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In the 5,000th year of the Golden Calendar, the number of soul beasts dwindled once more. To secure enough soul rings for the entire empire's population to advance, the Golden Civilization began studying soul beasts, replicating their bloodlines, and establishing soul beast protection organizations to crack down on poachers.
"Wow, soul beasts have become protected animals. Is this reincarnation?" Tang San chuckled and continued reading—
In the 6,000th year of the Golden Calendar, the ecosystems of major soul beast habitats recovered. The Golden Empire searched the seas and land, discovering nearly a thousand powerful hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. They forcibly transformed these beasts into human forms to study their self-condensed soul rings, aiming to free humans from the need for soul beast rings to advance.
By the 8,000th year, humans made significant breakthroughs in self-condensed soul rings, no longer constrained by the need for soul beast rings. Thus, the Golden Empire entered a new era, marking the true birth of the Golden Civilization!
In the 9,000th year, the number of human Titled Douluos increased exponentially. With various titles emerging, the empire standardized the rankings based on soul rings, from one-ring to nine-ring soul masters, collectively known as soul masters.
In the 10,000th year, as the civilization continued to grow and prepared to explore the stars, the Dragon God, representing the soul beast race, returned with greater power. Controlling the divine personas of creation and destruction, he challenged the Golden Civilization once more with overwhelming force!
This time—
The Golden Civilization lost!
Tang San noticed that the subsequent text was handwritten, not printed, making it somewhat difficult to read.
That was true power beyond the gods; we couldn't win... Pressure can drive rapid progress, but that overwhelming power is beyond human capability. We need greater strength!
The Golden Civilization was defeated! All its achievements were destroyed, and the world became a paradise for soul beasts once again...
But perhaps out of foolish pride, the Dragon God used some special means to erase everyone's memory of that time, as well as the memory of being banished to the void by the Golden Civilization... I feel my memory fading. No, I must record this!
Fortunately, we control the Golden Tree. Even the Dragon God doesn't dare to oppose the will of the entire planet or destroy anything near the Golden Tree. But most of the people here have dispersed. Can the Golden Civilization still exist? I hope future generations remember what happened in ancient times. If capable, prove to the universe that humans are the greatest beings, and that the dragon race, despite its intelligence, will eventually be a thing of the past!
If only we had more time to develop, we could surely mass-produce god-level powerhouses!
By the way... who am I again?
Turning to the last page, Tang San saw only this question. He felt a strange sadness and sighed, "The Dragon God initially only had control over water, fire, earth, wind, light, darkness, and space. He later acquired the powers of creation and destruction by chance, after being banished by the Golden Civilization."
Moreover, the Dragon God erased his own disgraceful memory of defeat, probably not just from humans but also from the soul beasts. He might have even deceived himself.
"Tsk tsk, pretty petty—didn't leave any black marks on his record."
"Also, if we refer to the settings in the Douluo series, the rule that soul beasts couldn't become gods was set by the Dragon God. He declared that unless the Dragon God reappeared, no other soul beast could become a god... until the protagonist of Douluo Four achieved the Dragon God position and broke this rule, allowing soul beasts to become gods through cultivation."
At this moment, Gu Yuena approached with a romance manga titled Cat, Mouse, and Dog, and asked, "This manga is interesting. It tells a love story between a female mouse, a male cat, and a female dog disguised as a male."
Tang San (￣△￣;): "What is this?"
Snatching the romance manga, he flipped through it briefly and then stored it in his wristband, saying, "This isn't something a girl with an unstable worldview should read. I'll keep it for you."
Gu Yuena: →_→
However, Tang San ignored her little expression and handed her the Summary of Golden Civilization's Development. "Take a look at this. You might know something about the Dragon God..."
Before Tang San could finish, Gu Yuena snatched the book upon hearing the words "Dragon God." As she read, her face turned red with embarrassment when she discovered that the Dragon God had erased his own memory of defeat by the Golden Civilization.
"It seems you have some connection to the Dragon God," Tang San said, feigning ignorance.
"No connection at all. Absolutely none." Gu Yuena now felt that her "previous life," or rather her "father," was really quite dishonorable.
Losing isn't such a big deal, so why take it so seriously?
Erasing human memories was one thing, but erasing the memories of the soul beasts too, and even ensuring she, as his "daughter" or "reincarnation," had no related memories?
How shameless!
Suddenly, she felt that the Dragon God being cut in half was deserved; his mindset was just too poor...
"You certainly don't look disconnected," Tang San chuckled and went back to the catalog shelf, searching for directories on martial soul research. Surprisingly, there was no information on martial soul cultivation or soul tool research. Instead, he found a note inside one of the catalog books:
*After the destruction of the Golden Civilization, the Dragon God found this place and ordered the remaining people to take all materials on martial soul cultivation and soul tool research and destroy them...*
"Book burning, huh?"
Tang San frowned, his good impression of the Dragon God completely vanished.
Before, he could have said that history is written by the victors.
But now, this guy even destroyed most of the research left by the Golden Civilization. The remaining information covered agriculture, industry, economy, education, medicine, military, and culture, but nothing on martial soul cultivation and research.
This completely cut off any shortcuts for future generations to develop quickly.
"Well, if I gain it, it's my luck; if I lose it, it's my fate. Since the Golden Civilization failed, even replicating it would only reach its former level. The current Douluo Continent needs a path that suits this era." Tang San closed the book and walked through the sections on agriculture, medicine, economy, education, and military, storing all the foundational materials in his storage wristband.
Gu Yuena also helped. After seeing that note, she felt an inexplicable sense of guilt, as if she needed to do something to make up for it.
It could only be said that she had been too influenced by humans...
(End of Chapter)