The process of hunting the Spirit Beast went extremely smoothly. Chen Ming successfully obtained his Spirit Ring, while the Blazing Winged Dragon unfortunately did not produce an additional Spirit Bone.
After briefly handling the aftermath, the group directly flew back to the Douluo Continent.
Upon returning to the Spirit Hall, Chen Ming immediately went to meet Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, displaying the results of his current condition to them.
Seeing Chen Ming's present state, both Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo were extremely pleased.
Because Golden Crocodile Douluo's Spirit Power level was simply too high, the difficulty he faced in compressing his Spirit Power and condensing a Spirit Core was far greater than that of ordinary Spirit Masters who had only recently broken through into the Titled Douluo realm.
Part of the reason was his desire to condense the Spirit Core successfully in one attempt.
The other part was his intention to directly advance his cultivation to Level 99 in the same process.
During this period of time, Golden Crocodile Douluo had continuously adjusted his condition while observing the Spirit Hall experts who had already successfully condensed Spirit Cores. Through this, he sought to further infer how his own Spirit Core should be formed and what level his condition would reach afterward.
In the eras of Douluo II and beyond, Spirit Masters generally needed to condense at least two Spirit Cores in order to break through into the realm of Limit Douluo.
But the crucial issue was that those later Spirit Masters had already formed one Spirit Core upon entering the Titled Douluo stage.
While the Spirit Core enhanced their state as Titled Douluo, it also restricted them in turn.
However, for Spirit Masters who only condensed Spirit Cores after reaching the Titled Douluo realm—especially after level 95—they did not possess the limitation of absolutely requiring a second Spirit Core in order to become Limit Douluo.
For experts at that level, a second Spirit Core was merely the icing on the cake rather than a strict necessity.
This was a fundamental difference in cultivation methods, as well as a consequence of condensing Spirit Cores at different stages.
Condensing a Spirit Core before becoming a Titled Douluo was akin to forcefully accelerating maturity ahead of schedule.
Condensing one after becoming a Titled Douluo, on the other hand, was more like a natural integration of one's own power—a process that occurred naturally when the time was right.
It could not really be said which method was superior or inferior.
But using Spirit Beasts as a comparison, among all Spirit Beasts, only Di Tian possessed dual Spirit Cores.
Even existences such as the Evil Emperor and Snow Empress merely possessed singular Spirit Cores of extraordinary strength.
Although condensing dual Spirit Cores was not impossible, in truth, a single Spirit Core was already sufficient for them to become Limit Douluo.
However, Spirit Masters like Qian Renfeng—who had only managed to break through from Level 89 to 90 by condensing a Spirit Core—were different.
For people like them, they would still need to condense a second Spirit Core upon reaching Level 98 in order to break through to 99.
A single Spirit Core alone could not support their breakthrough, even if they originally possessed the aptitude to become Limit Douluo.
That said, while all of this was true, the number of Limit Douluo had always been extremely limited—not only in this era, but in all future eras as well.
Even for those who relied upon Spirit Cores to become Titled Douluo, despite receiving tremendous fortune, they themselves might never actually reach Levels 95 or 96.
And if one of them truly managed to cultivate all the way to Level 98 through their own efforts, then whether they could condense a second Spirit Core would no longer matter much to them anyway.
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Looking at Chen Ming's state, Golden Crocodile Douluo was extremely satisfied. After speaking at length to Chen Ming and Qian Daoliu as though giving his final words, Golden Crocodile Douluo, who had prepared for a long time, finally entered a state of closed-door death seclusion.
If he could not break through to Limit Douluo, then Golden Crocodile Douluo would never walk out through those doors again.
Regarding Golden Crocodile Douluo's act of staking everything on one throw, neither Chen Ming nor the other Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall had much to say.
After all, Golden Crocodile Douluo's current condition truly did need to be squeezed to the utmost. His various states were no longer in the weakened condition they had been before. Right now, they were all at the peak they had ever reached in his life, and there was absolutely no possibility of him failing to break through to Limit Douluo.
The only difference was a matter of time. If it was short, it might take a few months. If it was long, it might take two or three years. As for the possibility of failure, that was practically negligible.
After all, after recovering his youth, Golden Crocodile Douluo had already gained the qualifications to begin charging toward Limit Douluo. The reason he was only entering seclusion now was merely that he had been constantly tempering himself, wanting every aspect of his state after breaking through to Limit Douluo to become better and more powerful.
With his matter settled for the time being, everyone's attention naturally returned to Chen Ming. Looking at Chen Ming, who still had a few months to go before turning twelve yet already possessed cultivation at the Spirit Ancestor level, Qian Daoliu and the other Worship elders truly did not know what they should say.
After all, Chen Ming's current speed of cultivation progress was truly unprecedented. Even the most talented Spirit Master in the Angel Clan back then, and even the Angel God before becoming a god, could not be compared too much with Chen Ming in terms of cultivation speed.
Not knowing what he could give Chen Ming, Qian Daoliu simply went to Spirit Hall's treasury and took out a ten-thousand-year-level leg Spirit Bone, handing it to Chen Ming.
Qian Daoliu was not Bibi Dong. While he had plenty of means, he was also the person who, in the truest sense, represented Spirit Hall's orthodoxy and had the support of the people.
If Bibi Dong wanted to take Spirit Bones from the treasury and hand them to the Golden Generation, she would be rejected by the Worship Hall, so she could only take a roundabout route and make the Spirit Bones the reward for the tournament.
But when Qian Daoliu wanted to take a Spirit Bone, there was absolutely no need for him to care about Bibi Dong's opinion.
Even if Bibi Dong openly objected, no one would think Qian Daoliu had done anything wrong.
Because in the end, Spirit Hall still belonged to the Qian Family.
Qian Daoliu was both Spirit Hall's strongest expert and its most legitimate authority.
Using merely two Spirit Bones as rewards was hardly worth mentioning.
This Spirit Bone was one of the three reward Spirit Bones that had appeared during the Spirit Hall tournament in the original story.
It was called the Wind Chasing Left Leg of Swift Movement.
Its effect was exactly as the name implied—it granted explosive acceleration over extremely short periods of time.
Naturally, it could not compare to a true hundred-thousand-year Spirit Bone, but among ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones, it was already considered exceptionally high quality.
Although Chen Ming's left leg had not absorbed a Spirit Bone yet and could technically accommodate this one, its cultivation age was not particularly high, and Chen Ming currently did not lack mobility-enhancing abilities.
As such, he had no intention of absorbing it himself.
After considering for a moment, Chen Ming directly handed the Spirit Bone over to Qian Renfeng.
The moment Qian Renfeng realized that he was actually being allowed to absorb such a top-grade ten-thousand-year Spirit Bone, his eyes widened to the extreme, his expression filled with disbelief.
He knew Chen Ming had previously given Spirit Bones to Dugu Bo.
But in Qian Renfeng's view, that was only because the relationship between those two was exceptionally close.
As for himself, he was merely a bodyguard.
Someone like him should never have received treatment of this level.
After finally confirming that this Spirit Bone was truly being given to him, Qian Renfeng's entire demeanor turned incomparably solemn.
He did not know what to say.
He merely struck his chest silently with his right fist, his gaze becoming incomparably resolute—as though he had just witnessed his own sun.
Although Qian Renfeng was unquestionably loyal to Qian Daoliu, when it came to Qian Renxue disguising herself as the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire for so many years, he still found it somewhat difficult to accept deep down.
To him, that simply did not feel like the conduct of a Great Angel.
But in Qian Renfeng's eyes now, although Chen Ming was not of the Qian Family bloodline, his contributions to the entire Spirit Master world were already no less than those of any Pope in history.
Combined with his identity as Golden Crocodile Douluo's disciple, he absolutely possessed the qualifications to contend for the next generation's position as Pope.
This single Spirit Bone naturally would not make Qian Renfeng betray Qian Daoliu.
But if one day Chen Ming truly chose to compete for the position of Spirit Hall Pope, then even if his opponent were Qian Renxue herself, Qian Renfeng felt that he would still cast his vote for Chen Ming.
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