Chapter 105: The Angel God's Fondness

Cidu Spirit Master slightly extended his hand, a suction force came from the sky, pulling the purple card with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon pattern in Yu Yizhou's hand into the air. Cidu examined the card, confirmed it was correct, and then pretended to say to Qian Renxue:

"These two are indeed members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, unrelated to evil spirit masters; do not fabricate false accusations. Considering your youth and that it was legitimate self-defense, I will not punish you this time—leave quickly."

Having said that, his figure flickered and he vanished into thin air.

Yu Yizhou and Yu Wangshu were also shocked—how could there be a Title Spirit Master in the enforcement squad of Spirit City? How terrifying the Spirit Hall's power is—do they really have that many Title Spirit Masters? They actually sent a Title Spirit Master to guard and enforce the city.

Is this the Spirit Hall?

Qian Renxue stuck out her tongue at the two, extended her right thumb, then slowly turned it downward, pointing to the ground.

Afterward she snorted coldly, turned and left, disappearing soon at the end of the street.

"What should we do! Brother Yizhou, with a Title Spirit Master watching, should we still chase?" Yu Wangshu asked anxiously toward Yu Yizhou.

Yu Yizhou stared fixedly at the direction Qian Renxue left, finally sighing in defeat as he relaxed his clenched fist:

"Don't chase anymore; the dignity of a Title Spirit Master cannot be provoked. We can die, but we must die properly. We must first inform Sect Master Tianlin of the importance, safeguard that image sphere—it is now more important than our lives. Have the intelligence organization keep watch on Tianlin's movements, at least to know where she likes to appear."

The two ultimately left, unwilling.

……

Qian Renxue had just finished acting with the two, and now Cidu dragged her back to the room.

Cidu said helplessly: "Young Master, you've been out too long this time; Fenghua and the others have returned, yet you're still wandering outside. If the Grand Offeror discovers this, I'll have trouble explaining."

Qian Renxue nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle Cidu. I've already been confined for several days; Grandfather should have calmed down. This boring confinement should end now—it's time to get my fifth and sixth spirit rings."

After all, this confinement is just the old man being difficult, afraid she'll run around again. Compared to eliminating the side effects of the City of Slaughter, this confinement carries more symbolic meaning.

……

At the very center of the Spirit Master Hall stands a statue ten meters tall, entirely gilded, with three pairs of wings spread behind it, holding aloft a massive golden sword pointing to the heavens. Most remarkably, a faint golden flame seems to swirl around the sword.

In the Elder Hall of the Spirit Hall, there is also a similar statue, but the difference between the two is the soul.

Yes, the Elder Hall's statue is also huge, but it lacks a soul. This immense statue before us exudes a supreme aura, causing the hundreds of golden plaques of Title Spirit Masters around it to lie peacefully subdued.

This is the ultimate hall of Spirit Masters; every Spirit Master takes pride in being able to enter the Spirit Master Hall, for it signifies they have reached the rank of Title Spirit Master, and only upon receiving that title can they possibly enter here. The formal investiture ceremony of each Title Spirit Master is held here.

The Spirit Master Hall was actually not built by the Spirit Hall; according to legend, it existed before the Spirit Hall appeared, and the earliest Spirit Hall was established in the name of worshipping the Spirit Master Hall, gathering powerful Spirit Masters who revered it.

The Spirit Master Hall has a hall master, who must be the person who reveres the Spirit Master Hall the most, offering its golden plaques, and also presiding over the investiture ceremonies of all newly promoted Title Spirit Masters.

At this moment, before the massive statue in the center of the Spirit Master Hall, a person kneels silently—she is neither coming to receive the Title Spirit Master investiture nor the hall master of this Spirit Master Hall.

She possesses another identity, which allows her to remain here, kneeling before the immensely symbolic six-winged angel statue.

Wave-like golden hair cascaded behind her, reaching the ground; her hands formed an odd pose before her chest—thumbs locked, index fingers touching, while the other six fingers spread outward, resembling a six-winged angel spreading its wings.

Her delicate face was filled with reverence, her eyes closed, and a faint halo constantly enveloped her.

This person is Qian Renxue.

"How? Suddenly you want to come to the Spirit Master Hall to pray—aside from when you undergo the Angel God's trial, Grandfather has never seen you so devout. You've always said gods are merely slightly stronger Spirit Masters; could this be an attempt to escape confinement? Grandfather never said you could leave the room now."

A calm yet solemn voice suddenly echoed in the Spirit Master Hall.

Golden light surged; a figure had somehow appeared between her and the massive statue, gradually becoming clear, while the surrounding golden light noticeably intensified.

Especially that colossal six-winged angel statue, its gigantic golden longsword spewing flames of light several zhang long, filling the place with an indescribable sacred aura.

The figure appearing before Qian Renxue is none other than the Spirit Hall's Grand Offeror, the master of the Spirit Master Hall, and also the grandfather who confined her—Qian Daoliu.

Qian Daoliu raised a hand and pointed; the golden flame released from the longsword in the statue behind him descended from the heavens, completely enveloping Qian Renxue's body.

The golden flame flowed, and Qian Renxue's body was drawn upward slowly within that radiant enclosure.

Qian Renxue slowly opened her eyes; on her forehead appeared a half-angel, half-blood-sword mark. The Angel Mark shone with golden light, and before her floated nine pale golden light curtains.

She softly said: "I've come to receive my god-given spirit ring; lingering at rank fifty for so long is enough. It's time to break through the bottleneck—I must swiftly complete the Angel God's first trial."

Her Asura God's first trial is already completed; naturally the Angel God's trial must keep pace.

Qian Daoliu's formerly calm expression vanished instantly; his pupils contracted as he stared fixedly at the half-blood-sword pattern appearing on Qian Renxue's forehead—'This… this is a new divine trial?! Little Snow has actually been chosen by a second deity!' 'Snowflake, your Angel Mark!'

Now it was Qian Renxue's turn to speak calmly: "It's merely that a second deity has chosen me, bestowing a divine trial—nothing major."

Hmph, Grandfather, you didn't expect that, did you? Still putting on airs in front of your granddaughter—see who can out-pretense whom.

"This Asura God's trial seems not to interfere with the continuation of the Angel God's examination."

Qian Daoliu's emotions remained unsettled for a long time; the divine lineage that countless generations of the Qian family had sought in vain seemed, for Qian Renxue, to be easily obtained.

His eyes flickered with a soft light: "I was about seventy when I had your father, and your father was about fifty when he had you—I never imagined my granddaughter Qian Daoliu would be favored by two deities, Snowflake; I am proud of you."

Qian Renxue nodded, reaching out to mooch off him: "So, Grandfather, shouldn't you give me my god-given spirit ring?"

Qian Daoliu's face flushed slightly embarrassed: "This… Little Snow, god-given spirit rings are rare; according to precedent, each spirit master undergoing the Angel God's trial can receive only one god-given spirit ring. As the Angel God's offering, I hold only one during the trial, and I have already given it to you."

"Your fourth spirit ring is especially a divine trace bestowed by the Angel God, the second god-given spirit ring granted to you—do not be greedy."

"Huh?" Qian Renxue narrowed her eyes, sizing up Qian Daoliu up and down, a hint of doubt in her gaze.

"But Grandfather, you used to say you were the Qian family's most beloved child of the Angel God, having received three god-given spirit rings? I am undergoing the Angel God's ninth trial—surely I should get four."

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Qian Daoliu's forehead—there were never three; he merely wanted to show off his talent before Snowflake, deliberately bragging.

Even if he was once the Qian family's most outstanding child, he only ever obtained one god-given spirit ring—acquired at his seventh spirit ring, merely absorbed when he reached rank ninety; the rule is one per person in the divine trial, at least he couldn't break it.

Qian Renxue regarded Qian Daoliu skeptically: "Grandfather, you weren't just boasting, were you?"

Qian Daoliu drenched in sweat: "What… what are you saying, how could I deceive Snowflake?"

"Then where is my god-given spirit ring?"

Qian Daoliu's gaze darted left and right, unwilling to meet Qian Renxue's eyes, as he whispered:

"Perhaps the Angel God favors me more than it does Snowflake."

Qian Renxue's face darkened: "Grandfather, you dare say that under the Angel God's statue?"

"Grandfather, you big liar, you actually deceive people! You forbid me from lying, yet you yourself are dishonest!"

Qian Daoliu immediately retorted: "What counts as deceiving? Are the old folks' matters considered deceiving? I was just playing with you; you were always mischievous as a child—I didn't say things harshly enough, do you know how to obey?"

Qian Renxue laughed angrily at Qian Daoliu, hands on hips, fuming: "So you mean I can't get the remaining god-given spirit rings? You even lied to me saying I could obtain two each year! Then why wait so long—I might as well go hunt spirit beasts directly."

Qian Daoliu coughed twice, then spoke solemnly again: "Look at you, you're impatient again; Grandpa isn't doing this to let you settle down—how could a hundred-thousand-year soul beast be worthy of you?"

"Grandpa has been mobilizing forces to help you find a hundred-thousand-year soul beast; don't be impatient, we made an agreement regarding the Star Dou Great Forest not to enter its core area within twenty years, so Grandpa has sent people to the sea to look for a suitable soul beast for you, and even specially contacted the great priest on Sea God Island to keep an eye out, though we haven't heard anything yet." "A hundred-thousand-year soul beast isn't hard to find at sea, but those with the holy, light, and fire attributes are much rarer there; we can only think of a solution in the life attribute, but Grandpa isn't too keen on letting you go too far in the life attribute, after all, angels ultimately govern judgment."

"There's also the Ice-Sealed Forest and the Extreme North; these two places are backups—if a suitable one is found, we can take a hundred-thousand-year soul bone. You don't even like the Angel set, do you? As for the soul ring, forget it; after all, it doesn't match your Eight-Winged Angel attribute."

"If your fourth attribute were ice, everything would be much easier; Grandpa would just take you to slaughter in the Extreme North—alas, it's the life attribute."

Qian Renxue, on the other hand, was quite satisfied with her life attribute; in terms of quality alone it completely surpassed ordinary elemental attributes, it's just not offensive-oriented—creation is forever harder than destruction, Grandpa simply didn't understand; having the life attribute gave her the courage to boldly advance in her cultivation, constantly trying and erring.

Qian Renxue asked, "What should we do, then? Do I still have to keep waiting?"

Qian Daoliu nodded helplessly: "Unless you're willing to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring; if it's just a ten-thousand-year soul beast, Grandpa has already prepared one—a seventy-thousand-year Ice Fire Magic Tiger and an eighty-thousand-year Flame Lion King. Are you willing to absorb it? If you can't wait, Grandpa suggests you take that Ice Fire Magic Tiger."

"The soul ring of that Ice Fire Magic Tiger might guide you to possess an ice attribute; if that truly happens, finding a hundred-thousand-year soul ring for you would be much easier."

"Even if it doesn't work out, the fire attribute of the Ice Fire Magic Tiger also matches you, so it wouldn't waste your soul ring slot."

Qian Daoliu truly cared about Qian Renxue's soul rings; he could even track down such a rare soul beast as the Ice Fire Magic Tiger.

Qian Renxue sighed, then said, "Forget it—without an extreme ice attribute, success is impossible; my flame is extreme fire, and the Ice Fire Magic Tiger's soul ring would only strengthen my extreme fire, while ordinary ice power would just be melted away by the flame, unable to coexist."

"As for that Flame Lion King, let's leave it to Ryan; it's too mediocre. If it were a Golden Lion King, I might reluctantly accept its eighty-thousand-year limit, as the golden bloodline would be more useful."

Qian Renxue still had two bestowed soul rings given by the Asura God, but their color was too bizarre; she felt they wouldn't match her Eight-Winged Angel, and if the Eight-Winged Angel absorbed them, something unexpected might happen, so she intended to keep the Asura God's bestowed soul rings for her second martial soul.

By the way, isn't the Golden Godzilla just a golden-bloodline soul beast? Qian Renxue suddenly recalled the twenty-five-thousand-year Golden Godzilla she'd encountered on the Hell Road before; why not bring Grandpa to the Hell Road to hunt it down? With her Slaughter God domain active, Grandpa would be able to use soul skills.

Just as Qian Renxue was about to tell Qian Daoliu her plan, the Angel God statue suddenly burst forth with light, surging with divine golden radiance, and the enormous golden longsword on it suddenly spewed out a blaze of light extending several zhang.

The blaze turned into a flowing light that flew to Qian Renxue's face; the flames dissipated, leaving two brilliant golden beads floating in the air.

These two brilliant golden beads seemed to be carved from the most precious golden crystal, flawless and perfectly clear; most remarkably, within each bead lay a thin golden mist that constantly undulated.

Qian Renxue hastily reached out to receive them.

Qian Daoliu stared, mouth agape: "Ah? Bestowed soul rings? And there are two of them."

"This… this shouldn't be; if we count it that way, she's been given four in total? The Angel God is doting on Snowy too much."

Qian Renxue strangely asked, "Grandpa, you said there were no more bestowed soul rings, and that the remaining soul rings must be found by oneself, right?"

Qian Daoliu's lips curled into a bitter smile, and even his state of mind couldn't help but envy his granddaughter.

He closed his eyes and turned away; his originally straight back now showed a hint of weariness.

"Snowy, don't ask anymore—just hurry up and absorb the bestowed soul rings; you already know the process, endure their baptism with your utmost willpower—go."

"Let Grandpa have a moment of quiet alone."

"Heh~"

Qian Renxue made a face at Qian Daoliu's back, then sat cross-legged.

She lifted one of the golden beads in her hand and pressed it against the mark on her forehead; with a crack, the golden bead shattered, and a rich golden mist poured forth, spreading to every corner of Qian Renxue's body, obscuring her figure—only the golden angel mark on her forehead blazed forth, still clearly visible, even the blood-red sword pattern covered.

At the very moment the golden bead shattered, a golden and a white halo simultaneously burst from Qian Renxue's body; each halo spread only to a diameter of one meter beneath her before ceasing to extend, instantly filling the space with a divine aura and an incomparably sharp killing intent.

Facing the bestowed soul ring, Qian Renxue directly released her Angel and Slaughter God domains, wishing to accept the trial of this bestowed soul-ring bead in her peak condition, striving to obtain the highest possible year limit.

A hundred-thousand-year soul ring may be a rare encounter for others, but for Qian Renxue the limit is too low—unworthy of her! She wants stronger! After the two domains appeared, the golden light surrounding Qian Renxue instantly grew denser, swelling in an instant to encompass the entire range of her released domains; within that golden mist, faint golden threads could be seen beginning to wind around her body, continually squeezing.

Qian Renxue's face remained calm; as those golden threads appeared, her Blue Silver Emperor right wrist bone, Purple Divine Light Kirin left wrist bone, and a pair of Soft Bone Alluring Rabbit eye soul bones instantly released, while the bones of her head and the coccyx in her hips also emitted a faint halo; through the stimulation of soul power, the five great soul bones simultaneously exerted their effect.

A golden light suddenly flashed, golden radiance shot up to the heavens, the Eight-Winged Angel martial soul was released, and eight pairs of white wings emitting golden light quietly unfurled, greatly enhancing the divine aura emanating from her whole body; a strong surge of soul power rippled from Qian Renxue's body.

Red! Red! Red! Red!!

Four astonishing soul rings rose from beneath Qian Renxue, their blood-red light shining upon the Spirit Hall.

Qian Daoliu, not knowing when he had turned around, stared obsessively at Qian Renxue's four soul rings—this truly is every soul master's lifelong dream, a fantasy achievable only in dreams, and Qian Daoliu was no exception, yet his granddaughter had actually done it!

The student has surpassed the master.

Qian Daoliu's mouth corner was harder to suppress than an AK—how could such magnificent soul rings allow a black one to slip in? That would be too ugly; from now on, Snowy is not allowed to absorb anything less than a hundred-thousand-year ring!

Qian Renxue went all out right from the start, and she did so purposefully—by unleashing her full power immediately, she avoided having to gradually release it under the pressure of the bestowed soul ring, which would otherwise cause her to consume more soul power in the early stage of the trial and endure greater pain; having already absorbed two bestowed soul rings, she possessed her own experience.

By releasing all her capabilities at the outset, the starting point of the bestowed soul ring trial would be higher, allowing her to face the trial from a higher angle, which would necessarily shorten Qian Renxue's overall trial duration, and the time she spent enduring pain would naturally decrease as well.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have finished absorbing it in just a month before.

Indeed, when Qian Renxue's five great soul bone abilities and Eight-Winged Angel martial soul were released, the golden mist surrounding her body had completely changed—before, only a tenth of the golden light had turned into threads, but this time the mist vanished and all the golden light became rings of golden threads, as if being woven, constantly threading through her body.

Accompanying the threading of those golden strands, Qian Renxue's pretty face began to show subtle fluctuations, and her inner soul power was released without reservation.

The Holy Angel skull and the pair of Soft Bone Alluring Rabbit eye soul bones enable Qian Renxue's mental power to fully converge in her mind, concentrating unprecedentedly; this makes her more tenacious.

The Blue Silver Emperor right wrist bone's Blue Silver Boost activated, azure ripples enveloping Qian Renxue's body, causing her aura to instantly surge wildly.

The Purple Divine Light Kirin left wrist bone automatically activated, a spotless battle armor covering her forehead, shoulders, chest, elbows, wrists, palms, waist, abdomen, hips, knees, and soles.

It's a pity that after her Purple Divine Light Kirin left wrist bone changed, Qian Renxue's Blue Silver domain and soul bone skill Blue Silver Overlord Spear vanished, becoming a new soul skill—the Qi-Blood technique once displayed by Jun martial soul, the Kirin Arm Piercing the Heavens.

The Scarlet Flame Fox Tail external soul bone is currently of little use; its quality is a bit too low for Qian Renxue, and she has never used it. The only thing worth noting is that it is an external soul bone capable of evolving alongside Qian Renxue's metamorphosis.

Time passed second by second; in the blink of an eye, half an hour had elapsed.

Qian Renxue's forehead was already covered with a fine layer of sweat beads, and what's more astonishing is that these sweat beads were golden as well.

At this moment, the golden energy surrounding Qian Renxue's body underwent another change in form, as strands of golden thread began to coalesce into rings of golden light—nine such rings in total.

They first expanded around Qian Renxue's body, then contracted repeatedly, heavily striking her body in an endless cycle.

Each impact of a golden ring on Qian Renxue's body caused her to tremble, and the sweat on her forehead increased further.

The absorption limit of a bestowed soul ring varies from person to person, but these nine golden rings—each representing a hundred thousand years of cultivation—also indicate the true limit of this bestowed soul ring: nine hundred thousand years! The true limit of a bestowed soul ring is nine hundred thousand years.

The advantage of a life-attribute martial soul manifested now: the Eight-Winged Angel martial soul's self-repair ability activated, and under the immense pressure of the bestowed soul ring, even if Qian Renxue's body began to suffer damage, it could still mend in time.

Every one of Qian Renxue's soul skills is overwhelmingly powerful, especially the Eight-Winged Blue Silver Boost—an amplifying soul skill that seems tailor-made for absorbing a bestowed soul ring.

Yet Qian Renxue did not employ her soul skills to amplify herself; her soul power could not withstand the pressure of the bestowed soul ring when both the Blue Silver Boost and Eight-Winged Blue Silver Boost were active simultaneously—in that situation, her soul power consumption would explode geometrically with time, and she had already suffered this loss when absorbing the first bestowed soul ring.

Qian Renxue's total soul power is not low to begin with, and her soul power consumption in ordinary battles can be described as effortless, but under this endless pressure of the bestowed soul ring, she could not last even a few days—she would instead waste all her prior effort—so she chose the lower-consumption Blue Silver Boost.

Qian Renxue possesses the five great soul bones that ordinary soul masters lack, has received offerings from two soul beasts of at least a hundred thousand years each, has two bestowed soul rings of two hundred thousand years or higher, has also taken the eight celestial-grade medicinal herbs, tempered her golden body in the Ice-Fire Duality Eyes, and even after emerging from the Slaughter City, her body had been remodeled once by the Asura God.

Judging solely by her base body without any amplifications, Qian Renxue has already surpassed the strength of an ordinary Titled Douluo, and can even contend with the top beast soul masters of a Super Douluo; the rest depends on Qian Renxue's own determination and perseverance.

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