Sacrificed a Lot, but Always Making Moves

Thinking back on Qian Renxue's experiences in the Heaven Dou Empire.

Lu Feng could only describe them as "a rebellious child and her NPC grandfather."

Lu Feng truly could not understand why someone with Innate Soul Power at level twenty would have nothing better to do than become an undercover agent.

Wouldn't it have been better to spend that time cultivating properly in Spirit Hall instead of putting on false smiles for the Heaven Dou Royal Family?

He remembered some analyses he had read before, which had probably said something like this.

"Although Spirit Hall had many Spirit Masters at the time, it was not powerful enough. To rise from an organization to an empire, it had to overcome enormous gaps in population and military strength. Its Spirit Masters could not compare with the manpower of the two great empires.

Sending Qian Renxue undercover would allow her to seize the Heaven Dou throne, its troops, and its people, helping Spirit Hall grow stronger.

Bibi Dong's 'Soul Hunting Operation' was meant to eliminate opposing forces such as the Upper Three Sects and pave the way for taking over the empire. Qian Renxue's infiltration plan was a vital part of the overall strategy and had to coordinate with Spirit Hall's movements.

By disguising herself as 'Xue Qinghe,' Qian Renxue could legitimately inherit the throne, reducing resistance during the transition of power and preventing interference from other factions.

Using the crown prince's identity, she could win people over, suppress them, replace personnel, and gain control of the Heaven Dou Empire's military and political power as well as key posts. A direct assassination could never achieve that degree of deep infiltration.

In the eyes of the people and most nobles, 'Xue Qinghe' was a benevolent, diligent, and wise heir apparent. That would help stabilize the situation after he ascended the throne, win the support of the common people, and reduce the cost of ruling."

Those conclusions sounded reasonable enough, and one could barely make sense of them.

But the problem was that the emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire had no real strength, and the empire did not even have a single Titled Douluo.

If they wanted to rule the Heaven Dou Empire, wouldn't beheading the emperor have been enough? Was this undercover operation really necessary?

It even forcibly tied down two of Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo. Sending those two out would have been more useful than having them holed up in the Heaven Dou Empire no matter what.

Especially that suffocating poison stunt Qian Renxue pulled later on. The Heaven Dou Empire could not even gather one Titled Douluo.

With two Titled Douluo right beside her, they could have casually stabbed the emperor twice and finished the mission. Why bother playing with poison?

Douluo Continent was not some primordial fantasy world.

Did the emperor have some kind of human race fortune protecting him? Would killing him bring down heavenly punishment or something?

If she had the strength to rule the empire yet refused to kill the emperor, Lu Feng simply could not understand what Qian Renxue was being so cowardly about.

Did she not even know the most basic move of "holding the emperor hostage to command the feudal lords"?

In terms of strength, the empire here could not even compare to the Upper Three Sects. How useful could having a lot of Spirit Masters be?

At what level could Spirit Masters fly? Once there was an aerial strike, no matter how many low-level Spirit Masters there were, they would be useless.

Or they could simply have a hidden Titled Douluo seize the emperor. No matter how many Spirit Masters the army had, would they dare make a move?

Hold the emperor hostage, slaughter the royal family, then have Spirit Hall descend as righteous saviors. Wouldn't that make them heroes? They could take over the empire while they were at it.

Use reality to show the people that without absolute strength, the so-called emperor was nothing more than a toy in the hands of a Titled Douluo.

After going through something like that, how many nobles and commoners would dare remain unconvinced?

With absolute strength, any play was an unbeatable hand.

Yet Qian Renxue chose to clutch that unbeatable hand while preparing some grand scheme. In the end, she became a stepping stone for the protagonist and completely blew it.

She played a father-and-son game with Xue Ye, refusing to play a single card while pretending to be an expert. In the end, her opponent played out all his singles, and Tang San took her away with a full airplane combo.

Putting himself in Spirit Hall's shoes, then thinking of that future where everything was destroyed.

If Lu Feng had been one of Spirit Hall's higher-ups, he would definitely have spent every day writing letters to repeatedly ask their young mistress whether her brain was full of water.

He also remembered something about Qian Renxue being proud at heart and yearning to prove herself. Taking the Heaven Dou Empire without bloodshed through twenty years of perfect infiltration would be the ultimate display of her ability and a powerful answer to her mother.

She was the only suitable candidate. Qian Renxue could perfectly disguise herself as someone else, even replicating their martial soul. Only the inherited spirit bone of Spirit Hall and a descendant of the Six-Winged Angel could achieve this, making her the sole choice for the infiltration mission.

With such an absurd operation, it might have made some sense if the Spirit Master system had been weaker and the two great empires had several Titled Douluo standing guard.

And if Titled Douluo could be beaten to death by ordinary soldiers and could not escape, then it would have been somewhat understandable.

But with so many problems piled together, Qian Renxue's undercover work looked extremely "self-indulgent."

She had simply moved herself with her own sacrifice, believing she had given up so much and made so many brilliant moves. If Tang San had not interfered, she definitely would have succeeded.

If she had truly infiltrated alone and hollowed out the royal family, that could have counted as skill. But she had two top-tier bodyguards beside her and stubbornly refused to use them.

After infiltrating for twenty years, she had not even managed to split the Heaven Dou Royal Family apart. In the end, she still had to deal with the emperor and inherit the throne.

And when she chose to strike, she used poison! Would it have killed the two Titled Douluo to give Xue Ye a stab?

Yet she was discovered! The poison was cured! Her identity was exposed again!

To sum up her contribution during the infiltration, she had merely helped other factions tie down two of Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo.

The Heaven Dou Empire had no Titled Douluo, yet she was given two Titled Douluo as bodyguards.

It was practically an open declaration to Qian Renxue that as long as she suffered the slightest grievance in the palace, she could flatten the Heaven Dou Imperial Family whenever she was unhappy.

Either she had truly been born for political scheming and could use the absolute strength of two Titled Douluo to hollow out the royal court.

But Qian Renxue neither had a child's temper nor possessed any talent for political maneuvering.

She really did nothing but honestly keep up her disguise for twenty years, stubbornly refusing to use those two Titled Douluo.

In the end, she achieved neither greatness nor mediocrity, spending twenty years outside without even returning home.

She spent all day role-playing. She gained neither growth nor cultivation.

It took a true genius to ruin an unbeatable hand like that.

If Lu Feng had been Qian Renxue's biological father and witnessed her suffocating performance, his only thought would have been, This account is ruined. Time to start a new one.

Qian Daoliu was quite the talent too. He watched his granddaughter waste her time in the Heaven Dou Empire and did not even think to teach her personally.

Was he, Spirit Hall's Grand High Priest, really that busy?

"Still... Qian Renxue does not look very smart. She would probably help someone count their money even after being tricked. If she were dealt with like everyone else, it would feel a little wasteful."

Watching Qian Renxue and her grandfathers fighting amid the chaos in Heaven Dou Imperial City, he immediately thought of an even more ingenious way to deal with her.

Although the God Realm was somewhat unscrupulous, everything had two sides.

Simply suppressing Qian Renxue was the lowest-level method, and Lu Feng found it rather boring.

As the God Lord of the Pokemon World, he was not someone who only knew how to mindlessly fight.

The main issue was that he could not win one against five right now, so he could only hold back for the moment.

If force could not deal with the God Realm, wasn't making Them sick of it as easy as lifting a hand?

At that moment, the golden light of the Sky Screen began to churn violently once more.

[Ranked Fourteenth: Qian Daoliu, Level 99 (Demigod), Martial Soul: Six-Winged Holy Angel, Affiliated Force: Temple of Light]

"Qian Daoliu? That guy can make the list too? Even demigods are appearing now. The God Realm really gave out quite a lot."

Lu Feng had an innate advantage when it came to competing for battle slots. With the Lake Guardians that controlled emotions, he only needed to say a word to decide which team of Pokemon would take the field.

Unless the God Realm could also send out the God of Emotion, competing for the arena would basically be a free win.