Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 257: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

The sacred beast's flames bestowed upon Qian immense power of fire, light, and holiness. However, the pain in her heart and the curse of her tribespeople also granted her the attributes of evil and darkness.

In the beginning, Qian, who possessed five attributes—fire, light, darkness, holiness, and evil—stood dazedly, staring at the ashes of her tribespeople, feeling the power surging within her while an overwhelming emptiness filled her heart.

As the flames died down, a few soul beasts gathered around.

The flames of the sacred beast were considered the ultimate nourishment for fire-attribute soul beasts, but they could not absorb it directly. Instead, they could only follow the sacred beast, licking the remnants of energy and its aura left in the ashes.

A blazing lion with both light and fire attributes approached Qian. Having just survived the sacred beast's flames and absorbed a portion of its energy into its martial soul, the blazing lion stood before Qian, trembling, without the courage to attack her.

Looking at the blazing lion, which bore a resemblance to the sacred beast, the grief-stricken Qian let out an enraged roar. The three pairs of wings on her back flapped chaotically as she charged forward, pummeling the lion's head with her fists.

Due to the lingering aura of the sacred beast on Qian, the blazing lion neither resisted nor dared to fight back. It knelt on the ground, enduring Qian's relentless blows until it was beaten to death. A deep purple soul ring emerged from its body.

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With the death of the blazing lion, the nearby opportunistic soul beasts quickly fled, leaving only Qian and the lion's corpse. Guided by her martial soul's instinct, Qian absorbed the first soul ring of her life.

A thousand-year soul ring was far beyond what an ordinary soul master could handle, and the blazing lion was a top-tier soul beast with thousands of years of cultivation. Theoretically, absorbing such a ring would be extremely difficult. However, due to the sacred beast's overwhelming influence, the lion's soul ring offered no resistance to Qian and even cooperated in the absorption process.

From that day forward, the Douluo Continent lost an unknown small tribe and gained a girl with three pairs of wings on her back.

Having lost her people, Qian vowed to help anyone she encountered. Filled with hatred for soul beasts, she began to hunt those who harmed humans.

The powers of evil and darkness gave Qian the ability to absorb the strength of deceased soul beasts, while her holy and light powers ensured she would not be completely consumed by the lingering wills of the soul beasts. These powers purified her soul energy, maintaining its purity.

As Qian grew stronger, those she rescued gradually formed a tribe around her. They believed Qian to be a messenger of heaven and began referring to her as the Angel.

As the tribe expanded, the number of people she saved increased, and her reputation spread far and wide. Eventually, the title of "God" was added to her name, and she became known as the Angel God.

At first, Qian's power was not particularly strong. However, through constant battles, the growth of her followers, and the accumulation of faith, the fortune of humanity began to attach itself to her, causing her power to undergo a qualitative transformation.

Her martial soul strengthened, her physique enhanced, and her spirit grew more resilient. Beyond the enhancement of her basic attributes, Qian also began to acquire new abilities, such as healing and purification.

These newfound abilities saved many who would have otherwise perished, and people naturally regarded them as divine miracles, worshiping her as the omnipotent Angel God.

Qian's first three soul rings were purple, while from the fourth ring onward, they turned black. By the time she could absorb her seventh soul ring, she led her followers to kill a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and claim its soul ring.

Her eighth ring was red. She and her followers hunted a severely injured two-hundred-thousand-year fire dragon beast, which became her eighth ring. During the battle, one of her followers sacrificed himself to shield Qian from the dragon's dying counterattack. Before his death, he poured his life's energy into his martial soul sword, granting it partial physical form and entrusting it to the Angel God. This was the prototype of the Angelic Holy Sword.

During that era, possessing eight rings was already legendary. After acquiring her eighth ring, Qian believed her power had nearly reached its peak. She began uniting human tribes, focusing on their welfare.

She hunted beasts and soul beasts, eliminated soul masters who used evil sacrificial methods and destroyed hybrids of humans and soul beasts born of dark practices. Under her leadership, the Angel Army and the Angelic Holy Sword illuminated that era. Almost all humans believed that Qian was a god who could save humanity and lead them out of their suffering. Empowered by faith, her strength grew even further.

By fifty, Qian had obtained her eighth soul ring. After accumulating faith for fifty years, she passively reached level ninety. Due to her extraordinary nature and the weight of the faith she carried, even at one hundred years old, she showed no signs of aging.

During this time, Qian experienced much—witnessing death and new life. As her heart matured, the evil power in her martial soul was gradually suppressed. Her martial soul, once neutral between good and evil, transformed into the Six-Winged Angel of ultimate light, flame, and holiness.

When that familiar feeling of breakthrough arose again, Qian realized that there was a ninth soul ring beyond the eight she had known. Her strength could continue to grow. However, she also sensed that the ninth ring was the limit of this world, and she could only absorb one final soul ring.

Thus, at one hundred years old, Qian spent another century in deep contemplation, accumulating faith and power. By then, her Angelic Holy Sword had become a divine artifact, and she had become the first human on the Douluo Continent to forge the prototype of a divine position.

Though her soul power was only at the quasi-Title Douluo level, her divine position prototype made her a true demigod.

At two hundred years old, wielding the Angelic Holy Sword, Qian confronted her lifelong nightmare: the Rui Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. After a fierce battle, she killed it.

Before its death, the sacred beast attempted to self-detonate its origin to prevent Qian from claiming its soul ring and soul bone. However, Qian redirected its origin into the Angelic Holy Sword, preventing the explosion and absorbing the soul ring while losing the soul bone.

By vanquishing the sacred beast, Qian resolved her final inner conflict. The evil power in her martial soul dissipated completely, and humanity inherited the fortune once held by the soul beasts. The era of soul beasts as the dominant species ended, and humanity began to rise.

Years later, Di Tian, leading numerous savage beasts, sought Qian to annihilate humanity, fearing their growing threat to soul beasts. In a moment of crisis, Qian self-destructed her divine position, using the Angelic Holy Sword to crush Di Tian and the beast tide.

Having lost her divine position, Qian's path to further advancement seemed cut off. However, by chance, she encountered a deity from the Divine Realm, who granted her a portion of judgmental power.

Using this power, Qian, who was on the verge of perishing, regained some of her strength and vitality. She continued helping humanity escape soul beast domination.

In an unexpected discovery, Qian stumbled upon a golden ancient tree, towering dozens of meters high, within a demi-plane.

Meditating beneath the golden tree—the source of life for the Douluo Star—for years, Qian restored her power and once again condensed her divine position.

During this process, Qian uncovered the tree's hidden potential and learned some secrets of the ancient world. She decided to set a plan in motion for humanity's future, a grand scheme spanning tens of thousands of years.