Qian Xunji Isn't Dead?!

The journey from Suotuo City to Spirit Hall was a long one, requiring them to skirt around the entire Star Dou Great Forest.

During the journey, Thousand Jun Douluo looked at Gu Chen. "You're Gu Chen, right? Can I see your Spirit Rings?"

Though he believed the old man would not deceive him, seeing was believing. Besides, he was quite interested in Gu Chen's Spirit Rings.

Spirit Hall's exclusive carriage was exceptionally spacious, with an interior the size of a sitting room—more than enough room for Gu Chen and Gu Yuena to perform Martial Soul Possession.

Gu Chen nodded, rose to his feet, and walked to the center of the carriage. His Golden Dragon King Martial Soul possessed him, golden scales layering across his body as four Spirit Rings slowly rose around him: one purple and three black.

Thousand Jun Douluo's eyes widened. "You're already a Soul Ancestor?! No, that fourth Spirit Ring..."

Demon Subduing Douluo beside him could not help interrupting, "Black tinged with red—only a ninety-thousand-year Spirit Ring could look like that. Gu Chen, how did you manage it?!"

Gu Chen had long known the two Title Douluo would be shocked. Smiling, he said, "Your Excellencies, my Martial Soul is the Golden Dragon. My physical body is exceptionally strong, which is why I was able to absorb a ninety-thousand-year Spirit Ring."

"A freak talent seen only once in a century! Gu Yuena, let us see your Spirit Rings." Thousand Jun Douluo clicked his tongue in amazement before turning to Gu Yuena.

Gu Yuena complied. The Silver Dragon King possessed her, and four Spirit Rings rose around her—two purple and two black.

"You're a Soul Ancestor as well. Your joining Spirit Hall is Spirit Hall's good fortune!" Demon Subduing Douluo praised.

Boom!

The carriage suddenly shook, and the entire cabin crashed heavily onto the ground.

"What happened?" Thinking something was wrong, the two Title Douluo hurriedly flew out of the carriage.

They saw that the four white horses pulling the carriage had already collapsed to the ground, their limbs trembling and their eyes filled with terror.

"My lords, I don't know what happened to the horses. They suddenly fell over and refused to move." The coachman had fallen as well, but he quickly scrambled up and spoke to Thousand Jun Douluo.

"You can't even watch over a few horses. What use are you?" Thousand Jun Douluo said, preparing to kill the coachman.

"Your Excellency!" Gu Chen hurriedly stopped him. "The horses fell because Na'er and I released the pressure of our Martial Souls. My Golden Dragon and her Seven-Colored Dragon are both among the most superior existences among soul beasts. It is only natural that the horses could not endure that pressure. The coachman is not to blame."

Only then did Thousand Jun Douluo understand. He nodded. "So that's how it is. Then I shall spare his life."

Gu Chen and Gu Yuena released their Martial Soul Possession and returned to the carriage with the two Title Douluo under the coachman's reverent gaze.

Sure enough, after Gu Chen and Gu Yuena released their Martial Soul Possession, the four white horses gradually recovered, and the carriage continued onward.

"Little brother, once we return, we must request more cultivation resources for them from the Pope. Otherwise, with that incompetent fellow, there is no way he can properly nurture these two children!" Demon Subduing Douluo said.

Thousand Jun Douluo shook his head. "Sigh, if only the Great Enshrined had given the position of Pope to the Saintess back then. She would have been far more capable than the current Pope!"

Gu Chen's heart stirred as he listened to the two Title Douluo talk. Saintess, incompetent Pope—those words left him deeply puzzled.

If he remembered correctly, wasn't Bibi Dong supposed to be Spirit Hall's Pope in the original story? She should have been a highly capable woman, so how could anyone call her incompetent? Besides, if the timeline was correct, the Saintess Thousand Jun Douluo mentioned should have been Bibi Dong, shouldn't she? Could it be that, because of the butterfly effect caused by his arrival, she had never become Pope?!

"Um, Your Excellencies, may I ask who the Pope you mentioned is?" Gu Chen could not help interrupting.

Demon Subduing Douluo snorted coldly. "Isn't Spirit Hall's Pope Qian Xunji? If the Saintess Bibi Dong had become Pope back then, Spirit Hall would surely have grown even stronger. Unfortunately, she was defiled by that scum."

Thousand Jun Douluo hurriedly tugged at Demon Subduing Douluo's hand. "Big brother, do not casually discuss the Pope! No one can mention what happened back then, or the Pope will silence us. Did you hear that?" As he spoke, he warned Gu Chen and Gu Yuena.

Gu Chen nodded outwardly, but a storm had already risen in his heart.

He hurriedly asked the system, "System, did I transmigrate into a fake Douluo Continent? Why is Qian Xunji still alive? Shouldn't he have been severely wounded by Tang Hao over a decade ago and then killed by Bibi Dong?"

Ding!

"This was caused by the butterfly effect brought about by the host. After the host broke through the God Realm's encirclement and escaped, the God Realm, in order to control all subordinate planes and prevent them from being affected by the Golden Silver Dragon King, ordered the deities to warn the enshrined ones at their inheritance grounds. Qian Daoliu, the Great Enshrined of the Angel God's inheritance, received the Angel God's warning and protected his descendants more thoroughly. Although he was severely injured, Bibi Dong failed to succeed under the protection of several Title Douluo. Furthermore, although Qian Renxue is still carrying out her espionage mission in the Heaven Dou Empire, she now has the Four Sons of the Royal Banner, four Title Douluo, protecting her at her side."

The system explained.

"This... It was actually because of me that that damned scum Qian Xunji was allowed to live in peace." Gu Chen felt a sense of guilt.

Ding!

"Given Spirit Hall's attitude of 'those not of our kind are sure to have different hearts,' it would undoubtedly be extremely difficult for you, as a member of the dragon race, to take control of Spirit Hall through normal means. Seizing power is your only option. The current outcome is not bad either. When you kill Qian Xunji in the future, there will not be too much pressure."

The system tried to console him.

Gu Chen could only nod. After all, things had already come to this, and he could not possibly give up escaping the God Realm just because of Qian Xunji.

"Gu Chen." Thousand Jun Douluo suddenly called out to him.

"Hmm?" Gu Chen looked at him in confusion.

"Would you be willing to take me as your master?" Thousand Jun Douluo cherished talent and intended to accept Gu Chen as his disciple.

If it had been an ordinary soul master, being accepted as a disciple by a Title Douluo—especially a powerful Title Douluo like Thousand Jun Douluo—would have made them deliriously happy, and they would have agreed with boundless gratitude.

But was Gu Chen an ordinary soul master? Setting aside the fact that his Golden Dragon King True Body possessed strength on par with a Level One Deity, who could be more qualified to be his master than the Dragon God, who had bestowed all his strength upon him?

If Gu Chen had a master, then his one and only master was the Dragon God!

The same was true for Gu Yuena.

"Sorry, Na'er and I already have a master." Gu Chen politely declined.

"Very well. But if you encounter any problems in cultivation, you may ask us." Thousand Jun Douluo spoke regretfully. Though he could not take Gu Chen as his disciple, forming a good relationship with such an unparalleled genius was still a fine thing.

"Mm, thank you," Gu Chen said.

The journey was long and there was nothing to do, so the four people in the carriage began cultivating where they sat.