Spirit Hall Secretly Entered an Age of Fierce Competition!

"Waaah! Waaah! Waaah!"

Who could have guessed that the third baby would burst into tears the moment he heard the name Qian Daoliu had chosen?

Poor Qian Xunji was a father for the first time, too.

He was completely at a loss.

"Father, why is he crying so hard?"

"Could something be wrong with him?"

"Or does he dislike the name?"

The maid beside them panicked at the sight and hurriedly reached out to take him.

But no matter how she coaxed him,

or rocked him,

or patted him,

the third baby kept wailing.

Watching him cry without pause, Qian Daoliu furrowed his brow.

"He has a strong voice. That's good."

"But why did he start crying like this as soon as he heard 'Qian Renhao'?"

"Could he really dislike the name?"

Qian Daoliu stroked his chin and thought for a moment.

Then he slapped his forehead, as though something had come back to him.

"I remember now."

"Last night, I had a dream. A voice kept repeating the words 'Yuhao.'"

"And today, it happens to be raining. The steady rain outside fits perfectly."

"If he doesn't like Qian Renhao,"

"then we'll call him Qian Yuhao."

The moment he finished speaking,

something remarkable happened.

The third baby, who had been crying his heart out, abruptly fell silent.

His little face was still scrunched up,

but he really had stopped crying.

Only then did he open his eyes wide and stare in bewilderment at the unfamiliar faces before him.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's thoughts rang wildly through Qian Renchuan's mind.

Where am I?

Wasn't I reborn?

Shouldn't I be at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion?

Why don't I recognize anyone here?

And that woman on the bed obviously isn't my mother, Huo Yun'er!

Worst of all, why is my surname Qian?

Qian Yuhao? What kind of name is that?

What on earth is going on?

At that moment, Huo Yuhao's little head was a complete mess.

Hadn't Tang San plotted against him, leaving him to be reborn with his memories intact?

He had been overjoyed, thinking he had returned to his childhood at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. He could start over, protect his mother, and take back everything that belonged to him.

But when he opened his eyes,

everything had changed.

There was no familiar woodshed. His mother, Huo Yun'er, was nowhere to be seen.

Even his surname had been changed?

Hearing thoughts that sounded close to a breakdown, Qian Renchuan nearly laughed himself silly in the swaddling clothes beside him.

Hahaha! The third one's completely dumbfounded.

He thought he'd returned to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, but he's jumped back ten thousand years and landed in Spirit Hall.

Qian Renchuan was now certain that he had crossed into the era of Spirit Hall in the first part of Douluo Continent.

More precisely, it was just after Bibi Dong had given birth to Qian Renxue.

Except his arrival seemed to have changed something.

The girl who should have been an only child was now one of triplets.

He was the eldest, Qian Renxue was the second child, and Huo Yuhao was the third.

But Huo Yuhao had no idea.

Reborn with memories from ten thousand years in the future, he had expected to return to his own time. Instead, he had landed somewhere utterly unfamiliar.

No wonder he was stunned.

He was utterly lost.

Seeing that Qian Yuhao really had stopped crying, Qian Xunji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Father, your wisdom is unmatched."

"It seems this child was destined to be called Qian Yuhao."

"The Qian Family has two blessings to celebrate today—no, three!"

Qian Daoliu smiled broadly as well.

He gazed at the three swaddled babies and could hardly bear to put them down.

One moment he stroked Qian Renchuan's cheek; the next, he played with Qian Renxue.

After holding them a little longer,

Qian Daoliu turned to the maids.

"You must take good care of these three children."

"If anything happens to them, I'll hold you responsible!"

The frightened maids hurriedly dropped to their knees and bowed.

"Yes, Grand Priest!"

Having given his orders, Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu turned and left.

They were going to announce the good news to all of Spirit Hall, and even all of Douluo Continent.

Spirit Hall's Saintess had given birth to triplets.

The news was certain to shake every major power.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, six years passed.

Qian Renchuan, Qian Renxue, and Huo Yuhao were now all six years old.

It was almost time for their Martial Souls to awaken.

People on Douluo Continent generally developed early.

And Spirit Hall fed them exceptionally well, showering them with rare treasures as though they cost nothing.

As a result, all three six-year-olds stood a good deal taller than ordinary children their age.

The boys were handsome.

The girl was as pretty as a porcelain doll.

To the elders of Spirit Hall, these three children were treasures sent from heaven.

But only Qian Renchuan knew

just how fiercely competitive Spirit Hall had become over those six years.

Of the three children,

not one acted like an ordinary child.

First came the Second Young Lady, Qian Renxue.

From the moment she learned to walk, her little face seemed permanently icy, and she barely acknowledged anyone.

But whenever she had the chance,

Qian Renxue ran to the Worship Hall.

She would sit on a cushion before the statue of the Angel God and remain there all day.

It moved Qian Daoliu to tears. He constantly praised his granddaughter's spiritual aptitude.

But the thoughts Qian Renchuan heard from her made his scalp prickle.

Tang San, you shattered my divine position in my last life.

In this life, I've been contemplating the Angel Origin since I was two!

Once I reclaim my position as the Angel God, let's see how you fight me!

Next came the Third Young Master.

Huo Yuhao.

Oh.

No.

To the people of Spirit Hall, he was Qian Yuhao.

He was even more extreme.

Every morning, before dawn,

Huo Yuhao got up on time and went alone to the cliffs of Back Mountain.

There, he stared toward the east, waiting for the first trace of purple light at sunrise.

The maids thought the Third Young Master simply enjoyed watching the sunrise.

But Qian Renchuan knew the boy was cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eyes like a madman!

Spirit Hall really is the decadent, evil organization described in Shrek's Ancient Books!

But I'm too weak to run away yet.

At the cliff's edge, Huo Yuhao, who had learned he was reborn ten thousand years in the past, during Spirit Hall's era, muttered to himself.

In his previous life,

records at Shrek Academy ten thousand years later had portrayed Spirit Hall as utterly evil.

It had supposedly tried to overthrow the continent

and destroy it.

It was the very embodiment of evil.

Those records had depicted Spirit Hall as many times worse than even Evil Soul Masters.

In the end, Shrek Academy had stepped forward, turned the tide, and destroyed Spirit Hall.

That was how Shrek Academy had established its renown throughout Douluo Continent.

After being steeped in those accounts for so long, Huo Yuhao saw Spirit Hall as utterly evil.

Even though Tang San had betrayed and stabbed him in the back in his previous life, leaving him with a deep hatred for Tang San,

that long-ingrained impression remained.

So once Huo Yuhao learned where he was,

his first instinct was to run.

He wanted to escape this evil organization, but he was still too young. His Martial Soul had not even awakened.