Feeling the pain transmitted from behind her, she remembered that she was still onstage and couldn't let her disappointment show. Otherwise, people would think she was at odds with the new offering.
She quickly put her smile back on and waved to the people. In the end, she decided to wait until they returned before asking for details.
Time passed quickly. After the coronation and the oath she swore while holding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, the ceremonies finally ended. It was already late afternoon, almost evening.
In the end, Xue Ye gave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan no explanation, leaving the representative who had come to demand justice so furious that he stormed off.
Over the long wait, Yu Tianshuo had told Qian Renxue more about the older generation. In the end, he even told her how Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji after Tang Hao gravely wounded him.
Qian Renxue was astonished, but also somewhat relieved. She didn't ask Yu Tianshuo how he knew all this. After hearing it, she would find a way to verify it herself.
As for whether Yu Tianshuo knew too much and had sullied the Pope's dignity?
It didn't matter. Qian Renxue felt only relief now, and something else—something she couldn't quite put into words—appeared in her gaze as she looked at Yu Tianshuo.
When the day's events finally ended, the two of them chatted as they walked into Yu Tianshuo's room.
At the end of their conversation, Yu Tianshuo looked at Qian Renxue, wondering why she still hadn't left. Her cheeks flushed as she said,
"I'm going to absorb the Immortal Herb you gave me tonight. You know more about these things than I do, so I'd like you to protect me while I do."
She said it that way, but the blush on the young woman's face spoke louder than a thousand words.
Before their young mistress could say anything, Snake Lance and Pufferfish, the two Titled Douluo, were already dutifully standing guard at the door.
Were they worried that their young mistress and Tian Shuo might get up to something?
Heh. They'd been fooled once already. Whatever happened this time, they weren't going to interfere!
Looking at the bashful young woman before him and feeling the hidden barrier covering the room, Yu Tianshuo smiled and nodded, agreeing to Qian Renxue's request.
Once Yu Tianshuo agreed, Qian Renxue slowly took off her prince's disguise.
She sat on the bed, waiting for Yu Tianshuo to join her.
Yu Tianshuo didn't hesitate. He took off his shirt and sat on the bed.
The two sat back to back, circulating the Soul Power within their bodies.
Feeling their Soul Power progress more quickly as it melded with his, Qian Renxue took the jade box Yu Tianshuo had given her from her Soul Tool.
The box was a little damaged, but the Immortal Herb inside was unharmed.
She took out the Sacred Golden Marigold, which radiated light and holiness, turned it over in her hands for a moment, then swallowed it.
As the Immortal Herb entered her stomach, its pure Soul Power flowed along her meridians, reaching every corner of her body.
Along with that Soul Power came energy representing holiness and light, slowly spreading throughout her.
The sensation was so soothing that she couldn't help moaning.
"Mmm~!"
Hearing that sound, Yu Tianshuo was a little surprised. He couldn't help thinking,
So this is what absorbing an Immortal Herb is normally like? Then what happened when I absorbed one must definitely have been abnormal.
Before Yu Tianshuo could think any further, the newly formed holy Soul Power flowed through their contact and entered his body.
Feeling that holy power, Yu Tianshuo almost moaned with pleasure too, but he held it in.
When Qian Renxue's newly formed Soul Power merged with Yu Tianshuo's once more, another change occurred.
The Soul Power formed by their union was even stronger than before. Its original light attribute broke through directly to Ultimate Light.
The bond carried through their Soul Power, allowing Yu Tianshuo to gain some of the Ultimate Light attribute as well, though it wasn't as powerful as his other attributes.
The two kinds of Soul Power continued to merge. Gradually, both of them manifested their Martial Souls.
Golden scales burst from Yu Tianshuo's body. His clothes stretched and tore, but he didn't notice.
Qian Renxue's wings also broke free of her clothes, tearing through everything that had been covering her.
Their backs gradually turned toward each other as they shifted into an embrace. At last, their broad wings and Dragon Wings wrapped tightly around them both.
The pure energy within their bodies turned into fine threads, gradually forming a cocoon that tightly enclosed them.
No one outside knew what was happening within. Just as the two of them didn't know what they were doing inside it.
The powerful energy continued to contract, tightly encased within the cocoon.
Even Na'er, who should have been able to sense all this, couldn't feel a thing because of the barrier Snake Lance and Pufferfish had set up.
Only the Angel God, currently on the throne, sensed in bewilderment that her chosen successor seemed to have—perhaps, probably—evolved again.
But just as she tried to investigate, the connection was severed.
That infuriated her. She immediately sent a divine message to that girl's guardian.
But the message she sent to the guardian failed too.
This gave the Angel God a bad feeling.
"Oh no! Someone's stealing my house!"
When she still couldn't get through to either of them, she sent another divine message. This time, Qian Daoliu received it.
At that moment, Qian Daoliu was still in the Elder Hall, kneeling before the statue of the Angel God. The message reached him in an instant.
"The guardian and successor have lost contact. Go check the situation immediately."
After receiving the message, Qian Daoliu followed the location sent by the Angel God without delay, flying at full speed toward Heaven Dou Imperial City.
Before long, Qian Daoliu passed through the barrier set up by Snake Lance and Pufferfish's subordinates and entered the room.
But when he saw the enormous cocoon, even he was stunned.
Who was Qian Daoliu? One of the world's three remaining Limit Douluo, the Angel God's missionary on the mortal plane, and the Grand Pontiff of Spirit Hall's Elder Hall.
Known as invincible in the skies, he shouldn't have faced many things in this world that could stump him. But the scene before his eyes was definitely beyond anything he knew.
Looking at the shrinking Light Cocoon, Qian Daoliu was at a loss. In the end, only after the Angel God sent another divine message did he approach it, with no other choice.
Just as he was about to touch the Light Cocoon, an overwhelming pressure made him stagger.
He shot backward. Only after leaving the cocoon's immediate vicinity did the pressure vanish.
What astonished Qian Daoliu most was that the pressure wasn't Dragon Might, nor was it suppression from overwhelming Soul Power. It came from the supreme pressure of a higher-order light attribute.
Qian Daoliu had no choice but to kneel and report the situation to the Angel God.
The Angel God was also confused when she received the message. But as though she'd suddenly thought of something, she sent Qian Daoliu a message telling him to wait and observe, then sank into deep thought.
Had the Martial Soul evolved again? Could this successor be about to break through the Six-Winged Angel and reach an even higher realm!?
The Angel God wondered in astonishment.
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