat. The golden light flashed forward. With a roar, he summoned armor plates over his body—revealing a complete Yi-Zi Doukai: the Ghost Doukai, its limb joints inlaid with screaming human faces, its chest emblem a demonic totem exhaling foul, poisonous mist!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yi-Zi Doukai: Ghost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With six-ring Soul Emperor cultivation plus a Yi-Zi Doukai, the Holy Spirit Cult had deemed him sufficient to capture Mo Lan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yi-Zi Doukai gave the Evil Soul Emperor a fleeting sense of reassurance; his six soul rings flared one after another, ghostly green flames gushing from the armor’s seams, coalescing above his head into a towering skeletal shadow. His bone spikes fused into a massive white bone blade, its edge wreathed in soul-flame that burned the spiritual sea, swinging down with brutal force toward the hurtling golden light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen’s lips curled into a cold smile. Beneath his golden skin, black lines and silver threads entwined—five pieces of Er-Zi Doukai completed their full-body coverage: hands, shoulders, chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black and white swirled like a chaotic vortex; each scale of the Taiji Doukai rippled with flowing patterns, the ink-black armor etched with silver talismans, the palms glowing with noble golden patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At its core, the Yin-Yang fish entwined head to tail; soul power surged violently. Mysterious runes spread from his chest and upper arms down to his forearms and gauntlets; the Taiji Doukai’s surface rose with fine, scale-like protrusions, as if a living thing breathed beneath the sentient alloy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doukai vary in quality—the Evil Soul Emperor’s Yi-Zi Doukai: Ghost paled beside the Yue\u002FTian crafted by Li Qiankun and Mo Jue, and was vastly inferior to Zhao Xuanzhen’s exquisitely refined Er-Zi Doukai: Taiji.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Light and shadow flashed; the air screamed with a piercing wind. Zhao Xuanzhen surged forward before the colossal skull, and to the onlookers, it seemed as if a dark-gold claw blade trailed black-and-white afterimages—ten razor-sharp arcs intersected into a net, tearing through the soul-flame and the skull alike, reducing them to scattered sparks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Soul Emperor was petrified with terror, his fighting spirit shattered—he turned to flee the carriage, only to find his weight suddenly doubled; hands of earth element erupted from the ground, gripping his ankles tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The piercing shriek of the dark-gold blade slicing air and the thunderous crack of the Doukai shattering erupted simultaneously—a crescent moon of blood spilled downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Soul Emperor stood frozen, his pupils filled with two utterly contradictory emotions: ferocity and terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two passed, Zhao Xuanzhen extended his dark-gold dread claw, lightly resting it on the Evil Soul Emperor’s shoulder. A sliver of dark-gold light flashed—the ugly head tumbled to the ground like fragile toy blocks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Decapitation was like opening a valve spewing blood—the Evil Soul Emperor’s limbs severed cleanly; the lingering nerves, still unresponsive, received the signal, and crimson blood gushed forth in torrents!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chaos Lotus’s destructive power was too brutal—it was Zhao Xuanzhen’s strongest explosive technique. Once unleashed, the soul-powered train the Evil Soul Emperor had failed to destroy might well be blown sky-high by Zhao Xuanzhen’s spontaneous idea—and that would be a disaster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantaneous kill, zero collateral damage—only the legendary, millennia-honored soul skill of the Dark-Gold Dread Claw could achieve this: Dark-Gold Dread Claw!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Clang!* The Dark-Gold Dread Claw retracted into his palms; the Er-Zi Doukai: Taiji slowly merged back into his body. His strikingly handsome face now looked cold, eerie, and brimming with killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instantaneous slaying of a Yi-Zi Doukai Evil Soul Emperor left Mo Lan, an ordinary civilian, stunned. Four years had passed—Zhao Xuanzhen had undeniably grown far stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tang Wulin, his shoulder pierced by the Evil Soul Emperor’s bone spikes, watched in awe as the terrifying power of the Er-Zi Doukai: Taiji unfolded—his dark eyes instantly filled with envy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a year at Shrek Academy, to be honest, Xu Xiaoyan, the team’s Doukai designer, had worked tirelessly. The girl was gifted, with exceptional talent for mecha design, but her early foundation was weak; despite her desperate efforts, her secondary profession rank still fell short of designing a complete Ling-Forge Yi-Zi Doukai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Li had forged a different path—not like Xuan Nayue and Xingye, who designed the full Doukai before manufacturing it piece by piece, but instead designed one part, forged it, then moved to the next, assembling like a puzzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though they barely managed the design blueprints, a second problem arose: Xie Xie had not broken through the fourth ring to Soul Ancestor, his soul power insufficient to forge a sentient Yi-Zi Doukai. Later, Xie Xie secretly paid an excruciating price to craft just one right-hand gauntlet for Tang Wulin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In contrast, Zhao Xuanzhen had completed four arm Doukai in one year: both hand and forearm armor, both shoulder and upper arm armor—and even conquered the most difficult core component: the chestplate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A standard Yi-Zi Doukai has eleven pieces; an Er-Zi Doukai adds a pair of wings. As his secondary profession advances, the success rate of Tian-Forging rises—his remaining eight pieces will almost certainly be completed within a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Evil Soul Master threat neutralized, the soul-powered train resumed normal operation. Train Chief Mo Lan sincerely thanked Zhao Xuanzhen and Tang Wulin for stepping forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen, who slew the Evil Soul Emperor, was unquestionably the primary hero; Tang Wulin, who risked his own life to hold the Evil Soul Emperor back and bought precious evacuation time for the seventh carriage’s passengers, was also a great contributor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Tang Wulin’s wounded shoulder, Mo Lan immediately summoned the train’s physician to disinfect and bandage it. The governor of Heaven Dou City, Mo Wu, learned of the incident through his daughter and urgently dispatched healing Soul Masters to the Heaven Dou City train station to perform deep cleansing, preventing the evil energy from damaging Tang Wulin’s Soul Master foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the aftermath was mostly handled, Mo Lan, exhausted, walked over to Zhao Xuanzhen and handed him a steaming cup of black coffee. \"Xuanzhen, thank you for your help. Without you, every passenger on this soul-powered train would have become the Evil Soul Master’s victims.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To slay evil and uphold justice is everyone’s duty,\" Zhao Xuanzhen smiled lightly. \"Killing Evil Soul Masters is the obligation of every Douluo citizen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil Soul Masters? Everyone knows what they are—pure, inhuman terrorists, trash who deserve to die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul-powered train must not be compromised—the past lessons are too vivid. Zhao Xuanzhen refused to repeat the mistake of the ancient Shrek lung-mist elder, so he gave everything to deliver a single, decapitating strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he encountered an Evil Soul Master out in the wild, Zhao Xuanzhen would capture them alive and hand them over to Yue Zhengyu!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sacred Angel Clan specializes in this—before they raise their soul power by killing Evil Soul Masters, they make sure these vermin suffer unbearably!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mo Lan sighed. \"Twice, the target was me. Now I see—my good intentions have endangered innocent passengers... I’m not suited to remain train chief.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It doesn’t matter what you do. Whether as train chief, merchant, or politician—as long as you hold firm to your inner convictions, you can bring happiness to the people of the continent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My father said the same. He always hoped I’d enter politics, for a politician’s influence far surpasses that of a mere train chief. My vision shouldn’t be so narrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen gave Mo Lan a meaningful glance—this train chief had awakened early, stepping onto the path of a politician.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he benefited from Tang Wulin’s lingering prestige and the overwhelming support of Shrek Academy, Tang Men, and other superpowers, for an ordinary man to rise from train attendant to Federation Council Chairman? He could never be a mere figurehead—Mo Lan possessed top-tier political acumen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the Federation’s structure, Zhao Xuanzhen felt a headache coming on—the internal politics of the Dayue Federation were a complete mess, with hawks, doves, and centrists brawling daily until blood flowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shrek Academy claimed neutrality but leaned toward the doves. Tang Men and Shrek were in the same boat; their secret maneuvers were even worse than Shrek’s—they openly smuggled massive quantities of war weapons to strategic rivals, despite Federation bans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Transmission Tower was a pure-blooded hawk faction, no pretense at all. Qian Gu Dongfeng relentlessly pushed the Federation government to launch foreign wars and conquer the other continents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The War God Hall was the Federation’s sharpest weapon, meant to strike wherever ordered—but the current War God Hall Master was close to Shrek Academy. If Shrek’s interests were even slightly threatened, he flatly refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The journey remained calm; the soul-powered train arrived safely at Heaven Dou City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen declined the Heroic Citizen Award ceremony and headed straight for the Artisan Association headquarters, buying a soul-powered communicator en route and sending a message ahead to the Body Master Mu Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He entered the kitchen without obstruction—it was lunchtime. Mu Ye had already prepared a full table of delicious, aromatic dishes, waiting with the Divine Artisan Zhen Hua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Body, Master Divine Artisan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mu Ye squinted, still haunted by the banquet hosted by the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a surface-level polite exchange, Leng Yaoju revealed her true intent: a duel. Her refusal was impossible to reject. Both were Four-Character Doukai Masters; all Tian-Forged metals came from Zhen Hua alone—their Doukai were nearly identical in quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their soul power levels were worlds apart: a 99th-level Ultimate Douluo versus a 94th-level Titled Douluo. Facing his true teacher, Mu Ye felt a flicker of insecurity—and ended up half-cooked by the Heavenly Phoenix True Flame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Body Soul’s formidable recovery, half-cooked wasn’t a serious injury—but Mu Ye carried lasting psychological trauma. He no longer dared loiter outside Shrek Academy’s gates, barely wanted to go to Shrek City, and instead asked Zhao Xuanzhen to visit Heaven Dou City whenever he had time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Mu Ye’s cooking remained exceptional: the thousand-year sea dragon tendon was tender and fragrant, the moonlight rice from the Extreme North had a crisp, clean aroma—each bite warmed his stomach, replenishing the energy drained by Golden Awakening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the meal was finished, Zhao Xuanzhen spoke: \"Master Divine Artisan, could you please arrange for a sixth-ring Soul Emperor from the Artisan Association to fight me? I need to complete my academy’s trial task.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen’s soul power was at 54th level; according to the final exam rules, he needed to challenge a Soul Emperor. The Heaven Dou City Artisan Association had no shortage of Soul Emperor artisans—perfect for filling one slot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xuanzhen had already planned ahead: his first stop, Heaven Dou City, was convenient—challenge a Soul Emperor artisan. The next city? Someone else would be lucky. As a close friend of Shrek Academy, helping a student pass the final exam isn’t too much to ask, is it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Master Divine Artisan Zhen Hua was about to nod, Mu Ye couldn’t hold back—he leapt up, grabbed Zhao Xuanzhen’s sleeve, and dragged him upstairs:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Body Secret Art must be practiced in battle! Zhen Hua, find me a capable Soul Emperor! You, boy—come with me. The Sect Master will first test your mecha craftsmanship!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2468,"2026-06-20T10:43:43.510Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","a497ca4dc62cd37a644b0bd93da604355aa6494678fb7ad6d54fc29ea45feccd","douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-83","douluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-chapter-81",92,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdouluo-the-dragon-king-s-taiji-xuanzhen-cover.jpg"]