Before taking Qian Renxue to hunt for a Soul Ring, Qian Xunqian still needed to go somewhere mysterious with Qian Daoliu.
In the Worship Hall, beneath the Angel God Statue in the Angel Temple, Qian Daoliu stood devoutly with one hand against his chest, bowing at a ninety-degree angle.
Qian Xunqian followed his example. She had visited the Worship Hall a few times, and each time Qian Daoliu had stood beneath the Angel God Statue with his back to her.
She had called to him several times, but Qian Daoliu seemed to be asleep and couldn't be woken at all.
It looked like this Angel God Statue had a hypnotic effect. She'd have to find some time to study it.
She wasn't particularly interested in becoming a god. There were only a thousand gods in the Divine Realm, at most, and it was dead quiet.
Although she was a homebody who loved research and spent her days in the lab, she didn't stay there all day.
In her spare time, she'd go out shopping or wander around.
She went wherever things were lively, playing chess with the old men on the street or playing rock-paper-scissors with the kids and snatching the candied hawthorns from their hands.
She'd shoot the breeze with the villagers. If they said Qian Daoliu was impressive, she'd insist on arguing that Tang Chen was better. They'd put forward their reasons and argue themselves hoarse.
In the end, the villagers would get so mad they'd start swinging their hoes, while Qian Xunqian ran away red-faced, shouting:
"I don't care! Tang Chen's the best! What's Qian Daoliu worth? One swing of my Tang Chen's hammer and Qian Daoliu would be on his knees! Tang Chen's the best!"
There wasn't much of a human touch in the Divine Realm. Once she went there, she could never meddle in the mortal world again. She'd never feel that fierce, unpretentious folk spirit again...
But if she didn't become a god, she'd never feel secure. If those bastards Asura God and Sea God up above secretly pulled some tricks, Qian Xunqian couldn't stand for it!
For the sake of Douluo Continent's safety, even if she didn't want to become a god, she had to—and she had to grow stronger as quickly as possible, suppressing those evil gods so they couldn't maliciously interfere with the lower realm!
Come on, Angel God! I believe in your judgment. You want me to become a god, don't you?!
Sorry, Xue'er. Once Auntie becomes a god and ascends, I'll kill Asura God as soon as possible, then arrange a godhood for you as compensation!
Come on, Angel God! I'm ready! It's time to begin the Angel Nine Trials! I can't wait!
Qian Daoliu closed his eyes and communicated with the Angel God Statue using his thoughts. Soon, a sacred golden light shot from the statue's eyes and shone on Qian Xunqian.
Qian Xunqian felt warm all over, wonderfully comfortable, as if her mother were stroking her.
But a few seconds later, she faintly heard a woman's voice calling for help in her mind:
"Help me! Help me!"
Qian Xunqian followed the voice. A golden-haired angel with three pairs of wings on her back was being hunted by two elegantly dressed men.
One wore a black robe embroidered with blood-red patterns, and his whole body brimmed with killing intent. He carried a blood-red greatsword. He was none other than Asura God.
The other wore a blue formal suit with gold trim on the collar. He looked extremely dignified and luxurious, and carried a pure-gold trident. He had to be Sea God.
And who else could the person they were hunting be but Angel God?!
Qian Xunqian pointed at herself. Huh? I'm fighting Asura God and Sea God?
She gritted her teeth and cheered herself on. After all, Angel God was her ancestor. As a descendant, she had to charge in and help when her ancestor was in danger, even if she wasn't strong enough!
"Sixth Soul Skill! Sacred Domain!" A red Soul Ring appeared. The Sixth Soul Ring was actually a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast's—truly terrifying.
As for this Soul Ring, Qian Xunqian had gotten pretty lucky. She'd originally wanted to find a Soul Beast of around eighty thousand years, but had unexpectedly stumbled upon a battle between the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
As one of the top Soul Beasts in the Soul Beast Realm, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had beaten the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign nearly to death despite having only sixty thousand years of cultivation.
Qian Xunqian had planned to take out the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and make it Bibi Dong's eighth Soul Ring. Its age was a little low, but its quality was high, and its attributes were a good match.
More importantly, it was rare. There was only one in all of Douluo Continent.
Then she'd lock up the dying Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign for safekeeping and come back to absorb it when she reached level seventy.
But she'd merely hit the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with "Electric Eye Intimidation" (her third Soul Skill, Sacred Ray), and the unscrupulous tiger had dragged her into the Life and Death Arena.
The Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo watching from outside had been dumbfounded. Seriously? Could you at least show us two Titled Douluo some respect?!
Unfortunately, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger hadn't expected five-year-old Qian Xunqian to be so strong and sturdy, every bit the match of a five-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
The girl and the tiger had been evenly matched, and in the end Qian Xunqian had won a bitter victory. Bibi Dong never got that Soul Ring, and when the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign saw that its child had been avenged...
It also discovered that her Martial Soul was the Angel Eye, imbued with ultimate holiness and light. Believing Qian Xunqian could become a god in the future, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign sacrificed itself.
As an eye-type Soul Beast with light attributes, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign was the best possible match for Qian Xunqian's Martial Soul.
During the sacrifice, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign gave Qian Xunqian a Head Spirit Bone. As luck would have it, after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had been killed, the Evil God Pearl it dropped suddenly flew over.
The energies of the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign's Head Spirit Bone and the Evil God Pearl clashed. Neither could overcome the other.
That was when Qian Xunqian stepped in. Relying on her powerful spiritual strength and unyielding will, she helped the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign's Head Spirit Bone suppress the Evil God Pearl.
The Evil God Pearl was also sensible enough to embed itself in the Spirit Bone, giving Qian Xunqian two huge windfalls for free.
As a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Bright Golden-Eyed Sovereign should have given her two Soul Skills, but it only gave her one. That was mainly because this skill was far too outrageous.
The Sacred Domain was a domain-type skill. Within the domain, skills involving Invisibility, disguises, displacement, and spiritual attacks all became ineffective.
What's more, dark-type Soul Masters and Soul Beasts had their combat strength cut in half within the domain. Any Soul Master who remained inside would be continuously assimilated by the sacred light, becoming wholeheartedly devoted to Qian Xunqian.
Basically, once they entered the domain, those with high spiritual strength still had a chance of survival, but they had to fight Qian Xunqian while bearing an extremely powerful debuff. Those with low spiritual strength were controlled outright, turning from enemies into allies.
Qian Xunqian could control everyone assimilated by the sacred light in her domain and use them for her own purposes.
Now, she was using this very skill against Sea God and Asura God.
Within the Sacred Domain, she was its master. She could choose to exempt Angel God from its effects.
But Sea God and Asura God weren't bothered by it. Qian Xunqian's spiritual strength was indeed formidable. At a mere level seventy, she already had the spiritual strength of a Titled Douluo.
But that still wasn't enough to impress a god.
"Angel Amplification!"
The ancestor beside her, Angel God, sprang into action, using her divine power to forcibly raise Qian Xunqian's Sacred Domain to god-level might.
The Sacred Domain seemed to say: "I'm not short on mechanics; I'm just short on stats." Angel God had really caught on.
Then Sea God and Asura God were in for a rough time. They looked at Qian Xunqian with complicated expressions, almost as if they admired her.
What's more, the domain automatically rooted its targets to the ground and prevented displacement, so Sea God and Asura God could only run to face Angel God.
Angel God, meanwhile, flashed around wildly, leading Sea God and Asura God in circles. Having displacement skills when your opponent didn't was just too big an advantage.