Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor

After being thrown back to the Douluo Continent from the demi-plane, Chen Ming reappeared at the junction between the mixed zone and the core area of the Star Dou Forest.

Originally, he had prepared himself for an intense battle the moment he exited the demi-plane. However, upon returning, he found that there was no one around him.

In the core area of the Star Dou Forest, multiple powerful auras collided fiercely.

Holy, evil, ultimate darkness and ultimate gold energy filled the air. At least a dozen Titled Douluo were engaged in an intense clash against an equal number of ferocious beasts in the core area of the Star Dou Forest.

Chen Ming swept his spiritual power in that direction and immediately identified the source of the battlefield.

Qian Daoliu, wielding the Angelic Holy Sword, was locked in combat with a giant dragon whose claw shimmered with a nine-colored brilliance. A woman clad in the robes of the Pope was besieging the Bear Lord alongside Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. Lion Douluo faced the Scarlet King, while Azure Luan Douluo battled Bi Ji and a group of her subordinates.

The twins Jian Long and Jiang Jun joined forces against the Hell Demon Dragon Zi Ji and a mysterious feral beast whose species was unrecognizable. The explosive power of the Evil-Breaking Dragon Soul suppressed the two feral beasts, leaving them with no room to counterattack.

Golden Crocodile Douluo, whose strength was somewhat diminished, could not join the highest-level battles but fiercely led the hidden Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo of the Spirit Hall into combat. With the assistance of support-type soul masters, they clashed against the hundred-thousand-year soul beasts that usually remained hidden in the Star Dou Forest.

The Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, usually regarded by most soul masters as the dominant overlords of the Star Dou Forest, could only linger at the fringes of the battlefield. Their massive bodies bore several enormous claw marks, clearly inflicted by the enraged Golden Crocodile Douluo.

On the battlefield, three hundred-thousand-year soul rings and seventeen or eighteen dark-red soul rings shimmered amidst the chaos. With the support of auxiliary soul masters, numerous soul beasts perished, while the Spirit Hall's high-ranking combatants suffered minimal casualties.

Above the battlefield, the Spirit Hall's Angel Legion—composed of a group of flying-type Soul Sages—unleashed their martial souls in true form. Using their overwhelming numbers and strength, they formed a formation that cut through soul beasts under fifty thousand years like a blade through the grass.

Only a small number of high-quality soul beasts escaped unscathed. The rest—those with average quality and years—fell like mown grass. Ten-year, hundred-year, thousand-year, and ten-thousand-year soul rings filled the battlefield, while many soul beasts with fragile bodies were reduced to pulp by the large-scale attacks of the Angel Legion in their martial soul true form.

The scale of this battlefield was immense, comparable to the Jialing Pass battle during Tang San's ascension to godhood in the original story—if not surpassing it in terms of mid-to-low-level combat power.

Though Chen Ming didn't know the exact cause of the conflict, he could guess that it was likely connected to him.

Honestly, Chen Ming could have turned around and left. But since he suspected it was related to him, he couldn't just walk away. After all, in the original story, there was no instance of the Spirit Hall directly clashing with the Star Dou Forest. The passionate 1v1 between Qian Daoliu and Di Tian was probably tied to the attack he had suffered.

Activating his martial soul, Chen Ming unfolded wings of life and death on his back. Due to his newfound understanding of life and death, the previously unimpressive wings had transformed into massive black-and-white light wings.

Flapping his wings, Chen Ming shot toward the battlefield like an arrow, simultaneously activating his Poison Deathly Realm Domain.

Although the Poison Deathly Realm Domain indiscriminately targeted friend and foe, Chen Ming's current level of spiritual power allowed him to differentiate between the two. Moreover, using the opposing wills he had comprehended and his observations of the two God Kings, he could further reverse the domain's effects, transforming the toxins and death energy into healing energy for his allies.

As he entered the combat zone between the ten-thousand-year soul beasts and the Angel Legion, the Poison Deathly Realm Domain instantly wiped out roughly one-third of the ten-thousand-year soul beasts, and dozens of ten-thousand-year soul rings floated up at once.

When the death energy and toxins touched the human soul masters, their originally devastating effects transformed into equivalent healing energy. Severely injured soul masters instantly stabilized their wounds, which then began healing rapidly.

Sensing the overbearing aura of life and death energy, Di Tian, who was locked in combat with Qian Daoliu, couldn't help but glance at Chen Ming. This momentary distraction allowed Qian Daoliu to slash a deep, bone-revealing wound across his chest with the Angelic Holy Sword. The intense pain from the divine flames and holy light forced Di Tian to refocus on Qian Daoliu, leaving him no time to pay attention to the peculiar human soul master.

Qian Daoliu flapped his wings and temporarily retreated. His spiritual power swirled as he spotted Chen Ming flying toward the battlefield with his massive light wings.

Though the reason for the war had already returned, Qian Daoliu, now fully immersed in the fight, showed no intention of ordering a withdrawal. On the contrary, upon seeing Chen Ming's return, much of his hesitation dissipated. The flames on the Angelic Holy Sword in his hands grew even brighter.

Qian Daoliu pointed his sword at Di Tian, his gaze icy cold.

"If the Star Dou Forest wishes to continue attacking humanity and incite another beast tide, then as the High Priest of the Angel God, I, along with the soul masters of the Spirit Hall, will stand in your way."

"Human soul masters fear no beast tide. The Spirit Hall fears no Star Dou Forest. Even if we must fight to the last soldier, the Spirit Hall will never retreat nor surrender!"

When facing humans, especially his old acquaintances, Qian Daoliu often hesitated and showed leniency. But as the successor of the Angel God, he had no such compassion for soul beasts.

He remembered every instance of harm soul beasts had inflicted on humanity, recalling how difficult human life had been before the Angel God ascended.

Though he harbored many concerns, if the situation became irreparable, Qian Daoliu would not hesitate to sacrifice his life to slaughter more feral beasts and soul beasts. Even at the cost of self-destruction, he would never allow a beast tide to threaten human civilization again.

Hearing Qian Daoliu's words, Di Tian, bleeding profusely, was furious. His nostrils flared as he activated his soul power and transformed his massive dragon body into the form of a black-robed human man.

"High Priest of the Angel God, the Star Dou Forest has no intention of inciting a beast tide. I swear on my bloodline, my ancestors, the Star Dou Forest, and the entire soul beast race—we have no desire to provoke a beast tide."

"The actions of the feral beasts are purely personal. As the Beast God of the Star Dou Forest, I guarantee that if you cease hostilities, I will even hand over the entire Demon-Eyed Tree species. We have no wish to fight you."

Di Tian had endured countless grievances in his life and despised many traitors.

He had envisioned various causes for another large-scale war between humans and soul beasts. He had imagined a day when he would confront humanity—or even the Divine Realm—for the recovery of his Lord's strength. But never had he thought he would be unjustly blamed for something he knew nothing about.

Earlier that day, Di Tian had been enjoying a rare moment of leisure, walking in human form with Bi Ji in a secluded corner of the Star Dou Forest—an area belonging to the Emerald Swan clan. For once, he wasn't by the Silver Dragon King's side, tending to her injuries and worrying over her recovery.

When he first sensed the soul power fluctuations of the Myriad Demon King and Bear Lord, Di Tian knew something was wrong. Still, with Bi Ji beside him, he held onto a sliver of hope that it wasn't anything serious.

But soon after, the Myriad Demon King and Bear Lord's battle with human soul masters erupted. Before Di Tian could reach the scene, he heard a cry of "The Sword of Judgment Across the Three Realms."

At that moment, Di Tian's enormous heart skipped a beat. He even thought that the five God-Kings of the Divine Realm had discovered the Silver Dragon King's whereabouts and led the gods down to the mortal world to attack!