Qian Daoliu: If I lived twenty thousand years in the future, would I still deserve the title of Invincible in the Sky?

(P.S. Zhang Geyang's Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine Soul Spirit in the previous chapter should have been ten thousand years old. This has been corrected.)

"The second match: the Soul Spirit battle."

"The rules for this match: neither contestant may attack or defend directly. They may only use soul power and spiritual power to enhance their own Soul Spirits. All combat must be carried out by the Soul Spirits. Once all of one side's Soul Spirits lose the ability to fight, that side will be declared defeated."

The announcer proclaimed loudly, "Both sides may only provide enhancements. They may not use any offensive soul skills or martial soul abilities."

Zhang Geyang slowly walked to one side of the arena, and nine soul rings appeared in succession. Five black and four red-a very impressive soul ring configuration for a Titled Douluo.

Unfortunately, he was facing a monster like Luo Chen.

Luo Chen likewise released his soul rings: four red and five orange.

His aura alone overwhelmed Zhang Geyang.

Zhang Geyang stared fiercely at Luo Chen, his eyes filled with anger. How much painstaking effort and money had he spent, only to raise two hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirits!

How old was Luo Chen, anyway? Why did he have not only hundred-thousand-year Soul Spirits, but even Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits?

Zhang Geyang had entered the Five Gods' Duel for more than just Qiangu Dongfeng and Dai Tianling's requests.

Most importantly, he wanted to seize this opportunity to snatch all of Luo Chen's Soul Spirits!

"So what if your Soul Spirits are older? Soul Spirit battles aren't decided by age! What matters is the rapport between a Soul Master and his Soul Spirits, and the enhancements he provides!"

Zhang Geyang had devoted decades to cultivating his Soul Spirits. He refused to believe he would lose.

Of course, the last person to think that had been Huang Zhengyang, who fought in the first match of the Five Gods' Duel-the Mecha battle.

On the main stand, Dai Tianling questioned En Ci beside him.

"Imperial Preceptor, do you think Zhang Geyang can win this match?"

Yesterday's Mecha battle had ended in defeat far too quickly, utterly disgracing the Star Luo Empire. After hesitating for a moment, En Ci said,

"Luo Chen has only just broken through to Titled Douluo, after all. There's a gap in strength between him and the level ninety-eight Zhang Geyang."

"Even if Luo Chen has Ferocious Beast Soul Spirits, I still favor Zhang Geyang. If we're talking purely about fighting with Soul Spirits, even I probably fall short of this vice chairman of the Spirit Pagoda."

Dai Tianling nodded. "Very good, then."

They had originally wanted a clean sweep in the Five Gods' Duel. Since they had lost one match, they had to win the second to recover their standing!

Outside the Sky Screen, Di Tian could only conclude that these two had drunk far too much.

Even he, Beast God Di Tian, found the Ice and Snow Empresses troublesome when they joined forces.

This fellow called Zhang Geyang could win? What, was his Soul Spirit the Beast God himself?

"Contestants, please prepare. You may release your Soul Spirits in ten seconds."

At the announcer's words, the entire venue fell silent.

Netherflame Douluo Zhang Geyang stood ready for battle, while Luo Chen remained as casual as ever.

Who should I send out to fight? At that moment, the powerful Soul Spirits in Luo Chen's mind were already arguing over that very question!

"Let me go! I'm bored to death! Luo Chen, are you listening?!" the Ice Empress said incessantly in his Sea of Consciousness.

"Let me handle it instead. Bing'er doesn't know how to hold back once she starts fighting." The Snow Empress smiled radiantly.

"I want to go too, I want to go too! I want to be with Mom." In front of the Snow Empress, Xiao Bai was always a child who never grew up.

"Um, I could do it too," Bajiao offered softly.

"Let the Ice Empress go. She really has been bored stiff lately," Luo Chen said.

"Yay!" the Ice Empress exclaimed excitedly.

"Ten, nine... three, two, one."

As the countdown ended, Luo Chen and Zhang Geyang's Soul Spirits appeared almost simultaneously.

On Luo Chen's side, naturally, it was the Ice Empress.

Her dark green hair spilled over her shoulders like flowing water, wisps of icy mist curling between the strands.

Her skin resembled snow and ice that had remained frozen for ten thousand years, luminous white and translucent, with a soft jade-green glow faintly rippling beneath it.

She wore a neatly tailored emerald gown, its hem covered in ice-crystal patterns, her figure graceful and upright.

On Zhang Geyang's side, a massive beast emerged from his body.

Its entire body was covered in blue-green fur. It had a lion's head, a baboon's body, and a tiger's sharp claws, with ghostly blue flames burning all over it.

"Hey, you over there. However many Soul Spirits you have, summon them all."

The Ice Empress merely glanced at the Netherworld Flame Beast. Its ten thousand years of cultivation did not amount to even a fraction of hers.

The people of the Star Luo Empire were also seeing a living Ferocious Beast for the first time, and curiosity was inevitable. But why was this Ferocious Beast so different from the legends?

The spectators looked at the adorably innocent Ice Empress in the Stadium. Was this really a Ferocious Beast?

"So this is your Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit? Do you really think you can win this match with just one Ferocious Beast?"

Zhang Geyang was so angry his teeth ached. He had never expected Luo Chen to release his Ferocious Beast Soul Spirit right from the start, showing him no regard whatsoever.

Looking at the furious Zhang Geyang, Luo Chen was bewildered too. Who upset him?

Outside the Sky Screen, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm once again saw the Bingbing he yearned for day and night.

"Bingbing, hehehehehe."

Inside the Sky Screen, the Ice Empress clearly had no interest in the ten-thousand-year-old Netherworld Flame Beast.

With unmistakable provocation, she said, "Hurry up and release all your Soul Spirits. Let me weigh you up."

Ever since the Ice Empress had started following Luo Chen, she had begun to sound more and more like him.

Outside the Sky Screen, in the Spirit Hall era, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu had both formed their own second soul cores.

They watched the Ice Empress fighting in Luo Chen's place on the Sky Screen.

"In the era twenty thousand years from now, the age of pure Soul Masters really has drawn to a close."

Soul Spirits, Battle Armor, and even Mecha-only by cultivating all of these to their pinnacle could someone be considered a top-tier powerhouse.

"I wonder which tier of combat strength I would belong to twenty thousand years from now."

Ever since Tang Chen disappeared, Qian Daoliu had not fought for a very long time. Now, a hint of fighting spirit actually stirred within him!

He wanted to see for himself whether, in that era, he would still deserve the title of Invincible in the Sky.

Qian Daoliu was not the only one with such thoughts. By now, it was only a matter of time before the Spirit Hall Empire annexed the two great empires, and Bibi Dong had already handed many affairs over to Qian Renxue and Hu Liena.

"Soul Spirits and Battle Armor are things I can never possess in this era. If I could travel twenty thousand years into the future..."

Meanwhile, inside the Sky Screen, Zhang Geyang summoned all his remaining Soul Spirits.

A dark purple Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine, along with the hundred-thousand-year-old Azure Jade Phoenix and Emerald Demon Bird.

Under Zhang Geyang's direction, the four Soul Spirits approached the Ice Empress in a semicircle.

"No need to make this so complicated. Why don't you join in too? I'll fight all five of you myself!"

Then the Ice Empress looked at the referee. "Can you change those rules of yours and let Soul Masters join the fight too?"

The moment the Ice Empress said that, the entire nation fell silent.

Why did those words sound so familiar?

Even Luo Chen felt helpless. Why was the Ice Empress becoming more and more like him?

"Arrogant!" Provoked again and again, Zhang Geyang had long since reached the end of his patience! He immediately ordered his four Soul Spirits to attack the Ice Empress.

"Eternal Frozen Domain!"

With the Ice Empress at its center, a pale jade-green wave of cold swept outward without pause. The Eternal Frozen Domain spread out in full!

The temperature plunged. In an instant, the four Soul Spirits became ice sculptures, utterly unable to resist within the Ice Empress's domain.

Seeing the four Soul Spirits he had painstakingly raised defeated in a single move, Zhang Geyang immediately cursed.

"You useless trash! What did I raise you for?! Just wait until we get back-I'll teach you all a proper lesson!"

At those words, the Ice Empress's expression instantly darkened.

"Ice Emperor's Wrath!"

Just as Luo Chen thought the battle was over, he abruptly realized something was wrong!

Because the Ice Empress's Ice Emperor's Wrath was not aimed at the Soul Spirits, but at Zhang Geyang!