Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

This is quite strange because, during the process of absorbing the soul ring earlier, the world Chen Ming entered was completely devoid of color—filled with pure chaos. This situation, where one side is green and the other purple, is something he's seeing for the first time.

On the green side lies the origin and rules of the Douluo World, while the purple side contains an unfamiliar power. The green is slowly eroding the purple, twisting the rules of the otherworld into something that fits within the worldview of Douluo World.

Chen Ming first examined the green side, which displayed spirit abilities aligned with the Douluo World:

Venomous Beam, Death Poison Array, Turtle of Destruction… and upon looking deeper, he could even see a domain-type spirit ability capable of creating a wide area of deadly poison.

Although these abilities were of high quality overall, they still fell within the realm of common sense. So, Chen Ming turned his attention to the purple side.

How should he describe it? If the green side was like pre-packaged food, neatly categorized and ready to eat, then the purple side was like a pile of raw, unidentifiable ingredients.

The things from the purple side seemed valuable, but Chen Ming had never seen them before, couldn't understand them, and had no way to use them.

Even though Chen Ming had previously experimented using the rules of the Douluo World, he couldn't utilize things he didn't recognize.

Moreover, within Chen Ming's perception, the raw materials on the purple side could not directly be used as spirit abilities. The only usable options were those already organized by Douluo World on the green side.

Was he only allowed to choose according to the rules of Douluo World?

The spirit abilities available were excellent, but Chen Ming still felt somewhat unwilling. There might be something better out there.

What should he do, then?

Given his current abilities, he couldn't unravel the mysteries of the purple side on his own. Trying to convert the already-organized information back into the rules of the otherworld was even more out of the question.

So… could he let the Douluo World help him sort it out?

Chen Ming tentatively touched the purple rules. Chaotic and disordered knowledge flooded into his mind. He dragged this portion toward the green, and as the chaotic rules gradually entered the green world, the previously disordered knowledge slowly became organized.

It was a method of utilizing the power of death, knowledge imprinted in the bloodline of the Netherworld Scorpion race—a kind of inherited knowledge, but not a law.

Although this knowledge wasn't particularly beneficial to Chen Ming, he couldn't help but feel excited upon realizing what it represented.

After this lump of raw material was fully processed by Douluo World, the green world further compressed the space occupied by the purple world, and a new spirit ability appeared—one that hadn't been there before. It was transformed from the information Chen Ming had just dragged over.

Once this portion of otherworldly information was converted, Chen Ming could sense that his connection to the green world—or rather, to the origin of the Douluo World—had slightly deepened.

Although he didn't know what this connection would be useful for, Chen Ming felt it couldn't be a bad thing. If this connection continued to grow, he might eventually be able to directly communicate with the world consciousness of Douluo.

From then on, Chen Ming began gradually transporting the raw materials from the purple side to the green side, allowing Douluo World to convert chaotic knowledge into organized knowledge.

At first, the process drained Chen Ming's spiritual energy and soul power, leaving him somewhat fatigued.

But as the amount of material transported increased and his connection to the world deepened, Chen Ming could feel that Douluo World seemed to notice his actions and began using its power to alleviate his fatigue.

From Dugu Bo's perspective in the outside world, Chen Ming was halfway through absorbing the soul ring when the pure heaven and earth energy around him seemed to be summoned and began pouring into Chen Ming's body.

Chen Ming didn't even have to actively refine it; the energy automatically transformed into his soul power, restoring his state. This left Dugu Bo utterly dumbfounded. In all his years, he had never seen heaven and earth energy voluntarily flow into someone, let alone transform itself into soul power for them.

He could tell this was a good thing, but he had no understanding of the principles behind it. He simply felt that his status as a titled Douluo was a waste.

Chen Ming's meditation lasted a full day and night, as did the self-driven influx of heaven and earth energy.

When the purple world was entirely devoured by the green world of Douluo, Chen Ming felt a wave of satisfaction coursing through him. A vast amount of knowledge surged into his mind, and his connection with Douluo World grew even closer.

The green world expanded, then contracted. The original green quickly faded into colorless chaos. Under the influence of unknown power, all the rules of the chaotic world were compressed together, forming a special spirit ability that was then engraved into the soul ring.

Chen Ming exited his meditative state, feeling his body brimming with power. The flowing energy of heaven and earth now seemed to hold a special sense of intimacy toward him. He could vaguely sense the presence of a pure yet unformed will within the world around him.

It was an existence beyond words, a presence that was everywhere yet nowhere. With his current affinity, he could only vaguely connect with it but not actively communicate.

When Chen Ming examined his new spirit ability, he was deeply shocked.

"Deathly Poison Domain, a domain-type spirit ability."

Effect: "Unleashes a domain imbued with poison and death attributes, transforming the heaven and earth energy within into poison and death attribute soul power, forming a highly destructive field.

Targets within the domain will have their soul power, spiritual energy, and life force gradually drained and converted into soul power within the domain. When their state is weakened to less than 10% of their normal status, or their attributes fall below 10% of the user's, those enveloped by the domain will die instantly."

"What? What kind of overpowered domain is this?"

Looking at the spirit ability formed from the entirety of the Netherworld Scorpion's essence, Chen Ming finally understood why this creature was hunted down by both humans and soul beasts alike in ancient times, why the Angel Clan would grow tense the moment the Netherworld Scorpion stirred, and why the Angel God personally intervened to annihilate it.

Once this domain was activated, weaker beings didn't even have the right to survive. A single Netherworld Scorpion with a power level of about 100,000 years could turn an area spanning several dozen miles into a dead zone in an instant. Almost no life could escape.

When a group of Netherworld Scorpions roamed Douluo Continent with their domains activated, they left no survivors in their wake.

It was equivalent to a mass extinction event for the life forms of the Douluo Continent. Neither humans nor soul beasts could tolerate such behavior.

The Netherworld Scorpion already had extraordinarily high attributes. Coupled with this domain, a single 10,000-year-old Netherworld Scorpion could easily wipe out every city in the two great empires except for their capitals. Even a typical titled Douluo couldn't stop the scorpion's domain.

Compared to the Netherworld Scorpion, even the Dark Devilgod Tiger, considered a vessel of evil itself, seemed tolerable. The Man-Faced Demon Spider, often called a nightmare for soul beasts, was practically adorable in comparison.

"...This is insane..."

PS: Chen Ming's golden finger is insane. He's literally the Child of Destiny now.