Spirit Pagoda Headquarters

The train announcement chimed.

"Respected passengers, we have now entered Shrek City. Shrek City has a long and storied history; it is not only home to the continent's premier academy, Shrek Academy, but also the headquarters of the Spirit Pagoda.

Friends, please take a moment to look at the scenery outside your windows. If you gaze into the distance to your left, that towering spire is the Spirit Pagoda headquarters..."

After Di Tian left yesterday, Bi Ji had helped Yang Fan and Na'er process their identification documents and filled Yang Fan in on much of the common knowledge regarding the era of the Legend of the Dragon King.

Following a journey of several hours, the trio of Bi Ji, Yang Fan, and Na'er was finally about to arrive in Shrek City.

Upon hearing the announcement, Yang Fan and Na'er looked out the left window in unison.

Sure enough, a towering spire reaching into the clouds appeared in the distance.

Because of the distance, they could only see the middle and upper sections of the tower. The structure had eight sides, and its peak was already lost within the clouds and mist.

Bi Ji had told Yang Fan yesterday that the Spirit Pagoda headquarters was the tallest building on the continent, and the Federation had explicitly decreed that no other structure could exceed its height.

This was a mark of respect for the Spirit Pagoda organization.

Because so much time had passed, Yang Fan could no longer clearly recall the minor details of the original story, but under Bi Ji's tutelage, he remembered that the original work seemed to have mentioned this as well.

Beyond the distant Spirit Pagoda headquarters, the buildings outside the window also showed some variety, ranging from antique, traditional styles to modern architecture.

Shrek City was neither filled with the technological sense and youthful vitality of an emerging city like East Sea City, nor was it as archaic and luxurious as Heaven Dou City during the Spirit Hall era.

To Yang Fan, Shrek City felt more inclusive and vast.

This was absolutely a work of art in the world of architecture!

Perhaps only under the unique worldview of the Douluo Continent could such a peculiar city, blending fantasy, ancient style, and the future, be born.

After entering Shrek City, the high-speed train traveled for another full hour before pulling into the station.

The Shrek City station was the largest station Yang Fan had ever seen, more than five times the size of the soul guidance train station in East Sea City where they had boarded.

The massive dome before his eyes, the archaic architectural style, and the stone carvings visible everywhere all manifested the profound heritage of this city.

Yang Fan estimated that only Ming Capital, where the Federation headquarters was located, could rival it.

After exiting the station, Bi Ji hailed an unmanned taxi to take them to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters. Along the way, she earnestly instructed them to address her as Feiyi in front of outsiders and explained several relevant precautions regarding the Spirit Pagoda.

Arriving before the Spirit Pagoda, Yang Fan found that this magnificent building, standing hundreds of meters tall, was even more spectacular than it had appeared from afar. The entire tower resembled a sharp sword thrusting straight into the sky, appearing even more imposing.

They entered the lobby on the first floor of the Spirit Pagoda.

"The honored guests from the Longyuan family have arrived."

Following this announcement, a Spirit Pagoda staff member dressed in a black uniform hurried forward.

The lobby, which had been filled with noisy chatter, instantly fell silent at the mention of the name "Longyuan."

Longyuan was a reclusive family on the Douluo Continent that was extremely low-profile yet possessed unfathomable depth; it was rumored that they had deep-level cooperation with several high-ranking officials of the Spirit Pagoda.

The crowd parted automatically to both sides, clearing a path.

Bi Ji led Yang Fan and Na'er as they slowly emerged from the shadows.

Yang Fan had ink-black hair and deep, profound eyes; though he was still young, his gait was exceptionally steady.

"Please follow me, Young Master Yang Fan, Miss Na'er. Your Excellency Feiyi, please wait a moment in the reception lounge."

The staff member bowed slightly and gestured for them to follow.

Bi Ji nodded slightly without a word, signaling for Yang Fan and Na'er to follow.

Yang Fan obediently took Na'er's soft hand and followed directly, failing to notice the helpless dissatisfaction in Bi Ji's eyes as she watched him holding Na'er's hand.

Passing through a long soul guidance corridor, the two were brought to a spacious secret chamber.

In the center of the chamber, an octagonal soul guidance awakening array emitting a soft white light was already prepared.

Standing around the array were three soul masters wearing the uniforms of high-ranking Spirit Pagoda officials.

"Miss Na'er, please stand in the center of the array and relax your spirit."

The elderly man in the center said gently.

Seeing this, Yang Fan deduced that Di Tian intended to take this opportunity to have the Spirit Pagoda awaken Na'er's martial soul.

In the original story, Na'er was one of the rare few who failed their initial martial soul awakening; being unable to awaken a martial soul on the Douluo Continent was even rarer than having innate full soul power.

Na'er walked timidly into the array.

The moment her feet touched the center of the array, a gentle stream of soul power surged in through the soles of her feet.

Only three seconds passed before a sudden change occurred!

"Hum~"

A low dragon roar echoed in the secret chamber without warning.

The originally soft white light of the awakening array suddenly transformed into a mysterious silver-white.

An extremely domineering, ancient aura erupted from Na'er's small body.

"This is..."

The old man's eyes widened, staring fixedly at the center of the array.

Na'er slowly raised her right hand, and a spear, entirely silver-white and wreathed in dragon scales, began to materialize above her palm.

Behind her, a blurred silver dragon silhouette radiating a terrifying pressure flashed and vanished.

"A fusion characteristic of both a Tool Spirit and a Beast Spirit?"

The old man's voice trembled slightly.

Yang Fan watched Na'er standing quietly there, feeling no surprise.

In the original work, Na'er's spirit awakening failure was highly likely due to the Spirit Master in Aolai City being too weak and the awakening array being of insufficient grade.

But this was the Spirit Pagoda headquarters; such things were naturally not an issue here.

The Silver Dragon Spear? It seemed that even the headquarters couldn't truly awaken Na'er's spirit.

Na'er's true form was the Silver Dragon King, so her spirit after taking human form was naturally the Silver Dragon King itself—that phantom these people mistook for a fusion of a Tool Spirit and a Beast Spirit. These people simply weren't capable enough.

He would just have to wait a few years for Na'er to recover her memories to regain her full power.

"Test her spirit power."

The old man took a deep breath and immediately instructed his assistant.

A spirit-guided crystal ball emitting a faint glow was presented before Na'er.

Na'er raised her left hand and gently pressed it against the crystal ball.

In an instant, the light from within the crystal ball filled the entire sphere, even emitting faint cracking sounds as it struggled to contain the energy.

"Innate full spirit power!"

A brief, dead silence fell over the secret chamber.

The old man looked at the calm girl before him, his eyes filled with a hint of sycophancy.

He immediately pulled a golden badge representing the highest authority of the Spirit Pagoda from his robes and solemnly handed it to Na'er.

"Miss Na'er, the Spirit Pagoda headquarters formally extends an invitation to you. From this day forward, you are designated as a 'Core Cultivation Subject' of the Spirit Pagoda, enjoying the privilege of entering the high-level Spirit Ascension Platform at any time."

His Excellency Tian Feng had instructed him that if Na'er's talent was average, he should give her a red badge out of respect for that family, but if she possessed innate full spirit power, he was to give her the golden badge, and he would personally take her as his disciple later.

"What about my brother?"

Na'er didn't even glance at the badge; her eyes were only on Yang Fan.

"He possesses only an ordinary Monocle spirit and is nearly twelve while only at level twenty, so he can naturally only join the Spirit Pagoda as an ordinary core disciple. Out of respect for the Longyuan family, I can take it upon myself to upgrade his clearance to black."

The old man awkwardly pulled a black badge from his robes to show Na'er and Yang Fan.

Given his status, black was already his limit; he himself only held a red one.

On the Douluo Continent, ranks were typically represented by spirit ring colors.

The Spirit Pagoda followed the same system, with spirit ring colors categorized into white, yellow, purple, black, red, and the highest grade, gold.