The sun rose, its rays piercing layer upon layer of clouds and mist to gild the land in gold.
Inside a room in the Papal Palace in Spirit City.
A little girl with golden hair, azure eyes, and exquisite, captivating features lay sound asleep on a large, soft bed, dressed in a white princess dress. She was Qian Renxue, who had turned six that year.
Knock! A crisp knock at the door startled Qian Renxue awake.
"Ah." Qian Renxue sat up in bed, rubbed her eyes, and yawned. Raising a hand to scratch her golden hair, she muttered, "I'm so sleepy."
"You little sleepyhead, get up already. Today's your martial soul awakening."
A voice as cool and clear as water came from outside the room. Moments later, a young woman in white appeared before Qian Renxue, her crimson eyes watching her with a smile.
"Ah! My martial soul awakening is today?" Qian Renxue rubbed her bleary eyes and asked in confusion, "I thought it was still a few days away."
"Hurry and get ready, Xue'er." The young woman in white smiled and spoke softly.
"Then wait a little for me, Holy Maiden Sis."
Qian Renxue quickly got up to wash, while Bibi Dong, dressed entirely in white, quietly watched the delicate little girl before her, her face brimming with affection.
Strictly speaking, by their places in the family hierarchy, Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and Qian Renxue should all have addressed her as their Old Ancestor. But Bibi Dong felt she was still young and refused the title.
After all, two of them were older than she was, and one was an old man approaching two hundred. Just imagining that old man calling her Great-Great-Grandmother sent a chill down Bibi Dong's spine.
As the saying went, when your girlfriend told you