Sukuna's Origins? Let Me Make Something Up for You

"But when the twins were born, everyone was shocked. The older brother had actually devoured his younger brother in the womb, so he was born with two faces and four arms. He also possessed his younger brother's flame martial soul, giving him twin martial souls."

"Two faces and four arms were certainly terrifying. Everyone regarded him as a freak, an aberration. But to Sukuna, that was a body... that approached perfection..."

"Because both his Malevolent Shrine and flame martial souls were special, he could increase his soul power output through cursed chants and hand seals. With two mouths and four arms, he could fight at close range while forming hand seals. The mouth on his abdomen could recite cursed chants without placing any strain on his heart or lungs."

"Though this malformed body was ugly, its physical functions were flawless. Under the name of 'Calamity,' he ruled an entire era! Even evil soul masters and the major powers had to worship him as a god!"

"Back then, both the Sea God and the Angel God attained godhood by sweeping away evil and earning the faith of their people. Sukuna was different. Through his own talent and strength, he comprehended the path to godhood!"

"But he still died in the end. In that battle, our god joined forces with the Angel God. Our god had also attained godhood through strength. Ultimately, Sukuna died, while our god and the Angel God were gravely wounded."

"Although Sukuna died, his soul remained. Our god cut off Sukuna's twenty fingers, divided his soul power and soul into twenty portions, and sealed them inside the fingers."

"To prevent the world's evil soul masters from unsealing Sukuna in their hunger for power, our god and the Angel God worked together, using a divine artifact to erase all information concerning his existence. Only inheritors like us know that Sukuna existed. Your Angel God most likely had her own reasons for not telling you."

After Bai Cangyue finished telling the story Bai Ranmo had made up, an eerie silence fell over the room.

Bai Ranmo was quite confident in his script. Servants of the gods like Qian Daoliu trusted their deities completely.

Erasing history? How could anyone possibly do something like that?

Oh, a god did it! Then that made sense.

Especially since the story Bai Ranmo had concocted included the Angel God, Qian Daoliu would be even less inclined to suspect anything.

In the eyes of a fanatic, gods were omnipotent.

"So your god knew our Divine Ancestor back then?" Qian Daoliu asked, a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Why had the Divine Ancestor never mentioned the other deity? Even now, he did not know that god's name.

"That is closely connected to another piece of information..." Bai Cangyue paused and looked at Bai Ranmo.

Bai Ranmo dropped his flippant expression and said softly, "This is information sent by that old Grand Priest. Old Man, brace yourself..."

Qian Daoliu took a deep breath. "Go ahead, Ranmo."

"The Divine Ancestor, the Angel God... has most likely already fallen."

Qian Daoliu's eyes rolled back, and he nearly fainted on the spot.

"Hey, old man, don't scare me!" Alarmed, Bai Ranmo hurried over to him.

Although the flood of Emotion Points made him happy, he had not expected the Old Man to be so emotionally fragile. Age really had caught up with him!

Surely I hadn't actually scared him to death? I rather liked the Old Man...

"I'm fine." Qian Daoliu clutched his chest, his face pale. The shock had nearly made him cough up blood.

In truth, the Great Enshrined of the past few generations had already suspected this.

The Divine Ancestor used to respond occasionally to matters in the mortal realm. But over these past few generations, aside from issuing the Angel God Trial, she had not communicated with them at all.

But thankfully... thankfully.

The Angel God's godhood still remained!

But Xue'er had been possessed by Sukuna, who had god-level strength, and lost her qualification to become a god!

How many tens of thousands of years would they have to wait for the next Angel God?

At that thought, Qian Daoliu grew even paler, as though his life had lost all meaning.

"Old Man, you don't actually need to be so upset." Bai Ranmo patted Qian Daoliu's shoulder. He could not really let himself scare the old man to death. "According to the divine sense that old Grand Priest passed on to me, my martial niece seems to possess a portion of the Angel God's soul fragments. That's why she qualifies to become the Angel God."

"The reason Sukuna hasn't taken over her body outright is that the source of her six-winged angel martial soul is extremely powerful. Although Sukuna has some immunity to Angel Holy Light, he is still an evil soul master, after all. He still fears the angel martial soul."

Bai Cangyue nodded along. "The Divine Son is correct. And it isn't as though nothing can be done. If she consumes an immortal herb to improve the quality of her six-winged angel martial soul, and Miss Qian Renxue speeds up her soul power cultivation, she will be able to suppress Sukuna. According to those two elders, Miss Qian Renxue has only swallowed three fingers. As long as she cultivates diligently, she can absolutely keep Sukuna suppressed."

"Once Miss Qian Renxue becomes a god, she will be able to completely eliminate the threat posed by the three fingers inside her!"

Bai Ranmo glanced again at his rapidly climbing Emotion Points, his eyes widening. Messing with this little old man really paid off. So many Emotion Points!

Besides, this didn't really count as lying, did it? If you didn't believe me, go ask the Angel God yourself!

At those words, a glimmer of hope seemed to return to Qian Daoliu's eyes.

"Xue'er actually has the Divine Ancestor's soul fragments. Wonderful, there's still a chance! And the immortal herb..." Qian Daoliu murmured excitedly, looking at his granddaughter with elation. "Xue'er, Ranmo has prepared an immortal herb for you. Once you take it, the quality of your martial soul will improve. Don't go back to Heaven Dou City. Stay in Spirit Hall from now on and focus on cultivating, so Sukuna won't expose your identity."

"But Grandpa... the undercover plan involving the Heaven Dou Crown Prince..." Qian Renxue hesitated.

She was stubborn. To put it less kindly, she had a one-track mind. Once she committed to something, she had to see it through properly.

The most gifted member of the Angel Lineage had actually spent two years serving as Xue Qinghe's maid to learn all his habits.

Wasn't that just plain idiotic?

Bai Ranmo was speechless. "Hold on, hold on. Old Man, from those few words my martial niece just said, am I hearing that she personally went undercover beside the Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince?!"

Qian Daoliu had not expected Xue'er to reveal this through her loose tongue. But Ranmo was also a future heir to a god and firmly belonged to Spirit Hall's faction, so now that it had come out, there was no reason to hide it.

"Yes." Qian Daoliu nodded.

"Martial niece, did you volunteer to go, or did someone force you?" Bai Ranmo turned to Qian Renxue again.

"Show some respect. Call me senior sister," Qian Renxue stressed before answering, "I volunteered."

Bai Ranmo glanced at the Qian grandfather and granddaughter. After a brief silence, he asked in all seriousness, "Are you two out of your minds? Is this Cat-for-Prince Swap Plan something a sane person could come up with?"

The Qian grandfather and granddaughter: "..."