Guarding Douluo Continent for Generations? But That Was in the Past!

Late at night, the cold wind was bone-chilling, yet it failed to disperse the biting stench of blood all over Qian Daoliu and his intensely heavy, monstrous killing intent!

"What?!" Hearing this, Ye Qingqing turned pale and hurriedly said, "Senior Qian Daoliu, this junior heard my father mention it in my early years."

"The Qian Family has always been deeply righteous, and our family members are all upright people who have taken the protection of Douluo Continent as our mission for generations."

"I hope Senior Qian Daoliu can see the truth clearly. Tonight's matter has nothing to do with our Ye Family. As a Peerless Douluo and the contemporary head of the Qian Family, how can you kill the innocent indiscriminately?"

"What is the difference between what you are doing now and the Fallen Soul Masters that your Qian Family hunted down across the mainland all those years ago?"

Ye Qingqing's voice trembled with fear, attempting to use words to awaken the justice and kindness in Qian Daoliu's heart, and trying to use the reputation the Qian Family had accumulated over tens of thousands of years to make the other party spare her.

However, she simply did not understand that doing so was completely infuriating Qian Daoliu. The old man before her eyes was already a lonely man with no one left.

The Qian Family's inheritance was already broken, and the old man's granddaughter was gone as well. What was the reputation the Qian Family had accumulated over tens of thousands of years worth anymore?

Listening to these words, Qian Daoliu only felt they were noisy and grating! In the past, all major factions were hostile toward Spirit Hall! They treated Spirit Hall as an imaginary enemy. Yet, when Qian Daoliu truly cast everything aside, stood in opposition to all living beings, and wanted to kill everyone...

It was still that very same group of people who had changed into a different set of rhetoric, saying that the Qian Family had guarded Douluo Continent for generations, that the Qian Family took the eradication of Fallen Soul Masters as its duty, and how was doing this any different from the Fallen Soul Masters?

"Guarding Douluo Continent for generations? Indiscriminate slaughter?" Hearing this, the cruel smile at the corner of Qian Daoliu's mouth grew even more ferocious. "You're right! For generations, our Qian Family has followed the teachings of the Angel God to guard this mainland."

"We have fought against those unseen Fallen Soul Masters for I don't know how many years, all to prevent the tragedy of ten thousand years ago from happening again."

Hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in Ye Qingqing's eyes. "That's right, Senior Qian Daoliu. Although Spirit Hall's actions and style have been somewhat overbearing on the mainland in recent years, Spirit Hall ultimately belongs to the Qian Family. You shouldn't, and you can't, be so indiscriminate."

"Hahahaha..." Qian Daoliu burst out laughing. "Spirit Hall's actions are overbearing? But you—all of you families, all of you sects, all of you empires—you all knew what kind of family the Qian Family was!"

"Yet what did you do? For ten thousand years, the Qian Family has never offended anyone, but you all harbored the greatest hostility toward the Qian Family, treating Spirit Hall as an enemy!"

"When this old man truly doesn't care about anything anymore, and truly wants to kill everyone, you've changed into a different set of rhetoric."

"You say the Qian Family are the protectors of the mainland? You say the Qian Family has eradicated Evil Soul Masters for generations? You say this old man—how is what I'm doing any different from the Evil Soul Masters the Qian Family wiped out back then?!"

"You clearly knew everything, you clearly understood everything, so why did you harbor such immense hostility toward the Qian Family for ten thousand years?"

"Hahaha! It's utterly laughable. Why shouldn't, and why can't, this old man do this?!" Qian Daoliu slowly raised the Angel Holy Sword in his hand, its sacred light reflecting his dark, almost distorted and deformed face. "Why can't this old man? This old man is also a living, breathing human being!"

"You don't know you were wrong; you just know you are going to die, so you want to use the Qian Family's ten-thousand-year reputation to threaten this old man?"

"But you are all wrong. Doing this will only make this old man even more furious, and even more crazy! My granddaughter is dead, and the Six-Winged Angel inheritance has ended in my hands!"

Qian Daoliu's voice suddenly rose. "Sometimes this old man truly finds it laughable! Our Qian Family has guarded Douluo Continent for generations, but what on earth have we been guarding?!"

"We originally wanted to complete that plan at the lowest possible cost in exchange for longer-lasting peace and tranquility on the mainland, but in the end, what it bought in return was the death of this old man's granddaughter inside the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace!"

"For ten thousand years, you have all treated the Qian Family as an enemy, so this old man will become your enemy! Since you all use the Qian Family's glory of ten thousand years to threaten this old man, what harm is there in this old man falling into becoming an Evil Soul Master?! Are only your people allowed to run amok, while this old man is not?"

Ever since the First Angel God achieved godhood and left behind the angel heritage ten thousand years ago, the Qian Family had followed the teachings of the Angel God from generation to generation.

Yet for ten thousand years, the members of the Qian Family gradually grew doubtful. Why did they guard Douluo Continent for generations, yet the people of Douluo Continent still lived such bitter lives? What were they guarding?

The Two Great Empires fought and conquered one another year after year, and the number of people who died was countless! The harm they caused added up to far more than the victims of the Fallen Soul Masters they executed!

They could guard the Soul Master world, but they could not protect the mortal realm? Were ordinary people not human beings after all? They were clearly living such bitter lives!

Was this the result of their Qian Family's protection? It should not have been like this; it could not have been like this. Therefore, some people even birthed the notion: what if the Qian Family replaced the Two Great Empires?!

If there was only one empire on the mainland and no second one, would people live happier lives? This idea persisted all the way to the era of Qian Xunji, and then Qian Daoliu made his decision!

They originally wanted to complete this plan at the lowest cost to replace the Tiantou Imperial Family, but the result was the destruction of the Qian Family's heritage.

Regret churned in Qian Daoliu's heart. Why had he allowed Xiao Xue to execute this plan in the first place? Why had he agreed back then?!

There were many reasons for this. One of them was that he feared Bibi Dong would harm Xiao Xue, and another was that the head bone of the Qian Family's heritage could disguise its user as anyone, even disguising martial souls and soul rings so that even Titled Doulo could not detect it!

Yet in the end, right when the time came, everything was ruined. Various reasons combined to result in Xiao Xue dying within the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

"Senior, you..." Ye Qingqing's body trembled as she looked at Qian Daoliu's cruel smile, fear completely engulfing her.

She could see monstrous killing intent in the depths of Qian Daoliu's eyes, and that killing intent was aimed at her, aimed at the Ye Family! She realized belatedly that she seemed to have said the wrong thing just now?!

"You are right, but it doesn't matter anymore. From the moment this old man left Spirit City until now, I have killed more than enough—yet this is still far from enough!" Qian Daoliu's gaze was cold.

"Senior Qian Daoliu, you cannot do this. We of the Undying Family's Ye Family are innocent! We are innocent! This does not conform to the doctrines and rules that your Qian Family has observed for generations!"

"It seems you understand everything? You all understand everything, and you know what the Qian Family abides by, so you bullied us?" The sharp tip of the Angel Holy Sword in Qian Daoliu's hand stabbed directly into Ye Qingqing's chest.

"Nuisance! You speak of the Qian Family's goodness now because you know you are going to die. Those who know they are going to die will try every possible means to keep themselves alive!"

"Boom..." Scorching sacred flames spread along the blade and engulfed Ye Qingqing's entire body. Her miserable scream became stuck in her throat, and in a split second, she was reduced to ashes amid the burning of the sacred flames!

"Burn! Burn! Burn! Whether you are guilty or not, today this old man pronounces you guilty!" Qian Daoliu muttered to himself.