The legend of Liu Xiaoxiao in Douluo mainland

In a world of wondrous lights and colors, a spaceship is leaping at an extremely high speed.

This is an alternate dimension, which, like the normal dimension, is a component of the universe and is just as vast. There are only two differences: first, it is faster than the speed of light. Except for a few regions, only by traveling faster than the speed of light can one stay in the alternate dimension; second, the spatial ratio is different. The spatial ratio of the alternate dimension to the normal dimension is about 30 million times. This means that traveling at the speed of light for one second in the alternate dimension is equivalent to traveling one light-year in the normal dimension. Therefore, this has become the mainstream means of movement during interstellar travel.

Of course, there are faster ways to move, but those either require very high levels of cultivation or technology, or come at a great cost and cannot be used for a long time.

This spaceship doesn't seem to use any high technology; instead, it's quite ancient. Such spaceships are quite rare in the universe, but they are not conspicuous because on a cosmic scale, such a small boat is almost impossible to detect.

This ship is naturally the super artifact Starship. At this moment, only Liu Xiaoxiao is piloting this Starship. Since everyone is an incarnation of divine power rather than their original form, this Starship is not a closed system. If someone is accidentally thrown out of the Starship, it will be troublesome.

Liu Xiaoxiao looked around and occasionally saw strange creatures. These creatures that could live in other dimensions were obviously quite powerful. As for those that entered by spaceship, they were not very common.

Everyone else was within his pocket dimension. As long as he served as the coordinate, they could all travel through space together. There was no need to let them board the ship. Besides, in pursuit of ultimate performance, the Starship had no cabins or places to live.

After an unknown amount of time, Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly slowed down the Star River Boat, leaving the alternate dimension and returning to the normal dimension, traveling at sub-light speed.

A huge wormhole was already visible to the naked eye in front of him.

This is currently the only known wormhole connecting two parallel universes, which effectively avoids the troublesome problem of traveling back and forth. However, this wormhole is located in the Myriad Spirits Starfield, which is quite far from the Eternal Starfield. If it weren't for the Star River Boat, a super artifact that can travel across starfields in a short time, they would probably have to use the teleportation of the God Realm again, which would of course consume a great deal of energy.

Although the Qin Emperor fleet was borrowed before, even at the speed of the Qin Emperor, a round trip would often take months. Moreover, it is normal for its subordinate warships to take years for a single journey.

Liu Xiaoxiao piloted the Star River Boat into the wormhole. For him, the environment of the wormhole no longer posed a threat, but was quite pleasant. The vast spatial elements seemed to be praising him and actively gathered around him, which he transformed into the Holy Power of Creation to power the Star River Boat.

Unlike other dimensions, wormholes are channels formed by folding space. Therefore, they have no corresponding relationship with the normal space. The two ends of a wormhole are not only far apart, but may not even exist in the same three-dimensional space. Instead, they may be located in different parallel universes. As long as a channel is formed between two points, wormhole jumps can be performed. Of course, there are also complex wormholes that connect multiple points, but they are much rarer, and Liu Xiaoxiao has never seen one with his own eyes.

Not long after, Liu Xiaoxiao appeared at the other end of the wormhole, arriving in the starry sky he called the Holy Demon Starfield.

The Star River Boat flashed and sped along, traversing a vast distance in the blink of an eye, and arrived in the void outside the Holy Demon Star.

After putting away the Star River Boat, Liu Xiaoxiao landed directly without teleporting, experiencing a free fall instead.

For ordinary people, breaking through the atmosphere directly from space and falling to the ground is an act that would be suicidal, but for Liu Xiaoxiao, even if it is just a divine incarnation, he doesn't need to worry about being harmed. After all, he is a true god-king and controls the holy power of creation. If he wants, this divine incarnation can be transformed into his true form at any time.

His head hit a small hill, creating a hole half a meter deep. But that was about it; after all, he wasn't a meteorite and didn't intend to make a big crater.

Liu Xiaoxiao looked around and saw that there were magical beasts everywhere. Some were hiding far away, while others seemed to be hesitating whether to get closer. They all looked to be of the light element.

Just then, a group of giant dragons soared into the sky and approached him at an extremely fast speed.

“Looks like they’ve ended up on Knight’s Holy Mountain…” Liu Xiaoxiao rubbed his head, which wasn’t even scratched. “But it’s too far away. We haven’t been in touch for years, and I don’t know how to contact them. Maybe we should just make a big fuss.”

Of course, he had another method, which was to simply scan with his divine sense, but that would be too boring.

Just as he was muttering to himself, the giant dragons descended before him. Leading them was a five-clawed golden dragon over three hundred meters long, which was naturally the current Dragon Emperor.

The Holy Demon Continent once had twelve mythical races, one of which was the Dragon Clan. However, during the Demon Clan's cataclysm, five races were wiped out, and the remaining seven are now gathered in the Knight's Holy Mountain.

"I just experienced what it's like to fall from the sky, please forgive me, Dragon Emperor," Liu Xiaoxiao said with a smile as he stepped forward. "Where are Long Haochen, Long Dangdang, and Long Kongkong now?"

The Dragon Emperor stared at Liu Xiaoxiao for a few seconds before saying, "So you are a guest from the God Realm, having come from afar. Please allow me to extend my hospitality."

"He's quite cautious." Liu Xiaoxiao smiled. The Dragon Emperor clearly couldn't discern his identity and intended to stall for time. As for how he contacted Long Dangdang and his group, he didn't know, and he didn't intend to find out.

Liu Xiaoxiao looked around, pondering, "The twelve mythical species should correspond to the twelve zodiac animals in terms of numbers, but is there any connection between them and the four divine beasts...? The zodiac... can't possibly be related to Qi Yue's side..."

Just as he was pondering this, a streak of light came from afar and landed in front of him; it was none other than Long Dangdang.

"Your Majesty, it's been a long time." Long Dangdang gave a knightly salute.

Liu Xiaoxiao waved his hand casually, "You've come at the perfect time. I was just worried about not having anyone to show me the way."

As he spoke, he conjured up the other people.

“We’re here for tourism, and Knight’s Holy Mountain is a tourist attraction, so there’s no need to rush.” As Liu Xiaoxiao was speaking, Little Fatty exclaimed, “It’s actually a purebred five-clawed golden dragon?”

"What's the big deal?" Liu Xiaoxiao said irritably.

Little Fatty glanced at him. "You're too ignorant. The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon is the crown of the dragon race. Apart from those dragons with mutated bloodlines or those descended from god-kings who might surpass it, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon is the pinnacle of dragon bloodlines, surpassing the vast majority of single-attribute dragons. After all, it possesses ultimate light, not only being the pinnacle of light-type magical beasts but also possessing divine beast bloodlines. Many so-called dragon gods and dragon emperors from various planes are inferior to it in terms of bloodline alone. This Five-Clawed Golden Dragon bloodline is also quite rare in the universe. The previous Dragon God, Mo Xiao, was a mutation based on the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon."

"After all this rambling, aren't you just trying to say that its ancestors came from beyond the realm?" Liu Xiaoxiao scoffed. "I also know that the other mythical species here aren't native either, but migrated from the Creation Continent before the primordial era. After all, that's the creator god's paradise, so it's not surprising that some divine beast bloodlines appear there."

"Since you've come from afar, if you wish to see some spectacular sights, I have a place I recommend." Long Dangdang pointed to a distant mountain peak. "That is the true Holy Mountain of Knights. We are currently only in the outer area of ​​the Holy Mountain of Knights. Inside the Holy Mountain of Knights, a spirit furnace is in the process of taking shape. However, the fortunes of heaven and earth are unpredictable, and I do not know whether it will successfully condense into a spirit furnace. If it fails, the innate energy will naturally dissipate. Such a process should be worth watching."

“A spirit furnace…” He Qiang’s eyes lit up.

Led by Long Dangdang, the group headed towards the Knight's Holy Mountain. The dragons showed their friendliness and invited them to ride on their backs, allowing everyone to experience the thrill of being dragon knights.

Amidst the drifting white clouds, Long Dangdang, riding Xiao Ba, flew behind and to the side of the Dragon Emperor, and asked, "How much do you know about the Spirit Furnace?"

“For the professionals of your six holy temples, the spirit furnace should be considered a kind of endogenous equipment,” Liu Xiaoxiao said. “Ordinary equipment is crafted by blacksmiths and alchemists, but this spirit furnace is nurtured by heaven and earth and can evolve along with its master, somewhat similar to the soul bones or soul spirits of soul masters.”

Long Dangdang nodded. "That's right. The spirit furnace is our equipment, and also our partner. In ancient times, everyone had their own spirit furnace. Collecting multiple spirit furnaces and fusing them, passing the trials of the spirit furnaces to evolve them, and filling acupoints with spirit furnaces to enhance innate potential—in short, this is how professionals improve themselves. Although there is a limit of nine spirit furnaces, in this era, this limitation is practically non-existent. Not many people can receive the favor of so many spirit furnaces."

"As the saying goes, man can conquer nature. Since spirit furnaces can be born in the natural environment of heaven and earth, it should be possible to induce their emergence by simulating a similar environment through artificial means." Liu Xiaoxiao had seen many similar examples during his travels and felt this way at the moment. "Spirit furnaces are simply born and nurtured by heaven and earth. As long as there is enough essence of heaven and earth, ordinary spirit furnaces should be able to be born. As for those spirit furnaces that involve the laws of the plane, that's another story."

“The mages of the Temple Federation are conducting similar experiments, but there hasn’t been much progress. There are still too many unknowns about the existence of spirit furnaces for us.” Long Dangdang shook his head slightly. “Relatively speaking, there has been progress in the fusion of spirit furnaces. The Temple of the Goddess of Nature once had the ability to fuse spirit furnaces. Now that the Goddess of Nature has returned, with her help, the experiment of fusion of spirit furnaces is progressing smoothly. The only problem is that there aren’t enough spirit furnaces.”

“It doesn’t necessarily have to be a simulation. Using some rare materials to manufacture them is also a viable approach,” Liu Xiaoxiao said. “Douluo Continent also has soul bones, which were originally only dropped by soul beasts. But we took a different approach, processing metals and giving them life, and finally created artificial soul bones. I think the spirit furnace can also be made using a similar method.”

"Please enlighten me, Your Majesty." Long Dangdang's heart stirred. "The Holy Temple should be very interested in this."

“That’s easy to say.” Liu Xiaoxiao smiled. “I love food. As long as you can prepare some good food, I’ll naturally lend a hand.”

As they spoke, they arrived at the Holy Mountain of Knights and landed outside a cave.

"To prevent interference with the formation of the spirit furnace, please refrain from using divine power once inside," Long Dangdang told them.

Liu Xiaoxiao looked inside. With his eyesight, even before entering, and despite the winding passage, he could see what was inside.

At the heart of the cave, a vast darkness was gathering, a rather unusual sight in the Knight's Holy Mountain where light elements converged.

“Extreme light will give rise to extreme darkness. The light element of the Knight's Holy Mountain is too strong, and the dark element has nowhere to hide. In the end, they converge here, forming the environment for the birth of the Spirit Furnace.” Long Dangdang explained as he led the group forward. “However, the Spirit Furnace here is only in its infancy. In such a special environment, if it is disturbed and the delicate balance between light and darkness is disrupted, it will easily dissipate.”

"It looks like a Dark Elemental Spirit Furnace," Liu Xiaoxiao nodded. "Elemental spirits exist in other planes, but they are rare and don't take the form of furnaces. They belong to a rather special type of elemental spirit. Elemental spirits often require an extremely high concentration of the same element to survive and grow. Unless the environment is exceptionally special, they generally need to rely on other life forms to grow. If it can successfully grow to about the ninth rank, it has the potential to evolve into a high-level spirit. The bloodline of a high-level spirit is comparable to that of a dragon."

“However, high elves are few in number, and they usually have offspring with ordinary elves. Because of this, their bloodline is diluted relatively quickly.” Little Fatty continued, “Dragons, when mating with their own kind, will not give birth to whelps, but rather to true dragons. But most high elves do not have this choice; their offspring are called nature elves, whose bloodline is only comparable to that of whelps, much weaker than their high elf ancestors.”

"That's only one aspect. On the other hand, high elves are, after all, formed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and do not have the bloodline foundation accumulated over a long period of time. Although they are more noble in terms of level, in terms of inheritance, or rather, in terms of preserving a powerful bloodline, life forms that have evolved over a long period of time through natural selection have a greater advantage," Liu Xiaoxiao added.

As they spoke, they arrived at the place shrouded in dark elements.

“If we don’t intervene, its creation will fail,” Liu Xiaoxiao suddenly said.

Long Dangdang looked at Liu Xiaoxiao. He wasn't surprised. With his control over the dark elements, he naturally had similar judgments, but compared to this person who judged directly based on fate itself, his confidence was still lower.

“Since our meeting is predestined, and I happen to be conducting an experiment on the birth of life, I will bestow upon you a great fortune.” Liu Xiaoxiao imitated the manner of an enlightened master, flicking his finger and injecting a stream of creative holy power into it.

Time seemed to speed up around them, and the vast dark elements surged in a very short time, even causing a tide of light elements in the Knight's Holy Mountain, as if the two elements were about to clash and engage in a great battle.

With a thought, Liu Xiaoxiao calmed down the two elements, as if they were afraid of the powerful force and dared not show their insignificant strength anymore.

As the dark elements swirled, the Dark Elemental Spirit Furnace naturally took shape, transforming into a small spirit.

Liu Xiaoxiao stretched out his hand, and the dark elemental spirit flew towards him, landing in his palm and rubbing against his fingers as if to show affection.

Liu Xiaoxiao had no intention of keeping it. He had signed contracts with quite a few elemental spirits, so this one was not particularly valuable to him. Moreover, he no longer needed to improve his strength.

However, the dark elemental spirit seemed to have entangled him, which reminded Liu Xiaoxiao that some animals would mistake the first creature they saw for their parents.

"Well, it's not a big deal to take care of it for a while." In the end, Liu Xiaoxiao made a decision.