Douluo: Yu Hao Pan Tang San

Chapter 493, Section 512: Changes on the Continent

The Tang San of today is no longer the Tang San of the past. He is only one step away from becoming the God of Asura and sitting on the throne of the God of Asura.

Although his appearance is a bit green, Tang San is still very satisfied with his current state.

After receiving the reward, Tang San immediately said to the Asura God sitting high in the Asura God Temple, "Lord Asura God, the eighth trial has been completed. May I ask if the ninth trial can begin?"

Huo Yuhao pointed at Tang San and said, "Look, you're in such a hurry. You've only just finished the Eight Trials. Don't you need to take a break and reflect?"

Tang San said, "But, Lord Asura God, I feel that my foundation is already very solid, and there is no need for me to consolidate it further."

“That’s true,” Huo Yuhao said. “The Ninth Trial can be started at any time, but not here. You need to go to the center of the continent, to a fortress called Isaac, to begin the final trial of the Asura God.”

"There's such a thing?" Tang San was a little confused.

He wanted to ask why, but the next moment he was teleported back to the Asura God Altar in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Huo Yuhao left Tang San with only one last sentence: "I will wait for you in the Shura Space established by Isaac, the future Shura God Tang San."

Tang San was filled with questions, but he still obediently left the great forest and headed towards his destination.

Tang San originally intended to go directly to Isaac, but when he arrived in the human world, he was attracted by the novel changes there.

Soul tools began to become widespread in the human world. In some large cities, lighting soul tools turned the entire city into a city that never sleeps.

The Soul Electric Train connects every city together.

Old buildings are being demolished, and towering buildings are being erected.

Every city has a giant tower.

The tower is named Spirit Transfer Tower, and human soul masters enter the Spirit Transfer Tower every day.

"The Spirit Pagoda?" Tang San immediately thought of unpleasant memories.

If he remembered correctly, shouldn't this be the Spirit Pagoda that Huo Yuhao built ten thousand years later?
The mission of Huo Yuhao, the chosen one, is to promote reconciliation between humans and soul beasts, and to use the new soul spirit system to bridge the conflict between them.

But this is not allowed for Tang San. If humans and soul beasts reconcile and there are no more conflicts between them, how will the Golden Dragon King, whom he plans to create, scheme to seize the position of the Dragon God?

Therefore, Tang San used a trap made by his daughter to lure Huo Yuhao away from Douluo Continent before Huo Yuhao's soul system was fully developed. As a result, Huo Yuhao's soul system left on Douluo Continent was incomplete. Consequently, Tang San did not immediately set off for Isaac, but instead stayed on the continent to investigate. He also learned about the changes that had taken place on Douluo Continent since he left over the years.

After the establishment of the Divine Order Alliance, its leader, Yu Xiaogang, embarked on massive construction projects and levied heavy taxes, causing immense suffering to the people. As a result, under the impetus of the Starfire Front, various resistance armies were established on the Douluo Continent, ultimately ending the rule of traditional feudal nobles such as the Heavenly Dou and Star Luo.

Afterwards, they merged with the Spirit Hall to establish the Douluo Federation, set up the Continental Supreme Council, and extensively built infrastructure such as the Spirit Hall and Spirit Pagoda on the Douluo Continent. The Spirit Guidance Device was also first introduced by the Spirit Hall.

People in this era have the right to awaken their martial souls from the age of six. They can exchange their parents' contributions to the Federation for different levels of martial soul factors to improve their martial souls. They can go to the Spirit Pagoda to obtain artificial soul spirits, or go to the Star Dou Great Forest to form contracts with soul beasts and become soul spirit masters.

As humans and soul beasts merged, the Spirit Pagoda also became a refuge for soul beasts before their death or to avoid heavenly tribulations. They would transform themselves into soul spirits and enter the Spirit Pagoda to wait for the soul masters they recognized.

Due to the freedom of the soul contract, the soul will not die because of the death of the human soul master, but will return to the world or return to the Spirit Pagoda on its own initiative. Of course, if the soul forms a bond with the human, it will die together with the human soul master after the human soul master dies.

"The Heaven Dou and Star Luo factions have been destroyed. Douluo Continent is now ruled by a force called the Douluo Federation???" Tang San's mind was a bit fuzzy. Then, he murmured, "Spirit Pagoda, Soul Tool."

If I remember correctly, these things are closely related to Huo Yuhao.
Since his rebirth, Tang San has presupposed that the Spirit Hall, or some other reborn person like himself, exists somewhere to create variables.

Tang San had always wanted to find the source of this variable, but in the early days, Xiao Wu was a gold digger who often made Tang San work as a blacksmith to earn money to support her high consumption demands. As a result, Tang San didn't even forge many of his own hidden weapons, and much of the Tang Sect's secret techniques were neglected. In the middle period, Xiao Wu's martial soul had a fusion reaction with another man, which affected Tang San. In the later period, Tang San focused all his energy on pursuing Xiao Wu, marrying her, having children, and preparing for the Divine Trial.

Only now has this problem, which Tang San had previously ignored, resurfaced in his mind.

Could it be that this reborn person is Huo Yuhao?
Thinking of this, Tang San immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

No, it shouldn't be Huo Yuhao. Rebirth should follow the basic rules. I, Tang San, was reborn in the era I was born after returning to the past. My father, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar were also reborn in their past selves. But Huo Yuhao, a person from ten thousand years in the future, how could he be reborn in my era?
If it weren't for Huo Yuhao, how would this scene be explained? Soul tools and spirit towers are things that happened 10,000 years from now, and many technologies currently used in cities only appeared between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago.

If a reborn person wants to go back to the past 10,000 years from now, he can't possibly be an old monster who has lived for 20,000 or 30,000 years from 10,000 to 20,000 or 30,000 years from now.

Unless, Tang San thought of another possibility?
Could it be that Qian Renxue's soul has been reborn and returned to the past?

That's also possible. After all, Qian Renxue's soul has been wandering through various eras since her death. Tang San knew this, but he didn't care. Rather than erasing the last trace of Qian Renxue's existence, letting this former loser see how she rose to a high position, wielded divine power, and dominated the Douluo Continent would give Tang San a different kind of satisfaction.

Qian Renxue's soul possesses knowledge of soul tools and spirit transmission towers. Once she returns to the past, she will inevitably bring about sweeping reforms to this era.

However, if Qian Renxue knew I was a great threat, why didn't she come to eliminate me? Also, if Qian Renxue was reborn, shouldn't the regime that now rules Douluo Continent be called the Spirit Empire? Why is it called the Douluo Federation, and why has it annexed its own Spirit Hall?

The more Tang San thought about it, the more inexplicable discordant things became, and the more confused he became.

(End of this chapter)