Chapter 51: Dark Soul Master
Ye Yukun was instantly excited. A ten-thousand-year soul beast about to transform! This was the perfect opportunity to use the Deity Sealing Platform and change his destiny!
Ye Yukun's talent was average, and his martial soul was also ordinary. Years of consuming drugs had already exhausted his potential. He had no chance of breaking through to level ninety-three in his lifetime, but there was still a possibility.
The Deity Sealing Platform—a soul tool that was considered extremely impractical among all the ninth-level soul tools of the Sun Moon Empire. Its sole function was to seal an enemy that had no ability to resist, maintaining the enemy's state at the moment of sealing.
The function was powerful, but there were very few instances where it could be effectively used. The only theoretically enticing use was the possibility of sealing a soul beast embryo in the process of transforming, and then forcibly absorbing it using the Deity Sealing Platform. This could potentially turn the soul beast into one's own martial soul!
Artificial twin martial souls!
In the history of the Sun Moon Empire, there had never been a case of twin martial souls, with the exception of the father of soul tools, Kong Deming, who possessed twin martial souls. Since Kong Deming had never revealed this information, people in the Sun Moon Empire always thought twin martial souls were a myth, leading some to become almost fanatically obsessed with them.
With their advanced technology, they had attempted to artificially create twin martial souls, resulting in the creation of the Deity Sealing Platform based on theoretical concepts.
Ye Yukun was not content with his current state. His ambition was great, but his talent did not match. Moreover, he had a more brilliant cousin, Ye Yurong, whose fame as the Sky Star Douluo had spread throughout the Sun Moon Empire, while Ye Yukun remained mediocre among the ninth-level soul engineers.
This made him even more dissatisfied. Thus, with the help of Ye Yurong, he created the ninth-level soul tool, the Deity Sealing Platform. If he could achieve the platform's legendary function and obtain a second martial soul, he could re-cultivate his soul power and advance further.
If he succeeded, he could even become the first tenth-level soul engineer in the history of the Sun Moon Empire! This was his ambition and his wildest dream.
The opportunity to realize this ambition was now being presented to him by the black-robed figure before him.
"Are you serious?" Ye Yukun asked, almost word by word, as he stared at the black-robed figure.
"Naturally," the black-robed figure replied with a slight smile.
"What do you need from me?" Ye Yukun took a deep breath, preparing for a significant sacrifice.
"You don't need to give anything, just let us observe the process of you merging with the soul beast embryo," the black-robed figure said calmly. "Our organization is also very interested in creating twin martial souls. The process of you merging with the soul beast embryo might provide us with some insights."
"For us, this process is even more valuable than the ten-thousand-year soul beast embryo itself."
"You people are truly insane..." Ye Yukun's wariness increased.
"Thank you for the compliment," the black-robed figure replied, his tone unchanged.
"Within one to three years, a ten-thousand-year soul beast will attempt to transform at this location. Whether you can capture it will be up to you..."
The black-robed figure tossed a map to Ye Yukun, who quickly caught it. When he looked up again, the black-robed figure had vanished without a trace, leaving no lingering aura.
If it weren't for the map in his hand, Ye Yukun might have thought the entire encounter was a dream.
Staring at the spot marked by red lines on the map, Ye Yukun's eyes burned with determination.
"The Extreme North..."
...
"I see," Du Qianjue slowly opened his eyes, withdrawing his mind from Ye Yukun's memories. Just now, Du Qianjue had used the Tianmen soul skill, Mental Hypnosis, to forcibly enter the ninth-level soul engineer Ye Yukun's spiritual core and read his memories, discovering the recent events and identifying the mastermind.
"The Holy Spirit Cult!!!" Du Qianjue retracted his martial soul, his eyes flashing coldly. Ye Yukun might not have recognized the identity of the super Douluo who was a dark soul master, but Du Qianjue understood perfectly!
The ghostly shadow behind the black-robed figure was unmistakable to Du Qianjue. The dark soul master's martial soul, the Death God Puppet, belonged to the current leader of the Holy Spirit Cult, the ninety-eighth-level super Douluo, Death God Douluo Zhongli Wu!
Zhongli Wu even had a trump card, a bone dragon formed from the remains of a true dragon. The bone dragon alone could crush ordinary Titled Douluo!
"The Holy Spirit Cult... Long Xiaoyao won't intervene, and Ye Xishui wouldn't know about this. They wouldn't have the means to find out about Xue'er. The only one capable of gathering information on her is... the Demon Emperor?"
To the south of the Extreme North lies the northern part of the Dou Ling Empire and a small section of the northern Star Luo Empire. Beyond that is the boundless icy sea, home to sea soul beasts, ruled by the Demon Emperor, wife of the Deep Sea Demon Whale King.
Planning to use humans to seal the Tian Men, then devour her essence to break through to a million-year soul beast?
Ha...
Du Qianjue instantly guessed the plan of this old woman.
The Demon Emperor's hatred for Tang San had driven her nearly mad. To avenge herself against Tang San, this old woman had lost her sanity. Devouring her husband's remains to gain power, she'd stop at nothing, even targeting the Snow Empress.
At this moment, the Demon Emperor was likely close to a million years old, at least on par with Di Tian, commanding countless sea soul beasts. It wouldn't be difficult for her to have soul beasts monitor the Snow Empress.
Moreover, the Snow Empress had little reason to be wary of the soul beasts in the Extreme North, viewing them as her subjects. Why would she guard against her own people?
Thus, the Snow Empress' failed breakthrough and essence damage fell into the Demon Emperor's ears. The Demon Emperor, seizing the opportunity, used the soul beasts and the Holy Spirit Cult to set a grand trap for the Snow Empress.
This plot even made Du Qianjue shiver.
Why?
Because even by the end of the second book and into the third and fourth, no one had uncovered this scheme!
If not for Du Qianjue turning the Snow Empress into his wife, Xue Linglong, and using the Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow to help her overcome the tribulation, Xue Linglong would likely have been sealed by Ye Yukun with the Deity Sealing Platform.
If not for Xue Linglong capturing Ye Yukun alive and Du Qianjue possessing a soul skill to read memories, he might never have noticed the subtle clues.
Who would have thought the mastermind behind everything was the crazy Demon Emperor?
(End of Chapter)