Chapter 125: Level 98, Vast Sea Universe Cover

Qian Renxue said, "Grandfather, it is still thanks to Brother Lingxu; if not for Brother Lingxu, I would have been unable to complete this God Trial at all."

"Grandfather, my next God Trial is to draw out the divine artifact, the Angel Holy Sword, and defeat myself."

Qian Renxue stated the content of her next God Trial; here, it was slightly different from the original work, where the original work involved defeating a dark-sided version of herself rather than the current her.

But the difficulty still existed, because as an opponent, Qian Renxue had to defeat a version of herself that was nearly perfect under almost identical circumstances.

For Qian Renxue, this was also a true test of personal combat, and she needed to surpass this nearly perfect self.

Perhaps it was because Qian Renxue was too young and her practical combat experience was indeed very limited, so the time requirement was relatively long; she needed to complete it within two years.

As for Lingxu, now that he had no God Trial tasks, staying here any longer would not be of much use.

Unless the system issued a task!

"Brother Lingxu, your six God Trials have already been completed; what are your plans for the next step?" After finishing, Qian Renxue looked toward Lingxu again.

Lingxu said, "Xue'er, you already have the Angel God Trial, so I cannot fall behind either. I plan to travel around to see if I can also find a deity to participate in a God Trial."

"Good, I believe in you, Brother Lingxu; you will be able to find a deity that suits you!"

At this moment, Qian Daoliu spoke up: "Little Ling, finding a deity might not be possible on this continent; perhaps you could try going out to sea."

Qian Daoliu did not speak directly, but pointed out some directions for Lingxu.

"Thank you, Grandfather Qian, I will go and try."

"Brother Lingxu, then when will you leave?" Qian Renxue asked.

"Early tomorrow morning. I cannot keep delaying your God Trial here, can I? I must also set off as soon as possible. If you complete these trials, you might even surpass me, so I must work harder."

"Leaving so hurriedly!"

"Alright then..." Qian Renxue said with some helplessness.

Qian Daoliu said, "Wait a moment first. You have consumed so much; recover a bit before heading out."

Lingxu and Qian Renxue nodded at the same time, then sat down on the spot and began to recover their soul power.

However, before recovering his soul power, Lingxu sat down and first checked his information in the system.

Host: Lingxu (Holy Master of Lingxue Sacred Land)

Status: Healthy

Soul Power: Level 97

Mental Power: Level 98

First Martial Soul: Six-Winged Holy Light Tiger

Spirit Rings: Black (36,815 years), Black (36,930 years), Black (38,023 years), Black (57,236 years), Black (60,685 years), Black (85,128 years), Red (135,000 years)

Second Martial Soul: Dark Demon Evil Soul Spear

Spirit Rings: Black (96,588 years), Red (120,120 years)

Soul Bones: Spirit Wisdom Skull (103,550 years), External Spirit Bone Golden Twin Swords (270,800 years), External Spirit Bone Golden Armor (106,339 years), Blue Silver Emperor Left Leg Bone (120,000 years), Right Arm Bone (120,000 years), Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone (120,120 years), Azure Bull Python Right Leg Bone (120,210 years)

Cultivation Method: Lingxue Sacred Heart Art (Tenth Layer)

Skills: Phantom Shadow Steps (Great Completion), Eight Extremities Fist (Great Completion), Breath Concealment Technique (Great Completion), Eye of Truth (Great Completion), Nine Styles of Soul Severing (Small Completion), Lingxue Sacred Heart Hand (Great Completion), Lingxue Sacred Heart Sword (Great Completion), Lingxue Carefree Travel (Small Completion)

Domains: Holy Light Domain (Intermediate), Evil Dark Domain (Intermediate), God Slayer Domain (Intermediate)

Current Lingxue Sacred Land members: 555

Members eligible for cultivation effects: 554

Looking at his own spirit rings again, they were all over ten thousand years old, with the lowest being over thirty-six thousand years old.

As for the soul bones, they had all reached over one hundred thousand years, including the external spirit bones.

There was also Lingxue Carefree Travel, a movement technique inherent to the Lingxue Sacred Heart Art; if Lingxu were to face Qian Daoliu alone now, he would definitely not be as disheveled as before.

Likewise, with his current strength, he was likely only behind the three at Level 99 on the Douluo Continent.

However, Lingxu was confident; he still had a two-hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, and after absorbing it, reaching Level 98 would not be a problem.

And once Lingxu reached Level 98, he would be able to fight against those at Level 99.

But Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi were already at the realm of demi-gods; if they invoked divine power, Lingxu truly had no means to deal with it at present.

Lingxu and Qian Renxue spent over an hour recovering their soul power; although they did not fully restore it, it was enough for use here in Wuhun City.

After a great battle, the time was actually still early, just reaching noon.

So for the afternoon and evening, Lingxu and Qian Renxue were together.

At noon, they dined at the best hotel in Wuhun City, and in the afternoon, the two bought enough ingredients; then, for the entire afternoon and evening, Lingxu was making all kinds of pastries.

They were basically all things Qian Renxue liked to eat, and Qian Renxue was also learning and helping out; the atmosphere was warm and loving.

During this time, Bibi Dong could not help but secretly come over to watch for a while; Qian Renxue did not notice, but the current Bibi Dong could not escape Lingxu's Level 98 Mental Power.

For some reason, watching the happy Qian Renxue, she actually felt regret.

She regretted that she should not have treated Lingxu this way; she might never be able to reconcile with Qian Renxue in this lifetime.

Regret was regret, but there were some things she could not forgive Lingxu for.

For example, Lingxu had snatched her spirit ring and harmed Yu Xiaogang.

Although she now knew where Yu Xiaogang was, it was already very difficult to meet; after learning of her own illness, she was depressed, and she could only help from the shadows.

Originally, Yu Xiaogang had come to find her, and she should have been the protagonist in such a scene.

But the culprit behind all of this was Lingxu, and he was absolutely unforgivable.

She could not deal with Lingxu now, but that did not mean she could not in the future.

Bibi Dong watched secretly for a full half-hour before leaving in sorrow; Lingxu did not tell Qian Renxue about this.

The pastries the two made were enough for Qian Renxue to eat for half a year.

Of course, special storage methods were required.

Early the next morning, with Qian Renxue seeing him off, Lingxu left Wuhun City once again.

And this time, the first place Lingxu returned to was still Lingxue Sacred Land.

He had three soul bones he needed to give to his mother, Luo Xingyue: two were eighty-thousand-year, and one was one-hundred-thousand-year.

Although he had also harvested several soul bones from Slaughter City, some of which were of decent quality, he did not want to give those to Luo Xingyue.

If he was going to give his mother soul bones, they naturally had to be the best.

There would be soul rings in the future; if possible, Lingxu also wanted to provide the best soul rings. After all, at level 90, one should at least have a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

It took Lingxu more than two days to return to Lingxue Sacred Land.

However, unlike before, Lingxu first met with his mother, gave her the two eighty-thousand-year soul bones, and then began his closed-door cultivation.

It was not that Lingxu was unwilling to give the one-hundred-thousand-year soul bone, but he decided to wait a little longer.

Thus, this led to Lingxu and Luo Xingyue both beginning their closed-door cultivation at the same time.

Luo Xingyue absorbed the soul bones, while Lingxu absorbed this two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

With such a soul ring, it would be foolish not to absorb it as soon as possible.

Sitting cross-legged, Lingxu adjusted his state, and shortly after, he took the two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring out from the system.

Time flew like an arrow.

Lingxu's absorption took even longer this time, consuming nearly three months in total.

As the two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring manifested, Lingxu discovered that although this soul ring was not yet a million years old, the red soul ring contained a faint, shimmering golden stripe.

This was perhaps one of the differences between a two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and a one-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

Looking at his soul power, after Lingxu absorbed this two-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, his soul power finally reached Level 98.

As for his Mental Power, it did not break through and remained at Level 98, though it was not without improvement; his Mental Power was already at the peak of Level 98 and could break through to Level 99 at any moment.

And Lingxu's next target for a soul ring was that Deep Sea Demon Whale King in the ocean.

The Evil Demon Orca was already not quite enough.

It could barely be used, though.

Next, Lingxu took out the national treasure that Qian Renxue had brought out from Tiandou Huanggong several years ago: the Vast Sea Universe Cover.

In fact, in his past life, when Lingxu watched anime and read novels, some people were discussing it.

If one could get the Vast Sea Universe Cover to recognize its master and gain its approval, then basically, one could also obtain the Sea God Nine Trials upon going to Sea God Island.

The Vast Sea Universe Cover was also one of the keys to Tang San obtaining the Sea God Nine Trials.

Although Lingxu was already Level 98, he would not turn down the God Position of the Sea God.

To have the Vast Sea Universe Cover recognize its master, blood was required.

Lingxu looked at the triangular Vast Sea Universe Cover and could clearly see a hint of blue.

Thinking of the process of Tang San's recognition, it seemed to involve exploring with Mental Power, then being struck in the head by a corner of the Vast Sea Universe, and then absorbing blood to recognize the master.

"Let's do the same."

Lingxu did not drip blood; instead, he explored with his Mental Power just the same.

But only a sliver was injected when, in an instant, his Mental Power was actually rebounded.

It seemed to have granted approval; the Vast Sea Universe emitted a massive amount of blue light, then came to the side of Lingxu's forehead. It did not strike, but gently grazed it, causing Lingxu's skin to break and some blood to flow out.

However, after this blood flowed down, it entered the Vast Sea Universe Cover, and with the injection of Lingxu's blood, the original blue light gradually turned red.

At the same time, a faint blue light drifted out from the Vast Sea Universe Cover, condensing into a very faded phantom.

A calm and aged voice sounded, "Kid, not bad. This is truly a delicious blood, and I have finally found a physique capable of bearing the power of the vast sea."

Lingxu saw the phantom clearly; if this was not the Sea God, then who was it?

Seeing this blue light flash, the phantom merged back into the triangular body of the Vast Sea Universe Cover.

At this moment, the halo on the Vast Sea Universe Cover suddenly retracted, and the Vast Sea Universe Cover sank directly into Lingxu's forehead, leaving a distinct, angular blue mark that appeared on his forehead before vanishing.

Next, Lingxu felt a surge of energy begin to merge into his body; because he knew this was the Vast Sea Universe Cover, Lingxu did not refuse or repel it.

In fact, from this moment on, as long as Lingxu went to Sea God Island, obtaining the Sea God Nine Trials was a near certainty.

After a long while, Lingxu could already clearly sense the Vast Sea Universe Cover and was able to control it.

He also learned of the four skills the Vast Sea Universe Cover brought him.

The first was Vast Sea Protective Shroud, a skill that could grant invisibility.

The second was Cosmic Immobilization Shroud, a control and locking skill that made enemies with Mental Power less than three times his own unable to move their bodies.

In Lingxu's view, this skill was truly a bit lackluster; if they had less than three times his Mental Power, it certainly couldn't restrict experts.

The third was an area-of-effect skill, Vast Sea Raging Waves.

The fourth was a single-target skill, Cosmic Demon Breaking.

Four skills and one Soul Guidance Device; one had to say that this Soul Guidance Device was extremely special.

Even in the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later in the novels, they probably couldn't create such a Soul Guidance Device.

In this era, the Sea God definitely knew of the Sun Moon Continent; perhaps the Sea God had been to the Sun Moon Continent, and the Vast Sea Universe Cover was created by the Sea God himself.

With Lingxu obtaining the Vast Sea Universe Cover, he had one more layer of security for going to Sea God Island.

Furthermore, he was not planning to go alone.

To go to Sea God Island, he also had to bring a few people.

His parents were already advanced in age and were not suitable for going to Sea God Island.

Although they could not go, if they cultivated well, their future Title Douluo status would be stable, and with the help Lingxu provided, there would absolutely be no problem reaching Level 96 or higher in the future.

The ones Lingxu was bringing were those seven children; having consumed Immortal Grade Herbs and passed the assessments given by the system, they were loyal to both him and Lingxue Sacred Land.

Actually, there was one more point that Lingxu had only recently seen clearly.

That was, after consuming the Lingxue Pill and practicing the Lingxue Sacred Heart Art, the longer one practiced this technique, the more it possessed a capability that made one loyal in a subtle, imperceptible way.

Otherwise, how else could those seven children have passed with one hundred percent certainty?

With this guarantee, Lingxu could cultivate them.

Although it is not certain he can bring them to the height of a god, in the future, as long as they work hard, becoming a Title Douluo between Hunshiliujiji and Jiushijiji will be no problem.

Among them, those with good talent—Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Shui Bing'er—the three of them have a chance to reach Jiushijiji, and even have the hope of becoming gods.

As for Huo Wushuang, Xue Wu, Shui Yue'er, and Dugu Yan, their potential is relatively lower; among them, Huo Wushuang is slightly better, while Xue Wu, Shui Yue'er, and Dugu Yan can only be said to have a gap not particularly large compared to Bai Chenxiang.

If she can cultivate to Jiushijiji through her hard work, then they also have a chance.

It has been nearly two years since they last absorbed an Immortal Grade Herb; I wonder how they are doing now?

Whew...

Lingxu walked out of the room and breathed in a few mouthfuls of fresh air.

Then he found Luo Liu'er.

Just thinking of this, Lingxu realized he could still bring two more people: Sister Liu'er and Sister Yun'er.

They are also only in their twenties, so participating in a Sea God God Trial once is still no problem at all.

Lingxu had Luo Liu'er gather everyone to meet at the Seventh Cultivation Room in the outer courtyard in one hour.

In the Seventh Cultivation Room, Feng Xiaotian and the others had already been waiting for a long time!

Summoned by Lingxu, they were more excited than the last; after all, the last time they met, Lingxu had given them too many benefits, causing their soul power to soar.

This time they met, what would he give them again?

They looked at each other, all wearing expressions of anticipation.

Of course, there was one more thing: after nearly two years, their soul power levels also needed to be checked by Lingxu.

Fortunately, during these two years, they had all been exceptionally diligent.

Their cultivation had not fallen behind in the slightest, their progress was very fast, and each of them was full of confidence.

"He's coming, he's coming, Holy Master is coming," Shui Yue'er said as she ran after taking a look from the doorway.

Shui Yue'er stood in the crowd, and subsequently, everyone straightened their backs, waiting for Lingxu's arrival!

Because Lingxu, as the Holy Master of Lingxue Sacred Land, was the object of their pursuit, the idol in their hearts, and the one to whom they pledged their loyalty.