Who is the owner of the Moon Martial Soul?

Qian Daoliu raised his eyes to look ahead. The city before him was a scene of utter devastation; broken walls and crumbling ruins stretched on endlessly, while the cracked ramparts were covered in hideous fissures. The ground was littered with rubble and debris, soaked in dark, dried blood, and a suffocating, murderous stench assaulted his senses.

The ruined city gate swayed precariously. The four characters for "Shrek Academy" remained visible on the mottled wall, yet they only served to highlight the desolation and decay.

Combining the top-secret intelligence provided by Kong Deming with the latest map of the Douluo Continent in his mind, he realized in an instant that this was the once-famed Shrek City, which had stood for ten thousand years. Now, nothing remained but a bleak, desolate wasteland.

Shrek City had been conquered by the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Strangely, the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest had not pushed further to occupy the rest of the Douluo Continent. Instead, they seemed to be using Shrek City as a barrier to prevent humans from entering the forest to hunt them.

Qian Daoliu felt no sense of satisfaction at this. On the contrary, as he gazed at the blood-stained ruins, an indescribable sorrow welled up in his heart. The sight reminded him of the Spirit Hall that had been destroyed ten thousand years ago; it must have looked just as broken and desolate as this.

Beside him, Bo Saixi sensed the shift in Qian Daoliu's mood and could not help but speak up to comfort him: "Qian Daoliu, are you alright?"

"Xixi, I am fine."

"Let us use your 'Breath of Life' to pass through Shrek City and enter the Star Dou Great Forest."

Qian Daoliu regained his composure and spoke to Bo Saixi.

Hearing this, Bo Saixi nodded and quietly released the first soul skill of her second martial soul, the Life Scepter: "Breath of Life!"

A gentle, emerald-green radiance quietly enveloped the group, concealing everyone's aura, soul power, and physical forms. As they blended perfectly into the surrounding natural environment, Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and the others took to the air, swiftly gliding over the ruined Shrek City and speeding toward the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.

They officially entered the outer perimeter of the Star Dou Great Forest!

Qian Daoliu and his group did not linger, instead speeding directly toward the core area of the forest.

Along the way, shielded by Bo Saixi's "Breath of Life," the group did not encounter any attacks from soul beasts.

It was not until they neared the core forest region, where the light and shadows of the dense woods became chaotic, that Qian Daoliu's gaze sharpened and he came to a sudden halt.

In a clearing in the woods ahead, a giant beast—a tiger with black gold patterns woven into its fur—was circling and attacking. The beast spoke in a human tongue, its roar laced with distorted holy light: "Despicable humans, to think you would slaughter my soul beast kin! Then leave your lives behind!"

Directly opposite the giant tiger, a wounded young girl in tattered silver robes stood her ground. Her skin was covered in claw marks, her soul power was chaotic and unstable, and her repeated desperate attacks had been easily torn apart by the tiger. Her protective soul light grew increasingly dim, and as she stumbled, nearly falling, she was clearly on the verge of exhaustion and defeat.

Bo Saixi and the others stopped when Qian Daoliu did. They saw the battle unfolding not far away, but none of them made a move. They quietly looked toward Qian Daoliu, waiting for his decision on whether to intervene.

"Hahaha! And what if I slaughtered your soul beast kin?"

"Nearly a million people in Shrek City were slaughtered to the last by your kind!"

"Shrek Academy was so devastated by your soul beast kin that they were forced to move to the Star Luo Empire in humiliation!"

"I only hate that my strength is insufficient. If I had the cultivation of a Limit Douluo!"

"I would surely kill every last one of you until none remain!"

A look of determination hardened in the silver-robed girl's eyes. The moon martial soul behind her trembled violently as she resolutely ignited her life essence. Crimson flames crawled along her meridians, and her soul power, originally at the Soul Douluo level, surged instantly to the Title Douluo tier.

"Seventh Soul Skill: Silver Moon True Body!"

The girl merged into one with her moon martial soul. All her attributes skyrocketed, and her physical body transformed into an elemental form of moonlight.

Eight soul rings—yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black, and red—vibrated in the air. Exhausting her remaining strength, she gathered it into a final, lethal strike and lunged at the tiger, determined to perish alongside the black gold patterned giant tiger.

"Madman, madman! You humans are all madmen!"

"You people of Shrek are all madmen!"

The black gold patterned giant tiger's fur stood on end. The black gold patterns surged violently as it let out a shrill, incessant roar. It kicked its four hooves into the ground, trying to flee, but the silver-robed girl had already transformed into a silver moon, binding the tiger tightly. At such close range, there was no time to pull away.

Unable to escape, it had no choice but to unleash its defensive soul skill, "Original Sin Sunlight Armor," with all its might.

Black gold holy light condensed into thick armor that firmly covered the tiger's body, with evil light patterns flowing across it.

The moment the silver-robed girl drew near, the black gold patterned giant tiger raised a massive paw and struck at her with the "Sinful Sun Burning Heaven" soul skill.

It wanted to kill the girl before she could reach it.

Not far away, Qian Daoliu witnessed everything.

Just as Qian Daoliu decided to watch the girl self-destruct to severely injure the black gold patterned giant tiger, Bo Saixi spoke up.

"Qian Daoliu, save that girl. I will tell you the reason later!"

Hearing this, Qian Daoliu merely frowned slightly before immediately releasing his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and flying toward the black gold patterned giant tiger.

Bo Saixi also released her Sea God Martial Soul: "Ninth Soul Skill—Sea God Imprisonment!"

A vast, azure Sea God's power suddenly swept across the entire forest. An invisible force of imprisonment instantly locked the space, freezing both the black gold patterned giant tiger and the silver-robed girl in place, unable to move an inch.

The tiger's limbs and torso were firmly bound by chains of water light, leaving it rigid and immobile. However, the "Sinful Sun Burning Heaven" it had already unleashed was fully formed and could not be retracted.

With a thunderous boom, the violent black gold holy light slammed into the Silver Moon True Body. The intense explosion swept in all directions, and the elemental moonlight form shattered instantly.

The girl was forced out of her martial soul true body and fell, stumbling. Her head was severely wounded by the shockwave, and she lay gasping for air, her soul power completely severed and her life force fading rapidly.

Bo Saixi immediately switched to the Life Scepter, and a thick beam of emerald-green vitality poured down, firmly enveloping the girl's body to urgently repair her injuries.

Qian Daoliu spread his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, his holy light suppressing the entire area. He closed in on the tiger in an instant, raised his hand to seal all of its soul power, and completely subdued and suppressed it.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

"Detestable human, if you have the guts, let me go and let's fight one-on-one!"

The Black Gold Patterned Giant Tiger had first been instantly restrained by Bo Saixi, then subdued by Qian Daoliu.

The Black Gold Patterned Giant Tiger was stunned at first, but once it saw the human figures of Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi, it assumed they were companions of the silver-clad girl.

Consequently, it could not help but roar madly at Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi.

However, Qian Daoliu and Bo Saixi completely ignored the Black Gold Patterned Giant Tiger.

Instead, Qian Daoliu said to Ye Guyi, "Yiyi, you saw it too; that silver-clad girl from Shrek Academy just now had a hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring!"

"As the Saintess of Spirit Hall, do you dare to absorb this hundred-thousand-year soul ring as your eighth?"

Qian Daoliu's voice was not loud, but Ye Guyi, Qiangu Zhenyue, Qiangu Zhenxie, Jin Lin, Guang Yao, and the others were shaken upon hearing it.

That's right!

That silver-clad girl was not much older than her, yet she possessed the cultivation of a Soul Douluo, and her eighth soul ring was the legendary hundred-thousand-year red soul ring.

Furthermore, she was even willing to die for Shrek Academy.

And what about herself? As the Saintess of Spirit Hall, was she willing to die for Spirit Hall? Was she willing to absorb a hundred-thousand-year soul ring for the future of Spirit Hall?

Ye Guyi kept asking herself these questions.

In the end, her gaze grew increasingly bright.

Then, Ye Guyi said to Qian Daoliu with firmness and certainty, "Ancestor, I am willing!"

"Very good!"

Qian Daoliu was very satisfied with this.

In reality, the limitations for soul masters absorbing soul rings on the Douluo Continent ten thousand years later primarily involved two aspects: one was physical constitution.

The other was the strength of the soul master's mental power.

As a possessor of god-level mental power, Qian Daoliu could fully assist Ye Guyi in resolving the soul shock of a hundred-thousand-year soul ring.

As for Ye Guyi's physical strength, Qian Daoliu was not the least bit worried.

On one hand, having been blessed by the power of faith from hundreds of thousands of people, Ye Guyi's physical strength was already far beyond that of an ordinary person.

Moreover, Ye Guyi had Bo Saixi, a possessor of a top-tier life-type martial soul, by her side.

Therefore, the question posed to Ye Guyi earlier was actually a test from Qian Daoliu.

What he wanted was for Ye Guyi to clarify her own drive for self-improvement; only in this way could Ye Guyi's future be one of unyielding progress.

In the end, Ye Guyi had passed Qian Daoliu's test.

Likewise, Qiangu Zhenyue, Qiangu Zhenxie, and the others were all deep in thought, their eyes also growing increasingly bright.

"Very well, Yiyi. Once your Aunt Bo finishes treating that silver-clad girl, I will have her assist you in absorbing the hundred-thousand-year soul ring of this Black Gold Patterned Giant Tiger!"

Qian Daoliu said to Ye Guyi as he looked at Bo Saixi, who was currently working hard to treat the silver-clad girl nearby.

At the same time, Qian Daoliu was also curious as to why Bo Saixi had asked him to save this silver-clad girl.