Chapter 455: Angel Nine Trials

The group's life remained peaceful for about three months.

During these three months, everyone who had been injured or exhausted from that previous duel had gradually recovered.

Moreover, there are always gains after a great battle, except for Nan Tianchen, who had just broken through to become a Title Douluo and likely would not see any major breakthroughs for a while.

Yu Yuanzhen's level 96 soul power had been thoroughly stabilized; after all, he had been forced to break through while in a state of grief and indignation, leaving his soul power slightly impure. Unexpectedly, after a life-and-death battle with Golden Crocodile Douluo, his entire body's soul power had been tempered. He was now a firmly established level 96 Super Douluo, and when he erupted with power, he could rival a level 97.

If he were to face Golden Crocodile Douluo again now, even without borrowing the power of the Heaven-Awakening Sacred Golden Dragon, he might not necessarily lose.

Lan Xue, bolstered by the momentum of defeating Golden Crocodile Douluo, began to challenge the bottleneck of level 97 once her injuries healed.

The cultivation speed of Extreme Attribute after level 70 is indeed astonishingly fast, but once she breaks through this bottleneck, the medicinal effects of the Hunyuan Immortal Grass and the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng should be mostly exhausted.

Levels 98 and 99 will have to rely on her own efforts.

At this moment, in front of the massive statue in the center of Douluo Hall, a person was kneeling silently. She was neither a Title Douluo who had come to be enfeoffed, nor was she the master of this Douluo Hall. She held another identity, and it was precisely because of this identity that she could remain here, kneeling before that highly symbolic, massive Six-Winged Angel statue.

Her wavy long hair was draped behind her, hanging all the way to the ground. Her hands were positioned in a strange gesture before her chest: thumbs pressed together, index fingers touching, while the other six fingers were spread to the sides, looking just like a Six-Winged Angel spreading its wings.

Her exquisite, delicate face was filled with reverence, her eyes closed, and she was constantly shrouded in a faint halo of light.

Qian Renxue was here; she had been kneeling for exactly 108 days, without eating or drinking, relying solely on soul power to resist hunger, thirst, and sleepiness.

"Has your heart calmed down?" A majestic and calm voice echoed through Douluo Hall.

Qian Renxue, who seemed to have turned into a statue, did not move, nor did she speak, remaining silently kneeling there, maintaining her original posture.

Golden light surged, and a figure appeared between her and the massive statue, though it was unclear when. The figure gradually became clear, and the surrounding golden light became significantly more intense, especially from that massive Six-Winged Angel statue. A flame of light over a zhang long erupted from the massive golden sword, filling the place with an indescribable sacred aura.

"Xiao Xue, open your eyes." Qian Daoliu raised a finger, and the golden flames released from the sword held by the statue behind him descended from the sky, completely enveloping Qian Renxue's body.

"Your heart is calm, and you have prayed to the Angel God piously for 108 days. The deity has sensed your pure faith; at this moment, the God Trial can begin."

Golden flames swirled, and Qian Renxue's body was guided to rise slowly under the shroud of that light. The golden light remained unchanged.

"Is it eight, or nine? Let this old man wait and see." Qian Daoliu muttered.

He had undergone the Angel God Tianshi Dingji Baku and thus became the Great Elder, and Qian Renxue's talent was far above his, so he had always believed that his granddaughter had the potential to become a god.

Qian Renxue did not disappoint him; before her, nine golden light screens gradually emerged.

Seeing these nine light screens, a special, strange brilliance appeared in Qian Daoliu's eyes. "Angel Nine Trials, it really is the Nine Trials... The Nine Trials this old man has waited for for many years have finally appeared."

Seeming to open her eyes with some difficulty, Qian Renxue also looked at her grandfather with excitement.

A gentle light flickered in Qian Daoliu's eyes. "Xiao Xue, Grandpa is proud of you; you truly are the person the successive masters of our Offering Hall have been waiting for."

"If the light screens before you were eight, then you could only be the next master of the Offering Hall. But since the light screens appearing before you are nine, then you are the next successor to the Angel God. From now on, for a very long time to come, you must complete the nine trials from the Angel. Grandpa will always be with you." "Yes, Grandpa!" Qian Renxue said firmly, while whispering to herself in her heart, "Feihuang, wait for me, you wait for me. Soon, I will become stronger than you, and when that time comes, Xue Jie will no longer let you resist me!"

In fact, her inner demon had not been resolved by these 108 days of prayer; it had only been temporarily pacified by her.

Early in the morning, Feihuang led everyone on the roof of the Taizi Donggong, practicing while facing the morning sun.

"A day's plan starts in the morning"—this saying is not just talk; in the morning, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is most abundant, making it the best time to practice Taoist Technique.

It is a pity that the spiritual energy of the Douluo Shijie can at most be used to improve one's physique during martial arts practice; it is simply insufficient for immortal cultivation.

Otherwise, Feihuang could have practiced the higher levels of the Dunjia Heavenly Book.

However, he was not greedy; at least in this world, the Taoist martial arts mental cultivation methods were already quite sufficient.

If there is an opportunity in the future to transcend the limits of this world, perhaps he can head to a higher-level world to get a glimpse of the mysteries of immortal cultivation.

Dian Wei, Xun Yu, Nan Feiling, Nan Feihuang, Shui Bing'er, and Lv Lingqi sat in a circle facing each other.

Behind them were Ye Lingling, Meng Yiran, and a few others.

Now that Nan Tianchen had come out of seclusion, domestic government affairs naturally did not require Nan Feihuang and Xun Yu to handle them all day long; their current top priority was to become stronger as quickly as possible.

Xun Yu had already reached level 68 and was only two levels away from reaching level 70.

Nan Feiling was at level 58 and Shui Bing'er at level 57; both had made progress.

Dian Wei and Lingqi had both reached level 76; they were the backbone of Feihuang's future.

The others, such as Ye Lingling, Meng Yiran, and Jia Kui, all had soul power approaching the level of a Soul King.

"Xiaofeijiang." Just at this moment, Dugu Bo burst in.

Feihuang had given strict orders that no one should disturb him easily while he was practicing, so only someone with as high a status as Dugu Bo would come in person, and whatever could alarm him enough to come find Nan Feihuang was likely no small matter.

Feihuang withdrew his soul power and asked curiously, "Old Poison, what happened? Even you are in such a panic."

"Major news, coming from the Heaven Dou Empire. Great Emperor Xue Ye is critically ill, and Princess Xue Ke has written to you, hoping you will go to the Heaven Dou Empire to see Great Emperor Xue Ye off on his final journey as his son-in-law," Dugu Bo said.

Upon hearing this, Xun Yu said, "Is Xue Ye finally dying? It's much later than I expected. My mother-in-law's Nine Heart Begonia is truly not just for show; even though he should have only had a few days left, she forcibly extended his life for over three months. Lord, you should set off quickly."

Great Emperor Xue Ye's sons were all dead, and a generation's emperor was nearing his end; how could he not have a son to see him off? A son-in-law barely counts as half a son, so it is reasonable for Feihuang to go.

Feihuang nodded; for this trip, both in terms of emotion and reason, he should go.

(End of chapter)