Douluo Dalu 3: The Legend of the Dragon King

Despite the overbearing nature of the purplish-black aura, it was unable to stop this blue patch from expanding, and as a result, the turbulent sea was beginning to grow calmer. Tang Wulin's aura was also rising rapidly, and this sense of ascension struck him with an indescribable feeling.

He felt as if he were situated in a scorching furnace and was being vigorously calcined.

However, the specks of bluish-golden light also began to fuse into his bones, and a sense of water-like placidity was being infused into his Invincible Vajra Body. Regardless of how much the scorching aura wreaked havoc in his body, the sense of placidity refused to budge. The scorching sensation was constantly elevating alongside his aura and power, and he was slowly yet steadily progressing up from the demigod level.

His eyes were shining as bright as stars, and even though everything was warping slightly around him, he could clearly sense the changes taking place within his own body.

In the next instant, a thunderous dragon's roar rang out from his body, and the air around him began to churn violently. A resounding boom erupted in the sky, following which the entire world turned dark.

In that instant, the sky disappeared, the sea vanished, all that was left was the scintillating ball of reddish-golden light that was Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin could clearly feel that the soul core in his mind seemed to have exploded, and immediately thereafter, a burst of scintillating reddish-golden light erupted out of that soul core, transforming into a reddish-golden ball that was slowly contracting.

To Tang Wulin's surprise, he discovered a miniature golden figure that had a head of glowing bluish-golden long hair inside that reddish-golden ball. 

The figure was completely identical to him in appearance, and it was simply hovering within his mind. His mind was also affected by this, and its original golden color began to undergo a drastic change.

His spiritual power began to elevate, and the golden color became more translucent and pure. Wisps of white energy appeared on the surface of his mind, and his sea of spiritual power was quickly expanding.

What seemed like an eternity but also only a moment passed by, and his sea of spiritual power had already expanded to over 100 times its original size.

His previously extremely abundant spiritual power had now been transformed into a thin layer of golden liquid with wisps of white energy rippling gently over its surface. Even though the changes were very subtle, Tang Wulin was still able to clearly discern them.

What was happening? 

He suddenly understood.

He had made a breakthrough in his spiritual power!

He had finally gotten past the boundaries of the Spirit Domain realm and reached the Divine Origin realm, the realm that belonged to the gods!

After truly fusing with his father's bloodline and breaking his 15th Golden Dragon King seal, his stagnant spiritual power had finally experienced another breakthrough to the Divine Origin realm.

Even at its most elementary level, the Divine Origin realm was still the realm of the gods, and the faint wisps of white energy above the surface of his spiritual power was most likely the legendary immortal spiritual energy!

There was a fundamental change from the Spirit Domain realm to the Divine Origin realm.

All of the quasigods that had reigned supreme over the continent for decades, regardless of whether it was Boundless Ocean Douluo Chen Xinjie, Light Dark Douluo Long Yeyue, Coiling Dragon Douluo Qiangu Dieting, or even the deceased Atlas Douluo Yun Ming; none of them had been able to elevate their spiritual power to this level.

During the abyssal army's surprise attack, it was the Divine Origin realm Spirit Sovereign's emergence that had exerted enormous pressure on the entire human army. Aside from him, it seemed that only Gu Yuena had reached this level.

Only upon truly entering this realm of spiritual power did Tang Wulin realize just how fearsome this level was.

His current sea of spiritual power could more than ten thousand times his past spiritual power. If he were to fill this sea of spiritual power someday, how fearsome would his spiritual power become?

Father, is this a present you left for me? 

Tang Wulin's heart was filled with deep emotions. He knew that if he wanted to cultivate to this level on his own, he would most likely only be able to reach it after attaining godhood.

However, it was the godly bloodline or perhaps the wisp of immortal spiritual energy that his father had passed on to him that allowed him to reach the Douluo Continent in spite of the restrictions imposed by the Douluo Continent's planar ruler. From this moment forth, he was no longer an ordinary Limit Douluo. At the very least, his spiritual power was superior to that of all Limit Douluos, with Gu Yuena perhaps being the only exception.

He had well and truly reached the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent in this area!

In the next instant, his consciousness returned, and as he opened his eyes again, the emotions in his heart only became stronger.

The darkness had faded, and the clear blue sea stretched as far as the eyes could see in all directions. All of the pressure had abated, and as he hovered in mid-air, his will to fight heaven and earth had also disappeared.

He saw his own flowing blue hair, which was extremely reminiscent of his father's hair. A faint bluish-golden sheen had appeared on his four-word battle armor, and he could clearly sense that this was a result of his Divine Origin realm spiritual power being injected into and fusing with his battle armor.

The most formidable ability of suits of four-word battle armor was their ability to constantly evolve alongside its wearer, and all of these changes had taken place during the evolutionary process that had just transpired.

Tang Wulin knew that he had taken a massive stride toward the quasigod level.

In the history of the Soul Master world, aside from his father and Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao, who were both exceptionally talented and blessed by the Divine Realm, there was virtually no one who could match his rate of progression.

It wasn't even that long ago since he became a Limit Douluo, and now, he was already close to the quasigod level and had attained Divine Origin realm spiritual power.

Tang Wulin knew that he had made the right choice to come here. The Nine Trials of the Sea God were all brilliant opportunities for him to grow and evolve.

"The seventh trial of the Sea God has been completed; the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King has retreated without engaging in battle."

Tang Wulin was rather surprised to hear this. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had retreated?

Judging from what had happened after he killed the Evil Spirit Orca King, he would've most likely also reaped incredible rewards if he could kill the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

However, his opponent had retreated without even putting up a fight.

I guess I can't get everything in life. 

However, the disappointment only lingered in Tang Wulin's heart for a brief moment before vanishing. Indeed, one couldn't get everything in life, and he had to learn to be happy with what he had, especially considering he had already received so much.

"Please rest and recuperate; the eighth trial will begin in six hours."

The authoritative voice rang out again, and to Tang Wulin's surprise, it simply informed him of the upcoming trial instead of asking him whether he would like to continue.

Could it be that the choice was taken away from him after completing the seventh trial?

Then again, that didn't really change anything; he was going to continue anyway.

The two soul bones from before were still by his side, and as he turned to glance at them, a determined look appeared in his eyes.

He sat down with his legs crossed and waved a hand toward the pair of soul bones, drawing them toward himself.

Once he fused these two soul bones into his body, his powers would undoubtedly be further enhanced.

Just as Tang Wulin was preparing to face the eighth trial, something was happening in the northernmost region of the Douluo Continent.