The next day, morning.
Yun Ming finished his daily routine of Soul Power cultivation and opened his eyes.
Yesterday, Yang Wushuang returned, and the clan had been bustling with activity for another day. The reunion of the old brothers—Yang Wudi, Yang Wushuang, and Yang Wutian—was filled with tears of joy.
From Yang Wudi and the others, Yang Wushuang learned the details of the changes within the clan over the years, as well as the key figure responsible for these changes: Yun Ming. He felt deeply moved.
Who could have imagined it! The posthumous child born to Yang Ying on the day the Breaking Clan suffered its devastating blow would turn out to be the cornerstone of the clan's future prosperity. This could be considered a manifestation of life emerging from destruction!
With matters resolved, Yun Ming activated his Teleportation Technique to return to Ya Li's residence in Martial Soul City, but he found no sign of her.
Martial Soul City, Douluo Hall.
This was the supreme sanctuary for spirit masters. Every spirit master took pride in being able to walk into Douluo Hall, for it signified that they had reached the level of a Titled Douluo. Only upon obtaining their title did they have the possibility of entering this place.
Douluo Hall was not actually built by Martial Soul Hall. Legend had it that Douluo Hall existed long before Martial Soul Hall appeared. The earliest Martial Soul Hall was founded by a group of powerful spirit masters who revered Douluo Hall and gathered under its name to serve it.
Douluo Hall had a Hall Master, and this individual had to be the person who held the greatest reverence for the gods. He was responsible for enshrining the Titled Golden Plaques here and also presided over the investiture ceremonies for all newly promoted Titled Douluos. Yang Wudi had also gone through this process here previously.
In the center of Douluo Hall stood a statue. It was a ten-meter-tall, entirely golden figure with three pairs of wings spread out behind its back. It held a massive golden sword high, pointing straight toward the firmament. Around the golden sword, a layer of faint golden flames seemed to swirl.
Most uniquely, this massive statue itself exuded the aura of a supreme being. The Titled Golden Plaques of hundreds of Titled Douluos surrounding it lay in silent slumber, suppressed by its presence.
At this moment, two people were kneeling quietly before the massive statue in the center of Douluo Hall. They were neither Titled Douluos here for investiture nor the Hall Master of Douluo Hall. They held a different status, and it was precisely because of this identity that they were permitted to remain here, kneeling before the highly symbolic statue of the Six-Winged Angel.
Both women were currently holding a peculiar hand gesture. Their thumbs were locked, index fingers touched, and the other six fingers were spread outward, resembling the wings of a Six-Winged Angel.
Their delicate, beautiful faces were filled with reverence, their eyes closed, and a faint halo of light perpetually shrouded them.
These two were the current successor of the Six-Winged Angel, the future Angel God Qian Renxue, and the Wish Angel Ya Li, who should not have appeared in this era.
Suddenly, golden light surged. A figure appeared between them and the massive statue, though no one knew when he had arrived. The figure gradually became clear, and the surrounding golden light grew significantly more intense, especially from the massive Six-Winged Angel statue. The giant golden sword erupted with flames over a zhang long, filling the space with an indescribable, sacred aura.
The figure appearing before Qian Renxue was none other than the Grand Offerings of Martial Soul Hall, the Hall Master of Douluo Hall, and one of the three ninety-nine-level Titled Douluos of the current era: Qian Daoliu.
Qian Renxue and Ya Li had gathered here precisely because they had received orders from Qian Daoliu early that morning.
"Open your eyes. The Angel God has heard your prayers. He will bestow upon you, his most devout servants, God's Praise!"
It was a rather mystical declaration, yet it fit the identity of Qian Daoliu as the head of the mystics. The so-called 'God's Praise' was the God Trial. Now that both Qian Renxue and Ya Li had broken through to become Soul Saints, it was time to accept the God Trials; this was the reason Qian Daoliu had called them back.
Qian Daoliu raised a hand and pointed. The golden flames released from the sword held by the statue behind him descended from the sky, first completely enveloping Qian Renxue's body.
As the golden flames swirled, Qian Renxue's body was guided by the light to rise slowly.
The golden light remained unchanged, but before Qian Renxue, nine golden light screens gradually emerged.
Seeing these nine light screens, a special, strange brilliance appeared in Qian Daoliu's eyes.
"Angel Nine Trials. Nine Trials... The Nine Trials that countless generations of Douluo Hall Masters have waited for have finally appeared."
Qian Renxue opened her eyes, looking at her grandfather in confusion.
Qian Daoliu's eyes shimmered with a gentle light.
"I was nearly seventy when I had your father, and your father was fifty when he had you. The person that generations of Douluo Hall Masters have waited for is actually you. Xiaoxue, Grandfather is proud of you."
Qian Renxue stared blankly at Qian Daoliu.
"Grandfather, I don't understand what you mean."
Qian Daoliu smiled calmly and said.
"If there were eight light screens before you, then you would be the next Hall Master of Douluo Hall. However, there are nine light screens appearing before you."
"Do not ask why. When it is time for you to know, I will naturally tell you. From now on, for a long time to come, you must complete the nine trials from the Angel. Grandfather will always be by your side."
"Yes," Qian Renxue replied.
Qian Daoliu nodded and turned his gaze toward Ya Li, who was subsequently enveloped by the golden flames. He had taken Ya Li as his disciple initially because her talent was truly outstanding. Although she did not have the innate level twenty spirit power like Qian Renxue due to her spirit, the spirituality of the Wish Angel Spirit was far superior to those of the collateral branches, so her God Trial should not be simple either. Qian Daoliu was very expectant.
Now that the Angel Nine Trials have appeared, Ya Li probably has no chance, so can she achieve the Top-tier Eight Trials? Just as Qian Daoliu was thinking this, the results for Ya Li emerged.
Unlike the way Qian Renxue's light screens appeared, the light screens before Ya Li emerged one by one.
White, yellow, purple, black—these four colors flashed and changed to the next in rapid succession, so fast that it was dizzying. Even the transition from purple to black took only an instant, with a total of six light screens appearing rapidly.
Qian Daoliu watched this familiar process without much reaction; he had gone through the same thing back then. Only Qian Renxue's process was an exception, going straight to the end. However, the speed of the transformation triggered by Ya Li was fast! It looked like it would be a Top-tier Assessment, better than his good-for-nothing son.
Just as Qian Daoliu expected, the black light rapidly evolved into blood-red. But soon, something beyond Qian Daoliu's imagination occurred: the blood-red light did not stop changing. After the eighth light screen appeared, the blood-red light continued to evolve.
Qian Daoliu watched the blood-red light, which was already ten times more intense than his own had been, and was dumbfounded. When the blood-red light evolved to its peak, the next moment, within the blood-red radiance, a brilliant, ultimate gold began to spread wantonly.
"Could it be..." Before Qian Daoliu could finish his sentence, everything had reached its conclusion.
Douluo Hall shone brightly once more, and a resonant holy hymn echoed through the Void. The ninth light screen slowly appeared before Ya Li.
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