Ling Yuan Had Been Here?

The conversation in the Worship Hall was known only to the enshrined elders. No outsiders had any way of finding out about it.

Night deepened.

Atop the mountain, behind the Hall of Souls, a golden afterimage streaked across the night sky.

It was filled with divine power.

The figure was none other than the Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall, Peerless Douluo Qian Daoliu.

Qian Renxue hadn't explicitly stated what her relationship with Ye Qiu was, but as her grandfather, Qian Daoliu was arguably her only family in this world. He knew his granddaughter well. With her prideful temperament, there was no way she would praise a young man to the skies unless he truly deserved it.

Even if the young man who'd reached the rank of Soul Douluo at such a tender age had no such relationship with Qian Renxue, he was probably still quite the person.

Since Xiao Xue had brought it up, he'd go warn Bibi Dong.

Whoosh—!

A streak of golden light crossed the mountainside and reached the area near Bibi Dong's residence. Qian Daoliu immediately halted, his golden brows knitting together.

That ominous, evil aura again.

"Has she really set foot on that path? What a pity. If mother and daughter could stand together, what in this vast world would not belong to Spirit Hall?"

Qian Daoliu's eyes held a trace of helplessness.

It was impossible to say who was right and who was wrong. Perhaps, in each other's eyes—and even in his own—they were all partly right and partly wrong.

Seeking love was a good thing, but her actions had been utterly wrong. Punishment was deserved, but the way it was carried out had violated the bonds of family. And he was a permissive man who couldn't even avenge his own son!

Qian Daoliu resumed