Changing Names

Thud! Knees struck the marble floor with a crisp sound that rang especially clearly through the empty Angel Sanctuary.

Ye Su did not speak at once. He merely looked down at the kneeling Qian Daoliu with an enigmatic smile. This old bastard really knows how to handle things.

He raised his right hand and made a slight upward gesture. A gentle yet irresistible force lifted everyone back to their feet.

"My children, I am pleased to meet you." Ye Su stood before them all. Though small in stature, he possessed a unique and unmatched majesty.

"My memories have fully returned. Born omniscient and omnipotent, I clearly understand my present circumstances, as well as the movements of the future." Ye Su began his performance.

"The so-called gods in the heavens are all wicked, my children. I could not bear to see you deceived by them, and so I descended here." Ye Su pointed one hand at the sky and the other at the ground. "Of all that is in heaven and under heaven, encompassing all things in the universe, there is but one god—and that is I."

"My name is Ye Su. I am also God."

As he spoke, he activated the System Panel and frantically spent Prestige Points to create divine phenomena around himself. He altered the steps of martial soul awakening, allowing himself to awaken his martial soul directly without undergoing the awakening ceremony.

As for the martial soul he awakened, was there even a need to ask?

Of course, it was God!

A phantom image of God emerged behind him. The sacred aura it emitted made heaven and earth rumble, while the ground trembled!

For a moment, everyone present felt a deep, childlike yearning well up within them. Even Bibi Dong could not resist such emotions.

It was as though the one standing before them was neither a child nor a god, but their father—their mother.

He was both father and mother. He nurtured all things and created all things, possessing a father's majesty and a mother's compassion.

Ye Su stepped forward and stopped before Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu did not dare make The Lord look up at him, so he naturally knelt down. Ye Su cupped the elderly man's face in both hands.

"Child." A young child calling an old man who looked to be well over a hundred "child" should have seemed utterly jarring, yet when Ye Su said it, it somehow felt perfectly natural.

"Your heart has inclined toward the light throughout this life. Though you have committed wrongs, you have also done many good deeds. You must repent for your evil, and receive the fruits of your goodness." Ye Su spoke solemnly and compassionately. Light as brilliant as the sun bloomed from his body, and the warm radiance in his hands continuously flowed into Qian Daoliu.

"You are destined to be my spokesperson. Therefore, you must cast aside the distracting thoughts and delusions in your heart. Sever your evil thoughts and greed."

As Ye Su's voice continued to ring out, Qian Daoliu's body itself began to change.

He rapidly grew young again. In the blink of an eye, he changed from a decrepit old man into a youth of fifteen or sixteen.

His martial soul naturally manifested beyond his control, and his spirit rings appeared alongside it. The colors of every spirit ring underwent a dramatic change, shifting from yellow, purple, black, and red into a uniform gold.

Yet the changes did not end there. Another powerful wave of aura spread out, and a tenth spirit ring silently condensed beside Qian Daoliu.

"Child, I bestow upon you the name Michael. You are to become my eyes—the eyes of countless sufferers—and the voice of countless sufferers. This is both the reward for your goodness and the retribution for your evil. Afterward, go out and temper yourself. Once you have witnessed all evil and goodness with the heart of a child, return to me."

Qian Daoliu's previously composed expression turned alarmed. He could clearly sense the changes in his body.

His body, which had nearly run dry of life, now surged with boundless vitality. He could even distinctly sense that his lifespan was breaking beyond all limits.

Moreover, the heart within his chest had become clear once more, while his strength continued to break through. At this time, Qian Daoliu was already comparable to a third-rate deity!

This made him even more certain that The Lord before him was an existence nobler and more powerful than the Angel God!

The other Titled Douluo all looked eagerly at Ye Su as well. They might not have understood at first why Qian Daoliu had knelt before this child, but the changes before their eyes were simply too shocking. This was a God-bestowed Spirit Ring!

This child had merely spoken a few words, yet he had changed Qian Daoliu's spirit rings and even given him a tenth one!

This was a true god!

If they did not cling to his thigh now, then when would they?

At this moment, Qian Daoliu—no, Michael—became even more devout.

He had regained his youth, and his expression was as youthful as a teenager's.

"Thank you for your guidance, Lord!" As though divinely inspired, Michael made the sign of the cross over himself.

The system notification sounded at that moment, showing that Ye Su's Role-playing Degree had increased by another 5%!

That was right. How could God lack angel attendants?

And Michael was among the most famous angels created by God—the Archangel Michael, the Angel of Judgment. He was even more famous than Archangel Metatron, the Chancellor of Heaven!

Renaming Qian Daoliu as Michael had indeed increased his Role-playing Degree!

Ye Su was delighted, but he did not show it.

His expression remained calm and unruffled, with only a gentle smile on his face. He lifted his gaze again and looked toward Bibi Dong at the end of the line.

Now that he had Michael, he ought to rename the others as well.

Although Ye Su could clearly sense Bibi Dong's feelings toward him, they were complicated. There was fear, disgust, envy...

In short, they were difficult to explain in a single sentence.

This sudden God of hers had certainly disrupted Bibi Dong's plans, but it did not matter.

Ye Su walked up to Bibi Dong. This time, before Michael even had the chance to use his pressure to make her kneel, Bibi Dong had already naturally gone to her knees.

Bibi Dong was no fool. After witnessing that scene, she had already understood Ye Su's power—a power that her current self could never contend against.

Seeing that Bibi Dong knew her place, Ye Su had no intention of making things difficult for her.

What a joke. He still needed to collect Bibi Dong's Favorability. She was one of the main heroines; it would be a pity to simply discard her as a pawn now.

He still had to make use of her.

With that in mind, Ye Su extended his hands and once again cupped Bibi Dong's face.

"Child, I can feel the pain in your heart. That boundless sea of suffering has nearly swallowed you whole." Ye Su was not lying. Though his Role-playing Degree as God was not particularly high, it was not low either. Through a portion of God's power, he could truly empathize with some of Bibi Dong's emotions.

They were emotions of extreme pain, disgust, and ambition.

"Child, I know everything about you. But allowing your heart to sink into hatred is, in essence, the wrong path." The warm white light around Ye Su dispersed the gloom within Bibi Dong's heart.

This was a form of forced purification.

"All evil shall be punished." There seemed to be a magical power within Ye Su's gentle voice, causing even Bibi Dong's resistance to turn into acceptance.

It was as though, in that dim underground chamber, someone had once comforted her so gently as well.

"You... know everything?" When Bibi Dong spoke those words, she realized that her voice was trembling terribly.

"You have suffered, my child." Ye Su gently embraced Bibi Dong. "From now on, your future will be filled with light. Let the darkness of the past fade away."

Ding! Bibi Dong's Favorability increased by 50%!