Ah--! Teacher, give me back my innocence! The enshrined elders, scolded until they were covered in dog's blood! Qian Daoliu, utterly shocked!

Inside the bathtub.

Qian Renxue, who had been unconscious, slowly opened her eyes.

Did I... succeed?

She was still somewhat dazed.

In her memory, the breakthrough had failed at the final moment; unable to withstand the intense agony, she had passed out.

But now, a warm current was flowing slowly through her body.

Her soul, exhausted and weakened by years of high-pressure cultivation, felt as if it had been nourished by a sweet spring, feeling more comfortable than ever before.

But before she could collect her thoughts—

Several powerful auras suddenly descended.

The door was shattered in an instant.

Qian Renxue instinctively moved to rise and dodge.

But the next second, the sensation of bathwater sliding off her skin made her realize instantly—

She was currently in the bathtub.

And completely naked.

"Ah—!"

Qian Renxue let out a sharp scream.

At that very moment, a white light exploded, shrouding the entire bathroom.

Not only was she unable to open her eyes, but Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the others, who had not yet crossed the threshold, were instantly blinded by the white light.

They all instinctively raised their hands to shield their eyes, braking hard to a halt.

A moment later, the strangely appearing white light vanished as suddenly as it had come, as if it had never existed.

Qian Renxue recovered from her shock and scream, looking down.

She didn't know when, but several layers of thick bathrobes had been wrapped around her, covering her tightly from head to toe.

"Xiaoxue! Are you alright? What just happened?"

Qian Daoliu was the first to rush into the room.

Having experienced the strange phenomenon and the sudden flash of white light, and hearing Qian Renxue's scream, even the usually composed Qian Daoliu was anxious now.

"That's right, that massive Angelic manifestation from earlier, was that caused by you?"

Golden Crocodile Douluo also asked hurriedly.

But Qian Renxue didn't hear a word they said.

Her mind was entirely occupied by—

Where did this bathrobe come from?

It was Teacher, it must have been him who draped it over me.

So just now... was I seen by Teacher?

And before, during the Martial Soul Evolution, it had clearly failed, so Teacher must have intervened.

When he intervened, I was also soaking in the bathtub, so at that time...

Tw... twice, I was seen twice!

Ahhhhh, how shameful!

Qian Renxue covered her face, which was burning red, wishing she could shrink into the bathtub and never come out again. Her toes curled tightly against the bottom of the tub under the bathrobe, dying of shame and indignation.

Teacher! Come out! Come out and explain yourself clearly!

She screamed through gritted teeth in her mind.

"Cough, cough—"

"I exhausted myself refining that medicinal liquid for you, and I must enter seclusion immediately."

Ling Xiao's voice, weak yet sounding somewhat righteous, echoed in her sea of consciousness:

"Do not look for me during this time!"

Qian Renxue didn't believe his excuse for a second, screaming in a mental breakdown:

"Teacher, you're breaking your promise! You're shameless! Give me back my innocence... sob sob sob!"

To outsiders, however, Qian Renxue was currently standing by the bathtub, wrapped in a bathrobe, Her face flushed and paled, Her expression was unpredictable, and she remained silent for a long time.

She looked... like she was having a mental breakdown, her brain had short-circuited, and her cultivation had gone awry!

Qian Daoliu's heart tightened. He couldn't bother with anything else and reached out to examine her.

With a crisp "snap."

Qian Renxue suddenly snapped back to reality and slapped his hand away.

"What are you doing?! I was bathing, and you barged in! What do you want?!"

The anger she had accumulated instantly poured onto Qian Daoliu and the several Enshrined Elders.

"Get out! All of you, get out!"

The old men were stunned by the outburst.

Then, they looked at her tightly wrapped bathrobe and her wet, dripping hair, Only then did they belatedly realize what a foolish thing they had done.

Instantly, their weathered old faces burned red, They wished the ground would open up and swallow them whole.

"Little Xue, let me explain. We were worried about you because of the anomaly just now, so we had no choice but to break in..."

Qian Daoliu explained with a stiff upper lip.

But Qian Renxue didn't give him a chance to finish:

"I don't want to hear it!"

"Get out! All of you, get out!"

The Enshrined Elders knew they were in the wrong. Breaking into a young girl's room in the middle of the night, They had truly lost face.

They quickly bowed and scraped their way out of the room, As Light Feather Douluo left, he thoughtfully used his spirit power to reassemble the door that had been shattered, barely covering the entrance.

Outside the eaves, The old men looked at each other, the air so thick with awkwardness it felt frozen.

"Fourth brother, you!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo pointed at Mighty Lion Douluo, disappointed, "Can't you do anything without being so rash? You've made us lose all our dignity!"

Mighty Lion Douluo was old, but facing the even older Golden Crocodile Douluo, And since he was indeed the one who kicked the door down, He could only lower his head in shame, not daring to retort.

The other elders also cast accusatory glances at him.

"Big brother, you all wait here. I'll go drive away those blind brats."

Mighty Lion Douluo couldn't stand it any longer.

Sensing several approaching auras, he felt like he had found a lifeline and immediately fled the scene.

For a moment, the corridor fell silent, and the atmosphere became even more awkward.

Qian Daoliu also felt a bit embarrassed.

But compared to this minor incident, he was more concerned about what had happened to his granddaughter.

Fortunately, they didn't have to wait long.

After tidying herself up, Qian Renxue, dressed neatly, pushed open the door.

"Speak, why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?"

Although she knew their purpose, due to their rash actions just now, Coupled with her previous coldness in the Worship Hall and the gradually distant relationship over the years, all these emotions piled up.

When facing these elders she once respected, she no longer felt the reverence and closeness she once had.

"Little Xue, that Twelve-Winged Angel just now..."

Qian Daoliu couldn't afford to dwell on these details and spoke first.

Before he could finish, Qian Renxue coldly interrupted him:

"If there is no other possibility, then it was caused by me."

Whether it was out of fear that they might vent their anger on Ling Xiao, or some other indescribable reason, she did not mention Ling Xiao's existence, attributing everything to an accident and taking the blame upon herself.

"I fell asleep while bathing, and when I woke up, my Martial Soul had already mutated."

As she spoke, she focused her mind and summoned her Martial Soul.

Six pairs of snow-white, sacred wings slowly unfurled from behind her back, each feather shimmering with a pale golden holy radiance.

At the same time, a sacred angel phantom about two meters tall coalesced behind her, its face seven parts similar to her own, clad in magnificent golden battle armor, with six pairs of wings also extended from its back, wreathed in divine light that made one dare not look directly at it.

"Yes... it is this aura, it is exactly this aura!"

Golden Crocodile Douluo exclaimed, and even he, usually so composed and steady, could not control the shock on his face, "An aura of the same origin as the Six-Winged Angel, but even more—the pressure is even stronger than Big Brother's Martial Soul!"

At such close range, the suppression of rank emanating from the very depths of the Martial Soul became increasingly clear, like ants facing a dragon, making them tread carefully even with their own breathing.