Ye Xishui's Terrifying Strength Crushes Spirit Hall!

Ye Xishui withdrew the power in her palm.

"You can't bring out the full power of both your Twin Martial Souls at once because you don't have enough Soul Power."

Bibi Dong's expression changed.

"I don't have enough Soul Power?"

She had already reached Level 98.

With the boost from the Golden Rankings' reward, her Soul Power was deeper than ever.

Yet Ye Xishui was telling her it wasn't enough.

Bibi Dong could not accept that.

Ye Xishui looked at her and continued:

"Soul Masters of this era can reach Titled Douluo without forming a Soul Core."

"But without one, the rate at which your Soul Power recovers is limited."

"In battle, you can only rely on the Soul Power stored in your meridians."

"Once you use it up, you can only recover it slowly by circulating your Cultivation Method."

Bibi Dong raised a hand to her chest.

Their brief clash had already consumed a great deal of her Soul Power.

Even as she kept driving her Twin Martial Souls, her recovery could not come close to matching her expenditure.

Ye Xishui took a golden orb of light from her Storage Soul Tool.

The light unfolded at her fingertips.

One golden beam and one red beam rose from her brow and chest.

Two Soul Cores radiating powerful auras appeared before Bibi Dong.

The Soul Cores rotated slowly.

Heaven and Earth Energy from all around rushed toward them.

Within moments, Ye Xishui's Soul Power had returned to full strength.

Bibi Dong stared at the two Soul Cores, her expression changing again.

"What are those?"

"Soul Cores."

"Soul Cores?"

Bibi Dong repeated the words.

She had never heard of such a thing.

Ye Xishui explained:

"Once Soul Masters reach a certain level, they can form Soul Cores within their bodies."

"A Soul Core can store far more Soul Power and speed up its recovery."

"In battle, it continuously draws in Heaven and Earth Energy."

"As long as you suffer no fatal injury, your Soul Power won't run dry easily."

Bibi Dong looked at Ye Xishui.

"You have two Soul Cores?"

"Yes."

"So you have more than three times as much Soul Power as I do."

Bibi Dong's breath caught for an instant.

She had sensed how immense Ye Xishui's Soul Power was during their fight.

But she had never imagined the gap between them was threefold.

"You're only a Level 99 Titled Douluo."

"My Soul Power has already been boosted by a Golden Rankings reward."

"How can you have three times as much as I do?"

"Because you don't have a Soul Core."

Ye Xishui's answer was calm.

Bibi Dong looked at her as their clash replayed through her mind.

Her first Soul Skill had been torn apart with ease.

The Death Spider Emperor Armor had failed to stop a single palm strike from the Blood Soul Demon Puppet.

Death Spider Emperor's Devour had been burned away head-on by the Bright Phoenix.

Even the skill released by her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had been broken with a casual gesture.

Every attack she made consumed vast amounts of Soul Power.

Ye Xishui, meanwhile, could keep recovering through her two Soul Cores.

They weren't even fighting on the same level.

Hu Liena stood nearby, her expression shifting again and again.

"How could a Soul Core have that kind of effect?"

"Spirit Hall has studied every kind of cultivation method on the continent. There's never been any record of Soul Cores."

"No one has ever heard of anything you're talking about."

Ye Xishui turned her gaze toward her.

"Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean they don't exist."

Hu Liena shot back:

"But you say Soul Cores can speed up Soul Power recovery and store more than three times as much Soul Power."

"That's beyond the power a Soul Master can possess."

"Who are you trying to fool?"

Bibi Dong raised a hand, cutting Hu Liena off.

"Nana, be quiet."

Hu Liena froze.

"Teacher?"

Bibi Dong looked at Ye Xishui.

"She has no reason to lie to me."

Ye Xishui's strength far surpassed her own.

If Ye Xishui had wanted to kill her, that last strike would have been enough.

She had no need to invent Soul Cores.

Besides, their fight had already proved that Ye Xishui recovered Soul Power far faster than an ordinary person.

The power she expended had returned almost at once.

That was what Soul Cores did.

Bibi Dong looked at Ye Xishui.

"Where are you from?"

"How do you know about Soul Cores?"

"And why do you have two powerful Martial Souls?"

Ye Xishui did not answer directly.

She looked around.

The square outside the Papal Palace lay in ruins.

Great stretches of stone paving had shattered.

Several pillars had fallen.

The aftershocks of their Soul Skills had punched through a distant palace, leaving a huge breach in its wall.

Several side halls had collapsed completely.

Scores of Spirit Hall Soul Masters stood at the edge of the wreckage, stunned.

They had seen His Holiness the Pope defeated with their own eyes.

They had also seen that unfamiliar woman overpower Bibi Dong and her Twin Martial Souls single-handedly.

"I come from ten thousand years in the future."

Ye Xishui said:

"As for my origins, you'll learn about them in time."

Bibi Dong's pupils contracted.

"Ten thousand years in the future?"

"What did you say?"

"I come from ten thousand years in the future."

Ye Xishui repeated herself.

"The cultivation system on this continent has developed for a long time."

"Soul Cores are just one of its cultivation methods."

Bibi Dong stared at Ye Xishui, the shock in her eyes deepening.

"You're from the future?"

"You know what happens ten thousand years from now?"

"Some of it."

"Then why did you come to this era?"

Ye Xishui raised her head toward the Papal Palace.

"I need a territory for the Holy Spirit Cult."

Bibi Dong frowned deeply.

"The Holy Spirit Cult?"

"What organization is that?"

"Spirit Hall gathers intelligence across the continent, but we've never heard that name."

Ye Xishui said:

"It's only natural that you haven't."

"The Holy Spirit Cult comes from ten thousand years in the future."

Bibi Dong's gaze darkened.

"You want Spirit Hall to give up its territory?"

"That's right."

"Impossible."

Bibi Dong's refusal was immediate.

"Spirit Hall's land belongs to Spirit Hall."

"Qian Daoliu won't agree, and neither will the Worship Hall."

Ye Xishui glanced at her.

"They won't agree?"

"Then I'll beat them until they do."

Bibi Dong's gaze went still.

What an overbearing madwoman.

She had only just defeated Bibi Dong, and now she meant to force the Worship Hall to surrender its land.

"Do you think this Pope is the only one in Spirit Hall?"

"Of course not."

Ye Xishui said:

"Spirit Hall also has Qian Daoliu."

"And the Six Worshippers."

"But none of them is worth yielding to."

Bibi Dong was about to speak.

Suddenly, an immense surge of Divine Power erupted from the direction of the distant Worship Hall.

A golden pillar of light pierced the clouds.

Holy radiance blanketed half of Spirit City.

The entire Papal Palace trembled under its power.

The Soul Masters in the square looked up.

Bibi Dong sensed the sacred aura, and her expression turned grave.

"That's Qian Daoliu's power."

Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo stood guard outside the Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu had now finished absorbing his Golden Rankings reward.

The pressure of a Third-Level God spread outward without restraint.

Bibi Dong looked at Ye Xishui.

"Qian Daoliu has become a Third-Level God."

"Are you still not leaving?"

Ye Xishui looked up at the golden pillar of light.

Her red dress swayed gently in the onslaught of Divine Power.

"A Third-Level God?"

"So this was what gave you confidence?"

Bibi Dong's gaze darkened.

"Do you know what it means to be a Third-Level God?"

"Of course."

Ye Xishui looked away.

"It only means he's just stepped into godhood."

Bibi Dong stared at her.

"Qian Daoliu is no longer a Level 99 Limit Douluo."

"His power belongs to a true god."

Ye Xishui said calmly:

"I know."

"Then why haven't you left?"

Ye Xishui raised her eyes toward the Worship Hall.

"Avoid the edge of his blade?"

She paused.

"Qian Daoliu?"

"He's nothing special."

Star Dou Great Forest.

Long Yuan came walking through the air.

The seven-colored light behind him slowly faded.

Ancient trees towered across the land as far as the eye could see.

Their broad crowns intertwined, shutting out the sunlight.

Signs left by Soul Beasts could be seen everywhere among the trees.

Many Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts sensed Long Yuan's presence and immediately pressed themselves to the ground, not daring to approach.

Long Yuan stopped atop an ancient tree.

"So this was Star Dou Great Forest ten thousand years ago?"

In this era, Star Dou Great Forest had not yet suffered the large-scale destruction that would come later.

It held far more Soul Beasts than it would ten thousand years from now.

The Heaven and Earth Energy within the forest was also richer than in many other places.

Long Yuan closed his eyes.

His vast Spiritual Power swiftly spread over the surrounding area.

Before long, he sensed the presences of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

One presence was deep and formidable, brimming with strength and the earth element.

The other lay hidden in a lake, blending with the surrounding water vapor.

"Titan Giant Ape."

"Sky Azure Bull Python."

Long Yuan opened his eyes.

Da Ming and Er Ming were still guarding the Lake of Life on the outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest.

Xiao Wu was probably not far away, either.

But they were not the targets of his visit.

Long Yuan looked toward the heart of Star Dou Great Forest.

He sensed nothing unusual there.

Its trees and mountains seemed no different from those in any ordinary part of the forest.

Even Spiritual Power probing the area would pass through what seemed to be an ordinary stretch of woodland.

"A spatial barrier."

"With Mental Interference and the power of the Dragon Clan woven into it."

Long Yuan took a step.

His figure vanished from the top of the ancient tree.

The next moment, he stood before an invisible barrier.

The barrier gave off no light.

Even if an ordinary Soul Master stood there, they would notice nothing unusual.

Long Yuan raised his hand.

Seven-colored power flowed over his fingertips.

A ring of ripples spread across the once-unbroken barrier.

He did not destroy it.

He merely caused the spatial laws within it to part of their own accord.

Long Yuan stepped through.

The scene around him changed.

The dense woodland drew back on either side.

Even richer Heaven and Earth Energy washed over him.

Deep within the forest, he could also sense several immensely powerful Soul Beasts.

Long Yuan had taken only a few steps forward when a mass of dark-red flames burst from the trees.

The flames landed ahead of him and became a huge scarlet hound with three heads.

All three heads stared at Long Yuan.

Scarlet King did not attack at once.

He glanced at the spatial barrier behind Long Yuan.

"A human?"

"How did you get in here?"

Scarlet King's middle head thrust forward.

"A special power protects this place."

"Even a Level 99 Limit Douluo couldn't find the entrance."

"How did you find it?"

Heavy footsteps came from the other side.

A swath of trees was forced aside.

A massive Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear emerged from the woods.

Xiong Jun raised his enormous head.

Dark-gold fur covered his entire body.

His paws hung at his sides, their sharp claws carving several furrows into the ground.

"Who cares how he found it?"

Xiong Jun looked at Long Yuan.

"Human."

"Leave!"

Long Yuan did not turn away.

"I'm going to the Lake of Life."

"You can't."

Xiong Jun blocked his path.

Long Yuan looked at him.

"I didn't come looking for you."

"I want to see Gu Yuena."

Scarlet King's three heads froze at once.

He stared at Long Yuan, fierce wariness appearing in his eyes for the first time.

"You know our lord?"

Gu Yuena's existence was among the Soul Beast Clan's deepest secrets.

Apart from Di Tian and a few other Ferocious Beasts, almost no one outside knew she was recuperating in Star Dou Great Forest.

Not only had this human found the barrier's entrance, he had spoken their lord's name outright.

Xiong Jun took a step forward.

The ground immediately caved beneath him.

"Our lord isn't someone you can see just because you wish to."

He raised a dark-gold paw.

All five claws extended.

"I'll say this one last time."

"Get out!"

Long Yuan still did not leave.

A vicious light flared in Xiong Jun's eyes.

His right paw lashed out.

Vast Soul Power became five dark-gold claw arcs that slashed straight at Long Yuan.

Ancient trees snapped one after another in their path.

Five deep fissures were torn through the ground.

Long Yuan raised his eyes.

He merely glanced at Xiong Jun.

No Soul Rings.

No Soul Skills.

Not even a ripple of Soul Power.

Yet the five dark-gold claw arcs stopped three zhang from Long Yuan.

The next instant, every arc shattered.

Xiong Jun's massive body froze where he stood.

He remained locked in the pose of his sweeping strike.

But no matter how he tried to summon his Soul Power, he could not move an inch.

An irresistible will bore down into the depths of his soul.

The blood in Xiong Jun's veins ceased to flow.

His Sea of Consciousness was utterly suppressed as well.

He could not even draw back his paw.

"How is this possible?"

Xiong Jun stared at Long Yuan.

A single glance.

Without releasing a Martial Soul, the man had stripped him of the ability to resist.

He was a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with over four hundred thousand years of cultivation.

He would dare face even Di Tian head-on.

Yet now, he could not move a single claw.

Long Yuan looked away.

"I don't like having claws swung at me."

Xiong Jun's massive body sank lower.

All four paws plunged into the ground.

The will bearing down on his soul grew stronger still.

His bones gave a succession of soft cracks.

His entire body was forced down.

Scarlet King watched, all three heads shrinking back.

He had seen no Soul Skill.

Nor had he sensed any spiritual attack.

Long Yuan had only glanced at Xiong Jun.

And Xiong Jun had been completely subdued.

If that glance fell on him, the result would be no different.

Scarlet King immediately drew in the flames surrounding him.

He retreated several steps.

"Please wait here, sir."

"I'll inform our lord at once."

Long Yuan nodded lightly.

"Go."

Scarlet King did not linger.

Dark-red flames enveloped his body.

All three heads turned toward the Lake of Life at once.

It became a streak of crimson light and swiftly vanished deep into the forest.

Xiong Jun remained where he stood.

Long Yuan walked past him.

From beginning to end, he did not look at Xiong Jun a second time.