After fully absorbing the inner core of the Ten-Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, Xu Yang could clearly feel that his Sun Martial Soul had undergone a minor evolution. And even that small step was enough to awaken a new Innate Domain—proof that his gamble had paid off.
Wasn't the reason he ventured into Slaughter City precisely to obtain both the Deathgod Domain and to awaken a domain of his Martial Soul?
Now, he had succeeded.
"Sun Domain!"
With a single thought, brilliant golden-red light surged outward, emanating from the Sun Martial Soul, swiftly covering a radius of over a hundred meters. Within this domain:
Xu Yang's strength increased across the board by 20%.
All enemies in the area would suffer a 20% suppression.
Their five senses would be dulled.
Their soul power and spiritual power would be rapidly drained.
And under direct sunlight, the boosts and debuffs from the Sun Domain would become even more potent.
Of course, before reaching the level of Martial Soul True Body, the energy consumption for maintaining this domain wasn't small either.
"This is incredible. It's even more compatible with me than the Deathgod Domain. It doesn't carry that cold, oppressive aura—instead, it feels like a warm current flowing through my whole body. So comfortable!"
Xu Yang was amazed. The Sun Domain exceeded his expectations. Not only was it more powerful than the Deathgod Domain, it was also perfectly suited to him, enabling him to draw out his full potential in ways the other domain never could.
After familiarizing himself with the Sun Domain, Xu Yang stepped out of the cave. He needed a wide, open space to test the power of his newly obtained Fifth Soul Skill. Testing it inside the cave was too dangerous—if a rockslide occurred, it wouldn't kill him, but it would still be a nuisance to clean up.
He soon found a flat clearing in the forest—a hundred-meter-wide area with little vegetation and no trees. Slightly desolate, but perfect for testing a large-scale Soul Skill.
"Fifth Soul Skill: Ten Suns in the Sky Formation!"
As Xu Yang activated his fifth soul ring, his second soul ring lit up as well. Black and purple lights intertwined. His Sun Martial Soul flew from behind his head into the sky and, in the blink of an eye, split into ten identical golden suns.
The nine outer suns formed a perfect ring around the central one—like satellites orbiting a monarch. That central sun flared, sending intense heat surging outward. As it linked with the others, radiant red-gold light flooded the land, dyeing the entire mountain forest in its glow.
The surrounding temperature skyrocketed. Within just a few seconds, the heat had surpassed 60 degrees Celsius. Dry grass instantly caught fire, and within a kilometer, the forest became a sea of flames.
"..."
Xu Yang was stunned speechless.
This soul skill was terrifyingly powerful. A buff-type soul skill, yes—but instead of boosting his strength, defense, speed, or soul power, it directly amplified the power of his Sun Martial Soul—by tenfold.
The flames and light of the Sun Martial Soul became vastly more potent, and his control over it grew incredibly refined. With just a thought, the Martial Soul would instantly respond. Most astonishingly, the skill drastically increased the Martial Soul's ability to draw solar energy from the skies—tenfold.
Ten times.
That number alone said everything.
With his Sun Martial Soul amplified to that degree, Xu Yang could confidently say: in terms of Martial Soul and elemental attributes, even a Titled Douluo couldn't match him. The only disparity left would be in raw soul power.
And this wasn't just brute-forcing power by multiplying the Martial Soul's count. The ten suns resonated with each other in a special rhythm, harmonizing with heaven and earth to draw on the natural energy of the world.
Naturally, a soul skill this formidable came with steep limitations:
It must be used in combination with his second soul skill to unlock its full power. While it could be activated alone, the result would only be a threefold amplification, a standard-level buff skill.
It only reaches full strength in daylight. At night, the amplification would be halved—fivefold instead of ten.
The activation time is longer than most soul skills, though that could be mitigated by pre-using the second skill to reduce startup.
"No. The strongest version of this skill must be kept secret as my trump card. I'll only use the standard threefold version in battle."
Resolving to keep the full power of Ten Suns in the Sky Formation hidden, Xu Yang deactivated his Martial Soul. Flames rippled along his right arm as the Right Arm Bone of Flame Control manifested. With a simple lift of his hand, the wildfire across the forest instantly extinguished—without leaving a single ember.
Suddenly, he sensed several soul power signatures rapidly approaching. Judging by their strength, they were only Soul Elders—clearly drawn here by the massive blaze from his soul skill test.
Not wanting any trouble—and aware of the murderous aura he still exuded after surviving Slaughter City—Xu Yang vanished with a flash. He wasn't interested in explanations… or casualties.
Just after he left, several soul masters clad in their Martial Souls arrived at the scorched clearing, scanning their surroundings.
"The heat here is off the charts. Must've been a Soul Sage-level fire-attribute soul master testing skills. That's what caused the wildfire. Seems they cleaned it up before leaving."
"Let's go. Soul Sage business isn't something small fry like us can meddle in."
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Meanwhile, in the Divine Realm, the God of Asura slowly retracted his gaze, a deep furrow forming in his brow.
"How strange… someone has appeared on Douluo Star whose fate even I cannot see."
As the inheritor of the Slaughter City, Asura God always observed the candidates who cleared the Hell Road and obtained the Deathgod Domain, assessing whether they were fit to inherit his God Position. Naturally, when Xu Yang passed the trial and gained the domain, Asura cast his gaze.
But with just a single glance, he realized this youth was unlike any other. Xu Yang's destiny was in flux, sometimes so immense it could eclipse the entire planet's fate, and at other times so faint it was less than that of a mortal. Completely unpredictable.
Every being born on Douluo Star carried a trace of the planet's worldly fortune—its destiny. Most were average, some were chosen as "children of fate." But whether powerful or weak, Asura could usually read their life's threads.
But not Xu Yang.
"Perhaps… he is the one worthy of inheriting my Asura Godhood."
That thought emerged in Asura's mind—and once it did, it couldn't be shaken.
After all, Tang Chen had utterly failed him—contaminated by the evil intent of the Rakshasa God, unable to pass the Eighth Trial. Because of him, Asura's plans to leave for the cosmos had been delayed again and again.
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