Chapter 49: Unifying the Douluo Continent
[At this moment, your soul power level had already reached rank ninety-six.]
[You quietly returned to the City of Slaughter and activated your second martial soul.]
[From a great distance away, you locked onto the Slaughter King.]
[It was still rejoicing over your departure, completely unaware of the impending danger. You pulled the trigger—the bullet left the chamber and struck true.]
[The Slaughter King was headshot by you!]
[In a world where hidden weapons can slay gods, your Barrett sniper rifle was nothing short of a dimensionality-reducing strike.]
[Tang Chen never regained consciousness and died without knowing why. Since the Slaughter King was parasitizing Tang Chen, it too was taken away by your single shot…]
[After Tang Chen's death, you obtained the spoils of war—the Asura Demon Sword!]
[The Asura Demon Sword didn't stand on ceremony with you. The moment you grasped it, it transformed into a mass of blood-red energy and merged into your second martial soul. Your Barrett sniper rifle was strengthened and gained the ability to switch forms.]
[From the shadows, Bibi Dong watched you with a blank expression. She never imagined that you actually possessed a second martial soul—and that you would one-shot the Slaughter King, whom even she deeply feared!]
[The Sea God hurriedly sought out the Asura God, and the two of them clashed directly…]
[You paid no attention to the chaos within the City of Slaughter and returned to the Crown Prince's residence in Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue once again dragged you into the secret chamber.]
[At this time, Emperor Xue Ye was already dead, and Xiao Wu had become Tang San's soul ring. Yet Tang San did not go to the imperial palace because he was unfamiliar with Dugu Bo, and Qian Renxue had never spoken with him.]
[Under Tang Hao's guidance, Tang San prepared to head to the City of Slaughter for training.]
[Because of you, Tang San's growth had been greatly weakened. His soul power progressed far too slowly—now nearly twenty years old, even with Xiao Wu's sacrifice, he had only barely reached the low sixties.]
[Before Xiao Wu's sacrifice, Tang San's physique had not been strong enough. Fearing something might go wrong, Tang Hao had never sent him to the City of Slaughter.]
[You knew none of this!]
Wang Li: "Now I know everything!"
[Qian Renxue successfully ascended the throne. From the shadows, you sniped Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing. You cried "thief" while playing thief yourself, searching the world for the "culprit" and earning the recognition of many ministers and kings.]
[You designated Tang San as the murderer, claiming he fled in fear of punishment and escaped into the City of Slaughter!]
[Without knowing anything, Tang San ended up taking the blame for you.]
[Tang Hao secretly sought you out, believing that you had a death wish.]
[With almost no effort at all, you chopped Tang Hao into eight pieces. You then entered the City of Slaughter and sniped the utterly bewildered Tang San. The entire process went even more smoothly than you had imagined!]
[You returned to Heaven Dou City carrying the corpses of Tang Hao and Tang San. The father and son became the culprits behind the assassination of Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing.]
[You obtained two hundred-thousand-year soul bones.]
[You made a big deal out of Tang San's incident and destroyed Shrek Academy. Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar all believed you deserved death.]
[You didn't waste words—sending them to meet Tang San.]
[Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing did not come looking for trouble. They stayed quietly within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At some point, Zhu Zhuqing had also joined the sect.]
[Using the excuse that Dai Mubai had attempted to assassinate you—the Champion Marquis—and that Heaven Dou Empire soldiers had gone missing within the Star Luo Empire, you once again turned a small matter into a big one.]
[With Qian Renxue's support, you launched a war.]
[What puzzled everyone was that this time, Spirit Hall collectively fell silent.]
[Gradually, many Spirit Hall powerhouses inexplicably appeared on Heaven Dou Empire's side.]
[What surprised you was that the Clear Sky Sect emerged in full force, helping the Star Luo Empire resist Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall.]
[Alone, sword hilt in hand, you stepped onto the battlefield. You sent the entire Clear Sky Sect to meet Tang Chen, Tang Hao, and Tang San…]
[You did not remain on the battlefield for long. With Spirit Hall's assistance, it would not take much time for the Heaven Dou Empire to unify the Douluo Continent.]
[You headed to the Star Dou Forest, facing the Titan Giant Ape and the Azure Bull Python alone. You did not foolishly appear before them—separated by several thousand meters, you first sniped the Titan Giant Ape. It died without ever knowing where you were.]
[The Azure Bull Python flew into a rage, yet was also deeply afraid. You sent it off to reunite with the Titan Giant Ape and Xiao Wu.]
[You absorbed the soul rings of the two "licking beasts," and your soul power reached the peak of rank ninety-seven.]
[You briefly considered going to the Lake of Life. After thinking it over, you ultimately abandoned the idea.]
[Using the Douluo Hall's intelligence channels, you located many hidden hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.]
[You smoothly broke through to rank ninety-eight. When you absorbed your eighth soul ring, your soul power directly reached rank ninety-nine!]
[Your gaze fell upon the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.]
[You confronted the Deep Sea Demon Whale King and persuaded it to become your sentient soul ring, promising to revive it after becoming a god—at which point it could also reach the divine level.]
[The Deep Sea Demon Whale King did not believe the words of a Sea God inheritor. You fought a great battle. In the end, it was cut into several pieces by your Laser Sword, and you emerged victorious.]
[You harvested its whale pearl and whale gelatin, planning to give the gelatin to Qian Renxue—she was simply too weak right now.]
[You absorbed the Deep Sea Demon Whale King's soul ring and soul bone. Your strength increased once more, yet you still did not reach level one hundred.]
[You completed the Eighth Trial of the Sea God and arrived at Sea God Island. The gazes of the Seven Sacred Pillars toward you all changed—because their teacher, Bo Saixi, would die…]
[You didn't care. Bo Saixi was Sea God's devotee. If the Sea God himself didn't mind, why should you?]
[The Ninth Trial began. You met Sea God's divine soul and chatted with him for a bit. He seemed somewhat unhappy. Clearly, you were his inheritor—yet you were going to share half of yourself with the Asura God. No matter what, he couldn't feel happy about that.]
[You completed the Sea God's Ninth Trial. You became a god!]
[Your divine might spread across the entire Douluo Star, proclaiming your arrival.]
[After arranging matters on Sea God Island, you returned to the Douluo Continent.]
[The Star Luo Empire was defeated. The Heaven Dou Empire unified the entire Douluo Continent and was renamed the Spirit Empire!]
[Many people guessed the truth and launched uprisings again and again, all of which were suppressed by the Spirit Empire. Gradually, voices opposing the unification disappeared.]
[Qian Renxue became the first Empress of the Spirit Empire, ruling under the name Xue Qinghe.]
[This could be considered the only compensation for that kind-hearted crown prince…]
[At your suggestion, all land across the Douluo Continent was reclaimed as state property. Everyone retained only usage rights, with no inheritance rights. In other words, land was no longer the private possession of nobles. The nobility could still enjoy dividends in gold soul coins, but they no longer owned land.]
[You also enacted a policy of distributing noble privileges downward…]
[Within at most a century, the Douluo Continent would complete a true reform.]
[At last, commoners gained a measure of hope and gradually became more prosperous.]
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