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--- Chapter 237 ---

Even then, Beta knew how much effort Alpha put into his work. Creating the 'Divine Art' in less than six months isn't easy. He complained that he had spent five years in the Dou Qi Continent, but it was much slower-paced compared to Alpha's daily life.

At least Beta could still relax and spend time with his sweet younger sister Xiao Yixian if he was bored. Alpha is a maniac on a different level, as he is borderline torturing himself mentally at this point.

One hundred and sixty-nine days have passed since their last meeting, and Alpha has only slept for thirty minutes every day while focusing the rest of the time on developing Divine Art.

Madness. Yes, this guy, Alpha, was 'literally' driven by madness!

Of course, the girls would force Alpha to relax once in a while, but he'd return to his focused state afterward. In fact, it's not until recently that Alpha started slowing down because he had succeeded! So, he had the right to be proud of his creation!

"You really locked in, huh?" Beta gave Alpha a weird look.

Alpha smiled faintly, "Can't help it. The change Dou Qi Plane brought to Douluo Plane is tremendous. Even though Dou Qi didn't magically appear out of thin air, Thirteen told me the activity of heaven and earth improved rapidly in merely half a year."

"If this continued, the next generation would possess a stronger physique and most likely awaken Body Spirits, which is a good thing for us."

Beta commented, "But that doesn't mean the chance of awakening other spirits is lower, right?"

"Indeed, while the chance of awakening Beast Spirits is getting lower, we can't say the same about Tool Spirits. After all, using tools is always part of humanity." Alpha nodded calmly.

"Still, the effect of Dou Qi Plane on spirit masters is slow compared to what happened to the spirit beast's populations."

"Thirteen reported to me that the major super beast habitats like Star Dou Forest, Far North, the Sea, and even Demon Forest in the Sun Moon Continent have grown two times faster."

"Any spirit beast that recently reached 10,000 the 10,000-year-old mark also develops a stronger body, power, and more intelligence than their former generation."

"The counter to this is the fact that they formed "Magic Core" in their bodies more successfully now..."

"Wait, aren't spirit beasts' core their spirit bone?" Beta interjected with a frown on his face.

"Exactly, if greedy people started learning about this, they would hunt spirit beasts like they were on a whole sell." Alpha helplessly sighed.

"Then, the beast tide will follow, and my negotiation with Silver Dragon King will be naught."

"Thankfully, Thirteen has helped those 'lucky' spirit beasts secretly, and no one would find out about it soon."

"But you don't know how long it will last..." Beta grimaced. If Silver Dragon King is as stubborn as the book describes, cooperation between them would be difficult. It is 'extremely' difficult.

They wanted an ally, not a dead weight.

Alpha sighed again, "It would be nice if spirit beasts could keep up with the spirit master's cultivation, but that's just a pipe dream. The limitation Dragon God left behind on the spirit beast is really annoying at a time like this."

"And that damned Asura has been feeding propaganda to other gods that spirit beasts shouldn't be allowed to become Beast God unless they wanted to repeat what happened with Dragon God."

"Did the God of Destruction tell you that?" asked Beta.

"Yes, ever since we pushed things by sabotaging all his backups, he began to scheme in the Divine Realm instead," Alpha replied while chuckling coldly.

"Shit, what the shit!" Beta cursed in annoyance.

"We need to dispel the god's negative view of spirit beasts quickly."

Alpha shrugged casually, "Don't worry, the God of Destruction already did it, but once the seed of doubt is 'already' planted, we need time to fix things up."

"Frankly, everything on my side is rather stable for now..."

"At least for a few years, Asura won't make a drastic move."

"I guess that's true..." Beta calmed himself down. "But you really shouldn't wait for Asura to make a move."

Alpha rolled his eyes, "You said that as if you don't know my next plan."

"Hehe, just saying." Beta laughed a little.

Simply put, Alpha's next plan is to talk with Silver Dragon King and unite the spirit beasts under her banner. However, if that didn't work, he didn't mind giving Silver Dragon King a harsh lesson and bringing them under his control instead.

In fact, Alpha felt the Snow Emperor would be a better choice than the Silver Dragon King. Then, again, the latter's identity is just too noble and superior.

Half of Dragon God is technically still a Dragon God!

As for Oceanic Spirit Beasts, their fate is as good as blind slaves for the Sea God, and there are only a few spirit beasts that can be reasoned with by Alpha, so he didn't bother to talk with them for now.

After settling the spirit beasts on the Douluo Continent, Alpha planned to visit the Sun Moon Continent, learn the Soul Guide, and bargain with the Evil Eye Tyrant Emperor. If the bargain didn't work, he didn't mind another Spirit Soul for his martial soul.

"What about you? I know you're planning to recruit that Qing Lin girl and then study at Jia Nan Academy, but knowing me, you probably couldn't stay for too long." Alpha changed the topic.

Beta narrowed his eyes, "Well, yes, I've been searching for secret realms in the North-Western Region. I wanted to try my luck."

"After all, I had my conjecture on the Dou Qi Plane."

"Oh, what is it?" Alpha was curious.

"You know that we are the Son of Destiny in the Douluo Plane, right? I felt like I was also the Son of Destiny in the Douluo Plane, though the feeling is thinner." Beta explained slowly.

"You can call it a hunch or whatever, but you know our feelings can't be wrong."

"Huh, that's weird." Alpha tilted his head.

"Did the Plane's Consciousness contact you there?"

"No, like I said, it's a hunch." Beta shook his head bitterly.

"While I know I was cheating the system of the Dou Qi Plane, I have never been punished for it."

"In contrast, I felt rewarded."

"No rejection, no restriction, just freedom."

"Don't you think it's weird?"

"That's why I wanted to try my luck!"

Alpha mumbled, "I see..."

"So, you're planning to beat Han Feng up first..."

"Can't help it, that guy is a goddamn fat sheep ready to be slaughtered by me." Beta cheekily responded. "Just think about the incomplete 'Flame Mantra' he had. That one Dou Technique alone is worth it."

"Not to mention, he has Ocean Heart Flame, Yao Chen's inheritance, and some secrets of the Hall of Souls."

"He couldn't be more fattier, hahaha~!" Alpha laughed in realization.

"But what are you planning to do with his soul?"

Beta stumped for a moment before grinning, "I planned to exchange his soul with Yao Chen. Although that old fossil is a bit close-minded, the anger he had for his treacherous disciple should fetch us a few good things."

"If possible, I wanted a complete version of Flame Mantra, but if I don't get it, it's fine, too."

Alpha and Beta understood that they didn't really need a complete Flame Mantra, as the concept behind this growth-type Dou Technique is more important than anything.

In fact, Beta could have used Golden Emperor Sky Burning Flame's seed, Ten Thousand Beast Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame into a new Heavenly Flame using his spiritual power.

However, he didn't do so because fusing these Heavenly Flames into one would erase their existing concepts. After all, he didn't understand how to integrate Heavenly Flames like Flame Mantra did.

"Since we are here, we should open the reward for that Xiao Yixian's task," said Alpha.

"I'm sure you have been wanting to get the Spirit Awakening Method. So you can awaken martial souls in the Dou Qi Continent."

"Though I don't know if being a split soul will cause your spirits to be different than mine."

"We will see about that soon." Beta nodded, feeling somewhat excited about the prospect of having different martial souls than Alpha.

"Well, then, what are we waiting for?"

Alpha and Beta stared at each other before laughing out loud, "System, open the reward!"