Qian Renxue's First Drop of Blood After Becoming a God

[Perhaps you had passed on your knack for being everyone's favorite, because the Shrek group's attention soon settled on your daughter, Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian had your heroic bearing, Ning Rongrong's striking looks, and a faint, untamable wildness in her features.

Every time the little girl called someone auntie or uncle, the gazes of Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others softened.

Oscar's expression was especially complicated as he looked at Xiao Tian. He hugged her, then tucked a pair of Soul Bones into her arms.

You could tell the two Soul Bones came from the same Soul Beast and were more than fifty thousand years old. They were treasures rarely found.

Oscar said, "A gift from an elder cannot be refused," cutting off your protest. When Xiao Tian accepted them with delight, the others offered their gifts too.

Tang San gave her an Immortal Herb, Xiao Wu gave her the soft armor she wore close to her body, and Dai Mubai gave her a God-Given Soul Ring...

In no time, the treasures in Xiao Tian's Soul Tool surpassed the entire reserves of an ordinary small sect.]

[After the greetings, Ning Rongrong called everyone to eat.

As cups passed around the table, you first listened to Dai Mubai and the others recount their experiences on Sea God Island.

Ma Hongjun wanted to show off, but Tang San stopped him.

Tang San said he had heard many rumors along the way and wanted to confirm them with you.

You answered his questions one by one.

Tang Hao's death was real.

The destruction of the Tang Sect was real.

The utter destruction of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was real.

Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue. That was real.

The destruction of Shrek Academy was real.

The bodies of Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Erlong still hung by the road into Spirit City. That was real too.

And Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang was being held captive by Spirit Hall. That, too, was real!

Too much had happened across the continent in the years Tang San and the others had been away.

Each revelation took them a long time to absorb.

By the time you finished, even Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun could not contain themselves. Soul Power burst from them in their fury, frightening Xiao Tian into tears.]

[After Ning Rongrong glared at the two of them, she released a wisp of rosy light that wrapped around Xiao Tian.

You then asked Tang San and the others what they planned to do next.

Their answer was exactly what you expected.

Destroy Spirit Hall and take revenge!]

[The next day, Tang San left with Xiao Wu. He went first to Sunset Forest to fetch his mother, then to the Clear Sky Sect. After much effort on his part, the Clear Sky Sect finally agreed to join the war.

You, meanwhile, needed only three days to persuade the old Star Luo Emperor to abdicate in favor of a worthier successor. Dai Mubai became the new emperor as a matter of course, and Zhu Zhuqing became his empress.]

[With eight Titled Douluo from the Clear Sky Sect joining them, along with the Shrek group, the Star Luo Empire's Titled Douluo now far outnumbered Spirit Hall's!]

[Half a year later, you launched a full-scale assault on Spirit Hall. At first, your forces swept forward like a blade through bamboo, and more than half the Heaven Dou Empire's territory fell.

Soon, you reached Jiayu Pass.

Once you took the pass, Heaven Dou would have no defensible ground left. The scales of victory would tip entirely in your favor.

Both sides understood its importance, and the fighting was exceptionally brutal.

Even when you entered the fray yourself, you nearly came away wounded and empty-handed.

Nearly ninety percent of the continent's Soul Masters had gathered at tiny Jiayu Pass.

Even the carefree Dai Mubai turned pale when he saw the casualty reports from those two days.

It was not only low-ranked Soul Masters who died. Even someone as powerful as the Clear Sky Sect's seventh elder, a Titled Douluo, could be killed by a surprise attack from Spirit Hall's Third Offering if he let down his guard for an instant.]

[Dai Mubai was the first to reach his limit under the weight of the casualties. He decided to hold nothing back.

The next day, a twenty-meter-long White Tiger suddenly appeared atop Jiayu Pass.

With Tang San and the rest of the Shrek group working together seamlessly, they drove Spirit Hall's Third Offering into a corner within a few exchanges.

You had held back all along to guard against Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, neither of whom had appeared on the battlefield.

But even when the Third Offering dragged the Clear Sky Sect's third elder to his death with him, those two Peerless Douluo never showed themselves.]

[Yet even with the Third Offering dead, Spirit Hall's resistance remained fierce.

Later generations would remember this battle as a meat grinder for Soul Masters.

Of those below Soul Saint, fewer than one in ten survived.

Of those at Soul Saint and above, every last one was wounded.

You began to suspect that Spirit Hall was not so much resisting fiercely as buying time—with their lives!]

[With Jiayu Pass taken, Heaven Dou had no defensible ground left. The Star Luo Empire's forces swept onward like a blade through bamboo.

In just three months, you conquered the entire Heaven Dou Empire.

Another half year brought your army to the gates of Spirit City!

Once the city fell, the Star Luo Empire would achieve an unprecedented unification!

Dai Mubai's prestige within the Star Luo Empire had reached its peak. He was beginning to look like an emperor whose name would endure for a thousand years.]

[After a month of rallying the troops and arranging supplies, you were ready for the final assault.

At Dai Mubai's command, the Star Luo allied forces launched their final attack on Spirit City.

Years of fighting had stripped away any reverence or faith the Star Luo allied forces had once held for Spirit Hall.

All that remained was hatred and a hunger for glory.

Though Spirit City was easy to defend and hard to take, the Star Luo allied forces advanced steadily under Dai Mubai's command.]

[If nothing unexpected happened, Spirit City would fall within a month.]

[Just as everyone was ready to pop the champagne early and celebrate victory, the thing you had feared came to pass.]

[The good news: Qian Daoliu was dead. The bad news: Qian Renxue had become a god.]

[As Angel's Glory spilled across the battlefield, the ruined Spirit City took on an air of sacred light.

The arrival of a god-level fighter reversed the entire battle in an instant.

The first Titled Douluo to fall was Ma Hongjun.

Thanks to his Martial Soul, he had held firm control of the skies.

That also made him the first to take a strike of devastating force...]

[When Ma Hongjun died, Bai Chenxiang tried to catch his body.

But she had sorely underestimated a god's casual strike.

Even the shockwave shattered her organs in an instant. A beauty of her generation perished like a fragrant blossom.

With her death, the Sharp-Tailed Swift's lineage vanished from Douluo Continent.]

[The next to fall were Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

With their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Ning Rongrong's full support, they briefly reached the fighting strength of a Peerless Douluo.

But before a god, even a Peerless Douluo was only a somewhat stronger ant.]

[As the Clear Sky Sect's Titled Douluo fell one after another, despair deepened in your eyes and Ning Rongrong's.

In the end...

You had been one step too slow!]

[But Qian Renxue did not kill you at once. She still seemed to want you on her side, and with a god's power, she could see the contents of your Divine Trial.

As you spoke with her, you realized that while her power was indeed god-level, her mind was no different from that of a young woman in her twenties.

Proud. Conceited.

You seized on that and proposed a wager.

Qian Renxue readily agreed.]

[After a fierce exchange, you played every card you had. You did not defeat Qian Renxue, but you did wound her.]

[Qian Renxue smiled sweetly at the drop of golden blood on your finger.]

[Qian Renxue: "Gao Yang, I agreed. You have one month. If you cannot produce a god-level fighter by then, don't blame me when I start the slaughter!"]