Qian Xunji and Yan Shaozhe, Held Back by Their Martial Souls; Qian Daoliu Decided to Go All In

Yao'er was different from Dong'er. He had awakened with an absurdly powerful God-Level Martial Soul from birth: the Golden Lion Mastiff.

Dong'er, on the other hand, had crossed over from an original Top-Level Martial Soul,

past the threshold of a Super-Level Martial Soul,

and might even step into the realm of a God-Level Martial Soul!

Qingluan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo, standing nearby, were also deeply shaken.

From ancient times to the present, only the First Generation Angel God and the First Generation Sea God had ever taken an ordinary Top-Level Martial Soul and elevated it into a God-Level Martial Soul.

Both of them had become gods.

Now, before their very eyes, the scene of an ordinary Top-Level Martial Soul advancing into a God-Level Martial Soul might happen once again.

Could it be that, besides Yao'er becoming a god, Dong'er also had a chance of becoming one?

But it was perfectly reasonable for Dong'er to become a god. After all, her talent was now simply unmatched in the world. She possessed twin Demigod-Level Martial Souls,

and the two Martial Souls were spiders of the same origin. Strengthened and linked by the Immortal Herbs,

it was only natural for the two spider Martial Souls to undergo Self-Martial Soul Fusion!

After hearing what Yao'er said, Qian Daoliu's eyes began to redden.

If, after sensing that Dong'er's two Martial Souls were Demigod-Level Martial Souls,

Qian Daoliu had decided to increase his investment in Yao'er and go all in,

then upon hearing that Dong'er could actually, with Yao'er's help, fuse her two Demigod-Level Martial Souls into a God-Level Martial Soul,

he became truly, overwhelmingly exhilarated.

In his understanding, aside from the First Generation Angel God and the First Generation Sea God,

it was no longer possible for gods to be born in this world.

After all, no god had appeared on this continent for a full ten thousand years.

How many peerless geniuses had Douluo Continent produced over those ten thousand years?

Take Tang Chen, for example. By himself, he had forcibly raised that lousy hammer to the position of the continent's number one Tool Martial Soul.

He had created the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, and Great Sumeru Hammer, then cultivated to level 99 through his own efforts.

To be honest, Qian Daoliu knew that his own talent truly could not compare to Tang Chen's.

If he himself was a genius seen once every century, then Tang Chen's talent was absolutely the kind seen once every thousand or even ten thousand years.

Unbound by rules or conventions, his talent and comprehension were maxed out. He had created all kinds of techniques that perfectly suited the Clear Sky Hammer.

Qian Daoliu believed that if Tang Chen had possessed something else, such as the Seven Kill Sword, he would likewise have created countless techniques suited to the Seven Kill Sword and become one of the greatest beings alive.

Yet even Tang Chen, with talent so defiant of heaven, could never, in Qian Daoliu's eyes, create a godhood himself, gather faith, and become a god.

Most importantly, the conditions no longer existed.

Ten thousand years ago, the continent and the seas had been a complete mess.

Disasters and Evil Soul Masters were everywhere. The First Generation Angel God and the First Generation Sea God could save the world with absolute strength,

gathering vast amounts of devout faith. But what about now?

How could one gather faith? Most of the mainland's people still believed in the Angel God. That was the result of Spirit Hall and the Qian Family line maintaining stability across the continent and slaying Evil Soul Masters for ten thousand years.

All faith in the seas had gone to the Sea God.

How could Tang Chen gather faith? How could he become a god?

Unless Spirit Hall went completely mad and began destroying Douluo Continent everywhere, plunging its people into misery,

then Tang Chen appeared, destroyed Spirit Hall, and saved the people of the continent,

only then could he gather enough faith to have a chance of becoming a god.

But how could the Spirit Hall, ruled by the Qian Family for generations, possibly go mad and destroy Douluo Continent?

One had to know that Martial Souls influenced people. Fire-element Soul Masters were more hot-tempered than others, while ice-element Soul Masters were colder and more aloof.

And the God-Level Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel, had an even greater influence. It could greatly enhance its wielder's sense of justice, holiness, and morality.

Thus, it could be said that no one in the Qian Family line who possessed the Six-Winged Angel was evil in the purest sense.

Even those born with demonic hearts and inherently wicked natures would have most of their negative traits offset by the Six-Winged Angel.

And because their innate personalities clashed with their Martial Souls and were incompatible with them, their talent as Soul Masters would not be very high.

Just like his son, Qian Xunji. Before Qian Xunji awakened his Martial Soul, Qian Daoliu had known that his son's character and conduct belonged to the innately evil sort.

But after awakening the Six-Winged Angel, Qian Xunji became normal as well, diligent and hardworking in his duties,

and his conduct remained within normal bounds. It was precisely because the Martial Soul clashed with his personality that his talent as a Soul Master was lacking.

Thus, Qian Daoliu sometimes wondered, if he considered things solely from the perspective of strength,

had the Six-Winged Angel and Qian Xunji been holding each other back?

If Qian Xunji had possessed an evil-type Martial Soul, would he have become a Peerless Douluo long ago?

If Xiao Yao knew what Qian Daoliu was thinking, he would definitely call him a genius.

Wasn't Yan Shaozhe from the era of Peerless Tang Sect in the original work similarly held back because his personality clashed with his Bright Phoenix?

He possessed the absolute pinnacle Martial Soul, the Bright Phoenix, and had the top-tier power of Shrek pouring enormous resources into him, yet he remained stuck at level 95 and could not advance.

They truly held each other back! Even the Bright Phoenix could not save Yan Shaozhe's personality.

If Yan Shaozhe had awakened his great-grandmother Ye Xishui's other Martial Soul, the Blood Soul Demon Puppet, he would have become a level 99 Limit Douluo long ago!

Therefore, with Spirit Hall around, the path of becoming a god through faith could never succeed.

As for the other vague and illusory path of inheriting a godhood, it was even more fanciful in Qian Daoliu's eyes.

Ever since human civilization on Douluo Continent had begun recording events, there had never been any history of gods passing down godhoods.

Something unseen for tens of thousands of years—how could a godhood possibly descend during his generation?

That was why Qian Daoliu had been so stunned when he learned that Yao'er's Martial Soul surpassed even the God-Level Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel, in quality and power.

This was someone who truly possessed the bearing to become a god. And as long as Xiao Yao became a god,

the First Generation Angel God's wish and mission would certainly be fulfilled, and the Qian Family line's ten thousand years of effort would finally reach the moment when hope could be seen.

That was why Qian Daoliu had invested in Yao'er with such utter commitment.

In Qian Daoliu's eyes, Yao'er was a god born into the world. From the moment he awakened his Martial Soul, the countdown to his ascension had begun.

Thus, Qian Daoliu had only marveled at Yao'er's heaven-defying talent; he had not truly held much expectation or hope for Yao'er's own intelligence.

After all, he could become a god simply by relying on the Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul. What other abilities did he need?

But now, Yao'er had actually used his own abilities to create someone who could obtain a God-Level Martial Soul through Self-Martial Soul Fusion.

That made Yao'er's intelligence far more terrifying, because no one had accomplished such a feat for a full ten thousand years.

Therefore, even if Yao'er did not possess the Golden Lion Mastiff Martial Soul, he could still rely on his own intelligence to gain hope of becoming a god!

This result left Qian Daoliu utterly stunned.

Not only was Yao'er's talent terrifying, but his own intelligence was equally dazzling.

As for the claim that Yao'er had only given Dong'er the possibility of obtaining a God-Level Martial Soul through three Immortal Herbs, why had no one achieved it in the previous ten thousand years?

Yao'er alone had done it. Wasn't that proof that Yao'er himself was extraordinary?

Yao'er's intelligence made Qian Daoliu decide to go all in beyond all in. At this moment, everything in Spirit Hall had to serve Yao'er.

He believed that Spirit Hall would absolutely receive enormous returns in the future!