Chapter 315: Qian Xunji Blasts the Sea God's Heart, Snow Empress Returns
"Qian Xunji!"
Bibi Dong charged forward once again, feet stepping on two red, three black, one red, three black – nine spirit rings lit as she arrived in the Clear Sky Clan's mountain range. Qian Xunji was seated atop the mountain range, meditating to recover. A kilometer away were the Clear Sky disciples flying off atop a large Sharp-Tailed Swift.
Bibi Dong's face wavered with struggle, inwardly filled with limitless envy and hatred, but she ultimately held herself back from pursuing for slaughter. Not to mention Qian Xunji was here, and Qian Renchuan had become the Asura God's heir. If she went after Qian Renchuan, she'd very likely face the arrival of Asura's Divine Sense in his defense, and the Asura God was far mightier than the Sea God.
Her initial plan had been dual godhood for Asura and Rakshasa, but it now seemed she could only fuse Sea God and Rakshasa God. She had to inherit the godhood as soon as possible, then, after becoming a god, thoroughly destroy Spirit Hall and slay Qian Renchuan. Would Asura's divine sense surpass an actual god? That other timeline's Sea God's divine sense couldn't break her immortality with the Sea God's Trident in hand.
Qian Xunji stood up slowly, still with hands clasped behind his back, projecting a calm demeanor. "Bibi Dong, how does it feel to become the Sea God's successor?"
Bibi Dong's eyes narrowed in a cold sneer. "Heh heh heh, Qian Xunji, the vantage point where I stand, the scenery I will soon behold, you—just a mere servant of a god—will never experience."
Qian Xunji chuckled softly. "Indeed, I can't imagine how humiliating it must be for a god's successor, to be trampled by a mere divine attendant, your reputation wrecked across the entire continent."
"You court death!"
The golden trident glow on Bibi Dong's forehead flared. A bluish-green triangular prism materialized around her and she vanished from Qian Xunji's sight. Qian Xunji unleashed his full mental power, yet found no sign of Bibi Dong's location.
"So it's the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud's invisibility skill? But for sneaking up on me, I'm prepared. It's basically useless."
Qian Xunji spread out his mental power in all directions, prepared at all times with a hundred-thousand-year spirit ability.
Yet Bibi Dong seemed not to intend a sneak attack. In the span of a single breath, that blue triangular prism reappeared before Qian Xunji, but this time it enclosed him within the bluish triangular barrier. One meter away in front of him was Bibi Dong, her eyes bloodshot and full of wrath.
At Qian Xunji's feet eight black and one red – nine spirit rings lit up. He spoke impassively, "Shortening the distance and confining the battlefield within this cubic space means nothing. You're heavily injured; you're no match for me."
"Is that so? Cosmic Stasis Barrier!"
Raising her hand, Bibi Dong invoked the Shroud's second ability. Both she and Qian Xunji were Extreme Douluo, and though Qian Xunji possessed a head spirit bone, his mental strength could not exceed triple hers.
Suddenly, Qian Xunji felt his body could not move, as if countless invisible chains in that cubic space bound him, imprisoning him within the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
Standing outside it, Bibi Dong watched that cubic barrier. Though she couldn't see Qian Xunji inside, she could well imagine the shock on his face. Her expression brimmed with smugness and mockery. She burst out laughing: "Qian Xunji, you never expected the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had this skill, did you? As long as one's mental strength doesn't surpass mine by threefold, there's no escaping the Cosmic Stasis Barrier.
"You just stay inside here, quietly, while I recover my spirit power. I won't kill you. I'll be sure to use your spirit bones to strengthen myself, so you can witness me becoming a god to exterminate your Angel Clan, slaying all of Spirit Hall! Afterward I'll toss you into a cell in my torture chamber with Ning Fengzhi. The two of you can have a nice long chat."
Hearing Bibi Dong's words, Qian Xunji sighed softly. Indeed, he had no recollection that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud possessed such a function because, in the other timeline, after completing the "Boundless Sea… Danger" trial, merging his mental head spirit bone with the Shroud, Tang San's Purple Demon Eye reached the "Vast" realm. His mental power had effectively become that of an Extreme Douluo, even before he ascended from Soul Douluo. Tang San had never needed that skill in Star Dou Great Forest or on Jialing Pass's battlefield in his battles against Bibi Dong, nor even in that brush with near death at Golden Crocodile Douluo's hands. It was like that technique didn't exist, so Qian Xunji had never registered it.
It was twilight now, the setting sun's afterglow like a golden river shining upon the Clear Sky Clan's mountain range.
Gazing upon that brilliant golden flow, Qian Xunji recalled the joyful life of the past thirty-plus years. Secretly pulling the strings, driving a carriage, raising children, writing scripts—if anything was left unfulfilled, it was replaying that hidden dungeon once more…
"Because of my oversight, forgetting the Shroud's skill—since the old man can't help—then I'll reset everything onto the proper track. And if my children resurrect me, in the next life I'll be sure to fix that regret."
Qian Xunji closed his eyes, rousing the last of his Angelic Divine Power. Though the Shroud could bind his spirit power, it could not constrain his divine power or lock his mental strength. His Angelic Divine Power surged into the five spirit bones within him.
Sea God's divine sense cried out in alarm: "Not good!"
A burst of golden brilliance, and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud shattered. A massive gold energy sphere expanded, swallowing the entire Clear Sky Clan mountain range. Then came a colossal mushroom cloud overshadowing the sky.
Had it been in a city, that one strike would have annihilated all of Heaven Dou City.
…
Far north, at the core region.
Seated upon her ice-snow throne dozing, Snow Empress perceived a familiar wave of god-level shock, and sprang up abruptly. She had spent half a year with Qian Xunji, so she instantly recognized that energy belonged to him.
"What happened, Qian Xunji? How can you unleash such a terrifying burst? Wasn't he only an Extreme Douluo?"
Snow Empress felt faint apprehension. As a spirit beast surpassing six hundred thousand years, on par with an Extreme Douluo, she well knew that for an Extreme Douluo to unleash god-level might demanded a monumental cost, either a do-or-die strike or self-destruction.
At that thought, her worry grew uncontrollable, discarding pride, she flew skyward, hurtling toward the Clear Sky Clan mountains to discover the truth.
In that same core region, a dainty, exquisitely crafted little scorpion sensed Snow Empress's aura rushing past her territory, squealing with delight. Since Snow Empress's return, she'd grown distant, leaving the scorpion languishing in heartache.
"Snow Empress Sis, Snow Empress Sis!"
"Ice, mind the Extreme North. This Empress is heading out."
Snow Empress paused mid-flight, responding to Ice Empress in the air, then shot off beyond the Extreme North. Ice Empress felt sorrow and grievance, but complied with Snow Empress's instructions, wondering aloud what was amiss with her friend.
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