Douluo Continent: The Peerless Tang Sect, Angels and Rakshasa Return

Chapter 96—Don't refuse something that's offered to you for free.

Rakshasa is one of the two gods in the divine realm who are in charge of killing and evil thoughts and resentment. The lower-ranking god of sin is the food of Rakshasa.

As for the other energy, Qian Lingyun naturally used it to temper her body and enhance her strength.

The remnant soul of the god of evil vanished, and the Soul-Capturing Tablet that had been floating on the ground became ownerless.

All the remaining energy within the Prison of Death went out of control and surged into Qian Lingyun's body, strengthening her power in a unique way.

The divine position is connected to the main body. After the Rakshasa divine position completely devoured the sinful divine position, it also used resentment and evil energy to nourish itself. Qian Lingyun only felt a headache and her scalp was very itchy!

"Ah! Hiss... Something's not right... Am I... going to grow a brain?!" Qian Lingyun exclaimed, frowning.

At the same time, Qian Lingyun's long, flowing hair, as smooth as seaweed, suddenly underwent some inexplicable changes. Clumps of hair gathered into small strands, abruptly lengthening and transforming into black snakes with red eyes that slid down her head.

Not only that, Qian Lingyun noticed something strange on her head and subconsciously looked up. As soon as she looked up, she was startled by the smooth and delicate little snakes.

"Holy crap! What the hell is that?! There are so many snakes, it's terrifying!"

When her beautiful hair turned into snakes, Qian Lingyun was startled. After swearing several times, she cautiously touched her snakeskin, swallowed hard, and said, "Oh my, it's... kind of smooth..."

"It's slippery, but it's not pretty at all! It'll scare people if we go out shopping!" Qian Lingyun muttered to herself, when the little snakes above her head protested loudly, emitting sharp hisses as if demanding that she apologize for her verbal offense.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said you weren't pretty. You're pretty, very pretty, alright?" Qian Lingyun said helplessly, but in her heart she was thinking about how to change her hair back. After all... she couldn't go out like this with this hairstyle anymore...

Outside the prison of the dead, a group of evil soul masters, including Zhong Liwu, stared strangely at the energy fluctuations deep inside the tunnel and whispered among themselves.

"Mother, this fluctuation doesn't seem like... a spiritual ascension!" Zhong Liwu frowned and said, seeing that Ye Xishui remained silent, he began to have doubts.

After a long while, Zhongliwu, unable to contain himself any longer, finally made up his mind to go into the prison to see what was going on.

Unexpectedly, before he even got close to the tunnel, a stream of purplish-black energy emanated from the prison and swept towards him.

Zhongli Wu, of course, didn't take these air currents seriously. After casually dispersing them, he was about to reopen the gates of the Death Prison.

A tingling, itchy sensation came from his arm. He looked down and saw that the dissipated purplish-black energy was clinging to his arm like maggots, slowly wriggling.

"What is this thing?" Zhongli Wu stared in astonishment at the slowly expanding purplish-black aura on his arm. With each increase in the aura's strength, he could feel his power being weakened, as if his soul power was being devoured by it.

Zhongli Wu frowned, his left hand held two fingers together, gathering his soul power at his fingertips, and then fiercely pointed at the purplish-black energy on his right arm, dispersing it.

We can't afford to delay any longer!

Zhongli Wu hurriedly opened the gates of the Death Prison, about to step inside to search for Qian Lingyun's whereabouts, when he unexpectedly found Qian Lingyun standing lazily at the gate, holding the Soul-Capturing Token, quietly watching him, and coldly saying, "The sect leader is a bit too late. If you had delayed any longer, I would have blasted this broken door open."

After saying that, Qian Lingyun stepped aside, past Zhong Liwu who had a complicated expression, and walked through the narrow passage to stand in front of Ye Xishui.

"You took that thing out?" Ye Xishui raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile.

"Hmm." Qian Lingyun casually flicked the Soul-Capturing Token in her hand, then put it back in her pouch, nodding and chuckling, "I guess so! This thing should be mine now! But after that, there was no more Prison of Death."

"The Holy Maiden truly possesses remarkable skills, single-handedly destroying the greatest legacy of my Holy Spirit Cult," Zhongli Wu said, his tone tinged with helplessness.

"Besides taking this thing, what other benefits did you get?" Without waiting for Qian Lingyun's answer, Ye Xishui placed her hand on Qian Lingyun's shoulder, channeled a wisp of soul power into her, and asked in a low voice, "Have you broken through again!?"

"I only managed to level up four or five times by sheer luck," Qian Lingyun said, estimating the changes in her body before smiling and giving Ye Xishui a six.

"I should be at the peak of level 62 now. Once I digest all those strange things I've absorbed, breaking through to level 63 shouldn't be a problem." After saying this, Qian Lingyun added in her mind:

Of course, those resentful spirits couldn't level up that many times; they still needed the remnant soul of Medusa, the goddess of evil, to replenish them!

If I had known that the remnants of a god's soul were so nourishing, I should have found a way to extract the souls of those two watchdogs from the God of Destruction, ate them little by little, and waited for them to recover before...

Thinking of this, Qian Lingyun raised her hand and patted her cheeks in fear, exclaiming, "Oh my god, how could I have thought of such a terrible thing!"

"The Sixth Ring Road, right?" Ye Xishui leaned down to carefully examine the beautiful young woman before her, feeling an indescribable satisfaction. After pondering for a moment, she took Long Xiaoyao's arm, turned her head, and asked:

"Since your fifth spirit ring is a 100,000-year spirit ring, would you like me and your Grandpa Dragon to take you hunting for a suitable 100,000-year spirit ring tomorrow?"

"Um... I won't trouble you two seniors for now. I'm not in a hurry to hunt for a soul ring. After all, I can accumulate soul power by continuing to cultivate after breaking through. If I improve too quickly, I'm afraid my foundation will be unstable." Qian Lingyun smiled awkwardly and subconsciously took half a step back.

"Why are you still calling me 'senior'? Don't you feel awkward?" Ye Xishui frowned and said with displeasure.

"!" Qian Lingyun was overjoyed and bowed, saying, "This disciple thanks you, Elder..."

Before she could finish speaking, Ye Xishui grabbed Qian Lingyun's wrist and announced to everyone present, "In the name of the Supreme Master, I hereby declare that the Rakshasa Saintess Lingyun is the next Master of my Holy Spirit Sect."

Ye Xishui paused slightly, then raised her hand to stroke Qian Lingyun's head: "At the same time, she is also my successor. Whatever she wants to do, that is what I will do."

"Anyone who dares to outwardly comply but inwardly defy or disobey orders, hmph!"

As Ye Xishui's cold, muffled groan rang out, the surrounding air seemed to freeze.

All the evil spirit masters present felt a chill run down their spines and instinctively took a step back, barely daring to breathe.

"Aren't you going to do something now?" Ye Xishui looked at Qian Lingyun with a half-smile and said, "I've already prepared your gift!"

"Disciple Lingyun greets you..." Qian Lingyun's words were cut short by Ye Xishui, who said, "I have a son, but he's a disappointment and hasn't given me any grandchildren to keep me company. If you're willing, you might as well call me grandmother!"

"Ah, this..." Qian Lingyun stood there, stunned, thinking to herself:

【You really know how to make things difficult for people! If I call you Grandmother, then wouldn't Zhongli Wu be me...?】

"What are you worried about? You are my goddaughter, and have nothing to do with anyone else."

"Well... Granddaughter Lingyun greets her grandmother."

Having said all that, recognizing a godmother won't hurt her... Thinking of this, Qian Lingyun could only obediently bow like a junior.

"Oh, good girl!" Ye Xishui smiled slightly, gently stroking Qian Lingyun's head like a kind elder.

She turned to look at Long Xiaoyao, and said in a low, choked voice, "Xiaoyao, I have a granddaughter now! Aren't you happy for me?"

"..."

"Happy, happy, of course I'm happy!" Long Xiaoyao hugged Ye Xishui tightly, comforting her with a hint of helplessness.

In Chapter 81 of the original novel, Douluo Continent I, Yu Xiaogang's theory of accumulation states that breaking through a bottleneck does not necessarily require obtaining a martial soul first. Continuing to cultivate will still allow soul power to accumulate and be released when a soul ring is obtained.

Therefore, it's reasonable to play it safe and wait it out.

(End of this chapter)