Qian Xunji's Terrifying Strength, His Martial Soul Avatar Splits the Lightning Tribulation

"Xiaogang, we're out of rice."

Bibi Dong had eaten wild greens for half a month, yet Yu Xiaogang still had no intention of going into the city to buy rice.

Was it because he had no money?

No, he didn't dare.

If he went out, he might be discovered. Though the food in this valley was a little worse, it was better than losing his life.

But this time, Bibi Dong wasn't going to feel sorry for him anymore.

What a heavenly life she had led back in Spirit Hall!

And what kind of life was she leading now?

"Give me the soul coins. I'll go buy it."

Bibi Dong would rather die than keep digging up wild greens in this valley.

"Dong'er, you can't go."

Yu Xiaogang shook his head firmly. If he went out, he could disguise himself, as long as no one recognized him.

But Bibi Dong was lame in one leg. If she went out, the chances of her being recognized were far too high.

"Then you go!"

Bibi Dong looked at him with the frustration of someone watching iron refuse to become steel.

Some time ago, she had still felt sorry for Yu Xiaogang, terrified that something might happen to him.

But lately, she had grown more and more irritable.

Yu Xiaogang didn't wash clothes, cook, or do any work at all. All he did was read.

Those books, to put it plainly, contained nothing but basics.

Let alone Soul Saints, even Soul Kings could hardly find anything useful in them.

He read them all day, every day, until the books had grown smooth and glossy from handling. Was there any use in it?

He would have been better off spending that time cultivating his Soul Power.

"Dong'er."

Yu Xiaogang's face was bitter. "I'm sorry."

"All you know how to say is sorry. Is sorry any use?

"Don't you know how much I've sacrificed for you?

"Even now, I can't get enough to eat.

"You could at least go hunting so we could fill our stomachs."

Bibi Dong was truly disappointed, but the sunk cost was too great for her to accept letting it end like this.

"I was thinking that if you got pregnant, we could return to my clan.

"Father would surely do everything in his power to protect us.

"Then I could still give you a life of fine clothes and exquisite food."

"Pregnant?"

Bibi Dong laughed, but she also wanted to cry.

What use was this Yu Xiaogang, other than covering himself in saliva?

She was still a virgin. Whose child was she supposed to be pregnant with?

Bibi Dong, oh Bibi Dong, what kind of trash have you fallen in love with?

"Do you... do you think I can even get pregnant?"

Bibi Dong's soul-piercing question made Yu Xiaogang want to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.

"I-I'll go buy rice."

His face scarlet, Yu Xiaogang covered it and left.

Bibi Dong sat where she was and began to cry.

...Original timeline...

Countless Soul Masters burst out laughing the moment they saw this.

"Pfft, ahahaha! No way, no way! Don't tell me all Gangzi can do is spit?"

"Look at Bibi Dong. Don't tell me she's still a virgin even now?"

"I used to envy Gangzi. He might be trash, but he sure was eating well.

"But now... I'm dying of laughter."

"As far as looks go, there really are few who can compete with Bibi Dong. Even with one lame leg, there would definitely be plenty of people fighting over her.

"Yu Xiaogang can only give her a couple of licks. He can't bite or get her into his mouth. Just tell me, isn't that agony?"

"And he wants to have children?

"I'm dying of laughter."

Outside Spirit Hall.

A ladle of cold water was thrown over Yu Xiaogang, waking him up.

Then he discovered that someone had pulled open the crotch of his pants.

"Fuck... half an inch? That settles it, brothers! This little thing can't do anything but piss, hahahaha!"

"You... you've gone too far!

"Kill me! Boil me!"

Yu Xiaogang was ready to beg for death, but when the red-hot iron approached his little brother, he panicked.

"Don't, big brother! There's only this little bit of it. Leave it for Gangzi, please!!!!!"

Yu Xiaogang howled in pain. He looked down and, hey, the brand had missed, landing at the top of his thigh.

Thank goodness, thank goodness.

"Hmm, my technique was no good this time. I'll try again tomorrow."

"There's more tomorrow?"

Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened, and he struggled violently, but he had been hanging spread-eagle from the tree for a month, and his arms and legs had begun to deform.

It was only because a healing-type Soul Master treated and tended to him every day that he could still speak with such vigor.

But the more Spirit Hall refused to let him die... the more... he didn't want to die.

...Sky screen timeline...

Another month passed in the blink of an eye. After absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, Ah Yin's Soul Power had surged once more. Following a month of arduous cultivation, she had now reached level fifty.

Qian Xunji was not on Sea God Island. He had left again, heading into the depths of the sea to search for a Soul Ring and Soul Bone suitable for Qian Renxue.

But he couldn't reach the seabed, and after several days away, he had still found nothing.

[Temporary development character Qian Renxue: phase rewards calculated.]

[Congratulations to the host on obtaining: Dugu Nine Swords!]

[Development target Ah Yin has obtained her fifth Soul Ring. Rewards calculated.]

[Congratulations to the host on obtaining the following rewards: 1. The age of all Soul Rings and Soul Bones increased by sixty thousand years.

2. Creation God affinity: 3%

3. Taiji Fist Classic]

Above the boundless sea, Qian Xunji stopped in midair, feeling the changes brought about by the strengthening of his foundations.

These changes were not as simple as an increase in the age of his Soul Rings and Soul Bones.

There were also the subtle benefits brought by his increased affinity with the Creation God Position.

To be precise, his Soul Power was no longer actually at the level of a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo.

He was a level one hundred Quasi-God.

Even now, just how far his true strength had reached remained unknown.

Even when facing the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, Qian Xunji had never fought in earnest.

And this was with less than twenty percent affinity with the Creation God.

"Really hard to find."

Qian Xunji spread out his divine sense and looked at the Soul Beasts sleeping in the deep sea. Although some had the light attribute, they weren't all that compatible.

They were even less suitable than the Soul Bones he already had.

"Forget it, forget it. Close enough will have to do.

"In the future timeline, the old fellow should prepare a Soul Ring and a Soul Bone for her too, right?

"Add the God-Given Soul Ring to that.

"I only need to give her two more Soul Bones."

"And I happen to have them on hand."

Qian Xunji immediately headed back to Sea God Island.

However, he had flown less than a hundred li when enormous waves surged into the sky.

Thousands of meters beneath the sea, a powerful Soul Beast was awakening.

At the same time, thunder rumbled and dark clouds gathered.

"Roar!"

Countless Sea Soul Beasts fled in panic.

Qian Xunji swept his divine sense over the area, and a hint of delight appeared on his face.

"A two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast that's drawn down a lightning tribulation?"

It was a shellfish Soul Beast, its entire body gleaming with golden light. Its shell was hard, yet brilliant golden flames burned within.

"Holy, fire, and water. Three attributes.

"Oriented toward defense."

Qian Xunji acted decisively, cleaving through a thousand meters of seawater.

"A human?

"How is that possible?

"Are you a god?"

A sweet, delicate female voice rang out. The scallop had slept for tens of thousands of years and had been forced to wake only when the heavenly lightning descended.

She had never expected a human Soul Master to be able to attack her.

"I have a path to the Divine Realm. As long as you listen obediently and nothing goes wrong, I guarantee you eternal life."

At Qian Xunji's words, the scallop immediately became docile.

"Really?"

"Of course. The heavenly tribulation is here, and you don't have much time."

"But I can't survive this tribulation."

"I'll help you hold it off!"

"Angel Descent!!!"

This time, Qian Xunji finally used his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar!

The sacred and supreme Angel Martial Soul Avatar loomed like a manifestation spanning heaven and earth.

Qian Xunji summoned the Angel Holy Sword and slashed at the thunderclouds in the sky.

In an instant, the thunderclouds were split apart, and even most of the lightning brewing within them dispersed.

"I'll take you away!"

Qian Xunji reached out with his great hand and seized the scallop from a distance. Then he cleaved open space with his sword and arrived above Sea God Island in an instant.

"Xiao Xue, come out!"