Wuhun City, Elder Hall.
This is the largest building in the Papal Palace, and it represents the most powerful force within the entire Spirit Hall.
Inside the tall, domed building, there is a spacious hall as soon as you enter.
The open dome is nearly thirty meters high, and the building is divided into three levels, each with ten rooms.
The hall was sparsely decorated, spacious and solemn.
Only one enormous six-winged angel statue stood in the center, ten meters tall, its entire body gleaming gold, radiating a sacred and inviolable aura.
In front of the statue,
A tall figure was kneeling quietly on the prayer mat.
He wore a simple gray robe, and his blond hair was neatly combed.
He did not release any soul power, but his whole being seemed to merge with the hall and the statue.
A thousand streams.
The Grand Elder of the Spirit Hall, one of the three peerless Douluo of this era, invincible in the sky.
He closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and was performing his daily prayer.
Dust swirled in the beams of light streaming through the high windows.
"Rumble rumble rumble—"
The heavy palace doors emitted a dull creaking sound, breaking the long-standing silence.
Sunlight streamed through the open door, cutting the red carpet leading to the statue in two.
Qian Daoliu slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and turned his head.
Against the light, a tall, slender figure strode towards them.
"Xiaoxue?"
"Grandpa, I'm back."
Qian Daoliu looked at his granddaughter with a long-lost look of affection on his face.
"Why didn't you stay in Heaven Dou City? Why did you suddenly come back? Did something go wrong with the plan?"
"If that old guy Xueye discovers something amiss, just kill him. As long as you're alright, everything can be started over."
"Grandpa, everything is going smoothly."
Qian Renxue tidied her slightly messy long hair, her tone becoming a little more urgent: "I've come back this time because I have something more important to report to you."
Qian Renxue took a deep breath and calmed herself down.
"Grandpa, do you remember the Purple Star Academy that I mentioned to you in my letter before?"
"I remember you said there were several reclusive titled Douluo in charge."
Qian Daoliu nodded, not paying much attention.
A few titled Douluo are no big threat to the Spirit Hall, which has an Elder Hall.
"I met that boy named Dongfang Jing."
Qian Renxue's tone became serious.
"He... has begun the divine test."
"What?!"
Qian Daoliu strode up to Qian Renxue and asked, "Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
Qian Daoliu only gave Qian Renxue a general introduction to the gods and the divine examination, but did not reveal more details.
Therefore, he suspected that his granddaughter did not know much about it and had misread it.
But Qian Renxue was absolutely certain: "I would never be wrong!"
She slowly explained, "I have met him. He is young, but he has a mind and strength that far exceed those of his peers."
"He possesses an external soul bone, located above his eyes."
"Because of you, Grandpa, and the Angel God, I am quite familiar with this... um... divinity."
"When I looked into his eyes, I could clearly feel that sacred, vast, and oppressive aura."
"Then, I saw a golden mark between his eyebrows."
"Mark?"
Qian Daoliu pressed on, "What shape? What color?"
"It's golden."
"The shape... is a sun."
"sun..."
Qian Daoliu took two steps back.
He looked up at the angel statue, his brow furrowed, lost in thought.
A deathly silence fell over the main hall.
a long time.
Qian Daoliu slowly opened his mouth, his voice filled with doubt and confusion.
"The colors of the Divine Trial Marks are the same as the colors of the Soul Rings, ranging from low to high: white level, yellow level, purple level, black level, and red top-level trial."
"The island of Poseidon, located outside the mainland, is dedicated to the sea god."
"Xiaoxue, you don't know this, but unlike the noble angel god we worship, only the Qian family, who possess the six-winged angel martial soul, are qualified to take the angel god's test."
"The Sea God's trials are open to both sea spirit masters and land spirit masters from outside. The Sea God will conduct different tests based on different people."
Qian Renxue nodded as if she understood, and asked, "So, Dongfang Jing was undergoing the Sea God's test?"
"No, it can't possibly be the sea god!"
Qian Daoliu's eyes were somewhat dazed, as if he were recalling something, and he said, "Anyone who accepts or passes the test, whether they are original Sea Soul Masters of Seagod Island or any other Soul Master from outside, shall never leave Seagod Island for the rest of their lives, or they will suffer the wrath of the Seagod!"
"After a Soul Master undergoes a test, a six-pointed star pattern of different colors will appear on their forehead. The color indicates the level of the test."
"Red represents the highest level of assessment."
"Gold signifies godhood. Once the assessment is completed, he will inherit the position of a god and ascend to the realm of gods."
"I see!" Qian Renxue suddenly realized.
But she was puzzled: "Grandpa, are you using the Sea God as an example for all of this? Even if you've been to Sea God Island before, don't you know too much about it?"
"Cough cough!" Qian Daoliu coughed twice, "Grandpa... once heard an old acquaintance living on Seagod Island mention that the mark represented by the Nine Trials of Seagod is a golden trident."
"So, the boy named Dongfang Jing was chosen by an unknown deity."
"If all goes well, his breakthrough to level 100 and becoming a god is a foregone conclusion."
After saying this, Qian Daoliu began pacing back and forth in the main hall, his steps slightly heavy.
"The sun...the sun god?"
"However, the manifestation of the power of the angel god is light and fire, which, to some extent, also symbolizes the sun."
Qian Daoliu stopped and turned to look at Qian Renxue.
"Xiaoxue, are you sure that's a sun mark, and not some kind of mutated fire-attribute martial soul mark?"
Qian Renxue shook her head firmly.
"It's definitely not a spirit mark, have you forgotten? His spirit is a mirror!"
"and..."
She hesitated for a moment, but still voiced her intuition.
"That aura gave me an extremely domineering feeling."
"It's like... the real sun descending to earth."
Upon hearing this, Qian Daoliu fell completely silent.
A god's successor who has not yet matured means endless variables.
Qian Daoliu searched through all the ancient records about the God Realm in his mind, but still couldn't find any information related to it.
A strange unease rose in his heart.
The sun is the source of all things and the ultimate source of light.
If a sun god truly exists, then in terms of both rank and attributes, he might very well surpass the angel gods.
This is definitely not good news for the Qian family, who are determined to spread the glory of angels across the continent.
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