Those Who Ascend First Lead Those Who Ascend Later

Heaven Dou City, a secret chamber in the Crown Prince's Residence.

After entering the secret chamber, Qian Renxue immediately reverted to her original appearance.

Qian Daoliu raised his brows slightly but said nothing.

Qian Renxue explained, "Grandfather, when I confronted the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King in the Star Dou Forest, I summoned my martial soul, and Su Yu saw it."

"After we returned, Su Yu had already guessed my identity."

Qian Daoliu nodded slightly. "I see."

"Su Yu, this is my grandfather."

Su Yu bowed respectfully. "This junior is Su Yu. Greetings, Senior."

Qian Daoliu smiled. "Su Yu, I'll call you Little Yu. Xiao Xue told me about you before. You're very talented and seem like a fine person."

Su Yu clasped his hands. "You flatter me, Senior."

Qian Daoliu turned to Qian Renxue and asked, "Xiao Xue, what was so important that it couldn't be said in a letter?"

Qian Renxue opened her mouth, unsure how to begin.

Seeing Qian Renxue's hesitation, Su Yu stepped forward and asked, "Senior, are you a servant of the Angel God?"

Qian Daoliu nodded. "That's right. I am indeed a servant of the Angel God. Little Yu, what are you trying to say?"

Su Yu asked directly, "Have you, and the generations of servants before you, gone a very long time without receiving any divine oracle from the Angel God?"

Qian Daoliu's smile vanished, his expression turning incomparably grave. "How did you know that?"

After considering his words for a moment, Su Yu said, "Senior Di Tian told me. He said that the Angel God may very well have already fallen..."

The instant those words left Su Yu's mouth, an indescribably terrifying aura erupted from Qian Daoliu.

"Boy, do you know what you're saying?"

"Grandfather, calm down..."

To be suddenly told by someone else that his faith had already vanished—how could an old man who valued his faith above his own life possibly remain calm?

"Old man, anger won't solve anything..."

"Yes, Grandfather. Calm down first."

"Haa..."

Qian Daoliu let out a deep breath, glanced at the granddaughter in whom he had placed such high hopes, then steadied his Dao heart, which had been on the verge of shattering.

Seeing that Qian Daoliu had recovered, Su Yu immediately dealt him another blow.

Su Yu first summoned his martial soul and, under the puzzled gazes of the two, created the rule [No Deceiving Others].

A struggle for authority...

Asura's scheme...

Su Yu revealed everything Gu Yuena had told him, then added, "When they told me these things, they were likewise bound by the corresponding rules."

"Within the scope where the rules take effect, the rules I establish possess the highest authority. No soul skill or anything else can conceal the truth from the rules I create."

"Senior, if you don't believe me, you can try it."

Qian Daoliu shook his head, indicating that there was no need. He believed him.

"According to you, what should we do now?"

Su Yu said, "What else can we do? Obviously, we develop quietly, then give Asura a surprise!"

"During this time, not only do we need to develop quietly, we also need to focus on finding companions who likewise possess the potential to become gods."

"If conditions allow, it would be best to drive a wedge between Asura and the other four God Kings."

"Make more friends and fewer enemies."

"Once our side starts mass-producing troops and gathers a dozen, or dozens, of gods, we'll go to war with the God Realm!"

Watching Su Yu's excited expression and impassioned words, Qian Daoliu's mouth twitched. He had clearly not expected Su Yu to be this radical.

He shook his head and sighed softly. "It's not as simple as you say. In ten thousand years, no one has successfully broken through level one hundred and become a god..."

Su Yu nodded. "That's true. Becoming a god depends greatly on talent."

With a thought, Su Yu made the Brass Book flip to its first half.

"...A Soul Master's cultivation speed is related to Innate Soul Power. The higher one's Innate Soul Power, the faster one cultivates. The lower it is, the slower one cultivates..."

Qian Daoliu's immense Angel Soul Power burst from his body, instantly enveloping Qian Renxue completely.

"Uh..."

Su Yu looked puzzled as he watched Qian Daoliu act as though facing a formidable enemy.

"Senior, why are you reacting so strongly?"

"When Senior Di Tian saw the first half of my martial soul, he reacted strongly too..."

Only when Qian Daoliu saw the ignorance written all over Su Yu's face did he lower his guard.

Just now, he had nearly thought this brat intended to use this method to kill his granddaughter!

"It's like this, your martial soul..."

After hearing Qian Daoliu's explanation, Su Yu's mouth twitched.

Wasn't this just contamination by Divinity?

Even after coming to the Douluo world, the First Construct was still chasing after me...

Could I have been contaminated too?

At that thought, Su Yu hurriedly voiced his concern.

Qian Daoliu smiled and shook his head. "This is your martial soul to begin with. How could it contaminate you?"

Su Yu muttered softly, "That's not certain. There are plenty of cases where martial souls screw over their owners."

"Only two people can inherit the Ye Family's Nine-Heart Begonia, the Ning Family's Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda can never break through to Soul Saint for life, and then there's the Dugu Family's Jade Phosphorous Serpent..."

Su Yu shook his head, his face filled with lingering fear. "I don't want to become this book's puppet in the future."

"I am the master of the Brass Book. We can't get that relationship mixed up!"

Qian Daoliu laughed, then sent out a strand of Soul Power that traveled throughout Su Yu's body.

A moment later, Qian Daoliu withdrew his hand. "Don't worry, you're perfectly fine!"

Su Yu patted his chest and could not help letting out a sigh of relief.

"Senior, according to what the soul beast senior said, once I become a god, I'll be able to alter the underlying rules in the first half..."

"What?!" *2

After the shock passed, Qian Renxue looked suspicious. "Didn't you say before that you could only create rules using the latter half?"

Su Yu answered unhurriedly, "I only happened to awaken the Brass Book. What do I know?"

"If someone awakened the Clear Sky Hammer, would they naturally be able to master the Great Sumeru Hammer?"

Upon hearing Su Yu's explanation, Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue looked at each other, the same meaning in their eyes.

Although it felt like this brat was talking nonsense, what he said seemed to make a lot of sense.

Su Yu said righteously, "I only happened to awaken this mutated martial soul. I've never become a god, so of course I wouldn't know these things!"

"This is all what the soul beast senior told me!"

At this moment, the Soul Power within Su Yu's body was draining at an accelerated rate.

Because he had designated himself as the "Enforcer," he was able to commit verbal deception.

Su Yu actually understood his martial soul very well.

He knew that as long as his martial soul's degree of activation was high enough, and as long as he could unite with the book's spirit, unleashing his Martial Soul Avatar, he could temporarily alter the world's underlying rules.

But he did not intend to reveal everything. Instead, he wanted to leave himself some room.

When the time came, if someone turned against him and assumed that he posed no threat as a Soul Saint, heh, someone would be in for a world of pain~

"According to the God Realm's rules, after becoming a god, one can remain in the Human Realm for a period of time."

"During that time, I can alter the world's underlying rules and change how difficult it is to become a god..."

"Then, we can gather a group of like-minded, reliable teammates."

"This is called those who ascend first leading those who ascend later!"