Upon hearing this, Ning Rongrong rolled her eyes.
"Our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School has always been proficient in matters of soul and spirit. Plus, I have the ability to control space and time."
"The most important factor is still the thunder tribulation. Even when taking a shortcut, breaking through to the divine level requires withstanding attacks from thunder tribulation above Rank 130."
"First-level god…" Qian Renxue opened her mouth. From the memories in the Angel God fragments, combined with what she had heard from Gu Yuena in the Star Dou Forest, she knew about the divisions in the Divine Realm.
Ning Rongrong's strength had already reached this level?
Ning Rongrong didn't bother explaining Qian Renxue's misunderstanding.
"In short, the reason I came this time is to ask you to investigate intelligence on the Star Luo Empire."
Ning Rongrong looked Qian Renxue up and down for a moment before giving a slight smile. "Also, become a god as soon as you can. The seal on the Divine Realm might break open soon."
"When that happens, what will occur—I don't need to explain it to you, right?"
"If you don't want others to know, don't do it yourself. Just like how you were able to discover that I 'robbed the rich to help the poor' with Tang Hao's wife's soul bone and framed Chrysanthemum Douluo."
Uh, the example seemed a bit off.
Whatever.
Ning Rongrong cleared her throat twice and continued:
"Once the Divine Realm's lockdown is lifted, they'll almost certainly send gods down to investigate. Your cooperation will be very hard to hide."
"How long, roughly?"
Qian Renxue's heart sank. She didn't think Ning Rongrong was speaking without reason.
"I don't know for sure, but I always feel that the situation with the Divine Realm's lockdown involves Gu Yuena, who's still in the Dragon Valley."
"If possible, I'd like to go into the Dragon Valley and take a look."
Ning Rongrong's quiet gaze turned toward Qian Renxue, hoping to get a definite answer from her.
"Give up on that." Qian Renxue shook her head and sighed. "The coordinates of the Dragon Valley are constantly shifting. Aside from Gu Yuena, no one knows where it is."
"Besides, didn't you go there last time? Couldn't you find it?"
"That was arranged by the ancient black phoenix. It involved all sorts of coincidences—even the current I couldn't locate such an ancillary plane."
"Forget it. Since that's the case, let's leave it at that."
Ning Rongrong smiled and shifted the topic.
"Qian Renxue, I'll leave the Star Luo Empire investigation to you. We absolutely cannot allow the Abyss Sovereign to activate the Blood River Grand Formation connecting to the Abyss."
"Otherwise, the trouble will be enormous."
"You know a lot about the Abyss?" Qian Renxue had asked Xue Di about the Abyss situation before, but even Xue Di wasn't very clear—only that there were existences stronger than her there.
"That's a plane no weaker than the Douluo Continent. Its strongest being is the Mother of the Crimson, mother of the Abyss Sacred Monarch, with strength at half-step god king level."
"Half-step god king!" Qian Renxue sucked in a cold breath.
"That's right—half-step god king. The Abyss Sacred Monarch has several older brothers who are very likely also at the divine level. In short, be extremely careful."
After briefing Qian Renxue on some matters, Ning Rongrong left the palace.
After all, she still had a lot to do right now. Things like getting close and cozy with Qian Renxue could wait for another opportunity.
After all, Ning Rongrong was a proper person.
Ning Rongrong's figure vanished and reappeared outside Heaven Dou City.
"It seems I'll have to go check out that continent, but I don't have the time to spare right now."
Ning Rongrong looked up at the azure sky. Carefree white clouds drifted by from time to time.
"As expected, I'm really not suited to being a slacker."
Everything felt like the calm before the storm. If she didn't make more preparations, she would probably regret it later.
Beside Ning Rongrong, three pitch-black voids appeared—like abyssal demons crawling out from the dark holes. In moments, three more figures emerged—Ning Rongrong's three clones.
"Ara ara, isn't this the main body? Already done so soon? As expected, you're really weak~!"
Ning Rongrong slapped her forehead, speechless as she looked at the twin-tailed Ning Rongrong.
Just which part of herself did these guys inherit their personalities from?
Why did a few of them feel especially quirky?
"You three go investigate the Sun Moon Continent. Find the whereabouts of the Asura God Sword as quickly as possible."
"And if you find it, don't alert anyone—just contact me directly."
The three put away their playful expressions and became serious:
"Understood!" Space twisted, and the three figures used spatial jumps to depart.
Ning Rongrong's voice was firm: "Tang San, Asura God—no matter what backup plans you have, I will crush them all."
Since peaceful coexistence was impossible, the only option was to eliminate the root, destroy the corpse and erase all traces, then scatter the ashes to the wind.
"Phew—" Ning Rongrong took a deep breath. "It's time to give the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School some intensity."
Lan Fozi's tribulation and ascension to godhood had basically let Ning Rongrong understand the essentials of the divine realm—what it meant to ignite the so-called divine fire.
But compared to that, Ning Rongrong was more concerned with the thunder tribulation talent under the Dragon God's rules.
That pure heaven-and-earth aura—it was a massive tonic!
Unfortunately, her own strength was still too weak.
Ning Rongrong casually opened a spatial portal and walked through unhurriedly.
When she reappeared, it was at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
Having reached the peak of the three supreme realms, there was no longer any soul master on the entire Douluo Continent who could be her opponent.
No matter what dangerous secret realm or land of great peril, she could walk through them as if strolling on level ground.
Ning Rongrong could even curl their hairs with heat, then straighten them again.
…
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, main discussion hall.
"Outside Vast Sea City, an unprecedented thunder tribulation appeared. Its scope exceeds any record in the books—suspected to be a soul beast over a hundred thousand years undergoing tribulation…"
Ning Fengzhi learned of the information transmitted back from Vast Sea City through the new life soul guidance communicator. The entire man fell into deep silence.
After pondering for a long time, Ning Fengzhi looked toward Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo seated nearby.
Even though the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School now had many Title Douluo elders, the ones he trusted most were still Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.
"You two, what do you think of the thunderstorm and heavenly punishment that occurred outside Vast Sea City?"
"Perhaps a soul beast is undergoing tribulation!" Bone Douluo spoke first.
"No, impossible. That scope, that terrifying intensity—it absolutely isn't an ordinary hundred-thousand-year soul beast crossing thunder tribulation."
The Soul Douluo sent to garrison Vast Sea City had all seen great storms.
To avoid accidents, they had even specially studied matters concerning hundred-thousand-year soul beasts. After all, the sea was full of dangers—ignorance could kill the cat out of curiosity.
"Do you think it could be the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King undergoing divine tribulation?"
Sword Douluo suddenly spoke up. He was now at the quasi-god peak. Although his mental power hadn't reached the Divine Origin realm, combined with the Seven Kills Sword, his power was formidable.
"Soul beasts cannot become gods. The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King probably has no need to do this." Ning Fengzhi was puzzled.
Gu Yuena's plan had already begun. Forget the rule that soul beasts cannot become gods—even if the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King wanted to undergo divine tribulation, it would be after this current matter.
"Then… perhaps the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King deliberately drew the thunder tribulation. Maybe it was fighting someone and couldn't win, so it used this method."
Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo looked at Bone Douluo as if he were an alien.
"What are you looking at me for? This is the best explanation! Mutual destruction, right? Isn't that a classic move?"
"Besides, you can't possibly think that Rongrong ran to the Demonic Whale Sea Domain to help the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King become a god, causing this thunder tribulation scene, can you?"
The coverage of this thunder tribulation was truly too vast. According to the transmitted information, even in Vast Sea City, people could sense an overwhelming oppressive aura in the air—far stronger than Sword Douluo releasing his full soul power by who knows how many times.
Aside from something involving gods, what else could it be?
An ordinary soul beast tribulation didn't create this kind of apocalyptic scene.
"That's right. Someone in the Demonic Whale Sea Domain really did reach Rank 100 and become a god."
A spatial portal opened.
The three instinctively looked toward the door and spoke in unison with astonishment: "Rongrong, you came back so quickly?"
(End of chapter)