Douluo: Spiritual Sword

At the exit of the Hell Road, Tianlin and Hu Liena did not leave immediately. Taking this opportunity, Tianlin asked Hu Liena for a lot of information about the Spirit Hall.

As Bibi Dong's personal disciple and the future Holy Maiden, she was familiar with most major decisions of the Spirit Hall, including the soul-hunting operation.

Just as Tianlin predicted, the soul-hunting operation was originally planned for five years after the Soul Master Tournament. Now, however, they had Qian Renxue take control of the Heaven Dou Empire within three years—clearly, the plan was being moved ahead.

Additionally, Bibi Dong gave up control over some branches and main halls of the Spirit Hall in exchange for the direct involvement of the Worship Hall.

"It's no surprise the Worship Hall would act. With the current strength of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, your elders below rank 95 can hardly guarantee success." Tianlin ordered Hu Liena, "When you go back, keep a close eye on the soul-hunting plan. Once the execution date is confirmed, do everything you can to inform me."

"Yes!"

"All right, you head out first. Given Bibi Dong's concern for you, she might send a Title Douluo to pick you up. I don't want to run into them." Although Tianlin was protected by his Demonic Flame Slash Talisman and did not fear ordinary Title Douluo, he didn't want to use up this life-saving trump card unless necessary.

"Okay, take care, my lord." Hu Liena nodded and leaped into the white light curtain, receiving the baptism of the Deathgod Domain.

Beyond the curtain was a forest surrounded by mountains, and Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had been waiting there for some time.

"Elder Chrysanthemum, Elder Ghost!" Hu Liena ran excitedly to them. Besides her loyalty to Tianlin, nothing else had changed—she still considered them her family.

The two Title Douluo breathed a sigh of relief seeing her return, having been worried whether she could pass the trials of Slaughter City.

"Good, it seems you've obtained the Deathgod Domain. The Pope will surely be delighted." Ghost Douluo's hoarse voice sounded terrifying, but Hu Liena was long used to it.

"Grandpa Ghost, I just got the domain and can't control my killing intent well yet. Take me back to the Spirit Hall quickly. The teacher said she'd help me cleanse my aura." Hu Liena urged them to leave, worried Tianlin might emerge and run into them.

Though loyal to Tianlin, she cared for her two family members and didn't want to see them fight.

"All right, let's go!" Yueguan smiled charmingly and quickly left the forest with Hu Liena.

At the Hell Road's exit, Tianlin did not enter the light curtain immediately but sat down to recover.

Half an hour later, he guessed Hu Liena and the others had gone far enough. Only then did he stand up and enter the light curtain.

Everything around him seemed to change. The moment he passed through the white light, Tianlin felt his body enter a special world.

Everything was a pure white void. In this world, he couldn't use a bit of strength, and the only sensation was cold.

Countless chills seemed to gather toward him while countless chills also radiated from within him. The Holy Spirit Pearl seemed displeased with this feeling and hid deep within Tianlin's soul, but the Demon Sword was ecstatic, frantically absorbing the power here.

This was the purest killing intent, now forming a domain—a domain condensed from killing aura.

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"Oh? Two people passed the Hell Road's trial in one day?"

In a huge castle somewhere unknown, a tall but not overly muscular man muttered to himself.

 He was clad entirely in a dark red magic-patterned robe and armor, had blood-red eyes, and beside him rested a sword sheath that sent chills down the spine.

This was the Asura God. Adhering to the principle of casting a wide net, he established Slaughter City in the human world to find a suitable inheritor.

Every genius who passed the Hell Road caught his attention.

In the past thousand years, counting neither Tianlin nor Hu Liena, only eight people had passed his trial, and only two of them gained his favor.

Unfortunately, those two could not inherit his godhood because of the wretched Rakshasa God. The first, Tang Chen, passed seven of the nine Asura Trials and even gained recognition from the Asura Sword. That's why the Asura God now only has the sheath; the sword is in Tang Chen's hands. But at the eighth trial against the Blood-red Nine-headed Bat King, Tang Chen was possessed by the evil thoughts left by the Rakshasa God in Slaughter City, becoming a monster neither human nor ghost.

The other, Bibi Dong with twin martial souls, was intercepted by the Rakshasa God and became the Rakshasa's inheritor.

The Asura God wished he could kill the Rakshasa God, but he couldn't. The Rakshasa God acted cunningly within the rules of the God Realm—for example, Asura God, Sea God, and others could leave inheritances in Douluo Continent as allowed.

Rakshasa could do the same. It just happened that their inheritances overlapped. Asura left only killing intent in Slaughter City; the evil thoughts in Hell Road are all left by Rakshasa. With his evil mind interfering, inheritors would inevitably be affected—after all, if their will wasn't strong enough, it's their fault.

From this perspective, Asura really couldn't blame Rakshasa. As the God of Judgement, he certainly couldn't punish someone who broke no rules.

Earlier, when Hu Liena emerged from Hell Road, he watched her and found she was decent, but still far from inheriting the Asura God position. Moreover, she was already tainted by Rakshasa's evil thoughts and would need long, arduous training to fully control her killing aura.

Seeing this, the Asura God could only sigh in disappointment—only to notice another had passed the Hell Road.

"This child?" As his divine sense watched Tianlin, Asura God murmured, "One of the two outsiders from a decade ago?"

He was in charge of judgment, maintaining order in the God Realm and subordinate worlds. Any foreign soul could not escape his notice.

But he didn't care at first, as the two souls were weak.

Tang San, though he replaced another's life, had fused his soul with the world over the past decade, so Asura God let him be.

As for Tianlin, he didn't replace anyone; he was reincarnated.

Except for retaining memories, his soul and body were reborn in this world, no different from the natives.

In a word: a legal transmigrator.

Asura God would never do anything to him. He didn't expect, though, that Tianlin was so fated with him—passing the Hell Road and inheriting his Deathgod Domain.