"Mom, you're finally here. I've missed you so much this past year."
"Don't give me that. Stop changing the subject. Tell me, who's that girl?"
"Uh..."
For once, Qin Chuan was at a loss for words under Bibi Dong's questioning.
"She's Jing Hongchen's granddaughter." Qian Renxue sold Qin Chuan out without hesitation.
"Jing Hongchen's granddaughter?!" Bibi Dong looked surprised, then turned with amusement toward her son, who remained expressionless. She teased him with a smile, "Well done, kid. You even managed to win over the granddaughter of the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. That'll save you plenty of trouble down the road."
Qin Chuan shook his head slightly. "I only did it for you all. Besides, I can't exactly find a wife in the future who belongs to Shrek or some other faction. That wouldn't work."
Bibi Dong understood that Qin Chuan had done all this for Spirit Hall. She ruffled her son's hair, then the four of them immediately left Bright Capital.
Deep in the mountains.
"System, open a passage to Spirit Hall in the Parallel Time and Space," Qin Chuan silently instructed.
"Ding! One hundred Snow Hatred Value has been deducted. Current Snow Hatred Value: 510,800."
A black hole appeared out of nowhere and swallowed the four of them. Their figures vanished in an instant, leaving this era behind.
In the Parallel Time and Space, a black hole suddenly appeared above Spirit Hall.
Bibi Dong landed safely with Qin Chuan in her arms. Ye Guyi and Qian Renxue returned with angel wings on their backs. After returning to Spirit Hall, which they had not seen in so long, all three women resumed their original appearances.
The commotion soon drew the attention of many people.
"Greetings, Your Holiness the Pope, Little Young Master, Young Master, and Miss Ye."
Bibi Dong nodded. "That's enough. It's nothing serious. We've just come out of seclusion, so everyone can get back to what they were doing."
The crowd quickly dispersed.
The official story was that Bibi Dong had been in seclusion, though in truth she had gone to the Douluo Continent of the main world, ten thousand years in the future.
Only a few of the elders knew the truth. Even Hu Liena, Bibi Dong's disciple, had been kept in the dark.
Elder Hall.
As soon as Qian Daoliu learned that the four had returned, he couldn't sit still and came out to welcome them himself.
Inside Pope Hall, Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi sat in a circle.
"Is this a Soul Tool?" Qian Daoliu fiddled with the Level 7 Soul Tool, the Moon-Slashing Blade, which Bibi Dong had obtained at the Auction House. When he infused it with Soul Power, the blade glowed crimson, its edge gleaming sharply.
"This is just the tip of the iceberg."
Bibi Dong took out a Starlight Sapphire Ring and smiled. "During the year I was being hunted, I raided the Star Luo Empire's armory and took nearly a hundred Flight Soul Tools. The Star Luo Emperor was furious."
"You were being hunted?" Qian Daoliu looked at her in astonishment.
"I impersonated the Holy Spirit Cult and killed some of the Douluo Continent's top figures. I also killed one Titled Douluo from each of the three empires, along with quite a few inner-court students from Shrek Academy. That's all." Bibi Dong spoke casually. If she hadn't been pursued by so many people, she would have turned the entire Douluo Continent upside down by now.
Hearing about Bibi Dong's exploits, Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi both sucked in a sharp breath.
Only Qin Chuan remained unfazed. Every time Bibi Dong killed someone, he received a voice notification.
"This contains a hundred Level 5 Milk Bottles for restoring Soul Power..."
"This is the Level 7 Soul Tool Absolute Barrier, the Level 7 Soul Tool Hell Mayfly Cannon, the Level 7 Soul Tool Earth-Splitting Spear..."
Bibi Dong produced a great many Level 7 Soul Tools, listing them off one by one. The only things missing were Level 8 Soul Tools, since even Auction Houses rarely had any up for sale.
Before long, the empty space in Pope Hall had become a small mountain of goods.
There were rare metals and all kinds of Soul Tools, countless items ranging from Level 4 to Level 6. Many of them had been stolen from military camps belonging to the three empires.
As for Soul Cannons and Soul Tool Cannonballs, she had a full ten thousand Grade 5 Fixed Soul Cannon Shells alone.
"This is a small armory belonging to the Western Army Group of the Star Luo Empire. I cleaned it out."
Everyone was speechless. Qian Daoliu finally understood why Bibi Dong had been hunted across the continent for the past year. If he had lost that much himself, he would have done the same.
What came next was the real showstopper.
Bibi Dong took out a black briefcase and smiled smugly. "This is a Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell. I got it from the Holy Spirit Cult."
"A Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell?" Qian Daoliu asked in confusion.
"A Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell?!" Qin Chuan, Qian Renxue, and Ye Guyi were stunned and hurriedly backed away.
Bibi Dong shot the three of them an exasperated look and snorted. "Are you really that timid?"
"Don't joke around! That's a Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell. One mistake and the whole Pope Hall—or even all of Spirit Hall—could be blown to pieces." Qin Chuan felt that Bibi Dong was utterly domineering at that moment. He finally understood that when Bibi Dong truly let loose, there was nothing she wouldn't do.
After getting a firsthand look at Soul Tools, Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi now understood the destructive power of a Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell, too.
Hearing Qin Chuan, Qian Daoliu could only shake his head helplessly. "Put it away."
"Boring." Bibi Dong slipped the black briefcase back into the Starlight Sapphire Ring, and everyone finally let out a breath of relief.
"The Holy Spirit Cult's Sleep Nightmare Douluo had this originally. He wanted me to join the Holy Spirit Cult, thinking I was at the end of my rope. Instead, I pulled off a switcheroo. Even without Sleep Nightmare Douluo interfering, I could have left without a scratch."
In the end, Sleep Nightmare Douluo had paid the price. Not only had all the Holy Spirit Cult's information been exposed, but he had also lost a Grade 9 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell. For the sake of Spirit Hall's greater plans, the Holy Spirit Cult would just have to suffer.
Qian Daoliu took the list of Holy Spirit Cult members from Bibi Dong, along with their Martial Souls and Soul Power Levels. One glance was enough to make his expression more solemn than ever.
"Ancestor, you found the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters. Where is it?" Ye Guyi asked excitedly.
"Guyi, I know you're eager for revenge, but you're only a Soul Elder right now. Going there would just get you killed. I can promise you that the Holy Spirit Cult will eventually be completely dismantled, even if I don't take action..."
Bibi Dong glanced meaningfully at Qian Daoliu, who remained expressionless.
At that moment, Ye Guyi felt reassured.
Qian Daoliu, wielder of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, a Level 99 Limit Douluo, and the strictest father Evil Soul Masters could have.
"All right, let's discuss the future direction of Spirit Hall."
"We must vigorously develop Soul Tools and combine them with Soul Masters," Qian Daoliu said.
"I have no objections." Qian Renxue nodded.
"I... have no objections either," Ye Guyi said softly.
"Developing Soul Tools is essential, but the problem is that we have no one to teach us. We can't send a large number of Spirit Hall disciples to the Sun Moon Empire ten thousand years in the future to study. That would inevitably attract the Sun Moon Empire's attention."
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