The Pope's Hall Treasury

The Worship Hall.

Qian Renxue changed back into women's clothing and met her grandfather, Qian Daoliu.

The other six Enshrined Elders also had tears in their eyes. Most had no children of their own and had long treated Qian Renxue as their granddaughter.

Qian Renxue first showed them her Seventh Soul Ring.

The moment the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape soul ring appeared, it stunned all seven old men who stood at the pinnacle of the soul master world.

Every person here was a Super Douluo of at least level 96.

Each could be called the protagonist of his own era.

Yet only the Great Enshrined and the Second Worship possessed hundred-thousand-year soul rings.

Moreover, the Great Enshrined's hundred-thousand-year soul ring had not come from a hunt. It was a God-Given Soul Ring bestowed upon him as the High Priest of the Angel God.

When that scarlet soul ring lit up inside the sacred Worship Hall, one could well imagine how deeply the Enshrined Elders were shaken.

"Xue'er, what exactly happened?" For the first time, Qian Daoliu's solemn expression, unchanged for decades, shifted.

"Here's what happened, Grandfather..."

Qian Renxue held nothing back, beginning with the first time she had met Chen Zhuo.

When she reached the part about going together to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Titan Giant Ape, the Second Worship, Golden Crocodile Douluo, could no longer contain himself.

"Xue'er, you were far too reckless! How could you hide something so important from us?"

"Your second grandfather may be old and of little use now."

"But I can still lend a hand."

The other Enshrined Elders immediately chimed in, their words carrying no blame, only concern.

"Second Grandfather, let me finish first."

With the Enshrined Elders all talking over one another, Qian Renxue felt her head swelling from the commotion.

Then Qian Renxue described how, after successfully hunting the Titan Giant Ape, they had helped Chen Zhuo hunt a legendary soul beast, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Finally, as Chen Zhuo absorbed its soul ring, golden light appeared behind his head, followed by the Four Gods Phenomenon.

"Big Brother, why don't we meet him?"

They had heard something of Chen Zhuo, the commoner child with innate full soul power.

Their interest, however, had never gone beyond that.

They had never expected the Chen Zhuo described by Xue'er to present such a different picture.

The Sixth Enshrined, Qian Jun, and the Seventh Enshrined, Jiang Mo, were brothers by blood. Neither came from the nobility, so they felt a natural affinity for someone like Chen Zhuo, who had come from a small fishing village.

"Yes, Big Brother!"

Another Enshrined Elder spoke up. All that remained was to wait for Qian Daoliu's answer.

"There's no rush!"

Learning from Qian Renxue that Chen Zhuo's current soul ring configuration was three black and two red had truly startled Qian Daoliu.

He could not help thinking of those Four Gods Phantoms...

Yet as the High Priest of the Angel God, he had received no revelation from her.

This forced Qian Daoliu to handle the matter cautiously.

"Have the Pope come here."

Halfway through issuing the order, Qian Daoliu withdrew it.

That woman truly disgusted him.

Had it not been for Xiao Xue, he would have slain Bibi Dong years ago.

"Forget it. I won't see her."

Qian Daoliu instead sent Bibi Dong a direct order concerning the upcoming grand event-the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

This year, he intended to change the rules.

As for persuading the two great empires and the many duchies to agree to those changes, that was Bibi Dong's business.

It had nothing to do with him.

As for Chen Zhuo, Qian Daoliu decided to observe him a little longer.

Of course, he could not offer no gesture at all.

If Chen Zhuo defected entirely to Bibi Dong's camp, everything would go to ruin.

"Didn't the Elder Hall gain a newly advanced Titled Douluo this year?" Qian Daoliu asked Golden Crocodile.

"Yes. A rare female Titled Douluo, too. Her name is Ling Yuan."

"Then she'll do."

"Have Ling Yuan Douluo protect Chen Zhuo."

Two months later.

The effects of whale rubber were verified. In recognition of Chen Zhuo's outstanding contribution, Spirit Hall rewarded him with his choice of one treasure from the Pope's Hall Treasury.

Chen Zhuo instantly lost all trace of drowsiness.

This was exactly what he wanted.

In this era, on a plane like Douluo, so-called treasures amounted to little more than medicinal herbs hundreds or thousands of years old, soul tools with little destructive power, and rare minerals.

And the greatest prize of all-soul bones.

Chen Zhuo knew that Spirit Hall's treasury should contain no hundred-thousand-year soul bones.

A few ten-thousand-year soul bones were beneath his notice.

What he wanted was none of the above.

It was a soul beast with a golden bloodline.

More precisely, a slumbering divine beast cub.

Chen Zhuo personally defined a divine beast as a soul beast a million years old, or one with a heaven-defying bloodline that, without the suppression of the laws of heaven and earth, would inevitably break through level one hundred and become a true god without a divine seat, perhaps even possessing combat strength equal to a God King.

For example, the Behemoth Clan.

For example, the Chaos Fierce Tiger King.

Unfortunately, despite carefully probing the collection in the soul tool section, Chen Zhuo found no sign of any living presence.

Perhaps his deduction was mistaken. After all, this clue had only been pieced together backward from scattered accounts of the future.

It was also possible that the soul tool containing the divine beast cub was not in this treasury.

Spirit Hall's private collections were certainly not limited to the Pope's Hall.

"Ah!" Chen Zhuo let go of his fixation. It was not as though he absolutely had to have this divine beast cub.

As long as he was strong enough, never mind cubs-there were even adults beneath the Lake of Life in the Core Region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Pure-Blood True Dragons and the like could all be captured if he encountered them.

"Since I'm here, I might as well take something."

Chen Zhuo headed to the soul bone storage area at the very heart of the treasury, where the most protective formations had been inscribed.

There were eight soul bones in total, all at the ten-thousand-year level.

Several were even old acquaintances.

The thirty-thousand-year Explosive Burning Flame Right Arm Bone.

The thirty-thousand-year Swift Forward Wind-Chasing Left Leg Bone.

The sixty-thousand-year Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull.

Barring any surprises, these three soul bones would become the prizes for the overall champions of this Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.

On the surface, Spirit Hall and Bibi Dong seemed extraordinarily generous.

Such a prize was enough to drive soul masters across the entire continent wild and earn their praise.

In truth, the fire-attribute soul bone matched Yan's Flame Lord martial soul.

The wind-attribute soul bone matched Xie Yue's Moon Blade martial soul.

The mental-attribute soul bone matched Hu Liena's Demon Fox Martial Soul.

Those talented soul masters from humble backgrounds still thought they had a chance.

But in reality...

Even the supposedly public prizes were tailor-made for "their own people."

Chen Zhuo also saw a white soul bone that stirred a faint memory.

It was called the Spirit Condensation Seductive Skull.

In the original timeline, the championship that should have belonged to the Spirit Hall Golden Generation had been snatched away by the Shrek Seven Devils.

The three ten-thousand-year soul bones offered as prizes had fallen into the hands of Tang San and his companions.

There was a reason people said only Hu Liena could receive even a trace of Bibi Dong's favoritism.

Bibi Dong had later given this Spirit Condensation Seductive Skull to Hu Liena.

"You'll do."

Chen Zhuo casually took this soul bone as his reward.

As for why he did not choose the sixty-thousand-year Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull...

That soul bone was indeed excellent. In the original timeline, Tang San had absorbed it and gained a mental soul bone skill called Purple Demon Divine Light.

The Tang Sect Secret Art he practiced, Purple Demon Eye, had also advanced another step.

But with Chen Zhuo's present perspective and strength, he could hardly be bothered to spare a second glance for most soul bones under a hundred thousand years old.

Nor had he taken this Spirit Condensation Seductive Skull for his own use.

He simply intended to give it away as a gift and a gesture of goodwill.

When Chen Zhuo went to look for the Golden Generation trio again, he was told they had gone to the Lost Grand Canyon to hunt soul beasts.

"Sorry for the trouble, senior. When Hu Liena returns, please give her this package for me."

With the whale rubber matter settled, Chen Zhuo naturally had no desire to remain in Spirit City.

Ye Lingling was still waiting for him at home.

Naturally, he wanted to strike while the iron was hot and push her cultivation to the Soul King realm.

"Let's go, Ling Yuan."

A mature beauty who appeared to be around thirty approached, her figure graceful and her almond-shaped eyes smiling.