Five Years

Before long, Chen Jianjun challenged Qian Daoliu.

With Bibi Dong's current cultivation, he could barely make out a battle at that level.

Even Yue Guan and Gui Mei could only catch a rough glimpse of it.

The gap was simply too great.

Bibi Dong could only see two figures streaking through the narrow space between heaven and earth, colliding like flashes of light.

For some reason, neither of them used Soul Skills. They clashed through their understanding of the sword alone.

Still, Bibi Dong could make out a few things. Qian Daoliu had the upper hand throughout.

It wasn't long before Chen Jianjun was defeated.

And that was that.

True to his word, Chen Jianjun willingly joined Spirit Hall.

Qian Daoliu gave him generous terms, appointing him the Fourth Offering of the Worship Hall.

As a result, the former Fourth Offering, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Fifth Offering, Light Feather Douluo, had their rankings pushed down.

Mighty Lion Douluo and Light Feather Douluo were somewhat dissatisfied, but neither objected too strongly.

Chen Jianjun had shown enough strength to be worthy of the position.

Even Third Offering Azure Luan Douluo wasn't fully confident he could defeat Chen Jianjun.

He might even lose.

As for Chen Jianjun's son, Chen Xin, he also became an Elder of Spirit Hall—one with real authority, but no particular responsibilities.

All of this left Bibi Dong dumbfounded.

What on earth had gone wrong?

This shouldn't have happened.

Still, he didn't dwell on it.

Compared with Chen Jianjun joining the Worship Hall, he had already accepted something as bizarre as Qian Xunji becoming a woman. What else couldn't he accept?

The only thing that left Bibi Dong frustrated was that he'd come here expecting to see an exciting duel.

He'd even hoped to learn something from it.

But with his current cultivation, simply seeing their fight clearly was no easy feat, let alone learning anything from it.

At that moment, only one thought burned in his heart: he had to grow stronger, fast.

In the days that followed, aside from his regular studies, Bibi Dong spent most of his time cultivating.

Before he knew it, five years had passed.

Bibi Dong was now twelve years old.

A lot had happened on Douluo Continent over those five years.

The most talked-about events naturally concerned the Clear Sky Sect.

The Clear Sky Twin Stars, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, had descended the mountain to gain experience, making names for themselves and earning fearsome reputations.

For a time, no one could match their fame.

Many things had also happened within Spirit Hall.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei had abandoned their duties to focus entirely on reaching the rank of Titled Douluo.

Their rapid progress was due not only to external aids such as Whale Rubber and Spirit Bones, but also to the meditation methods they practiced.

Over those five years, backed by Spirit Hall's vast resources and influence, Bibi Dong had collected countless meditation methods and an enormous body of knowledge about meridians. He compiled it all and began experimenting.

With Gui Mei, a living corpse, as their test subject, they tried it hundreds upon hundreds of times. At last, they created their cultivation method.

It couldn't match the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which could directly grant Innate Soul Power to ordinary people, but it greatly improved Soul Masters' cultivation.

Thanks to this achievement, they had earned another tremendous merit. Qian Xunji rewarded Yue Guan with the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone that suited him, and found another matching Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for Gui Mei.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were now only a step away from becoming Titled Douluos.

Qian Xunji had already become a Titled Douluo.

Her Eighth Soul Ring and Ninth Soul Ring were both hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

Her rapid progress, and her breakthrough even faster than Yue Guan and Gui Mei, was naturally due to the God Trial.

After fusing with another Angel Spirit Bone, Qian Xunji successfully absorbed a hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring with Qian Daoliu protecting her.

Then, drawing on the power of the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, she advanced further and finally opened the Angel God's Trial.

Unfortunately, Qian Xunji's foundations weren't strong enough. She opened the Angel Eight Trials, but not the Angel Nine Trials.

Still, both Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu considered this a very good result.

Thanks to the God Trial, Qian Xunji was now a Level 93 Titled Douluo.

Qian Daoliu wanted his daughter to take his place as soon as possible so he could go out and pursue love. So he began urging her to marry and have children.

In the past, any man who dared pursue his daughter would have felt the edge of the Angel Holy Sword.

But so that his daughter could take on his responsibilities sooner, allowing him to pursue what he wanted, Qian Daoliu began pressing her to marry.

Of course, he had his own motives, but more than anything, he wanted the family bloodline to continue.

In another decade or so, his daughter would take his place as Grand Elder of Spirit Hall, leaving the position of Pope vacant.

Was Qian Daoliu supposed to take the position of Pope back again?

What Qian Daoliu hadn't expected was that his usually obedient and well-behaved daughter would take such a firm stance on this matter.

She insisted that there wasn't a man she liked.

Not only that, she wanted to appoint Bibi Dong as the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, then make her disciple Pope once she became Grand Elder.

Qian Daoliu was quite pleased with Bibi Dong.

But Spirit Hall was, after all, the legacy of their Angel Lineage. Naturally, he wanted someone from the Angel Lineage to become Pope.

Because of this, father and daughter had a huge argument, and the plan to appoint Bibi Dong as Holy Son was put on hold.

As for Bibi Dong, his cultivation had now reached Level 40.

It was time to hunt for his fourth Soul Ring.

A twelve-year-old Soul Master with four Soul Rings had cultivation talent that surpassed anyone recorded in Spirit Hall's history.

"I'm about ready. Time to begin."

In the room where he lived, Bibi Dong stared at the map laid out before him, his eyes burning with excitement.

It was a detailed map of Sunset Forest.

To pinpoint the place he was looking for, he'd had the Spirit Hall personnel in charge of the matter spend three full years gathering information and compiling records. At last, they'd established the approximate location of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Originally, he'd planned to wait for Dugu Bo to find it. But even after all this time, Dugu Bo had only become a Soul Douluo and was still far from becoming a Titled Douluo.

Who knew when he'd find the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well?

So Bibi Dong had to locate it himself.

"Xiaodong, what exactly are you looking for?"

Yue Guan came over to where Bibi Dong was and looked at the map on the table, puzzled.