"I'm going to go all in!"
Qian Renxue raised her head, looking at the only family member she had ever considered, and said through teary eyes, "Grandpa, are you not going to help me anymore?"
"I can't help."
The Gray-Clothed Man shook his head and said, "Although Bi Bi Dong's idea is a bit radical, it's not wrong. After all, your identity has already been exposed to the Purple Micro Palace. Returning to the Heaven Dou Empire to lie low would be far too dangerous, and your life could be in danger at any moment."
"Grandfather!!"
Qian Renxue's voice suddenly rose, and she shouted excitedly, "Grandpa, we are descendants of the Angel God, how can we be afraid of danger? If we back down just because of the threat from the Purple Micro Palace, what face will we have to control the Spirit Hall?"
Immediately afterward, Qian Renxue's tears welled up and she cried out, "Grandpa! Help me! I don't want to leave the Heaven Dou Empire in such a humiliating way, and I don't want that wicked woman Bi Bi Dong to look down on me!"
Seeing his granddaughter crying her eyes out, Qian Daoliu's heart softened. He took a small step forward and in the next moment, he had covered a distance of several dozen meters and arrived in front of Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue threw herself into Qian Daoliu's arms and burst into tears.
Even the strongest person has a vulnerable side; Bibi Bi Bi Dong that, and so was Qian Renxue.
The pressure she endured while impersonating Xue Qinghe for over ten years, along with the loss of her youth, makes her heartbroken and tearful whenever she thinks about it.
"Fine, since you want to, then Grandpa supports you!"
Qian Daoliu gently stroked Qian Renxue's golden hair, hesitated for a long time, but finally couldn't resist his granddaughter's request and agreed.
"Grandpa, thank you."
Tears streamed down Qian Renxue's face as she buried her pretty cheeks in Qian Daoliu's broad chest.
Feeling the stain on his chest, Qian Daoliu said softly, "Also, don't let things get so tense with Bi Bi Dong. Grandpa wants to give you some advice: your mother, Bi Bi Dong, is actually suffering a lot inside. Her feelings for you aren't as bad as you think."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue wouldn't listen at all. Instead, she said bitterly, "Grandpa, she's not my mother. She wasn't before, she isn't now, and she never will be. I will never forgive her! If it weren't for you, I'd probably be dead by her already."
After a pause, Qian Renxue stubbornly raised her head and said, "Grandpa, please take the elders from the Worship Hall and come with me to the Heaven Dou Empire. With you here, I believe even the Purple Micro Palace wouldn't dare to act recklessly!"
"Well..."
Qian Daoliu sighed softly, it was unclear whether he was lamenting the terrible relationship between Bi Bi Dong and her granddaughter Qian Renxue, or the unpredictable fate that awaited him as he headed to the Heaven Dou Empire.
Just as Qian Renxue was sharpening her sword, ready to the Tiandou Empire, the first three rounds of the Soul Master Tournament quickly came to an end.
The top three teams in the finals have been officially determined.
The top three are:
The Spirit Hall Academy Team, the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, and the Shrek Academy Team.
All three teams possess Soul Saint experts above level 70, and they can easily defeat their opponents in every battle.
Even the Blazing Fire Academy Godwind Academy Team, and the Star Luo Royal Academy Team, the most powerful team in the Star Luo Empire, couldn't last three minutes against the above three teams.
The most eye-catching of the three teams is Hu Liena, the captain of the Spirit Hall Academy Team.
Because this Soul Douluo powerhouse with a Soul Power Level of over 80 doesn't need teammates at all.
To be precise, Hu Liena's teammates were just there to cheer her on from the stands.
In every match, she would go up to the Soul Fighting alone and then sweep away all seven members of the opposing team in one minute.
With her formidable strength, stunning beauty, and graceful figure, Hu Liena received overwhelming adoration from the audience watching the finals. The audience even gave her an elegant nickname: Heavenly Fox Saintess.
Of course, it wasn't just Hu Liena who had a nickname; the outstanding and equally beautiful Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Yu Tianling, and other girls also had their own nicknames.
For example, Dugu Yan's nickname is the Jade Empress, while Ye Lingling's nickname is the Healing Angel.
Meanwhile, the seven girls from the Heavenly Water Academy, including Shui Binger, and Meng Yiran from the Exotic Beast Academy remained out of the public eye.
It's not that they weren't good enough, or that they weren't pretty enough, it's just that they didn't participate in the competition.
Back in the first round of the competition, due to the schemes of the Spirit Hall, Heavenly Water Academy and Exotic Beast Academy were put up against their own people Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy, respectively.
In order to avoid fighting amongst themselves, Shui Binger, the captain of the Heavenly Water Academy, and Meng Yiran, the captain of the Exotic Beast Academy, decided to withdraw from the competition after careful consideration.
This noble sentiment moved Dugu Yan, Yu Tianling, and the other girls to tears. They suddenly felt that Shui Binger, Meng Yiran, and the others who came later were indeed qualified to be sisters in their harem.
Of course, Hu Liena expressed a different opinion on this point.
She felt that Zhou Chen's harem was already too crowded, and he shouldn't add any more sisters...
Three days later, at dawn.
On Holy Sword Mountain, in the Pope's Palace, sunlight streamed down the earth, and two rows of Hall Guardian Knights, all level 50 and above, stretched from the entrance of the Pope's Palace all the way down the mountain.
Their gold and silver armor, the ornate lances they carried, and the knight's swords hanging at their waists made the entire Pope Mountain appear even more majestic.
Early in the morning, the three teams that had made it to the finals had already appeared in the square in front of the Pope's Palace, waiting quietly.
Meanwhile, thousands of spectators could only wait on the outside.
The members of all three teams stood quietly in the square, awaiting the arrival of His Holiness the Pope.
Yes, Pope Bi Bi Dong is about to arrive.
The members of the Spirit Hall Academy Team looked the most relaxed at this moment. After all, they had been winning without any effort, and their only task was to stand in the rest area and cheer for the Holy Maiden.
However, the members of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Team, led by Dugu Yan, and the Shrek Academy Team, led by Yu Tianling, all had serious expressions on their faces.
After an unknown amount of time, twelve cardinals from the Spirit Hall emerged from the side door of the Pope's Palace. These cardinals, all at least Soul Saint level experts, slowly walked to the main entrance of the Pope's Palace and stood in two rows on the left and right.
The leading cardinal, whose strength had reached the level of Soul Douluo, shouted:
"His Holiness the Pope has arrived."
As the cardinal spoke, the massive golden doors slowly opened, and everyone's gaze involuntarily turned towards the direction where the doors had opened.
The next second, dressed in a long purple dress, wearing Nine-Curved Purple-Gold Crown, and holding a newly forged scepter, the noble and beautiful Bi Bi Dong was the first to walk out of the Pope's Palace.
She seemed to radiate a light that made people afraid to look directly at her, and they could only feel the powerful aura of the Pope of the Spirit Hall.
At that moment, all the thousands of Hall Guardian Knights knelt on one knee, and their roars, like a landslide and a tsunami, suddenly resounded throughout the entire Spirit City.
"Greetings, Your His Holiness the Pope."
This was not just the voice of the Hall Guardian Knights on Holy Sword Mountain, but also the cry of tens of thousands of Soul Master throughout the entire Spirit City.
To them, the Pope of the Spirit Hall is the spokesperson of the Angel God, the incarnation of a deity in the mortal world!
The simultaneous shouts of tens of thousands of Soul Master created an atmosphere that was incredibly awe-inspiring. Even Soul Saint powerhouses like Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling couldn't help but feel a sense of awe and reverence amidst the shouts.
Five people followed behind Bi Bi Dong.
Only three types of people are allowed to exit through the main gate of the Pope's Palace.
The first type is naturally the Pope. The second type is a Title Douluo. And the third type is an elder of the Spirit Hall.
Besides, no matter how noble one's status, even if one is the emperor of two great empires, no one is qualified to walk out of the main gate of the Pope's Palace.
At this moment, among the five people following Bi Bi Dong, two were wearing gold and black armor respectively. These two were Bi Bi Dong's right and left arms, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
Of the other three, the one on the left is a refined man in his thirties, dressed in a white robe, with handsome features and long black hair.
The seven-jeweled purple-silver crown on the man's head, a symbol of his status, and the silver scepter he held in his hand, revealed his identity.
He is Ning Fengzhi, the current sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a level 79 Soul Saint, and Ning Rongrong's father.
Although Ning Fengzhi did not possess the strength of a Title Douluo, he was an honorary elder of the Spirit Hall and naturally had the right to pass through the main gate of the Pope's Palace.
In fact, the sect leaders of the Upper Three Sects are all honorary elders of the Spirit Hall.
Just like in the original story, why was Tang Hao able to produce the Pope Token when he met Yu Xiaogang? Because the Pope Token was a gift bestowed upon the Upper Three Sects the Spirit Hall. As the head of the Upper Three Sects, the Clear Sky Sect naturally possessed the Pope Token.
Beside Ning Fengzhi was an elderly man, also dressed in white, with his silver hair neatly combed.
The old man was Sword Douluo Chen Xin, one of the two guardians of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School, a level 97 Super Douluo with the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul!
Yes, three years have passed, and Sword Douluo has broken through from level 96 to level 97 thanks to the Longevity Pill, a God Crystal obtained from Ning Rongrong Sword Douluo, and his own talent and experience.
However, Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo, who also took the Longevity Pill and God Crystal, did not make any progress in their cultivation.
This is normal; the stronger and older the Soul Master, the weaker the effect of the God Crystal.
Among the five people following Bibi Dong, the one on the far right is Flander, the vice dean of Shrek Academy and a retainer of the Ziwei Palace, the Vermilion Bird Douluo.
Liu Erlong was also qualified, but for some indescribable reason, she did not appear with Bi Bi Dong. Instead, she stayed in the rest area of the Shrek Academy and watched quietly.
Bi Bi Dong slowly walked to the front of the square, her gaze sweeping around before settling on Tang San of the Shrek Academy.
Bi Bi Dong gave Tang San a meaningful look, then her gaze shifted again, landing on Dugu Yan.
"Are you Dugu Yan, the granddaughter of Poison Douluo?"
Bi Bi Dong said with a faint smile on her face.
Upon hearing this, Dugu Yan was startled. She hadn't expected that the seemingly noble and beautiful His Holiness the Pope would actually recognize her.
Recalling Hu Liena's earlier warning, Dugu Yan felt a cold sweat break out and could only grit her teeth and say, "Yes, Your His Holiness the Pope."
"Very good. Soul Saint at only around twenty years old, your talent far surpasses that of your grandfather."
Bi Bi Dong smiled on the surface, but her tone was sinister as she said, "If nothing unexpected happens, in ten years you will be another Poison Douluo."
Upon hearing this, the tens of thousands of spectators present all turned to look at Dugu Yan. After the Pope appeared, he actually spoke to Dugu Yan first and even offered words of encouragement, which shows how much His Holiness the Pope values this woman.
Upon hearing these words, Dugu Yan immediately felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
That wicked woman, Bi Bi Dong, this isn't encouragement, it's clearly a threat!
However, Dugu Yan also had powerful backers and a husband. She raised her head and said calmly, "Your His Holiness the Pope, whether I can become a Title Douluo is not important to me. I only wish to live happily ever after with my beloved husband."
Upon hearing this, Bi Bi Dong's expression froze.
Bi Bi Dong knew very well who Dugu Yan's husband was.
Therefore, Bi Bi Dong understood even better that Dugu Yan's words were a way of using that kid to put pressure on her!
Taking a deep breath, Bi Bi Dong stopped talking to Dugu Yan and waved her scepter slightly, saying, "Rise."
Immediately, all the subordinates of the Spirit Hall who were kneeling on the ground stood up in unison, which was enough to show the elite level of the Spirit Hall's Soul Master.
A slight smile appeared on Bi Bi Dong's face as her gaze swept from left to right over all the Soul Master participating in the final three.
"My friends, I see hope in you. Pope's Palace, I hope even more to see your full potential and strength..."
After a long string of pleasantries, Bi Bi Dong finally got to the point. She said in a deep voice, "The champion of this Soul Master Tournament will receive a reward from the Spirit Hall."
Before she finished speaking, she lightly waved the scepter in her hand.
In an instant, the three points of light magnified in front of Bi Bi Dong and floated in mid-air.
These are three different items, and none of them are very large.
The object was shaped like a skeleton; it was a Soul Bone, specifically the left leg Soul Bone, and it shimmered with a dark green light.
The other item was a ring, which was a Space Soul Tool that could store items.
The third item was a token, specifically Pope Token representing the authority of the Spirit Hall!
Even at the Holy Sword Mountain, the radiance of the three prizes could be clearly seen.
In an instant, the entire Spirit City was in an uproar.
Whether it's Soul Bone or Space Soul Tool, they are both priceless treasures that hold a strong attraction for the vast majority of Soul Master.
However, the most precious thing was that Pope Token!
Standing behind Bi Bi Dong, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei said in a deep voice, "That Soul Bone is called the Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg. It came from Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and is a relic of a deceased elder of the Spirit Hall."
"And that ring was an ancient relic unearthed from the underground ruins of Spirit City; the ring contained a full one hundred cubic meters of space."
"As for the Pope Token... the Soul Master who obtains this Pope Token will become an Honorary Elder of the Spirit Hall! They will have the right to utilize the power of the Spirit Hall's branch halls throughout the land!"
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