"The greatest secret behind Spirit Hall's very foundation?!"
"I'm starting to get curious. What kind of secret could have kept Spirit Hall standing all this time?"
"Tell me about it. Thank goodness for the Heavenly Screen, or people like us would never have learned about it in our entire lives?!"
"..."
Without a doubt, when Qian Daoliu mentioned the greatest secret behind Spirit Hall's very foundation in his monologue, the entire Douluo Continent erupted.
Countless people and countless factions wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Some ambitious people even wondered whether they could surpass Spirit Hall if they managed to get their hands on that secret themselves.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, main hall.
Sect Master Ning Fengzhi watched the Heavenly Screen, deep in thought. The greatest secret? Could it really have something to do with becoming a god?!
As the thought arose, a sense of absurdity came with it.
Were there really gods in this world? Could one truly become a god?
The Ning Fengzhi of the past would never have believed it. He would have dismissed it as an ancient legend.
But through the Heavenly Screen, he had learned that the glory of the Six-Winged Angel flowed in the blood of Spirit Hall's Qian Family, and that they were born with the duty to protect the Angel God. His former beliefs had begun to waver.
The fact that the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul was born with Innate Level 20 Soul Power, and the conviction in Qian Daoliu's monologue, made Ning Fengzhi realize the gravity of the matter.
I hope I'm just letting my imagination run wild. Deep down, Ning Fengzhi did not want gods to actually exist in this world.
Otherwise, the gap between them and Spirit Hall would grow even wider.
And most importantly, if the Heavenly Screen revealed that Spirit Hall really was connected to a god, it would undoubtedly give Spirit Hall free publicity across the entire continent.
When that happened, who knew how many people would begin to waver, or even defect to Spirit Hall?
That was definitely not what Ning Fengzhi wanted to see.
Heavenly Screen, are you a blessing or a calamity?
Ning Fengzhi sighed inwardly. He had a persistent feeling that the Heavenly Screen's existence would plunge the continent into even greater turmoil.
Spirit Hall, Worship Hall.
"This Heavenly Screen truly is mysterious. It even knows about this?!" the Seventh Offering, Demon Subduing Douluo, said in surprise. "Now we're in trouble."
But the Third Offering, Azure Luan Douluo, had a different view.
He spoke slowly. "Perhaps this is an excellent opportunity for Spirit Hall."
"Although Spirit Hall's greatest secret has been exposed, our prestige in the eyes of the world will reach even greater heights! No other faction will be able to compare itself to Spirit Hall anymore!"
Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu said nothing, simply watching the Heavenly Screen in silence.
Spirit Hall was not the only place with a divine inheritance; there was another in a place overseas.
Sea God Island, Sea God Hall.
Besides High Priestess Bo Saixi, the Seven Sacred Pillars had also been summoned there by her.
"Hmph, Spirit Hall may be a place of divine inheritance, but it has the ambitions of a wolf..." Sea Delusion Douluo said angrily.
When Spirit Hall had invaded Sea God Island all those years ago, it had ultimately suffered a crushing defeat, but Sea God Island had also taken its share of losses.
Sea Dragon Douluo snorted coldly. "If we can defeat them once, we can defeat them twice, three times, as many times as it takes. On the ocean, the High Priestess is invincible! And so is Sea God Island!!"
His words naturally struck a chord with the other Sacred Pillars.
On the ocean, they had the final say.
Not to mention, their High Priestess was invincible on the ocean!
Although Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi was watching the Heavenly Screen, she was silently thinking, Lord Sea God, why have you still not sent down an oracle? Have you already abandoned our world?...
[The Angel God truly exists!]
[And the inheritance the Angel God left on the Douluo Continent has always been guarded by my Qian Family.]
[Anyone born into the Qian Family who awakens the Six-Winged Angel is qualified to approach the inheritance and embark on the path to godhood, a path ordinary people can only gaze at from afar, becoming a true spokesperson for the god!]
[When I learned these secrets, I was shocked too, but what followed was wild joy.]
[In the end, I accepted the Angel Inheritance, but the Angel God bestowed only the Angel Eight Trials upon me.]
[That was somewhat hard to bear, because only by opening the Angel Nine Trials would there be a chance to inherit the Angel God's divine position.]
[To me at the time, that was harder to bear than losing to Tang Chen. After all, it concerned becoming a god. But afterward, I adjusted my mindset and faced it all calmly.]
[Yes, the Qian Family had guarded the Angel God as her believers for so many years, yet had never produced the miracle of someone truly opening the Angel Nine Trials.]
[How could a miracle suddenly happen when it came to me?]
[In the Qian Family's historical records, quite a few of our ancestors were more talented than me, yet even they got no further than the Angel Eight Trials.]
[So I was already quite content to have opened the Angel Eight Trials.]
[The Angel Eight Trials also meant that I would become the future master of Douluo Hall.]
[At the same time, it meant that I had become the Angel God's newest guardian. I had to fulfill my duty and, like those before me, wait for a descendant who could truly open the Angel Nine Trials to appear.]
"Gasp! Heavens, not only are there really gods in this world, but they've also been hiding an inheritance that can make someone a god all along."
"There's a reason Spirit Hall has grown to what it is today. After all, they have a god watching over them."
"Good thing it was only the Eight Trials. If someone really got the Nine Trials and became a god, wouldn't the rest of us be finished?!"
"..."
As the secrets of the Angel God and the Angel Inheritance were revealed, the entire Douluo Continent erupted.
Some began to side with Spirit Hall; some grew even more wary of it; and others were immensely relieved that it was not the Angel Nine Trials.
"The worst has happened," Ning Fengzhi sighed.
He had not expected gods to truly exist in this world, or that it would be so easy for Spirit Hall's Qian Family to gain access to a divine inheritance.
But just how much talent does it take to open the Angel Nine Trials, if even someone like Qian Daoliu got no further than the Eight Trials? Ning Fengzhi was also curious.
Of course, he was relieved as well.
Thank goodness the requirements were so high. Otherwise, the entire continent would be Spirit Hall's personal domain.
After all, once Spirit Hall had a god, the so-called two great empires and Upper Three Sects would become nothing but jokes.
"Someone, come here." Ning Fengzhi clapped his hands.
In the next instant, several powerful Soul Masters appeared and respectfully knelt on one knee before him.
"Send more people to protect Rongrong in secret."
"As you command, Sect Master."