Destiny Great Villain System Activated!

Yue Guan and Gui Mei sucked in a cold breath, their scalps tingling.

What Holy Son treatment was this? This was clearly building momentum for the next Pope in advance.

Once this status was completely set in stone, looking across all of Spirit Hall and even the entire Douluo Continent, who would dare touch a single hair on Qian Renyuan's head?

At that moment, Qian Renyuan, tightly held in Bibi Dong's arms, appeared obedient, but he knew perfectly well that this was exactly the outcome he wanted.

How should he choose between the power of the Pope Palace and the divine inheritance of the Worship Hall?

Only children made choices. He wanted them all!

"Thank you, Mother~" Qian Renyuan raised his delicate little face, his voice crisp, then turned toward Qian Daoliu in midair. "Thank you, Grandpa Great Worshipper!"

That obedient call directly melted Bibi Dong's frozen heart. She gently rubbed his head.

Even Qian Daoliu, usually stern and aloof, smiled so broadly that his old face resembled a chrysanthemum, his gaze toward Qian Renyuan burning with fervor.

"Good! Good child!" Qian Daoliu threw back his head and laughed, his voice shaking the hall. "Come to the Worship Hall first thing tomorrow morning! I will pour out the entire hall's resources and personally lay a solid foundation for your martial soul."

"Yuan'er understands." Qian Renyuan nodded obediently.

With admiration in his eyes, Qian Daoliu took a deep breath. Golden light erupted from his body as he tore through the sky like a meteor, hurrying back to the Worship Hall to prepare resources.

As soon as Qian Daoliu left, Bibi Dong hugged Qian Renyuan even tighter, as though afraid someone would steal him away.

Only after a long while did she reluctantly let go. The moment she raised her head, all gentleness had vanished from her breathtaking face, replaced by the Pope's icy cruelty.

"Yue Guan! Gui Mei!"

"Your subordinates are here!"

"Guard the Holy Son's Palace with your lives! From today onward, increase the hidden guards around the Holy Son's Palace tenfold! If even a fly dares enter without my verbal decree, I want your lives!"

"Yes, Your Holiness!!"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei answered respectfully.

After giving her orders, Bibi Dong lowered her head to look at Qian Renyuan again, and the coldness in her eyes instantly faded. "Yuan'er, go back and rest well first. Mother will visit you tonight."

"Mother, don't tire yourself out too much either."

"Alright..."

Night fell, and Spirit City returned to calm.

Yet in the shadows, everything that had happened in the Pope Palace that day swept through Spirit Hall's upper ranks like an invisible storm.

Twin god-grade martial souls, the Twelve-Winged Destruction Angel, and the unprecedented Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus.

Along with the Great Worshipper emerging from seclusion, and the Pope Palace and Worship Hall setting aside their feud to nurture him together at any cost.

Every piece of news was enough to shake the continent.

But under the joint suppression of Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, the information was temporarily sealed within Spirit Hall.

Everyone clearly realized one thing—Spirit Hall was about to produce a god who would suppress the ages.

At that moment, candlelight flickered within the Holy Son's Palace.

The outside world had already been thrown into turmoil, yet Qian Renyuan lounged lazily in his seat, his expression indifferent, as though everything lay within his grasp.

That trace of Evil Thought of the Rakshasa God he had devoured during the day had already been eaten clean by the World-Destroying Black Lotus like a snack. He could clearly sense that the Black Lotus had become darker and more terrifying.

"God-level evil thought? It was nothing more than an excellent tonic."

A faint curve rose at Qian Renyuan's lips. The Rakshasa Evil Intent could nourish the Black Lotus, which could then feed back into him and help Bibi Dong purge the Rakshasa God's spiritual erosion. Three birds with one stone—it was simply perfect.

"Holy Son, it is late. This servant will help you undress..." A stunningly beautiful maid blushed as she respectfully stepped forward.

Qian Renyuan withdrew his gaze and nodded lightly.

"All of you, leave."

The maid froze slightly. "B-but His Holiness the Pope ordered..."

"I do not wish to repeat myself." Qian Renyuan gave her a flat glance.

"Yes! This servant deserves death!" The maids fled as though granted amnesty, scrambling out and closing the heavy palace doors.

The great hall was empty.

Qian Renyuan slowly raised his left hand.

A jet-black lotus quietly emerged above his palm. Deep within its core, the dark purple glimmer belonging to the Rakshasa God was being mercilessly ground apart bit by bit.

"Rakshasa God..."

"It seems your power tastes rather ordinary too."

The moment his words fell, a cold mechanical voice rang out in Qian Renyuan's mind.

[Ding!]

[It has been detected that the host has successfully awakened twin god-grade martial souls.]

[The Destiny Great Villain System has officially activated.]

Hearing the mechanical voice in his mind, Qian Renyuan's childish face showed no trace of panic.

His eyes lowered slightly as he muttered inwardly, After waiting six years, it has finally arrived.

"Open the system panel."

Whoosh—

A blue screen visible only to him instantly unfolded.

After sweeping his gaze across the panel, Qian Renyuan immediately understood the core mechanism of the Destiny Great Villain System.

It was simple and brutal.

It was to hunt Children of Destiny and suppress the original protagonists.

As long as he continuously stole the opportunities, beauties, and supreme treasures of those Children of Destiny, then trampled them beneath his feet and ground them down mercilessly, he could obtain massive amounts of Villain Points and exchange them for every divine treasure across all heavens and worlds.

"Interesting. Tang San, Tang San... it seems you are destined to be nothing but my cash crop." A light smile curved Qian Renyuan's lips.

[Ding! It has been detected that the host has bound to the system for the first time. A beginner's gift pack has been issued. Would you like to open it?]

"Open it."

[Congratulations, host. You have obtained Reward 1: God-Level Concealment Technique.]

[Technique description: The Great Dao is simplest. It can perfectly conceal one's aura and freely disguise one's martial soul fluctuations and soul ring age. Not even gods can see through it.]

Qian Renyuan's eyes lit up slightly.

The heaven-defying opportunities granted by the system could not be explained by common sense. With this technique, he could perfectly conceal the trump cards bestowed upon him by the system.

Even gods would never be able to see through his true strength.

Making enemies forever unable to determine just how many cheats he possessed was the ultimate principle of a villain.

Before Qian Renyuan could properly comprehend it, a second explosive notification shook his mind.

[Congratulations, host. You have obtained Reward 2: One 100,000-Year Adaptive Soul Ring.]

The instant the system's voice fell, the air throughout the palace seemed to be sucked dry.

A soul ring flickering with an eerie crimson glow materialized before Qian Renyuan.

A 100,000-year soul ring, a supreme treasure countless Titled Douluo across the continent desperately coveted, had been handed to him as casually as a cabbage.

And it was adaptive, ignoring the limits of his body's endurance and perfectly matching his martial soul.

Qian Renyuan did not hesitate in the slightest.

"System, attach the soul ring to the Twelve-Winged Destruction Angel."

In an instant, the 100,000-year soul ring violently contracted and directly encircled the phantom of the Destruction Angel emerging behind Qian Renyuan.

An enormous torrent of pure Soul Power crazily washed through Qian Renyuan's extraordinary meridians.

[Innate Full Soul Power Level 20... breakthrough.]

[Level 21.]

[Level 22.]

Qian Renyuan's cultivation broke through its bottleneck in mere seconds, entering the realm of Soul Masters without the slightest obstruction.

At that moment, blood-red light soared through the palace. If the terrifying pressure of the 100,000-year soul ring were released, it would be enough to set off Spirit City's highest alarm.

"Conceal."

With a thought from Qian Renyuan, the Concealment Technique instantly began operating.

The light of the 100,000-year soul ring immediately drew inward, its color fading from blood-red to deep purple—a thousand-year soul ring.

Even the aura of the Twelve-Winged Destruction Angel was perfectly suppressed, freely released and withdrawn at will.

"Absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring at six years old would frighten anyone, and there would be no way to explain its origin." Qian Renyuan looked with satisfaction at the purple soul ring around him. "But disguising it as a thousand-year soul ring not only suits the grandeur of a god-grade martial soul, it also keeps me from looking like a monster."

Just then, the system's crisp notification rang out again.

[Ding, main quest issued.]

[Quest details: Travel to Notting City, publicly expose Yu Xiaogang as a fraud, shatter his reputation as a master, and intercept the first opportunity of the Child of Destiny, Tang San.]

[Quest reward: To be issued according to the degree of suppression and interception rating.]

Looking at the quest on the panel, Qian Renyuan slowly rose to his feet and walked to the window. Overlooking the vast Spirit City beneath the night sky, a wicked smile gradually appeared on his lips.

"After going to the Worship Hall tomorrow, it will be time to find an excuse to go out for a walk."

"Notting City... the real show is only just beginning."