First Meeting with Ning Fengzhi

Qin Heng shook his head. "Grandpa Guang Ling, my Third Soul Skill doesn't enhance spiritual power. Its effect increases all my attributes by 50% for one hour, while also boosting my spiritual power recovery speed by 100%."

"Hiss—" Guang Ling Douluo drew a sharp breath. "A 100% increase in spiritual power recovery speed? That effect is clearly more useful than a spiritual power enhancement!"

"That's what I thought too. With my three Soul Skills and Illusion Pupil, even a Soul King with a high-tier Martial Soul would be no match for me. Only a Soul King with a top-tier Martial Soul, or a Soul Emperor with a Sixth Soul Ring, could fight me.

"If I faced Soul Beasts, ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts would already be no match for me. Unless they possessed special bloodlines, like a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, I could defeat any ordinary ten-thousand-year Soul Beast."

"Hahaha!" After hearing Qin Heng's words, Guang Ling Douluo burst into laughter. "Good, good, good! You brat really are a freak. With you and Xue'er among Spirit Hall's younger generation, Spirit Hall will surely prosper for centuries more!"

"Grandpa Guang Ling, my goal isn't merely to make Spirit Hall prosper. I intend to become a god."

Guang Ling Douluo rolled his eyes. "Give you an inch and you'll take a mile. You've only just become a Soul Elder, yet you're already dreaming of godhood. Enough nonsense. Test your Soul Power!"

As he spoke, Guang Ling Douluo took out a Soul Power testing Crystal Ball and handed it to Qin Heng.

Qin Heng raised his hand and placed it on the Crystal Ball.

"Level 35. You brat really are a freak. You already have Level 35 Soul Power at only six years old."

Qin Heng was not surprised by his Soul Power Level. He had been born with Level 20 Soul Power, all three of his Soul Rings had been absorbed beyond their limits, and he had also absorbed an External Soul Bone. Coupled with the Immortal Herbs he had taken, having Level 35 Soul Power now was perfectly normal.

Qin Heng estimated that his Soul Power would not continue growing this quickly afterward.

But that did not matter. His goal was to break through to Quasi-Soul Saint by the time Tang San arrived in Suotuo City.

As long as he broke through to Quasi-Soul Saint, he would directly bring the Worship Hall's offerings to Suotuo City to ambush Tang San and see whether they could seize the chance to kill both Tang San and Tang Hao.

Even if they could not kill those two, snatching that rogue rabbit Xiao Wu and making her his Seventh Soul Ring would be excellent as well.

Once he acquired his Martial Soul Avatar, he could unlock all of Asura Armor's abilities. By then, he was confident he could defeat even a Titled Douluo; even against a Super Douluo, if he could not win head-on, he could still use Asura Armor's mechanics to toy them to death.

Furthermore, after breaking through Level 70, Qin Heng would be able to travel through time and space, reaching as far as ten thousand years into the past or ten thousand years into the future. He was very curious whether the future he would visit would be the timeline of the original Douluo II, or the altered timeline of Douluo I.

Thinking of this, Qin Heng became even more eager to cultivate.

"Grandpa Guang Ling, let's return to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well! I want to go back and stabilize my realm as soon as possible."

"Alright." Guang Ling Douluo nodded and took Qin Heng back to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

When Qin Heng and Guang Ling Douluo had come to the Ice-Sealed Forest, it had taken them more than half a month. Yet their return journey took an entire month.

That was because this old child, Guang Ling Douluo, was extremely interested in Qin Heng's Soul Bone skill. From time to time, he made Qin Heng use Illusion Pupil to pull him into the illusionary space.

Guang Ling was a Level 97 Super Douluo. How could Qin Heng's spiritual power withstand him playing around like that? Even with his Third Soul Skill, he could not hold on for long.

Along the way, Qin Heng spent at least half his time sitting cross-legged and recovering his spiritual power.

By the time they reached Heaven Dou City, Guang Ling Douluo had more or less had his fill of fun. Qin Heng let out a long sigh. If not for the fact that constantly exhausting and recovering his spiritual power benefited his own tempering, he would never have indulged Guang Ling like this.

As soon as Qin Heng and Guang Ling Douluo entered Heaven Dou City, they found the entire city decorated with lanterns and colorful banners, as if some celebration was underway.

Guang Ling Douluo immediately grew curious. He led Qin Heng to a teahouse by the roadside, ordered a pot of tea and some pastries, casually tossed the waiter a Gold Soul Coin, and asked, "Has Heaven Dou City had some recent happy occasion? Why is every household decorated with lanterns and banners?"

"You two guests are from out of town, aren't you?"

Guang Ling Douluo nodded.

"Then that explains it. Heaven Dou City is this lively because Ye Renxin, the head of the Nine-Heart Begonia Ye Clan, has broken through to become a Titled Douluo, with the title Begonia.

"He is the continent's first healing-type Titled Douluo, and his Martial Soul is the Nine-Heart Begonia. It is said that during his title ceremony, even His Holiness the Pope of Spirit Hall treated him with great courtesy.

"His Majesty the Emperor was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately ordered Heaven Dou City to celebrate for three days, in honor of Elder Ye becoming Titled."

Guang Ling Douluo suddenly understood. He naturally knew that his eldest brother had used the Soul Core Method to help Ye Renxin break through to Titled Douluo, but he did not know when Ye Renxin had gone to Spirit Hall.

Now it seemed that they had returned at just the right time, catching Heaven Dou City's celebration after Ye Renxin's breakthrough.

Guang Ling Douluo's playful nature immediately surfaced, and he decided to return to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well only after the celebration ended.

Qin Heng had no way to object and could only follow Guang Ling Douluo.

Guang Ling Douluo led Qin Heng around Heaven Dou City for quite a while before heading straight for the Ye Clan.

The Ye Clan was now thronged with visitors, with countless people waiting outside to request an audience.

As it happened, just as Guang Ling Douluo and Qin Heng arrived at the Ye Clan's entrance, an extravagantly decorated carriage bearing the emblem of a seven-tiered pagoda stopped nearby.

A refined and amiable-looking middle-aged man stepped down from the carriage, followed by an elderly man with a tall frame but little flesh, who looked like a skeleton.

Seeing the two of them, Guang Ling Douluo frowned, his eyes filled with disgust. "Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong? Why did we run into them? What bad luck!"

"Grandpa Guang Ling, you don't like people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

"That's right. I hate people like Ning Fengzhi the most—smiling while hiding blades behind their backs."

Guang Ling Douluo noticed Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and they had noticed him as well. More precisely, Gu Rong was the first to notice Guang Ling Douluo.

"Fengzhi, look at that fellow who appears to be a youth to the southwest." Gu Rong secretly transmitted his voice to Ning Fengzhi.

Ning Fengzhi turned to look and immediately frowned. "Uncle Gu, I can't see through this person's Soul Power."

"He is a Titled Douluo, Guang Ling Douluo. His Soul Power is above mine, and he is from Spirit Hall."

"Someone from Spirit Hall!"

"That's right. He is considered one of my generation. Besides him, there were also the two brothers from the Qiangu Clan. They were all prominent figures in Spirit Hall during those years.

"He and the two Qiangu brothers became Titled Douluo before I did, but they later vanished without a trace. I thought he had already fallen, yet decades later, I have encountered him again." Gu Rong could not help sighing.