"There really were gods in this world!"
Yu Xiaogang grew excited as he watched what the Heavenly Screen revealed.
This was what someone like him most wanted to see.
Mu En, beside him, had little reaction. Given his talent, it was uncertain whether he could even become a Titled Douluo.
His innate half-level of Soul Power was too great a burden.
He would take it one step at a time. Becoming a god was still far too distant.
"I fear there must be a divine inheritance on Sea God Island too?!" Yu Xiaogang said thoughtfully.
Since they had defeated Spirit Hall, which possessed a divine inheritance, they likely possessed one themselves.
Only a god's representative could defeat another god's representative.
Mu En asked curiously, "Teacher, what kind of place is Sea God Island?"
"It's an extremely special place, and somewhere I want you to go for training in the future." Faced with his disciple's question, Yu Xiaogang no longer kept it hidden and explained the origins of Sea God Island.
Now the Heavenly Screen had descended upon the world, revealing one secret after another.
Anyone with eyes could see that the continent was about to undergo earth-shaking changes.
All they could do was prepare in advance to face the upheaval.
"How difficult it is to become a god!" Inside Sea God Hall, Bo Saixi could not help sighing.
Once, like Qian Daoliu, she had believed that her talent would surely allow her to begin the nine trials and receive a divine inheritance.
In the end, however, both she and Qian Daoliu had gone no further than becoming gods' representatives in the mortal world.
She had gone from unwillingness to accepting her own limitations, becoming the most sincere believer and always following in her god's footsteps.
In some respects, the paths their hearts had taken were rather similar.
That was also one of the fundamental reasons Bo Saixi had fallen for Tang Chen rather than Qian Daoliu.
For Bo Saixi, looking at Qian Daoliu was like looking at an ambitious, gender-swapped version of herself.
Both had only achieved what they had by sheltering in their forebears' shade, and could go no further.
But Tang Chen was different. Of the three, he had the best chance of striving for level one hundred and becoming a god.
At the thought of Tang Chen, Bo Saixi felt distressed again.
That fool. Bo Saixi gazed resentfully in the direction of the continent.
Tang Chen had misunderstood her subtle expression of affection. Leaving behind the words, "I won't return until I become a god," he had vanished without a trace.
Had Tang Chen really misunderstood?
Or had some other factor caused it?
"Gods..." Ming You watched the Heavenly Screen, his normally unruffled face suddenly showing interest.
It was the first reaction of a hunter who had fixed his eyes on his prey.
He had killed ordinary people.
He had killed Soul Masters too.
So-called Soul Kings, Soul Emperors, and even Titled Douluo were all his future targets.
Now, through the Heavenly Screen, Ming You discovered he had gained another lofty goal.
Though Ming You had yet to awaken his True Demon, he already bore its shadow.
Heaven Dou Empire, the crown prince's residence.
Disguised as Xue Qinghe, Qian Renxue gazed at the Heavenly Screen with a face full of admiration. "I never imagined our Qian Family bore such a mission."
"What does that woman have to fight our Qian Family with?!"
Of course, what pleased Qian Renxue most was that she could finally hold her head high before that woman, Bibi Dong.
Meanwhile, Bibi Dong, inside Spirit Hall, thought nothing of it.
So what if there's an inheritance? Without an heir, it's nothing!
Once I complete all the trials and inherit the Rakshasa God's divine position, that will be the moment Spirit Hall, and even the entire Douluo Continent, is destroyed!
As Bibi Dong watched the Heavenly Screen, a flash of madness passed through her eyes.
Qian Xunji was the shadow that haunted Bibi Dong's entire life. His destruction of her relationship had allowed evil to devour her true nature, making her extremely fanatical.
As a result, Bibi Dong believed that every living thing in the world was evil and wanted to take revenge on everyone in it.
The reason she had not exposed herself over the years was that she needed to rely on Spirit Hall's power.
Once she became a god, she would naturally no longer need to keep up the act.
[With steady, step-by-step cultivation, becoming a Titled Douluo was entirely a matter of the water flowing into the channel for me.]
[During that time, I also married and had a child. I had a son, whom I named "Qian Xunji."]
[Unfortunately, I had no time to discipline my son. The continent was too turbulent and chaotic then, and Spirit Hall needed a powerful figure to stand at the forefront.]
[And so, I also became Spirit Hall's adjudication elder, clearing away all enemies who threatened Spirit Hall.]
[In that era, my enemies called me Spirit Hall's number one executioner, but more people called me the most talented powerhouse of my generation.]
[During that time, I sought Tang Chen out again and competed with him many times. I thought that this time, Tang Chen surely wouldn't be able to match me.]
[But to my immense shock, even then, Tang Chen's realm was still slightly higher than mine. My advantage remained the quality of my Martial Soul.]
[Our strength could be said to be neck and neck.]
[But I knew very well that I was inferior to Tang Chen. After all, I relied on the Angel God's sheltering shade, while Tang Chen relied on himself.
That meant I would eventually stop at level ninety-nine, but Tang Chen might have a chance to strive for the legendary level one hundred!]
[However, only I knew these secrets. Outsiders knew nothing of them.]
[Later, Tang Chen and I each broke through to Soul Power Level ninety-nine and became Peerless Douluo. The world called us the Two Peaks of the Soul Master World, meaning mountains that could not be surpassed.]
[Although I, Qian Daoliu, had no great advantage when comparing my individual strength to Tang Chen's,]
[I held every advantage when it came to expanding and developing our respective forces.]
[Under the leadership of my son, who had become Pope, and me, Spirit Hall could be said to have swept across the entire continent. It was truly the continent's number one force.]
[Neither the two great empires nor the Clear Sky Sect, which had become the number one sect under Tang Chen's leadership, amounted to much in comparison.]
[Without a doubt, in our era, Spirit Hall was truly number one under heaven!]
[Once the overall situation was settled, Tang Chen and I retired one after the other, leaving the stage known as the world to the young.]
[Because we rarely appeared before the public, and because the older generation of Soul Masters gradually passed away, fewer and fewer people knew our names.]
"So that's how it was. No wonder I'd never heard of Peerless Douluo like Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen growing up."
"Looking at it that way, the Soul Master World on today's Douluo Continent is clearly inferior to what it once was."
"Indeed. In the present era, it seems there has never been a single Peerless Douluo."
"..."