Douluo Continent: Long Live the Spirit Hall

Bibi Dong said with some regret, "It's a pity that it's already dead, otherwise a fully grown dragon could have become my eighth spirit ring."

Yan's gaze was somewhat unfocused as he changed the subject, saying, "Honestly, you don't need to be in such a hurry. When we left the Star Dou Great Forest last time, didn't Xiao Wu and the others say that there might be a Soul-Devouring Spider King over 70,000 years old in the Northern Great Grassland? That would be more suitable for you."

Bibi Dong sighed, "A 70,000-year-old Soul-Devouring Spider King is indeed impressive, but it may not produce soul bones. I am currently lacking two excellent soul bones. It's a pity that there are too few 100,000-year-old soul beasts on the continent that are suitable for me."

"If it's not on land, isn't it still in the sea? That Demon Orca King's attributes seem to be..."

Yan's eyes flickered, but he didn't directly mention the matter of searching for suitable soul beasts in the sea. The sea was the territory of Seagod Island, and for the time being, the Spirit Hall should focus on managing its basic territory on the mainland.

"These humans seem to have cultivated two different systems: one with an open spiritual sea, and the other with power hidden in their physical body and dantian."

Bibi Dong quickly turned her attention to the human cultivators. Among the corpses Yan had collected were knights in heavy armor, mages in magic robes and adorned with numerous magical ornaments, and there were even more mages.

The dragon knight crashed into the rear of the human army's mage ranks, killing many mages instantly. Yan knew that most warriors were of modest means, so the corpses were selectively disposed of, targeting at least officers.

"With so many storage items, it seems that the power system of that world is very strong."

Yan, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu, along with Hu Liena and Qian Renxue who arrived one after another, all joined in processing the spoils. They quickly created a bunch of spatial storage devices, categorized the contents, and Yan obtained a large stack of books.

Among them were demons and humans, with orcs contributing the least and having virtually no books. Many of the books carried by the mages contained content with overlapping strokes, suggesting they were magic books.

These are the things that Yan is most interested in, but the two worlds have different languages, so he can't understand them even after bringing them over, which is very frustrating.

"I've been trying to figure it out by comparing it with my own writing system, and I can barely make out some things, but it still takes time. After all, the writing system in that world is very different from ours."

Qian Daoliu carefully examined a book. This book, which he had obtained from the storage ring of a fallen angel, contained an extraordinary dark aura. It was definitely not an ordinary notebook; it was very likely the cultivation technique he practiced.

Yan hesitated for a moment, then said, "I might have a way to translate this, but... I need to be alone for a while."

Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and the others all turned their attention to him. Yan's expression remained calm, revealing nothing. Finally, Bibi Dong gave him a warning look, telling him not to act recklessly, before pulling Qian Renxue and Hu Liena away. Qian Daoliu gave Yan a deep look and handed him the notebook as well.

After everyone had left, Yan packed up all the books and then went to the portal to time and space to reopen the time-space light curtain.

"Blazing Flames!"

As he softly called out, the red lotus mark on his chest began to glow. A beam of red light struck the spacetime screen, instantly linking the precise coordinates of the two worlds, and a subterranean world appeared in his sight.

Guided by Yan's thoughts, he was enveloped in the light of the crimson lotus and entered the portal of time and space. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a fiery red world at the center of the earth, where a goddess was slowly rising from the lava lake at the center of the earth.

"Flame, I've come to see you."

Yan called out to the Flame Queen and ran over, his enthusiasm indescribable.

Chapter 127 Otherworldly Cultivation Techniques

"You seem to have gained weight again."

In the Earth's core, Yan was caught precisely by the Flame Queen, his head sinking into something soft. Flame's voice reached his ears, but Yan did not reply immediately.

It was a long time before he looked up. The Flame Queen was still as beautiful as ever. Although it wasn't the first time they had met, the shock he felt upon seeing her again was still as great as ever.

The Flame Queen set him down. She was still wearing a red dress, her hands clasped in front of her, her long hair draped over her left chest like a dancing flame. Her slender, fair fingers tapped on the storage soul tool in Yan's right hand, and she said expectantly, "Where is the gift you brought me?"

"Here, these are all."

Yan had come prepared this time. He took out a series of exquisite gift boxes, carefully arranged them, and opened them one by one. Inside were some exquisite delicacies.

"These things are all very nice. Your world is very interesting."

The Flame Queen ate quite elegantly, but Yan had brought far too much, and even she couldn't control her appetite. After trying everything, this god-level powerhouse looked down at Yan and whispered, "Little Yan, why are you so good to me?"

Although she had never been to Yan's world, she could guess that collecting so many delicacies, especially those containing precious vital energy, must have been incredibly valuable. Yan must have put a lot of thought into it, which stirred up some strange emotions in her heart.

"Lieyan, you are my older sister, isn't it normal for me to be good to you?"

Yan walked over and naturally wrapped his arms around the Flame Queen. What mischief could a little kid like him have? He just wanted to cling to her more easily. He was young now, so he'd recognize her as his god-sister. When he grew up, he could always change his status.

"Is that so, Xiao Yan, little brother?"

The Flame Queen seemed somewhat bewildered, perhaps because she didn't understand the relationships in the human world. However, this younger brother seemed alright, she thought to herself, gently stroking Yan's head with her jade-like hand.

Inside the Earth's core, Yan kept talking and teasing Lieyan, and the relationship between the two became increasingly intimate. At this moment, he rested his head on his older sister's lap, and when he raised his eyes slightly, he saw a face that was extremely exquisite from any angle.

He stretched and sat up, then took out some items from his storage soul tool. "Sister Flame, I obtained some things a while ago, but I can't understand them myself. Can you help me take a look?"

As Yan spoke, he took out all the books from other worlds he had collected and carefully wrapped them with his soul power. The temperature in this inner world was extremely high, and if the temperature was not isolated, many things would be destroyed as soon as they appeared.

The Flame Queen was somewhat puzzled by Yan's words, but she still took the pile of books. With a wave of her hand, a red light screen isolated the two of them from the earth's core, and the magma below solidified into scorched red earth.

Lieyan flipped through almost all the books and notes. At first, her expression was normal, but as she flipped to the back, her eyes changed slightly. She looked down at Yan, who was looking at her expectantly, and said in a deep voice, "Little Yan, these things shouldn't have originated from Douluo Continent, right?"

"Uh, it's like this, I have a portal to another world, and once it connected to another world, and that's when I found these things. But I can't understand the writing on them, so I brought them here to Sister Flame to see if she can help me..."

Yan did not conceal the origin of these books. Although the knowledge of the other world and the things of this world have some things in common, the basic worldviews of the Mad God Universe and the Douluo Universe are different, and many things are naturally different. Yan was sure he could discover this.

Why did Yan entrust these things to Lieyan for translation? Because god-level powerhouses have already touched upon the origin of the universe and some knowledge of other worlds. Even if they cannot understand the text, they can directly trace the origin to obtain the most crucial information, and then integrate and translate it.

In fact, it's not just god-level powerhouses; some top beings in the mortal world, even if they can't read, can still gain considerable knowledge through long-term study, albeit through guesswork. Some high-level inheritances contain profound spiritual meaning, which transcends written words and is therefore easier to grasp.

"The world you've opened up this time is very different from the Five Elements Continent and the Douluo Continent. It should be a special plane that is not controlled by the God Realm."

Flame flipped through the notes one by one, finally setting two books aside. One was from the dead fallen angel, and the other, if he remembered correctly, was a magic book that belonged to a suspected light-attribute mage.

"These two books are probably the most precious among these books. They should both be cultivation methods passed down from the gods. Especially this one, the god who passed it down was far more powerful than me, but this part should not be complete."

As Lieyan spoke, he began to interpret and narrate, and Yan quickly took out his notebook and his self-made recording soul tool to record everything.

Thanks to the Flame Queen's translation and detailed interpretation, Yan finally realized the value of the batch of books he obtained from the other world.

Yan acquired quite a few books, but they were mostly cultivation methods for demons, humans, and orcs, as well as some notes.

Among these, the cultivation manuals originating from orcs are the fewest and most rudimentary, and therefore of little value. However, some of their training methods and power exertion techniques are somewhat useful, and Yan thinks they can be used as a reference to improve his body-refining techniques.

Among the corpses Yan collected, the majority were human powerhouses, including some with battle qi cultivation methods and magic notes of various attributes. However, the most surprising find was not from the dragon knight, but from a mage with the holy light attribute.

According to Lieyan, this mage's Holy Light magic is far more profound than the magic notes of other types, and it is suspected to have originated from a god-level powerhouse.

When Lieyan mentioned the term "Holy Light Attribute," Yan couldn't help but think of Tianyun, the leader of the Holy Dragon Knights of the Dragon God Empire and the Guardian of Light in the original novel of Mad God.

This powerful figure was a disciple of the second-level God of Light in the Mad God Universe, and later ascended to the God Realm. It is quite normal that the Holy Light Magic he passed down was even more profound.

However, the most crucial of these notes is the one left by the fallen angel, which is his fundamental cultivation method, a copy of the Demon Clan's "Heavenly Demon Technique".

This manual originated from Lucifer, the strongest of the first-level gods in the Mad God Universe. Although it was incomplete, Lieyan seemed to gain something from reading it and appeared to be somewhat moved.

Chapter 128 Planning for Faith

Inside the Spirit Hall's underground research room, amidst the ripples of the portal, Yan Gang, returning with a wealth of gains, was immediately met by several figures who had been waiting for him at the door.

"I'm back."

Bibi Dong glanced at someone, her tone strange, sounding like concern? It was concern, wasn't it?

"Uh……"

Yan was a little unsure how to put it, feeling that her relationship with this pope teacher had become strange.

"Let's go to the council chamber first."

Yan led the group to the council hall. There were not many people in the Spirit Hall who knew about the resources obtained from the Gate of Time. Only Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue and Hu Liena knew about it. Poor Xie Yue, although he was also Bibi Dong's disciple, seemed to be a concubine's son.

After arriving at the council hall, Yan took out the original and translated books from his storage soul tool. "Most of these books are cultivation methods from that world, but there are also some other books that record the general geography and other information about that world."

The world I linked to earlier is called the Jin Yuan Continent, which has many races such as humans, demons, orcs, elves, and dwarves. The two main cultivation systems are magicians and warriors.

Mages communicate with the elements of heaven and earth through their spiritual power, enabling them to unleash extremely powerful area-of-effect attacks, while warriors cultivate their battle aura to enhance their physical attributes, resulting in considerable burst damage.

"Oh, right, I also acquired some elemental magic skills. These are from a previous world. The elemental magic skills in that world were similar to our self-created soul skills, but there were only ten of them, specifically the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth."

Yan's trip to the inner world this time was not only to have Lieyan translate his gains in the other world, but he also took a lot of things with him before leaving.

He didn't have time to delve into the Yin-Yang Crown World's system for the time being, but the combat methods of that world, especially the elemental magic skills, were crucial. Once he thoroughly understood their principles, he could acquire a complete system of elemental soul skills, greatly enhancing his combat capabilities, although he could only use earth and fire attribute soul skills at most.

"The mage's meditation method and the warrior's battle qi cultivation method are far more complete than most of the soul master meditation methods in our Douluo Continent. In addition, these magical skills and battle techniques can enhance the means of fighting enemies."

Bibi Dong flipped through some of the books Yan had taken out and sighed silently, "As long as we can make these things completely our own, our strength will become even greater."

Furthermore, if an elemental soul master legion, similar to a mage legion, could be formed, then the armies of the two great empires would become nothing more than history.

"These two things are quite useful to me, but unfortunately I am old and don't have many opportunities left."

Grand Elder Qian Daoliu looked at the Holy Light Magic Notes and the Demon Clan's "Heavenly Demon Technique" copy, and couldn't help but feel a pang of regret. If he had obtained these two items back then, he could have avoided many detours. He might have reached level ninety-nine without needing the Angel God's test, and in that case, he himself would have had the possibility of becoming the Angel God's successor.

"Ahem, Xiao Yan, you did very well this time, but your most pressing task right now is to cultivate and improve your strength as soon as possible. Haven't you realized your own limitations..."

Bibi Dong suddenly coughed twice. Yan thought she was going to say something, perhaps mentioning his progress in strength? He subconsciously released a somewhat unstable aura. Bibi Dong was stunned. She didn't expect Yan's cultivation to improve so quickly. She wanted him to suppress it a little.

The inner world was like a fish in water for him. A trip there allowed the fire element to directly enter his body, and he didn't even need to put in any effort to reach the limit of his body's cultivation. If his body hadn't been so inconvenient, he could have even increased his soul power by one level during that short period of recording and translating.

"Your cultivation level really needs some honing. Staying in the Spirit Hall and cultivating in seclusion all the time isn't a good idea."

Bibi Dong changed the subject and continued her previous conversation, then revealed her true thoughts, "You've been too obsessed with the Gate of Time and Space lately. Although you haven't neglected your cultivation, you've consumed a lot of mental energy."

"Some time ago, your mental strength wasn't strong enough; did you resort to underhanded tactics?"

When Bibi Dong brought up this topic, even Qian Daoliu couldn't help but look over and said to Yan, "Yan boy, this is no joke. I know you are a genius and can use your research on faith power."

But the amount of spiritual power one can accumulate is ultimately finite, and this kind of consumption cannot be excessive, much less reckless. You dare to misuse the spiritual power of the angel statue? That belongs to the gods. If I hadn't discovered it in time, you would have committed a grave error.”

Yan felt a little embarrassed when she heard this, and she explained in a low voice, "I just borrowed it. The Angel God shouldn't care about such a little bit of spiritual power. I just borrowed it for a while, and I will return it."

Bibi Dong was getting increasingly angry at Yan's stubbornness. If she and Qian Daoliu hadn't come and transferred his mental energy that day, this audacious brat would have dared to use the mental energy of the angel statue. That was a divine object; it wasn't something to be joked about.

Seeing that the two were about to continue, Yan quickly said, "Stop, stop here. I won't do it again. At worst, I'll just collect a batch of faith and convert it into mental power."

What are you going to do?

Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong asked, "Among the people present, she is actually the one who needs the power of faith the most."

Although she inherited the legacy of the Rakshasa God, this evil god fared terribly in the Douluo Continent, having no followers whatsoever, let alone the divine blessing derived from psychic power.

Although she has now started the Rakshasa God Trial and is almost at the end, she still needs to collect her own mental power to become a god. Even though she holds the position of Pope of the Spirit Hall and can share some of the mental power of the Angel God, she still needs to collect her own mental power.

However, based on the original amount of spiritual power, it would take at least ten or twenty years to barely accumulate enough faith spiritual power to start the final divine test. But thanks to Yan's planning, she has gained more faith over the years, and now, hearing him say this, she is quite looking forward to it.

Yan did not answer directly, but instead asked in return, "How many years has it been since a miracle occurred in the Douluo Continent?"

Qian Renxue answered him, "The last divine decree issued by the ancestral angel god was to exterminate all evil soul masters on the continent, and the angel legion has been carrying out this divine decree to this day."

Yan continued, "Faith needs the right environment. When miracles occur, people believe in God, and their faith becomes more devout, and the power of their faith becomes more refined. If I remember correctly, the Institute of Botany had some good results last month."

"That's right. The newly developed White Sun Rice contains abundant energy. People without cultivation will have better physical fitness and be able to achieve longer cultivation if they eat it for a long time. It is also very beneficial to Soul Masters in cultivating their Soul Power."

Bibi Dong had a more detailed understanding of this information than Yan. "According to the speculation of some food-type soul masters, if children who have not yet awakened their martial soul consume this food for a long time, the probability of them awakening their martial soul will become greater. It can indeed be called a blessing from the gods."