Douluo: Starting with a self-created soul ring

**Chapter 136: Something Happened to Qian Xunji**

"Did something happen to the teacher?"

"What happened?"

Seeing Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo rushing back after a long journey, Gu Ziyi quickly asked.

He truly did not expect that Qian Xunji, who did not go to attack Poseidon Island but merely to investigate, would still encounter trouble.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the Holy Son. The Pope is fine, but… he won't be able to return for a while!"

Yue Guan quickly reassured Gu Ziyi that Qian Xunji was safe for the time being and then explained the situation that was keeping him on the island.

...

After landing on Poseidon Island, they quickly encountered the island's Sacred Pillar Guardian, who asked them to leave.

The three explorers, however, had no intention of leaving after just setting foot on the island.

Qian Xunji started asking more questions, wanting to know why outsiders weren't allowed on Poseidon Island, how many powerful individuals lived there, and other inquiries…

Perhaps because they were strong, the guardian revealed some information, though nothing particularly important.

But simple, trivial information wasn't enough to satisfy Qian Xunji.

In the end, the two sides inevitably clashed.

The Sacred Pillar Guardian they encountered was Sealance Douluo. At level 91, he was no match for Qian Xunji and was quickly defeated.

However, the noise from their battle attracted the attention of other Sacred Pillar Guardians.

Soon, four more guardians arrived.

An intense battle ensued, and both sides fought to a stalemate.

During the fight, Qian Xunji kept asking questions about Poseidon Island.

Seeing that he had no intention of killing them, Sealance Douluo and the other guardians shared more selective information with him.

They explained Poseidon Island's unique assessment process—only those who passed the island's trials could remain on the island.

Even those born on Poseidon Island would be expelled if they failed the assessment.

The assessments were said to be left behind by the God Poseidon himself.

When the Sacred Pillar Guardians mentioned this, they appeared deeply devout, showing great faith in the existence of the God Poseidon.

Upon learning about the island's divine inheritance trial, Qian Xunji asked if he could participate.

The answer was yes—he could undergo the trial. However, the guardians warned him that for outsiders from the continent, the trial would be ten times more difficult than for the island's natives.

Those who failed the trial would be expelled from Poseidon Island.

However, anyone who successfully completed the divine inheritance trial would be bound to the island and unable to leave.

Thus, the Sacred Pillar Guardians advised Qian Xunji to consider his decision carefully.

"I accept the divine inheritance trial of Poseidon Island!"

Without hesitation, Qian Xunji agreed enthusiastically.

Many might not fully understand what a divine inheritance trial entails, but Qian Xunji certainly did.

The Martial Soul Hall itself housed a divine inheritance—the Angel God's legacy.

His father, Qian Daoliu, had once tried to have him accept the Angel God's inheritance, though Qian Xunji had failed.

Never did he expect Poseidon Island to hold another divine inheritance, one that anyone could participate in!

This was like casting a wide net to choose a successor!

Unlike the Angel God's divine inheritance, which is only passed down within his family, and only clan members with sufficient talent can obtain the approval to undergo the divine inheritance assessment.

After speculating about the nature of the Poseidon Island's divine inheritance test, Qian Xunji naturally agreed.

How could he not be interested in the idea of becoming a god?

Others might think that becoming a god at Level 100 is just a myth, but his Seraphim family knows that gods truly exist, because their family is descended from the Angel God!

However, there was no way for him to obtain his family's divine inheritance. Now that he had found the Poseidon's divine inheritance, of course, he would try it.

The Poseidon's inheritance casting such a wide net indicated that its requirements were not as strict as those of the Angel God. Perhaps, with his qualifications, he could succeed in obtaining the Poseidon's divine inheritance.

In any case, if he failed, he could simply intentionally fail the assessment and leave Poseidon Island.

With this mindset of giving it a try, Qian Xunji chose to accept the Poseidon Island's divine inheritance assessment.

But who would have thought that after accepting the Poseidon Island's divine inheritance assessment, something unexpected would happen?

He passed the sixth-level test on Poseidon Island. As soon as the test began, Qian Xunji realized that his qualifications did not meet the Poseidon's divine inheritance criteria.

Disappointed, he decided to complete the five tasks leading up to the Black-Level Sixth Test. Since he could not complete his family's Angel God inheritance, he would take the Poseidon's test to make up for his regret.

Thus, on Poseidon Island, he chose to complete the first five assessments.

It was not difficult for him. It only took half a month, and he passed all five of the previous tests.

However, when Qian Xunji was about to fail his sixth test, something unexpected happened.

His sixth test required him to reach the Title Douluo level.

Thus, after completing the fifth test, his sixth test was automatically completed.

Qian Xunji was confused at that moment. He never expected to complete all the content of the sixth Black-Level Test!

But what had happened could not be changed. He had completed the sixth Black-Level Test. Bo Saixi then appeared in front of him and directly announced that Qian Xunji had become the guardian of the sixth sacred pillar, which was called the Sea Angel Sacred Pillar!

When Bo Saixi appeared, Qian Xunji immediately realized that she was the Poseidon's spokesperson, much like his father was.

He knew he was no match for her.

Qian Xunji quickly revealed his identity and said that he wanted to leave.

But Bo Saixi refused.

"No matter what your previous identity was, since you accepted the Poseidon Island's divine inheritance test and completed the sixth Black-Level Test, your future identity will be the Guardian of the Sixth Sacred Pillar, the Sea Angel Sacred Pillar!"

"It is impossible for you to leave Poseidon Island!"

"You should have known this when you voluntarily took the assessment. Poseidon Island is not a place where you can come and go as you please!"

"Unless you can defeat me!"

Bo Saixi directly rejected Qian Xunji's request to leave and ordered him to tell his two companions to leave, as Poseidon Island would not allow them to stay.

"…"

Qian Xunji was left speechless after hearing Bo Saixi's words.

It was akin to being told to defeat his father, Qian Daoliu.

How could he possibly do that?

However, before Qian Xunji could say anything more, Bo Saixi left without giving him another glance.

"Your Holiness, the Pope!"

"What do we do now?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei were also confused at this moment, never expecting that Qian Xunji would be trapped here by the other side.

"What else can we do?"

"You should go back first and inform the Supreme Elder about this matter. Whether I can leave this island or not will depend solely on my father!"

Qian Xunji could only smile bitterly upon hearing the two men's question.

He understood that gods were real, and he dared not disrespect the rules of Poseidon Island. Otherwise, Poseidon's punishment would certainly descend upon him.

However, regarding the matter of gods, he didn't disclose anything to the two men. Instead, he instructed them to return and report the situation to his father.

...

"...Your Highness, the Holy Son, that's what happened. Now we can only wait. The Pope is temporarily trapped on Poseidon Island and can't return. The Pope said that whether he returns or not depends on the Supreme Elder!"

Yue Guan finally concluded the story.

Only then did Gu Ziyi understand why his teacher was trapped on Poseidon Island and unable to return.

"…"

After learning the truth, he was speechless. Although Yue Guan and Gui Mei didn't understand Qian Xunji's motives, Gu Ziyi was able to deduce some of his thoughts based on what he already knew.

It turns out that his teacher thought, "Since I couldn't activate my own Angel God inheritance, why not try experiencing Poseidon's divine inheritance trial instead?"

He had no doubt that Qian Xunji used some information about Poseidon Island to infer that the island had Poseidon's divine inheritance trial.

After all, Qian Xunji came from the Seraphim family and must know this kind of information better than others.

Therefore, Gu Ziyi could understand his teacher's desire to experience the divine inheritance trial on Poseidon Island.

He likely even thought of countermeasures, intending to see how far he could go in the trial before deliberately failing the subsequent levels so he wouldn't be forced to stay on the island.

However, now it seems that even this plan was quite risky!

Qian Xunji thought he could be clever and use the divine inheritance trial as an experiment, but it backfired on him!

It probably wasn't Bo Saixi's intention to keep Qian Xunji on the island.

Could it be that Poseidon is secretly behind this?

If so, why would he do that?

Gu Ziyi speculated that the Angel God and Poseidon might have been close friends before becoming gods. Perhaps they had even been lovers at some point.

However, the Angel God later insisted on withdrawing the Divine Angel Sword to gain more power. This caused the virus and plague suppressed by the sword to spread across the Douluo Continent, killing countless people.

It was then that Poseidon parted ways with the Angel God.

In any case, Poseidon couldn't condone the Angel God's actions.

Therefore, if Poseidon paid attention to what happened on Poseidon Island and found that the Angel God's descendants came to accept the divine inheritance trial, it's very possible he simply wanted to mess with Qian Xunji.

"Teacher Yue Guan, you want me to go to the Hall of Elders with you, right?"

Gu Ziyi thought over everything in his mind. When he emerged from his deep thoughts, he asked Yue Guan why he had come to speak with him first.

After Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned, they hadn't immediately reported to the Supreme Elder. Instead, they came to see him first, likely hoping he would accompany them to meet Qian Daoliu.

Perhaps Yue Guan feared being punished and sought Gu Ziyi's presence for protection.

"Haha, what are you saying, Your Highness?"

"I just think that after informing the Supreme Elder, he will surely take immediate action. Therefore, I thought it necessary to explain everything to Your Highness first. In case of such a situation, I would like to request Your Highness's presence when we meet the Supreme Elder, just in case he has any demands!"

Yue Guan laughed.

"Alright, let's go to the Hall of Elders together!"

Gu Ziyi said nothing more and took the lead.

The two Douluo exchanged happy glances and quickly followed behind him.

...

"The Angel Clan members are so reckless!"

"Now that you've come to Poseidon Island, you're not leaving. Otherwise, you'll continue to cause trouble on the Douluo Continent!"

At this moment, in the Divine Realm, Poseidon clapped his hands proudly.

The matter of keeping Qian Xunji trapped on Poseidon Island was naturally his doing.

Having ascended to the Divine Realm from the Douluo Continent, Poseidon still cared deeply for his homeland, always keeping an eye on its developments.

Over time, he noticed that the Spirit Hall had grown increasingly ambitious, showing clear signs of wanting to unify the Douluo Continent by force.

He strongly disapproved of their actions.

It was just like when he opposed the Angel God pulling out the Angelic Divine Sword to gain enough power to reshape the Douluo Continent.

Although the Angel God's intentions were good, extracting the Angelic Divine Sword to obtain immense power to improve the continent, her actions had brought disaster to Douluo.

Therefore, Poseidon never approved of her methods.

The same applied to the Spirit Hall's current ambitions.

In his view, they were disguising their own desires under the pretense of improving the Douluo Continent.

Even if it wasn't a pretense, he still wouldn't agree with their approach.

So, he decided to intervene.

If Qian Xunji hadn't gone to Poseidon Island to take part in the divine inheritance trial, Poseidon wouldn't have been able to interfere in worldly matters.

But once Qian Xunji willingly accepted the divine trial, the opportunity presented itself. Poseidon was free to set any trial difficulty he wished for his inheritors.

And so, Poseidon seized the moment to trap Qian Xunji on Poseidon Island.

He believed that once the Spirit Hall lost its Pope, they wouldn't be able to carry out their grand plans.

Qian Daoliu, as the Angel God's representative in the mortal world, couldn't simply abandon his post to take action.

This was Poseidon's reason for forcing Qian Xunji to stay.

Even if the Angel God knew about it, Poseidon had followed the rules, and the Angel God couldn't retaliate.

While Gu Ziyi had guessed that Qian Xunji was trapped due to the long-standing conflict between Poseidon and the Angel God, he hadn't realized that Poseidon intervened to prevent the Spirit Hall from unifying the Douluo Continent.

…

"You two have returned? Where is the Pope?"

"Did something happen to him?"

When Qian Daoliu saw Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo return without Qian Xunji, his expression suddenly darkened.

"Don't worry, Supreme Elder. The Pope is fine!"

"He was left on Poseidon Island and can't return for now!"

Yue Guan quickly responded to Qian Daoliu's questions, offering key information to reassure him.

He made sure to emphasize that Qian Xunji wasn't dead or injured!

"The Pope can't return for now?"

After learning that Qian Xunji had been left on Poseidon Island temporarily, Qian Daoliu calmed down and asked the two to explain the situation in detail.

"It went like this, Supreme Elder…"

Yue Guan, not daring to leave out any details, recounted everything that had happened on the island.

'Foolish…'

Upon hearing that Qian Xunji had accepted the divine inheritance trial on Poseidon Island, Qian Daoliu immediately understood his son's thoughts and silently cursed his stupidity.

Even the Angel God disapproves of you, so why would the Poseidon be any different?

You simply have no self-awareness.

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(End of Chapter)

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