Qian Renxue Abducted and Shrunk to Six Years Old, Everyone Stunned
Across the continent, Soul Masters from countless sects and factions stared at one another in bewilderment.
What was the meaning of the giant screen revealed by the golden rift?
A monkey Soul Beast, a little girl, and a teenage boy?
What did any of that have to do with their Douluo Continent?
What was this Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars? Could it compare to the Upper Three Sects, the Lower Four Sects, or Spirit Hall?!
Inside the Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong gazed at the little girl shown on the Heavenly Screen, tightening her grip slightly on the Pope's Scepter as she spoke with a hint of hesitation.
"Is that Qian Renxue?!"
Although the little girl on the Heavenly Screen looked only six years old, Bibi Dong recognized her as Qian Renxue at a glance. Even if Qian Renxue were reduced to ashes, Bibi Dong would still recognize her.
This was the daughter she had carried for ten months and given birth to, only to hate her to the bone because of that beast Qian Xunji.
But on second thought, wasn't Qian Renxue already in her twenties?
Besides, she was carrying out a mission for Spirit Hall, having infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe with the intention of seizing all of Heaven Dou. So why did she look like this now?
And where was this Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars?
Bibi Dong had never heard of such a sect anywhere on the continent.
Inside the Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu looked at the image on the Heavenly Screen, strode forward, and slapped Snake Lance Douluo across the cheek.
"Slap!"
Snake Lance Douluo's cheek immediately turned red and swollen. He clutched his old face and said with an aggrieved look, "Great Enshrined, what are you doing?"
The other Titled Douluo from the Worship Hall beside them looked just as confused.
When Qian Daoliu saw that Snake Lance Douluo could feel pain, he finally came to a realization.
"So it isn't a dream!"
He then raised his hand and pointed at the Heavenly Screen high above, his expression growing grave.
"Everyone, look at that little girl. Doesn't she look like Xue'er when she was young?"
Golden Crocodile Douluo looked in the direction Qian Daoliu pointed and studied the six-year-old Qian Renxue closely. He suddenly drew a sharp breath.
"Big brother, that looks just like the young miss!"
"That was exactly how she looked when she awakened her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul at six. I remember that little tuft of hair sticking up on her head perfectly. That's definitely the young miss."
Azure Luan Douluo frowned as he recalled Qian Renxue's current situation.
"But why has the young miss turned into a child?"
Qian Daoliu held his head, utterly unable to make sense of it.
"How should I know why Xue'er has turned into a little child? And another thing: what's with that monkey Soul Beast?"
Just as the Worship Hall's Titled Douluo were filled with confusion, the image on the Heavenly Screen changed.
The screen flashed with an image of Qian Renxue from earlier. She wore the crown prince's robes of the Heaven Dou Empire, just as she did when disguised as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo followed her from the shadows as she walked along a forest path, preparing to return to Heaven Dou City.
Suddenly, for some unknown reason, an invisible streak of light descended from the sky.
As the streak of light fell, time seemed to stand still around them.
"Hum!"
With a soft sound, the streak of light wrapped around Qian Renxue's body. Her expression changed drastically, and she released her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
Sacred radiance shone forth in all directions as the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul appeared, surrounded by seven Soul Rings: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, black, and black.
"Break!"
Qian Renxue gave a sharp cry and channeled the powerful sacred-attribute Soul Power within her, attempting to break free of the streak of light.
Who could have expected that the streak of light seemed to contain the power of laws far beyond those of the Douluo World? No matter how Qian Renxue struggled, even using her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul domain did her no good.
The streak of light gradually compressed Qian Renxue's body; she was visibly shrinking.
"No!"
"What power is this?"
"Elder Snake Lance, Elder Porcupinefish, where are you?"
Watching herself gradually shrink, Qian Renxue let out an indignant roar.
But after only a short while, Qian Renxue, who had been in her twenties, had completely shrunk into a six-year-old little girl. The enormous crown prince's robes hung absurdly loose on her.
Her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul had also been suppressed back into her body by the streak of light.
The moment she turned back into a six-year-old little girl, Qian Renxue's eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the spot.
The streak of light then enveloped the unconscious six-year-old Qian Renxue and vanished through the void with a whoosh.
The image flashed again.
The streak of light carrying Qian Renxue descended from the sky and dropped her right at the entrance to the Daoist temple at the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars on Mount Lingtai Fangcun.
There, the image on the Heavenly Screen stopped.
In the Douluo World.
The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Inside the main hall.
"Pfft!!"
Having witnessed the entire sequence shown on the Heavenly Screen, Emperor Xue Ye was struck by a surge of anger and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Your Majesty!"
"Quick, summon the imperial physician!"
Seeing their emperor so furious, the civil and military officials around him hurried forward to support the swaying Xue Ye.
Supported by the crowd, Xue Ye stretched out his trembling left hand, pointed at the Heavenly Screen, and shouted angrily.
"Bastards!"
"Xue Qinghe, my dear crown prince, you were actually from Spirit Hall's Qian Family?"
Amid his fury, Xue Ye suddenly realized another serious problem.
The heir he had been so proud of was actually a knife Spirit Hall had planted at his side!
More terrifying still, this knife in the shadows showed him filial devotion every day. For all he knew, the tea Xue Qinghe had served him before might even have contained poison.
No wonder his body had grown weaker by the day, and his princes had died sudden deaths one after another. Spirit Hall was behind it all.
He thought of Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, whom he had painstakingly raised, dying at Spirit Hall's hands and being replaced by the Qian Family's young miss.
Blazing fury ignited in Xue Ye's eyes, and he howled at the heavens.
"Spirit Hall! Qian Daoliu! Bibi Dong! You've gone too far! I'll send my army and fight you to the death!"
The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Fengzhi's head buzzed as he recalled everything that had passed between him and Xue Qinghe. A bitter smile crept onto his lips.
"I, Ning Fengzhi, have been clever all my life and am known as the greatest support-type Soul Master under heaven. I never imagined I'd fall into the hands of Spirit Hall's saintess!"
"This is truly a child making a fool of an old man!"
At the same time.
Inside the Pope's Palace.
When Bibi Dong thought of how the appearance of a Heavenly Screen had ruined her carefully devised scheme just like that, she could not help cursing in a shrill voice.
"Damn it!"
"I, Bibi Dong, went to such lengths to plot the seizure of the Heaven Dou Empire, and it was exposed just like that?!"
"That idiot Qian Renxue is good for nothing but ruining things!"
Bibi Dong was so angry she could barely speak. She didn't care whether Qian Renxue lived or died; all she wanted was the Heaven Dou Empire.
Moreover, the plan to overthrow the Angel Clan had also been ruined, and Spirit Hall's great undertaking of unifying the continent had been obstructed. How laughable, how lamentable!