There had been many integration processes during Tang Wulin's cultivation journey, and this was going to be a brand new one. It was a change that had taken place after he had experienced the elemental tribulations during his heavenly refinement.

After achieving heavenly refinement, Tang Wulin discovered that he was no longer just refining the metals, but also himself. The refinement process involved constantly stripping away the impurities while retaining the essence within his own body in order to make himself more powerful.

Ordinary Soul Masters were generally troubled by a lack of soul skills, but the exact opposite was true for Tang Wulin. With his Bluesilver Emperor, Golden Dragon King bloodline, and Nine Arts of the Golden Dragon, he had a vast number of skills and abilities. On top of that, he now possessed a domain and powerful soul spirits that provided him with even more soul skills. All in all, he had several dozens of skills at his disposal.

With such a massive repertoire, how could he utilize it to perfection during battle? And how many of those skills would he be able to use in a battle?

This was something that Tang Wulin had been thinking about extensively in recent times.

As he gradually mastered Millennium White Clouds and Unpredictable Storm, he was made even more aware of the fact that having more soul skills wasn't exactly better. The key was to integrate himself with the laws of heaven and earth and resonate with those laws; only then would he be able to unleash more power.

A so-called god was actually just a living being who had mastered the laws of the universe to a certain extent. In other words, any living being who mastered a portion of the laws of the universe could be referred to as a god.

The laws that one mastered differed from person to person, and Tang Wulin was undergoing this process of mastery during the elemental tribulations he brought upon himself.

Through those tribulations, he was able to grasp the changes in the power of laws and constantly refine his own body.

Once he completed this integration process, he would be able to progress to the Hyper Douluo level.

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"How did you lose? What did you feel during your match?" Qiangu Zhangting asked.

Standing before him was Ao Wuchang, and even now, his body was spasming slightly. His injuries had been treated by the healing system Soul Masters, but his body was still very numb, and with every few steps he took, he would have to stop and allow his body to spasm for a moment before he could continue onward.

"I, I'm not sure," Ao Wuchang stuttered, "At the time, I felt like everything around me had turned into lightning, and I reflexively tried to unleash my other soul skills, but I was already immobilized by then. The Wolf Emperor tried to protect me at the time, but its defenses were instantly destroyed, and I immediately blacked out after that."

Qiangu Zhangting's eyelids twitched upon hearing this, and he really wanted to denounce Ao Wuchang as a useless piece of trash, but he repressed the urge to do so considering Ao Wuchang possessed quite a lofty status.

"You can go and rest now. Your opponent is from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and there's no shame in losing to someone like that."

Ao Wuchang hesitated momentarily before adding, "At the time, the Wolf Emperor was transmitting a fearful emotion to me, and that's why it was unable to display anywhere near its full power."

Qiangu Zhangting was beginning to lose his patience. "That's called bloodline suppression! Do you not even know something this basic? All dragons are born with this innate ability."

Ao Wuchang mumbled, "But the suppression felt way more severe than it should've been."

"Alright, you can go and rest now; I'll analyze the data from the match."

Qiangu Zhangting no longer had any more patience for Ao Wuchang. Earlier, he had told Gu Yuena that Ao Wuchang had only participated in the event for training purposes, but in reality, with his participation, no one in the Spirit Pagoda would compete against him.

Those who did participate in the event had actually entered to clear away potential roadblocks for him, yet Ao Wuchang had been eliminated before he could do anything, so Qiangu Zhangting was naturally very displeased with him.

......

The distant northern region of the Douluo Continent was a world of snow and ice.

The northernmost point of the Douluo Continent was a region of extreme cold, and only some special soul beasts could reside there.

It was said that the soul beasts there possessed something very beneficial to certain Soul Masters, and that the founder of the Spirit Pagoda had benefited immensely from his trips to this glacial region.

As such, the federation had once scoured through this region in search of the soul beasts that resided there, but the expedition party was met by fierce resistance from the powerful soul beasts there. As a result, many powerful beings had perished, but the Spirit Pagoda was the main beneficiary as it had slain and captured large numbers of soul beasts during that operation.

At this moment, there was a group of black figures in this world of snow and ice.

All of them wore long black robes and black hooded cloaks to keep out the cold, and they were situated in a valley that was entirely covered in snow and ice.

There were over 300 of these black-robed figures gathered in the valley, and they were setting up many unknown objects in the area in an orderly fashion.

These objects were giving off a peculiar glow, and the entire valley was filled with them, so it was clear that the black-robed figures had been at work for quite some time.

This was a region that no humans inhabited, and even the surveillance of the federation's satellites was very lax in this area.

On top of that, there were screening soul tools set up all around the valley, so even if a satellite were to focus on this area, it would only be able to see a vast expanse of snow and ice.

"What's the status?" A coarse and unpleasant voice rang out.

"It's already 60% complete, and everything is progressing according to plan," a black-robed figure replied in a respectful manner toward the cave that the first voice had come from.

"Very good, continue. Looks like that Qiangu Dongfeng isn't useless after all; at the very least, he's drawn everyone's attention to that stupid joust for a spouse event of his, kukukukukuku!"

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The first day of the elimination stage had been a very exciting spectacle for the spectators, but the first round alone had spanned five days, and the spectators' enthusiasm was beginning to wane.

There were a few matches that were frequently discussed, including Yuanen Yehui and Tang Wulin's matches, and Tang Wulin had already become a heavy favorite to make it into the final 10 in the eyes of many.

Even though he had put on a very arrogant display during his match, he had backed up his haughty attitude with his actions.

At this moment, Tang Wulin was currently busy at work at the blacksmith association.

"Boom!" The final hammer blow was struck and all types of elements began to gather in the air, heralding the arrival of the elemental tribulation.

Devouring Heaven and Earth!

The Beautiful Silk Tulip was standing right beside him, maintaining the effects of Devouring Heaven and Earth in his stead. With each bolt of tribulation lightning that fell, Tang Wulin would voluntarily withstand some of it with his own body.

Through his heavenly refinement during this recent period of time, he had become more and more familiar with the tolerance capacity of different metals. Due to the fact that he was able to precisely moderate the tribulation lightning with his Infernal Lightning Vine, his heavenly refinement success rate was extremely high.