4. Childbirth

"A fine name!" Qian Daoliu immediately praised. "Would you be willing to accompany this old man to Martial Soul Hall?"

Ye Lingtong instinctively glanced at her father. Qian Daoliu naturally noticed the girl's look. He smiled warmly again. "Would the two of you—father and daughter—be willing to come together?"

Ye's father nodded at once. "Thank you, Great Enshrined!"

He wouldn't pass up this opportunity.

After all, for an ordinary person, simply meeting the Great Enshrined was a once-in-a-lifetime event. And what had happened to his daughter seemed like something only the Great Enshrined could resolve.

Go? Of course they would go. They had to go.

So Qian Daoliu grabbed Ye Lingtong's shoulder with one hand and Ye's father's shoulder with the other. With another flash, they were back in the Angel Sanctuary.

Within the resplendent Angel Sanctuary, a sacred aura floated in the air. The source of this sacred aura was the Angel Statue in the center of the room.

Ye Su, hiding inside Ye Lingtong's belly, couldn't help blinking. This angel looked quite holy, but he wondered which angel it was.

Among the angels seated beneath God, the most famous were a few: Metatron, known as the Chancellor of Heaven; Archangel Michael; Gabriel; Raphael; and others...

But this Angel Statue before him didn't resemble any of the angels he knew.

Probably some more obscure angel.

Ye Su quietly stayed in Ye Lingtong's belly and opened the System Panel to take a look. He found that both his Reputation and Favorability had risen by a chunk.

The Favorability came mainly from the person before him, Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu's initial Favorability had already reached 10%.

Qian Daoliu's role in the original story wasn't weak. His Favorability was stronger than an ordinary person's, and it would bring more system energy feedback.

Now he could use this Favorability to flesh out his own backstory.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Su looked at the unknown Angel Statue and chuckled to himself. Since he was already an angel, why not have a name and title? Why not be an angel seated beneath God?

He opened the system's story editor and directly began rewriting the history of the Angel God.

[Angel God Metatron is the second angel created by God. Born with sacred six wings, God commanded him to govern the laws of heaven and record the good and evil of all beings in the world. He is God's left arm, absolutely loyal to God.]

After editing, he confirmed it took effect.

Immediately, the Angel Statue, which had felt blurry and indistinct, became familiar in its features. At that moment, the Angel Statue erupted with unprecedented radiance. A humanoid phantom emerged from the Angel Statue and knelt on one knee before Ye Lingtong.

[My Lord, thank You for Your grace.]

The Angel Statue did not speak aloud, but a clear thought transmitted itself into the minds of everyone present.

Then, the phantom vanished.

Qian Daoliu was utterly shaken. He had thought the Lord's status was noble, but he hadn't expected it to be so precious—so precious that even the Angel God they worshipped would kneel on one knee before Him.

Qian Daoliu dared not be presumptuous. He knelt directly on both knees, prostrating himself before Ye Su in Ye Lingtong's belly.

At the same time, his heart surged with wild joy. Martial Soul Hall had long harbored ambitions of unifying the entire Douluo Continent.

And now, with the Lord descending, that ambition would likely become reality before long.

How could this not be Heaven's blessing upon Martial Soul Hall?

Ye Lingtong's mind was completely blank. She hadn't expected such a turn of events. Even the legendary Angel God had knelt before the child in her womb. Could that dream really have been real?

Amid her fear, a trace of sweetness crept into Ye Lingtong's heart. Her child, before even being born and going to school, had already brought her such great fortune. This child was simply amazing!

Inside her belly, Ye Su yawned and stopped paying attention to the outside world. As an innate divine being, he would be born in less than three days.

Since everything was mostly settled, it was time for him to rest well and conserve his strength.

Over these three days, the entire Martial Soul Hall in Martial Soul City had been mobilized. Qian Daoliu first secretly moved Ye Lingtong to the Angel Sanctuary within Martial Soul Hall to live, then ordered all the Enshrined to mobilize, determined to find the best healing soul masters and soul masters skilled in midwifery.

This was the Lord—they had to treat Him with the highest standards!

Three days later.

Ye Su woke up groggily, sensing that today was the day he would be born.

He first checked the System Panel. The panel showed scattered Favorability from many people—aside from Qian Daoliu, there were also Golden Croc Douluo, Light Feather Douluo, and others...

All together, he could play another big move!

"Today, when I am born, it must match the legend of God. How could an ordinary person be worthy of delivering God? This birth must have angels baptize me and deliver me!"

Ye Su recited silently in his heart, double-checked his plan, thought for a moment, and began to write.

Outside, everyone was already on high alert.

Ye Lingtong lay on the bed, feeling a warm flow in her lower body. Then, the child in her womb began to move.

At that moment, the healing soul master who had been prepared began to work, and the midwifery soul master also looked expectantly toward Ye Lingtong's lower body.

Though these people didn't know whose child they were delivering, they understood that the child's status was incomparably noble. If the birth went smoothly, fine—but if anything went wrong, they wouldn't leave Martial Soul Hall alive.

But just then, the sky outside blazed with light.

Countless people in Martial Soul City looked up and saw the celestial phenomenon.

Golden clouds dotted the sky, and a beam of intense white light split through them, falling onto Ye Lingtong. Then, several six-winged angels descended together from the heavens.

They sang and danced, playing beautiful music, and descended with layers of Holy Light.

"Angels have descended?"

"Truly, Heaven blesses our Martial Soul Hall!"

"Excellent, it's an angel! Everyone, pray!"

In that moment, countless ordinary people fell to their knees and began devout prayers. An angel! A legendary deity!

If not now, then when?!

But Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and an unusual expression crossed her face.

She hadn't expected an angel to actually descend.

Her heart felt a twinge of unease. Though she possessed Twin Martial Souls and was a peerless genius, both of her souls were spider-type, and her second soul even carried some evil attributes.

Facing a true angel, she couldn't help but feel afraid.

She was already one of the rare powerhouses in the Douluo World, and even in a direct confrontation with Qian Daoliu, she wouldn't necessarily lose. But that was an angel!

Moreover, seeing the Holy Light fall upon the Worship Hall, Bibi Dong's gaze flickered a few times.

The Worship Hall's movements had been off lately. First, they made a great show of searching for healing-type soul masters, then secretly sought out soul masters skilled in midwifery.

This attitude was even more cautious than when she herself had given birth to Qian Renxue.

What exactly was happening?