"Judging by the time, the divine trial should be starting soon," Su Cheng thought to himself.
Qian Renxue's progress in the divine trial would definitely be much faster than in the original story.
Although he wasn't clear on the exact content of the first eight trials, he understood the general direction of the divine trial.
Nothing more than elevating the soul, the physical body, and the martial soul to a quasi-divine level, while also increasing compatibility with the god position—so that in the final step one could perfectly merge with the godhood, condense a divine soul, reconstruct a divine body, and transform divine power.
Su Cheng's training of Qian Renxue had always followed this path, all to allow her to gain the greatest benefits during the divine trial.
Thinking of this, his eyes narrowed slightly.
The first eight trials were like that, yes—but what about the ninth trial?
Su Cheng didn't want to fall into conspiracy theories. Overthinking could affect his judgment. But for the sake of the future, he had to figure out whether there were hidden secrets involved.
The Angel Ninth Trial in the original timeline was truly very strange.
The Angel God was not some evil god—its attributes were upright and dignified.
Logically speaking, tempering the soul and causing it to undergo transformation should mean strengthening one's own will, using the temptations of the seven emotions and six desires as whetstones.
Yet in Qian Renxue's ninth trial, Bibi Dong and Tang San—who should never have appeared—both showed up.
Could the Angel God's inheritance really be completed by borrowing hatred and lust? Don't joke.
What's more, when Tang San later underwent the Sea God's divine trial, he was actually able to learn about the content of the Angel God's trial. That was extremely unreasonable.
And the punishment for failing the Angel Ninth Trial was death. The Qian family of Spirit Hall were all descendants of the Angel God—forget giving descendants any special treatment, but even pushing them to their deaths? Su Cheng simply didn't believe that.
Divine trials—one could say they were difficult, or one could say they were simple. On the premise that the inheritor met the requirements, the attitude of the original god of the position played an enormous role.
However, everything would have to wait until Qian Renxue completed the inheritance before he could truly understand the situation.
Su Cheng then looked toward the direction of the Papal Palace.
"And you, Bibi Dong—are you ready to participate in the ninth trial? The top-tier beast martial souls of the three great worshippers—Golden Crocodile, Azure Dragon, and Flaming Lion—will you devour them or not?"
In the exclusive cultivation chamber of the Papal Palace in Spirit City.
Bibi Dong, who had been sitting cross-legged in cultivation, slowly opened her eyes, crimson bloodlight shining from them.
Her originally noble and peerless face now looked terrifyingly distorted, blood-red lines crisscrossing her face.
Behind her, an indistinct black shadow loomed.
Bibi Dong took a deep breath. Dark purple light surged, and the changes on her body gradually faded, restoring her original appearance—though her face still looked somewhat pale.
Unlike Su Cheng, she could clearly sense that the Angel God's divine trial was currently beginning in the Hall of Worship.
Hatred flashed in her eyes."Qian Daoliu—your son ruined me. Then I will destroy everything of your Angel Clan."
She extended her right hand, and a book floated into it. She opened it to a certain page.
The page was wrinkled, the edges of the cover frayed, clearly having existed for a long time and been frequently handled.
"Weapon-type martial souls are more inclined toward the nature of tools. In the hands of soul masters, whether in attack, defense, or control, they are easier to push to extremes in a single aspect compared to beast-type martial souls.
"Beast-type martial souls, although they also have their focuses, are more balanced in ability.
"Especially in the aspect of martial soul possession—this is an innate advantage of beast-type martial souls, strengthening all aspects of a soul master's qualities. In other words, beast-type martial souls actually provide a certain degree of enhancement to a person's mental will, something weapon-type martial souls find hard to achieve.
"Furthermore, if the strength of the martial soul can be greatly increased, the enhancement that beast-type martial souls provide to a soul master's willpower is far beyond imagination. On this point, I myself have deeply experienced it…"
This was a theory Yu Xiaogang had published several years ago. Bibi Dong would take it out to reread from time to time, and this page in particular she could practically recite from memory.
"Enhancing martial soul strength…"
Possessing the Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor martial soul, she naturally knew how to enhance martial soul strength.
Back then, the feast of Qian Xunji's flesh and blood had given her an enormous surprise.
A strange gleam flashed in Bibi Dong's eyes."Xiaogang… perhaps this is fate. At this step, you can still help me greatly from beyond."
Originally, she still hesitated about whether to devour those people from the Hall of Worship.
If she continued cultivating step by step for another dozen years, she would certainly complete the Rakshasa God trial smoothly and become invincible in the world.
But now, seeing that Qian Renxue had also begun her divine trial, she could no longer remain calm.
Bibi Dong was mad, but not stupid. Over the years, she had clearly noticed the change in Qian Renxue's attitude.
She had long suspected that Qian Renxue already knew the truth about Qian Xunji's death.
Between mother and daughter, perhaps it wasn't inevitable that one of them had to die to settle their grudges—but she would not allow herself to survive only because of Qian Renxue's pity.
She wanted it to be her own decision whether the Angel Clan would be completely destroyed.
"Who should I start with…"
She lightly licked the corner of her lips, a wicked and crazed smile appearing on her face.
The three great worshippers were naturally no match for her individually, but if they joined forces, with her current strength suppressed by the divine trial, it would be very difficult to kill them all at once. She would have to break them one by one.
Moreover, once a real battle started, the commotion would not be small. Although Qian Daoliu was accompanying Qian Renxue through her divine trial, it wasn't as if he couldn't break away at all.
She needed to plan carefully.
Besides that, there was another person she had long found displeasing.
With that thought, Bibi Dong rose and left the chamber, arriving at the Papal Palace and summoning Chrysanthemum Douluo.
"Your Holiness."
"Yue Guan, you've been getting quite close to Su Cheng lately?" Bibi Dong asked casually.
"Yes. I promised Mister Su that I would assist his cultivation over these few years."
"Assist his cultivation?" Bibi Dong frowned slightly. "Do you have nothing better to do?"
"Your Holiness, my breakthroughs in cultivation over the past few years are entirely thanks to an immortal herb Mister Su gave me, called Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum."
Yue Guan's expression was calm, but his heart jumped violently.
Su Cheng had just sought him out earlier, saying that if the Pope asked, he could tell her about the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum.
And now Bibi Dong really had asked—he immediately sensed that there were too many things here that he couldn't see through.
Something big was about to happen in Spirit Hall.
"Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum?!" Bibi Dong's expression changed in shock. "Isn't that your—"
"Indeed, the immortal herb identical to my martial soul."
Bibi Dong fell silent for a long time, then waved her hand to signal that he could leave.
After Yue Guan departed, her face instantly darkened, emotions surging within her.
How long ago had Su Cheng already begun making preparations for this moment?
She had once wondered why Yue Guan, whose cultivation progress had been slow, had suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds over these years.
When she asked back then, he had only given vague answers.
So that was the reason.
"Su Cheng…"
A trace of killing intent flashed through Bibi Dong's eyes, then vanished without a trace.
Su Cheng was nothing more than a small Soul King—hardly worth concern.
Since the now greatly strengthened Chrysanthemum Douluo was backing him, there was no need to stir up trouble over such a minor issue.
By comparison, Qian Renxue—who had the potential to become a god—was the real threat.
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