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The technological level of the Douluo Star was hardly worth mentioning. Before Su Yu's intervention, there wasn't even a clear definition of what "technology" truly meant.
The focus had solely been on the development of soul masters and soul engineers.
There had been no progress in the direction of actual science or technology.
The Douluo Divine Realm surely had access to information from the wider universe, but clearly, those deities never shared such knowledge with the lower realm, nor did they have any intention of guiding its development.
In fact, most of the deities simply didn't care whether the lower realm grew stronger or not.
Su Yu obtained technological knowledge from the Elf Queen—information held by the elven race.
"If this were all the available technology, it wouldn't be easy to organize. This is just the foundational knowledge, including some information on spacecraft technology."
Even this partial collection filled hundreds of volumes when recorded in book form.
Looking at the stacks of books, Su Yu felt a wave of emotion.
He stored the materials into his spatial soul tool and made a final agreement with the Elf Queen.
Six months later, he would return to the Elven Star to escort several of the elven gods to Douluo Star, in preparation for the ultimate battle.
In the silent expanse of space, a spherical spacecraft traveled swiftly, trailing a long plume of flame.
"Level ninety-eight now, but my soul power still hasn't reached its peak. After building up a bit more, I can begin trying to condense the third soul core."
Su Yu had already successfully formed his first two soul cores, both structured with a yin-yang complementary method.
Now, he intended to form his third soul core the same way—using the balance of yin and yang.
He had discovered how to create mutual balance between all three cores. Now, only the actual formation remained.
"The virtual soul core of the battle armor is still very important."
Inside the spacecraft, Su Yu prepared to perfect the core array of his battle armor before returning to Douluo Star. He would then re-inscribe the spiritual patterns to assist in condensing the virtual soul core and complete the calibration for his third core.
Once successful, he could immediately begin the actual condensation process.
In the deep starry void, a fleet cruised through space.
"Boss, of the nearby life-bearing planets, only the Elven Star meets the conditions. It must've undergone some change—very likely a promotion to a divine-class planet."
"What do you think, boss? If the Elven Star really has ascended to the divine class, then its value has completely changed."
"Yeah, but the Elven Star has decent relations with several other divine-class planets."
"Even if the elves are peace-loving, once they possess divine-class land, will those friendly divine-class planets still treat them the same way?"
You can be wealthy and form alliances beyond your tier, but once you ascend, even if you still desire peace, your strength alone becomes a threat to others.
Because now, you are their equal in power.
The Elven Star was once a major supplier of life treasures for many divine-class realms. Now that it has evolved and begun producing large quantities of life treasures, divine-level powerhouses are bound to emerge among the elves. In that case, will the elven race still be willing to trade away their treasures?
Even if they do, now they have the power to choose.
"Let's go check out the situation first."
If the Elven Star really has ascended, even if there are new divine-class elves, they couldn't be very strong just yet.
Their battleships should still be capable of exerting deterrence.
If the elves aren't strong enough, taking the Elven Star by force wouldn't be difficult.
Su Yu suddenly sensed the appearance of multiple auras.
"So many ninth-level auras…"
According to universal standards, ninth-level corresponds to the Titled Douluo level.
Ninth-level power wasn't a problem; what caught Su Yu's attention was the presence of divine-level threats.
"There are no divine-level beings here, only the threat of divine-level power—likely coming from the warships themselves." Su Yu used the power of fate to accurately determine the source of danger.
From afar, he already had a clear grasp of the opposing side's general situation.
Meanwhile, the fleet heading toward the Elven Star also detected Su Yu's presence.
"Boss, we've detected a lifeform up ahead."
On the ship's monitor, a spherical spacecraft could be seen speeding away.
"What model is that ship?"
"Boss, it seems to have come from the direction of the Elven Star."
"Oh?"
A burly man with a scar squinted at the screen and asked, "Have you detected the lifeform's strength inside the ship?"
"There's only one lifeform. Energy fluctuations are at about peak ninth-level."
"Heh, bold one, traveling alone through the universe in a ship."
"Boss, let's teach him a lesson!"
As infamous star pirates known for their ruthlessness, they never missed a chance to strike if there was potential profit.
And Su Yu definitely looked like someone worth targeting.
Whether he was just a messenger or something else, stopping him came first.
Also, they had already analyzed the material strength of that spherical ship. It was actually strong enough to be used for constructing a divine-class vessel.
To think such high-grade materials were used to make such a low-class spacecraft.
Even though it had an unusual shape, its speed revealed a lot.
Su Yu could feel someone was observing him.
He did not shield himself.
He allowed the other party to detect his soul power fluctuations freely.
"This probing technique is incredibly refined... Is this how detection works in the universe?"
Su Yu didn't pay much attention to the probing energy. Instead, he used the power of fate to deduce and perceive—and he sensed hostility.
"Hostility, huh? In that case, I won't feel the slightest bit guilty."
Moreover, through the power of fate, Su Yu also roughly perceived the malice they held toward the Elven Star.
"They were probably drawn here by the energy surge from the Elven Star's breakthrough. Might as well take care of them while I'm at it."
A planetary breakthrough creates massive fluctuations—especially one as profound as the Elven Star, with its deep foundation.
And anyone who arrives with malicious intent clearly isn't a good person.
"Boss, we're getting close—he's now within our attack range."
"Number Two, Number Three, intercept him from other directions."
"B-B-B-Boss... something's wrong!"
"Who are you?!"
In the control room, a figure suddenly appeared, scaring the technician at the console out of his wits.
Everyone stared at Su Yu in shock, completely unable to comprehend how someone had just materialized inside their ship out of nowhere.
The leader of this fleet—the scar-faced man—instantly sensed Su Yu's soul power and went on high alert.
"Who are you?"
"The owner of the spherical ship you were talking about." Su Yu glanced around. His spiritual power had already swept through the ship, giving him a clear understanding of its layout. His mind was now even more at ease.
The scar-faced man looked at the monitor and, sure enough, saw that the energy fluctuations from the spherical ship had vanished from their scans.
"How is that possible?!"
"How did you get here?"
You were just over there a moment ago, and now—whoosh—you're suddenly standing in our ship?!
That's impossible in space!
Isn't spatial movement supposed to be ineffective in the universe?
Su Yu felt no obligation to answer this "boss." With a wave of his hand, he summoned cosmic energy. The ship was instantly engulfed in an otherworldly domain, as if the entire vessel had been swallowed by a pocket of heaven and earth. The overwhelming pressure of that force bore down on everyone aboard.
"So powerful!"
The scar-faced man immediately knew they had provoked the wrong person. He quickly cried out, "Senior, please don't be offended! We were blind and failed to recognize a mighty figure. We'll offer compensation! We are a subordinate fleet of the Xing Sheng Corporation—please show us some mercy!"
Su Yu had never even heard of the Xing Sheng Corporation.
Boom!
With a casual wave of his hand, he wiped out the star pirates aboard the main ship.
Su Yu's strength had fully reached, and perhaps even surpassed, the level of a True God.
What made him even more formidable was the fact that he wasn't just strong—he was extremely well-rounded. In the universe, his powers could be considered downright unnatural. He didn't even need to lift a finger to kill. By leveraging his now largely complete domain, he slaughtered every pirate aboard the main ship effortlessly.
No hesitation, no wasted effort. After eliminating the scar-faced man and the rest of the pirates on the main vessel, Su Yu vanished in an instant and reappeared in the other ships, systematically eliminating the rest of the star pirate fleet.
Then, using necromantic techniques, he extracted a wealth of information.
"Star pirates, huh... And they were planning to attack the Elven Star and harm the elven race? Yeah, they definitely deserved to die."
"But this Xing Sheng Corporation... it turns out to be an alliance formed by several divine-level powers from across the universe, and they've got three ultra-god-tier beings backing them..."
Su Yu hadn't expected this group of star pirates to have such a powerful background.
Ultra-god-tier beings—within the Divine Realm, they are equivalent to third-tier gods!
Even in a powerful realm like the Crimson Domain, they are considered part of the absolute upper echelon, rulers of entire star systems.
However, to Su Yu, that didn't mean much.
"My current strength... to be precise, I should be at the threshold of the ultra-god-tier level."
Su Yu evaluated his own abilities.
Previously, he might have classified himself as merely at the True God level. But during the Elven Star's breakthrough, his soul power had surged by three levels—three full levels as a Super Douluo. That kind of leap made it reasonable to believe he had stepped into the ultra-god-tier threshold.
Still, Su Yu knew his own estimation might be off.
His combat effectiveness could easily rise by two minor tiers. For example, he might be at level 123 or 124. Or, if the ultra-god-tier level were split into early, mid, and late stages, then he would be solidly in the late stage.
After annihilating the star pirates affiliated with the Xing Sheng Corporation, Su Yu seized their fleet.
Ships capable of unleashing divine-level attacks were considered rare and valuable even across the universe—these ships were a sizable loss to the Xing Sheng Corporation.
Following the fleet's disappearance, the corporation's headquarters detected the anomaly through special methods.
"Huh? A new fate connection... Is this from Xing Sheng Corporation?" Su Yu sensed a wave of hostility. Using the power of fate to divine its source, he received a hazy but telling answer.
"Well, well... they really hold grudges, don't they?"
No surprise—they were star pirates, after all.
Su Yu stored all ten battleships into his life-space and returned to the flagship.
He attempted to maneuver the flagship closer to his own spherical ship. After safely retrieving it, he took control of the flagship and set a course back toward Douluo Star.
"Though the tech is advanced, interception still isn't a problem for me."
Su Yu's weakness lay in his limited mastery of soul tool technology—not in his actual strength.
With a blend of fate and time powers, he formed a magnetic shielding field around the flagship, completely jamming any outgoing signal. The ship was now effectively undetectable to outside forces.
"It's so much faster than my old ship," Su Yu mused.
Even if the return trip took more time, at this speed, he would definitely make it back to Douluo Continent at least two months before the start of the Soul Battle Tournament.
Outer space near Douluo Star.
A massive ship sped across the void.
Numerous satellites orbiting Douluo Star detected the disturbance and immediately transmitted alerts.
Sun-Moon.
Sun-Moon Hall.
"Something's wrong! A ship is approaching Douluo Star!"
The monitoring room at Sun-Moon Hall plunged into chaos.
Su Yu had only been away from Douluo Star for seven months, yet the number of satellites orbiting the planet had increased explosively.
In truth, even before Su Yu left, Douluo Star had already launched more satellites than during the initial deployment. While Su Yu was improving his spaceship technology, Sun-Moon Hall had repeatedly launched new satellites, each with specialized functions. They began deploying various types designed for specific purposes.
After Su Yu's departure, the satellite program accelerated rapidly. Technology advanced swiftly, collecting vast amounts of data. By now, the satellite systems were fully developed, and a large number of satellites had been deployed.
All of Douluo Continent was now under comprehensive surveillance.
Even the communication networks had been integrated with the satellite system.
The communication soul tool terminals had finally been refined to the level of a second-tier soul tool!
In other words, each terminal now only required second-tier materials, making them far easier to produce.
Moreover, the cost was significantly lower than that of a typical second-tier soul tool—and with mass production, the price would only drop further.
And this was despite the technology still being incomplete. Once it's perfected, and the soul tool arrays are further miniaturized, the consumption of rare metals would decrease dramatically. Eventually, a single Gold Soul Coin might be enough to buy a communication terminal.
Currently, communication towers across the continent were undergoing upgrades. No longer were they mere signal relays like cell towers—they had become secondary transmission hubs.
Terminal → Tower → Satellite → Tower → Terminal
This loop further reduced the burden on the terminal side, truly pushing the soul tool communication system toward widespread adoption.
All across the land, towers were being upgraded to integrate with the satellite network.
Meanwhile, back in Sun-Moon Hall's control room, the alert about an approaching cosmic starship quickly reached the hands of Jing Hongchen.
The Extreme North.
Jing Hongchen's expression changed.
"Is it Su Yu's ship?"
"No."
That was the truly alarming part.
Su Yu had gone out into space, yet the ship approaching wasn't the one he had left in.
Kong Deming thought for a moment, then retrieved a special rune.
The rune read: 'Void'.
He activated it, awakening the spiritual power Su Yu had left within it.
A spiritual projection of Su Yu instantly materialized.
"Teacher, what happened?" Su Yu's spirit asked, a bit surprised.
Kong Deming let out a breath of relief—Su Yu's mental energy hadn't dispersed, meaning his real body was likely fine.
"Can you contact your main body? Sun-Moon Hall just detected a starship approaching from space."
Su Yu's spiritual avatar immediately activated the 'Void' rune again, using its spatial resonance to connect with his true self.
Moments later, his expression turned... awkward.
"Teacher, that ship is mine."
"Huh?"
"Yup. I went out, and well... upgraded. Got myself a better ship. Makes sense, right?" the spirit said casually.
Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen were both momentarily speechless.
Jing Hongchen immediately sent a message to Sun-Moon Hall:
"The incoming ship belongs to Su Yu. No need for concern."
With that minor incident resolved, Jing Hongchen looked toward the darkened sky in the distance.
"The 'corruption' from the Abyss is getting worse. This must be what Little Yu warned us about—preparations for the Abyssal Sovereign's descent."
Kong Deming took a deep breath, his eyes burning with intensity.
"If the Abyssal Sovereign dares to descend upon our Douluo Continent, that will be our great opportunity."
The 'Void' rune that Su Yu left behind was meant to assist him in cultivation, helping him deepen his understanding of spatial forces. With the rune's aid, he could further develop his twin martial souls—Sun and Moon—and bring them closer together.
In soul master cultivation, the martial soul integrates with the master.
So too could twin martial souls eventually merge.
According to Su Yu's vision, after ascending to the divine realm, Kong Deming would fuse his two spirits into a single one—a Sun and Moon Unity Martial Soul.
(End of Chapter)