Douluo: Heaven Seal

Chapter 45: Xue Qinghe and Bibi Dong! The Silver-Haired Youth and the Strange Butterfly! The Fourth Soul Ring—It's Decided!

No one among the Heaven Dou royal family or the master-level experts from the major academies on the ground could have imagined that high above their heads, the Pope of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong, was secretly conversing with Xue Qinghe, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire.

> "Seize power as soon as possible. In as little as five years, or at most ten—I will act then,"

Bibi Dong's gaze was calm, and her tone was steady.

> "Easy for you to say. If Emperor Xue Ye doesn't die, how am I supposed to seize power?"

Xue Qinghe sneered.

> "You'll find a way."

Bibi Dong remained indifferent.

Xue Qinghe frowned. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said:

> "A genius has emerged in the Heaven Dou Empire. His talent is not inferior to mine. He became a three-ring Spirit Master at eleven. His second spirit ring broke the limit—it's a thousand-year ring!"

Bibi Dong didn't seem surprised. She merely nodded.

> "I'm aware. Once the exchange group reaches Star Luo City, I'll send someone to make contact."

> "He's my man, not yours,"

Xue Qinghe said coldly.

"Even if he joins the Spirit Hall, it'll be the Worship Hall, not your side!"

> "He will either belong to the Spirit Hall... or he'll be dead."

Bibi Dong's voice remained calm, as if stating fact.

A cold light flashed through Xue Qinghe's eyes—he looked as if he might explode in fury. But he quickly composed himself.

Glancing downward, he said evenly:

> "Have your people withdraw."

Then, the six white wings behind him fluttered as he transformed into a streak of radiant light, flying off toward the distant jungle.

Bibi Dong watched his fading silhouette, seeming momentarily dazed. After a long pause, she slowly closed her eyes and whispered:

> "Ghost, it's time to leave."

A dark figure flickered and bowed respectfully before her.

> "Your Holiness... this mission resulted in the loss of six Soul Saints and one Soul Douluo. In addition..."

Ghost hesitated slightly.

> "One Soul Saint is missing…"

> "Missing?"

Bibi Dong's brows furrowed slightly.

The ghost visibly trembled, and a flicker of fear appeared in his eyes, concealed beneath the black mist.

> "Leave a few behind to search. Have the rest return. You and Yueguan go to Star Luo City, and meet that young man named Lu Yu."

After speaking, Bibi Dong's figure vanished on the spot.

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Star Soul Canyon—one of the rare medium-sized spirit beast gathering zones within the Star Luo Empire.

On the Douluo Continent, only three places qualify as large spirit beast domains:

Star Dou Great Forest

The Extreme North

The Deep Sea

The Spirit Hunting Forest in the Heaven Dou Empire doesn't even qualify as a small gathering place. It's more like a human-operated breeding ground.

The Sunset Forest, which Lu Yu had previously visited, barely counts as a medium-level beast domain.

In comparison, Star Soul Canyon has both a greater quantity and higher quality of spirit beasts than the Sunset Forest—it's among the elite medium-grade areas.

The canyon is vast, filled mostly with earth-type spirit beasts. Due to its dim, sun-starved environment, many dark-type spirit beasts also call it home.

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Upon arrival, Lu Yu headed directly toward the outer rim of the core zone, cautiously avoiding the deeper central area, which was territory to spirit beasts above 50,000 years old, or those with superior bloodlines.

Lu Yu was confident he could absorb a ten-thousand-year spirit ring, but no more than 20,000 years—so he wisely avoided deeper territory.

But after three full days of sweeping, Lu Yu still found nothing suitable.

The beasts he encountered were mostly earth-type, with the occasional dark attribute. Some could pair with his Fantian Seal, but...

> Lu Yu was looking for an evil-attribute spirit beast!

Then—suddenly, he heard a sound up ahead.

Instantly alert, he spread his spiritual sense toward the source.

> "A Human-Faced Demon Spider?"

Lu Yu blinked in surprise as a giant Human-Faced Demon Spider burst toward him, fleeing wildly.

Its abdomen had a gaping wound, leaking dark green blood. It was clearly running for its life!

Lu Yu stepped aside, letting it pass. The spider didn't even glance at him, like something even more terrifying was behind it.

Right then, a striking silver-haired youth appeared.

He stood nearly 1.9 meters tall, hair cropped short with crimson tips, and strange red butterfly-shaped markings beneath his eyes.

He looked like he had been chasing the spider—or was perhaps fleeing something himself, constantly looking over his shoulder.

As he passed Lu Yu, the youth did a double-take and exclaimed:

> "Damn! He's more handsome than me?!"

Lu Yu was instantly covered in metaphorical black lines.

But the young man recovered and ignored him, continuing the chase.

That's when Lu Yu saw it—

A bizarre butterfly emerged.

Its wingspan was nearly two meters, covered in dark red markings—and the aura it emitted was eerily evil.

Lu Yu's brows furrowed. He searched his memory and realized—

> "I don't recognize this soul beast…"

Suddenly, the Fantian Seal appeared in his hand. Behind the first three glowing runes, a fourth rune began to flicker faintly.

> Lu Yu felt it—a deep yearning.

> The yearning for evil-attribute power—like that from the Dark Evil Demon Tiger's core!

Lu Yu's eyes lit up as he stared intently at the strange butterfly.

> "This is it! This will be my fourth spirit ring!"

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The ghostly butterfly seemed to sense the same inexplicable attraction—it abruptly gave up chasing the silver-haired youth and turned its focus to Lu Yu!

The youth's eyes lit up as he quickly shouted:

> "Bro, that's a 17,000-year-old Ghost God Butterfly! Its mental strength rivals that of an eight-ring Soul Douluo! It's an almost extinct super beast—its combat power is close to a 50,000-year-old Beast King!"

Lu Yu shot the young man a sidelong glance and instantly understood.

Judging by his soul power fluctuations, the guy was likely at level 50—and the Human-Faced Demon Spider was probably his fifth ring target.

> This guy wasn't trying to help—he wanted Lu Yu to freak out and flee, dragging the Ghost God Butterfly away so he could handle the spider in peace.

Lu Yu smiled coldly.

> "Mental strength? Beast King tier?"

He snorted. Without a word, he silently activated Fourfold Tiangang Talismans, merging them into his body.

Then—

The gray symbol on his forehead flashed, and a 20-meter area around him was engulfed in a hazy gray light!

> Death Domain!

The Ghost God Butterfly's advance immediately stalled, its body visibly trembling.

Then, without hesitation, it turned and fled!

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The silver-haired youth was dumbfounded.

He stared at Lu Yu, eyes filled with shock.

> "A domain?! How old is he? He already has a domain?! Is that... an innate martial spirit domain?"

But before he could think further, the Human-Faced Demon Spider was escaping.

He had no choice but to chase it.

Only after the silver-haired youth disappeared did Lu Yu erupt in golden light and lightning, pursuing the Ghost God Butterfly!

Everywhere Lu Yu passed, grass and trees withered, and his momentum climbed higher and higher.

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