Douluo Dalu: Transforming Soul Rings into Soul Veins

Qing Xuan tossed and turned in the room next to Bibi Dong and the others. She lay in bed with her eyes closed, but her churning thoughts were like fallen leaves in a gale, unable to settle.

She kept her eyes tightly shut, trying to block out all external sounds, but the faint sounds of pleasure coming from Bibi Dong and Lin Feng were like the finest silk threads, penetrating her defenses and gently wrapping around her heart.

The soundproof domain had clearly been reactivated, yet this heart-stirring sound replayed in her mind like a bone-gnawing poison.

She was not a pure and innocent young girl. As the Goddess of Life, she had witnessed the birth and passing of countless lives and had a deep understanding of worldly emotions. However, it was precisely this understanding that made her feel an indescribable sense of melancholy and anxiety when facing the desires of her own heart.

She had long since treated this matter as something she could turn a blind eye to, but after listening, the emotions suppressed in the bottom of her heart grew wildly like weeds caressed by a spring breeze. What she longed for was not just that fleeting pleasure, but the warmth of being able to connect heart-to-heart and snuggle up to each other.

She sighed and cursed herself under her breath. She was clearly a god who held the laws of life in her palm, yet she had never come into contact with the great Dao of yin and yang. It was truly... vexing.

Qing Xuan's thoughts drifted in the night. She thought of all the things between her and the God of Destruction, and the invisible barrier seemed to have become even more solid.

She longed to be able to, like Bibi Dong and Lin Feng, also try to express her feelings with Little Zi without restraint. But alas, it was ultimately an extravagant hope... and, if she really did that kind of thing with Little Zi, it would feel strange...

She turned over and buried her face in the soft pillow, as if this could temporarily escape the disturbing thoughts. However, the faint sounds that came through were like a magic spell, making her heart accelerate and her breathing become rapid.

A flush appeared on her face. Qing Xuan bit her lower lip tightly, suppressing the gasp that was about to escape her lips. No!

I can't go on like this. I must find a way to relieve this suppressed emotion. Thus, she abruptly sat up and decided to go for a walk in the courtyard, to let the cool night wind cool her restless heart.

However, when she really walked out of the courtyard and came to the lakeside, the lewd sounds of Lin Feng and Bibi Dong entwined in her mind was replaced by the quiet night scene and the gentle night breeze by the lake. But the longing and melancholy buried deep in her heart did not dissipate because of this.

She stood alone by the lake, standing there in a daze, looking at the empty lake surface, an indescribable sense of loss welling up in her heart.

Loss... am I envious? Or even jealous of them?

No, impossible!

Qing Xuan fiercely shook her head. What on earth was I just thinking? That kind of emotion is by no means what I should have.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm her mood. She silently told herself that as the Goddess of Life, a God-King of the Divine Realm, she should focus on her duties, not be troubled by these worldly affairs. However, the longing and melancholy were like maggots attached to the bone, difficult to get rid of.

"So late, and you're still not resting?" A gentle voice sounded in Qing Xuan's ear.

Qing Xuan looked back and saw Ah Yin, dressed in a long, blue, courtly gauze dress, walking slowly towards her. Under the moonlight, Ah Yin's figure looked exceptionally gentle, a faint smile on her face.

"It's you?"

Qing Xuan said with surprise, slowly nodding. "Ah Yin."

Ah Yin smiled and stood beside Qing Xuan. "Do the gods of the Divine Realm also have sorrows? What's more, you, this Goddess of Life who is a God-King?"

Qing Xuan's willow-like brows raised lightly. "How could you..."

Ah Yin's vermilion lips parted slightly. "My main body is a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor. Now that I have transformed into a human, my martial soul is naturally also the Blue Silver Emperor."

"Perhaps what you don't know is that the unique information sharing and perception ability of the Blue Silver clan allows me to vaguely perceive the emotional fluctuations of the surrounding life forms at certain times. Tonight, I felt your restlessness, so I came to see."

"The Blue Silver Grass at your feet is at this moment transmitting your sorrowful thoughts. Perhaps even you did not expect that you, as the Goddess of Life, if your emotions were to fluctuate, the degree of our Blue Silver clan's perception would be even more profound than other living beings."

Hearing this, Qing Xuan's gaze subconsciously fell on the Blue Silver Grass at her feet. The fine blades of grass swayed gently in the night wind, as if they were really telling her thoughts. A wave of surprise couldn't help but well up in her heart, which then turned into a bitter smile.

"So that's how it is. I was really negligent on this point. As the Goddess of Life, I should have been closer to all living things, yet I never thought that my own emotions would be so easily perceived by you. The unique ability of the Blue Silver clan is indeed extraordinary."

As Qing Xuan's voice fell, Ah Yin was stunned at the same time. The emotional fluctuation from the Goddess of Life could no longer be perceived.

She shook her head. "It seems that something has caused a ripple in your state of mind. Just now was your unconscious revelation. I can no longer perceive it now. Now, your heart's lake seems to have returned to its former peace, deep and unfathomable."

Qing Xuan smiled and did not speak again. She turned her head to look at the other side of the lake shore. There was a flower garden composed of various flowers, which looked exceptionally charming under the moonlight. Her gaze wandered over the flowers, as if searching for something, or as if escaping from something.

"Is it beautiful? Over there is my flower garden."

"Yours?" Qing Xuan looked over with surprise. Just now, she had only glanced at it, but she had also seen that the variety of flowers in the flower garden was numerous and colorful. Every flower was blooming just right. It was clear that it was the result of careful tending.

"Yes. I like to grow flowers. They can bring me peace," Ah Yin said softly, her tone carrying a trace of an imperceptible gentleness. "Sometimes, taking care of them is like taking care of one's own mood."

"The flower garden here allowed me to see clearly and face my true feelings. And the flower garden in another part of the Douluo Continent was where I experienced the beauty of the things I pursued."

"This... what does this mean?"

Ah Yin smiled faintly, squatted down, and gently stroked the Blue Silver Grass at her feet. The blades of grass seemed to have felt her gentleness and swayed even more happily.

"The flower garden here was opened up by me, Xue'er, and Ling Yuan when I first came to Spirit Hall, and was later repaired after I returned again. The time here allowed me to see my own heart clearly. I like the life here, and I like being by his side even more."

"Him?"

"It's Xiao Feng," Ah Yin said softly.

Qing Xuan's sandalwood mouth opened slightly. She couldn't help but ask quickly, "Then, what about the other flower garden on the Douluo Continent? What did you experience?"

The corners of Ah Yin's mouth lifted slightly. She supported her pretty head and said with a smile, "There, he and I both faced our own feelings and officially got together."

She smiled very brilliantly. Qing Xuan could see the joy and satisfaction in Ah Yin's heart from her smile.

"It seems you have found your own happiness," Qing Xuan said sincerely, a trace of envy welling up in her heart.

Ah Yin nodded, her gaze gentle as she looked into the distance. "Yes, I have found it. Happiness is sometimes just that simple. As long as you are with the person you love, whatever you do is happiness."

The person you love... as long as you are together, you will always be happy? Qing Xuan was stunned for a moment. Why was it so plain when I was with Little Zi? The meetings in the Divine Realm were also just to deal with the important matters of the Divine Realm...

Qing Xuan pursed her vermilion lips and asked quietly, "How did you two meet? As a transformed soul beast, shouldn't you have been hunted by humans?"

Ah Yin shook her head. "Perhaps others would," her gaze suddenly turned cold for a moment. "When I first came to the human world, I was once deceived and had my soul ring and soul bone secretly plotted against."

"My true body transformed into a seed and was even more so buried in a sunless cave. Later, it was Xiao Feng who brought me out and even more so helped me to reshape my form."

"He said, not to mention that a transformed soul beast is already a human, if all soul beasts were like me, longing for peaceful coexistence, then there should be no more slaughter between humans and soul beasts. When he said he would let me go, that we could be friends, at that moment, I knew that he was the one destined for me."

"So, that's how it is..."

Qing Xuan's gaze was complex. "Ah Yin, you say, if two people are together but cannot find that feeling of a meeting of souls, what should be done?" Qing Xuan's voice carried a trace of confusion.

Ah Yin shook her head and stood up again. "Emotion is the most sincere expression of life. There is no need to be troubled by this. Even a god has their own emotions and desires. You don't need to always bind yourself in the identity of a God-King."

"Occasionally, also allow yourself to be an ordinary woman, to feel those ordinary yet real emotions. Perhaps in this way, you will get an answer."

Qing Xuan frowned. "Are you asking me to cast aside all other factors and just face my own heart?"

Ah Yin was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "If you think so, you can. Do you want to hear my story from before?"

Qing Xuan nodded.

Ah Yin left, leaving Qing Xuan alone by the lake, deep in thought. The moonlight was like water, quietly sprinkling on the lake's surface, creating layers of soft ripples. Qing Xuan's heart seemed to have also been illuminated by this moonlight. The originally entangled and complex emotions began to slowly become clear.

Deceived by Tang Hao, she had sacrificed her own soul ring and soul bone, and was later saved by Lin Feng, who had helped her to be reborn.

She had also had such a past. She had also once thought that what she had with Tang Hao was love. But in the end, it was all just a lie, taking advantage of her first entry into the human world, her inexperience with the world.

She, a Blue Silver Emperor, yet she had to constantly fight and flee, and then sacrifice herself. That was what she had thought was love. In this process, she had been guided by that person named Tang Hao all along, but had forgotten what she thought and what she needed.

And Little Zi... perhaps between us, we really lack that feeling of a meeting of souls. The relationship of husband and wife may really be, as they said, just a form from the birth of the Divine Realm, a role set up to maintain the stability of the Divine Realm...

Right?

Qing Xuan tilted her head, her gaze sparkling. Her jade-green eyes looked towards the sky. That was the direction of the Divine Realm, the location of the gods.

Little Zi...

Sigh...

This night, Qing Xuan spent it in torment and anxiety. The moonlight gradually faded, and the dawn broke. The sky in the east turned a fish-belly white. Qing Xuan was still standing by the lake, not moving at all, like a statue. In her heart, the disturbing thoughts, under the baptism of the night, gradually settled, becoming clear and profound.

She realized that between herself and Little Zi, there was perhaps really something missing. The way they had gotten together was also so hasty. Even the names they had chosen were so... so hasty. Otherwise, why would she still have unavoidable contradictions with him on many matters of the Divine Realm?

This realization made her feel a trace of bitterness, but at the same time, it also let her see the true desire in the depths of her heart.

Qing Xuan took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, as if to expel all the dullness of the night.

That thing that could touch the soul, what could it be? And what was it that she was pursuing? As the Life God-King, since her birth, it was nothing more than pursuing the stability of the Divine Realm, the peace of the subordinate planes, and the harmonious coexistence of all living things.

The definition of destruction seemed to be really different from her own...

She shook her head and came back to her senses. Only then did she discover that it was already broad daylight.

Lin Feng and Bibi Dong had also already woken up from their bed. Their laughter and conversation came with the wind. Bibi Dong's voice even more so carried a trace of laziness and satisfaction, making one's heart tremble.

"Tsk."

Qing Xuan clicked her tongue. To do that kind of thing, is it so comfortable and satisfying? Bibi Dong's tone of voice had even changed, becoming so soft and charming. Every light laugh carried a trace of an indescribable charm.

Bibi Dong greeted her. Qing Xuan nodded and smiled faintly, which counted as a response.

It seems even her figure is different? Her whole person is more radiant than in the past. Her skin is even more delicate, as if nourished by the morning dew.

Is this what they call a necessary thing between a husband and wife? Qing Xuan pursed her vermilion lips. Seeing Lin Feng smiling and waving at her, she was stunned for a moment, then politely returned a smile. This fellow, it's clearly just a few steps. What is he doing, waving at me from over there...

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"The inheritance grounds of the gods?" Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, stroking his chin. He asked Qing Xuan, "Why do you suddenly bring this up? Are you going to these places to check on something?"

Qing Xuan nodded. "Yesterday, I had a discussion with Bibi Dong. I discovered that the Rakshasa God is also using a loophole in the divine trial to influence the lower realm. And, her situation makes me feel disgusted. To torture her own successor like this is really hard to understand."

"Not to mention the Rakshasa, I have previously discovered that there are many divine power fluctuations left by various gods on the Douluo Continent. They are very subtle, but I can deduce the time of their descent, which was within a thousand years of the Douluo human world."

"Clearly, during this period of time, besides the Asura and a few other gods, the Douluo Star did not have any new god-seat successors. This situation, it is very likely that they had secretly descended to the lower realm, or, like the Rakshasa, had used their divine sense to influence the human world."

"For this, I need... for this, I need to personally go to the inheritance grounds of the gods, to investigate the remnants of these gods one by one, to see if I can find evidence of their illegal descent to the lower realm, or to understand why they would leave these divine power fluctuations."

Lin Feng frowned. "Which places are you going to?"

"Asura, Sea God, Speed, Strength, Fire God, and so on."

"Asura..." Lin Feng nodded. "It just so happens that I know where the dojos of the Asura God and the Sea God are. We can go together."