The Great Calm Technique

Qian Xunji watched that strike, which seemed capable of freezing even the sunlight, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch twice.

This woman's attack power was simply off the charts; she opened with a barrage of ultimate moves, not giving him the slightest chance to communicate.

However, Qian Xunji knew very well that in this world of Douluo Continent where the weak are prey to the strong—especially within the jungle law of soul beasts—a silver tongue was never as effective as a clenched fist.

If you told a beast that had lived for seven hundred thousand years and looked down on all humanity, "I am here for a blind date," she would only think you were not just an intruder, but a brain-damaged pervert, and she would hit you even harder.

"Since you want to fight, then This Seat shall play along with you properly."

Qian Xunji's gaze turned sharp in an instant. He stopped dodging, took a deep breath, and the soul power within his body erupted like a volcano, held back by nothing.

"Martial Soul, Avatar!"

"BOOM--"

A sacred roar that shook the heavens exploded across the sky of the Far North.

Blinding golden light erupted from Qian Xunji's body, instantly tearing through the swirling wind and snow.

Twelve flawless, white, dozens-of-meters-long giant wings of light unfurled behind him with a thunderous boom.

The ultimate sacred and light attributes transformed into rings of golden halos, forcibly carving out a sacred pure land belonging to Qian Xunji within the Snow Empress's Absolute Freeze domain.

Two yellow, two purple, four black, one red!

Nine soul rings pulsed frantically at Qian Xunji's feet, especially that blinding hundred-thousand-year red soul ring, which radiated a heart-stopping pressure.

At the same time, the void rippled half an inch above his head.

The [Hundred-Thousand-Year External Soul Bone: Original Sin Thorn Crown] (Sacred Disguise Version) emerged quietly.

At this moment, Qian Xunji's golden hair fluttered, his white robes snapping in the wind. He hovered silently in mid-air, facing the Snow Empress's [Emperor Palm] head-on, like a supreme savior who had just descended from the God Realm.

"Hmm?"

The Snow Empress, who had previously worn a cold expression, finally saw a flicker of rare astonishment in those ice-blue eyes, which had been as still as an ancient well, the moment Qian Xunji released his Martial Soul.

What kind of quality was this Martial Soul?

But after the brief shock, the killing intent in the Snow Empress's eyes grew even more intense; the more monstrous a human genius was, the greater the threat they posed to soul beasts.

Since they had met today, he must be left in this ice and snow forever.

"Ice Seal!" the Snow Empress shouted coldly.

This level of force—if it were the old Qian Xunji, he would likely be dead, but now...

Qian Xunji did not counterattack; instead, he opened his arms and allowed the strike to land squarely on his body.

"BOOM!"

The entire Ice Abyss trembled violently, and a terrifying energy storm swept in all directions. The glaciers within a radius of ten miles collapsed and shattered under this palm, and the space where Qian Xunji stood was instantly frozen into a massive, ice-blue core.

The Snow Empress looked at the frozen Qian Xunji and frowned slightly. The aura this human had displayed just now was clearly so terrifying, so why didn't he even dodge? Was he being arrogant, or was there something wrong with his brain?

Just as she prepared to turn and leave, a crisp cracking sound suddenly echoed from inside the ice core.

"Crack..."

Following that, a blindingly sacred golden light pierced through the fissures in the ice!

"BOOM!"

The massive ice core instantly shattered into a sky full of ice shards.

Qian Xunji stood in place, completely unscathed, not even a corner of his robe frosted over. Furthermore, the sacred crown hovering above his head was flashing with golden light.

[Absolute Thorn Barrier] triggered, two hundred percent damage reflection!

Before the Snow Empress could react to what had happened, she suddenly felt a violent surge of energy erupting from the void around her without warning.

The essence of that energy was identical to the [Emperor Palm] she had just unleashed, but the power was doubled!

"BANG!"

The double-powered reflected damage exploded directly around the Snow Empress!

Even as the ruler of the Far North, the Snow Empress was caught off guard by the backlash of her own doubled power; she let out a muffled groan, and a trace of ice-blue blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"You... what did you do to me?" The Snow Empress steadied herself, her beautiful eyes locked onto Qian Xunji, and finally, a hint of wariness appeared in her gaze.

She hadn't even seen this human make a move, yet she had been injured by twice the power of her own technique. What kind of bizarre soul skill was this?

Qian Xunji watched the Snow Empress's "I've seen a ghost" expression and felt incredibly satisfied, but on the surface, he maintained his compassionate Pope-like demeanor.

He elegantly brushed some non-existent dust off his shoulder and bowed slightly.

"Snow Empress, as you can see, my soul rings are full. I meant no harm by my rude intrusion today. Now, can we sit down and talk?"

Qian Xunji took the opportunity to produce the Angel God Token and the Douluo Planet Companion Profound Ice Marrow Core.

"This is!"

Just as Qian Xunji was on his blind date in the Far North, Thousands of miles away in the Heaven Dou Empire, within the headquarters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, a completely different scene was unfolding.

Seven Treasure City.

This city, hailed as the wealthiest in the entire continent, had air that was practically thick with the "corrupt" scent of money.

Behind the sect, inside a top-tier mimicry cultivation chamber originally reserved only for the Sect Master and core elders, the dense spirit power had almost condensed into a tangible white mist.

At the center of the formation, six-year-old Bibi Dong sat quietly in a cross-legged position.

Her once thin and withered frame had become much more ruddy and plump after being force-fed a massive amount of heavenly treasures over these past few days.

Behind her petite body, the phantom of a hideous spider, purple-black in color and radiating a nauseating aura of death and decay, was slowly retracting.

[Death Spider Emperor]

At her feet, a single, exceptionally bright, bright-yellow spirit ring was floating up and down.

Four hundred and twenty years, Mandala Demon Spider!

This was the top-grade poison-attribute spirit ring that Ning Zhen had personally gone out to find last night, taking the Sect Protecting Douluo Yuan Lie with him to scour the outskirts of the Sunset Forest for an entire night, carefully selecting it to perfectly hit the limit of her first spirit ring capacity.

"Hoo—"

Bibi Dong slowly opened her eyes.

Several days had already passed since Qian Xunji had tossed her away like trash and sold her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The initial shock, rage, madness, and the collapse of her worldview had now been completely suppressed.

Having been able to endure for so many years in Martial Soul Hall in her previous life, her adaptability was absolutely top-tier across the entire continent.

Qian Xunji... although you are blind in this life, sooner or later... I will still kill you!

After thinking it over for these past few days, she had completely figured it out: staying in Martial Soul Hall might allow her to obtain resources legitimately, but that beast Qian Xunji would inevitably keep a constant watch on her, perhaps even repeating the tragedy of the secret chamber.

But here, in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the situation was completely different.

You want an invincible Title Douluo to serve as the sect's guardian treasure? Fine, I will be that for you.

Since I have been reborn, and since you are willing to play the fool, I will not be polite in draining every last drop of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's foundation.

Once I have sucked you dry and used your resources to pile my way to Title Douluo, or even restarted the Rakshasa God trials...

By that time:

Step one, destroy the Heaven Dou Empire royal family;

Step two, slaughter every member of your Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect;

Finally, with an invincible foundation, I will return to Martial Soul City and hack that white-haired old thief Qian Xunji into eight hundred pieces...

"Creak—"