First Angel Trial Completed

"Not bad. This makes your fighting style even more versatile and harder for your opponents to predict." Qian Xunji nodded approvingly.

Then he glanced at Xiao Qing beside him. As a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Xiao Qing could condense her own Spirit Ring upon reaching level forty; there was no need for her to hunt soul beasts at all.

"Xiao San, stay here and cultivate in seclusion for a few more days. Fully familiarize yourself with your new battle armor and your greatly increased Soul Power." Qian Xunji turned and instructed Qian San, then grabbed Xiao Qing by the arm.

"Qing girl, come on. Uncle will take you to the outskirts of Falling Moon Forest and hunt a suitable fourth Spirit Ring for you too."

Qian San was still immersed in the fervor of studying his new battle armor and did not think much of it. "Sister Qing, be careful!"

Xiao Qing was utterly baffled, but faced with the meaningful look in Qian Xunji's eyes, she wisely kept her mouth shut and followed him as he flew out of the valley.

The moment they left the range of the Light and Dark Yin-Yang Eye, Qian Xunji did not take Xiao Qing toward any gathering place for soul beasts. Instead, he abruptly changed direction, turning into a streak of rainbow light as he headed straight for Heaven Dou City.

"Uncle... aren't we going to hunt soul beasts?" Xiao Qing asked doubtfully.

"Hunt what soul beasts? Can't you condense one yourself?" Qian Xunji laughed heartily, his expression becoming exceedingly kind, like a wealthy man trying to please his future daughter-in-law. "We're going to Heaven Dou City. Uncle is taking you shopping!"

Xiao Qing was completely stunned. Shopping?

Over the next half day, an odd sight appeared on the busiest commercial street in Heaven Dou City.

"This ice-blue dress is a perfect match for your temperament. Wrap it up!"

"This jewelry box? Fine workmanship. Buy it!"

"Candied hawthorns? Give us ten skewers!"

Xiao Qing went from resisting and feeling at a loss to being utterly overwhelmed by Qian Xunji's irresistible enthusiasm. Her arms were filled with all kinds of snacks and exquisite clothes, while her usually icy little face had turned as red as a ripe apple.

At dusk, the two sat in a private room at a luxurious restaurant in Heaven Dou City.

With a flick of his wrist, Qian Xunji placed a storage bracelet before Xiao Qing. It was a deep blue throughout and inlaid with countless tiny diamonds.

"This storage bracelet has fifty square meters of space inside. I put all the clothes and little trinkets we bought just now in there." Qian Xunji took out another black card that glimmered with golden light and placed it beside the bracelet.

"There are one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on this card."

Looking at the enormous sum of money and precious storage Soul Tool before her, Xiao Qing hurriedly waved her hands in refusal.

"Uncle, this is far too valuable! I can't accept it!"

"Take it!" Qian Xunji deliberately put on a stern face, though his tone remained gentle. "You've worked hard these past few years."

He looked at Xiao Qing and sighed, his eyes filled with gratitude. "That kid Xiao San has the brains of a wooden fish. His head is full of hidden weapons and cultivation, and he has no idea how to take care of people. If you hadn't stayed by his side, who knows what kind of twisted madman he would have trained himself into?"

"Uncle can tell that you're a good girl." Qian Xunji reached out and gently ruffled Xiao Qing's hair, looking at her as though she were his own daughter.

"Take this money and these things. From now on, buy whatever you want. Don't let that brat who only knows how to forge make you wrong yourself, understand?"

Xiao Qing's little face instantly flushed all the way to the base of her neck. Her fingers twisted the hem of her clothes, and the warm current brought by an elder's recognition and care made her unable to refuse.

She stretched out her small, trembling hand and carefully put away the bracelet and black card. Lowering her head, she gave a soft hum, barely audible as a mosquito's buzz.

The night wind was slightly cool.

By next month, Xiao San will be twelve. The curriculum at a junior Soul Master Academy has long become child's play to him. Qian Xunji silently considered his son's future path.

With Qian San's current strength, among the advanced Soul Master Academies across the entire continent, he would be more than qualified even to serve as a teacher.

Which academy should he attend for further study?

Countless names flashed through Qian Xunji's mind. In the end, a meaningful curve rose at the corner of his mouth, settling on one rundown name—Kelaishi Academy.

Although that Fu Lanya, whose head is filled with nothing but money, is unpleasant, there's no denying that the talents Kelaishi Academy has gathered are indeed a solid group on this continent. Qian Xunji pondered to himself.

Rather than painstakingly search the entire continent for teammates for Xiao San, it would be better to go straight to Kelaishi and seize the magpie's nest.

Once Qian San entered Kelaishi Academy, sooner or later he would turn them all into blades in his own hand. Since there was ready-made wool to shear, why work himself to the bone knitting sweaters?

Having made up his mind, Qian Xunji calmed his thoughts.

Tonight, an even more important matter awaited him.

He sat down cross-legged. With a flick of his wrist, the super divine artifact Oath of the Angel, radiating a holy glow, appeared in his palm.

It had been exactly six years since he accepted the God Trial. Now, not only had he broken through to level ninety-nine, but his son had also reached level forty-six before even turning twelve.

Buzz—

Qian Xunji poured his vast, ocean-like level ninety-nine Soul Power into Oath of the Angel without holding anything back.

In an instant, an irresistible and immense suction force erupted from the sword. Qian Xunji did not resist, allowing his soul to be pulled free by that familiar power.

Amid twisting light and shadow, he arrived once more in that boundless spiritual space.

Upon the golden throne, the phantom of the Angel God King looked down at him from above. Unlike six years ago, when he had been furious beyond measure, the God King's enormous eyes, like blazing suns, were now filled with undisguised approval.

"Good! Very good! Qian Xunji, you truly have not disappointed me!"

"It is all thanks to the God King's guidance." Qian Xunji bowed slightly.

"I have always been fair with rewards and punishments! The reward for the First Angel Trial shall now be granted!"

Following the God King's shout, a pillar of light as tangible as substance descended from the heavens, completely enveloping Qian Xunji's soul body.

Qian Xunji only felt a warm and boundless divine power rush into every part of his body.

[First Angel Trial completed. Affinity with the Angel God King increased by 15%! The age of all Spirit Rings unconditionally increased by 5,000 years.]

Purple, purple, purple, black, black, black, black, black, red!

"Thank you for the God King's gift!"

"Don't rush to thank me. What I am about to tell you is the true main event."

The Angel God King's phantom leaned forward slightly, a chilling excitement and fanaticism appearing on his face.

"Six years ago, you showed me the possibility that another world existed. After I returned to the God Realm, I submitted the matter to the God Realm Committee. Following joint deductions and divine-sense searches by us Five Great God Kings, we finally located the coordinates of that world within the vast dimensions of the universe!"