Many things happened during this year.
Qian Renxue's Rank rose to Rank 94, and she absorbed another Angel SetSpirit Bone. With the help of the Spirit Bone, she broke through to Rank 95, completing the sixth trial of the Angel God Trial in one go.
The content of the seventh Angel God Trial was for Qian Renxue to kill one hundred Fallen Soul Masters.
This trial was not difficult; the Black Prison alone held many Fallen Soul Masters in custody.
Although these Fallen Soul Masters had already had their spirit power stripped, once a Fallen Soul Master, always a Fallen Soul Master. They happened to be useful for this purpose.
Qian Daoliu ordered the Warden of the Black Prison to bring these Fallen Soul Masters out and hand them over to Qian Renxue for execution.
Brother Scar was originally on the execution list, but considering his diligent service in 'hosting' Yu Xiaogang, he was ultimately spared from death.
Qian Renxue easily completed the seventh Angel trial.
Besides this, another piece of news shocked the entire Spirit Hall.
Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan returned to Spirit Hall, each looking extremely bedraggled. Yan had even lost an arm.
It turned out the three had been ordered to follow a team hunting Fallen Soul Masters into the Star Dou Great Forest. After searching for five months, they finally discovered the target's tracks.
However, when they followed the tracks and found that Fallen Soul Master, they were shocked to discover that his true identity was Tang San, who had briefly shown his talent during the Soul Master Tournament.
Only, the Tang San of now had actually become a Spirit Emperor.
Most importantly, the methods he used were incredibly strange, allowing him to repeatedly escape from the hands of Spirit Hall's Spirit Saints.
In particular, he possessed some very peculiar special weapons. Once poisoned, they were not only extremely lethal but also difficult to guard against. Even a Spirit Saint would suffer greatly if they were struck.
One must know that the hunting party that went to the Star Dou Great Forest consisted of two Spirit Saints, four Spirit Emperors, and five Spirit Kings, excluding Hu Liena's trio.
However, despite such a lineup, except for catching Tang San off guard at the very beginning, as time passed, Tang San's strength grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the end, he not only killed all five Spirit Kings but even three of the four Spirit Emperors fell under his sneak attacks.
Hu Liena and the other two also nearly lost their lives, only escaping thanks to the full protection of the Spirit Saints.
But Yan's luck wasn't as good; he lost an arm.
When Qian Renxue learned that Tang San was actually that Fallen Soul Master from a year ago, a flash of surprise crossed her face. She clearly hadn't expected this.
Years ago, she had even considered recruiting Tang San, but she gave up on that plan because of Yang Yuan.
As for Yang Yuan...
When he initially entered seclusion to condense his ninth spirit ring, it caused a massive disturbance.
But that disturbance only lasted for three days before subsiding. As time went on, many people's memories of that event gradually blurred and faded, with only a few high-ranking members of Spirit Hall still remembering it vividly.
And on this day, one year later...
Four pillars of light suddenly shot into the sky from the palace where Yang Yuan was in seclusion, illuminating the surroundings.
Within the four pillars of light, the divine charms of the four great Laws—Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind—circulated respectively.
As these four pillars of light broke through the dome and pierced straight into the nine heavens, time in the entire Spirit City seemed to be quietly wiped away for an instant by an invisible giant hand. A vast pressure then spread out from the four pillars of light.
The moment this vast and familiar pressure rippled out, Qian Renxue, standing outside the palace, immediately stood up. The frozen worry in her golden eyes instantly melted away.
"You brat, you really gave me a scare this time."
Qian Renxue looked at the tightly closed palace doors and muttered softly, feeling as if a shackle had been removed from her body, her whole being relaxing.
Besides Qian Renxue, all the high-ranking members of Spirit Hall were drawn by the commotion.
One second, they were either meditating or discussing matters, but now they all stopped what they were doing in unison, their gazes uncontrollably turning toward those four pillars of light shooting into the sky.
And when they felt the vast pressure spreading from the pillars of light, the expressions on their faces turned to utter shock.
Although this pressure held no hostility toward them, they still felt an instinctive awe from it, as if facing the majestic power of the heavens.
This pressure had already exceeded their range of cognition.
Never mind them, even Qian Daoliu's face was filled with shock.
A storm of emotions surged in his heart.
"Is Yang Yuan about to become a god? Otherwise, how could it be so terrifying?"
Inside the palace.
Yang Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
However, within those Double Pupils, there were no longer grand visions of the Universe's birth and death; instead, they were pure and deep, with only a faint four-colored divine light occasionally flashing in the deepest depths.
The faint lights were the murky yellow of Earth, the crimson red of Fire, the deep blue of Water, and the azure gray of Wind.
The four-colored divine lights sometimes merged and sometimes dispersed, containing infinite mysteries.
And above Yang Yuan's head, a four-colored spirit ring was slowly circling.
This spirit ring had already exceeded the million-year limit. Because of the four great Laws of Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind, it displayed this strange color, looking completely out of place compared to other spirit rings.
Over the course of a year, the ninth spirit ring born within this ring was equally extraordinary. Yang Yuan named it—Four Symbols Returning to Origin.
This Spirit Ability had no fixed form; it was neither a killing move nor a defense, but rather the prototype of 'Evolution' and 'Returning to the Source.'
The four great Laws were at Yang Yuan's command.
Earth and Water generated each other, Fire and Wind assisted each other. The four symbols rotated, driven by Yang Yuan's will, merging at his whim.
They could also fuse together; with a single thought, he could open up a Universe in his palm, reenact the Grandmist, and cycle through creation and destruction.
Now, Yang Yuan had mastered Double Pupils Opening Heaven and Four Symbols Returning to Origin.
Double Pupils Opening Heaven split the Chaos, and Four Symbols Returning to Origin stabilized the Universe. It was no exaggeration to say that Yang Yuan could now create a stable World and be its Creator God.
The corners of Yang Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.
The God Foundation had been laid; he finally didn't have to worry about the God Position issue anymore.
Furthermore, his World was his to command. As long as he completed the creation, he could take his family and friends with him to become gods together.
Yang Yuan stood up and lightly moved his knuckles.
Having not moved for a year, his entire skeleton emitted a series of low chirps like a dragon's roar. The soaring light pillars and terrifying Aura then completely retracted, as if they had never appeared.
But just as Yang Yuan was about to walk out of the palace, two rays of light, one green and one purple, suddenly appeared in the palace, finally evolving into two figures.
One person had a gentle temperament and exquisite beauty; she was the God of Life.
The other person wore a purple cloak and had a resolute face; he was the God of Destruction.
Yang Yuan looked at the two and recognized their identities at a glance.
"You don't seem surprised to see us?" the God of Destruction said calmly, looking at Yang Yuan with an indifferent tone.
Even though it was his first time seeing the Divine Thoughts of God Kings, Yang Yuan wasn't flustered at all. He maintained a relaxed posture: "Haven't you two Seniors been watching me since ten years ago? We're practically old acquaintances, so why should I be surprised?"
As soon as these words were spoken, both the God of Life and the God of Destruction showed expressions of astonishment.
If it was truly as Yang Yuan said, then it was indeed quite terrifying.
One must know that when they first noticed Yang Yuan, he was merely a Two-Ring Great Soul Master.
(End of Chapter)
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