Bibi Dong's pretty face turned serious, her mood heavy.
In the enormous power that had suddenly surged from that crystal earlier, she had actually sensed the aura of a god.
She herself had accepted the inheritance of the Rakshasa God. As her cultivation rose, she had grown increasingly sensitive to divine auras.
Her earlier perception had definitely not been wrong. That crystal absolutely carried the aura of another deity.
She slowly descended from the air, her expression unsightly.
"Grandmother, what was that thing that just flew up?" Xiao Xuening asked curiously, looking upward.
Bibi Dong picked her up and smiled. "That was a little bird that flies very fast."
Just then, the figures of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo flashed over rapidly.
"Your Majesty, what was that just now?" Chrysanthemum Douluo asked.
Originally, not many people had noticed the blue crystal flying away, but Bibi Dong's attempt to intercept it had immediately alarmed many.
Bibi Dong shook her head. "I don't know. It flew out from the treasury. Let's go take a look."
A short while later, the group arrived at the treasury. A hole had been punched through the hard, heavy gates.
Inside the treasury lay a shattered box.
Chrysanthemum Douluo found the register of treasures and began matching the numbers.
Before long, he found the record for the treasure box. "Your Majesty, this treasure box was registered by His Highness the Holy Son. As for what was placed inside, he did not write it down."
Bibi Dong nodded slightly. "Understood. Let's go out for now. Leave this matter aside for the moment. We'll discuss it when the Holy Son returns."
Little Xuening's eyes were full of golden little stars as she stuffed the glittering gold soul coins into her small pockets.
She knew these golden little things could buy many delicious and fun things.
And here, there were several large mountains of these golden little things.
Bibi Dong revealed a gentle smile and picked up the little money-grubber.
After the group exited the treasury gates, Bibi Dong instructed, "Arrange to have the treasury gates repaired."
At that moment, an extremely powerful aura came from the distant horizon, instantly alarming the many Titled Douluo on Pope Mountain.
All the elders and offerings who remained here appeared in an instant, their expressions solemn as they gazed toward the horizon.
There, a small black dot rapidly enlarged, its speed terrifyingly fast.
"This speed is much faster than mine." Bibi Dong was shocked inwardly.
"Everyone, be on guard!" Her voice instantly reached the ears of every expert present.
In just a few breaths, the small black dot arrived above the imperial palace. Everyone finally saw the appearance of the thing clearly.
It was a massive creature of ferocious appearance. The aura radiating from its body was extremely oppressive, making everyone feel a strong sense of crisis.
Although they felt it was very dangerous, they were not worried in their hearts, because standing on the back of that fierce beast was a familiar figure.
"Daddy, that's Daddy." Xiao Xuening was the first to break the silence, shouting out in her tender and delighted voice.
Qiongqi slowly descended, then restrained its aura, docilely lying on the ground, narrowing its eyes without even glancing at the people before it.
When Jiang Chen stepped down, his daughter had already run over.
Jiang Chen scooped her up in one motion and teased her a few times with his hand.
He had been away for a month this time, and he had missed her greatly as well.
Bibi Dong still felt some vigilance in her heart. She glanced at the seemingly sleeping Qiongqi before walking up to Jiang Chen.
"Little Chen, what kind of spirit beast is this?"
The aura Qiongqi had released earlier had been incomparably fierce and evil, making even her feel a strong sense of crisis.
She had a premonition that if she faced this big fellow, she might lose.
Hearing Bibi Dong's question, the others also pricked up their ears curiously.
Qian Daoliu also stood to the side watching. Although Qian Renxue had already entered seclusion, she had not yet reached the final stage of the inheritance, so Qian Daoliu had not yet sacrificed himself.
Jiang Chen smiled. "Teacher, it is called Qiongqi. I have already subdued it."
No wonder it was so docile even while being stepped on by the Holy Son… Everyone was filled with astonishment.
"What level is its strength?" Bibi Dong continued to ask.
"Ultimate Douluo-level strength. If calculated according to spirit beast strength, its cultivation is close to a one-million-year spirit beast."
One million years!
In that instant, everyone was shocked.
They had at most only seen hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts. A one-million-year spirit beast was something they had never even heard of.
Most of them would probably be instantly killed if they faced this fellow.
Yet today, one had appeared before them, and it had been brought back under the Holy Son's feet.
Had the Holy Son already become this powerful?
He had even subdued this terrifying spirit beast.
Qian Daoliu sighed once, unable to help feeling that he was old.
Jiang Chen's progress was truly too fast.
"Daddy, can I fly for a bit?" Xiao Xuening asked, her gaze fixed the entire time on Qiongqi.
"Of course." Jiang Chen carried her onto Qiongqi's back.
Qiongqi opened its eyes and slowly flew up.
Jiang Chen called out, "Elders and offerings, don't leave yet. I have something good to show you later."
Several elders and offerings who had just been about to leave immediately stopped in their tracks.
After flying a few circles in the sky with the little princess, Jiang Chen descended.
He handed his daughter to Bibi Dong to hold, then began taking out the mountains of soul tools piled up in his system space.
With each one he took out, he simply explained its purpose. Every type of soul tool left the high-ranking members of the Spirit Empire present utterly shocked.
So there were such miraculous soul tools in this world.
There were ones that ran on the ground, ones that flew in the sky, and powerful attack-type soul tools. Everyone's eyes were dazzled.
Jiang Chen took out hundreds of types before stopping. There were still quite a few in his system space, but there was no need to bring them all out at once.
He also took out many design blueprints and distributed them to the elders present.
"These advanced soul tools were all found by me in the core of the Lost Great Canyon. Before humans appeared on the Douluo Continent, a civilization once existed here. They possessed all kinds of advanced soul tools, but later went extinct."
Jiang Chen briefly explained the origin of these soul tools.
Although the soul tools he had taken out still retained their original shapes, they should all be unusable now.
However, they could serve as models. Combined with the design blueprints, they would not be difficult to manufacture.
The original Spirit Hall had possessed a department that researched soul tools, but it had never received much attention and had only researched some simple soul tools.
But now, the world-shocking soul tools Jiang Chen had taken out had undoubtedly opened a brand-new door for the soul tool technology of the current Douluo Continent.
Soul tool technology would rise and soar on the Douluo Continent.
"Good, good. You've done very well." Bibi Dong smiled and patted Jiang Chen's shoulder with satisfaction.
Jiang Chen said, "Teacher, arrange for people to research and manufacture them as soon as possible. With these things, our empire will become even stronger."
He swept his gaze over the Titled Douluo present and uttered an even more shocking piece of news:
"In the distant depths of the sea, there is another continent no smaller than the Douluo Continent. If our empire can rapidly grow strong, in the future it may not be impossible to conquer another continent."
Everyone was stunned once more.
The Douluo Continent was not the only one.
There was actually another continent in the depths of the sea!
In that moment, many elders who were passionate about power grew heated in their hearts.
If they could conquer another continent, the Spirit Empire would become an unprecedented colossal empire.
Bibi Dong quickly gave instructions, handing the research of the soul tools over to several elders to arrange.
She then brought Jiang Chen back to her study.
The mysterious object that had flown out of the treasury earlier still left her somewhat uneasy.
Seeing Bibi Dong's preoccupied appearance, Jiang Chen immediately grew puzzled.
"Teacher, did something happen?"
Jiang Chen restrained his smile and looked at Bibi Dong before him.
Bibi Dong gestured for Jiang Chen to sit, then said, "You placed a box in the treasury. Not long before you returned, the thing inside that box flew away."
Jiang Chen froze for a moment before reacting. "Was it a blue triangular crystal?"
Bibi Dong nodded. "I was walking outside with Xuening at the time and just happened to sense that thing flying out, so I caught it. But before long, an unimaginable great force erupted from within it, and then it broke free of my palm and escaped."
Bibi Dong's expression was solemn as she asked, "Little Chen, I actually sensed a divine aura on that thing. Tell me, what exactly was it?"
Jiang Chen's expression also became solemn. A conjecture had already formed vaguely in his heart.
"Teacher, that was the Sea God's Heart, a divine inheritance tool left behind by the Sea God. Did it fly toward the west?"
Bibi Dong nodded. "That's right. This Sea God's Heart flew westward. With my speed, I couldn't catch up at all.
"So this thing is called the Sea God's Heart. But why did it fly away on its own? Was it being controlled?
"Little Chen, such an important thing just flew away like that…"
Bibi Dong's face held some guilt. That had actually been a divine tool, and it had flown out of her hands just like that.
Jiang Chen saw Bibi Dong's guilt and quickly comforted her:
"Teacher, don't take it too much to heart. That thing is only useful to the inheritor of the Sea God. It isn't of much use to us."
Jiang Chen already guessed in his heart. This Sea God's Heart should have flown toward Sea God Island.
As for why it had left on its own, it was definitely under the control of that Sea God.
He suddenly felt a jolt in his heart as he thought of Tang San.
Would this Sea God's Heart suddenly flying to Sea God Island cause Tang San to continue smoothly obtaining the Sea God position according to the original plot?
But after thinking for a moment, he relaxed.
Even according to the original plot, Tang San would need at least another four years to become a god.
As for the other members of Shrek, it was even less worth mentioning. Whether they could become gods at all was a question.
And Jiang Chen already possessed Ultimate Douluo strength now, let alone four years later.
By then, he would definitely have completed the Asura God's trials and become the new generation Asura God.
How could a mere Sea God compare to him?
Besides, Jiang Chen had no intention of letting Tang San become a god.
Hearing Jiang Chen say this, Bibi Dong finally relaxed, though she still felt some regret.
As the inheritor of the Rakshasa God, she deeply understood the power of divine tools.
"Little Chen, you truly have devoted yourself wholeheartedly to the empire." Bibi Dong sighed. "From the time of the Spirit Hall, you have made many contributions. Now you have brought back such precious technology for the empire. Rest assured, Teacher will definitely order the historians to record all of your merits. You will be the greatest emperor in the history of the Spirit Empire."
Jiang Chen said with a wry smile, "Teacher, in the past I did have thoughts of becoming Pope or emperor. But now, where is there any time for that? However, after I break through to the god level, I can experience the life of an emperor."
Bibi Dong covered her red lips and laughed. "Don't worry. When the time comes, I'll definitely let you experience just how hard an emperor's life is."
"By the way, has Xue'er or Senior Sister come out of seclusion?" Jiang Chen asked.
"No. They've only been in seclusion for a little over a month, and you already can't help missing them?"
"I miss them even in my dreams." Jiang Chen sighed.
The two chatted idly for a few more sentences. Bibi Dong asked, "By the way, now that you've returned this time, do you plan to go out again?"
Jiang Chen said, "I want to explore each of the forbidden lands originally controlled by our empire. Perhaps I can still discover treasures no less valuable than these soul tools."
Bibi Dong was somewhat worried. "Then you must be careful. Some places are dangerous even for Titled Douluo to enter."
"Rest assured. I can already fight against a Rank 99 Titled Douluo now, and I have Qiongqi with me. Aside from god-level experts, there is probably no place on the Douluo Continent that can threaten me."
"In short, just pay attention to safety." Bibi Dong instructed.
…
On Sea God Island, the phenomenon caused by Tang San left the original spirit masters of Sea God Island utterly shocked.
More than half the sky had been dyed golden. Such a magnificent and vast scene, combined with a nameless pressure, made many spirit masters' hearts tremble.
A woman of gentle appearance and noble, elegant temperament instantly appeared before Tang San and the others. No one saw how she had appeared.
"Great Worship." Sea Horse Douluo hurriedly saluted respectfully.
Dai Mubai and Oscar only glanced once before lowering their heads.
A trace of heat was hidden in Ma Hongjun's small eyes, but he did not dare show it.
Bo Saixi nodded and looked at Tang San with a gentle expression, saying softly, "Child, can you tell me your name?"
"Senior, my name is Tang San." Tang San answered respectfully.
Although the woman before him looked to be in her thirties, based on his experience, he understood that this Great Worship's age was definitely not small.
"Surname Tang… is this a coincidence?" the Great Worship murmured.
Tang San did not hear Bo Saixi's murmur clearly and asked curiously, "Senior, what did that golden light earlier represent? I have to face nine examinations."
Bo Saixi smiled gently. "Child, what you obtained is the Sea God Nine Examinations bestowed by the great Sea God."
"Senior, do gods truly exist in this world?" Tang San's expression was full of doubt.
Regarding gods, he had always maintained a skeptical attitude.
"Of course they do. The founder of our Sea God Island, the great Sea God, is a great god." Bo Saixi affirmed.
She gazed at the young people before her and sighed. "All of you have quite good aptitude. Work hard in the upcoming examinations. You have the chance to reach Rank 99.
"And you have the chance to touch that higher god-level realm!"
Bo Saixi finally looked at Tang San, an unusual color flickering in her eyes.
Xiao Wu's heart tightened. She stepped forward and stood beside Tang San, pressing close to him, looking at this plump and alluring beautiful woman with some vigilance.
Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing all showed excited expressions on their faces.
Rank 99 Titled Douluo! They had never expected to obtain such an opportunity.
As far as they knew, the Spirit Empire only had a single Rank 99 Titled Douluo, and he was already old.
The day they reached Rank 99 would absolutely be the day the Spirit Empire was destroyed.
The three of them clenched their fists tightly, as if they could already see the scene of the Spirit Empire's destruction.
At that moment, a streak of blue flowing light shot over from the horizon at extreme speed. The speed was so fast that even Rank 99 Bo Saixi could not react in time.
That blue light smashed into Tang San's forehead before finally stopping.
Tang San's mind buzzed from the impact. The world spun around him, and he nearly fell.
Xiao Wu's eyes were sharp and her hands quick as she supported him.
Only then did the blue light slowly dissipate, revealing a blue triangular object.
One of its sharp corners was still stained with the blood flowing from Tang San's forehead.
While everyone was still in a daze, this object "whooshed" and shot into Tang San's hand, tightly gripped by him.
Bo Saixi's eyes revealed a shocked expression. Her body trembled slightly from excitement.
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