Bibi Dong met his gaze, her voice calm and every word perfectly clear.
"Lin Xia, seven years old, Innate Soul Power of one, a Symbiotic Spirit with the External Beast Martial Soul Bulbasaur. His First Soul Ring came from the Life Poison of the Emerald Ghost King Vine, and he commands both toxicity and vitality perfectly. His comprehension is monstrous, and his will is remarkably resilient."
"His Symbiotic Spirit, Bulbasaur, is at a critical point in its evolution. Only the power of Holy Radiance Rotation from the Holy Sun Wheel Flower can catalyze its transformation, complete its light and life attributes, and bring about an unprecedented evolutionary form. This child's potential is immeasurable."
"Innate... one? An External Beast Martial Soul?"
Qian Daoliu's gaze suddenly sharpened.
Those two phrases together struck him like lightning, splitting open a long-sealed memory.
That Yu Xiaogang had possessed the same kind of Martial Soul. If not for him... Qian Xunji... A complex, indescribable pain flickered deep in Qian Daoliu's eyes, vanishing so quickly it was almost impossible to catch.
The air around Qian Daoliu stilled for the briefest moment.
A long silence settled over the Worship Hall, broken only by the faint whisper of flowing holy light.
Qian Daoliu looked toward the nine-hundred-year-old Holy Sun Wheel Flower, his expression inscrutable.
At last, the stillness in the air faded.
Qian Daoliu spoke slowly, his voice carrying a faint, barely perceptible sigh.
"If the Pope herself has made this request for the future of Spirit Hall, then give him a nine-hundred-year-old Holy Sun Wheel Flower."
Bibi Dong felt a slight loosening in her chest, but her expression remained as cold as ice.
"What are your conditions?"
Qian Daoliu turned his gaze toward the space beyond the Worship Hall, as though it could pierce through countless halls and