Ice Spirit Dragon's Sacrifice, Qiandao Liu's Hidden Agenda

Hearing the Ice God's remnant soul admit it personally, Luo Zixi felt his mind spin.

Good lord, he really was something else! He had lived freely and happily in the God Realm for so many years, yet after leaving behind a remnant soul in the lower realm, he had still run into his own descendant!

Impressive, truly impressive!

And the other party really was a ruthless beast!

"Mm, I am indeed lacking two soul rings over eighty thousand years old. If this Ice Spirit Dragon is willing to sacrifice herself, I will do my best to preserve her soul."

Luo Zixi did not waste words. They said it was a free soul ring—there was no reason not to take it.

As long as it was over eighty thousand years old, he was not going to be picky.

"I was disrespectful before and offended you greatly. Thank you in advance, little brother, for saving my descendant's life."

The Ice God's phantom cupped his hands toward Luo Zixi in thanks, while Luo Zixi merely nodded lightly in response.

After all, he was now the inheritor of the Life God King. In terms of status, he was no inferior to this remnant soul of the Ice God.

With a wave of his hand, an Ice Spirit Dragon thirty meters long and ten meters wide appeared before everyone.

Although its body was covered in noble ice-blue scales, its aura and signs of life had weakened to the extreme.

When the Snow Empress saw this Ice Spirit Dragon, her snowy-white eyes filled with surprise and confusion.

Seeing her expression, the Ice God explained.

"Snow Empress, you are not mistaken. It is the Ice Spirit Dragon that was hunted down by human soul masters three thousand years ago, and it is also the only remaining pure-blooded ice-attribute true dragon on the continent."

At this, the Ice God gave an awkward laugh.

"After all, her grandmother's grandmother's grandmother and I, more than a hundred thousand years ago... Cough, cough! Never mind. I'll wake her up first."

As an ice-blue radiance fell from the Ice God's phantom into the body of the hundred-thousand-year Ice Spirit Dragon, her once feeble heart gradually resumed a steady beat.

She struggled to open her heavy eyelids and looked toward the Ice God's phantom, gratitude showing in her ice-blue eyes.

"Xiao Ling, sacrifice yourself to him. He is the inheritor of the Life God King. In the future, you may be able to rely on him to obtain eternal life."

At this moment, the Ice God was no longer as unserious as before. Instead, he looked like an elder comforting a junior.

"Roar."

The Ice Spirit Dragon gave a low roar to indicate her agreement, then lowered her enormous head before Luo Zixi.

As if guided by some instinct, Luo Zixi placed his left hand upon her massive dragon head.

"Buzz!!"

Ice-blue radiance instantly bloomed from the Ice Spirit Dragon's huge body. It was exactly like when Xiao Wu had sacrificed herself before, and that special yet sacred aura once again echoed across the entire Douluo Continent!

At the same time, Spirit Hall, Elder Hall.

Bibi Dong, dressed in a dignified purple-gold pope's robe, was confronting Qiandao Liu and the various offerings of the Elder Hall.

"That is a Divine Trial Taker, just like your noble Angel lineage. Does the High Priest truly not wish to eliminate this threat at its root?"

Bibi Dong's eyes held a trace of mockery.

She guessed that old bastard Qiandao Liu would not allow a divine inheritor unaffiliated with Spirit Hall to roam freely outside without intervention.

Qiandao Liu's eyes were full of disgust as he looked at Bibi Dong. Yet Bibi Dong held a high position, was also Xue Er's mother, and seemed to carry the aura of another god.

Therefore, for both emotional and practical reasons, he could not act against Bibi Dong, Spirit Hall's public leader.

"Heh heh, a one-sided claim cannot serve as evidence."

Qiandao Liu casually made up an excuse to send her away. However, at that very moment, a special and sacred aura, just like the one from five years ago, reached Spirit Hall from the direction of the Far North.

Almost instantly, Qiandao Liu and Bibi Dong's expressions turned solemn. Golden Crocodile Douluo, the strongest among the crowd behind them, also seemed to sense something, and his gaze toward Qiandao Liu carried a hint of unease.

"What about now? Shouldn't High Priest Qiandao Liu be nervous? I recall that five years ago, there also seemed to have been a Soul Beast sacrifice. But if the person that Soul Beast sacrificed itself to back then was the same Divine Trial Taker receiving a sacrifice now... Hahahaha!!"

Bibi Dong stopped there, then turned and left. In her view, it seemed that she was no longer the one who needed to worry.

After she left, Qiandao Liu began calculating as well. If, as Bibi Dong had said, those two Soul Beasts had sacrificed themselves to the same person, and that person had also received a divine trial...

"Golden Crocodile, take Guang Ling and Bibi Dong with you!"

A sharp glint flashed through Qiandao Liu's golden eyes.

Someone chosen by a god had to be a peerless genius, one seen only once in ten thousand years on the continent. According to Bibi Dong, he was also a youth in his teens.

If he could submit to Spirit Hall and marry Xue Er, then even if Bibi Dong became a god in the future, she would definitely not be Xue Er's match!

That was right. Although Qiandao Liu feared this suddenly risen Divine Trial Taker, he was even more worried about Bibi Dong, the hidden bomb lurking at his side.

Qiandao Liu had completed the Angel Eight Trials in his youth and inherited his father's position as High Priest. He was far more familiar with divine auras than Tang Chen or Bo Saixi.

He had also caught the divine aura that Bibi Dong had accidentally leaked in the past.

As for why she had not come clean, Qiandao Liu attributed it to her lack of trust in him. But considering how diligently she had served Spirit Hall, he had not exposed her.

Evening, inside the Elder Hall, in a secret chamber.

"Big Brother, are we really going to...?"

Golden Crocodile looked troubled as he faced Qiandao Liu. Guang Ling Douluo looked just as grim. After all, hunting down a Divine Trial Taker was truly unprecedented on the continent.

"Since he is a Divine Trial Taker, there must be at least one peak Rank 98 expert by his side to protect him. And now that he has obtained a divine inheritance in the Far North, the divine position he receives is very likely that of the Ice God."

At this point, a knowing smile appeared on Qiandao Liu's lips.

Golden Crocodile and Guang Ling were both full of question marks upon hearing this. What exactly did any of that have to do with them surrounding and killing the other party?

"Hold back a little during the fight. Remember, your goal is only to bring this Divine Trial Taker back as intact as possible. Killing him is merely Bibi Dong's personal wish. When necessary, the two of you must protect his life."

After speaking, Qiandao Liu directly transmitted his voice to Golden Crocodile.

"Old friend, our Worship Hall still lacks a son-in-law worthy of Xue Er."

"But if he refuses to cooperate, kill him directly!"

After hearing Qiandao Liu's transmission, disbelief appeared in Golden Crocodile Douluo's gilded gold eyes, followed immediately by an inexplicable excitement!

He knew that if this truly succeeded, the rewards it could bring would be enormous!

"Big Brother, I know what to do."

Guang Ling Douluo: So what exactly do you know? I still don't know!

Golden Crocodile Douluo was one of only two people who knew Qian Renxue's identity. It was mentioned in the original novel.