Heaven Dou City's Spirit Hall!
A middle-aged Spirit Master in uniform hurriedly walked into the palace and bowed respectfully to Salas, the Platinum Bishop of Heaven Dou City's Spirit Hall.
"Bishop, I have an urgent matter to report!"
Salas sat on the bishop's throne, originally dozing, but as the middle-aged Spirit Master's voice sounded, he lazily opened his eyes.
"What is it?" Salas said calmly.
"Reporting, sir, traces of Fallen Spirit Masters have seemingly appeared in Sunset Forest."
Upon hearing the words 'Fallen Spirit Master', Salas's lazy expression immediately vanished, replaced by a look of solemnity.
"Is there evidence?"
"If there's no proof, I can't believe you."
The middle-aged Spirit Master quickly said: "Reporting, sir, the reason I suspect this is because in recent times, many desiccated corpses of high-level Spirit Beasts have appeared in Sunset Forest, and judging by their wounds, they do not appear to be caused by Spirit Beasts."
"In addition, recently, a total of seven Spirit Masters of Spirit King level and above have gone missing in the Heaven Dou City area, and according to information provided by their relatives, all seven disappeared in Sunset Forest."
"Sunset Forest is not like Star Dou Great Forest; the strength of the Spirit Beasts within it is considerably weaker than those in Star Dou Great Forest. Therefore, although there have been instances of Spirit King level Spirit Masters going missing there in the past, it has never been as frequent as it has been recently."
"Therefore, I have reason to believe that a Fallen Spirit Master has appeared in Sunset Forest."
Upon hearing the middle-aged Spirit Master's analysis, Salas immediately took the matter seriously.
Although Spirit Hall has indeed become much more corrupt over the years, its attitude towards Fallen Spirit Masters has always remained the same.
A glint flashed in Salas's eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Tu Mo, take a Spirit Emperor squad into Sunset Forest. You must thoroughly investigate whether the missing Spirit Masters and Spirit Beast corpses were indeed caused by a Fallen Spirit Master."
"If it truly was a Fallen Spirit Master, capture them dead or alive!"
The middle-aged Spirit Master, called Tu Mo, responded respectfully: "Understood!"
With that, Tu Mo exited the palace.
Meanwhile, in Sunset Forest!
Tang San and Tai Tan did not know that they had already attracted the attention of Spirit Hall.
After all, even if someone had discovered him absorbing a Spirit Beast's spirit power to cultivate, they had already been silenced by Tai Tan and had their spirit power drained.
Therefore, both Tang San and Tai Tan felt that what they had done was flawless.
However, they did not consider that among the Spirit Masters they had silenced, several were Spirit Masters of Spirit King level and above.
The Spirit King level, while not top-tier in Heaven Dou City, was still considered elite and held a certain reputation. Even in Heaven Dou Academy, they could become Heaven-tier teachers.
Normally, it was not unheard of for Spirit Masters above Spirit King to die while hunting for Spirits, but such cases might only occur once every three to five months.
But now, in just one or two months, a total of seven Spirit Masters of Spirit King level and above had gone missing consecutively.
Is this normal?
A closer look would reveal the anomaly, which led to the scene in Heaven Dou City's Spirit Hall.
However, Tang San and Tai Tan were still unaware of this, ignorant of the approaching crisis.
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Heaven Dou Academy!
Half a month after Qi Lin became a God, the Life Goddess met Qi Lin through the life imprint she had left within his body.
The Life Goddess floated in mid-air, looking at the aura emanating from Qi Lin below, a look of shock flashing in her eyes.
She had originally thought that Qi Lin, creating his own God Position at this age, could already be called a heaven-defying talent. However, upon seeing Qi Lin with her own eyes, the Life Goddess realized that she and the Gods of the God Realm had seemingly still underestimated him.
Originally, the Gods of the God Realm all guessed that the God Position Qi Lin created was only a second-rank God, or at most, a first-rank God.
After all, the phenomenon that occurred when he became a God indeed gave people a grand impression; even a first-rank God like the Sea God, when he created his own God Position back then, had far less of a phenomenon.
In fact, the presence Qi Lin displayed when he became a God could even be said to be that of creating a God King-level God Position.
However, due to his age, the Gods of the God Realm were still unwilling to believe that he could create a God King-level God Position.
After all, none of them had inherited a God Position without going through countless hardships.
And they were all just first-rank Gods and second-rank Gods.
The Life Goddess also felt that it was unlikely for Qi Lin to create a God Position comparable to a God King-level, so she leaned towards his self-created God Position being a first-rank God.
But when she saw Qi Lin up close now, she realized.
All the Gods of the God Realm were wrong!
The God Position Qi Lin created was not a first-rank God at all!
Instead, it had already reached the God King level, causing even her to feel a faint sense of trepidation.
This little fellow...
The Life Goddess looked deeply at Qi Lin, then sighed: "Little fellow, do you know what a sensation you caused in the God Realm a while ago?"
"So, my name must have spread throughout the God Realm?" Qi Lin said with a chuckle, his expression showing no tension or abnormality.
The Life Goddess smiled faintly: "What do you think? Throughout history, creating one's own God Position at your age is unprecedented, not to mention that the God Position you created is no ordinary God Position."
"By the way, have you named the God Position you created? Make sure it doesn't conflict with other deities in the God Realm."
Qi Lin heard this and said with a smile: "It's called God of Qilin!"
"God of Qilin?"
"Yes, it's called God of Qilin. After all, my second Spirit is Qi Lin, so calling it God of Qilin is quite normal. It's just that my second Spirit hasn't had all its spirit rings added yet."
Saying that, Qi Lin looked at the Life Goddess.
"Goddess sister, I'll have to rely on you for my remaining spirit rings."
Upon hearing this, the Life Goddess couldn't help but roll her eyes at Qi Lin.
"Little fellow, you're treating me like a laborer! Don't you know that after becoming a God, you are no longer affected by Douluo Star's rules and can condense your own spirit rings?"
Qi Lin heard this, rubbed the back of his head, and chuckled.
"Goddess sister, how can spirit rings condensed by oneself be as good as spirit rings obtained for free?"
Of course, there was another reason.
If Qi Lin condensed his own spirit rings, wouldn't that waste time?
The Life Goddess was different; she had existed for an unknown number of years, and her power of faith was so abundant that she couldn't use it all, completely satisfying his spirit ring needs.
The Life Goddess naturally saw through Qi Lin's little trick and said exasperatedly: "I'm really fed up with you, little fellow. I thought that since you created your own God Position, you wouldn't need my God Position anymore. I didn't expect you to be so greedy."
Qi Lin heard this and said righteously: "I have two Spirits. Isn't it normal to have two God Positions?"
The Life Goddess's mouth twitched slightly.
Normal, my foot!