Qian Renfeng had left at noon on the first day. By the afternoon of the next day, he and Qian Daoliu quietly slipped into Holy Soul City together and met Chen Ming.
Although Qian Daoliu did not know what Chen Ming wanted to say or do, he had heard from Qian Renfeng about the danger Chen Ming had faced. Because of that, he still prayed inside Spirit Hall and invited out the Angelic Holy Sword, carrying it with him.
As long as it was needed, Qian Daoliu could burn his own life force at any time and awaken the Angelic Holy Sword for a short period.
This price was hard to accept, but it was not impossible to accept.
Putting aside the fact that Qian Daoliu was not someone afraid of death, Chen Ming now also had methods to increase life force through pill refining.
Although raising one's life limit through life force had diminishing returns, replenishing life force after burning it—so that one's lifespan would not decrease—was not a difficult matter.
As long as he did not burn too much at once and damage his foundation, or let the damage remain for too long without replenishing it, there would be no problem.
Qian Daoliu's current situation was somewhat like an old Great Sage arriving with an extreme imperial weapon.
But in truth, even if Qian Daoliu did not bring the Angelic Holy Sword, his own strength was still unstoppable on Douluo Continent.
"Xiao Ming, I didn't expect so many things to happen to you. Did you call me here because you need me to help with something? Don't worry. If I make a move, everything will be fine."
Qian Daoliu patted his chest and spoke seriously.
Golden Crocodile Douluo had entered seclusion more than three years ago. Although he had not yet broken through to Limit Douluo, Qian Daoliu could already sense fierce and domineering waves of blood essence from time to time in the place where Golden Crocodile Douluo was cultivating. Clearly, he had already reached the key point of breaking through from Level 98 to Level 99.
Once he succeeded, Spirit Hall would gain another Level 99 Limit Douluo.
And in Qian Daoliu's view, with Golden Crocodile Douluo's domineering physical quality at his peak, once he broke through to Level 99 and his Spirit Power and Martial Soul completed their transformation, together with his return to youth and all kinds of other boosts, Golden Crocodile Douluo's body might even touch the level of a divine body.
Becoming a god might not be possible, but becoming a demigod no weaker than the past high priests of the Angel lineage, or even surpassing them, was very likely.
And all of this was thanks to Chen Ming.
Since his old brother could not come out to protect Chen Ming at this time, Qian Daoliu felt that he had a duty to protect him with all his strength.
"Grand Worship, I want you to protect me."
"In a little while, I'll first observe a transformed hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast condense a Spirit Ring. After that, please take me to Sea God Island. I want to ask for a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring."
"Sea God Island isn't so easy to make submit…"
Qian Daoliu had no objection to the first matter.
But when it came to Chen Ming wanting to go to Sea God Island to demand a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring, Qian Daoliu showed some hesitation.
"Putting aside whether I can beat that high priest of Sea God Island on the ocean, even if I can, you can't force a god's inheritance to hand over a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring. That kind of thing can't be stolen…"
"I'm not saying I'm going to steal it. I'm going to request it."
Chen Ming tapped the space between his brows and took down the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud that had fused into his skull.
"When I was researching spirit tools before, I learned that there was a god-level spirit tool inside the Heaven Dou Empire's treasury. So I obtained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince, Xue Qinghe."
"While exploring the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, I gained the recognition of this god-level spirit tool."
"This god-level spirit tool is a part of Sea God's super divine weapon. Its name is the Sea God's Heart. Inside it, I communicated with Sea God's divine thought. Sea God thinks quite highly of me."
"So I want to go ask and see whether I can bring back a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to study."
"Sea God's Heart… Sea God's inheritance…"
Qian Daoliu was truly shocked. Then his whole face filled with joy.
"Sea God is good! Sea God's inheritance is good!"
"Xiao Ming, with your talent, you will definitely become a god. As long as you inherit Sea God's divine trials, you will surely inherit Sea God's position. When that time comes, you'll be able to ascend to the Divine Realm."
"The Sea God Trident left behind by Sea God is a super divine weapon. Its quality is even above the Angelic Holy Sword passed down by my Angel lineage. If you inherit that super divine weapon, your strength will immediately become extremely powerful even among first-level gods."
Back when Spirit Hall attacked Sea God Island during Qian Xunji's era, there had been quite a lot of unpleasantness between Spirit Hall and Sea God Island. Many high-level Spirit Masters of Spirit Hall had fallen at sea, and in the end, this led to Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen going to Sea God Island together.
But the relationship between the three Limit Douluo was still quite good, and Qian Daoliu still liked Bo Saixi.
Bo Saixi clearly liked Tang Chen more and put forward the condition that only someone who became a god could be with her. In another way, that was a rejection of him, a high priest who could not become a god.
Sea God Island might be outsiders, but Chen Ming was not.
If Chen Ming inherited Sea God's god position, would that not be the same as indirectly merging Sea God Island and Spirit Hall together?
When the time came, Chen Ming and his granddaughter Qian Renxue, one man and one woman, would become husband and wife and unify the continent and the ocean.
Then the two of them would inherit god positions together, become gods together, and support each other in the Divine Realm.
What a wonderful thing that would be!
In the eyes of a high priest like Qian Daoliu, being qualified to inherit a god position prepared by a predecessor was a huge blessing. This was taking advantage of a great opportunity.
Originally, Qian Daoliu had thought that after his granddaughter became a god, perhaps Chen Ming would also have a chance to become one.
But now, the two of them might be able to become gods at the same time.
No, perhaps Chen Ming might even become a god one step faster.
As for the matter of the high priest having to sacrifice himself and provide energy once the divine trials were opened, Qian Daoliu felt that although it was important, it was not such a terrible thing.
After all, as long as one had the heart, after becoming a god, they could bring the high priest's soul to the Divine Realm and let the high priest continue living there.
A sacrifice only meant dying temporarily, temporarily losing the body and energy. It was not true soul destruction.
In a certain sense, being able to sacrifice themselves for someone who achieved the Nine Trials was actually a good thing for high priests like them, who could only reach the Eight Trials.
After all, they could indirectly ascend to the Divine Realm. And because the new god had a connection to them, they could even receive extra help.
It was not as if, after the high priest finally sacrificed themselves, the person inheriting the god position would fail before even reaching the Divine Realm, right?
Impossible.
Impossible.
That couldn't possibly happen, right?
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