Many people had come to witness the wedding of His Holiness the Pope of Spirit Hall. Every major power was represented!
Spirit City was filled with celebration that day. People lined both sides of the streets, their chatter rising and falling.
"Say, what kind of person do you think our Supreme Pontiff Consort is?" someone asked.
"Maybe she's beautiful?" someone said. "How else could she have become the Supreme Pontiff Consort?"
"I say our Supreme Pontiff Consort must have both beauty and strength!" another person argued.
"Do you know who His Holiness the Pope is? He's the pope of Spirit Hall! He has the strength of a Titled Douluo. Would he look twice at someone who didn't have both looks and power?"
"Look... Look, everyone! The procession's here! We can see the Supreme Pontiff Consort!" someone cried out in surprise.
Everyone turned toward the city gate. Spirit Hall knights in armor rode into Spirit City in a grand procession, long spears in hand.
Every one of them was at least a Soul King!
After the knights came a carriage drawn by nine Soul Beast horses. Calling it a carriage hardly did it justice; it looked more like a small building on wheels.
The street leading in from Spirit City's gate was broad enough for all nine horses to walk abreast.
Inside the carriage, Ah Yin wore Spirit Hall's most splendid angelic wedding gown. She held a round fan before her mouth, leaving only her beautiful eyes and long azure hair visible.
Her palms were slick with sweat. Both sides of the road were packed with people, all of them residents of Spirit City!
"Look! It's the Supreme Pontiff Consort! The Supreme Pontiff Consort!"
People shouted, honored that they could finally see her for themselves.
Soon the carriage had passed through the street and was heading toward Spirit City's central square, where the wedding would be held.
Qian Xunji was already at the square, dressed in ceremonial attire.
Unlike Ah Yin's gown, his was made for a man, lending him a stately air...
The guests seated there were either representatives of the Two Great Empires or representatives and sect masters of the Seven Great Sects.
Just then, seven streaks of light, each a different color, flew down from Divine Mountain and landed in the central square.
"That's..." At the Clear Sky Sect's seats, Tang Xiao's eyes widened. He could not have mistaken him!
"It's him. It has to be him!" Tang Xiao clenched his fists. The man was merely standing there, yet he seemed as unfathomable as an abyss and as vast as the sea!
"Brother, what are you looking at?" Tang Hao asked with a frown when he saw Tang Xiao frozen in place. Who were these people?
He could sense that they were extraordinarily strong. They were Titled Douluo, without a doubt.
But he had no idea what level they had reached, or what positions they held in Spirit Hall.
"Hao..." Tang Xiao said, his voice catching. "I'm not mistaken. The man in the middle is Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined!"
"He's Qian Daoliu, one of the three Peerless Douluo on the continent whose name stands alongside our grandfather's!"
"I saw the Great Enshrined once, before you were born... So many years have passed, and he's been out of sight for so long that plenty of people thought he was dead. I never imagined he was still alive!"
"A Level-Ninety-Nine Peerless Douluo?" Tang Hao said in shock.
What did being a Peerless Douluo mean? It meant being invincible! On the Douluo Continent, in the Soul Master World, such a person was virtually unmatched!
"Brother, what about the others?" Tang Hao asked.
"If I remember correctly, the rest are the enshrined ones of Worship Hall! See the man to Qian Daoliu's left?"
Tang Hao followed his brother's gaze. The man to Qian Daoliu's left wore golden armor and was built like an iron tower.
"That's Golden Crocodile Douluo! Even our grandfather would call him 'senior'!" Tang Xiao said, trembling.
He was still alive. He was actually still alive! Tang Xiao had only heard of him before, but he recognized him at a glance today.
"Every enshrined one of Worship Hall is an immensely powerful Super Douluo," Tang Xiao told Tang Hao.
"They're that strong..." Tang Hao stared at the enshrined ones who had landed beside Qian Xunji.
Spirit Hall was this powerful? Then the Clear Sky Sect... hardly lived up to its reputation, did it? How could the Clear Sky Sect call itself the world's greatest sect when it had only one Titled Douluo?
And Spirit Hall? Even without counting its Titled Douluo elders, these seven enshrined ones alone were seven Titled Douluo!
He was glad he had held himself back and not attacked Qian Xunji.
The appearance of all seven enshrined ones shook everyone from the other powers. People who recognized them were still alive, after all!
Seeing them again brought shock, then more shock, and finally fear. Deep, bone-chilling fear!
At the Holy Dragon Sect's seats, Holy Dragon Douluo Tuoba Xi looked at the seven enshrined ones and almost leaped up to shout. This was Spirit Hall! This was the power the Holy Dragon Sect had pledged itself to! He could not have been prouder!
"You've got to be kidding. How are they still alive?"
"Spirit Hall is this strong? We absolutely cannot offend them!"
Remarks like these could be heard throughout the seats of the major powers. The show of force was clearly working!
"We pay our respects to the Great Enshrined, the Second Worship, the Third Offering, and the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Enshrined!"
Those who had come to witness the wedding included more than members of other powers. There were even more Soul Masters from Spirit Hall, including quite a few young ones.
At the sight of the seven enshrined ones, they grew excited, looking as though they had seen gods!
With Spirit Hall's Soul Masters already bowing to the seven enshrined ones, the others could hardly remain seated.
The first to show his respect was Holy Dragon Douluo Tuoba Xi, whom the other sects called Spirit Hall's foremost lapdog!
One after another, they bowed to the seven enshrined ones: the people of the Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the representatives of the Two Great Empires...
Qian Daoliu swept his gaze over the crowd. Everyone who felt the Peerless Douluo's eyes upon them broke into a cold sweat!
He smiled faintly. "You are all our guests. There's no need for ceremony; please sit. The bride will be here soon, and I will preside over today's wedding!"
"I'm not Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined, nor a Peerless Douluo, nor the one they call invincible in the skies. I'm simply a father watching his child get married... Pay us no mind."
Qian Daoliu stood beside Qian Xunji, while the other six enshrined ones took their assigned seats.
The seven enshrined ones had not forgotten to bring Qian Renxue and her brother Qian Renfeng with them.
But most eyes were fixed on the seven enshrined ones, so hardly anyone noticed that Golden Crocodile and Lightfeather were each holding a child!
In Light Feather Douluo's arms, Qian Renfeng swept his gaze around the square. He had seen everything that had just happened.
That look should not have appeared in a child's eyes. It was... shock. Yes, unmistakable shock!
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