Douluo: Wuhun Longyuan Sword, I have become the scabbard

Chapter 192 Discussion
The soul power emanating from this person is far too strong. Although it would be difficult for me to possess such an aura, I must concentrate and use most of my soul power.

I can't be as casual and natural as the person in front of me.

Moreover, this person's soul power was too condensed. When he appeared, the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) was drawn in by an invisible force, and I was able to absorb far too little of it.

His strength surpasses mine!
Even with Ning Fengzhi's assistance, he might not be a match for him.

"Father, Grandpa Sword! Grandpa Bone!" Ning Rongrong jumped down and came to stand in front of them.

"Rongrong!"

Gu Rong was overjoyed, his previous tension completely forgotten. Then, as if he realized something, his face showed surprise again.

"It's Rongrong back! Don't be nervous." Chen Xin said in a deep voice when he saw Ding Quan withdraw his soul power. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School disciples around him also breathed a sigh of relief.

The aura that Ding Quan just released was so terrifying that I thought a powerful enemy was coming.

Ding Quan felt the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) return to normal, and the effect of the soul core on his body was simply too strong.

He is currently constantly changing his attributes, and the soul power that erupts between the Yin and Yang soul cores will generate a powerful pressure.

I used spatial power again when I came here. Although I can use spatial power, I am not very proficient at it.

Ding Quan turned his gaze to Gu Rong, the Bone Douluo, who possessed spatial attributes. Perhaps he could learn a thing or two from him.

"Grandpa Jian, this is Quan, someone you know."

"Of course I know you, but it's been over a year since we last met, and I can no longer see through your strength." A year ago, in the Sunset Forest, I personally witnessed Ding Quan fighting against the Golden Crocodile Douluo from the Spirit Hall. At that time, I was still able to see through Ding Quan's strength. Although he was very strong, I should have been able to defeat him.

Unexpectedly, in just over a year, Ding Quan's strength had far surpassed his own.

That's right. Back then, Ding Quan was only at the seventh spirit ring, but now he must have absorbed the eighth spirit ring, and if nothing unexpected happens, it will be the eighth spirit ring after 100,000 years.

Given the gap between Soul Saints and Soul Douluos, their strength naturally undergoes a dramatic change.

"My strength has improved during this period."

"Alright, this isn't the place to talk. Let's talk inside." Ning Fengzhi saw Ning Rongrong pulling Ding Quan along, their relationship quite intimate, and his initial tension at the thought of a powerful enemy attack turned into joy.

With Ning Rongrong's connections, the stronger Ding Quan becomes, the better.

"Hehe, Father, I brought back a lot of good things this time."

"Really? Then I'd like to see what it is."

Inside the main hall, Ning Fengzhi's eyes lit up upon hearing this. The good stuff Rongrong mentioned was probably not simple. Ning Fengzhi glanced at Ding Quan, who remembered that Ning Rongrong had brought back two ten-thousand-year-old soul bones for the sect but hadn't returned.

"There's quite a lot of stuff this time, but once the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School members learn it, even support-type Soul Masters will have combat power."

"Yeah?!"

"Father, this is for you!" Ning Rongrong took out a thick book from her storage soul weapon and handed it to the shocked and confused Ning Fengzhi along with a storage soul tool.

"Soul Guidance Device Theory!"

"A soul tool?" Chen Xin and Gu Rong looked at the book together, exchanging a surprised and doubtful glance.

"That's right. It contains the theory and manufacturing methods of soul tools, including all kinds of soul tool knowledge. If you learn it, you can manufacture it. There are quite a few attack and defense types of soul tools in it."

"But the soul tool doesn't seem to be very useful."

It's no wonder they were surprised, as the knowledge of soul tools in Douluo Continent has long been lost, and only some remnants of soul tools remain in certain ruins.

These soul tools have virtually no offensive capabilities, and most of them are already damaged; only the storage soul tools have been preserved intact.

Offensive and defensive soul tools are extremely rare, and their power and effectiveness are limited.

"Soul tools also vary in strength. Soul tools are divided into levels one to nine. The power released by a level nine soul tool is almost the same as that of a titled Douluo."

"what!"

Ning Fengzhi was even more shocked upon hearing this.

Is the power of a level nine soul tool almost the same as that of a titled Douluo?
The power of a Title Douluo is beyond doubt. If the power of a Level 9 Soul Tool can rival that of a Title Douluo, then only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School can create a Level 9 Soul Tool. At that time, even without a Title Douluo in charge, other forces would not dare to provoke them easily.

There might be a gap in the number of Title Douluo, but if a Level 9 Soul Tool is created, it can be passed down through generations.

As for the difficulty of creating a level nine soul tool being as great as a soul master breaking through to the Title Douluo level, that's understandable.

Ding Quan listened as Ning Rongrong explained the levels of soul tools and soul masters to the others. Soul tools were indeed very useful to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, but it was not easy to have a level nine soul master.

Especially now that we only have theory.

The best way to quickly learn about soul tools is to go directly to the Soul Tool Academy on the Sun and Moon Continent.

However, there are now dangerous places between these two continents that are difficult for ordinary people to cross.

Ding Quan was actually a little puzzled. The distance between the two continents was quite far at present, but according to news from ten thousand years later, the two continents would collide in a few thousand years.

Continental plates do move, but for two continents so far apart to meet, the time would normally be in the hundreds of millions of years.

"Ding Quan, thank you very much. These things are very important to my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School."

"Uncle Ning, if you find it useful, that's good." Ding Quan watched as Ning Fengzhi solemnly put away the documents. The value of these things was indeed difficult to measure in the current Douluo Continent.

Moreover, Ding Quan's form of address changed during the conversation just now.

"I never imagined there was another continent across the vast ocean. I just don't know if we can reach it."

Ning Fengzhi and the others were also somewhat surprised. They did not expect that Ding Quan and his group would enter the Frozen Forest, cross the far north, and actually go to another continent. The knowledge and theory of soul tools were obtained from that continent.

“Father, the far north is too cold and too dangerous. There are even many ferocious beasts over 100,000 years old there. It is too difficult to cross the far north.”

Ning Rongrong knew her father's plan. The inheritance of soul tools had not been interrupted in the Sun Moon Continent, so naturally they could send people to the Sun Moon Continent to learn, which was much faster than learning from scratch.

"A ferocious beast?"

"Soul beasts undergo a tribulation of lightning after reaching 100,000 years of age, while ferocious beasts are beings that have survived two tribulations of lightning, with an age of over 200,000 years."

"More than 200,000 years?"

"You know this?" Ning Rongrong looked at Chen Xin and Gu Rong without surprise, as she had only recently learned this knowledge herself.

Ding Quan was also somewhat surprised. Could it be that someone already knew the probability of encountering a ferocious beast and had spread the news? "There really are soul beasts that have survived the tribulation of lightning? The news that the Spirit Hall spread before was indeed true."

Is the Spirit Hall established because of the relationship between Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo?

Upon hearing this, Ding Quan recalled what Ling had said a year ago: that he had encountered two titled Douluo, Chrysanthemum and Ghost, and a 90,000-year-old Titan Snow Demon.

That was when Shui Bing'er absorbed the Ice Bear King Xiaobai's three-hundred-thousand-year-old essence and sacrificed it in the face of the lightning tribulation.

Ling told the two titled Douluo, Ju Gui, that 100,000-year-old soul beasts could survive the Heavenly Tribulation.

"A message from the Spirit Hall?"

"Yes, about a year ago, it was rumored in the Spirit Hall that spirit beasts could survive a hundred thousand years of lightning tribulation, and the spirit rings produced by spirit beasts that survived the tribulation might have golden patterns. Such spirit rings and spirit skills are far superior to ordinary red spirit rings. Ding Quan and Bing Ling's red spirit rings have golden patterns, which is one of the reasons why you are so strong!"

Chen Xin looked at Ding Quan. Ding Quan's seventh spirit ring did indeed have golden patterns, while the ninth spirit ring of that Golden Crocodile Douluo was only red.

Ding Quan's strength was indeed too great, completely unlike that of a Soul Saint.

"Golden patterns?"

Noticing the gazes of Chen Xin and the others, the two titled Douluo, Ju Gui, actually had such a guess. This guess was not entirely correct, but it made some sense.

"Is not it?"

"It's not exactly wrong. A spirit ring with a golden spirit ring does need to undergo a tribulation of lightning, but not once, but twice."

"Hmm! Could it be that...!"

"That's right, a red spirit ring with golden patterns must be over 200,000 years old!"

"More than 200,000 years!"

Chen Xin and Gu Rong exchanged a glance, both of them showing shock in each other's eyes. As Super Douluo, they were well aware of the strength of a 100,000-year-old soul beast. They might be able to defeat a 100,000-year-old soul beast, but hunting it down would be extremely difficult.

As for soul beasts that are over 200,000 years old, I probably wouldn't be able to face them.

"A spirit ring of this age! Could it be...?" Ning Fengzhi was equally shocked. Could a spirit ring over 200,000 years old really be absorbed by a spirit master?
"Father, it's a sacrifice!"

A sacrifice? I see.

It's truly unbelievable that a 200,000-year-old soul beast could be sacrificed.

"Ding Quan, are you on the path to godhood?"

“That’s right! And I already have a direction.” Ding Quan looked at Chen Xin’s solemn gaze, then at Ning Rongrong standing to the side. Ning Rongrong must have already told them about her situation.

Perhaps this is why she decided to follow him in the first place.

"Become a god!" Chen Xin was not surprised to hear this. His previous guess was indeed correct, and Ding Quan even had a direction.

"Ding Quan, there is someone in the Spirit Hall who might also become a god." Ning Fengzhi thought of something.

"Oh?"

“You’ve been away from Douluo Continent for a year, so it’s normal that you don’t know. The long-absent Elder of the Spirit Hall has reappeared, and he’s the six-winged angel spirit master with the eighth spirit ring and a red soul ring!” Ning Fengzhi said solemnly. “During this year, this spirit master has frequently appeared and eliminated many fallen ones hiding in the shadows, including many high-ranking officials from the two great empires.”

"Yeah."

The six-winged angel martial soul belongs to Qian Renxue.

Angelic Martial Souls possess divine attributes and have an extremely strong ability to sense the aura of the Fallen. Fallen individuals hiding in the shadows have no way to hide in front of Angelic Martial Souls.

I remember that Qian Renxue in the original novel did indeed serve as an elder judge of the Spirit Hall, which may explain why it only took her a few years to go from starting the Divine Trial to becoming a god.

It should be noted that the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul can quickly and without side effects improve cultivation by killing Fallen Soul Masters. In addition, Tang San threw the Crimson Swan Kiss into the Blood Pool of Hell Road, causing the Slaughter City to be destroyed, and the Fallen Ones inside escaped.

Among these fallen ones are many powerful individuals, including some at the Title Douluo level.

After killing these fallen soul masters, Qian Renxue's soul power increased rapidly.

"That person is extremely powerful. Contra Douluo were easily defeated by her, and her strength is increasing at an extremely rapid pace!"

After Chen Xin met Qian Renxue, Ding Quan understood from Chen Xin's expression.

However, his guess was correct. Qian Renxue had started the Nine Trials of the Angel God a long time ago, and she may have already completed the first few trials, after all, her examiner was Qian Daoliu.

With the blessing of the divine test, their strength naturally improved extremely quickly.

"It seems you already know." Ning Fengzhi was not surprised to see that Ding Quan hadn't. Perhaps Ding Quan had already known during the battle in Sunset Forest a year ago. The Spirit Hall itself possessed the inheritance of a divine position, not to mention now that it had a top genius with an eighth spirit ring of 100,000 years.

A 100,000-year-old eighth spirit ring—this is something that no one other than Ding Quan and a few others has ever accomplished before, and that person is very young, making it very likely that they will inherit a godhood.

"Ding Quan, what level of strength have you reached now?"

"This! I have never fought anyone since I broke through. Senior, what do you want to do?" Ding Quan looked at Chen Xin's sharp gaze. Although Xue Di had mentioned his approximate strength, he had only fought against that 200,000-year-old thundercloud demon, and he had not used his full strength at that time.

As for the Deep Sea Demon Whale King later on, it also used illusions to escape and was powerless to resist.

"I want to see your true strength. Your sword intent is already above mine. Fighting you might allow me to advance further!" Chen Xin said, as the Seven Kill Sword Qi surged from his body. Ding Quan's strength was definitely above his own now.

"Is that so?" Ding Quan nodded. The sword intent rising from Chen Xin's body was indeed fierce, but it posed no threat to him.

The Snow Empress's sacrifice of her seventh soul ring was too domineering. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that her swordsmanship was the best among the world's strongest. It greatly enhanced her Dragon Abyss Sword and also brought her a sword domain.

The Seven Kill Sword is indeed powerful, but it is far inferior to my own Dragon Abyss Sword, which now possesses two ultimate attributes.

In a mountain forest near the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, Ning Rongrong looked at the two people facing each other and saw the worried look on Chen Xin's face.

She knew Ding Quan very well; he possessed the strength to contend with a 200,000-year-old ferocious beast. Ding Quan's soul skills were incredibly powerful, and now he had a new direction, making his abilities even more terrifying.

The fact that he agreed to fight Grandpa Sword suggests that he is planning to create his own sword technique. Grandpa Sword's Seven Kill Sword Technique is indeed worth learning from.

Are you not worried about Ding Quan at all?

Ning Fengzhi observed Ning Rongrong's actions and realized that she had great confidence in Ding Quan's abilities.

In the distance, two terrifying sword intents rose up, but Ding Quan's soul power was even more terrifying than when he arrived, and his aura had surpassed that of Uncle Jian.

(End of this chapter)