Call Me Lord Lucifer

"Even if I lay low and recuperated for fifty years, I could wait for the system to return..."

"But there was no telling whether some accident might happen during those fifty years."

"So I had to consider the necessity of reincarnation under certain special circumstances!"

"The deeper the corruption by darkness, the lower the risk of failure!"

"Bibi Dong's cold attitude toward Qian Renxue was undoubtedly something I could exploit!"

"And the results would surely be excellent!"

When it was time to be ruthless, Lucifer would not go soft.

That was the character he had developed through his long struggle within the Heavenly Court of Light!

Affected by the nightmare, Qian Renxue's limbs moved unconsciously, and part of her blanket had slipped off.

Lucifer frowned slightly and, with surprisingly gentle movements, pulled the blanket back over her.

"Sleep, little thing," he murmured. "You are still too weak to fully bear my power!"

Just as Lucifer's hand was about to leave the blanket, the bedroom door was suddenly thrown open!

Qian Daoliu rushed in, his eyes filled with vigilance and anger.

He had sensed something unusual in Qian Renxue's room and hurried over as quickly as possible.

He demanded sharply, "What are you doing to Xue'er?!"

Lucifer turned around without the slightest panic.

He teased, "I was merely covering the little one with her blanket. Why are you so nervous?"

"You would be that kindhearted?" Qian Daoliu clearly did not believe him.

Lucifer shrugged. "After all, she is the Power Carrier I chose!"

The words were quite convincing.

Yet Qian Daoliu's expression only darkened further.

Too domineering!

Too arrogant!

He was so casually and unabashedly declaring his ambition to corrupt the heir of the Six-winged Angel!

He glanced at Qian Renxue and saw that she was still asleep.

Xue'er had had a nightmare!

Qian Daoliu recognized his granddaughter's state at a glance.

It definitely had something to do with what had happened today!

He immediately pinned the blame on Lucifer!

There was something else that puzzled and unsettled him deeply.

"Why did you appear?" Qian Daoliu stared intently at Lucifer.

Lucifer opened his mouth and began spinning nonsense. "A Martial Soul can appear, of course, because its Soul Master summoned it!"

"As a powerful Soul Master, you don't even know that?"

Qian Daoliu snorted coldly. "Leaving aside the fact that Xue'er is unconscious, even if she were awake, she would never defy my instructions and release her Second Spirit!"

"Who knows? Perhaps she did it in her dream." Lucifer chuckled.

Qian Daoliu's brows knitted tightly. It was not impossible.

At that moment, the sleeping Qian Renxue was also awakened by the commotion.

When she opened her hazy eyes and clearly saw Lucifer standing beside her bed, all drowsiness vanished at once. She sat up in fright.

Sleeping was a nightmare, and waking up was a nightmare too.

"Y-you... why did you appear?" Her voice carried a trace of panic as she instinctively clutched the edge of her blanket.

Lucifer looked down at her from above and asked in return, "What? Are you surprised to see your own Martial Soul?"

Only then did Qian Renxue notice Qian Daoliu standing at the door. She hurriedly explained, "Grandfather, I didn't summon him! I didn't disobey your instructions!"

Before Qian Daoliu could answer, Qian Renxue loudly demanded of Lucifer, "Hey! Why exactly did you appear?"

"First, my name is not 'hey.'" He gazed at Qian Renxue. "My name is Lucifer."

"You may address me as Lord Lucifer!"

Lucifer!

Only then did the two of them learn the name of this Fallen Angel!

"Besides," Lucifer said, staring directly into Qian Renxue's eyes, "there is only one reason why I can appear!"

Hearing this, both of them pricked up their ears.

"That is because you are embracing darkness!" Lucifer smiled even more like a true villain!

"No! I'm not!" Qian Renxue immediately refuted him loudly, completely unable to accept such a claim.

Qian Daoliu frowned slightly, deep in thought.

"Grandfather! I really haven't!" Qian Renxue was so anxious that she was nearly in tears.

Qian Daoliu gave his granddaughter a gentle smile, signaling for her not to worry. "Xue'er, Grandfather believes you!"

He vaguely guessed that Lucifer's appearance was most likely connected to the nightmare Qian Renxue had just had.

They could think over that matter slowly. For now, the most important thing was to have Qian Renxue retract her Second Spirit!

Thus, right in front of Lucifer, Qian Daoliu directly instructed Qian Renxue, "Use your mind to retract your Second Spirit!"

"Mm!" Qian Renxue nodded heavily.

Lucifer remained calm and unmoved.

Qian Renxue shifted her thoughts slightly, only to discover that things did not unfold as she had expected!

Lucifer was still standing in the same spot!

"What is going on? Why are you still here?" Qian Renxue's eyes widened in extreme confusion.

When she used this method to retract her First Spirit, it had clearly worked perfectly!

Lucifer gave a soft snort and did not answer her question.

He was indeed affected by the Martial Soul rules of Douluo Continent.

As the host, Qian Renxue could choose to summon him, not summon him, or retract him!

But as had been said before, he was not an ordinary Martial Soul after all!

When Qian Renxue wanted to retract him, he could resist and refuse to dissipate.

Naturally, there was a price to pay. It would consume a small amount of his soul energy.

When Qian Renxue wanted to summon him, he could resist and refuse to appear.

That would also consume a small amount of his soul energy.

When Qian Renxue did not summon him, he could use certain methods to appear on his own.

In short, he had not possessed Qian Renxue merely to be completely at her mercy!

Seeing this, Qian Daoliu's expression turned grave.

He would not believe that Qian Renxue simply did not know how to retract her Martial Soul.

Nor would he believe that she had failed because she was insufficiently practiced at retracting it.

Retracting a Martial Soul was so simple that even an ordinary child from a mountain village could figure it out after hearing the method once.

Much less the extraordinarily gifted Young Master of Spirit Hall!

The problem definitely lay with Lucifer!

He realized that this Fallen Angel Martial Soul was far too unusual.

It was completely different from ordinary Martial Souls!

He could not judge Lucifer using his existing knowledge and understanding of Martial Souls!

Lucifer was more troublesome than he had imagined.

After failing twice with her thoughts, Qian Renxue panicked. "Grandfather!"

"Xue'er, steel your resolve and try once more!" Qian Daoliu forced himself to remain calm.

"Okay!" Qian Renxue thought it was because her resolve had not been firm enough.

She took two deep breaths, steadied herself mentally, and then shifted her thoughts once more.

Lucifer did not want to waste soul energy for such a pointless contest, so he simply vanished along with her intention.

He had already made them understand that he was no ordinary Martial Soul.

Though the existing Martial Soul rules bound him, they were not absolute!

Moreover, he already had a rough plan for how to appear freely and at will whenever he wished!

The principle was simple—

Human nature always preferred compromise and moderation.

For example, if you said the room was too dark and insisted on opening a window here, everyone would surely object.

But if you proposed tearing off the roof, they would come to compromise and agree to open a window instead.