Chapter 261. Investiture of the Gods.
Moreover, this divine seed has another advantage: it can directly make all the soul beasts of Douluo Continent submit to you.
In particular, with this divine seed, Qian Xunji can even subdue a demigod-level combatant to use for his own purposes.
You should know that a large part of Tang San's plans in later generations were aimed at the Dragon God's divine seed.
However, the special nature of the Dragon God's divine seed also makes it difficult for Qian Xunji to give it away.
Because whoever inherits the Dragon God's position means that he controls a huge power, and the soul beasts of Douluo Continent, including Gu Yuena, and even the Golden Dragon King of the God Realm, will submit to him.
It is better for Qian Xunji to keep this restless power in his own hands:
"It's decided, I will refine the Dragon God's divine seed."
You, Tang San, can have two gods in one body, why can't I, Qian Xunji?
However, at present, Qian Xunji really doesn't have a way to have two gods in one body.
After collecting the three divine seeds back into the system backpack, Qian Xunji opened the system page.
The Soul Master Competition's rewards for Qian Xunji are far from over.
On the system page, emotion points flickered in Qian Xunji's eyes, steadily climbing—
Finally, he crossed the threshold.
One billion!
Enough for the highest-level diamond lottery, a ten-draw!
Qian Xunji opened the system page and said,
"System, a ten-draw diamond lottery!"
[Diamond ten-draw mode activated. Given this is the host's first time using the diamond ten-draw mode, the draw fee is discounted by 20%.]
[Deducting 800 million emotion points]
A pile of diamond-encrusted cards appeared before Qian Xunji.
"A ten-draw diamond lottery, let's see what good stuff I get this time."
Qian Xunji placed his finger on the top card and made his first draw. First draw of the ten-draw diamond lottery!
[Congratulations to the host for obtaining a million-year soul ring.]
"A million-year soul ring? That's a bit disappointing. These things can be obtained with a gold lottery."
Qian Xunji put away the card and made his second draw.
Second draw of the ten-draw diamond lottery!
[Congratulations, host, for obtaining the Martial Soul Card: God-level Martial Soul Killing Heart Sword]
"Killing Heart Sword?" Qian Xunji was somewhat bewildered: "System, what kind of Martial Soul is this?"
[Dear host, the Killing Heart Sword Martial Soul is the Martial Soul of the Asura God before becoming a god. The Killing Heart Sword is also the Martial Soul most suitable for the Asura God's divine position. This Martial Soul has already disappeared from the Douluo Continent.]
"I see." Qian Xunji put away the Killing Heart Sword. For a long time, Qian Xunji wouldn't need this card, because the Asura God's divine position was to be reserved for Tang San. He couldn't very well give this precious card to Tang San.
Diamond Ten-Draw Third Draw!
[Congratulations, host, for obtaining: Million-Year Universal Soul Bone]
"Another Soul Ring Soul Bone?" Qian Xunji was somewhat disappointed. If it were a Gold Draw, he would be quite happy to have drawn a Million-Year Soul Ring Soul Bone, but a Diamond Draw was a different story.
Diamond Ten-Draw Fourth Draw
[Congratulations, host, for obtaining: 100,000-Year Soul Beast Secret Realm] "
A 100,000-year-old Soul Beast Secret Realm." Upon hearing this, Qian Xunji's eyes lit up. Now the Spirit Hall was truly free of Soul Bones! While 100,000-year-old Soul Beasts were difficult to defeat, their drop rate was high, guaranteeing a 100,000-year-old Soul Bone. If Qian Xunji simply had the Hall of Worship and those Super Douluos stretch their muscles, it wouldn't be a problem for everyone in the Spirit Hall to have a 100,000-year-old Soul Bone, or even for every elder to have a full set.
[Unfortunately, host, the 100,000-year-old Soul Beast Secret Realm has special restrictions.]
"Special restrictions?"
[Only five people are allowed to enter the 100,000-year-old Soul Beast Secret Realm per month. Each person can only stay in the secret realm for one hour. It refreshes every thirty days from the moment the secret realm is acquired.]
[Of course, each trip to the secret realm will preserve the Soul Rings of the Soul Beasts killed by the Soul Master. After leaving, the Soul Master can choose one Soul Ring to refine.] Qian Xunji: "..."
Five entry slots, one-hour limit, but that makes sense. A 100,000-year-old soul beast is guaranteed to drop a soul bone. If there were no restrictions, the Spirit Hall could easily have every elder with six soul bones if they put in the hard work.
Diamond 10-draw, fifth draw.
[Congratulations, host, you have obtained a Level 1 Divine Core: Fire God Core]
[Fire God Core: Suitable for refining fire-type martial souls. The Fire God Core currently has a master. If you need it, you can forcibly remove the core.]
"Fire God Core, isn't that the Fire God Trial that Ma Hongjun failed to complete?" Qian Xunji had some ideas.
Sixth Diamond Draw:
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the God-Slaying Artifact: God-Binding Lock]
[Description: God-Slaying Artifacts are different from ordinary artifacts; they are the nemesis of gods, targeting those below the level of the Sovereign. After use, countless divine locks will extend, the higher the god's rank, the more restricted they are. Bound by the locks, they lose all power to fight back, becoming lambs to the slaughter. Once used, the God-Binding Lock is completely bound to its target and cannot be used on another target.]
"Good stuff, but unfortunately, I can only use it once!" Qian Xunji said, his eyes lighting up.
Upon obtaining this God-Binding Lock, Qian Xunji planned to use it on his current greatest enemy, the Asura God.
He would find an opportunity to trick the Asura God, bind him, cripple him, and enslave him, making him an eternal source of emotional points.
Seventh Diamond Draw (10-pull):
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the God-Slaying Artifact: Slave God Seal]
[Description: The Slave God Seal is only effective against gods below the God-King level. It is used when you establish a spiritual connection with the gods. Those imprinted with the Slave God Seal can retain their self-awareness, or you can choose to erase their consciousness, making them your complete puppet. Of course, even if they retain their consciousness, they cannot resist the imprinter and will be completely obedient to the host. Once the Slave God Seal is imprinted, there is no escaping it.]
"Hehehe, I was just about to attack the Sea God, and I never expected this good thing to come!" Qianxun laughed even more arrogantly.
Eighth Diamond Draw (10-pull)
: [Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Million-Year Universal Soul Ring.]
Ninth Diamond Draw (10-pull) :
[Congratulations, Host, you have obtained the Super Artifact: Heavenly Temple]
[Heavenly Temple: A sacred artifact exclusive to angels, it can be large or small. It can be a majestic temple in the sky, or shrink to the size of a palm. The temple provides the user with a continuous source of divine power, creates an angelic army to assist the user, and also has a restraining and purifying effect on evil.]
"Let's leave this for Xue'er," Qian Xunji said.
"This is the last draw of the ten-draw series. Hopefully, I'll get something good."
Qian Xunji placed the diamond card—
"Road to Victory"
—a card appeared in Qian Xunji's hand.
Diamond Ten-Draw, Tenth Draw
[Ding, congratulations host, you have obtained a diamond-level draw general: Dominator Artifact: Investiture of the Gods.]
"Investiture of the Gods?" Qian Xunji was stunned.
This name reminded Qian Xunji of an ancient novel from his previous life, telling the story of the Zhou Wu's conquest of the Shang dynasty and the investiture of the gods by the immortals. If he really got this thing, Tang San and the others would be out of luck.
[Dear host, this Investiture of the Gods is somewhat similar to the one you are thinking of, but there are also differences. ] The Investiture of the Gods (Fengshen Bang ) can bestow divine titles upon beings in this realm. Those appointed by the Investiture of the Gods are subject to the control of the person who possesses it.
[However, the Investiture of the Gods in this system is only for the Douluo Continent world.]
[Currently, there are no god positions on the Investiture of the Gods in this system. It will merge with the world, and the god positions will also gradually emerge during the merging process, according to the rules of the merged world. The person holding the Investiture of the Gods can confer titles based on these god positions. Of course, the host can also place existing god positions on the Investiture of the Gods to increase its number of god positions.] [The Investiture of the Gods will nourish the origin of the world. The stronger the origin of the world, the higher the god positions on the list will be.]
"I see." Qian Xunji received the reward, and a blank list fell into his hands.
The current owner of this Investiture of the Gods is assumed to be Qian Xunji, and the god positions on it are blank.
Qian Xunji thought for a moment and directly placed all his current god positions on the Investiture of the Gods. Just as Qian Xunji, the Flower Goddess, the God of Reincarnation, and the Dragon God, was about to place the Fire God and the Asura God on the Investiture of the Gods—
[Ding, the host cannot place a currently mastered god on the Investiture of the Gods unless he agrees to enter the Investiture of the Gods.]
"So it seems that to deal with the Asura God, we still need to use the Binding God Lock."
[Do you wish to integrate the Investiture of the Gods into this world?]
"I would like to ask, how large does this world encompass? Is it the planet Douluo Continent?"
[No, it is this world, which contains many star systems.]
Qian Xunji nodded.
Douluo Star is indeed very limited. After tens of thousands of years, it has only given birth to two native god positions: one is the core of life, and the other is the master of the plane. If the Investiture of the Gods is integrated with Douluo Star, not many godhoods will be born.
"Integrate," Qian Xunji said.
As soon as he finished speaking, the scroll of the Investiture of the Gods in Qian Xunji's hand rose up, slowly unfurled, and then gradually faded, merging with this world.
[The initial fusion of the Investiture of the Gods has been completed. As the fusion progresses, the host will be able to see more divine positions derived from the Investiture of the Gods.]
[When the host needs to control the Investiture of the Gods, he can contact it freely in this world using his thoughts.]
[Would the host like to set a notification for the birth of a divine position?]
"Set it."
The biggest reward this time is undoubtedly the Investiture of the Gods, which is equivalent to Qian Xunji holding a machine that continuously creates divine positions.
With this Investiture of the Gods, Qian Xunji will have the confidence to fight against Tang San's clan hundreds of thousands of years later.
Of course, before that, let's continue to torment Tang San and his group.
If they want to live a better life, then they can only make Tang San and his group suffer more, hehehe.
Two flowers bloom, each telling its own story.
In Tang San's dream, the bits and pieces of his and Xiao Wu's past and present lives, their love and affection, are like a slideshow, replaying in his dream.
"Hello, my name is Xiao Wu, the 'Wu' of dancing." Tang San and Xiao Wu's first meeting at Notting Academy.
In the back mountains of Holy Soul Village, a young man made a lifelong promise to a young woman: "Xiao Wu, don't worry, brother will protect you. Anyone who wants to hurt you will have to step over my dead body first."
Afterwards, the young man devoted himself entirely to Xiao Wu.
Under pressure from the Spirit Hall, Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to the young man.
The scene ends with Xiao Wu, after her rebirth, being forced to sacrifice herself to Liu Erlong, and then being thrown into a rabbit cage by Qian Xunji.
The next moment, Tang San woke up with a start.
"Xiao Wu, no—"
Tang San sat up in bed, covered in sweat. He had initially thought it was just a dream, but as his memories returned, Tang San's face grew increasingly grim.
It was a dream, but also a reality.
Xiao Wu had been forced to sacrifice herself by Qian Xunji and thrown into a rabbit cage with her kind.
Thinking of this, Tang San felt a surge of anger.
"Damn it, heavens! You damned heavens! My life was already perfect! My mother was resurrected, I married Xiao Wu, we became one god, I destroyed the Spirit Hall, I sowed the seeds of the Tang Sect on the Douluo Continent, and I began my plans for tens of thousands of years later.
Everything was so perfect.
And then you gave me a rebirth!
Do I need to be reborn? Quick, turn me back, you damned bastard!
Tang San grew angrier and more resentful—
Why?!
At that moment—
"Awake." A weary voice, tinged with a sharp edge, accompanied by the smell of alcohol, reached Tang San's ears.
Tang San followed the sound.
Inside the small house, filled with bottles of cheap liquor, sat Tang Hao's weathered back.
"Daddy," Tang San called softly.
Tang Hao turned around, tears welling in his eyes, and said, "Little San, do you think Daddy is a useless person?"
"If Daddy wasn't so incompetent, Ah Yin wouldn't have..."
Ah Yin, thinking of this, Tang San's resentment grew even stronger.
Not only Xiao Wu, but even his mother was taken by Qian Xunji. Tang San looked at Tang Hao, who was now a far cry from his former domineering self. He resembled a decadent middle-aged man picking his toes.
Clearly, this incident had dealt a severe blow to Tang Hao.
Knowing all this, Tang San thought to himself that he couldn't let his father continue to be so despondent, so he said,
"No, Daddy, in Tang San's heart, you will always be that upright man."
Tang Hao shook his head and said, "So what? He still couldn't protect his woman, sigh—"
"Daddy, this time we were tricked by the Spirit Hall, but if we continue to be despondent, wouldn't we be falling into their trap?" Tang San said, "We should pull ourselves together and rescue Xiao Wu and Mom from the Spirit Hall's clutches."
Tang Hao took a sip of cheap ale and said dejectedly, "What you said is all true, but Xiao San, do we really have the ability to contend with the Spirit Hall's strength?"
Now, just imagining the Spirit Hall's strength filled Tang Hao with despair.
"You gave me hope for revenge, but that hope was utterly shattered within the Spirit Hall. Perhaps we should have just lived our lives peacefully and quietly from the start."
At the end, Tang Hao, the burly man—no, the eunuch—shed tears, letting out a mournful wail.
"Ah Yin."
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