Awakening Green Hill Bloodline, Breaking Through Ten Levels, Star Dou Great Forest Kneels to Welcome

"Enter the cultivation chamber!"

Bibi Dong's voice came from behind, sharp and decisive.

Clutching her right hand, which was still emitting black smoke, she strode to Hu Liena's side and pressed her left hand onto the girl's shoulder.

Bibi Dong supported Hu Liena as they hurried through the corridor of the Pope Palace, passing through three sealed gates before arriving at the exclusive cultivation chamber for the Saintess, located in the deepest part of Martial Soul City.

This chamber had been crafted by Martial Soul Hall over the course of a century; the walls were engraved with ancient Fox Clan totems, and the floor was laid with a top-tier spirit-gathering array.

How dense was the spiritual energy?

For an ordinary soul master stepping inside, simply breathing would cause spiritual power to pour into their pores.

Xie Yue had already arrived a step ahead and was currently activating the array.

The moment the spirit-gathering array lit up, the concentration of spiritual energy within the chamber doubled.

The long-dormant Fox Clan totems on the walls ignited as well, their pale purple light shimmering in harmony with the array.

Hu Liena was helped onto the meditation cushion in the center of the room and sat cross-legged.

The Primordial Spirit Bead within her dantian slowly rotated at the center of her brow; with every revolution, it released a wave of warm energy that poured through her meridians into her limbs and bones.

Wherever that energy passed, it felt like a pair of invisible hands were scrubbing her body inch by inch—impurities were stripped away, foul air was expelled, and her soul power channels were widened bit by bit.

Hu Liena pushed her cultivation technique to the limit, guiding this energy to circulate along the established path.

Soon, she discovered something.

The things deposited deep within the foundation of her martial soul—the remnants of evil spirits she had contracted in the Capital of Slaughter, which she thought had long since been digested—were being peeled away layer by layer by the power of the Primordial Spirit Bead.

With every layer peeled back, her mental world grew a fraction clearer.

That feeling...

It was like a window covered in years of dust being wiped clean, allowing the light from outside to pour in without obstruction.

The heavy door of the cultivation chamber was slowly closed from the outside.

Xie Yue stood outside the door, pressing his fists against the wood and leaning his forehead against it. The door was ice-cold, which helped him calm down slightly.

He stood for a moment, then stepped back and began to pace.

Three steps left, three steps right.

By the tenth round, he stopped, because Bibi Dong had emerged from the side door of the cultivation chamber.

Xie Yue immediately went to meet her, opening his mouth to ask a question, only to see Bibi Dong's right hand—the five fingers were swollen beyond recognition, with dark, clotted blood visible between the joints.

"Teacher, your hand—"

"A superficial wound."

Bibi Dong tucked her right hand into her sleeve and leaned against the stone wall of the corridor, maintaining a distance of five paces from the chamber door.

Neither too far nor too close.

Xie Yue opened his mouth, then swallowed his words. He stood beside Bibi Dong and leaned against the stone wall as well.

The two of them stood in silence, guarding the door.

No sound came from within the cultivation chamber; the heavy stone door blocked everything out. Yet, Xie Yue's heart remained suspended in his chest.

What his sister was currently experiencing was completely beyond his range of understanding.

Martial Soul Evolution, bloodline awakening, a surge in soul power—any one of these terms would be enough for a soul master to boast about for a lifetime. Yet, they had all descended upon Hu Liena on the same day, at the same moment.

What was the price?

What did that Shen Yichen want to obtain from his sister?

The more Xie Yue thought, the more agitated he became, his fists clenching and relaxing, clenching and relaxing.

Bibi Dong remained silent.

Her gaze was fixed on the copper nail engraved with a Fox Clan totem on the chamber door, not moving for a long time.

She had personally verified the efficacy of the Primordial Spirit Bead—that brief contact earlier had allowed the Dao energy to pour into her body through her right hand, forcibly purifying the Rakshasa evil energy the moment it made contact.

In that single instant, she could clearly feel a sliver of the evil energy that had been entrenched in her meridians for decades being stripped away.

It was only a sliver.

Yet, it had cleared thirty percent of the meridians in her entire right arm.

If... if she could use the Primordial Spirit Bead fully just once?

The thought had barely surfaced before she crushed it.

The bead did not recognize her; the repulsion from the Dao patterns made it clear—this was for Hu Liena, and anyone else who touched it would be struck down.

Bibi Dong closed her eyes.

Inside the cultivation chamber, the concept of time became blurred.

Hu Liena did not know how much time had passed; it might have been a day, or perhaps two.

She only knew that the Primordial Spirit Bead within her was still continuously releasing energy, and her martial soul was undergoing a complete transformation.

In her spiritual world, that demon fox had completely changed its appearance.

The red fur had vanished entirely, replaced by a snow-white so pure it lacked even a hint of any other color.

The fox ears had become more slender and agile, trembling slightly in the wind of her spiritual world. Six snow-white fox tails swayed slowly behind her, each one radiating a faint purple-gold halo.

And Hu Liena's soul power was still rising.

Level 76.

Level 78.

Level 80.

Soul Douluo.

Her breathing was so steady it didn't seem like she was undergoing a breakthrough—there were no bottlenecks, no obstacles; the power of the Primordial Spirit Bead crushed every barrier one by one.

Level 82.

Level 83.

Level 84.

It stopped.

The torrent of energy finally slowed, and the Primordial Spirit Bead spun three last times at the center of her brow before falling silent.

Hu Liena's spiritual power had also surged several times over within these three days.

The fluctuations of spiritual energy throughout the cultivation room, every line of the totems on the walls, and even the sound of Xie Yue's shoe soles rubbing against the floor as he paced back and forth outside the door—everything was rendered in vivid detail.

Far away in the Star Dou Great Forest.

The moment Hu Liena's bloodline awakened, all fox-type soul beasts in the core area prostrated themselves on the ground simultaneously.

Thousand-year demon foxes, hundred-year spirit foxes, and even cubs less than ten days old lay in their nests, emitting low whimpers toward the direction of Martial Soul City.

By the side of the Lake of Life.

The Sky Azure Bull Python Daming raised his massive head once again.

His vertical pupils reflected the direction of Martial Soul City, and the shock within them could not be suppressed.

"The Green Hill bloodline... has completely awakened."

The Titan Giant Ape Erming squatted beside him, scratching the back of his head, his face full of confusion.

"Didn't they say the ancient Green Hill clan was wiped out long ago? How could it still awaken?"

Daming did not answer.

His vertical pupils slowly constricted as he stared at the distant horizon, and after a long while, he uttered a single sentence.

"Just how many trump cards does that Celestial Master still have up his sleeve?"

On the night of the third day.

The door to the cultivation room emitted a dull sound from the inside.

Xie Yue practically jumped up—he had guarded the door for three days and three nights, catching only a few naps against the wall. His eyes were bloodshot, but he was in a state of extreme excitement.

Bibi Dong also opened her eyes.

The stone door slid slowly to both sides, and a figure walked out from within.

Six snow-white fox tails swayed gently behind her, and slender fox ears peeked out from her hair, the tips a translucent pale pink.

A faint, shimmering purple-gold light swirled within her eyes.

It was the same face, the same person.

But her temperament had completely changed.

The original bewitching charm now possessed an indescribable quality—it was not coldness, nor arrogance, but a kind of... holiness that permeated from her very bones.

Hu Liena raised her right hand, clenched her fist, and then relaxed it.

Level 84 soul power circulated steadily through her meridians, so abundant it felt like it was overflowing.

A flash of pleasant surprise crossed her eyes, then she lowered her gaze and exhaled silently.

"Shen Yichen..."

She whispered Shen Yichen's name, her heart filled with curiosity.

She wanted more and more to know what kind of person this Celestial Master, whom she had never met, truly was.