Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Tribulation (Revised)

In the dining room, Qian Xunji sat in the main seat. Golden Crocodile Douluo sat at the lower-left, followed by Ling Yuan Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, and Demon Subduing Douluo. Bibi Dong, Huang Batian, Lei Zhenyun, and Huang Tieyi sat at the lower-right.

With a solemn expression, Qian Xunji spoke. "My trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for my ninth soul ring this time was very high-profile, and it started right when we set off from Spirit City. We rested at the passing Spirit Hall Branches all along the way, and the citizens of every city knew about it. The reason I did this is because news came that Titled Douluo have appeared among the evil soul masters, and there is more than one."

"Coming to Heaven Dou Town this time is not only to hunt for my ninth soul ring, but it is also a conspiracy with me acting as bait. I hope to draw out the Titled Douluo among the evil soul masters and wipe them out in one fell swoop."

"Your Holiness, since we have six Titled Douluo here right now, isn't this a bit too high-profile? Will those evil soul masters even come?" Lei Zhenyun spoke up.

"I have the same worry, but evil soul masters are eerie and sinister. If I don't prepare sufficient strength, I worry that I will fall right into it, and then I would become the laughingstock of the entire Douluo Continent." Qian Xunji said with a bitter smile. "For now, we will rest at this Spirit Hall Branch for a few days. After gathering our strength and resting, we will assess the situation and decide our next steps."

"Understood," Huang Tieyi and the others said in unison.

"A Yi, I don't want to configure this ninth soul ring of mine according to the Qian Family heritage. Do you have any good suggestions?" Qian Xunji dropped the topic of the evil soul masters and looked at Huang Tieyi as he asked.

"Your Holiness, please don't joke around. How could I possibly give you suggestions on how to configure your soul ring?" Hearing Qian Xunji's words, Huang Tieyi's voice trembled as he spoke.

"It's fine. The suggestion you gave Dong'er back then was very good." Qian Xunji said with a gentle smile on his face. "Just speak your mind. Even if you say it wrong, I won't punish you."

"Your Holiness, my personal suggestion is to configure this ninth soul ring with a thunder attribute, which can increase the judgment ability of the Angel Martial Soul." Huang Tieyi thought for a moment and said cautiously.

"Oh, that's a very good suggestion." Qian Xunji nodded, looked at Golden Crocodile Douluo, and said, "Second Uncle, are there any hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with the thunder attribute in this Star Dou Great Forest?"

"According to the records of Spirit Hall, there are no hundred-thousand-year soul beasts with the thunder attribute in the Star Dou Great Forest." Golden Crocodile Douluo quickly flipped through the Douluo Continent Soul Beast Encyclopedia and shook his head.

"Are there any other suggestions?" Qian Xunji looked at Huang Tieyi and asked.

"Your Holiness, there is also hunting a Day-Night Beast. Its abilities completely differ based on day and night, and the two states can even be switched freely at will." Huang Tieyi said with a trembling voice. "If His Holiness the Pope does not wish to inherit the Angel Godhood, then that is indeed an option to try. At that time, when you are fighting independently, you can transform your entire body's sacred and bright attribute into a dark attribute."

"It catches enemies completely off guard, but the most important thing is that His Holiness the Pope might go from nine soul skills to eighteen. However, whether it can succeed or not, I do not know."

"A Day-Night Beast, quite an interesting name." Qian Xunji said indifferently. "It looks like it should be my optimal solution."

"Your Holiness, the distribution of Day-Night Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest is extremely mysterious. The records do not have a clear activity area, and it all relies on luck." Golden Crocodile Douluo reminded him.

"I know. Then the lightning is out, and the Day-Night Beast comes down to luck." Qian Xunji nodded and said.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, by the shore of the Lake of Life.

Da Ming (Sky Azure Bull Python) lifted his ox-horned dragon head out. Di Tian had originally intended to cultivate his two guard dogs for a few more years, but because Er Ming (Titan Giant Ape) died, he used the soul power accumulated by that large worm, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, to forcibly elevate Da Ming's accumulation, causing the soul power inside Da Ming's body to reach the level of a hundred thousand years.

The process of forcibly instilling soul power was extremely tyrannical. Di Tian used himself as a medium, extracting soul power with one hand from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm while pressing his other hand down onto Da Ming's head for a forced infusion. Because of this, Da Ming lifted his large head out of the Lake of Life, and the sensation of being pressed down by Di Tian felt as though it did not belong to him.

"Da Ming, are you alright?" Ah Rou asked with concern.

"Aunt Ah Rou, I'm fine. I might soon undergo the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Tribulation." Da Ming said with a hint of exhaustion in his voice.

"I'm sorry. It's my fault for failing to protect Er Ming and dragging you into this suffering as well..." Ah Rou said with a voice filled with apology.

"Aunt Ah Rou, this has nothing to do with you. It's just that humans are truly too hateful." As he spoke, Da Ming flew out of the Lake of Life. "I need to change places to adjust my state and prepare to face the Tribulation Lightning."

"Alright, Da Ming, you must survive it!" Ah Rou said in a soft voice.

Da Ming spent three quiet days in a river valley of the Star Dou Great Forest, adjusting his condition to the peak and exposing his aura as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

The sky immediately became covered in dark clouds with flashing lightning. The Tribulation Lightning belonging to a hundred-thousand-year soul beast was currently brewing.

The Soul Beast Tribulation came once every ten years. Da Ming was now a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, so he faced a single bolt of heavenly lightning. When he was fortunate enough to live to two hundred thousand years, he would be struck twice by heavenly lightning.

Da Ming let out a long roar to the heavens, emitting a deafening bovine bellow that immediately startled the surrounding soul beasts with terror, causing them to flee rapidly from this place.

"Damn it, this hateful long worm really knows how to pick a place and a time!" In a dark corner, a person wearing a black ghost mask said.

"It doesn't matter. I think this is a good thing, since we happened to need a ninth soul ring anyway." The one wearing a white ghost mask said.

"But the trap we need to set up to lure the Pope of Spirit Hall isn't finished yet." The one with the black ghost mask said with some reluctance. "Furthermore, once the heavenly lightning descends in a little while, everything we set up beforehand will be affected and completely unusable."

"Never mind that for now. Do you think this hundred-thousand-year soul beast can withstand the tribulation lightning?" The silver-masked person said in a deep tone.

"Who cares? If it survives, we kill it and let Fourth Brother obtain the soul ring." The one with the black ghost mask said. "If it doesn't survive, then that saves us from having to kill it ourselves. Either way, it's ours!"

"That's true, it's bound to be ours. Hahaha..." The four masked men laughed heartily, their moods quite light and carefree.

"Hateful humans, go die..." Amidst the rumbling thunder, Da Ming located the human voices hidden in the dark. He spat out a beam of lightning from his mouth, and the explosive bolt of lightning instantly slashed open their hiding spot. The four individuals dodged just in time; otherwise, they would have been directly vaporized.

"What the hell, this long worm is about to undergo its Tribulation Lightning, yet it still dares to throw a tantrum. Why don't we just finish it off right now..." The one with the white ghost mask said.

"No, there is someone else rushing over this way..." The one with the silver ghost mask said.