Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 220: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

As Chen Ming's vitality strengthened and the life-and-death energy within him gradually transformed, a sudden flash of inspiration struck his mind.

He extended his left hand, releasing life energy, while his right hand emitted the power of death. Bringing his hands together, the forces of life and death collided and canceled each other out. However, under the influence of Chen Ming's fourth soul skill, life energy transformed into death energy, and death energy conversely transformed into life energy.

The two forces clashed, transformed, and negated each other, eventually resonating in harmony. Through Chen Ming's intervention, the energies of life and death formed a small and rudimentary cycle in his palm. Initially incompatible like water and fire, they began to gradually transform into each other until they reached a state where they contained one another—no longer strictly opposites, but instead exhibiting a strange sense of unity.

"The ultimate ice can ascend to its peak and transform into the ultimate fire. Conversely, the ultimate fire can also transform into the ultimate ice. The two can coexist as opposites, forming a balance of yin and yang. Therefore, the energies of life and death, through mutual transformation and ascension, can also become a true Taiji."

"Some opposites may hold the potential to mutually sustain each other."

Chen Ming contemplated the pseudo-demigod position within his mind, recalling the myriad myths and stories he had encountered in his past life.

"I can be the god of poison, plague, and death, but I can also be the god of healing, medicine, and life. A divine position is merely one of my choices, not my only path."

"A person can simultaneously possess traits of both good and evil. One can be both solemn and frivolous, depending on the situation. Humanity is inherently contradictory yet harmonious. So why can't a divine position be the same?"

"A god of destruction can also be a god of creation. A god of peace can also be a god of war. A protector deity of one group of believers can simultaneously be the destroyer of heretics. A benevolent king to his people can also be a ruthless butcher to foreign invaders."

"I used to ponder the essence of poisons, contemplating what constitutes the ultimate poison. But today, I finally understand—there is no such thing as an ultimate poison. There is no poison at all. The so-called essence of poison is merely disharmony. Humanity feels joy when eating chocolate, but a dog eating chocolate may die. This is because humans can metabolize it, while dogs cannot. Why are substances that are harmless in daily life to humans lethal to animals?

Because of disharmony—they cannot accept it. That is the essence of poison.

The venom of a snake is harmonious for the snake itself but disharmonious for other creatures, making it toxic. However, if the venom is diluted to a harmonious level, it ceases to be poison and becomes medicine. Some highly toxic substances can neutralize each other, while some harmless substances combine to create deadly poisons—all manifestations of harmony and disharmony.

Poison is merely a superficial concept; contradiction and disharmony constitute its core.

Poison can be a physical phenomenon, an element, or even an abstract concept.

Everything has both harmony and disharmony. Every existence has a contradictory counterpart. Just as light is toxic to dark soul beasts, and darkness is toxic to light soul beasts, yet light and darkness can transform into one another.

Unity within diversity, contradictions existing within a singular entity.

Chen Ming closed his eyes, envisioning the Taiji symbol in his mind, allowing his thoughts to shift. He observed his divine position of poison, plague, and death while contemplating their opposites, attempting to unify them.

The ominous energy of poison and plague alternated with the gentle aura of life within his body. Chen Ming's demeanor shifted—at times, he appeared as a cold tyrant; at others, a gentle father. Sometimes he was a warrior, and at other times, a healer. In that moment, he seemed to split into countless contradictory personas.

Nearby, A Yin trembled in fear. Her golden-threaded leaves wrapped tightly around her body, forming a ball, concealing all traces of her presence. She dared not reveal even the slightest bit of energy, fearing that the ominous aura emanating from Chen Ming might dissolve her entirely.

After several days, the chaotic and fragmented aura around Chen Ming finally unified and returned to calm.

Eventually, Chen Ming opened his eyes. Though exhaustion filled his gaze, it also sparkled with excitement. While this epiphany had not allowed him to immediately condense an opposing divine position to counterbalance his current one, he now had a clearer understanding of how to achieve it.

With continued growth and the accumulation of faith energy, Chen Ming felt confident in achieving a state where good and evil, life and death, could merge into oneness. He aspired to become a being who was both the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega.

In the future, he could even leverage his attributes to create opposing forces, transforming himself from one into many, and then uniting the many back into one—becoming the master of all transformations.

At this moment, Chen Ming's soul power had advanced from level 58, when he had left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, to level 60.

The cultivation speed within the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well far surpassed the outside world. In less than two months since leaving, Chen Ming's cultivation progress equaled more than 20 days of practice within the well, filling over half a level of soul power.

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Additionally, absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor's right leg bone had granted him nearly one and a half levels of soul power, pushing him to the threshold of level 60.

Normally, a soul master's epiphany could also increase their soul power, as it often activated dormant energy within their body and maximized their ability to absorb external soul power. However, Chen Ming's body contained no dormant energy, and he could effortlessly draw large amounts of soul power from the environment, rendering the usual benefits of an epiphany moot. For him, it only enhanced his comprehension, not his soul power.

Reflecting on his current strength, Chen Ming began contemplating which soul beast he should target for his sixth soul ring.

Although his body and current condition allowed him to hunt fierce beasts for their soul rings, such creatures were rare in the Douluo Continent, and those suitable for Chen Ming were even rarer.

For instance, in the Star Dou Forest, Zi Ji seemed like a viable candidate. However, venturing into such a perilous area would inevitably lead to him being ganged up on. At best, he might face the top three known powerhouses of the forest—Myriad Tree, Bear Lord, and Di Tian. At worst, even the Silver Dragon King might intervene.

If difficulties in absorption weren't a concern, Myriad Tree could be an excellent choice for Chen Ming's sixth ring. But as things stood, unless Myriad Tree foolishly left the forest, Chen Ming wouldn't consider it.

On the Sun-Moon Continent, the Evil Emperor would be a great option. However, with combat power second only to Di Tian and 780,000 years of cultivation, even Chen Ming wasn't confident he could take him down.

In the deep sea, the million-year-old Deep Sea Demon Whale King would be ideal. Yet in its aquatic domain, its power rivaled Di Tian's. If the Evil Emperor was beyond Chen Ming's reach, then the Demon Whale King was entirely out of the question.

Moreover, even with Chen Ming's current physical condition, he could only absorb soul rings of up to 300,000–400,000 years. Anything beyond that would pose serious risks, even if it were handed to him for free.

Thus, Chen Ming's requirements for his sixth ring were modest—anything over 100,000 years would suffice. For his critically important seventh ring, he would consider targeting more formidable creatures, aiming for rings in the range of 200,000–300,000 years.

At this moment, Chen Ming recalled the coordinates provided by the World Consciousness of Douluo.

Among them, the highest-quality option, the Medusa Queen, had already been slain by him. However, the remaining three coordinates all pointed to soul beasts exceeding 100,000 years.

Visiting one of them and hunting it for his sixth ring seemed like a viable plan.

"The mythical Hydra with its immortal body, the Disaster Beast Yian capable of bringing plague and calamity, and the Primal Slime—these soul beasts are all excellent options."