Gate of Babylon

Qian Gu Huang Yu raised the golden cup, her wine-red eyes studying it carefully as though admiring a work of art.

No, it was nobler than any work of art. Even the combined wealth and treasures of the entire Spirit Pagoda paled in comparison. This was no cup for holding wine—it was—

The Holy Grail!

This was also where Qian Gu Huang Yu got the confidence to tell Qian Gu Qing Feng that she did not care what Martial Soul she awakened.

Ever since Qian Gu Huang Yu had transmigrated, she had felt as though something was sealed within her body. As she grew older, she finally figured out exactly what was bound to her soul.

Gate of Babylon.

At the beginning of her transmigration, Qian Gu Huang Yu had complained as well. Not only had she lost her little brother, but she had been thrown into the Qian Gu Family, becoming Qian Gu Dong Feng's biological younger sister from the same parents—the kind who could never clear her name after tossing out Da Ivan!

Qian Gu Huang Yu did not want to end up dying in battle on the Abyssal Battlefield, only for Tang Hao to declare that her merits could not outweigh her crimes and refuse to revive her because she had landed on Divine King Tang's "Path to Death" list!

But after discovering that she possessed Gate of Babylon, Qian Gu Huang Yu finally set her worries aside.

Even if the Treasures within Gate of Babylon would be weakened to a certain, or even considerable, extent by the Douluo Continent's excellent matching mechanisms, there had to be divine-artifact-tier items at the very least, right?

In all of Douluo Dalu 3, aside from the Sea God's Trident that Tang San had sent over through cheats, the total number of divine artifacts that appeared could be counted on two hands.

Yet the number of Treasures in Gate of Babylon was definitely no fewer than a thousand!

A thousand against ten. The advantage was mine!

Not only did she have Gate of Babylon, she had also been given an extra hundred years to develop. If she could still lose like this, Qian Gu Huang Yu might as well kill herself and apologize to the King of Streetlights.

Qian Gu Huang Yu brought the Holy Grail close. Her soft, cherry-red lips lightly touched its rim before instantly pulling away, and an indescribable intoxication filled her wine-red eyes.

Gilgamesh, looks like all that money I spent on your figurines and merch in my previous life wasn't wasted~

With that thought, Qian Gu Huang Yu put the Holy Grail back into the Treasury of the King.

What a headache! With the Soul Power I have now, I can only take out one item from Gate of Babylon at a time. Hopefully, things will improve after I awaken my Martial Soul tomorrow!

That was right. Even though she had yet to awaken a Martial Soul, Qian Gu Huang Yu already possessed Soul Power. Every time she connected with the Treasury of the King, consuming Soul Power was unavoidable.

Of course, Qian Gu Huang Yu had not told anyone about either the Treasury of the King or her Soul Power.

The people she could barely trust lacked the ability, while those who might have the ability could not be trusted.

Is it because my Soul Power has already overflowed, or is my body structurally different from the natives' because I'm a transmigrator?

Forget it. I'll see tomorrow.

I should think about who will fill those seven Classes first.

The next day.

Her final well-deserved chance to sleep in after transmigrating was ruthlessly interrupted. Qian Gu Huang Yu helplessly crawled out of bed, dressed and washed up, then headed out to welcome this day that would determine her fate.

Qian Gu Dong Feng stood outside the door, repeatedly urging Qian Gu Huang Yu to hurry up.

"How can you even sleep at your age?"

For once, Qian Gu Qing Feng did not clash with Qian Gu Dong Feng. He merely grumbled silently about Qian Gu Huang Yu sleeping through the day of her Martial Soul Awakening.

"Heh~" Qian Gu Huang Yu yawned and waved a hand. "Give me a break. From now on, I'll basically be spending every night cultivating. Can't you let me sleep a little longer on my last chance to sleep in...?"

"The Tower Master is already waiting for you in the Awakening Room."

The speaker was a little girl who looked seven or eight years old. Her features were exquisite, her long hair fiery red, and her scarlet eyes resembled blazing flames, full of sunlight and vitality. "Got it, Sister Yao Zhu. I'm going, all right?" Qian Gu Huang Yu replied.

The red-haired girl was naturally Leng Yao Zhu, the future Deputy Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda, a rank ninety-nine Limit Douluo, the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo.

Standing behind Leng Yao Zhu was a little girl whose face resembled hers by seventy or eighty percent. Naturally, she was her younger sister, Leng Yulai.

Perhaps due to the influence of her Martial Soul, Leng Yulai's hair was dark purple, making her less passionate and giving her a colder, more mysterious air.

They had not yet begun fighting over Yun Ming, so the sisters still had a very good relationship.

Soon afterward, surrounded by the others, Qian Gu Huang Yu arrived at the Awakening Room reserved for the children of the Spirit Pagoda's upper ranks. Qian Gu Die Ting had already been waiting there for quite some time.

Qian Gu Die Ting was tall and looked to be only in his twenties. He was handsome, with a high nose bridge, and wore the formal attire of the Tower Master of Spirit Transmission Tower, exuding an overwhelming sense of pressure.

Beside Qian Gu Die Ting stood a woman with long golden hair. She was breathtakingly beautiful and slender. Even a simple white dress could not conceal her peerless appearance.

"Father, Mother."

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Qian Gu Dong Feng bowed together to the two before them.

The woman beside Qian Gu Die Ting was naturally Qian Gu Huang Yu's mother in this life, Ning Qing Yu.

"Xiao Yu, you're here." Qian Gu Die Ting opened his eyes, and a heavy aura spread through the room.

"You may all leave," Qian Gu Die Ting said flatly.

Ning Qing Yu gave her daughter an encouraging look.

Qian Gu Qing Feng's mother had been Qian Gu Die Ting's first woman, the so-called principal wife in a certain sense. After her death, Qian Gu Die Ting had shown no intention of choosing someone else as the principal wife. However, Qian Gu Dong Feng's outstanding performance had given Ning Qing Yu ambitions for that position.

Among Qian Gu Die Ting's children other than Qian Gu Dong Feng and Qian Gu Qing Feng, even those who inherited the Coiled Dragon Staff did not possess Innate Full Soul Power. As long as Qian Gu Huang Yu could also awaken a Coiled Dragon Staff with full Soul Power like Qian Gu Dong Feng, Ning Qing Yu's position would become unshakable.

Faced with her cheap mother's outrageous idea of using her child to compete for favor, Qian Gu Huang Yu could only say that she was hopelessly love-struck. Sometimes, Qian Gu Huang Yu could not help wondering whether Qiangu Zhangting would inherit his grandmother Ning Qing Yu's genes years later and become a complete love-struck fool.

Qian Gu Qing Feng patted Qian Gu Huang Yu's shoulder, as though trying to pass his strength to her. But the moment his hand landed, Qian Gu Dong Feng slapped it away.

"Keep a calm mindset," Qian Gu Dong Feng said.

After receiving everyone's encouragement and blessings, only Qian Gu Die Ting and Qian Gu Huang Yu remained in the Awakening Room.

Qian Gu Huang Yu had entered before when Leng Yulai awakened her Martial Soul two weeks ago, so she did not find it particularly novel this time.

However, unlike last time, as Qian Gu Huang Yu looked at the wondrous patterns around the room, an inexplicable sensation rose within her. It felt as if something inside her body was stirring restlessly.

Is it because my Martial Soul Awakening is so close? Qian Gu Huang Yu thought.

"Come stand in the middle," Qian Gu Die Ting said.

It would have been impossible for Qian Gu Huang Yu not to feel nervous as she stood in the Awakening Room. After all, her situation was far too unusual!

She possessed Soul Power before awakening her Martial Soul, along with a Companion Divine Artifact. With all these factors combined, how could she possibly face this with an ordinary mindset?