Desolate Ancient Beast

"You mean you want to create an even more powerful cultivation environment?" Bibi Dong said with some difficulty. "It's not that I'm unwilling to tell you, but I don't know the specific method either."

"Spirit Hall's mimic environments, as well as the special cultivation environments that have been preserved, can simulate different cultivation conditions based on a soul master's type. As for anything more advanced, even I've never heard of it."

Hearing this, Chu Bai sighed regretfully.

"Then we'll have to think of another way later."

Bibi Dong smiled slightly. "With your cultivation speed, I'm afraid even a more advanced mimic environment wouldn't be much help to you."

"I'm not worried about my own cultivation," Chu Bai replied.

Since cultivation had been brought up, Bibi Dong said, "Xiao Bai, did you only add a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to your Second Martial Soul? Does that mean all the Spirit Rings you plan to obtain afterward will also be hundred-thousand-year ones?"

"That's only the baseline."

Chu Bai smiled and nodded. "But I'm not in a hurry to add Spirit Rings to my Second Martial Soul."

"In that case, come with me tomorrow. I found a piece of information in the records that may help you obtain your Fifth Spirit Ring."

Bibi Dong spoke.

Seeing Bibi Dong suddenly turn serious, Chu Bai was slightly stunned.

Bibi Dong was going to act personally—could it be a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?

And what made Bibi Dong so confident that he could successfully absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring?

"Teacher, you..."

Before Chu Bai could finish, Bibi Dong explained, "I only found this today in a Spirit Hall record. At the borders of Douluo Continent, there is a place known as the Desolate Land. There lives a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast called the Desolate Ancient Beast."

"The Desolate Ancient Beast?"

Chu Bai was somewhat confused. He knew nothing about this so-called Desolate Ancient Beast.

But one thing he had guessed correctly: the Desolate Ancient Beast truly was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

"I know that although your Second Martial Soul already possesses a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, directly absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring as the Fifth Spirit Ring of your first martial soul would still be extremely risky with your current strength."

"Under ordinary circumstances, I would not let you take such a risk. But from what I understand, the Desolate Ancient Beast undergoes a tribulation every fifty years. Each time it does, its soul beast essence enters its weakest state. That is naturally the best time for us to seize its Spirit Ring."

After hearing Bibi Dong's explanation, Chu Bai suddenly understood.

Desolate Ancient Beast...

Desolate.

That name seemed rather compatible with the Pangu Axe. The Pangu Axe contained an ancient primordial aura, and within that primordial aura was naturally the aura of desolation.

If that was the case, then this Desolate Ancient Beast might truly be a rather good choice for him.

"However, if you feel the risk is too great, we can give up. I will also do my best to find the Spirit Ring most suitable for you."

Bibi Dong patted Chu Bai's head.

Chu Bai shook his head. "It's a good idea, Teacher. Let's set out tomorrow."

That night, Chu Bai still did not write another diary entry.

Qian Renxue, who had become accustomed to reading the diary, felt uncomfortable all over and could not fall asleep at all.

"Without this electronic side dish, I really can't eat or sleep!"

Qian Renxue lay on the large bed in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and lamented.

The next day, after Chu Bai informed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing of his purpose for leaving, he set off with Bibi Dong.

Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo were accompanying them as well.

However, since they were passing through the Heaven Dou Empire, Chu Bai made a detour to invite Dugu Bo along. With that, their party now had no fewer than four Titled Douluo!

"Tell me, Holy Son, what are you planning to do with such a terrifying lineup?"

Dugu Bo could not help asking.

"Hunt a soul beast," Chu Bai said with a smile.

Dugu Bo was stunned. So many Titled Douluo, hunting a soul beast?

What kind of soul beast warranted such an impressive lineup?

"Don't tell me you're hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?" Dugu Bo asked quietly.

"Of course."

Chu Bai nodded and told Dugu Bo about the Desolate Ancient Beast. Upon hearing it, Dugu Bo sighed. "A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast like that actually exists? This old man has truly never heard of it. Hehe, Holy Son, you are truly fortunate to have His Holiness the Pope as your teacher."

"Poison Douluo, you jest. As a teacher, it is only natural that I give my disciple the best. I am merely doing what I can."

Bibi Dong spoke softly.

Dugu Bo could now be considered one of Spirit Hall's people, so naturally Bibi Dong would not treat him coldly.

Still, she glanced at Chu Bai, a touch of gentleness flashing through her eyes. Although she did not know exactly how Chu Bai had won over Dugu Bo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, being able to accomplish this much already proved that Chu Bai was extraordinary.

My disciple is quite remarkable.

Bibi Dong murmured inwardly.

After traveling without rest for three days and two nights, the group finally found the road leading to the Desolate Land through a shortcut. From the moment they entered the Desolate Land, the scenery around them seemed to have become another world.

Not a blade of grass grew here, and the earth was cracked.

Thunder often rumbled through the skies, while the land itself was an endless desolate plain. The only conspicuous feature was a towering peak faintly visible in the distance ahead.

"This Desolate Land really makes one uncomfortable."

Yue Guan complained.

"The air here seems to be filled with some strange aura," Dugu Bo said gravely. He often deployed his poisonous mist through the air, so he was especially sensitive to changes in it.

"This aura... inhaling too much of it will likely cause the life force within one's body to decay."

Light flashed between Yue Guan's fingers, and a blooming chrysanthemum appeared. Yet after coming into contact with the surrounding air, it quickly withered and lost all its vitality.

"In that case, leave it to me."

Chu Bai summoned the Pangu Axe. The Chaos Aura contained within it instantly erupted, forming a unique domain around them. As everyone walked within it, they discovered in astonishment that it could block the aura of desolation!

"The Holy Son's martial soul is truly powerful!" Gui Mei and Yue Guan exclaimed.

"I never expected Xiao Bai's martial soul to have such a use as well."

Bibi Dong muttered to herself, then looked toward the distant peak. "No wonder the Desolate Ancient Beast has survived until now despite undergoing tribulation every fifty years. So the aura of desolation here can drain one's life force even if a Titled Douluo inhales too much of it."

"Not to mention weaker soul masters. This Desolate Ancient Beast is truly cunning."