"You make a good point!"
In the end, Qian Renxue offered no further argument.
She simply had no strength left to argue.
Qian Yu returned to his room and continued cultivating with the Angel Meditation Method.
So far, he still hadn't obtained a Soul Ring. He was waiting for Qian Renxue to offer up her power to him, so he could receive a Soul Ring with a higher age limit.
Half a month later, Qian Renxue quietly left Heaven Dou City and made a round of the area near the Clear Sky Sect.
Amid the crowd, she watched Tang San ascend to the Divine Realm with her own eyes.
"Tang San, is this your true nature?"
Before coming here, she had still held onto some illusions about Tang San.
But after seeing him again, all she felt was boundless sorrow.
Just as Qian Yu had said, Tang San wasn't nearly as magnanimous as he appeared.
Though she was only a Soul Douluo now, her spiritual power had reached the divine level. She could sense some of Tang San's emotional shifts. They were faint, but she already had her answer.
After disguising herself once more, she returned to Heaven Dou City.
Qian Renxue brought Qian Yu and Hu Liena to a cave in the Star Dou Great Forest.
"Next, I'll use the Angel Holy Sword to draw upon the remaining divine power in the Angel Temple. It will help your Martial Soul evolve into a Six-Winged Angel, and I'll also grant you ten levels of Innate Soul Power."
"This step should be relatively easy. It won't be difficult, and the process won't be painful."
"Once your Martial Soul has successfully evolved, I'll grant you a Second Martial Soul, shaping it as much as possible in the image of the Angel Holy Sword. That way, it will be more compatible with the divine artifact in the future. I can't guarantee success with this process. You'll only have one chance. Whether it succeeds or not, I'll immediately offer up everything I have to you, raising your physical strength and spiritual power as much as possible. The Angel Set will also be fused into your body..."
Qian Renxue explained her plan and the exact steps in detail.
Now that things had come this far, she had no intention of turning back.
There was one thing she hadn't told Qian Yu: she couldn't guarantee that, after carrying out all these steps, she'd still have even a shred of divine soul left to merge into the Angel Holy Sword.
She suspected that even if she told him, Qian Yu wouldn't care.
From their interactions during this time, she could tell that Qian Yu was deeply disappointed in her.
"Wait a moment!"
Qian Yu didn't immediately agree to let Qian Renxue sacrifice herself. Instead, he looked toward Hu Liena.
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
Hu Liena looked at Qian Yu in confusion. She was only a level 75 Soul Saint; even if she wanted to help, she couldn't.
"Given your past record, before we act, swear an oath by your Martial Soul. If you let even the slightest bit of information about this slip, your Martial Soul will shatter and you'll die. You'll be condemned to the endless abyss for all eternity, trapped life after life in the foulest, ugliest place imaginable..."
Qian Yu's expression was more serious than ever.
If Qian Renxue's power was transferred to him, he'd need someone powerful enough to protect him while he grew stronger. Otherwise, he would have preferred to have Qian Renxue kill Hu Liena before transferring her power through sacrifice.
The love-addled logic at the very foundation of the Douluo Continent was terrifying. He couldn't afford to let his guard down.
"I..."
Hearing Qian Yu force her to make such an oath, Hu Liena instantly flew into a rage.
She reflexively moved to reveal her Martial Soul, but Qian Renxue suppressed her.
"Liena, swear the oath!"
At that moment, Qian Renxue was exceptionally calm and clear-headed.
This was their only chance—a vanishingly slim one.
If they wanted revenge, they couldn't afford a single mistake.
"I, Hu Liena, swear this oath: with my Martial Soul, the Demon Fox, as my spirit; with my Spirit Bone as my pact; and with all my Soul Power as offering, if I use any means to reveal anything about this place, may I be cast forever into the foulest, ugliest place in the world. If I break this oath, may my Martial Soul be crippled, my Spirit Bone shattered, and my heart be devoured by ten thousand foxes in every life, with no chance of rebirth."
"Heaven and earth bear witness, my Martial Soul is my proof. If I break this oath, may my divine soul be utterly destroyed!"
At Qian Renxue's urging, Hu Liena swore what she considered the most vicious oath imaginable.
Hu Liena was furious at being forced to do such a thing. She left the cave to stand guard outside.
She also didn't want to witness Qian Renxue's imminent disappearance.
"Let's begin!"
Only then did Qian Yu look at Qian Renxue.
"Take revenge for me, for my mother, for my grandfather, and for all the grandfathers who served as Spirit Hall's enforcers!"
"Qian Yu, from this day on, everything I have belongs to you."
"I, Qian Renxue, in the name of the Angel God of old, grant you the God-Bestowed Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel, and level 20 Innate Full Soul Power."
Using the Angel Holy Sword as a medium, Qian Renxue guided the divine power within the Angel Sanctuary into Qian Yu's body. His body began to transform rapidly.
At the same time, a golden palace appeared at the former site of Spirit Hall, where Shrek Academy was now being built. It radiated a brilliant, holy light.
"This is... the Angel God's statue..."
"Quick, notify the Clear Sky Sect! Tell them the Spirit Hall remnants are up to something!"
Flender, who was overseeing construction at Shrek Academy, saw this and hurriedly sent someone to notify the Clear Sky Sect.
Though he didn't understand what it meant, his instincts told him something was wrong.
Shrek Academy was on the verge of taking off. They absolutely couldn't let anything go wrong at this critical moment.
Before the Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluo could arrive, the golden temple dimmed, as if it had lost all its power, then vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile, elsewhere, Qian Yu opened his eyes.
His Martial Soul had evolved into a Six-Winged Angel, with level 20 Innate Soul Power.
"I used the last of my strength to hide the Angel Temple. I couldn't conceal it completely from Tang San, but it won't be easy for him to find. Once you're strong enough, you can use the Angel Holy Sword to open the Angel Temple."
"Next, I'll grant you a Second Martial Soul. It'll be painful, so bear with it."
"I'm coming in!"
As soon as Qian Renxue finished speaking, all the Soul Power and divine power in her body surged into Qian Yu. At the same time, she worked on constructing his Second Martial Soul, dividing her attention between the two tasks.
Though she didn't understand why Qian Yu wanted his Second Martial Soul to be a tool-type Martial Soul, she did as he asked.
The process was bound to be painful, but Qian Yu had anticipated that and could endure it.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way.
The intense pain lasted for two full months. When Qian Yu opened his eyes again, he was alone in the cave.
As for Qian Renxue, she had vanished completely.
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