Douluo Dalu - Volume 01-48

by Tang Jia San Shao

  All of Heaven Dou City was relaxed outside but tight inside. Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School master Ning Fengzhi was finally pushed to the front of the stage by emperor Xue Ye, appointing him as imperial master of state. Together with Grandmaster, they controlled all the Spirit Masters within the borders of the empire. The two thousand imperial household Spirit Masters that were originally training at Shrek Academy also returned to the imperial palace. Grandmaster subsequently also entered the imperial palace, training the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School disciples along with Ning Fengzhi and these imperial household Spirit Masters.

  Heaven Dou imperial palace.

  Tang San brought Xiao Wu to sit opposite Grandmaster. This was Grandmaster’s residence within the imperial palace.

  “Little San, what are you planning next?” Grandmaster asked.

  Tang San said: “The malignant tumour within the Heaven Dou imperial family has already been excised. Emperor Xue Ye has already expressed that he will support us developing the Tang Sect with all his strength. The Tang Sect can be considered having stepped onto the right track. The next stage is to mass produce all kinds of hidden weapons. I’m preparing to first make a trip back to the Clear Sky School. Partly to report the circumstances on this side, and partly to send divine craftsman Lou Gao there, asking my uncle to help him forge a formidable hidden weapon.”

  “And then?” Grandmaster lookad at his beloved disciple, a gentle expression on his stiff face.

  Tang San said: “Through my battle with Qian Renxue this time, I discovered a lot of places I’m lacking. Especially in attack power. Even if I have a lot of ways to attack, my power is still insufficient. When fighting an opponent on Qian Renxue’s level, I can see how lacking I am. I want to stay at the Clear Sky School to cultivate for a while. The Clear Sky Hammer is mainly about offense, so I’ll take a look at whether I can learn some things to use with it. Otherwise, I won’t have a bit of confidence when I face Qian Renxue again.”

  Grandmaster shook his head, “A trip back to the Clear Sky School is neccessary, but I won’t approve of you staying there to cultivate.”

  Tang San didn’t ask why, because he absolutely trusted his teacher’s decision.

  Grandmaster continued: “The Clear Sky Hammer really is formidable. However, don’t forget that to fully use the Clear Sky Hammer, to display its strength, first you must have spirit abilities that belong to the Clear Sky Hammer. You have twin spirits, and before your Blue Silver Emperor has reached nine rings, giving spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hammer will diminish its future potential. And without the spirit abilities from the spirit rings, the room for your growth will be extremely limited.”

  At this point, Grandmaster was somewhat unable to continue.

  “Teacher, do you have some proposal? I’ll listen to you.” Tang San said without the slightest hesitation.

  Grandmaster sighed, “I do have a proposal. Only, I don’t want to have you take chances. That is in the end too dangerous.”

  Tang San’s eyes brightened. He was now already sixty sixth rank, and could clearly feel his cultivation speed constantly falling. Maintaining the kind of progress speed he had before was practically impossible. Nobody understood his current circumstances better than Grandmaster. Even if Grandmaster said it was dangerous, Tang San understood that this might be a shortcut to swiftly advance.

  “Teacher, no matter what, defending myself still isn’t a problem. Right now Spirit Hall’s power is growing, and I feel more and more that my abilities are insufficient. There’s also the Angelic Armament you mentioned as well as the priests of Spirit Hall’s Elder Palace. If I don’t increase my strength a bit earlier, how can we contend with Spirit Hall? Besides, you once taught me that the greater the pressure I face, the easier it is to arouse my potential. Comprehending the essence of battle is still faster than cultivating on my own.”

  Grandmaster smiled somewhat helplessly: “I knew you’d say that. Fine. Then I’ll tell you. Even if your current spirit power is sixty sixth rank, many of those ranks come from the spirit ring Xiao Wu gave you. To the extent that all your cultivation for a long time would be used to stabilize these spirit power ranks, and this will lead to your cultivation speed falling. Just cultivating painstakingly isn’t much use to you. If you want to completely fuse with this spirit power as soon as possible, you will have to do it through constant battle. The best way is through the formidable danger of life and death crisis. Like this, not only will your fighting skills increase one step further, your spirit power advancement speed will also increase. I’ve carefully researched Oscar’s condition in these past days. As a food system Spirit Master, his advancement speed in these five years hasn’t been any slower than yours, and that’s because he constantly confronted mortal danger. Such immense pressure left him no choice but to advance. Without a doubt, even if his choice was dangerous, it was extremely proper. And even if your foundation has been laid firmly in these five years, your tempering in this aspect has still been insufficient. The kind of slaughter in Slaughter City will only increase your offense and murderous heart. It’s not the kind of place that can constantly give you pressure. Therefore, I propose for you to go to a place that can give you such pressure.”

  Tang San puzzled asked: “Just what place is it?”

  Grandmaster pondered, then said: “It might be called a spirit beast forest. However, that place is different from any spirit beast forest you know. Because, it’s an island, where a lot of peculiar spirit beasts live. And also a lot of peculiar Spirit Masters. This place is something only very few people in the Spirit Master world know about.”

  Island? Tang San focused on listening to Grandmaster’s story.

  Grandmaster continued: “I’ll describe it simply, and you’ll know just how dangerous it is. Spirit Hall once sent two thousand Spirit Masters to this island, in an attempt to incorporate the Spirit Masters there. The result was still that most didn’t return, less than a hundred people could return alive. They also lost two Title Douluo there. Spirit Hall calls that place Devil Island, but I know it’s true name, it should be called Sea God Island.”

  Credits

  Translator: Blue Silver Translation

  Epub: Estevam / dotNOVEL

  Douluo Dalu

  (斗罗大陆)

  Volume 29

  Sea God Island

  Tang Jia San Shao

  (唐家三少)

  Story Description:

  Tang Sect, the most famous martial arts sect of all. By stealing its most secret teachings to fulfill his dreams, Tang San committed an unforgivable crime. With his ambition attained, he hands his legacy to the sect and throws himself from the fearsome "Hell's Peak."

  But he could have never imagined that this would reincarnate him in another world, one without magic, martial arts, and grudges. A land where only the mystical souls of battle lay.

  The continent of Douluo.

  How will Tang San survive in this unknown environment? With a new road to follow, a new legend begins...

  Original Story can be found here: Link

  Chapter 197: Devil Island? Sea God Island?

  Grandmaster said:

  “Spirit Hall calls that place Devil Island[1], but I know it’s true name, Sea God Island[2]. The Spirit Masters living there call themselves Children of the Sea.”

  “Ever since returning in defeat that time, Spirit Hall has never dared have designs on that place. If I’m not mistaken, on that island should be at least one most powerful Spirit Master, just the peak Title Douluo Sword Douluo spoke of, powers above the ninety fifth rank. Even ninety ninth ranked Title Douluo. Otherwise, how could Spirit Hall not retaliate after suffering such a large loss? Another reason is that the people living on Sea God Island won’t leave the island.”

  Tang San curious said:

  “There’s actually such a bizarre place in the Spirit Master world, how come I’ve never heard of it before?”

  Grandmaster sighed, saying:

  “If pos
sible, I wouldn’t want you to ever come into contact with the Spirit Masters there. Previously I never thought you would, so naturally I didn’t tell you.”

  Tang San asked:

  “Then have you gone to Sea God Island?”

  Grandmaster nodded,

  “I went once. The time Spirit Hall attacked Sea God Island. At that time I was together with Bibi Dong, heard about such a mysterious place and went with them. There I learned that the Spirit Master world still has such a group of mysterious Spirit Masters nobody has heard about. Not only are they mysterious, but extremely powerful. Spirit Masters like us are extremely unsuited to dealing with them.”

  “The reason why Sea God Island is known as Devil Island to Spirit Hall is because of the battle that time. But in fact, even though Sea God Island’s Spirit Masters are very difficult to deal with, they really aren’t people addicted to killing. They have all stayed there for generations, calling themselves the Children of the Sea, also known as Sea Spirit Masters. The spirits they possess are also quite bizarre, for the most part related to aquatic creatures. Therefore, their spirit abilities also have substantial differences from ours. Sea God Island is located in the great ocean to the west of the Continent. There, these Spirit Masters with water creature type spirits can undoubtedly display their greatest degree of strength. There are also numerous bizarre spirit beasts on the Sea God Island. Consequently, I think that place can be considered a special spirit beast forest.”

  Tang San asked:

  “How many Sea Spirit Masters are there?”

  Grandmaster said:

  “Every human living on Sea God Island is a Spirit Master. By a conservative estimate, there are at least two thousand, or even more. The reason I estimate there is a peak ranked Title Douluo there, is because the few Title Douluo that Spirit Hall killed mentioned a lord Sea God. Judging by their expressions and tones, they really weren’t praying to some god, but rather addressing a person, a person with paramount power on Sea God Island. And those Sea Spirit Masters already had Title Douluo level strength. To be able to make them so respectful, it would naturally be someone with peak Douluo strength, maybe even a unique ninety ninth rank Douluo.”

  Having heard Grandmaster’s account, in Tang San’s mind was already drawn a simple outline of the Sea God Island,

  “Teacher, you mean to let me go to Sea God Island for experience?”

  Grandmaster nodded,

  “Sea God Island. It’s undoubtedly a place brimming with all kinds of danger. However, it’s also full of opportunities. Sea Spirit Masters aren’t fond of killing, as long as outsiders who go there can pass their test, they can live there and become Sea Spirit Masters. Just one thing, after becoming Sea Spirit Masters, they can’t leave. This is a rule of Sea God Island. That time Spirit Hall climbed Sea God Island in a hostile manner, and even killed some Sea Spirit Masters, provoked a strong reaction from the Sea Spirit Masters, and in the end only a hundred people returned from that all out attack. You can see how powerful those Sea Spirit Masters are. With your talent and ability, I’m not worried about you leaving for Sea God Island, I would assume the trial wouldn’t be any problem. But most important is that you return from there. All this will rely on you getting a feel for things on your own. For you to return to the Continent from the great sea you will have to face the pursuit of Sea God Island. I have to remind you that all the Spirit Masters on Sea God Island are suited to marine combat. Even just a Spirit Douluo level Sea Spirit Master can destroy Title Douluo level landbound Spirit Masters in the sea. You absolutely cannot think you can easily leave that place because you can fly. On Sea God Island there’s a kind of Spirit Master whose spirits are Seagulls, and there’s a Title Douluo level among them. Its speed can’t compare to your Tang Sect’s elder Bai He, but there’s no chance for you to escape by relying on spirit bone flight. If you can successfully return from Sea God Island, then your strength will have advanced in all aspects.”

  Tang San hesitated slightly, then said:

  “Teacher, the seven sect reselection assembly will begin in half a year’s time. If I go now, I’m afraid I won’t be able to participate. If everything proceeds as Spirit Hall wants, then it will be even more difficult to confront them later.”

  Grandmaster smiled calmly, saying:

  “Do you believe that we can stop Spirit Hall from accomplishing their goals in the seven sect reselection assembly by relying on our current strength? That’s basically impossible. Spirit Hall will enter a flourishing stage for at least the next five years. However, they still won’t lightly attack the two great empires. Spirit Hall destroying our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School is actually a bit hasty. Spirit Hall admittedly holds an absolute advantage in terms of Spirit Masters, but the strength of those kingdoms and duchies they control is still unable to compete with the two great empires. If Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire watch out for each other, even Spirit Hall won’t dare act without thinking. Otherwise, if a war breaks out, I’m afraid the population of the Continent will fall by an order of magnitude. If it falls to the chaos of war, not only won’t Spirit Hall obtain any substantial benefits, but will instead incur the hatred of the populace. So, by my estimate, after Spirit Hall has established their supremacy in the Spirit Master world one step further through the seven sect reselection assembly, they will accelerate the development of those kingdoms and duchies to increase their strength, progressively nibbling away at the two great empires, and not focusing on destructive attacks. The two great empires have been deep rooted on the Continent for a long time, completely nibbling them away isn’t something done in an afternoon. At the same time, the two great empires will focus their governance under the pressure. Even though Spirit hall holds the overall advantage, to eat two great empires is still an endless process. This time we’ve already stopped all pretense of cordiality with Spirit Hall, and your defeating Qian Renxue should also be something they will attach importance to. For you to leave to increase your strength for a time, is the best choice. An attack with accumulated strength, will be most effective.”

  Listening to Grandmaster’s analysis, Tang San couldn’t help nodding repeatedly. Even though he was intelligent, how could his insight into continental politics be as incisive as Grandmaster? While secretly admiring Grandmaster, he revealed an expression of sudden understanding. Grandmaster’s words gave him a feeling of a wide panorama suddenly opening up.

  Grandmaster sighed, then said:

  “What I’m most worried about is whether you can safely return from Sea God Island. Before truly facing them, you won’t understand just how dreadful the Spirit Masters there are. Their sea spirits are for the most part water attributed, with innumerable bizarre abilities.”

  Tang San by now had a reasoning in his mind,

  “Teacher, let me go. If I can’t pass the test of this experience, how can I confront Spirit Hall? I will definitely turn the pressure to momentum, to increase my strength even faster. Once I return, it will be time for us to start moving. Tang Sect’s hidden weapon manufacturing requires time, and I’m not much help by myself. I believe I will definitely be able to return from Sea God Island.”

  Grandmaster smiled, he had already guessed Tang San’s decision,

  “It’s not you, it’s you all. Don’t tell me you’d be willing to leave Xiao Wu behind? Bring her. It’s not just you who needs experience, there’s also the rest of you Shrek Seven Devils. They all face similar bottlenecks as you, all of you will have to pay some to advance your strength. Moreover, with all of you together, you will be able to look out for each other.”

  “Seven Devils?”

  Tang San stared blankly a moment, puzzled looking at Grandmaster.

  Grandmaster smiled slightly,

  “I’ve already discussed with Flender. Ma Hongjun is no problem. As for school master Ning, I talked to him yesterday. Even if he’s somewhat hesitant, I believe I can move him. When you left for Gengxin City last time, I sent out
a letter. I believe it should already have reached Mubai and Zhuqing. This is a difficult experience, or you might call it an opportunity. If it’s not you Seven Devils moving together, how could I be at ease?”

  Seeing at Grandmaster’s gentle gaze, Tang San’s eyes gradually grew hazy. He knew that his teacher had long ago considered his future way for advancement, and that he had always silently done a lot for him. A few years had passed, and the hair at Grandmaster’s temples was already somewhat gray. In Tang San’s heart, Grandmaster’s place was no lower than that of Tang Hao, he had even paid much, much more than Tang Hao had for him…...

  “Go. Aren’t you going to return to the Clear Sky School as well? Once you’re back from the Clear Sky School, Mubai and the others should also be about ready. I still have some work to do on school master Ning’s side. You seven are our future trump card for contending against Spirit hall. I believe you will definitely return from a rewarding journey to Sea God Island this time.”

  Bringing Xiao Wu out of the imperial palace, Tang San was unable to control his heart for a long time. Everything that Grandmaster had silently done for him filled his heart. He naturally wouldn’t say anything, but he always recorded these feelings. In his heart, he had always had two fathers.

  On the whole way from the imperial palace, all the imperial guards that saw Tang San would kneel with one knee and salute. Because at Tang San’s waist hung an only infant’s fist sized jade pendant. That jade pendant was also a seal, and it’s previous owner was Heaven Dou emperor Xue Ye.