Spirit City, Several Days Later
The Spirit City was as majestic as Hun Tiandi remembered it, though he was away from the city only for a few days. The population of Spirit City wasn't particularly large compared to the continent's other major cities, but it still numbered in the tens of thousands.
The most frightening aspect of Spirit City was that every single person living in Spirit City was a Spirit Master. Because this city was under the direct jurisdiction of the Spirit Hall, they acknowledged the Martial Soul for all of their subjects.
Even though most of the Spirit Masters within the Spirit City were just very low-ranked, lingering around the Spirit Trainee to Spirit Grandmaster, it was still a tremendous force that nobody on the continent could compete with.
Hun Tiandi convinced the Bibi Dong and clergy of the Spirit Hall to create a place where only the Spirit Masters were allowed to delve and live. Right now, Spirit City was truly the Holy Land of the Spirit Master and Spirit Energy Cultivation.
Even the Spirit Energy Density in the Spirit City was several times that of the outside world, primarily because of the Spirit Energy Gathering Arrays. Creating these Arrays gave Hun Tiandi some really serious trouble because the Array Dao was something that persisted on the Dou Qi Continent a long time ago.
For several tens of thousands of years, the Dou Qi Continent was invaded by the Extraterrestrial Fiend Clans, and an enormous war shook the entire continent. While the records from that era were incomplete, countless top experts fell, including many Dou Di powerhouses and even the higher ranks that had already ascended to the Great Thousand World.
With this, countless legacies were lost, including the Array Dao, Artifact Refining Dao, and many more.
What has remained on the Dou Qi Continent were just pale imitations of the once great Professions that now fell into obscurity.
He only found some incomplete legacies on the Array Dao, but what was very fortunate was that, compared to the Dou Qi, the Spirit Energy on the Douluo Continent was much purer and stronger, making it more suitable for creating Arrays.
"Welcome to the Spirit City, the headquarters of the Spirit Hall and also the only place on the continent where only Spirit Masters are allowed to live."
Hearing his words, the duo of the Sun Moon Empire was shcoked to hear that there was a city that was solely composed of the Spirit Masters because such a concept was totally unheard of on the Sun Moon Continent.
Unbeknownst to them, even on the Douluo Continent, it was totally unheard of. If one didn't count the various ancestral lands of the cultivation Sects and Clans, then there was no other place like the Spirit City.
Hun Tiandi led the group through the busy streets of the Spirit City, as everyone looked around in wonder. Even though Spirit City was comparable in size to Rising Dragon City and was countless times smaller than Heaven Dou Imperial City, the fact that its population was solely Spirit Masters gave the place an entirely different meaning.
At the same time, the Spirit Hall was already preparing for the inevitable expansion of the city and started building the secondary set of walls. The Spirit City was destined to be the greatest and most sacred land in the entire world.
The fact that it was able to barely house a few tens of thousands of people was shameful.
"That big building on the top of the hill is the Supreme Pontiff Palace, and behind it, you can see the Douluo Consecration Hall, where the Titled Douluos above Spirit Rank 95 are living if they choose to retire and focus solely on cultivation and comprehension of the Laws."
By saying that, he wanted to intimidate them slightly but also to assure the dominance and the fact that the Spirit Hall was the strongest faction on the continent and the right choice to serve under.
Supreme Pontiff Palace and Douluo Consecration Hall were the two most important palaces of the Spirit Hall, as they were the places where the true powerhouses of the Spirit Hall congregated.
All Titled Douluos of the Spirit Hall belonged either to the Supreme Pontiff Palace or the Douluo Consecration Hall. The security of the Spirit City was top-notch, not only due to the presence of Ttield Douluos, but also because every day, there was one of the Super Douluos from the Douzlzo Consecration Hall standing on guard.
When it came to the security of the Spirit City, the Spirit Hall started taking it much more seriously a few years ago. Currently, not even an ant could go in and out unnoticed within the Spirit City.
Aside from the more conventional means of surveillance over the Spirit City, the entire city was filled with various Snake-type Spirit Beasts that were under the command of Dugu Bo, and they were observing every nook and cranny of the city.
Once they arrived at the Supreme Pontiff Palace, they were greeted by Cardinal Chysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, a Spirit Rank 96 Super Douluo and one of the two highest-ranked Cardinals of the Supreme Pontiff Palace.
"Welcome back, Your Excellency. Your Holiness. And it seems that you brought guests... a lot of guests."
Chrystanthemum Douluo Yue Guan stated as he looked at the people that were brought with Golden Crocodile Douluo and the Holy Son, as his eyes stopped on the Titled Douluo that was accompanying the group.
"We picked up some talents along the way, and by the way, I would trouble you to call Gui brother to pick up two of these kids. I think that they would be very interested in them and also notify the Supreme Pontiff that I would request a private audience with her as soon as possible."
Hun Tiandi said as Golden Crocodile Douluo had already left them when they reached the Supreme Pontiff Palace, as the old man went to attend to his matters.
Most probably to inform Qian Daoliu about the recent developments because the contact with the Sun Moon Continent was a huge thing, truth to be told. Secondly, there was also the problem with Xuan Ziwen and the Soul Tools, where the Spirit Hall would need to make a stance on this as well.
Lastly, the three kids that were brought by Hun Tiandi and their situation also needed to be addressed because all three of them had staggering talent, especially the girl Tang Hailan.
Her talent was no less than that of Qian Renxue or Hun Tiandi, and she was destined to become another Limit Douluo of the Spirit Hall with a good chance of ascending to the Godhood if there was a chance.
"Of course, Your Holiness."
Yue Guan then instantly disappeared as he went to inform the Supreme Pontiff about this, as he could discern that the topic of their discussion would be something very important. He noticed that even the Golden Crocodile Douluo was rather distressed and left immediately after arriving at the Holy Martial Soul Temple.
"I will need to have some words with the Supreme Pontiff before anything... someone will take you to your assigned quarters before Sir Xuan and Princess Tianzhen are called for the audience with the Supreme Pontiff."
Hun Tiandi stated as he directly headed through the halls of the Holy Martial Soul Temple, which was the official name for the Cathedral that houses the Supreme Pontiff Palace, to meet with the Supreme Pontiff herself.
Among the higher-ups of the Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong was one of the most open-minded to the new ideas and innovations. He was aware that Bibi Dong would unquestionably support the creation of the Soul Tool Hall within the Spirit Hall and give Xuan Ziwen the resources he needed to create Soul Tools.
Afterwards, it was just a matter of time and experience.
Hun Tiandi believed that as long as the Elders of the Spirit Hall saw the power of the Soul Tools and how the Soul Tools could be used to increase their power and combat prowess, they would all support the introduction of the Soul Tools into the Douluo Continent.
Still, compared to the Sun Moon Continent, the Douluo Continent is just a bunch of country bumbkins, and it would take centuries to catch up to the Sun Moon Continent even if they have some really heaven-defying Soul Engineers.
Unless they have completely assimilated the Sun Moon Empire.
At that thought, his eyebrows twitched, because his expansionist ideas of being the strongest didn't disappear even after his death.
Now, he has just learned to be more careful, and the moment he sees any Son of Destiny, he will kill him straight away. If there was one thing that he had learned from his death, it was to never underestimate his enemies under any kind of circumstances.
Such people should never be allowed to grow, but Hun Tiandi also understood that it was extremely difficult to kill them until they grew enough. That was the case; their Destiny was protecting them from harm until they reached a certain degree of power where they could protect themselves.
He didn't know if the Douluo Continent had or would have someone like that, but if they were not with the Spirit Hall, they would need to die.
At the same time, one part of him was also entertaining the idea that what if he was the Child of Destiny of the Douluo Continent. He noticed that since his transmigration to the Douluo Continent, he was blessed with unprecedented luck and talent.
While he was able to discern his own strengths, he knew that the Nihility Devouring Flame Bloodline within his body was something of his own and something that was dormant for the time being.
He predicted that the Nihility Devouring Flame Bloodline would be activated once his Physical Strength reached the Titled Douluo Realm. Right now, his physical body alone was strong enough to fight against Spirit Sage, but it was still very far from the Titled Douluo.
Aside from the matter of the Nihility Devouring Flame Bloodline, the most obvious problem was his Twin Martial Souls.
This wasn't anything that he had relation to in his previous life, as he only used swordsmanship to supplement his combat style, and he was never any kind of Beast Tamer.
So the only logical conclusion was that this was a matter of luck.
Like the fact that he casually strolled outside and picked up one person with Godseed.
Or how he met Dugu Bo in the Sunset Forest's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well when he was searching for the Spirit Herbs with Qian Daoliu...
And there were other similar cases, those ones.
Aside from that, his cultivation journey was also quite weird, because he didn't encounter cultivation problems, bottlenecks, and he was rahter encountering opportunities right there.
On top of that, there was another reason.
His Luck has also spread toward the people around him and to those who were close to him.
Like some of the Titled Douluo Elders who suddenly broke through their Spirit Ranks easily after some time.
The most stellar example was Jin Eyu.
The Golden Crocodile Douluo was stuck at the Spirit Rank 98 Hyper Douluo for many decades, and right now, he was already a Spirit Rank 99 Limit Douluo who had started comprehending the Law of Gold.
And this wasn't just the work of the Celestial Spirit Mantra, Soul Cores, or Bloodline Essence Cores.
Some things were just work of the Luck and nothing more.
***
In the depths of the Supreme Pontiff Palace, Bibi Dong was sitting in her study and cultivating as usual. As the Supreme Pontiff of the Spirit Hall, aside from a few crucial things that needed direct oversight, she was rather free to do what she wanted.
So she spent most of her free time cultivating and practicing the Celestial Spirit Mantra.
As one of the earliest recipients of the Celestial Spirit Mantra, who was also participating in the creation of the cultivation manuals like the Spirit Energy Gathering Method and Spirit Essence Cultivation Technique, she was already at the 8th Spirit Transformation.
Since she had started cultivating the Celestial Spirit Mantra, she noticed that her Spirit Energy was several times bigger than it was, and her regeneration rate also got several times higher.
Not to forget the benefit of increased Cultivation Speed.
She even reached the Demi-God Stage of Limit Douluo and increased her comprehension of the Law of Rakshasa.
Because the connection with the Divine Realm was lost and even the backapths between the Divine Realm and Douluo Continent were sealed several years ago, the influence of the Rashasa's Evil on her was way lower.
Once she started practising the Celestial Spirit Mantra, Bibi Dong also learned how to refine and get rid of the negative effects of the Rashasa God Inheritance from her mind and soul.
After she passed the 8th Layer: Blood Essence Forge, she created Abyssal Primeval Arachnid Blood Essence Core, which was the root of her newly created Abyssal Primeval Arachnid Bloodline.
The Abyssal Primeval Spider Bloodline possessed the characteristics of both of her Martial Souls.
Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.
The Abyssal Primeval Spider Bloodline possessed the Death Attribute and also had an Innate Ability to swallow Souls and use them for its own benefit. If Bibi Dong caught a powerful Soul, she could swallow it and get benefits from it.
Like increased Talent, Spirit Energy, or the possibility of some unique abilities from the Souls.
It was a very powerful Bloodline.
Suddenly, as she was meditating, she heard knocking, as she knew that Holy Son Hun Tiandi was coming to see her, as she received a message from Yue Guan.
"Enter."
The study room of the Supreme Pontiff was a huge room, very luxurious to the point that even the grand nobles of the two great Empires would look like beggars. Everything was made from the Spirit Enchanting Wood, which was a very rare type of wood that grew only on trees that were rich in Spirit Energy.
Hun Tiandi entered the room and sat opposite to the Supreme Pontiff Bibi Dong.
"You returned with one Titled Douluo to the Spirit City... is it related to the thing that you wanted to discuss with me?"
Bibi Dong asked as she sensed an unfamiliar Titled Douluo aura entering the Spirit City, but she also sensed that the aura was weird. Even though the man was Spirit Rank 92, his Spirit Energy was barely as strong as Spirit Rank 90.
Only so-so.
Hun Tiandi didn't say anything, but rather he used one of the Soul Skills called Memory Transmission as he sent Bibi Dong copies of several memories regarding the Sun Moon Empire.
He let Bibi Dong digest the memories that he had sent her, as they contained everything about the Sun Moon Empire, Sun Moon Continent, Soul Guidance Devices, and various other pieces of information related to those topics.
Bibi Dong took more than ten minutes to digest every piece of information because there was actually too much information on the topic of the Sun Moon Empire and the Sun Moon Continent.
Mostly because Xuan Ziwen was speaking a lot.
Hun Tiandi also sent Bibi Dong the demonstrations of the power of Soul Tools.
The fact that there existed tools that allowed even Spirit Kings to kill Spirit Sages was something that was far above the common sense of the Douluo Continent, and it wasn't something that the people of the Douluo Continent understood that much.
Like the Sacred Artifacts on the Dou Qi Continent.
Due to an ancient war on the Dou Qi Continent, the art of Artifact Refining has been lost, but some of the Artifacts from the glorious age of the Dou Qi Continent still remained. For the Dou Qi cultivators, they were peerless treasures.
"This is really a very serious problem... are there chances that the Sun Moon Empire would present a threat to the Douluo Continent? Obviously, as a result of the fact that the Evil Spirit Masters are running rampant in that place."
After more than half an hour, Bibi Dong spoke for the first time as she looked at the Holy Son of the Spirit Hall.
"According to Xuan Ziwen, they already have the capabilities of crossing over the ocean, and even though they are seriously lacking in terms of high-end powerhouses, the Soul Tools could even give an average-titled Douluo a chance to contend against Super Douluos. Obviously, they don't stand a chance against our Hyper Douluos, much less Limit ones... especially not after the cultivation overhaul..."
Hun Tiandi stated slowly as he didn't think that the Sun Moon Empire posed a viable threat to them under these circumstances, because in terms of powerhouses, the Spirit Hall could crush them.
If other factions across the continent joined it, the fight would be even shorter.
Just the Spirit Hall alone had three Limit Douluos and as much as Hun Tiandi knew there were more on the Douluo Continent aside from the Limit Douluos of the Spirit Hall.
Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci, Darkness Dragon Douluo Long Xiaoyao, Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi, and perhaps there were even more.
Right now, Qian Daoliu was in talks with Holy Dragon Douluo and Drakness Dragon Douluo to join the Burial Agency. Even though the two of them were hermits who lived in the Sunset Forest and wanted to have nothing to do with the outside world, Hun Tiandi believed that they could be persuaded.
It was true that in this world, there were not many things that were useful for the Limit Douluos, but Hun Tiandi had a trump card in his sleeve.
Knowledge.
For the past seventeen years, he kept pouring the knowledge of the Dou Qi Continent to the Spirit Hall, and now, the Spirit Hall was the sole faction on the Douluo Continent that had the most comprehensive Soul Cultivation Manuals.