Founding the Spirit Transferring Hall, with Huo Yuhao as Its Master

Huo Yuhao wasted no more words. He got straight to the point, telling Bibi Dong about Ferocious Beasts over 100,000 years old and the Spirit Transferring Array he possessed, which allowed Soul Beasts and Soul Masters to coexist. All his Soul Rings, he said, came from Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits.

Huo Yuhao knew that if he wanted this woman's support, he had to offer her something tempting enough.

By his reckoning, Bibi Dong's Second Martial Soul should not have all its Soul Rings yet. Otherwise, she would not organize the Soul Hunting Plan five years later and hunt Da Ming and Er Ming before undertaking the Rakshasa God Trial.

Huo Yuhao also made it clear that he needed Bibi Dong's influence to establish the Spirit Pagoda.

"What a God-Making Plan."

Excited though she was, Bibi Dong had not lost her reason. Still, she could hardly conceal how pleased she was with Huo Yuhao. "I can build a Spirit Transferring Hall for you in Spirit City. As for those Soul Beasts..."

"Leave the Soul Beasts to me," Huo Yuhao said.

That day

was destined to be no ordinary day.

It was not merely because the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament were about to take place in Spirit City, or because Bibi Dong and Huo Yuhao had spent a full day and night in secret talks.

Rather, within a few short days, nearly every Soul Master on the continent had turned their attention to Spirit Hall.

That was right.

On the eve of the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, Spirit Hall had set a series of plans in motion.

A decision that could reshape the entire continent had burst onto the scene.

Spirit Hall announced that within a month, it would build a Spirit Transferring Hall in Spirit City alongside the Pope's Hall, Elder Hall, Worship Hall, and Elder Hall. Every Soul Master registered with Spirit Hall could go there for a Soul Ring when they needed one, regardless of level, strength, or background.

The policy would be implemented gradually after the finals of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

Spirit Hall's announcement swept across Douluo Continent like a tornado.

The Spirit Transferring Hall would help Spirit Hall's Soul Masters obtain Soul Rings for free?

Many Independent Soul Masters wavered at the news. The core areas of the Soul Hunting Forest were divided up and controlled by noble powers. Low-ranking commoner Soul Masters could only enter the fringes where Soul Beasts lived, or risk their lives venturing into the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring.

Spirit Hall's announcement shattered the nobles' grip on those resources.

The twelve words "regardless of level, strength, or background" carried particular weight. Whether someone was a Soul Scholar, a Soul Grandmaster, a Soul Saint, or a Soul Douluo, as long as they were a Soul Master under Spirit Hall, they would be eligible to visit the Spirit Pagoda for a suitable Soul Ring.

Even so, more Soul Masters remained skeptical.

Obtaining Soul Rings consumed enormous manpower and resources. Even Spirit Hall, powerful as it was, could not solve that problem for everyone, could it?

So experts from across the continent flocked to Spirit City. They came not only for the finals of the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, but also to see whether Spirit Hall would truly run the Spirit Transferring Hall as promised.

Several days later, in the Worship Hall.

Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu stood with his hands behind his back. "You're saying the young man who has Bibi Dong so worked up is a Titled Douluo at just twenty-three?"

His eyes flickered with disbelief.

Demon Subduing Douluo, the Seventh Enshrined, stood respectfully before him in black. "Yes, Great Enshrined. That Huo Yuhao is the talk of the town right now."

"Bibi Dong... the Spirit Pagoda? Soul Tools? Interesting..."

Qian Daoliu nodded thoughtfully. "Very well. From now on, you'll monitor Huo Yuhao and every move the Spirit Transferring Hall makes."

Demon Subduing Douluo froze for a moment, then said in surprise, "Great Enshrined, aside from protecting the Angel Clan, the Worship Hall generally doesn't involve itself in the Pope's Hall's decisions. You..."

"Do it." Qian Daoliu's tone left no room for argument.

Meanwhile,

the Soul Engineer selection was underway on the training grounds of Spirit Hall Academy.

Yan lay sprawled on the ground, panting, his Spiritual Power exhausted. His usually ruddy face had gone bloodless.

The sight left a crowd of his young admirers at the academy aching for him.

Teacher Huo was terrifying. He kept telling everyone he appreciated talent, but he never went easy on them. He seemed especially hard on Yan, a member of the Golden Generation. As Teacher Huo put it, he might appreciate talent, but this was a selection for Soul Engineers. Anyone whose Spiritual Power fell short would not enter the Soul Tool Department, no matter how strong they were.

Not even the Pope could plead their case.

Huo Yuhao had his own frustrations.

Besides being Spirit Hall's Honorary Elder and the master of the Spirit Transferring Hall, he had been appointed a Soul Tool Teacher at Spirit Hall Academy by Bibi Dong. He was to select suitable students himself and form the Soul Tool Department.

Hu Liena was already a mental-type Soul Master, so she had naturally joined the Soul Tool Department. Of the Spirit Hall Academy Team, Zhang Ping, Sun Chuantao, and the others had also met the Spiritual Power requirement; only Yan and Li Kai had not.

To be with Hu Liena, Yan had tried again and again to get into the Soul Tool Department. After several days of it, Huo Yuhao hardly knew what to say.

He did not have time to keep going through this with Yan.

The Soul Master Tournament finals were less than twenty days away, and the Spirit Transferring Hall would be completed then too. The three beasts of the Far North had agreed to the Spirit Transferring Plan, but he still had not found time to seek out Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Today's test had therefore worn his patience even thinner.

"Selection for the Soul Tool Department?"

Just then, a voice came from the crowd, clear and cool as jade, quiet yet distinct in every word and carrying an inborn pride. "I'll try."

At the sound of it, Huo Yuhao jolted and froze.

Every student in the square turned toward the voice.

The speaker was a young woman with beauty breathtaking enough to stop them in their tracks. Her skin was luminous white, her features fine as a painting, and her eyes a clear pinkish blue.

She was tall and slender, with full curves. She wore a fitted white outfit trimmed in silver, while long, wavy pinkish-blue hair covered her back and fell to her hips.

The whole square erupted.

Cries of amazement rose like a chorus of frogs.

"Wow, it's her! Wang Qiu'er!"

"She's gorgeous! I heard she only transferred to Spirit Hall Academy yesterday."

"Good heavens, she's even taller and more perfect than Hu Liena! How can anyone be that beautiful?"

"I heard her background is as mysterious as Teacher Huo's. There's no record of where she comes from or what her cultivation is."

"I heard she's a Soul King, and she even beat a Soul Emperor teacher during her transfer test yesterday!"

"Wang Qiu'er looks exactly like the goddess everyone dreams of."

"So perfect I wouldn't dare dream of her..."

"..."

For a moment,

Huo Yuhao listened to the discussions around him and learned how Qiu'er had come to Spirit Hall Academy.

The shock on his face softened into tenderness. He had just been worrying about how to approach Di Tian about Spirit Transferring, and now Qiu'er had arrived at Spirit Hall Academy.

Had Qiu'er forgiven him, too?

Wang Qiu'er saw the excitement creeping onto Huo Yuhao's face. She gave a cool snort and asked, "Teacher Huo, are you in charge of the Soul Tool Department?"

Forgiven him?

It would not be that easy.

Wang Qiu'er might have chosen to take human form, but she had not forgiven Huo Yuhao. That would let him off far too easily.

Beside them, Hu Liena seemed to notice the change in Huo Yuhao's expression. Jealousy rose within her, and she immediately spoke up. "You want to join the Soul Tool Department? You must have seen that it only recruits mental-control Soul Masters. I hear you're a Power Attack System Soul Master. You're not suited to it at all..."