Douluo: The Glory of the Peerless Angel

Sunlight streamed through the clouds into the Starry Sky Forest, reflecting a vibrant green expanse on the surface of Swan Lake, shimmering like a giant jade mirror.

The lakeside is shaded by lush trees, adding a touch of color to this territory of emerald swans. The emerald swans leisurely swim in the lake, their soft feathers shimmering.

A gentle breeze rippled across the lake, creating a flowing painting that softly swayed the reflections of two stunningly beautiful women on the shore.

"If all goes well, we will be together, exploring the glaciers that never melt in the far north, conquering the volcanoes that burn fiercely, sailing the vast ocean, and soaring freely in the boundless sky."

We will have a glorious and splendid future.

Ling Qiuxi's long hair swayed gently in the breeze, and a hint of longing appeared in her eyes.

As Biji listened to Ling Qiuxi's experiences and aspirations for the future, her eyes softened as she spoke:

"The fate between people is like rain that cannot be avoided. I believe you can do it. It's just that when a soul beast falls in love with a human, it often comes at a great price. You are the child we raised, and you have never experienced pain or betrayal. We uncles and aunts are worried that you will go astray."

"It doesn't matter, going anywhere is moving forward."

Ling Qiuxi's red lips, as red as lacquer, suppressed her usual aloofness and gained a touch of radiance:

"I am upright and honest, and I am not afraid of making mistakes!"

Biji looked into Ling Qiuxi's eyes and was surprised to find that her gaze was serious and clear when she said those words.

This child, whom I watched grow up, has never lacked courage.

"Aunt Bi, I need a soul ring to break through my cultivation level," Ling Qiuxi suddenly said.

Brigitte looked away and asked with a smile, "What kind?"

"I have activated the Golden Dragon bloodline within me, transforming it into a martial soul. Therefore, I need to absorb a soul beast that excels in strength, with a cultivation level of 50,000 to 70,000 years."

The Emperor Beast is the emperor among soul beasts. Thunder and rain are all imperial favors. Ling Qiuxi used to eat the brain marrow of light-type soul beasts. Now she absorbs soul rings like a human. For her, it is all about satisfying her appetite and there is no psychological pressure.

"it is good."

Biji is kind and not pedantic. The Star Dou Great Forest also has a food chain, and there are quite a few ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts that are naturally lost in the struggle for survival. As long as they are not killed indiscriminately like the evil soul beasts, it is fine.

Moreover, Ling Qiuxi carries the fate of the Star Dou Great Forest on her shoulders. The stronger her cultivation, the more abundant the Star Dou's fortune, and the higher the quality of her soul beasts and the greater the probability of them surviving the Heavenly Tribulation.

Near Swan Lake lived several hundred-thousand-year-old soul beasts. They had once received a favor from Biji and volunteered to serve as her guards. Biji's beautiful eyes swept over a hundred-thousand-year-old six-winged demonic tiger, and her gentle voice reached its ears:

"A 70,000-year-old strength-type soul beast, captured alive."

"Yes, Lady Brigitte!"

The six-winged demonic tiger, a 100,000-year-old soul beast, agreed and, calling its friends, set off in a grand procession.

Half an hour later, the Six-Winged Demon Tiger returned, dragging a gigantic ape behind it, followed by several wounded soul beasts. The tiger itself had two broken wings and bared its teeth, saying:

"That mischievous monkey is incredibly strong. Even with a group of us spirit beasts surrounding it, it almost broke through using only its bare fists!"

"Thank you for your hard work."

Bi Ji raised her hand, releasing layers of emerald green light waves. The drooping wings of the six-winged demon tiger instantly returned to normal, and the injuries on the other soul beast guards healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Golden Dragon Spear pierced the ape's head, and a deep, ten-thousand-year-old soul ring appeared, exuding a profound and imposing aura.

Ling Qiuxi sat cross-legged on the ground, guiding the black spirit ring. A golden dragon slowly emerged behind her, its head held high, looking down contemptuously at the ape. With a single breath, the jet-black spirit ring was swallowed whole by the golden dragon.

A faint golden halo spread from Ling Qiuxi's body, and the golden light rose like a thin mist. Her soul power fluctuated violently, but there was no sign of it getting out of control. The golden dragon suppressed the ape, otherwise the ferocious power of a 70,000-year-old soul beast would have already been emanating out.

"Senior Brigitte."

Just then, Ling Bai, having devoured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Soul-Devouring Spider King, arrived at Swan Lake, holding the Emperor Heaven Black Dragon Scale. He appeared as if a beast god had personally descended, and his journey was unimpeded.

"It's you..."

Bi Ji frowned slightly. Back then, the two mischievous demon kings almost wiped out all the high-level light-type soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest that were over 50,000 years old, including a 100,000-year-old Holy Sun Heavenly Spirit Tiger.

Of course, the brains of these soul beasts all ended up in Ling Qiuxi's stomach, and their flesh and blood were turned into roasted meat for the two of them to feast on.

To be precise, Ling Qiuxi was the principal offender and Ling Bai was an accomplice. However, Bi Ji believed that without Ling Bai's deliberate indulgence and encouragement, Ling Qiuxi could not have done that much on her own. Therefore, she could only say that her impression of Ling Bai was average.

After politely greeting Bi Ji, Ling Bai realized that Bi Ji seemed unwilling to talk to him. He had no desire to fawn over her, so he looked at Ling Qiu Xi, who was absorbing her sixth soul ring, and then noticed the dead ape.

"Good heavens, a Titan Ape..."

Ling Bai leaned back tactically. The Titan Giant Ape was undoubtedly a top-tier soul beast. Like the Titan Snow Demon King of the far north, it possessed the Titan bloodline, was enormous in size, and had immense strength, making it extremely suitable for the Golden Dragon.

As expected of Xingdou's favorite daughter, she can make Xingdou Great Forest give up a 70,000-year-old Titan Giant Ape as its sixth soul ring.

Ling Bai chuckled mischievously, wondering if Xiong Jun would selflessly sacrifice himself once Ling Qiuxi broke through to level 90. The Golden Dragon's ninth spirit ring was the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear King—just thinking about it was terrifying!

With two yellow, two purple, and two black rings, Ling Qiuxi completed the fusion of the Titan Giant Ape soul rings. In addition, the Golden Dragon Spear devoured a large group of blood-red baboons, and her soul power soared to level sixty-four.

The two bid farewell to Biji, who clung to Ling Qiuxi's hand with reluctance, and couldn't help but warn Ling Bai:

"Treat the auspicious beast well. Di Tian and I are her parents. If she suffers any injustice, we will not forgive you!"

Upon hearing this, Ling Bai smiled bitterly and assured him that no one could afford to offend such a terrifying maternal family. If they disagreed, Di Tian would simply travel through space and devour the claws of my Great Dragon God!

Ling Qiuxi's eyes were tinged with a faint smile as she and Ling Bai left Swan Lake to search for the Shrek Soul Hunter Team.

"By the way, Qiu Xi, you haven't absorbed any soul bones since you transformed into human form. I have quite a few 100,000-year soul bones here. Pick a few first."

Immediately afterwards, Ling Bai rattled off a long list of soul bone names like reciting a menu, leaving Ling Qiuxi stunned.

"You can't fly, how about the Emerald Wings, the external soul bone of the Emerald Demon Bird?" Ling Bai suggested.

Ling Qiuxi pouted: "It's for little girls, too delicate."

Ling Bai looked at him strangely. "Aren't you a little girl?"

He suddenly understood that Ling Qiuxi had inherited the aesthetic of a power-type Soul Master, liking something rugged and domineering. The Emerald Wings, with their small and exquisite appearance, did not fit the Golden Dragon's principle of overwhelming force.

"What about the Soul-Devouring Spider King or the Cyclops? Their head soul bones can enhance their spiritual power."

"It's nothing special. I actually think the Dark Demon God Tiger Soul Bone is pretty good."

"OK."

Ling Bai nodded and joked, "The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger wanted to kill us when it was alive, but after it died, its power was divided between the two of us."

"Serves it right!" Ling Qiuxi sneered. "Who told it to have such inappropriate thoughts?"

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's greatest strength lies in the extreme evil bestowed by its evil god bloodline. However, as a robust and powerful tiger-type soul beast, its own strength is incomparably formidable, and the soul rings and soul bones it produces are suitable for all strength-type soul masters.

The most precious 100,000-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger torso soul bone belongs to Ling Qiuxi, while Ling Bai will find suitable owners for the rest of the soul bones.

……

As night fell, the group traversed the Star Dou Great Forest at high speed. Leading the way was the Azure Shadow Douluo, Elder Song, whose face was ashen. He waved his hand, unleashing thousands of wind blades to clear the path ahead.

Following behind Old Master Song were Zhang Lexuan, followed by Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Li Yongyue, and Mo Xuan.

"Where are those two living fathers?!"

Old Song screamed inwardly, the Soul-Devouring Spider King and the Emerald Demon Bird were entangled with her, the third 100,000-year-old evil soul beast was chasing the Soul-Hunting Squad, and Ling Bai and Ling Qiuxi's fate was still unknown. It seemed that she was going to follow in Old Xuan's footsteps.

Although Elder Xuan's team suffered heavy losses, only ordinary inner court disciples died in battle. The Shrek family is powerful and can afford to offend them. But what are Ling Bai and Ling Qiuxi's identities?

The former is the direct disciple of the Limit Douluo, possesses a god-level martial soul, and is a seventeen-year-old Soul Douluo with a limitless future, enough to support the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School for an era!

The latter is most likely the former's older sister, the Golden Dragon of Ultimate Power, the top-tier existence among ultimate martial souls, with exceptional talent!

Old Song's eyes were bloodshot. He couldn't imagine the terrifying storm that would rage if the two died in the Star Dou Great Forest. The worst outcome would be that Jianmu Douluo and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School would go mad!

With the world's number one plant-type soul master and the world's number one support-type weapon spirit, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as his blessing, Jianmu Douluo could even exchange a few blows with the Beast God Di Tian.

Currently, the three pillars of Shrek Academy—Elder Xuan, Elder Song, and Elder Lin—are all level 97 Title Douluo. Jianmu Douluo could completely bring down the entire Shrek Academy at the hands of Ling Bai!

"Damn evil spirit beast!"

Under intense pressure, Old Song finally couldn't hold back and cursed out loud.

"Mr. Song, it's getting late, let's rest here," Zhang Lexuan suggested in a low voice.

Old Song glanced at the panting group and sighed heavily, "You all rest, I'll go look again."

Having said that, he transformed into a streak of azure light and rushed towards the distant darkness.

Zhang Lexuan was equally anxious, but since Old Song wasn't around, she was the team leader, so she had to patiently give the instructions:

"Everyone, meditate to recover your soul power. As before, we will take turns keeping watch. I will be the first, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er the second, and Li Yongyue and Mo Xuan the third. Each turn will last one hour, and we will take turns keeping watch."

An hour later, Old Song returned to Shrek Camp dejectedly. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er exchanged Zhang Lexuan. Huo Yuhao then conducted a mental detection sharing session. To be fair, his abilities were best suited for night watch.

"Yuhao, could they be dead?" Wang Dong'er asked quietly.

"Who knows?" Huo Yuhao shrugged.

Wang Dong'er's pinkish-blue eyes lowered slightly: "Do you want them to die?"

"If they really die..." Huo Yuhao said with a sigh, "The academy probably won't be able to withstand Jianmu Douluo's retaliation... Hey, something's coming! Everyone be on alert!"

Everyone snapped out of their meditation and stood ready. A few seconds later, two extremely similar figures came into view.

"It really is you guys!"

The moment Mo Xuan saw Ling Bai and Ling Qiuxi, his eyes widened instantly, and Old Song was overjoyed. He swooped over like an eagle, checking every part of the two of them to make sure they were intact.

"Very good!"

Old Song wiped the sweat from his forehead. Everyone was safe and sound. I'm not Xuanzi!

Zhang Lexuan smiled and said, "It's good to see you back. We were so worried about you."

Ling Bai said apologetically, "We were separated by the evil soul beast. On our way to find you, we encountered a 70,000-year-old Titan Giant Ape. Qiu Xi and I killed it and absorbed the soul ring, which delayed us."

"No matter what, it's good that you're back, it's good that you're back!"

Turning misfortune into blessing, Old Song was overjoyed and vowed to himself that he would pass on such a chore to Old Xuan in the future. His heart was pounding with fear!

The camp was filled with laughter and cheerful chatter, but Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er couldn't laugh at all; their eyes held a hidden undercurrent of tension.

The night was unusually peaceful; the Soul Hunter Squad was finally free from misfortune.

Early the next morning, the group set off again, evacuating the Star Dou Great Forest as quickly as possible.

"He's alive!"

Li Yongyue roared in catharsis, and upon seeing the vast plains, he felt as if he had been reborn.

The feeling of complete relaxation brought a relieved smile to everyone's face, including Mr. Song.

They sped along and arrived in Shrek City in the afternoon. Everyone dispersed and went home. Song Lao, Zhang Lexuan, Li Yongyue, and Mo Xuan headed straight for Seagod Island, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er returned to Tang Sect, and Ling Bai took Ling Qiuxi to the hotel where they had been staying.

Ling Bai is a graduate of Shrek Academy, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng dropped out halfway through their studies. All three of them need to find accommodation while waiting for the other students in the Inner Academy to complete their graduation assessments. Ling Qiuxi has also been staying in a hotel recently, so it would be more convenient for them to stay together.

Leaning back on the sofa, Ling Bai stretched and silently pondered where to go for a secluded getaway tonight.

It's a difficult choice between Han Ruoruo and Ling Qiuxi, who haven't had a chance to enjoy themselves yet, Ma Xiaotao on Poseidon Island to relive their past dreams, and Ning Tianwufeng in the hotel to indulge in passionate lovemaking.

"Knock knock knock!"

Soon, someone gently knocked on the door. Ling Bai opened it, revealing Ning Tian's beautiful and elegant face. She said happily:

"Brother Bai, just as you said, the Soul Master Competition is changing its format, allowing sects to participate!"

"Let's call Qiu Xi and Xiao Feng together and discuss it," Ling Bai said with a light laugh.

The room in the luxury hotel was very spacious, and it wasn't crowded for four people. However, there was an inexplicable spark between the three women and one man.

Ling Qiuxi sat there sideways, her hand resting on the edge of the sofa as she gazed out the window at the scenery. Her stunning face was completely silent, but her eyes were sharp. The lights of Shrek City burned silently in her golden pupils. She didn't mind regarding all the women around Ling Bai as imaginary enemies.

A formidable rival!

The feeling of being on the battlefield made Wu Fengqing involuntarily straighten his back; he absolutely could not lose in terms of momentum!

Ning Tian didn't react for the time being. The two looked too alike, and given that Ling Qiuxi might be Ling Bai's older sister, she wouldn't rashly make a move. She looked at Ling Bai and said:

"Brother Bai, the Soul Master Competition allows sects to participate, with a minimum of seven members required. Do you have anyone in mind?"

Ling Bai gently tapped the table: "Me, you, Xiao Feng, Qiu Xi, Nana..."

Two are missing.

(End of this chapter)