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Chapter 54: Battle Soul Hall
Zang Xin then began explaining to Bai Chen the origin and main functions of the Battle Soul Hall.
The Battle Soul Hall was one of the Inner Three Halls of the Tang Sect. Being allowed to enter it meant Bai Chen had already become a core member of the Tang Sect.
Among the Inner Three Halls:
The Enforcement Hall was responsible for managing Tang Sect members internally. If a member committed misconduct, Enforcement Hall members handled punishment and correction.
The Consecration Hall served as the final stage for powerful members. Once someone from the Outer Three Halls or other Inner Halls reached a sufficient level of strength, they could transfer into the Consecration Hall.
The Battle Soul Hall, on the other hand, handled external threats to social order, such as evil soul masters and terrorists.
In the era of Douluo III, the Federation was only the surface-level government.
In reality, the true power still lay in the hands of the major soul master factions.
Even many of the military legions didn't strictly follow the Federation. Instead, they were controlled by soul master clans and powerful organizations.
This situation was only natural.
In any era, power is the ultimate authority.
As the saying goes, truth lies within the range of cannons.
And the strongest soul masters were essentially the world's true cannons.
Those who possessed these "cannons"—the great clans and factions—were the real players moving the pieces on the chessboard.
Thus, in the era of Douluo III, the core functions of soul master society were divided among several major forces:
The Spirit Pagoda managed soul master awakening and spirit soul advancement.
The Tang Sect handled social security and technological research.
Shrek Academy trained elite soul masters.
The War God Temple maintained the Federation's public military image.
However, even the War God Temple didn't necessarily obey the Federation completely.
Within the Tang Sect, the organization specifically responsible for dealing with threats to social stability was Battle Soul Hall.
Zang Xin had chosen to place Bai Chen in this hall for a particular reason.
He wanted Bai Chen to interact frequently with people who constantly fought evil soul masters.
Through such exposure, Bai Chen would gradually develop an instinctive opposition to evil soul masters, ensuring he would never walk that path himself.
"The ranking system within Battle Soul Hall is different from other Tang Sect departments," Zang Xin explained.
"It follows the same color progression as soul rings: White, Yellow, Purple, and Black."
"The higher your rank, the better the benefits you receive. Of course, the missions also become far more dangerous."
Zang Xin paused briefly before smiling at Bai Chen.
"But you don't need to worry about promotions yet. That's still far away for you."
As a newly joined member of Battle Soul Hall, Bai Chen automatically received the rank of White-Level Fighter.
To be promoted to Yellow-Level Fighter, two requirements had to be met:
Complete ten missions.
Become a One-Word Battle Armor Master.
The first requirement wasn't too difficult.
The second, however, was extremely demanding.
A One-Word Battle Armor Master was already strong enough to graduate from Shrek Academy's Outer Court.
Battle armor masters were highly respected throughout the entire world.
They were truly one in ten thousand.
With Bai Chen's talent, becoming a One-Word Battle Armor Master wasn't impossible.
But even for him, achieving that would take a long time.
The first prerequisite alone required reaching the cultivation level of a Soul King.
Back when Zang Xin himself became a One-Word Battle Armor Master, he was already nearly fifteen years old.
Even for a genius like Bai Chen, it would probably take at least six years to reach that stage.
At that moment, Zang Xin suddenly stopped the car.
"Alright. We're here. Get out."
While Zang Xin had been explaining Battle Soul Hall, they had already arrived at their destination.
It was a small courtyard.
Unlike the high-tech atmosphere of the Hall of Heroes, this place looked far more ancient and traditional.
After entering the building, they walked down the stairs to about three floors underground, then took another elevator.
Five minutes later, they finally reached their destination.
The elevator doors slid open.
Zang Xin and Bai Chen stepped out.
In front of them stretched a long corridor, and at the very end stood a wooden door.
Zang Xin stopped and turned to Bai Chen.
"I can't accompany you beyond this point."
"Once you go through that door, you may do whatever you wish inside."
"But you can stay there for no longer than twelve hours."
"When twelve hours are up, you must come out. Understood?"
"Understood."
Bai Chen already had a good idea of where Zang Xin had brought him.
He walked down the corridor and pushed open the wooden door.
Immediately, a powerful sense of distortion washed over him.
His vision spun, and dizziness flooded his mind.
By the time he regained his senses, he had arrived in a completely new space.
When he looked back, the wooden door had already transformed into a streak of white light and vanished.
It would likely reappear only when the twelve-hour limit ended.
Bai Chen's lips curved slightly upward.
His guess had been correct.
Zang Xin had brought him into this special cultivation space.
In the original story of Douluo III, Tang Wulin had also entered this place.
The biggest difference between this artificial space and places like the Spirit Ascension Platform was that it involved the Law of Time.
The flow of time here moved at a ratio of 12:1 compared to the outside world.
In other words—
Training twelve hours here would only equal one hour outside.
Bai Chen suspected the Tang Sect had drawn inspiration from Dragon Valley, another place where time flowed differently.
Of course, that was merely speculation.
The truth behind it was unknown.
However, unlike Dragon Valley, people could not remain here indefinitely.
This wasn't because the Tang Sect was stingy.
Staying in this space for too long carried serious risks.
If someone remained here continuously, their body would gradually become assimilated by the time laws of the space.
Once that assimilation reached a certain degree, the person's physical structure would begin to change.
Even after returning to the outside world, their body's time flow would never return to normal.
Simply put—
Their aging speed would become twelve times faster.
Therefore, after leaving this place, one had to wait an entire week before entering again.
However, this rule might not apply the same way to Bai Chen.
"…."
Bai Chen slowly raised his hand.
An invisible mass of energy gathered within his palm.
From the moment he entered this space, he had felt the power of time within his body become unusually active.
Every soul master had their own ideal cultivation environment.
In such locations, their training speed could increase dramatically.
For example:
Plant-type soul masters cultivated best in forests.
Fire-type soul masters gained great benefits from training near volcanoes.
This was because different environments contained different concentrations of elemental energy.
According to Bai Chen's understanding, when this cultivation space was constructed, the Tang Sect had used the same principle.
Inside, they had created specialized training zones tailored to different attributes.