"Your Holiness, Little Young Master, you've finally returned." Falling Devil Douluo stood before the entrance to Pope Hall. He had been waiting there for three whole days.
Bibi Dong nodded, then asked, "Has the Young Master returned?"
"The Young Master arrived yesterday and is waiting in Elder Hall."
"Lead the way."
Qin Chuan suppressed his excitement and silently followed Falling Devil Douluo to Elder Hall.
As the true foundation of Spirit Hall, Elder Hall could only be inhabited by Titled Douluos.
They entered one of the spacious council chambers in Elder Hall.
"Great Ancestor."
"Don't call me that! You're only ten, and I'm just a fifteen-year-old girl. How about you call me big sister?"
"...Old Ancestor Sister?"
"Hehe—"
Qian Daoliu, who had been drinking tea, couldn't help laughing.
Qian Renxue wore a pained expression, her little mouth puckered cutely.
She glanced at the pretty girl Ye Guyi beside her, who was five years younger, and sighed helplessly. "Guyi, although you're my descendant, I'm not even married yet. Besides, you and I are from eras ten thousand years apart, so calling me your ancestor... makes sense."
"But... times have changed. Since you've come to our era, just call me big sister. Let's leave 'Great Ancestor' out of it. Otherwise, people might misunderstand and think I'm some ten-thousand-year-old soul beast who transformed into a human."
Ye Guyi smiled. "There's no ten-thousand-year-old soul beast as beautiful as you, Great Ancestor."
Qian Renxue was utterly speechless. She braced her hands on the table and let her head droop heavily.
So emo...
Just then, the door opened.
Qian Renxue abruptly raised her head and met Bibi Dong's gaze as she walked in.
In an instant, the atmosphere in the meeting room grew heavier.
Then Qin Chuan stepped out from behind Bibi Dong.
"Big sis."
"...Sigh."
Qian Renxue hesitated for a moment before replying.
She rose and walked over to Qin Chuan. When they met each other's eyes, they embraced without thinking, perhaps drawn together by the bond of their blood.
Bibi Dong stood to one side, silently watching them. Her heart ached, but she still kept her expression cold.
After Qian Renxue and Qin Chuan separated,
golden light flashed from Qin Chuan's left hand, and a radiant golden sword, carved in the shape of a Six-Winged Angel, appeared in his grasp.
The moment the Angel Holy Sword appeared, Qian Renxue's gaze fixed on it. She slowly reached out and wrapped her hand around the hilt. The instant she truly held it,
a flood of memories belonging to her "self" surged into her mind—memories of her ascension to godhood.
After a long while, clarity returned to Qian Renxue's eyes. She had finished receiving the memories.
She sighed, running her jade-white hand along the sword's slender blade. A hint of sorrow showed in her eyes. "I never thought it would end like this. Little brother, you finally woke up."
Qian Renxue's eyes glistened with tears. After receiving all the memories, she also understood what had happened to Bibi Dong back then.
Including the final word "Mom" that "Qian Renxue" had cried out as Bibi Dong lay dying.
Qian Renxue's lips trembled, as if that single word took all her strength. "...Mom."
Bibi Dong's delicate body shuddered. Emotion showed in her eyes. She had seen the hidden vision of the future inside the Angel Holy Sword, so she knew Qian Renxue must have seen it just now, too.
Bibi Dong said nothing. She simply stepped forward and gently drew both her children into her arms. That was enough.
Ye Guyi was moved to tears, while a relieved smile appeared on Qian Daoliu's face.
Now that their worries closer to home had been settled, they could turn their attention to the state of the world ten thousand years later.
Once everyone was seated, they all turned their attention to Ye Guyi.
Understanding what they wanted, Ye Guyi took a yellowed map from her Storage Soul Tool Ring and hung it on the meeting room's snowy white wall.
"This is..." Bibi Dong was captivated by the map before her. Her desire to conquer flared up at once.
"A map of the Douluo Continent ten thousand years from now."
"Sun Moon, Star Luo, Tianhun, Douling."
Ye Guyi introduced them one by one. "Four thousand years ago, the Sun Moon Continent, from the west, collided with the landmass where the Douluo Continent lies. The two sides immediately went to war. In the early stages, the Three Kingdom Allied Forces, equipped with Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, were no match for the Sun Moon Empire's forces, who were equipped with Soul Tools."
"At this critical moment, the Dean of Shrek Academy at the time rallied the people and gathered sixty Titled Douluo experts from across the continent to fight together. Only then did they defeat the Sun Moon Empire."
"After that battle, Shrek Academy became a transcendent force independent of the three kingdoms. Although the academy was established within the Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy is now, like Spirit Hall, beyond the control of any nation."
"The Sun Moon Empire remains a potential threat. For the past four thousand years, the empire has heavily developed Soul Tool weapons, which is why the three great empires have united against it."
"Without the threat of the Sun Moon Empire, a transcendent force like Shrek Academy would certainly be viewed with suspicion by the nations."
Once Ye Guyi finished her analysis, everyone except Qin Chuan, who already knew all this, listened intently.
Ye Guyi continued, "Tianhun and Douling split off from the Heaven Dou Empire. The White Tiger Royal Family of the Star Luo Empire was replaced by the Star Crown Sect long ago, and its descendants have since been reduced to the current line of the White Tiger Duke."
"Great Ancestor, that's the basic state of the Douluo Continent today." Ye Guyi looked at Qian Renxue and smiled.
Qian Renxue was momentarily stunned. Then Qin Chuan teased, "Isn't that right, Great Ancestor?"
Qian Renxue's pretty face visibly reddened. Then Qin Chuan felt a tremendous force land on his foot.
"Ow, ow, ow—"
Qin Chuan sucked in a breath through his teeth, oddly pleased.
Qian Renxue glared at Ye Guyi in embarrassment and emphasized, "I told you! Don't call me Great Ancestor. Call me big sister!"
"Okay, Old Ancestor Sister."
Qin Chuan grinned, and then... his foot hurt even more.
After their little farce, Bibi Dong walked to the map and said coolly, "How strange. Back then, Tang San destroyed Spirit Hall, yet the Shrek Academy he belonged to has now become a second Spirit Hall. Without the Sun Moon Empire, Shrek Academy's role would probably be no different from ours."
"The dragon slayers eventually become dragons themselves."
Thinking about it, Shrek Academy being destroyed in Douluo III was entirely deserved.
"I have a question. What are Soul Tools?" Qian Renxue asked.
Ye Guyi took a smooth, silvery-white sphere from her Storage Soul Tool Ring.
She pressed a raised spot on the sphere. A series of clicks sounded, and the sphere sprang up, extending four silvery-white, hook-like legs from its underside.
Two antennae extended from the raised spot. Its two eyes, as black and shiny as onyx, rolled around as it slowly crawled across the table, scanning the surface.
This sight thoroughly shocked the three people from the past: Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu.
Before transmigrating, Qin Chuan had come from Blue Star, where technology was advanced, so he was already used to things like this.
Still, watching the metal insect walk around on its own sparked his curiosity.
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