Soul Hunting Forest belonged to Spirit Hall. It was home to the greatest number of Soul Beasts under ten thousand years old, while those ten thousand years old or older were few and far between.
They only needed to find the First and Second Soul Rings for Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang for now, and the Soul Beasts in Soul Hunting Forest were more than enough.
As everyone knew, the limit for an ordinary Soul Master's first ring was 423 years. Countless people had paid with their lives to reach that conclusion.
But with Qian Xunji's understanding far ahead of his time, how could he let Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang become ordinary Soul Masters?
From a young age, his daughters had taken Whale Rubber and diluted Fire Spring Water to improve their physical constitutions.
Six years had passed, and Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang were strong enough to absorb Soul Rings of up to two thousand years.
Yu Xiaogang had waited for Bibi Dong in Spirit City for less than a year before finally shaking his head and leaving.
Still, he had gained something from the experience. During the four or five years he had known Bibi Dong, he had followed her to many places and learned a great deal from Spirit Hall's library.
Spirit Hall truly deserved its reputation as a sacred ground for Soul Masters. Its collection was far beyond anything the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could compare with.
It was laughable that his father still wanted to surpass Spirit Hall. He had no idea that, in Spirit Hall's eyes, he was nothing but a buffoon.
With all this knowledge, even if Yu Xiaogang had ultimately failed to lure Bibi Dong away, it was more than enough for him to make a name for himself across Douluo Continent.
Douluo Continent, Soul Hunting Forest.
Qian Xunji wandered through Soul Hunting Forest with Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang. The Six-Winged Angel was light- and fire-aligned, so as long as he found light- or fire-aligned Soul Beasts for them to absorb as Soul Rings, Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang would naturally gain excellent Soul Skills.
Before long, Qian Xunji found the target he had been looking for: a Radiant Unicorn that was eighteen hundred years old.
Compared to a light-aligned Soul Beast, Qian Renxue would have preferred a fire-aligned one for her Soul Ring.
Naturally, this Radiant Unicorn was left to Qian Renshuang.
Qian Xunji struck at once, severely wounding the Radiant Unicorn and leaving it on the brink of death.
Qian Renshuang followed close behind and summoned her Six-Winged Angel.
Even without Soul Skills, the Six-Winged Angel still possessed considerable offensive power.
Under a blazing wave of light, Qian Renshuang killed the Radiant Unicorn.
Qian Renshuang began absorbing the thousand-year Soul Ring, and her Soul Power started to rise.
After absorbing the Soul Ring, Qian Renshuang's Soul Power reached level 14.
Qian Xunji also took the Radiant Unicorn's corpse with him. A thousand-year Soul Beast made a fine tonic for humans, and it would be a waste to leave it behind.
Next came Qian Renxue's two thousand-year Soul Rings.
Both Soul Rings were fire-aligned.
Qian Renxue's Soul Power reached level 25.
Qian Xunji did not return to Spirit Hall. Instead, he took the two girls to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Now that they had awakened their Martial Souls, they could take Immortal Herbs.
Immortal Herbs were best taken as early as possible.
Qian Xunji chose an Immortal Herb for each of them.
Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang began absorbing their Immortal Herbs.
Qian Xunji, meanwhile, gazed at the two springs.
He had no intention of inheriting the Sea God's or Asura God's divine position. He felt that those two gods harbored nothing but malice toward angels.
He planned to take the Dragon King Divinity beneath the twin springs and forge a divine position with it.
But now was not the time. He still needed to make some preparations and obtain a few more system rewards, lest the Divine Realm discover that he had become a god.
He had no desire to be bound by the Divine Realm.
Wasn't it better to stay in Douluo Continent?
After taking their Immortal Herbs, Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang both broke through to level 20 and level 30.
Qian Xunji immediately searched for Soul Beasts for them.
Qian Renshuang obtained her Second thousand-year Soul Ring, while Qian Renxue obtained her Third thousand-year Soul Ring.
Their Soul Power reached levels 23 and 32, respectively.
Douluo Continent, Spirit City.
Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City with Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang. Now that their Martial Souls had awakened, it was time for them to start school.
He enrolled Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang in their own Soul Master Academy and had them learn theoretical knowledge from the instructors there.
As for combat training, Qian Xunji didn't leave it to the teachers at Spirit Hall Academy. Instead, he had Spirit Hall's elders personally train and spar with them.
Sometimes, he even brought in Soul Beasts and had his two daughters fight them to the death.
One month later.
Life had fallen back into its usual rhythm.
Early in the morning.
"Father, Mother, Ying Niang, Xiao Shuang and I are off to the academy."
Not long after Qian Renxue and Qian Renshuang left, Qian Xunji returned to Pope Palace, while Leng Lingyuan went to take care of some Spirit Hall affairs.
Back at Pope Palace, Qian Xunji paid Bibi Dong another visit.
Bibi Dong still hadn't conceived a child with Qian Xunji.
Qian Xunji leaned against the pillow, lost in thought.
He felt he couldn't keep languishing like this. He needed to take the initiative.
"Teacher, I'd like to go out and see the world. May I?" Bibi Dong pleaded meekly.
"Bibi Dong, isn't it nice here? You have light, food, and a place to sleep."
"Spend more time cultivating."
"I'll come see you again in a while."
"Be good." Qian Xunji ruffled Bibi Dong's hair.
"Y-yes, Teacher." Bibi Dong answered calmly, resigned to it, though inwardly she was cursing him out.
Damn you, Qian Xunji! Six whole years have passed, and you still don't trust me.
Six years!
Xiao Gang, are you doing all right?
Looks like I've been far too obedient.
No. I have to teach Qian Xunji a lesson and make him understand that I'm not some toy he can toy with whenever he likes.
Unfortunately, Qian Xunji had already left the Underground Palace.
The door to Bibi Dong's room closed once more.
In the Underground Palace, maids watched over Bibi Dong. They were all Soul Masters, ranging from Soul Elders to Soul Kings, and their purpose was to prevent her from escaping.
They could all use their Martial Souls and Soul Power, and were jointly managed by Qian Xunji, Leng Lingyuan, and Xue Ying.
Qian Xunji left Pope Palace and headed to Spirit Hall.
Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall.
"Gui Mei, any news of Tang Hao?"
"Your Holiness the Pope, we still haven't found him." Gui Mei was embarrassed. His Holiness had given him the task of finding Tang Hao a full four years ago.
"Gui Mei, Douluo Continent isn't that big. Where do you think Tang Hao could be hiding?"
"This subordinate is ignorant, Your Holiness. I truly have no idea."
"Never mind, Gui Mei. You may leave."
"I've nothing better to do, and it's been a long time since I stretched my muscles. Let's see how lucky I am—maybe I'll run into Tang Hao." Qian Xunji muttered as he walked out of Spirit Hall to find Leng Lingyuan and let her know.
After speaking with Leng Lingyuan, Qian Xunji left Spirit City.
He decided to visit Holy Soul Village first.
Tang Hao, Ah Yin, would you be in Holy Soul Village?
I hope my luck isn't too poor.
In the original story, after Ah Yin died, Tang Hao took Tang San into seclusion in Holy Soul Village.
As Qian Xunji saw it, Tang Hao wouldn't have chosen Holy Soul Village for no reason. After all, there were plenty of villages even more remote than Holy Soul Village.
Thinking about it now, Tang Hao and Ah Yin must have visited Holy Soul Village before. They might even have lived somewhere nearby for a while.
Just because Spirit Hall's agents couldn't find them didn't mean he couldn't.
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