Chapter 37: The Cowardly Yu Xiaogang Remains the Same, Bibi Dong Betrayed

Inside the Pope's Palace.

After their martial souls evolved and their cultivation broke through, Glowing Feather Douluo, Fifteen Ton Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo all opened their eyes, ending their meditation.

Overjoyed, they stood up and expressed their gratitude to Qian Xunji.

"Glowing Feather, Fifteen Ton, Falling Devil, thank you, Your Holiness!"

"No need to be so formal, Elders!"

Qian Xunji sat on the luxurious golden throne, dressed in a long robe with a white base, adorned with golden and blue patterns and accessories.

His long golden hair draped over his shoulders, and his sharp brows and star-like eyes highlighted his extraordinary handsomeness.

With a light chuckle, he said, "You three are the jade pillars that support our Spirit Hall, the golden beams that uphold the sea. You have made great contributions to our cause."

"Since I have treasures that can aid in the evolution of your martial souls, I would not hesitate to share them."

"You three elders—no, I should say, you three worshippers—go ahead and name your new martial souls."

As for their evolved martial souls:

Glowing Feather Douluo's martial soul, the Glowing Feather Divine Bow, had greatly enhanced its ice attribute upon evolution. Thus, he renamed it to Extreme Ice Glowing Feather Bow.

Fifteen Ton Douluo and Falling Devil Douluo's martial soul, the Coiling Dragon Staff, had turned black-gold in color after evolving. As a result, they renamed it Black-Gold Coiling Dragon Staff.

Following their transformations, Qian Xunji summoned the remaining elders, excluding Ling Yuan and the ninth elder who had died in battle against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan during the soul-hunting operation.

Among those summoned were future Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and Snake Spear Douluo.

Qian Xunji bestowed suitable pills upon the red-robed archbishops Yue Guan and Gui Mei, offering words of encouragement as their Pope.

Feeling acknowledged, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and She Long accepted the pills with gratitude and excitement, then began meditating in the Pope's Palace to refine them.

Soon, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and She Long's martial souls underwent evolution, each of them also advancing by one or two ranks.

The pill Qian Xunji gave Yue Guan was refined using the immortal herb Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and was named Mystic Gold Pill.

Since Yue Guan's martial soul was Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, it was the most suitable herb-based pill for him.

After consuming the Mystic Gold Pill, Yue Guan's level-87 Soul Douluo cultivation directly broke through to level-89. His martial soul evolved from Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to an immortal-grade Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum martial soul.

Yes, although his martial soul was Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, it had never truly reached the immortal-grade level.

Otherwise, with such a martial soul, Yue Guan would not have been stuck at rank-95 Title Douluo until his death.

Aside from Yue Guan, Qian Xunji also gave a Mystic Gold Pill to Demon Bear Douluo.

In the original novel, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was never mentioned as having the ability to evolve martial souls.

However, through the analysis of the artifact, the Wordless Alchemy Codex, Qian Xunji discovered that Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum actually had a weak martial soul evolution effect.

By refining a specialized pill formula through the codex, the effect was greatly enhanced.

Thus, the Mystic Gold Pill successfully gained the ability to evolve specific martial souls.

One of those souls belonged to Demon Bear Douluo, whose Blood Demon Berserk Bear martial soul fell within the range of souls that could be evolved.

After consuming the Mystic Gold Pill, his martial soul gained a metal attribute, significantly boosting his defense while mitigating the side effects of his bloodthirsty berserk state.

He named his evolved martial soul Vajra Blood Demon Bear.

As for Ghost Douluo, Ghost Leopard Douluo, Snake Spear Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Holy Dragon Douluo, Qian Xunji gave them different pills.

Ghost Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo each received a Nightshade Pill, refined from the top-tier spirit herb Dark Night Ghost Orchid.

Snake Spear Douluo received an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo Pill.

Holy Dragon Douluo, like Golden Crocodile Douluo, received an Earth Dragon Gold Pill.

Lastly, Qian Xunji felt helpless about Thorn Dolphin Douluo.

Using the Wordless Alchemy Codex, he had analyzed all the immortal herbs and top-tier spirit medicines growing around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

He found that several herbs, which were not originally known to evolve martial souls, actually had this hidden ability.

By refining special pill formulas to enhance this effect, he successfully created pills that could evolve certain martial souls.

However, none of the evolved martial soul pills he refined worked for Porcupinefish Douluo's martial soul, the Porcupinefish.

In the end, Qian Xunji could only grant him an Immortal Spirit Pill, primarily refined from the immortal herb Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

Although this pill could not evolve Thorn Dolphin Douluo's martial soul, it could at least increase his cultivation by one or two levels, solidify his foundation, and enhance his future cultivation potential.

After consuming the Nightshade Pills, Ghost Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo's martial souls gained shadow attributes.

Ghost Douluo named his evolved martial soul Ghost Shadow King.

Ghost Leopard Douluo named his evolved martial soul Shadow Ghost Leopard.

Snake Spear Douluo and Holy Dragon Douluo named their evolved martial souls Ink Jade Sky Serpent Spear and Golden Armor Holy Dragon, respectively.

With the distribution of these pills, all nine future elders—except Porcupinefish Douluo—had their martial souls evolved and cultivation levels increased.

In the time that followed, since the arrangements for his marriage with Ling Yuan Douluo had already been discussed with Qian Daoliu, and the auspicious date had been set for March 5th of the following year, the main tasks now were preparing for the wedding and sending invitations to the major forces across the continent, inviting them to send representatives to attend.

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In the blink of an eye, six months passed.

Inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

On the night of his wedding with Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang had discovered that he was completely unable to break through Bibi Dong's defense.

After reporting the issue to his father, Yu Yuanzhen, the clan master issued a strict order: Yu Xiaogang had to find a way to break through Bibi Dong's defense within six months.

If he failed, the opportunity to compensate the clan would be given to someone else.

To protect his dignity as a man, Yu Xiaogang became desperate, trying every method he could think of.

He used specialized tools, consumed millennium-aged whale gelatin to enhance his strength, and even experimented with special ointments made from the body parts of dark-attributed plant and animal soul beasts.

But nothing worked.

Yu Xiaogang fell into despair.

When the six-month deadline passed, Yu Yuanzhen came to see him, his face full of disappointment and cold indifference.

From that moment on, Bibi Dong would no longer be his woman.

Instead, she would become a prize for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, used to compensate for their losses.

"Father! No! I don't agree!"

Yu Xiaogang's face turned red with anger, his fists clenched tightly as he refused to accept this reality.

"Don't agree? You don't agree to what, you useless fool?!"

Yu Yuanzhen's fury erupted. He roared in rage and struck Yu Xiaogang across the face with a heavy slap, sending him crashing to the ground.

Holding his burning cheek, Yu Xiaogang's mind buzzed as he lay there, stunned.

"You think I wanted this outcome?"

"I gave you six months! You failed on your own! Who else is there to blame?"

"If you can't compensate the clan and the sect, then I'll find someone who can!"

"As the disgrace of this family, you have no right to refuse!"

With that, Yu Yuanzhen threw a small packet of medicine at him and ordered coldly,

"Later, mix this into Bibi Dong's tea and make sure she drinks it."

"After that, it won't be your concern anymore."

"Don't even think about playing tricks. If you dare disobey, I will strip you of your clan status and expel you from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as its patriarch!"

Hearing this, Yu Xiaogang, weak-willed as he was, immediately backed down.

'Dong'er, I'm sorry!'

'I really have no other choice!'

With Yu Yuanzhen's threat looming over him, Yu Xiaogang's eyes turned red, his hands trembling as he clutched the packet of medicine, his heart filled with bitter sorrow.

In the end, he chose to betray Bibi Dong once again.