Qian Daoliu

Although he recognized the two of them, Su Yu made no move.

He simply held Xue Ke's hand in silence and kept walking, passing by the pair.

After brushing past them, Su Yu turned his head to look back and unexpectedly met those green eyes.

Dugu Yan's gaze fell on the two of them, her eyes filled with curiosity.

By the time Su Yu and Xue Ke returned to the Crown Prince's Residence, Snake Lance, who had spent the day traveling, had also returned to Spirit City.

He went straight up God Mountain and arrived before the Worship Hall.

The doors of the Worship Hall stood open. Within the vast, empty hall, two statues of Six-Winged Angels faced one another. Between them stood a semicircular platform, at whose core floated a Six-Winged Angel condensed from pure energy. Golden light flowed across it, bathing the entire hall in magnificent splendor and sacred brilliance.

Beneath the Six-Winged Angel, a man in a gray robe with regular features knelt on a prayer cushion.

Although not the slightest fluctuation of Soul Power emanated from him, he possessed an overwhelming presence that no one could ignore.

One of the three great Peerless Douluo, the Angel God's High Priest, a supreme powerhouse hailed as Invincible in the Sky—Qian Daoliu!

Snake Lance stood at the entrance to the hall, slightly bowed as he quietly awaited the High Priest's summons.

After a long while, Qian Daoliu slowly opened his eyes. His dignified voice echoed through the entire hall. "What is it?"

Snake Lance lowered his head even further, presenting the envelope with both hands as he respectfully said, "The young mistress sent this subordinate to deliver a letter."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Daoliu's body turned into a streak of golden light and instantly appeared before Snake Lance.

After taking the envelope from Snake Lance's hands, Qian Daoliu waved a hand, signaling him to rise.

Snake Lance stood and stepped aside, quietly waiting for Qian Daoliu to read the letter.

As he read its contents, Qian Daoliu's expression continually changed, shifting between delight and surprise.

When he saw that Qian Renxue's plan was proceeding smoothly and that she was safe, Qian Daoliu felt heartfelt joy for his granddaughter.

Ever since Qian Renxue had left at the age of nine, the number of times grandfather and granddaughter had met could be counted on one hand.

To be honest, Qian Daoliu had not thought highly of this plan.

In his eyes, the most important thing was for his granddaughter to cultivate properly and begin inheriting her Godhood as soon as possible.

So long as Qian Renxue ascended to Godhood and the Angel's glory shone once more, the two great empires of Heaven Dou and Star Luo would naturally surrender without a fight.

After all, one's own strength was the foundation of everything!

Qian Daoliu's gaze continued downward as he began reading about Su Yu.

When he saw that Su Yu had awakened with Innate Full Soul Power, Qian Daoliu's expression remained unchanged.

Innate Full Soul Power was indeed rare, but it was not enough to stir the heart of this Peerless Douluo.

However, when the old man read the next passage, his expression instantly turned grave.

Unlike Qian Renxue, as the Angel God's High Priest, Qian Daoliu not only possessed cultivation strength unrivaled in the current age, but also the insight to match it.

Yet even so, he had never heard of a Martial Soul capable of such a thing.

Setting aside the strength of its soul skills for the moment, the content recorded within the Martial Soul itself possessed immense value.

Perhaps that value could not be directly reflected in battle, but it could help others gain a deeper understanding of the entire world!

Although this was suspected of blasphemy, as a servant of a god, Qian Daoliu could almost state with certainty—even gods could not possibly fully understand the laws governing the world's workings!

And now, the Martial Soul of a mere mortal could reveal those fundamental laws in written form!

At this thought, Qian Daoliu looked at Snake Lance and asked, "What do you think of the rules recorded in Su Yu's Martial Soul, which Xiao Xue mentioned in her letter?"

Faced with the High Priest's question, Snake Lance respectfully bowed before replying, "After awakening Su Yu's Martial Soul, the young mistress also had Su Yu summon it, hoping to examine those words."

"However, every time she had not looked for long, the young mistress's mental power would rapidly be depleted, and she would feel an inexplicable sense of terror."

"Even Chi Xue and I were unable to stare at those words for an extended period."

"I even believe those words can be considered a spiritual-type soul skill capable of inflicting irreversible harm."

Qian Daoliu frowned upon hearing this. "Irreversible harm?"

Snake Lance nodded. "By reason, once a reader's mental power had fully recovered, and with the benefit of prior experience, they should have been able to endure longer when reading it again."

"But the opposite was true. The more times one read it, the more mental power was consumed reading for the same amount of time."

"In Chi Xue's words, the reader was like someone poisoned by a strange toxin."

"Once they stopped reading, they would no longer take in the poison, so the poisoned person's symptoms would ease and their mental power could recover."

"However, the toxin itself did not disappear. It remained dormant within the body."

"Therefore, when the poisoned person read the Brass Book again, they would come into further contact with the toxin. That was why the symptoms appeared so quickly and became even more severe than before."

"When this 'toxin' accumulated to a certain extent..."

At this moment, Qian Daoliu's gaze had become incomparably stern. He directly interrupted Snake Lance and asked, "Then how is Xiao Xue now?"

Sensing the heavy atmosphere around him, Snake Lance hurriedly replied, "High Priest, please rest assured. Since making this conjecture, Chi Xue and I have advised the young mistress, and she has not read Su Yu's Martial Soul again."

"Moreover, the young mistress instructed Su Yu not to read the contents at the front himself either... After all, his soul skill only needed the blank pages at the back."

Qian Daoliu nodded, his expression easing slightly. "I will personally make a trip to Heaven Dou City shortly to examine Xiao Xue."

Snake Lance opened his mouth but did not dare offer any further opinion.

Qian Daoliu continued, "Is there anything else you wish to add?"

Snake Lance shook his head, indicating that he had nothing more to say.

Then Qian Daoliu called out, "Lao Er!"

The next moment, a burly middle-aged man clad in golden armor appeared at Qian Daoliu's side. "Big Brother!"

"I am going to Heaven Dou City. Guard the place well."

"Rest assured, Big Brother. Leave everything to me!"

Qian Daoliu nodded, then turned into a streak of golden light and vanished into the horizon.

As a level ninety-nine Peerless Douluo who possessed the god-tier Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Qian Daoliu's speed was far beyond Snake Lance's.

A streak of golden light tore through the night sky, heading straight for Heaven Dou City.

As he approached Heaven Dou City, Qian Daoliu restrained his aura and concealed his form, landing directly within the Crown Prince's Residence.

Qian Daoliu's vast mental power swept out like a tide, instantly locking onto his granddaughter's location.

After confirming that no one was near his granddaughter, Qian Daoliu took a single step and appeared before her in the next instant.

"Grandfather?!"