Dual Divine Skills Awaken, Sword Points to Nuoding City

The system's mechanical prompt echoed in Su Chen's mind.

"Rewards are being distributed."

"Host's light attribute affinity has been increased to one hundred percent."

"The first soul skill of the Judgment Holy Sword has automatically evolved into a growth-type god-level skill: Heavenly Kingdom Judgment."

"Soul Power Level increased by three levels."

"Current Soul Power: Level 25."

Following the conclusion of the system's broadcast.

A gentle yet vast energy surged from the depths of Su Chen's limbs and bones.

This energy lacked the violent, tearing sensation of the Dark Nightmare Demon Tiger.

Like spring rain, it nourished the meridians that had just endured extreme pressure.

It thoroughly repaired those minute, hidden injuries.

Su Chen could clearly feel it.

He now possessed absolute control over the light elements drifting in the surrounding air.

With just a single thought from him.

These light elements would transform into the sharpest of weapons.

He slowly stood up.

The deep, almost black-purple soul ring beneath his feet stopped spinning.

It hovered steadily around his body.

A six-thousand-three-hundred-year second soul ring.

In the history of the Douluo Continent, this was an unprecedented miracle.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei walked over from a distance.

The two peak Douluo looked at the thousand-year soul ring at Su Chen's feet.

Their eyes were filled with unconcealable awe.

Six years old.

Level 25.

First soul ring: two thousand five hundred years.

Second soul ring: six thousand three hundred years.

Plus a fifty-thousand-year top-tier External Soul Bone.

If this configuration were to be revealed to the outside world.

It would be enough to make all the so-called geniuses on the continent ashamed to the point of suicide.

"Congratulations to the Holy Son for achieving his wish."

Yue Guan bowed slightly.

His tone was more respectful than it had ever been.

"The theories of that trash Yu Xiaogang are not even worth dog shit in front of you."

Gui Mei nodded in agreement.

"After this trip, the Holy Son's foundation is completely solidified. There are no rivals among your peers."

Su Chen ignored their flattery.

He raised his right hand.

Golden light converged.

The Judgment Holy Sword fell into his palm.

The golden holy fire burning on the blade was several times more vigorous than before.

At the center of the holy fire, there was even a hint of pure white, symbolizing extreme temperature.

"Let me see the power of this god-level soul skill."

Su Chen whispered to himself.

He gripped the hilt tightly.

The Level 25 soul power within his body instantly boiled.

His one-hundred-percent light attribute affinity was fully activated.

The purple-black soul ring beneath his feet shone brilliantly.

"First Soul Skill."

"Heavenly Kingdom Judgment."

Su Chen slashed his sword toward the golden lake surface surrounding Lake Heart Island.

No earth-shattering sword qi flew out.

Only the space pointed at by the blade twisted violently.

The next second.

The sunlight, previously obscured by black clouds in the sky, was suddenly torn open by a massive gap.

A pure golden beam of light, over ten meters in diameter, descended from the heavens.

This beam carried an irresistible Law of Purification.

It struck the lake surface directly.

BOOM.

There was no splashing of water.

Only extreme heat and the power of purification erupted in an instant.

The golden lake water within a radius of several hundred meters was vaporized into nothingness the moment it touched the beam.

The silt that had accumulated for tens of thousands of years at the bottom of the lake, along with the foul-smelling blood residue of the Raging Thunder Dragon, hissed as it burned under the radiance of this divine power.

In a mere three breaths of time, a massive, dry pit over ten meters deep had been forcibly evaporated into the center of the lake.

The rocks at the bottom of the pit were melted by the high temperature, solidifying into a layer of smooth, pure light crystals that emitted a soft golden glow.

Yue Guan gasped, drawing in a cold breath.

He stared at the terrifying aura lingering in the deep pit, his scalp tingling.

"Is this truly a first soul skill?"

"An attack that instantly vaporizes a large body of water while carrying an absolute purification effect—its destructive power is already approaching a fifth soul skill of a Soul King level."

Gui Mei swallowed hard.

"The most terrifying part is that Law of Space that locks onto the target. That beam of light descended from the heavens; there is no way to rely on movement techniques to dodge it. One can only take it head-on."

Su Chen sheathed the Judgment Holy Sword.

The beam of light dissipated accordingly.

He felt that about thirty percent of his soul power had been consumed, and he was very satisfied with the power of Heavenly Kingdom Judgment.

This was a god-level skill that combined large-scale lethality with absolute accuracy.

Coupled with the Endless Dark Prison domain of the God-Slaying Magic Spear, he was now fully confident that he could instantly kill any Soul Elder below level thirty-five without using his External Soul Bone.

If he played all his trump cards, he would even dare to fight a level forty Soul Ancestor.

"Let's go. Back to Martial Soul City."

Su Chen turned around and strode toward the outskirts of the forest.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei followed immediately.

The path they had taken to get here had already been cleared, so their return journey was much faster.

Half a day later, the three of them walked out of the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Soul Hunting Town.

The Black Scaled Dragon Horse carriage was still parked at the town entrance.

No one dared to come within half a step of it.

Su Chen boarded the carriage.

Yue Guan flicked the reins.

The dragon horse let out a neigh.

It pulled the carriage away in a cloud of dust.

Leaving a trail of rising grit behind.

On the return journey.

Su Chen sat cross-legged inside the carriage the entire time.

The Chaos God-Demon Art circulated continuously within his body.

He needed to thoroughly refine and solidify the three levels of soul power that had just surged.

The two forces of light and darkness formed a perfect balance within his dantian.

They did not interfere with each other.

Yet they complemented one another during circulation.

Five days later.

The magnificent Martial Soul City came into view in the distance.

The carriage did not undergo any inspection at the city gates.

It drove straight along the central avenue into the core area of Martial Soul Hall.

Finally, it stopped at the foot of the steps of the Pope Palace.

"Your Highness Holy Son, we have arrived."

Yue Guan said respectfully from outside the carriage.

Su Chen pushed open the carriage door.

He stepped down from the carriage with long strides.

He ascended the white jade steps.

Heading straight for the main hall of the Pope Palace.

The main hall doors were wide open.

Bibi Dong was standing in front of a sand table in the center of the hall.

She seemed to be studying the troop deployments of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Hearing the footsteps.

Bibi Dong turned around.

She saw Su Chen walking into the hall.

A trace of tension flashed in her eyes.

She walked forward quickly.

Her gaze swept back and forth over Su Chen.

Only after confirming that Su Chen's limbs were intact and he had no external injuries.

Did she secretly heave a sigh of relief.

"You have returned."

Bibi Dong's tone carried a hint of imperceptible concern.

"You didn't force yourself to absorb any soul beasts that exceeded your limits too much, did you?"

Su Chen stopped in his tracks.

He looked straight into Bibi Dong's eyes.

"Teacher, I obtained what I wanted."

"Release your martial soul. Let me see."

Bibi Dong stepped back half a pace.

She had to personally check the age of Su Chen's soul rings and his physical condition.

Su Chen did not speak.

He raised both hands.

His Twin Martial Souls were released simultaneously.

The God-Slaying Magic Spear in his left hand.

The Judgment Holy Sword in his right hand.

Extreme darkness and light instantly flooded the entire hall.

At the same time.

Two dazzling spirit rings rose from his feet.

Beneath his left foot.

A deep purple spirit ring spiraled slowly.

It radiated an intense aura of corrosion and destruction.

Beneath his right foot.

A thousand-year spirit ring, so purple it was nearly black, bobbed up and down.

Arcs of sacred lightning flickered faintly across the surface of the ring.

The air inside the grand hall froze instantly.

Bibi Dong widened her beautiful eyes.

She stared fixedly at the two spirit rings beneath Su Chen's feet.

Her high chest heaved violently.

The Pope Scepter in her hand even let out a faint creaking sound from being gripped too tightly.

"This... how is this possible?"

Bibi Dong's voice lost its usual composure.

It became somewhat sharp.

"Deep purple. These are spirit rings over two thousand years old."

"That purple-black one. It is at least over six thousand years."

"You didn't just cross ranks. You crossed two major tiers in succession."

She lunged in front of Su Chen.

She grabbed Su Chen's wrist.

Her purple spirit power surged into Su Chen's body without reservation.

She assumed Su Chen was using some secret technique to overdraw his life force to forcibly suppress the backlash of the spirit rings.

But when her spirit power entered Su Chen's meridians.

She was completely stunned.

Broad as a river.

Tough as tempered steel.

The meridians in Su Chen's body were not only undamaged.

They were brimming with vibrant vitality.

Twenty-five levels of pure spirit power flowed through them incessantly.

His foundation was so solid that even she, a peak Douluo, could not find a single flaw.

"Twenty-five levels."

Bibi Dong let go.

She took two steps back.

Looking at the six-year-old boy with a calm expression before her.

She suddenly felt that her understanding had been completely overturned.

When she obtained her first spirit ring back then.

She had absorbed a four-hundred-year spirit beast and was in agony.

Yet this disciple before her.

Had trampled Yu Xiaogang's limit theory into the dust.

And stood before her completely unscathed.

"Teacher, I said before. Data can be deceiving."

Su Chen retracted his twin spirits.

The oppressive light and darkness in the grand hall dissipated instantly.

"So-called limits are merely shackles used to constrain the weak."

Bibi Dong took a deep breath.

She struggled to calm the turbulent emotions within her.

She looked at Su Chen.

A fanatical light, the likes of which had never been seen before, suddenly erupted in her eyes.

"Good. What a fine shackle for the weak."

Bibi Dong burst into laughter.

The laughter was filled with the exhilaration of someone who had finally let out a long-pent-up breath.

"If Qian Daoliu saw you now, he would surely regret it so much that he'd smash every pillar in the Worship Hall."

"You are not only the Holy Son of my Pope Palace, you are the absolute blade that will sweep across the continent for Martial Soul Hall in the future."

Bibi Dong turned and walked back to the Pope Throne to sit down.

The look in her eyes as she gazed at Su Chen.

Already held the respect one reserves for an equal powerhouse.

"The harvest from your spirit ring hunt this time is enough to be recorded in the top-secret annals of Martial Soul Hall."

"As a reward, all resource vaults of the Pope Palace are fully opened to you."

"Whatever else you need, just ask."

Bibi Dong waved her hand grandly.

Directly granting Su Chen the greatest of privileges.

Su Chen had been waiting for exactly these words.

He bowed slightly.

"Teacher, there is indeed one thing I need to attend to."

"I need to access the intelligence scrolls of Martial Soul Hall to find someone."

Bibi Dong was somewhat surprised.

"Find someone? Who are you looking for?"

Su Chen raised his head.

His gaze was icy.

"Yu Xiaogang."

Upon hearing that name.

The smile on Bibi Dong's face vanished in an instant.

Her brows knit tightly together.

"What do you want with him?"

Bibi Dong's tone turned somewhat stiff.

Although she and Yu Xiaogang had broken ties many years ago.

That name remained a thorn in her side.

Su Chen did not shy away at all.

"I need to make a trip to Nuoding City in Fasinuo Province."

Su Chen had already had the system pull up Yu Xiaogang's current general location while on the road.

"That fame-seeking piece of trash relies on the scraps he stole from Martial Soul Hall to swindle people out there."

"Not only is he deceiving the world, he is tarnishing the prestige of Martial Soul Hall."

Su Chen looked directly at Bibi Dong.

"It is inconvenient for Teacher to step forward and clean house, so let me, the Holy Son, be the villain."

"I am going to Nuoding City to tear off his hypocritical mask in front of everyone."

"I will make him completely disgraced and ruined in the spirit master world."