Chapter 325. Tang Hao: Of course, I forgive her! (Part 1)
"Elders, Venerables, and members of the Golden Team, I hope you can handle what I'm about to announce," Qian Xunji said.
Hearing this, Venerable Qianjun laughed: "Your Holiness, we old fogies have seen all sorts of things. You think you can scare us?" Jin'e said: "Qianjun, don't be so sure of yourself. Before Your Holiness brought out those Soul Beast Secret Realms and Awakening Rings, when had you ever seen them?" Qianjun said awkwardly: "That's true."
Guangling asked curiously: "Your Holiness, hurry up and announce it. What exactly are you going to announce?"
Qian Xunji clenched his fist in the air, and a list fell into his hand. When Qian Daoliu saw this list, although he couldn't see through its depths, he could feel the aura of divinity within it!
This was a divine object.
Qian Xunji unfurled the notice and declared, "Next, I will announce that the era of the gods of the Spirit Hall has arrived."
His words silenced the entire room; you could hear a pin drop.
"I don't understand. What do you mean by the era of the gods of the Spirit Hall?"
Qian Xunji said. "Yue Guan, Gui Mei, come out and let everyone know."
"Yes, Your Holiness." Behind Qian Xunji, a flurry of flowers danced on one side, while countless ghostly figures appeared on the other. Then, the two descended from the sky with divine might!
They appeared behind Qian Xunji!
The Spirit Hall's elders, including Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong, stared in disbelief upon seeing Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
They had previously looked down on Yue Guan and Gui Mei, considering their talent mediocre; they had only risen to prominence by following Qian Xunji. But now, these two seemed like insurmountable mountains to them.
Despite his disbelief, Qian Daoliu managed to speak, asking, "You... you've also become gods?"
Even though Yue Guan had become a god, he still maintained respect for the many worshippers before him, knowing their advantage was only temporary. Qian Xunji would bestow divine positions upon them. Yue Guan explained, "Honorable worshippers, elders, His Holiness the Pope, and the Golden Team and Rose Team, Old Ghost and I have indeed become gods. I am the Second-Level God Flower God, and Old Ghost is the Second-Level God Ghost God. Our divine positions were both bestowed upon us by His Holiness the God King."
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, the gazes of the elders and worshippers towards him instantly blazed with fervor.
The opportunity to become a god! This was the opportunity to become a god!
Qian Xunji said, "This is the Investiture of the Gods, something I obtained by chance. It is compatible with heaven and earth, and as time goes by, it will condense into divine essences according to the laws of heaven and earth. The Ghostly Demon and the Flower Goddess of Yueguan are all derived from this Investiture of the Gods. You have all contributed to the Spirit Hall, and in return, I will bestow divine positions upon you."
Everyone looked at the Investiture of the Gods. This Investiture of the Gods was filled with divine power, and there were more than a dozen divine essences imprinted on it.
Divine positions were limited, but there were more than a hundred people here!
After speaking, Qian Xunji said, "Next, the conferment ceremony will begin."
Qian Xunji first said to Qian Daoliu, "Father, this is the position of God-King, the position of Sun God. I will bestow this position upon you. Of course, you are still performing the task of Grand Priest, so I cannot bestow it upon you for the time being. I will grant this position to you when Xue'er becomes a god."
"No rush, no rush. As long as I see the hope of becoming a god, I can wait any longer." Qian Daoliu said regretfully, "It's just a pity that I can't share my joy with Tang Chen."
Qian Xunji smiled and said, "It's alright, Father. On the day you become a god, I will bring Tang Chen to congratulate you together."
After speaking, Qian Xunji looked at Bibi Dong and said, "Dong'er, you should be glad that you pulled back from the brink in time. Look at the people participating in the Spirit Hall's conferment ceremony. Where are Liu Erlong and Poseidon?"
Bibi Dong gave Qian Xunji a flirtatious wink: "Then Dong'er should thank Master for the secret chamber favor back then."
"You really have to thank me for this. I've helped you see the error of your ways," Qian Xunji said with a smile. He then took out a divine core and tossed it to Bibi Dong. Although Qian Xunji preferred women who liked other men, he had absolutely no trust in them. Therefore, Liu Erlong, Poseidon, Tang Yuehua, and A Yin would not be present at the conferment ceremony.
If Bibi Dong still harbored feelings for Yu Xiaogang, she wouldn't be at the ceremony.
He said, "The core of the God of Reincarnation is the divine position of a God-King, controlling the two paths of life and death. It suits your Reincarnation Spider Emperor, so this divine spark is bestowed upon you."
"Thank you," Bibi Dong accepted the divine spark and fused it into her body.
After losing her Rakshasa Godhood, Bibi Dong thought she would never have a divine spark in this life. She never expected to receive a divine core. A divine core doesn't require divine testing; it only requires fusion to become a god. Compared to the God of Reincarnation, the Rakshasa God was utter trash.
After Bibi Dong was enshrined in the Investiture of the Gods, Qian Xunji presented An Zhongdao with a godhead devoid of any attribute, saying, "An Zhongdao, your swordsmanship has already forged its own unique path. Giving you a godhead like the Sword God would only be an obstacle. Therefore, I had the Investiture of the Gods condense this godhead without any attribute. Without any attribute, it can possess any attribute. Use it to create your own godhead."
An Zhongdao accepted the godhead and said, "Thank you."
Qian Xunji then bestowed two great godheads, the God of Nature and the God of Souls, upon Hua Qiang and Meng Lingxuan respectively.
Afterwards, Qian Xunji granted different godheads to the Spirit Hall's elders, elders, and the Golden Generation.
Among them, Tianyue received the godhead of the Golden God, while Tian'e received the lower-level godhead of the Golden God, the first-level Godhead of Power!
The elders received first-level godheads, and Guangling and Qingluan each received their respective godhoods: the Qingluan godhead and the Archer godhead!
The elders were all granted the title of Level Two Godhood. Ci Xue and She Mao respectively received the titles of Snake God and Poison God. For these elders, becoming a god was already a dream come true, and they didn't care about the difference in divine rank.
As for the Golden Generation and Rose Generation, apart from their leaders Yang Bailing and Tian Yao who received the God-King title, the others received Level One Godhood.
The conferment ceremony ended, but it wasn't entirely satisfactory. Among those offered sacrifices, Kuang Shi, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo were not conferred titles, nor were many elders. The list of divine titles on the Conferment List was nearly empty; besides one blood-red divine title and the Sun God divine title reserved for Qian Daoliu, there were no other divine titles left.
The elders who hadn't received divine titles looked at Qian Xunji, hesitant to speak, as if they wanted to ask but couldn't.
Qian Xunji laughed, "Those of you who haven't been assigned a divine position, don't worry too much. The Investiture of the Gods will merge with the laws of heaven and earth to create new divine positions. There are only so many divine positions available right now, but I can guarantee that the reason I've gathered you all here today is for the Investiture of the Gods ceremony. You may not have one now, but you will in the future."
"Thank you, Your Holiness," the elders and revered figures said gratefully.
At this moment, Qian Daoliu coughed twice and pointed to the blood-red divine position on the Investiture of the Gods, asking, "Then, Ji'er, what is this divine position?"
"The Asura God's position," Qian Xunji said.
The Asura God's position? Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the others who knew about this divine position all showed expressions of shock.
"Wait, is this the same divine position that Tang Chen and the others took in their divine examinations?" Qian Daoliu asked.
Qian Xunji said, "That's right, this Asura God is the divine position that Tang Chen and Tang San obtained during their divine trials."
"Then why did you let them go through the divine trials? If this Asura God remains in our hands, they won't have any chance at all," Bibi Dong asked, puzzled.
To this question, Qian Xunji only replied with one sentence: "I can grant it to them, and I can also take it back from them."
Qian Daoliu was even more puzzled: "If that's the case, why bother?"
Qian Xunji smiled and said, "With the Spirit Hall's current strength, crushing these rebels is like crushing an ant, but they are not our enemies. Keeping them alive is more useful to us."
Then, Qian Xunji allocated eight slots in the Advanced Time Meditation Chamber to Hua Qiang.
"The Advanced Time Meditation Chamber can compress time. One day outside is equivalent to one year inside. The average age of a Title Douluo is 65 years old, which means that a Title Douluo can be quickly trained in 65 days. We can select a group of excellent seeds to increase the strength of the Asdeka Republic."
"Yes," Hua Qiang nodded.
Of the remaining 12 spots, Qian Xunji kept one for himself, and the rest were reserved for the Spirit Hall to rapidly increase its strength.
The Spirit Hall officially entered the Age of Gods.
Bibi Dong announced her seclusion to fuse the Reincarnation Godhead, with the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Gods temporarily leading the Spirit Hall. Some of the Spirit Hall's elders also went into seclusion.
Fusing a divine core is different from completing the divine test to become a god. The divine test is an assessment set by an existing god; only by passing the test can the god bestow a godhood upon you. However, fusing a divine core has no such problem. You don't need to go through any divine test; you only need to fuse the divine core, and you instantly become a god, while your strength increases rapidly as if you've been given an accelerator.
The outside world is unaware that the Spirit Hall has entered the Age of Gods. They are still eagerly awaiting Tang San's triumphant return, hoping he will lead them to shatter the Spirit Hall's tyranny and allow them to return to the past, to the spring of nobility and the beautiful pastoral era.
With the Miracle Project completed, Qian Xunji returned to the Asura Temple to check on the progress of Tang Hao and Tang San's divine trials.
Tang San, meanwhile, had entered the illusion of the divine trials and was daydreaming about reuniting with Xiao Wu.
Meanwhile, Tang Hao was entering the climax of the story orchestrated by Qian Xunji.
Qian Xunji, for the sake of Ah Yin, had killed his own father and sect disciples, thoroughly offending the Clear Sky Sect.
Naturally, the Clear Sky Sect was severely weakened by Tang Hao's madness, falling out of the ranks of the three major sects on the continent.
(End of chapter)