The pressure filling the hall slowly receded. The gold and silver-colored dragon patterns stopped glowing, and Chen Ci also put away the two Blue Silver Emperors.
With his current strength, actively triggering the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and the Silver Dragon King Bloodline still carried a not-insignificant burden.
The main issue was that the current Golden Dragon King Bloodline and Silver Dragon King Bloodline were in an incompatible state within his body, remaining completely independent of each other.
Chen Ci remembered that in Douluo IV Ultimate Douluo, Lan Xuanyu resolved the conflict between the Golden Dragon King Bloodline and the Silver Dragon King Bloodline under Gu Yuena's guidance, ultimately fusing them into the Dragon God Bloodline.
His situation was similar to Lan Xuanyu's; he would need Gu Yuena to take the initiative before he could carry out bloodline fusion.
As Chen Ci withdrew his Martial Soul, the elders and enspirited ones in the hall instantly felt the mountain pressing down on their heads vanish.
Although this suppression could not affect their strength, that suffocating feeling was truly unpleasant.
Once Qian Daoliu finished stating his approval of Chen Ci's coronation as His Highness the Holy Son of Spirit Hall, he said no more, reverting to his detached, worldly-indifferent demeanor.
Golden Crocodile Douluo gazed at Chen Ci with a somewhat complex look in his eyes. If such a youth did not belong to Spirit Hall, he-well, if he ever discovered such a youth, he would either take him into Spirit Hall.
Or eliminate him beforehand.
However, barring desperate circumstances, he was unwilling to eradicate such a genius.
Still, Bibi Dong as Pope being able to unearth such a genius was exceptionally fortunate, as it prevented such a genius from being killed off prematurely.
Their Spirit Hall could provide the finest shelter to the geniuses of this world.
Yet the greater the genius, the more unruly they were, requiring some tempering.
Thinking along these lines, Golden Crocodile Douluo looked at Bibi Dong and said:
"Your Holiness the Pope, Chen Ci's talent is undeniably astonishing, and we have also acknowledged his coronation as the Holy Son of Spirit Hall.
"However, Chen Ci is ultimately far too young. To ascend to the position of Holy Son at such an age will likely fail to win the devotion of the masses."
As soon as these words fell, quite a few elders nodded in agreement.
"Second Worship speaks wisely."
Bibi Dong frowned slightly. Although Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo made a certain amount of sense, this already obstructed her plan to pave the way for Chen Ci.
Just as she wanted to speak in his defense, she heard Chen Ci say:
"Dare I ask Second Worship and esteemed elders, in your view, what must I do to win the devotion of the masses?
"How about this: I, Chen Ci, right here, issue a challenge to the entire young generation of Spirit Hall!
"If I defeat all of the young generation of Spirit Hall, surely no one will question my position as Holy Son anymore, right?"
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong immediately said:
"No!
"Among the young generation of Spirit Hall, there is no shortage of disciples who have already broken through to level forty and become Soul Ancestors.
"Even though you possess Twin Martial Souls and an extremely high-tier bloodline, crossing over twenty levels of Soul Power is far too reckless.
"Should you be heavily injured, at best it will stall your cultivation speed; at worst, it will damage your potential, yielding losses that outweigh the gains."
Hearing this, Chen Ci shook his head instead.
His Golden Dragon King Bloodline and Silver Dragon King Bloodline were both at least half-step God King-level bloodlines, coupled with Lan Xuanyu's bug-like Soul Skills, the augmentation of two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, and the divine artifact Golden Dragon Spear in hand.
If he could not defeat a group of Soul Elders whose Soul Ring Configuration was merely yellow, yellow, purple, purple across levels in Douluo I, he might as well just drop dead.
Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan chimed in:
"Your Highness the Holy Son, I implore you to think twice. Do not act on impulse."
The eyes with which Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo gazed at Chen Ci were filled with a hint of displeasure. This Chen Ci was simply far too arrogant.
Yet he indeed possessed the capital for such arrogance.
If Chen Ci could truly manage to defeat the young generation of Spirit Hall, he could embark on the legendary path of invincibility.
By then, he could help him contact disciples of other sects for sparring matches, defeating every sect in the Heaven Dou Empire, then moving on to the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy and the Star Luo Imperial Academy.
Walking the entire continent to become the undisputed peerless number one of his generation.
When that time came, his achievements would surely surpass those of Qian Daoliu the Limit Douluo, and he might even touch upon the legendary God Trials.
Yet if Chen Ci failed to accomplish this, he would have to pay the price for his arrogance.
Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo made the final verdict:
"You need not say any more. Since Chen Ci wishes to challenge the young generation of our Spirit Hall, then let him fight!
"However, Chen Ci, you must understand that if you fail to defeat the young generation of Spirit Hall, you will need to pay the price for your audacity and forever forfeit any relation to the title of Holy Son of Spirit Hall.
"As for everyone's concerns regarding damage to Chen Ci's potential, there is no need to worry.
"I will personally arrive at the scene for the battles between Chen Ci and our young generation. All duels will stop at the first sign of defeat, and casualties will not occur."
Second Worship Golden Crocodile Douluo-while Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu remained aloof from worldly affairs, he was the actual power-holder of the Worship Hall.
With him speaking thus, the remaining elders and enspirited ones said no more.
With this, the meeting concerning the Holy Son of Spirit Hall came to a complete close.
The various enspirited ones and elders departed one after another.
Only then did Bibi Dong heave a sigh of relief. It was because she was certain Chen Ci's talent would win the recognition of the elders and enspirited ones that she had summoned them here.
And right from the start, facts proceeded according to her expectations; Chen Ci's talent successfully gained the approval of the elders and enspirited ones.
It was merely that the timeline would be delayed by a few years, which, for Chen Ci, could hardly be considered a bad thing.
Because as her disciple, Chen Ci naturally would not lack cultivation resources; he was merely missing a status and a symbol of prestige.
Yet the words Chen Ci had just spoken frightened her immensely.
It could truly be called a single thought to heaven, a single thought to hell.
Should Chen Ci succeed, he would receive unprecedented resource allocation from Spirit Hall; should he fail, he would forever lose any connection to the position of Holy Son, and even be unrelated to the position of Pope.
Bibi Dong looked at Chen Ci, explaining the stakes of these matters to him.
Chen Ci, however, smiled and said:
"Teacher, rest assured, I am confident in dealing with them."
Following that, Chen Ci told Bibi Dong about the second Soul Skills of both the Gold-Patterned Blue Silver Emperor and the Silver-Patterned Blue Silver Emperor.
Only then did Bibi Dong believe that Chen Ci had a chance to defeat the young generation of Spirit Hall, because her daughter Qian Renxue would not step forward to contend for the position.
"Right, what is going on with your Soul Power? Didn't you just hunt your First Soul Ring and break through to Soul Scholar a few days ago?"
Chen Ci did not conceal the truth; he simply omitted the fact that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form, and told Bibi Dong everything else just as it happened.
Anyway, with Gu Yuena's protection, he could walk completely sideways across the Douluo Continent with essentially no danger.
"You mean to say that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast took a fancy to your bloodline, voluntarily sacrificed herself to you, and then your Soul Power increased, your bloodline mutated, and you could condense your own Soul Ring?"
Chen Ci nodded, gazing straight into Bibi Dong's eyes with a sincere expression.
Bibi Dong was profoundly shocked:
"If I hadn't helped you hunt the First Soul Ring of your Silver-Patterned Blue Silver Emperor myself, I'd suspect you were a soul beast that transformed and restarted cultivation."
"Teacher, do soul beasts that transform and restart cultivation condense their own Soul Rings?"
"Indeed..."
Bibi Dong and Chen Ci chatted idly for a while longer before saying:
"Alright, go get some rest first, and properly prepare for the duels in a few days.
"If you need anything, just tell Hu Liena."
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