With a deafening roar, rocks collapsed and the earth's veins cracked.
The five wounded and battered elders sat undignifiedly on the rugged rocky ground where yellow sand swirled, looking up at the shattered and dissipated Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul in the sky, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's finally over."
With his excellent dynamic vision, the titled Douluo clearly saw that the eldest of the six—the Second Elder, Golden Crocodile Douluo—was kneeling on the ground, still not recovered from his shock. Light Feather Douluo stretched out his arms, casually fell backward, and lay flat on the ground.
"The speed at which the little saintess is growing in strength is terrifying. If there is another round of attrition warfare later, I hope the young master won't be too difficult to deal with."
"I can't help but sigh," Guangling Douluo exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.
The moment he finished speaking, he was burned by two other burning gazes.
"What are you saying, Guangling? If the young master's later assessments are also related to us, so what if they're difficult to deal with? The Holy Maiden is already so powerful, so naturally the young master, as the successor of the Angel God, should be even stronger."
Azure Phoenix Douluo was the first to voice his disapproval.
Realizing he had misspoke, the Light Feather Douluo raised his hand in acknowledgment: "Sorry, sorry."
"However, seeing how quickly the Holy Maiden and the Young Master have grown, I really feel like I'm getting old." Demon-Slaying Douluo touched his smooth but dusty handsome face.
There are still dark purple bruises on the cheekbone, and the answer to who left these wounds is self-evident.
Qianjun Douluo chuckled, placed his hands on the ground behind him, and looked up at the sky.
“Little brother, you’ve forgotten that although we look like we’re still young, we’re old enough to be the great-grandfather of the little saintess and the young master.”
A few bright rays of sunlight pierced through the thick, dark clouds in the distance, reaching the horizon. Qianjun Douluo's lips curled slightly, revealing a hint of gentleness and anticipation.
"It's a bit difficult for us old bones to compare with those young talents with terrifying abilities, but we can look forward to the magnificent scene after these young people grow up."
The dazzling red, like blood, gradually spread from the eastern sky, swallowing up the thick darkness of the night.
As the new sun rose, Qian Yuelong's sixth assessment came to a close.
But this is not the end; it is the beginning of a new round of trials.
"The internal integration of the army and the elimination of other forces have been completed. After the sixth trial, the Holy Maiden should return to the battlefield."
The four Lion Douluo, watching the afterglow fade into the distance, saw a large and a small figure walking side by side towards them. A carefree smile appeared on their faces, which were covered by a thick, bushy beard.
"Logically speaking, the battlefield is cruel and life and death are unpredictable. I don't know why, but when I saw the little saintess, even this old bone of mine felt a sense of anticipation."
Qingluan Douluo and the others did not respond, but their eyes gleamed with the same light as Xiongshi Douluo's.
In the days that followed, Qian Renxue stayed at Martial Soul Mountain to continue completing the Angel God Inheritance Assessment.
After Qian Yuelong and the other six elders returned to Martial Soul Holy City from the remote mountain range they had chosen, they went directly into the Hall of Worship to cultivate in seclusion. Qian Daoliu personally supervised and protected Qian Yuelong, allowing her to absorb the divine soul rings awarded by the sixth assessment in peace.
This absorption process took six months.
Apart from Qian Daoliu, even the other close retainers did not know what kind of ninth soul ring Qian Yuelong had obtained.
All people know is that on that day, the world changed color.
The golden mist suddenly transformed into a pillar of light, breaking through the shackles of night and showering every inch of the Martial Soul Holy City.
The swirling, misty light spread like willow catkins to every corner of the holy city.
People who noticed the strange phenomenon or heard the murmurs came out of the house. Even the patrolling Holy Soul Knights stopped and carefully examined the light mist that floated like willow catkins.
Someone accidentally touched these light mists, and the next second, the light mists automatically seeped into that person's body.
The man touched his body in alarm, checking his meridians and internal condition, but found nothing wrong; his body was perfectly healthy.
The golden light appeared to be harmless.
With the examples of those who came before them, others couldn't resist their curiosity and touched these golden lights.
Unbeknownst to them, from that moment on, whether ordinary people or soul masters, whether old, weak, women, children, or young men, a seed of spiritual root quietly sprouted within their bodies.
The moon, hanging high in the night sky, seemed to be dyed gold.
Like a bizarre and fantastical dream, only Qian Yuelong and 886 truly understood the role of the golden light that merged into people's bodies in this silent yet grand baptism ceremony.
On the Douluo Continent, there are numerous soul beasts, most of whom allow their wild instincts to override their rationality.
The hunting by Soul Masters will reduce the number of high-level Soul Beasts and will also lead to countless tragedies such as the destruction of interspecies love or the killing of blood relatives.
Cruel as it may be, if no one hunts them, their habitat will gradually shrink as their numbers increase.
Soul beasts will follow the instinct of the law of survival to expand the territory for themselves or their people, thereby attacking humans.
Even though the Douluo Continent was much more damaged than the former Blue Star, the number of soul beasts still far exceeded the total number of humans.
Therefore, the food chain relationship between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts is also one of the important conditions for maintaining the balance of the continent.
Qian Yuelong has no intention of changing this balance condition; she will simply add all the leverage to this balance condition.
When she learned that spiritual energy and internal energy could be cultivated in this world, she had a premonition that when she completed the 886 mission, it might also be the time when the spiritual energy of Douluo Continent truly revived.
Human survival and continuation require more than just soul power; soul beasts, possessing rationality and the ability to choose to cultivate as humans, can also have an opportunity.
The strange sights that appeared tonight are the beginning of baptism.
The high-ranking officials of the Martial Soul Empire were bewildered by the strange phenomena in the city. After secretly inquiring about the opinion of the Hall of Worship, they began to arrange for their naval forces to spread the message that the strange phenomena of the previous night were also a blessing from the angels.
As for Qian Yuelong, after fusing with the ninth spirit ring bestowed by the gods, she disguised herself as the current Heaven Dou Emperor "Xue Qinghe" and returned to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace in a low-key manner.
Using the same ruthless methods as Bibi Dong, she began to purge the remaining die-hards of the Heaven Dou royal family, as well as the undercover agents of Prince Xue Xing. She also supported those loyal to her and the Spirit Empire to rise to the ranks of nobility. In just one year, she completely transformed the Heaven Dou Empire into a puppet empire. Without firing a single shot, she formally incorporated the Heaven Dou Empire into the Spirit Empire, making it a vassal state of the Spirit Empire.
—A side note—
A little too late, a day of life-or-death race against time. [wiping sweat]
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