Beneath the colossal statue of the Angel God in the Consecration Hall, Qian Daoliu released his Martial Soul, bathing the environment in scorching Spirit Power to provide the optimal setting for Qian Renfeng.
Qian Renfeng, already adjusted to his peak condition, also began entering a deep state of meditation and cultivation, condensing his Spirit Core according to Chen Ming's guidance.
Because the requirements for a Spirit Core were extremely pure, even the slightest external interference could break the balance. So not only Chen Ming, who currently lacked proper observation ability, but even Qian Daoliu could only stand by and observe Qian Renfeng's aura.
And the smoothness of this condensation process exceeded everyone's expectations.
As time passed, the flow of Spirit Power within Qian Renfeng's body continued to accelerate. The Spirit Power in his dantian was constantly being compressed, forming a Spirit Core according to the structure designed by Chen Ming.
Finally, after reaching a certain critical point, his entire body suddenly began devouring the surrounding energy. In an instant, his aura broke through its original limit, and a high-energy structure appeared within his dantian.
Driven by the Spirit Core, both his Spirit Power and Martial Soul underwent rapid transformation.
Not all Angel Martial Souls are Six-Winged Angels from the start; rather, the Angel Martial Soul evolves alongside the Spirit Master's cultivation.
A Two-Winged Angel can evolve into a Four-Winged Angel at Level 70, and a Four-Winged Angel can advance to a Six-Winged Angel at Level 90. At this moment, Qian Renfeng had fulfilled this requirement.
With the assistance of Qian Daoliu's power, the two pairs of wings on his back suddenly burst forth and transformed into three pairs of brilliant gold wings. A sacred aura, surpassing that of a normal Level 91 Titled Douluo, surged out like a tide.
The density and purity of that Spirit Power even made the well-informed worship elders on the side click their tongues in astonishment.
And all of this pointed to one fact—the Spirit Core model designed by Chen Ming was correct.
"I… I broke through?" Qian Renfeng hadn't expected his breakthrough to be so smooth.
While constructing a Spirit Core had high requirements for a Spirit Master's innate qualities, it was still much lower than the requirements for achieving the Titled Douluo realm solely through raw talent and power.
His own foundation was sufficient; his only issue had been his state of mind. However, condensing a Spirit Core relied on physical and energetic qualities rather than mental state.
With Chen Ming's guidance, and Qian Daoliu creating an optimal supportive environment with his own energy, both his internal and external conditions had reached their peak.
For him, it had only taken a brief moment of serious focus to successfully construct the Spirit Core—completing a breakthrough he had once thought impossible in his lifetime.
"A Six-Winged Angel… another Six-Winged Angel has finally appeared in my Angel lineage."
Qian Daoliu looked at those three pairs of wings, his heart filled with deep emotion.
The stable inheritance of the Six-Winged Angel existed only within his lineage. Every generation would, at minimum, produce one Six-Winged Angel. Beyond that, however, Angel Martial Soul inheritance was not guaranteed.
Even if Qian Daoliu were to have another child now, that child would most likely awaken a Four-Winged Angel rather than a naturally-born Six-Winged Angel, and would need to reach the level of Spirit Saint before evolving into a Six-Winged Angel.
During the era of the Church, due to the large number of evil beings slain, the Angel lineage had many Titled Douluo. In that period, the Church's strength was even greater than the current Spirit Hall.
However, Six-Winged Angel Martial Souls still gradually degraded through inheritance—Six-Winged Angels gave birth to Four-Winged Angels, Four-Winged Angels gave birth to Two-Winged Angels, and Two-Winged Angels remained stable in inheritance. As time passed, Six-Winged Angels became increasingly rare.
Moreover, breaking through from a Level 89 Spirit Douluo to Titled Douluo was itself a major bottleneck. Even those with talent could still spend their entire lives unable to cross it due to bad luck.
Although Angel Martial Souls could grow stronger by slaying evil beings, after ten thousand years of cleansing, how many evil existences were still left for the Spirit Hall's Angel Spirit Masters to hunt and break through with?
As a result, although the total number of Angel Spirit Masters had slowly increased over time, and Two- and Four-Winged Angels had become more common, beings like the Six-Winged Angel had become increasingly rare.
At this moment, Qian Renfeng's breakthrough did not merely represent the emergence of another Six-Winged Angel—it also allowed Qian Daoliu to see the possibility of a large number of high-level Spirit Douluos from Spirit Hall breaking through to Titled Douluo, and the mass appearance of Six-Winged Angels.
"Thank you, Elder Chen. Thank you, Grand Worship." Qian Renfeng knelt on both knees, respectfully bowing to Chen Ming, then bowed again toward Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu nodded slightly, and his Spirit Power transformed into an invisible hand, helping Qian Renfeng rise.
"Good. Your breakthrough to Titled Douluo is a good thing. My Spirit Hall has gained another powerful expert. However, at this stage, it is best that your breakthrough is not made public. I have additional arrangements for you—are you willing?"
Qian Daoliu spoke in a consulting tone. In his view, asking a Spirit Master who had just broken through to Titled Douluo to conceal their cultivation and not obtain their Title was somewhat humiliating.
But Qian Renfeng had no objections at all. Instead, he pounded his chest and said excitedly, "I will obey the Grand Worship's command! I once failed before and failed to protect the Pope—that is a lifelong shame to me. This time, no matter what mission it is, I will never fail again."
"Good." Qian Daoliu nodded in satisfaction. "I will take you to obtain your ninth Spirit Ring. After that, you will not return to the Angel Legion for now. I will assign you to follow Chen Ming with two high-level Spirit Douluos."
"You have already seen his talent and intelligence. He is priceless to both Spirit Hall and the entire Spirit Master world. And ss a young man, he cannot be confined solely within Spirit Hall; he must see more and research more."
"However, the human heart on the continent is treacherous, and accidents are common. Someone must protect Chen Ming."
"I originally intended to see if any other Titled Douluo were willing to take this mission. Now, I have decided to entrust it to you."
"Understood!" Qian Renfeng pounded his chest again and replied seriously. For someone who had just broken through to Titled Douluo, there was nothing more fitting to wash away his past shame than a bodyguard mission.
"Elder Chen, I will protect you from now on. If anyone wishes to harm you, they will have to step over my corpse. Even if I must self-destruct, I will ensure your safety."
Qian Renfeng turned to Chen Ming and bowed, his voice solemn, his expression as firm as stone.
The reason Qian Daoliu assigned guards to Chen Ming was truly not to monitor him—he had no such malicious intent, and he also trusted that if Chen Ming ever intended to do something, it would be beyond the understanding of ordinary minds like theirs anyway.
He simply did not feel at ease. He feared that some irrational and dangerous individual might risk everything just to target Chen Ming.
Dugu Bo, although strong at present, could not always remain by Chen Ming's side. A dual-layer protection—one in the open, one in the shadows—was the most reasonable arrangement.
A Titled Douluo-level bodyguard with a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul…
No, given Qian Renfeng's performance, calling him a "bodyguard" was almost an understatement—he was more like a battle-crazed fanatic who didn't fear death. Such power was completely trustworthy.
If even this level of protection still failed to keep Chen Ming safe, if something still happened to him…
Then Qian Daoliu would truly have to carry the Angelic Sacred Sword and personally walk across the continent to see whose neck was itching for death, which family's ancestral grave would lose its offerings in the future, and which lineage's Martial Soul would become nothing but history.