[Tang Xiao: Qian Daoliu, my grandfather has already broken through to level 100. He'll definitely leave Slaughter City. You're finished, I'm telling you.]
[Tang Hao: Qian Daoliu, just wait for my grandfather to come to Spirit City and settle the score with you!]
[Qian Daoliu: Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, you're celebrating too soon. Tang Chen only ranked seventh. I rank above him. By the time he reaches Spirit City, I'll have long since ascended to God Level.]
Tang Hao and Tang Xiao fell silent.
Because they realized that what Qian Daoliu said really did seem to be true.
Their grandfather still hadn't managed to pull ahead of Qian Daoliu.
Becoming a god took time, too.
Besides, traveling from Slaughter City to Spirit City would take another stretch of time.
They were utterly unwilling to accept it.
Had Ah Yin died for nothing?
Had the Clear Sky Sect been suppressed for nothing?
Qian Daoliu, just you wait.
This matter won't end here.
I still have little San!
Grandfather won't let you off!
Douluo Continent, Slaughter City.
As a beam of golden light descended from the sky curtain.
A piercing wail came from within Tang Chen's body.
"Oh, this damned sky curtain! I've never wronged you, yet you want to destroy me."
"How hateful!"
With the Nine-Headed Bat King's final wail, his soul consciousness dissipated completely, and all his soul essence became a wedding gown sewn for Tang Chen.
Tang Chen slowly awakened.
The hidden injuries within his body were being healed, toxins were rapidly expelled from his body, and his soul power rose at an incredible speed, gradually transforming into divine power.
He had broken through to level 100.
Tang Chen sighed with feeling. "The Sky Curtain System really is miraculous. I've finally escaped."
"I suppose this counts as a blessing born of disaster."
"Now that I've broken through to level 100, even without a divine position, I should count as a god."
"It's time to find Xiao Xi and fulfill the promise I made to her back then."
"And Spirit Hall and Qian Daoliu-you actually dared to bully my grandsons and the Clear Sky Sect like this."
"Once I return from Sea God Island, I'll settle the score with Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall."
Although the Nine-Headed Bat King had parasitized Tang Chen all these years, his consciousness had not disappeared. He knew everything that happened outside; he simply couldn't control his body.
The arrival of the Sky Curtain System, Bibi Dong's exposure of what had happened back then, Spirit Hall's suppression of the Clear Sky Sect.
Tang Chen knew about all of it.
But when he thought of how he ranked below Qian Daoliu, if he went to Spirit Hall now, Qian Daoliu would surely have long since broken through to level 100.
He wouldn't gain any advantage by going.
He planned to go to Sea God Island first, wait until Bo Saixi also broke through to level 100, then head to Spirit City with her to demand an explanation from Qian Daoliu.
If he and Qian Daoliu could both make the Powerhouses Ranking, Bo Saixi surely could, too.
Then it would be two against one, and the advantage would be his.
Meanwhile.
The five God Kings-Asura, Destruction, Life, Evil, and Kindness-were still hurrying toward Douluo Continent.
Asura learned that Tang Chen's hidden injuries had healed and that he had broken through to level 100, but had no divine position.
Asura planned to find Tang Chen as soon as he reached Douluo Continent, pass his divine position to him, and then make a run for it.
The sky curtain above Douluo Continent kept exposing things and strengthening the overall power of the continent's soul masters and soul beasts. Asura had a very strong feeling that if he didn't run now, something would go wrong sooner or later.
After all, Tang Chen had passed the first eight of his Asura Nine Trials back then. Now he had even broken through to level 100, needing only a divine position to become a deity with a divine position.
Passing his Godhood Inheritance to Tang Chen would be perfectly reasonable.
As for Tang San, wasn't Sea God still there? Sea God could just pass his divine position to Tang San.
He and Sea God would both make a run for it.
Douluo Continent.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
The Sky Curtain System's voice rang in everyone's ears once again.
"Next, we will review sixth place on the Douluo Top Ten Powerhouses Ranking, Qian Daoliu."
"The information will appear on the sky curtain."
[Sixth place on the Douluo Top Ten Powerhouses Ranking: Qian Daoliu.]
Spirit City.
Qian Daoliu walked out of the Worship Hall and looked up at the sky curtain, thinking excitedly:
It's finally my turn.
This ranking is reasonable enough.
Because Tang Chen could use Deity Possession, he was stronger than any soul beast on Douluo Continent.
Gu Yuena didn't count as a soul beast.
Gu Yuena was a divine beast.
Big Yellow and Big White didn't count as soul beasts, either.
Big Yellow and Big White were monsters.
But because of his physical condition, Tang Chen couldn't maintain that state for long, so it made perfect sense for him to rank below me.
Qian Daoliu could already imagine that fifth place on the Powerhouses Ranking would definitely be Bo Saixi.
Although there was nothing wrong with his body, he faced an awkward predicament as well.
The Angel God never responded to him. He could use her divine power, but the problem was that all this divine power had been left behind before she ascended to the Divine Realm. Every bit he used meant one bit less remained.
Once he squandered it all, he would have none left to use, and his cultivation would revert to that of an ordinary Peerless Douluo.
Qian Daoliu wasn't the only one paying particular attention to his information. Tang Chen was, too; he wanted to know just what reward Qian Daoliu would receive.
The words on the sky curtain continued scrolling.
[Qian Daoliu, level 99 Peerless Douluo, God Level martial soul: Six-Winged Angel, Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall.]
[Although Qian Daoliu cannot use the passive soul skill Deity Possession, the Worship Hall holds the Angel God's divine power and her divine artifact, the Angel Holy Sword.]
[By borrowing the Angel God's divine power and some of the Angel Holy Sword's authority, Qian Daoliu can unleash terrifying strength far surpassing Peerless Douluo and 990,000-year soul beasts.]
[However, the Angel God's divine power is limited, as is the time for which the divine artifact's authority can be borrowed. Qian Daoliu is provisionally ranked sixth among Douluo's top ten powerhouses.]
[Qian Daoliu's rewards are as follows.]
[Qian Daoliu may choose either one of the following two rewards.]
[Reward 1: Break through the restrictions of the Angel God and mortals, become a God Level powerhouse, and raise your divine power level to 105.]
[Reward 2: Resurrect the Angel God and advance her cultivation to God King.]
[Qian Daoliu, you must now make your choice within half a minute.]
[If you do not choose, this system will choose for you.]
The five God Kings were hurrying toward Douluo Continent.
Destruction said, "This Sky Curtain System really is interesting. It actually intends to resurrect the Angel God."
"The Angel God's death was suspicious to begin with. Once she's resurrected, we can ask her just what happened back then."
The Divine Realm, the Divine Realm Central Hub.
With the five God Kings away, the Divine Realm's First-Level Gods were temporarily responsible for monitoring the Divine Realm Central Hub and promptly reporting the situation on Douluo Continent to the five God Kings.
Upon learning that the Sky Curtain System had given Qian Daoliu two choices, one of which was actually resurrecting the Angel God, Sea God paced anxiously back and forth inside the Divine Realm Central Hub.
The God of Lust, one of the Seven Sin Gods, asked, "Sea God, the Angel God's resurrection is a good thing."
"Why do I get the feeling you're a little unhappy?"
"How could I be unhappy? I'm just too excited," Sea God replied, feigning excitement, while inwardly he had already cursed the Sky Curtain System out.
Asura, Sea God: Wait, is this aimed at me?
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