I Want to Become Spirit Hall's Holy Son

Bibi Dong had two knots in her heart.

First, Qian Xunji had violated her, leaving her with deep psychological trauma. At the same time, she hated Spirit Hall and the Qian family of angels.

Second, she and Yu Xiaogang had fallen in love, but Spirit Hall's higher-ups had not approved of their relationship.

As for the first knot, the original story showed that Bibi Dong could die for Qian Renxue. It was clear that she was sharp-tongued but soft-hearted toward Qian Renxue, and she had always cared about her deep down.

Qian Xunji was already dead. As long as Qian Renxue was willing to be honest with Bibi Dong and stop treating her like an enemy, then surely the bond of mother and daughter between them could unravel this knot.

As for the second knot, it would require shattering Yu Xiaogang's perfect image in Bibi Dong's heart.

She had to see that the Yu Xiaogang she had once loved was nothing but trash.

That his entire purpose in approaching her had merely been to obtain Spirit Hall's secrets.

If Yu Xiaogang truly were a master, with numerous correct theories under his command, then this would indeed be difficult to handle.

But was Yu Xiaogang really that?

He was not. That meant there was a chance to untie Bibi Dong's second knot.

However, it would take some effort to handle properly, and it had to be done well enough for Bibi Dong to believe it.

The difficult part would be the possibility of Bibi Dong losing control.

If Bibi Dong could not accept reality—could not accept that she was foolish, love-brained, stubborn, and obstinate—then it would be hard to deal with.

Moreover, it was hard to say whether the Rakshasa God had a hand in this behind the scenes.

In the original story, the Rakshasa God chose Bibi Dong as its successor, yet gave her no help at all.

It did nothing like raising the age limits of all her soul rings or granting her treasures.

How was that any way to choose a successor? Even the servants and high priests of other gods received more than that.

That was why Wang Chen had said that untangling Bibi Dong's knots would be exceptionally difficult.

However, if Wang Chen cultivated to level ninety-nine while gathering a great amount of faith power to strengthen his Divine Spark Seed, gaining the strength to contend with the Rakshasa God, then the problem would be much easier to solve.

If the Rakshasa divine seat was difficult to inherit, Wang Chen could simply give her the Dream God divine seat instead.

Once he became a god and reached a realm above the God King, all those vacant divine seats in the God Realm would be his anyway.

In the original story, after Tang San became a god, he could secure divine seats for a whole group of people. There was no reason Wang Chen could not secure even one divine seat.

Qian Renxue lowered her head and fell silent.

Wang Chen was right. Spirit Hall's internal strife was severe, and it was precisely because of that infighting, coupled with her eagerness to prove herself, that she had come to the Heaven Dou Empire to carry out the infiltration and usurpation plans.

Qian Renxue looked at Wang Chen. "Is there anything else?"

Wang Chen swept his gaze over Qian Renxue. "My deity told me that you actually have the qualifications to inherit a divine seat."

Wang Chen's words instantly stunned Qian Renxue, She Long, and Porcupinefish.

She Long and Porcupinefish looked at Qian Renxue in shock and delight.

Porcupinefish asked, "Young friend Wang Chen, is what you said true? Does our young mistress really have the qualifications to inherit a divine seat?"

Wang Chen nodded. "There are traces of divine power remaining within her body. She has received a deity's blessing."

Wang Chen said, "I think what you should do most right now is return and undergo the God Exam, so that you can inherit the divine seat as soon as possible."

Qian Renxue, Porcupinefish, and She Long fell silent.

Wang Chen truly could not understand why the people of Spirit Hall had actually sent a genius like Qian Renxue, who possessed innate full soul power at level twenty, to carry out infiltration and a plan to usurp a nation.

For a force like the Heaven Dou Empire, whose royal family did not even have a single Titled Douluo, wouldn't it have been enough to simply wipe out the Heaven Dou royal family?

With the strength of Spirit Hall and the Offering Hall, even if the upper three sects joined forces, they would still not be enough to fight Spirit Hall.

With that kind of strength, they could have simply crushed them head-on. Why the hell bother with infiltration and usurpation?

Fine, if they wanted to infiltrate and usurp the nation, then so be it!

But what kind of insane move was it to send their most gifted future successor?

If they wanted to carry out a usurpation plan, couldn't they have abducted a member of the Xue family in advance, raised them, and then carried out the plan?

If they were worried about lacking legitimacy, they could even secretly steal away someone from the Xue family, raise them up, and then have them rally support under the banner of saving the emperor. Would it really be that hard to split the Heaven Dou Empire from the front?

After all, in a world where great power belonged to individuals, the winner of any war depended entirely on which side won at the highest level of combat power.

Right now, Spirit Hall had the most high-level experts and the strongest combat power. Could they still fail to win?

It could only be said that Douluo was an absurdly bizarre world. Even a hand with two jokers and four twos could lose to four aces—there was truly no one else like it.

After pondering for a long time, Qian Renxue looked at Wang Chen with yearning in her eyes. "What if I do everything you said?

Or, if I support you and make you Spirit Hall's Holy Son, letting you help change the current problems within Spirit Hall, would you be willing to join Spirit Hall?"

Wang Chen felt that it was basically impossible for Qian Renxue to change the problems within Spirit Hall that he had pointed out.

At present, Spirit Hall's power was split in two. One portion was in the Offering Hall, and Qian Renxue could command that portion.

The other portion was in Bibi Dong's hands, and Qian Renxue found it difficult to mobilize that part.

However, it was not as though there was no chance at all.

As long as Qian Renxue displayed sufficient cultivation talent and strength, revealed her Angel Martial Soul, and gained the Angel God's favor, she could win over a large portion of the elders in the Elder Hall.

If Qian Renxue could also handle her relationship with Bibi Dong properly, she would not even need Bibi Dong's support. As long as Bibi Dong did not make things difficult for her, she could basically complete the reform of Spirit Hall's power structure.

But could Qian Renxue truly handle her relationship with Bibi Dong?

If she could, she would not have let things drag on until now.

As for giving him the position of Holy Son and letting him take charge of it—

Wang Chen was confident that he could reform and unite Spirit Hall, but he truly needed Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu's support.

Otherwise, even if he bore the title of Spirit Hall's Holy Son, it would merely be an empty title, of little use.

As for joining Spirit Hall, Wang Chen had indeed given it considerable thought.

He had two Martial Souls. One was an Alchemy Furnace, but the Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul had no soul skills and poor combat power.

Not only was he now a genius with a thousand-year first ring and a ten-thousand-year second ring, but he had also already reached the rank of a level-forty Soul Ancestor before even turning nine.

Yet without soul skills, he was like someone holding a greatsword without knowing any sword techniques—he could only slash about wildly.

It would be fine if he encountered someone else who also did not know sword techniques; perhaps he could win through random slashes.

But if he encountered someone proficient in sword techniques, the other party could casually pull out a stick and knock his sword aside.

He needed to study all kinds of medicinal herbs and soul skills, then develop methods of releasing soul skills in the form of pills.

This was somewhat similar to Oscar's Sausage Martial Soul.

By absorbing soul rings, Oscar could produce sausages with various abilities.

Likewise, by analyzing the items added into his Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul, Wang Chen could break down their ingredients and methods, ultimately developing substitutes.

Wang Chen believed that to create this kind of pill containing soul skills, he would most likely need to hunt some soul beasts and use parts such as their flesh and blood as materials for refinement.

However, this would certainly require consulting a great deal of Martial Soul-related information.

At the same time, he would need a large number of soul masters and soul skills for reference.

Among the major forces of the current Douluo Continent, the foremost force capable of meeting both conditions at once was Spirit Hall.

At the same time, Wang Chen possessed the Meridian Martial Soul and needed extensive materials to develop cultivation techniques suited to himself, so that he could improve his strength and deal with Tang San.

Most importantly, Wang Chen's Divine Spark Seed needed to absorb the power of faith.

If he joined Spirit Hall and managed to establish himself there, growing stronger and gaining great authority, then having Spirit Hall gather the power of faith for him would be perfectly natural.

Whether for the advancement of his Alchemy Furnace Martial Soul, Meridian Martial Soul, and Divine Spark Seed, or for his memories of and fondness for Douluo Continent from his previous life—

If he had to join a faction, Spirit Hall was the best choice.

Joining Spirit Hall, becoming Spirit Hall's Holy Son, then using the chance to purge Spirit Hall's parasites to make a name for himself and accumulate faith was not a bad choice.

Thinking this, Wang Chen said, "I can join Spirit Hall, but I must be given the position of Spirit Hall's Holy Son. Also, the parasites I mentioned earlier that need to be purged, the policies that need reforming, and so on—I will be the one to formulate them."

As a successor to a divine position, Wang Chen was not only willing to join Spirit Hall, but was also willing to take the initiative to participate in Spirit Hall's affairs.

Qian Renxue had not expected Wang Chen to go this far.

Qian Renxue said, "Alright. I can guarantee that and make it happen for you."

Since he had decided to join Spirit Hall, Wang Chen naturally had to curry favor with the future master of Spirit Hall before him.

At the same time, he had to display his own capabilities.

The intimidation of four soul rings—purple, black, black, black—was not enough by itself. That was authority; what was still lacking was favor. Taking out immortal herbs from his storage soul tool was the best way to bestow that favor.

In any case, he was confident that even if a Titled Douluo made a move, he could still retreat unscathed with the Divine Spark Seed's abilities.

Moreover, his current identity to the outside world was that of an inheritor of divine legacy, a future successor to a divine position.

As the Angel God's High Priest, Qian Daoliu presumably understood what inheritance of a divine position meant.

It meant a being that could truly communicate with gods, one capable of borrowing divine power.

Furthermore, the divine power borrowed was even greater than the amount someone like him, a High Priest, could borrow.

High Priest sounded impressive, but in truth, he was merely a servant of a god.

As long as Qian Daoliu was not an idiot, he should not drive Wang Chen, a future god, out of Spirit Hall over a few immortal herbs.

Wang Chen took out a jade box and opened it, revealing an immortal herb within. "This is an Aurora Sunward Flower. It is very suitable for someone with a light attribute like you to absorb."

"An immortal herb, an Aurora Sunward Flower."

"Is it one of the immortal herbs recorded in Chrysanthemum Douluo's immortal herb information?"

Qian Renxue stared in shock at the strange immortal flower lying in the jade box in Wang Chen's hand, its entire body crystalline and translucent, as she asked.

"It is one of the immortal herbs recorded in the information you gave me before."

Excitedly, Qian Renxue took the jade box containing the Aurora Sunward Flower from Wang Chen and carefully examined the immortal herb inside.

The Aurora Sunward Flower's stem was like jade and crystal, so immaculate that not a trace of impurity could be seen.

Seven slender leaves grew in whorls around the stem, their surfaces flowing with faint blue, purple, and gold aurora light, delicate strands of radiance drifting with ethereal grace.

At the top, the flower disk was hollowed out like glazed glass. Eighty-one silver-white petals were thin and translucent, their edges wreathed in an undying aurora halo.

At its center was a slowly pulsing golden-purple core of light, continuously emitting a gentle, pure aura of light and spiritual energy.

This flower naturally faced the sun, forever swaying toward its source of light. When a breeze passed, its flowing radiance shifted gracefully, scattering fragments of multicolored light across the ground. Merely approaching it could cleanse the mind and calm stray thoughts. It was an exceptionally rare immortal herb with both spiritual and light attributes.

Qian Renxue accepted it and said gratefully, "Thank you."

Then, she took out the second jade box and opened it.

Inside lay a breathtakingly brilliant fire-attribute immortal lotus—the Crimson Sky Heartburn Lotus.

The Crimson Sky Heartburn Lotus was crimson from top to bottom, as though forged from molten fire. Its stem was translucent and reddish, with what seemed to be liquid flames flowing within.

Three scarlet flame leaves spread out at varying heights, their edges burning with tiny undying sparks. They were scorching, yet did not burn anything, restrained and docile.

A cluster of glass-like crimson-gold flames condensed upon the lotus platform at its heart, quietly revolving and flickering. Its petals layered upon one another, resplendent as crimson clouds and radiant as flowing fire.

The entire immortal herb was wreathed in pure, domineering fire spiritual power. Its aura was blazing and rich, capable of dispelling yin chill and tempering the foundation of fire-element soul power.

It moved without wind, naturally trailing wisps of flame-light. A touch would send a ring of warm fire patterns rippling outward. It was an exceedingly rare ultimate fire-element treasure of heaven and earth.

Wang Chen said, "This Crimson Sky Heartburn Lotus is a fire-attribute immortal herb. It can enhance the fire-attribute power of your Angel Martial Soul."

"Simply swallow these two immortal herbs directly, then circulate your cultivation method to absorb them."

Qian Renxue accepted them. "Thank you."

Beside them, She Long and Porcupinefish stared at Wang Chen with eager, longing eyes, hoping that they, too, could receive an immortal herb to alter their aptitudes.

However, unless Wang Chen took the initiative to give them one, neither of them dared ask for it.

Wang Chen said, "I don't have any immortal herbs suitable for the two of you. Besides, immortal herbs have a great enhancing effect on soul masters with low cultivation, but not much effect on soul masters with high cultivation.

"Using immortal herbs to nurture the younger generation yields greater returns."

She Long and Porcupinefish sighed and said disappointedly, "It seems the two of us are fated to miss out on immortal herbs."

Ignoring their disappointed gazes, Wang Chen looked at Qian Renxue. "Sister Xue, this place happens to be secluded and suitable for refining immortal herbs. Why don't you refine them here?"

She Long and Porcupinefish also nodded. "What the Holy Son says makes sense."

Ever since Wang Chen had agreed to join Spirit Hall and become its Holy Son, the two of them had regarded him as Spirit Hall's Holy Son.

There was no helping it. Even Qian Renxue, Spirit Hall's young mistress, had personally made the promise. The title of Holy Son would sooner or later fall upon Wang Chen.

So calling him that now was not wrong.

Moreover, they felt it was well worth following a future god and a Holy Son who could casually take out immortal herbs to give to Qian Renxue.

She Long and Porcupinefish felt that following this Holy Son could not be a mistake.

Qian Renxue nodded. "Alright. I'll absorb the two immortal herbs here."

With that, Qian Renxue sat down cross-legged on the spot and began absorbing the two immortal herbs.

She Long and Porcupinefish stood guard nearby, protecting her.

Meanwhile, Wang Chen stood to the side and watched.

Wang Chen could not help but begin pondering. The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye was primarily of ice and fire attributes.

The immortal herbs it nurtured should have been ice-attribute and fire-attribute immortal herbs. Why did it feel as though they had been specifically arranged for the Shrek Seven Monsters?

Each of those seven people could obtain at least one immortal herb capable of changing their cultivation aptitude.

If he did not know that immortal herbs took an extremely long time to grow, Wang Chen would have suspected that the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye had been deliberately placed there by some god from the Divine Realm.

The coincidence was a little too extraordinary.