Sacred Domain

Before taking Qian Renxue to hunt for her soul ring, Qian Xunqian needed to accompany Qian Daoliu to a mysterious location.

In the Consecration Hall, beneath the statue of the Angel in the Angel Temple, Qian Daoliu stood in pious silence, one hand pressed to his chest as he bowed at a ninety-degree angle.

Qian Xunqian followed suit. She had visited the Consecration Hall several times before, and each time, Qian Daoliu had stood there with his back to her, motionless beneath the statue.

She had called out to him several times, but Qian Daoliu remained as unresponsive as if he were fast asleep.

It seems this Angel statue has hypnotic properties, she mused. I must find time to study it.

She had no interest in becoming a god; the God Realm was cold and desolate, housing at most a thousand deities.

Although she was a homebody who loved research and spent her days in the laboratory, she didn't stay there all the time.

In her spare time, she would go out to wander the streets and stroll about.

She went wherever it was lively, playing chess with the old men on the street corners or engaging in rock-paper-scissors with children to snatch the candied haws from their hands.

She would boast to the villagers, and when they insisted that Qian Daoliu was the strongest, she would stubbornly argue that Tang Chen was superior. They would trade reasons, locked in an endless dispute.

Eventually, the villagers would get so angry they would brandish their hoes, and Qian Xunqian would run away, face flushed, shouting:

"I don't care! Tang Chen is the best! What is Qian Daoliu anyway? With one swing of Tang Chen's hammer, Qian Daoliu would have to kneel before me! Tang Chen is the greatest!"

The God Realm lacked the warmth of humanity. Once she ascended, she would no longer be able to interfere in the mortal world, and she would never again be able to experience such rugged, simple folk customs...

However, if she didn't become a god, there would always be instability. If those bastards like the Asura God or the Sea God tried to pull some strings from above, Qian Xunqian would never be able to tolerate it!

For the safety of the Douluo Continent, she had to become a god even if she didn't want to. She needed to raise her strength as quickly as possible to suppress those wicked gods and prevent them from maliciously interfering with the lower realm!

Come on! Great Angel God! I believe in your judgment; you must want me to become a god, right?

I'm sorry, Xue'er. Once your aunt ascends as a god, I will surely slay the Asura God as soon as possible and then arrange a god position for you as compensation!

Come on! Great Angel God! I am ready! It is time to begin the Angel Nine Trials! I can't wait!

Qian Daoliu closed his eyes and communicated with the Angel statue through his consciousness. Soon, a sacred golden light erupted from the statue's eyes, bathing Qian Xunqian in its radiance.

Qian Xunqian felt a warm, incredibly comfortable sensation, as if she were being caressed by her mother.

However, after a few seconds, she faintly heard a woman's voice calling for help within her consciousness:

"Save me! Save me!"

Qian Xunqian followed the sound and saw a golden-haired angel with three pairs of wings being hunted by two gorgeously dressed men.

One of them wore black robes embroidered with blood-red patterns, his body reeking of killing intent as he gripped a massive blood-red sword—it was the Asura God.

The other wore a blue formal suit with gold-trimmed collars, looking exceptionally elegant and noble, holding a pure gold trident. This had to be the Sea God.

Who else could the object of their pursuit be but the Angel God herself!

Qian Xunqian pointed at herself: Huh? I'm fighting the Asura God and the Sea God?

She gritted her teeth and steeled her heart. After all, this was her ancestor. As a descendant, seeing an elder in trouble, she had to charge in, even if her strength was lacking!

"Sixth Soul Skill! Sacred Domain!" A red soul ring manifested. The sixth ring was actually a hundred-thousand-year ring—truly terrifying.

Speaking of this soul ring, Qian Xunqian had been quite lucky. She had originally intended to find a soul beast of around eighty thousand years, but she had accidentally stumbled upon a duel between a hundred-thousand-year Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign and a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, a pinnacle among soul beasts, had beaten the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign to the brink of death with its sixty thousand years of cultivation.

Qian Xunqian's plan had been to finish off the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to serve as an eighth soul ring for Bibi Dong nearby. Although the age was a bit low, the quality of the beast was high and the attributes were a perfect match.

Most importantly, it was rare; there was only one in the entire Douluo Continent.

Then, she would lock up the dying Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign to save for later, absorbing it once she reached level 70.

As it turned out, the moment she used "Electric Eye Intimidation" (her third soul skill, Sacred Ray) on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, the shameless beast dragged her into the Life and Death Arena.

It left the Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo outside looking like fools. Seriously? Have some respect for two Title Douluo!

Unfortunately for the tiger, it hadn't anticipated that the five-year-old Qian Xunqian was as physically robust as a five-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

The girl and the tiger were evenly matched, and the battle ended in a narrow victory for Qian Xunqian. Bibi Dong never got that soul ring, but after the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign saw the child avenge it, it realized her martial soul was the Angel Eye, carrying the ultimate sacred and bright energy, and believed she could become a god in the future. Thus, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign sacrificed itself.

It could be said that as an eye-type soul beast with light attributes, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign was the most suitable soul beast for Qian Xunqian's martial soul.

During the sacrifice, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign gave Qian Xunqian a skull bone. As luck would have it, the Evil God Pearl that popped out after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was killed suddenly flew over.

The energy of the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign's skull bone and the Evil God Pearl clashed, neither able to overcome the other.

At that moment, Qian Xunqian intervened. Relying on her powerful mental strength and indomitable will, she helped the skull bone suppress the Evil God Pearl.

The Evil God Pearl, sensing the situation, wisely embedded itself into the soul bone, allowing Qian Xunqian to reap two massive benefits for free.

As a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, it should have provided two soul skills, but it only gave one, primarily because this skill was too heaven-defying.

Sacred Domain: a domain-type skill. Within the domain, stealth, camouflage, displacement, and mental attack skills were all rendered ineffective.

Furthermore, dark-type soul masters and beasts had their combat power halved within the domain. Any soul master who remained in the domain would be continuously assimilated by the sacred light, eventually becoming completely submissive to Qian Xunqian.

Essentially, once inside the domain, those with high mental strength might have a chance to survive, but they would have to fight Qian Xunqian while suffering from extreme debuffs. Those with low mental strength would be directly controlled, turning enemies into allies.

Qian Xunqian could control everyone assimilated by the sacred light within the domain and use them for her own purposes.

Now, she was using this very move against the Sea God and the Asura God.

Within the Sacred Domain, she was the absolute sovereign, capable of choosing to render the domain ineffective against the Angel God.

Yet, the Sea God and the Asura God remained indifferent to this, finding it of no consequence. Qian Xunqian's spiritual power was indeed formidable; a mere level 70 Soul Saint having already reached the spiritual level of a Titled Douluo.

But to gods, it was still not enough to be taken seriously.

"Angel Amplification!"

The ancestor, the Angel God, exerted her power, forcibly elevating the potency of Qian Xunqian's Sacred Domain to a god-level intensity.

The Sacred Domain seemed to signal: I don't lack mechanics, only raw stats. One could only say that the Angel God was quite sensible.

Then, the Sea God and the Asura God found themselves in a difficult spot, their gazes toward Qian Xunqian becoming incredibly complex—there was even a hint of admiration.

Furthermore, the domain came with inherent binding and displacement-prohibiting effects, forcing the Sea God and the Asura God to run on foot to engage the Angel God.

Meanwhile, the Angel God flashed around frantically, spinning the Sea God and the Asura God in circles. It could only be said that having mobility against those without it was simply too great an advantage.