The Trouble Caused by Martial Soul Awakening

"Big Brother, did you hear that dragon roar too?" a gigantic ape asked a huge python with the head of a bull.

"Yes. To dare convey such a message right from the start, its background must be extraordinary! But our most urgent task now is still finding a way to resolve the survival crisis of soul beasts," the Sky Azure Bull Python replied.

"Yeah! I wonder when Tang San will return."

Amid a stretch of mysterious, ethereal clouds.

"Outrageous!" A low, immensely authoritative voice suddenly rang out.

"Brother Hao, what was that just now?" A gentle female voice sounded, as though it could soothe wounded hearts.

"That was the Will of the Douluo Plane's final counterattack. To prevent itself from being assimilated by the two of us, it actually brought in a Demon from Beyond the Heavens. It truly seeks the Path to Death!"

"Brother Hao, should we intervene?" Ah Yin asked.

"No. The appearance of that voice should have been an accident. The plane's will has already used its remaining strength to conceal her aura with all its might; even I can no longer detect her. Besides, Little San's plan has reached its critical stage. We cannot let the Abyssal Sage King discover that we are conscious, or Little San's grand plan of ten thousand years will be ruined. It won't be too late to deal with her after we resolve the Abyssal Plane."

Star Dou Great Forest, core region.

"Di Tian, did you hear that dragon roar just now? Do you know whose voice it was?"

A complex look flashed through the green-skirted woman's eyes. With soul beasts on the verge of extinction, a dragon of such a high level was undoubtedly a powerful being. Yet the message it had conveyed...

Confusion showed in Di Tian's golden eyes. "I have never heard a voice like that."

"Submit—"

The low voice echoed through the Star Dou Great Forest without warning. It seemed to come from every direction, and it was so deep that its gender could not even be discerned.

The confusion in Di Tian's eyes was instantly replaced by delight. He stepped forward and dropped to one knee. "My Lord, have you recovered?"

"No. She woke me."

"To demand that every beast submit to her the moment she arrives—how arrogant."

Di Tian asked, "My Lord, what should we do now?"

"The day I emerge from seclusion is not far off. For now, gradually learn about the human world, then wait and observe."

Accompanied by that piercing dragon roar, every soul beast on Douluo Star over Two Hundred Thousand Years old, as well as every human above Rank 95 with a Beast Martial Soul, heard Ghidorah's Alpha Summon and the message it conveyed—

Submit.

Outside the awakening room of Spirit Pagoda, Qian Gu Dong Feng and the other three covered their ears, unable to endure the piercing sound. Since Ning Qing Yu did not possess a Beast Martial Soul, she merely found it harsh and suffered no real effects.

After hearing that ear-piercing dragon roar, Ning Qing Yu's first reaction was not concern for her daughter. Instead, her heart went cold, because she understood that it was not a sound the Coiled Dragon Staff should have made.

Qian Gu Huang Yu, her daughter, had not inherited the Qian Gu Family's Coiled Dragon Staff.

And that would inevitably affect her chances of rising to become the principal wife.

As Qian Gu Huang Yu's Martial Soul finished awakening, the dark clouds shrouding Shrek City gradually dispersed. Before long, the sky stretched clear for thousands of miles, as if the clouds had never appeared at all.

Qian Gu Die Ting carefully examined his daughter before him, seriously sensing the changes in her body.

Just as Qian Gu Die Ting was about to ask Qian Gu Huang Yu how she felt, a silver-white light flashed, and a young woman stepped directly out of it.

Qian Gu Die Ting's spatial seal had no effect on her whatsoever.

"Mother?" Qian Gu Die Ting cried out in surprise.

She was stunningly beautiful. The long passage of years had left no trace upon her. Standing beside Qian Gu Die Ting, they looked less like mother and son than elder sister and younger brother.

Her violet-gold hair cascaded down her back, while lightning seemed to dwell within her blue pupils. Her tall, slender figure stood even half a head taller than Qian Gu Die Ting. Despite her peerless beauty, her face held nothing but coldness.

Qian Gu Huang Yu immediately became alert. This was someone who had never appeared in the original work, and rather awkwardly, Qian Gu Huang Yu had never actually met this grandmother of hers.

Able to break Qian Gu Die Ting's spatial seal... a quasi-god?

There were still more than a hundred years before Tang Wulin's birth, when the plot of the original work would begin. Qian Gu Die Ting had not yet reached the cultivation of a quasi-god, but he was already among the strongest of the demigods.

For someone to break his spatial seal so effortlessly, the person Qian Gu Die Ting called "Mother" was most likely a quasi-god.

"Die Ting, what happened?" Her icy voice carried unquestionable authority.

Qian Gu Die Ting gave a simple salute. "Mother, I was awakening Xiao Yu's Martial Soul."

Then, remembering that his mother had not met Qian Gu Huang Yu before, he added, "Huang Yu is my daughter, your granddaughter."

"Mm."

The woman Qian Gu Die Ting called Mother merely gave a noncommittal response.

She looked toward Qian Gu Huang Yu. Even without using Soul Power or Spiritual Power to suppress her, Qian Gu Huang Yu still felt an inexplicable pressure.

However, after sensing Qian Gu Huang Yu's aura, the coldness in the woman's eyes immediately vanished. First came surprise, followed by... affection?

The woman walked around Qian Gu Die Ting and quickly approached Qian Gu Huang Yu. She bent down into a crouch, gently stroking the dragon head on her right while silently sensing Qian Gu Huang Yu's aura.

"She truly is beautiful!"

the woman sighed.

Then she looked at Qian Gu Huang Yu, her blue eyes filled with the benevolence of an elder.

"This old woman is Bei Gong Li, your grandmother."

"Grandma!" Qian Gu Huang Yu called out affectionately, lowering her head a little so Bei Gong Li could stroke her more easily.

How could Qian Gu Huang Yu fail to see that Bei Gong Li liked her? This thigh that might be even thicker than Qian Gu Die Ting's had to be clung to tightly.

Is it because of my Martial Soul? Qian Gu Huang Yu thought. Other than the fact that she had only awakened her Martial Soul today, there was no reason Bei Gong Li would have waited until now to find her.

Watching this scene, Qian Gu Die Ting felt somewhat forlorn. His mother had not been so intimate with him in many years.

"Mother, Xiao Yu's Martial Soul has only just awakened. There are still many things that need to be done," Qian Gu Die Ting finally said, interrupting the intimate interaction between grandmother and granddaughter.

"Xiao Yu has Innate Full Soul Power, so there is no need to test her Soul Power. Whatever else you need to do, do it quickly." When Bei Gong Li responded to Qian Gu Die Ting, her tone returned to its usual coldness.

Bei Gong Li stood up and took Qian Gu Huang Yu's small hand. Looking at Qian Gu Die Ting, she said, "This child's bloodline is of the same lineage as mine. Once all the necessary tests are complete, I will take her back and teach her personally."

Before Qian Gu Die Ting, the Tower Master of Spirit Transmission Tower and one of the most powerful figures on the continent, Bei Gong Li spoke in an entirely commanding tone.

Could Grandma's Martial Soul also be King Ghidorah? Is she a transmigrator too?

However, Qian Gu Die Ting's words resolved Qian Gu Huang Yu's doubts.

"Of course, of course. Your Martial Soul is the Purple Lightning Evil-Breaking Dragon. It is Xiao Yu's blessing to be able to remain by your side." Qian Gu Die Ting did not object. Or rather, improving his relationship with his mother was exactly what he wanted.

Bei Gong Li, whose Martial Soul was the Purple Lightning Evil-Breaking Dragon, held the title Heavenly Punishment. She was a Rank 99 Limit Douluo, a quasi-god, and a Four-word Battle Armor Master.

It was precisely because Bei Gong Li had sensed the powerful Lightning Attribute talent possessed by Qian Gu Huang Yu's Ghidorah that she developed an appreciation for her talent.

Bei Gong Li and her late husband, Qian Gu Shi Long, had three children in total. All of them inherited the Qian Gu Family's ancestral Martial Soul, the Coiled Dragon Staff. Even among her grandchildren, before Qian Gu Huang Yu, not a single one had inherited her Purple Lightning Evil-Breaking Dragon.

Thus, when Bei Gong Li discovered that Ghidorah possessed the lightning attribute, her attitude immediately changed. In her view, this had to be the result of a positive mutation of her Purple Lightning Evil-Breaking Dragon.

In other words, to some extent, this little granddaughter had inherited her Martial Soul. That was why Bei Gong Li treated Qian Gu Huang Yu with such exceptional affection.