Chapter - 4

Douluo Continent, Spirit Hall.

The Spirit Hall was the largest and most powerful organization in the Douluo Continent. This organization was previously founded by humans from the Seraphim Clan with the aim of helping civil society to awaken their martial spirit. The Spirit Hall had three important places which were the Spirit Temple, the Supreme Pontiff Palace, and the Spirit Palace. In the highest hierarchy of positions in the Spirit Hall was a Pope and then followed by the offering elders who were in the Douluo Palace.

In the Palace of Supreme Satisfaction, we can see a woman with a very beautiful appearance, a very well-formed body, exuding a high charm, wearing clothes that may cost very expensive clothing materials, holding a scepter, and wearing a crown on her head.

The woman's name was Bibi Dong as well as someone who served as the current Pope.

Suddenly Bibi Dong's eyes opened while frowning.

" What happened? Why did the sacred light on the statue in the Douluo Palace suddenly disappear? Was the old man doing something? No, that's impossible—"

"Report, His Holiness the Pope"

Aunt Ding suddenly woke up in her mind hearing a voice calling her name. Bibi Dong immediately turned her attention to the person who was prostrating in front of her. The person was wearing all black clothes covered with a covered face. That person was one of the elders in the Spirit Hall that was Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei with a soul power level reaching 95.

"Go ahead," Bibi Dong said softly and was curious about the report one of the elders wanted to tell her.

"His Majesty the Pope. I want to tell. Something happened to the place of inheritance of the Raksha rules."

"What?!" Aunt Ding was shocked to hear this and immediately stood up from her seat with a glare at Ghost Douluo, "Explain!" Bibi Dong's tone contained immense anger.

"A while ago the supervisor for guarding the inheritance of the Raksha rules suddenly disappeared…."

"Disappear? What happened? Earlier also I could feel the old man's energy dissipating. Are they called the rules?" Bibi Dong frowned as she continued to listen to the explanation from Ghost Douluo.

"When the supervisor disappeared, he didn't tell us where he was going. He disappeared suddenly. Some time after the supervisor disappeared suddenly the energy left by the Raksha rules in the inheritance suddenly disappeared. Along with the disappearance of that energy suddenly the supervisor who had disappeared suddenly came back with a face full of joy and happiness..."

" A face full of joy and happiness?" Aunt Ding's frown was even more intense than before.

"When we asked what really happened, the supervisor said that raksha rules had died "

"What?!" Aunt Ding's eyes opened wide, her body shaking violently at the information that Ghost Douluo had given her, "Is it true what you are saying, Elder Ghost?"

"I'm not lying, His Holiness the Pope. I dare not tell a lie to you. This information is immediately notified by the supervisor to us. It's not just Rules Raksha that has died. Rather, almost all of the rules had died as a result of being killed by the Guardians of the Universe due to the actions done to the soul beast race. Currently, according to the information provided by the supervisor, only 150 people survived because they did not interfere in these activities."

"This…." The feeling that welled up within Aunt Ding right now was one of shock at the information that Ghost Douluo had given him, " Wait! If that's true, does that mean…. So because of that the holy light that was in the Douluo Palace had disappeared. Because the Seraphim rules have died along with the Raksha rules."

"Old Ghost, is this information you said true?" Suddenly from the side appeared one with a feminine appearance. That person couldn't show his surprise after listening to the information that Ghost Douluo had conveyed to Bibi Dong.

That person was one of the elders of the Whale Hall and also a level 95 Super Douluo Chrysanthemum Douluo or Yue Guan.

"Do you think I'm lying? There is no point in me giving information like this to His Holiness the Pope if it is false information. You must feel it, right? That the sacred power that was in the Douluo Palace had disappeared. The same thing happened where I live. The energy of the Raksha rules has disappeared there."

Chrysanthemum Douluo was silent. Because as a Title Douluo moreover he was a Super Douluo. He could always easily sense the holy light that existed in the Douluo Palace as long as he was in the Spirit Hall. But since this morning, he couldn't feel the holy light that normally felt like it had suddenly disappeared.

"Elder Ghost. Who is the real Guardian of the Universe? What did the rules do to get them killed by the Guardians of the Universe? And also why does the Overseer have a happy face after returning? Did the Overseer explain this to you?" Bibi Dong asked back with great curiosity.

"His Majesty the Pope. I'm sure after you hear this. You will definitely be very happy. It's not only His Highness the Pope" Ghost Douluo turned his attention to Chrysanthemum Douluo and said, "Old Chrysanthemum, you will also be very happy to hear this information as it relates to us Title Douluo being able to ascend to a higher realm that is the realm of the rules . Ghost Douluo 's tone suddenly turned excited.

"What?!" Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo again let out surprised voices.

"Old Ghost aren't you kidding?" Chrysanthemum Douluo asked in an excited voice because he had been stuck in his current cultivation level for too long. Even Bibi Dong above them could not wait to hear this.

"No, no, and no. I'm not kidding."

"Do not talk too much. Quickly explain!" Bibi Dong ordered because she too was impatient to hear this information.

"Very well, His Majesty the Pope. I will answer the first question. According to the Guardian of the Universe, he is a creature who has very strong power, even exceeding the rules , with the task of maintaining the balance that occurs between the universe. Some time ago, when the Overseer disappeared, it turned out that the Supervisor was brought by the Guardian of the Universe to come to his world to participate in the trial of the rules. The reason for the trial was that the rules seemed to have taken actions that had gone beyond the limits of the soul beasts. The action they took was to one-sidedly massacre the soul beasts residing in the upper realms and block the soul beasts from ascending to the upper realms using their authority. This caused the Universe Guardians to be enraged by their actions and killed them instantly at the end of the trial. Only 150 rules survived because they did not participate in the action."

Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo were shocked by this information. However they didn't dare to relent as Ghost Douluo was about to explain the most important thing.

"For the last question. The Overseer returned with a happy face that the Guardian of the Universe had changed the rules of this world. Because anyone who has met the predetermined conditions can take the test to rise to the upper realm. But right now, the exam would still need to wait 15 years at most. Because right now, according to the explanation given by the Overseer that the upper realms are still in the process of being upgraded by the Guardians of the Universe. The time for the process itself only lasts a few days in the upper realms, but for the lower realms like this world it takes about 15 years at most. As for the specifics of the time, he also didn't know because the Guardians of the Universe didn't tell them about it. But there is a message conveyed by the Guardian of the Universe."

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Aunt Ding became extremely happy to hear this information. Moreover, Chrysanthemum Douluo had long wanted to increase his abilities.

"Message? What message did the Guardian of the Universe give you?" Chrysanthemum Douluo asked his friend excitedly.

"The message that was conveyed was that we must prepare ourselves. Because the exam to be given will be very difficult. The status and power we have in the upper realms also depends on the evaluation results we have during the exam. The higher the evaluation result, the higher the status and power we will get it's also inversely proportional. The lower the evaluation result, the lower the status and power we will get."

Hearing the message, Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo became even more determined to become stronger in order to get a better evaluation result.

"Elder Ghost, did the Overseer inform you of the conditions that must be met?"

Ghost Douluo shook his head, "The Overseer didn't explain it to us."

"Not explained?" Bibi Dong raised her brow.

"It's not like that, His Holiness the Pope. It's not that the Supervisor didn't tell us. Even the Guardians themselves were not informed of the conditions by the Guardians of the Universe."

"I see." Bibi Dong sighed in disappointment because if she knew the conditions, she could prepare herself from now on to get the best evaluation possible to ascend to a higher realm.

"His Majesty the Pope. I think one of the conditions is that one must possess Title Douluo level strength. Because according to the explanation explained by Old Ghost, this action taken by the Universe Guardians was because he wanted a Title Douluo to be able to ascend to a higher realm."

"I agree with Old Chrysanthemum, His Holiness the Pope. I believe one of the conditions is that one must possess the strength of a Title Douluo level to be able to take the exam," Old Ghost added.

"It does make sense if we analyze with all the explanations given by the Ghost Elder." Bibi Dong nodded and looked at Ghost Douluo, "Thank you for this wonderful information, Elder Ghost. This will be included in the award to you."

"Thank you His Majesty the Pope." Ghost Douluo nodded and bowed respectfully.

"I hope this information is not leaked to the outside world. It's true that we probably weren't the only ones who knew this information. Surely the old man in the Douluo Palace already knew about this because Qian Douli was one of the overseers of the rules. However, I'm sure they won't spread this information to the outside world so easily."

"I see." Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo nodded obediently.

"You guys can go back" Bibi Dong returned with her previous self sitting gracefully in her place while gazing at the Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo who had disappeared from their location.

"This way the rules of the world have changed. Huuuu… I wonder how you are doing now, Xiao Gang?" Sadness suddenly appeared on Bibi Dong's face as she recalled the many things that had happened in the past.

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Spirit Hall, Douluo Palace.

The Douluo Palace was one of the buildings belonging to the Spirit Hall. The Douluo Palace only had seven members and the leader of the Spirit Palace was Qian Douli. With a very small number of members like this, this could tell that to be able to join as a member of the Douluo Palace there were conditions that were classified as very difficult. The requirement to join was that a Soul Master had to have a soul power level of at least Super Douluo to join. Therefore even if a Soul Master had reached the level of a Title Douluo belonging to an ordinary Title Douluo, that Soul Master did not have the qualifications to join as a member of the Douluo Palace who was directly led by Qian Douli and even the Pope who was the leader of the Spirit Hall did not have the qualifications to rule. the members of the Douluo Palace.

By the time a Soul Master had joined the Spirit Palace, he could have many powers and rights. Another advantage of a Soul Master joining the Spirit Palace was that they didn't have many tasks and the free time they had they always used to practice increasing their strength. For threats, as long as the threat is not too big, they will not move.

Within the Douluo Palace there is a very large statue of a Seraphim. Usually the statue always emits holy light but after the trial is over the statue immediately disappears because the rules that govern this area have been destroyed because of what he did.

By the time the sacred light that was on the Seraphim statue disappeared, the entire Douluo Palace members were in complete shock. They immediately searched for Qian Douli's whereabouts to inquire about this. However, when they searched, they could not find the whereabouts of Qian Douli. They finally found the whereabouts of Qian Dauli who was near the Seraphim statue with a face full of happiness.

After Qian Douli returned from the Universe Guardian realm, he was immediately asked various questions from the members of the Douli Palace. Qian Doili didn't hide the information he got. He explained the entirety of the information to the members of the Douluo Palace. Just like the shock that Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo had when they first heard the information, all the members of the Douluo Palace were shocked after hearing the information that came out of Qian Douli's mouth.

"First Brother. Does that mean we have the qualifications to be able to ascend to the upper realms?"

By the time Soul Masters had reached the Title Douluo level, they would return to their physical bodies in their 20s. Even if all these members of the Douluo Palace were old people who were hundreds of years old, their appearance was the same as that of a teenager in their 20s.

"That's right. For now we just need to wait for Lord Guardian of the Universe to finish upgrading the upper realms. It will take at least 15 years at the most, we can use this time to prepare ourselves." Qian Douli said in a serious tone.

"First Brother, do you know the conditions for being able to take the exam? So that we can prepare from now on." The person who asked this was the second person in the Douluo Palace, he had the strength of a Super Douluo level 98 with the Martial Soul of the Golden Crocodile King, the Golden Crocodile Douluo.

The other elders also looked at Qian Douli with a look full of hope in order to inform them of this.

Qian Douli sighed as he shook his head, "What a shame. Sir did not explain this to us. He only advised us to be able to prepare for the exam. However, I think it's likely that one of the conditions for taking part in this exam is having a Title Douluo level of strength. Because if not, there's no way Master didn't ask us to prepare ourselves well."

"It seems so." Another elder nodded.

"Xiao Dou" At the same time, suddenly a voice transmission appeared which was directly sent into the Douluo Palace.

"Who?!" Qian Douli and the other elders instantly increased their vigilance. They all immediately released their soul power to find out the whereabouts of the person who was speaking.

"Wow, Xiao Dou, I didn't think it was time to say goodbye that you had forgotten who this voice belonged to. I wonder if this is due to a disorder you have in your brain or maybe it's because of the age aspect you have a problem with your memory."

"Rough!" Golden Crocodile Douluo instantly became furious at the sound of that voice mocking Qian Douli. Not only was the Gold Douluo furious but all the elders in the Douluo Palace instantly turned furious. In contrast to them, Qian Douluo's face instantly turned pale upon recalling who this voice belonged to.

"Better—" Before any of the Elders could utter a sentence, Qian Douli instantly retracted his soul force and immediately bowed forward with a trembling body and a pale face with fright.

"First Brother why did you—"

"Shut up! You are all presumptuous! Pull back the power of your soul! This person who spoke is Lord Guardian of the Universe." Qian Douli's face was full of fear as he looked at his companions.

Hearing this the elders' faces instantly turned extremely pale. They didn't expect this voice to be the voice of the Lord of the Universe Guardians capable of killing the rules in just one hit. They all instantly retracted their soul force and bowed like Qian Douli with faces full of fear.

"My lord. I apologize for the attitude that my friends and I showed earlier." Qian Douli said with a face full of fear as sweat dripped down his entire body. Not only him, all the other elders were also now filled with fear.

"Hmmm.. Well, forget it. I don't really care about that, I just want to tease you. Ok, back to business. Do you have any free time now?"

"I have it, sir." Qian Douli and the other elders were taken aback by the question the Universe Guardians asked.

"Good. Can you come to the interior of the Great Star Dou Forest. The specific location was 10 kilometers east of the lake that was in the interior of the Great Star Dou Forest. Later you will find a large building there. I'm here now. There's a few things I'd like to ask you to do."

"I see. I'll be right there." Qian Douli was taken aback by this information. He didn't expect the Universe Guardian to come to this world. Not only him but the other elders were also shocked by this information.

"Okay, I'm waiting for his arrival. Oh, remember, if you can please bring some money. I want to do some transactions with you." After finishing his sentence, Rey immediately removed the voice transmission.

Their breaths all returned to steady after learning that the Universe Guardian had cut off the line of communication.

"First Brother, is the Universe Guardian Lord you met earlier in our world?" Golden Crocodile Douluo asked with a face full of shock.

"First Brother it seems that you are quite appreciated by the Master of the Universe Guardians" Third Elder said with great pleasure.

"Seems like that" Qian Douli nodded with pleasure and happiness then looked towards Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder, "Fourth Brother. Fifth Brother, can I trouble you to go to the treasure warehouse to collect some money?"

As a person who had reached the Douluo Boundary, Qian Douli rarely used money. Because whatever he wants can be obtained by him without money at all. And also Qian Douli was rarely out of place. But even if he rarely went out, he still had some money in his soul storage device. However, in anticipation, Qian Douli wanted to bring more for the sake of convenience.

"We understand." Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder nodded and immediately left to carry out their duties.

"First Brother, how about we withdraw Xiao Xue from the mission she was on? The rules of the world have changed. Anyone with Title Douluo level strength had the conditions to ascend to the upper realms. With Xiao Xue's talent, she could easily reach the Title Douluo level but having her carry out a mission like now would take a long time compared to being beside us. After all, with this change, it's no longer important for us to control this land."

"Good idea" Qian Douli nodded and looked at the Elder, "Which one of you wants to go pick up Xiao Xue?"

"We'll just go, First Brother." The Sixth Elder said.

"Yes. Just let us go, First Brother. We haven't seen Xiao Xue in a long time. We also want to go for a walk."

"Alright." Qian Douli nodded and had no problem with that.

The Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder paid their respects and disappeared from the scene. After their second disappearance, Fourth Elder and Fifth Elder returned with two rings that served as storage areas.

"First Brother, these two stores are already filled to the brim with money. There are about 10 million gold coins for each storage ring"

"Thank you" Qian Douli nodded and deposited the two rings into his soul storage device. After receiving the money, Qian Douli immediately rushed off for fear of making Rey wait.