Dou Luo: This Tang San is Different

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"Alright, let him go. I'll call you 'Sister Xiao Wu,' okay? After all, when it comes to age in the human world, you're indeed older than me." Gu Yuena sighed in resignation.

Her concession left the group of ferocious soul beasts and 100,000-year soul beasts utterly astonished.

"Master, you!" Di Tian was incredulous. Their master—one of the Dragon God's split entities—was acknowledging a transformed Soft-Boned Rabbit as her elder sister? The world truly was full of wonders.

But even Di Tian couldn't deny it: at this moment, Xiao Wu had surpassed him in strength. Could it be that humans were truly this gifted? Even a transformed Soft-Boned Rabbit could grow to become a powerhouse capable of overwhelming them?

"There's no need to say more." Gu Yuena cut off Di Tian's protests and turned to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. "Alright, prepare yourself. The sacrificial ceremony will begin."

Then, addressing Xiao Wu, she added, "You should get ready to receive the soul ring of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion."

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Xiao Wu waved her hand nonchalantly and sat cross-legged on the grass. Her spirit activated, she rested her chin on one hand, gazing at the three-eyed beast before her. Like teasing a puppy, she beckoned, "Three-Eyed Golden Lion, right? Stick with Sister Xiao Wu, and I guarantee a bright future for you."

"Let's hope so." The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at Xiao Wu for a moment before sighing. It ignited its entire cultivation, causing its flesh and blood to transform into pure energy. A faint red mist rose and condensed above its head into a pale golden soul ring.

At the same time, Gu Yuena channeled her energy into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, fully converting its physical body into energy and stabilizing its soul to prevent any damage.

She understood the nature of indestructible true spirits. If a soul were harmed, the true spirit would escape. Even if the soul later recovered, the returning true spirit might not be the same as the original.

Although they were far from mastering the concept of confirming "I am me" through the true spirit alone, the soul and memory remained their foundation at this stage. Since they had already discovered the existence of indestructible true spirits, any experiments related to "life" required utmost caution to avoid the slightest harm to the soul.

Gradually, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's body completely transformed into energy. Its cultivation flowed into the soul ring, leaving behind only a palm-sized spiritual phantom of the lion. This phantom eventually merged into the soul ring, engraving an image of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion onto it. The soul ring turned a radiant rose gold.

"The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is both an auspicious beast and a dragon species. Its soul ring is extremely unique. Currently, its age is only 4,900 years, but it can increase with the cultivation level of its absorber. Moreover, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion itself can enhance the soul ring's age over time. It's truly a double benefit." Gu Yuena explained the rose-gold soul ring's unique traits. "With your physique and cultivation, you should be able to evolve this soul ring to the million-year or even ten-million-year level."

As the rose-gold soul ring merged into her, Xiao Wu felt herself becoming one with the entirety of the Star Dou Forest. Her other eight red soul rings emerged, resonating with the rose-gold ring. An invisible power emanated, revitalizing the entire Star Dou Forest. The density of the world's energy surged more than tenfold.

At this moment, Xiao Wu became the true dominator of the Star Dou Forest's destiny. Her soul power also increased by one level, reaching Rank 99.

"Master, why have all her soul rings turned into 100,000-year rings?" Di Tian couldn't help but ask.

"The gift of the Soft-Bone Rabbit clan," Gu Yuena replied.

The spiritual realm space was initially created by the Soft-Bone Rabbit clan as a storage space. Gu Yuena's explanation wasn't entirely wrong.

Di Tian seemed to half-understand. He nodded slightly and refrained from asking further.

Once Xiao Wu finished absorbing the soul ring, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, now over a hundred meters tall, leapt out of her ninth soul ring. It looked down upon the other ferocious beasts, except for Di Tian, who still retained his original form, and murmured to itself, "So this is what I'll look like when I grow up? The perspective is so different. I'm a big guy now too."

Compared to its "puppy-sized" state, the hundred-meter form of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was far more imposing. The third eye at the center of its forehead, which had once been crimson, now shimmered with a crystalline rose-gold hue, like a peculiar star. Staring into it for too long could mesmerize an ordinary person, rendering them unable to escape its allure.

With the acquisition of this soul ring, Xiao Wu's soul—or rather, her primordial spirit—was greatly enhanced. Her control over her vitality, essence, and physical body also saw substantial improvement.

The soul ring granted Xiao Wu only one soul skill: *Destiny's Dominion*.

When this skill was activated, Xiao Wu's primordial spirit could merge with the entirety of the Douluo Star. She would gain the ability to perceive the fate of all things, allowing her to extract, strip, or bestow fortune and destiny as she saw fit.

As long as it was something born of Douluo Star, Xiao Wu could control its fate.

Furthermore, even if Xiao Wu were to travel to other realms, she could still wield a portion of destiny's power using this skill.

It's often said, "When misfortune strikes, even drinking cold water can get something stuck in your teeth."

Xiao Wu's soul skill took this concept to an entirely new level. By manipulating the fortune of others, she could adjust both her own and others' luck or misfortune. If wielded skillfully, this ability could function like the phenomenon of Final Destination or the "protagonist's halo."

Though it couldn't kill directly, it could influence others' fates on a grand scale. After all, when misfortune truly strikes, it's not just about minor inconveniences. A sudden cellular mutation in the body might drive even a peerless Douluo into a critical state unknowingly. Or perhaps an error during cultivation could lead to deviation, causing inner demons to surface.

Such an extraordinary ability came at an equally steep price. Fortune was a resource distributed by Douluo Star's will, shared impartially among all living beings. How much fortune one possessed depended on personal development and whether that development benefited the planet. Douluo Star's will did not interfere in the competition among living creatures because it was merely a collective embodiment of rules—devoid of advanced intelligence, operating solely on instinct.

However, Xiao Wu's direct manipulation of fortune essentially amounted to stealing authority from Douluo Star's will, forcibly rewriting part of the planet's rules.

Under normal circumstances, each time Xiao Wu used this ability, she would be subject to *Heaven's Punishment* from the planet's will. This punishment was merciless and left no room for survival. Moreover, the rigid mechanisms of the planet's will meant that such punishment wouldn't account for the survival of other life forms on the continent.

It would be a fight to the death.

Even if it meant destroying the entire continent or eradicating all life on Douluo Star, as long as Xiao Wu remained alive, the punishment would not cease.

From the planet's perspective, tens of billions of years were but a fleeting moment. As long as the atmospheric conditions remained relatively stable and the planet's position within the habitable zone of its star system persisted, life would inevitably reemerge.

However—

Xiao Wu was now in an unusual situation...

(End of Chapter)