Douluo Dalu 3: Purple-Gold Dragon God

Looking around, Gu You spotted a thick, wide branch and climbed up onto it.

Meditation…

The life energy in the air surged into his body as if it were limitless. He let out a faint hum as golden streams of life energy gradually wrapped around him.

His consciousness began to blur. Everything was pure — pure life energy.

'What… is this?'

A golden ocean. An entire ocean of gold! Not ordinary seawater, but liquid formed entirely from condensed life energy.

Gu You's vision blurred slightly, as if caught in a dream.

In the distance, at the center of the golden sea, a blinding green light flickered softly. Curious, Gu You swam toward it — somehow, he could suddenly swim now.

As he approached the green glow, the surroundings became sharper, no longer hazy.

A seed. Yes! It was a seed. As he got closer, he saw it clearly: a seed glowing with gold and green, radiating life force.

Sensing Gu You's presence, it gleefully shot toward him.

In an instant, it merged into his mind.

The sea of life began to churn, bubbling as if boiling. Gu You seemed to understand instinctively what this was. He sat down, entering deep meditation, absorbing everything here.

In his spiritual sea, the seed appeared, quietly sinking down, rooting itself in the watery depths.

Some water-type spirit beasts, sensing the immense surge of life, swam over.

The first to arrive was a small ice snake. By now, the seed had already sprouted, growing to the size of a young sapling.

The little ice snake bit down — it was the instinct of spirit beasts, especially century-level ones without intelligence. Anything that looked valuable, they simply ate, unlike thousand-year beasts, who might guard it until it matured.

Luckily, Gu You arrived just in time. He grabbed the little snake and coiled it around his wrist.

"You really can eat anything, huh!"

The little ice snake flicked its tongue at Gu You — not to provoke, but actually because it was intimidated by his bloodline aura.

Gold?

Gu You now noticed in surprise: this little ice snake was entirely golden.

A shining variant spirit beast?

The thought popped into his mind. But with his aura's influence, shouldn't it have been purple? This…

He didn't dwell on it. Setting the little snake back in the water, he let it swim off.

After all, Gu You was already intrigued just by encountering this golden-colored snake. If word got out, others would probably look at him like he was crazy.

Turning back, Gu You gently stroked the Life Tree.

"You chose me, didn't you?" he sighed softly. It looked like his coming battle with Tang Hao was drawing near.

ROAR!

A mighty dragon's roar burst forth from Gu You's body. Throughout the entire spiritual sea, every spirit beast trembled in submission.

Even Tie Hanhan, a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast with bloodline far superior to ordinary beasts, could only lower her head under the pressure of Gu You's aura — though, to be fair, she resisted slightly better than the others.

"I command you all! Protect this tree. Do not harm it!"

A majestic dragon shadow appeared behind Gu You.

The growth of the Life Tree would endlessly bless this spiritual world. If a bunch of idiot spirit beasts ruined it, well — they'd just lose their chance at this fortune.

The conflict between humans and spirit beasts was unsolvable — everyone knew that. But right now, Gu You had a grand idea.

If he raised spirit beasts inside his mind, nurtured by the Life Tree, then one day, if he truly became a god, he could split off this small spiritual world, merge it into the Divine Realm, or even create his own little realm where spirit beasts could live.

It was a crazy idea. Who knew what kind of spiritual trauma splitting it off might cause? But he couldn't imagine doing something like in Soul Land IV — conquering planets and relocating spirit beasts.

The best outcome would be to integrate them into the Divine Realm. Just imagine — a century spirit beast, asleep inside Gu You's mind, suddenly waking up to find itself a god! That would truly bring glory to the spirit beast race.

Of course, whether the little bastard San would approve… that was another matter. Honestly, Gu You didn't expect any great friendship with the Tang clan. If needed, they could just stage a Divine Realm uprising later and seize power back. Though, facing a dozen Divine Kings… yeah, that would be tough.

All the spirit beasts lowered their heads, bowing to the towering purple emperor shadow behind Gu You.

Inside the Golden Ancient Tree, a beam of green light shot skyward, piercing through the tree's highest layers and blasting into the clouds.

Throughout Shrek City — and even far beyond — people could see it.

Long Yueye was startled awake by the commotion. In an instant, she arrived near Gu You's location, standing not far away, her eyes wide with shock.

Every Pavilion elder rushed to the scene, drawn by the disturbance.

The Golden Ancient Tree's energy condensed, forming a humanoid shape.

"How is this possible!"

Yun Ming felt the boundless life force in the air and spoke four words: "Child of Life."

Yali, standing beside him, smiled brightly. "Doesn't that mean little Gu has become the Child of the Plane?"

"No, no, not quite. It's the Seed of Life that chose him, not the plane itself. This is utterly incredible!" the Golden Ancient Tree's projection exclaimed.

"His phenomenon can't be hidden. Some of the old-timers will surely deduce the identity of this Child of Life," Cai Yue'er said gravely. This was her first time seeing Gu You — and to think, it would be under circumstances like these.

"Look!"

Someone called out.

Everyone turned their gaze and saw Gu You's spirit power surging wildly.

It stopped only when it reached rank 49.

Long Yueye swallowed hard.

'This is terrifying… absolutely terrifying. Jumping over ten ranks in one go — is this something a human can even achieve?'

In the sky, a dark green spirit ring slowly descended, following the beam of green light. The circle's width was massive, like a divine gift bestowed from the heavens.

A green spirit ring!

Throughout Shrek City, countless ordinary people gasped in amazement — such a sight was rarely seen in all of history.

Even among the Title Douluo present, none had ever witnessed something like this.

The spirit ring shrank down, settling beside Gu You.

A tide of life energy surged outward, green waves rippling around him.

Long Yueye felt the aura brushing over her and noticed that even her old injuries seemed to ease slightly.

"This really feels like divine energy… this tide, it's like the Life Tide of Demon Island," Yali murmured, closing her eyes.

At her words, several elders nearby sucked in a sharp breath. They were old enough to know — the Life Tide on Demon Island only appeared once in countless years, extremely rare.

And now, today, they were experiencing something like it — for free, just by standing near Gu You.

The spirit ring solidified. Gu You's body floated in midair.

Finally, the last wave of the life tide spread out, signaling that the absorption was complete.

(End of chapter)

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