After years of investigation, he had found that aside from the Qian family, there were no other members of the Angel lineage.
And Qian Renxue was the Qian family's sole descendant.
He had even investigated whether any Qian family ancestors had wandered away in the past, and whether he himself had ever had a careless one-night encounter.
For a full twelve years, he had spent countless hours and boundless energy investigating these matters, yet he had always come up empty-handed.
Besides,
he felt indebted to Qian Renxue. Her origins had been far too turbulent.
But his purpose had also been to pave the way for Qian Renxue to inherit the Angel Godhood.
It was just that after all these years, Qian Daoliu carried a trace of guilt in his heart.
He had failed to uncover who the Angel Godhood's new inheritor was.
"Alas..."
"Now the Angel God wants me to find the inheritor... How am I supposed to find them?"
Qian Daoliu let out a long sigh.
He had been searching for twelve years.
There had not been the slightest news.
He had originally been convinced that the Angel Statue must have made a mistake, but it seemed the Angel God was not wrong. He was the one who had been wrong.
But since there were no other members of the Angel God lineage, then Qian Renxue should definitely have been the inheritor.
Because his son, Qian Jixun, had only ever had one woman: Bibi Dong.
But if Qian Renxue was not the inheritor, then where exactly was the problem?
Could it be...
that Bibi Dong had not given birth to only Qian Renxue back then?
Qian Daoliu's entire body shook. He recalled that when Bibi Dong had given birth to Qian Renxue, she had insisted on delivering alone.
That meant there had been plenty of room for manipulation...
Thinking of this, Qian Daoliu took a deep breath.
He had to find out whether Bibi Dong had truly given birth to only Qian Renxue back then.
Time passed quickly.
The Heaven Dou Imperial City was about to host the grand opening of the Soul Master Competition.
As the grandest competition in the Soul Master Realm, it attracted far more than just Soul Masters.
From the Heaven Dou Empire, nobles, and even commoners, everyone treated this tournament as a festival of celebration!
A month before today's opening ceremony, all tickets had already sold out.
For this competition, Xue Ye had spared no expense.
Other than retaining the VIP seating of the Soul Arena, the entire venue had been expanded and renovated to accommodate one hundred thousand spectators at once.
Early in the morning, before the Soul Master Competition venue had even opened, an enormous crowd had already gathered outside.
Naturally, they could not enter so early.
But the spectators did not care. What they wanted to see were the young Soul Masters participating in the competition!
After all, the total number of Soul Masters across the entire continent did not even exceed six figures, and a Soul Master Competition like this was the best place to gather them together.
Among the audience were quite a few young women yearning for love, hoping to capture the hearts of the greatest number of male Soul Masters with the least amount of fabric.
For an ordinary girl on the continent, marrying a Soul Master was the happiest thing she could imagine.
There were also many middle-aged Soul Masters who had come to reminisce about their student days.
Any Soul Master under the age of twenty-five could register for the Soul Master Competition.
Naturally, it drew the attention of the entire world.
Even the nobles hoped to find Soul Masters in this competition whom they could recruit for themselves in the future.
"Th-there are so many people!"
Shui Binger could not help crying out.
It was her first time seeing such a massive sea of people.
"This place can be called the center of the entire Soul Master Realm right now. Of course there are lots of people." Xue Wu laughed heartily, walking with her head held high through the passage specially prepared by the Heaven Dou Empire for participating teams.
Guards stood on both sides of the passage, keeping the crowd separated.
Other than Xue Tianyu, every member of the Skywater Team was a stunning beauty.
Besides Shui Binger, Shui Yuer, and Xue Wu, there were several other beautiful girls personally chosen by Xue Tianyu.
Xue Tianyu had trained this Skywater Team for a long time.
It could be said that the current Skywater Academy team would not have been weak even without Xue Tianyu.
Soon, they passed through the entrance of the competition venue and entered Skywater Academy's exclusive resting area.
To ensure that the participating academy teams could rest sufficiently and maintain their best possible condition, the Heaven Dou Empire had specially constructed this vast resting area.
There were thousands of seats here, divided into different sections according to academy.
That way, every participating academy could rest properly without disturbing one another.
Xue Tianyu led the beautiful women of Skywater to wait in the resting area for the opening ceremony.
"In a while, the first round of drawing lots will begin. Whether we have a match today or not, there's something I need to make clear to all of you first."
Xue Tianyu had now become the absolute core of Skywater Academy, so when he spoke, all the girls consciously stopped what they were doing and looked at him.
"This may be a competition, but it is also a form of training for you." Xue Tianyu's gaze swept across every Skywater girl's face. "Under normal circumstances, I won't make a move. You'll need to handle things yourselves. Is that clear?"
The girls nodded.
They also knew that whenever Xue Tianyu acted, it meant an instant kill. That kind of absolute shock was best saved until they reached the finals.
That was why they had been training so hard: to keep Xue Tianyu hidden until the very end.
At that moment, the announcement system in the venue instructed all participating academies to enter for the opening ceremony.
Under the host's encouragement, the atmosphere in the venue became incredibly lively.
During the final segment, the host beside the VIP platform loudly declared, "Now, please welcome His Majesty, the Emperor of the Heaven Dou Empire, to announce the start of this competition!"
Thunderous applause erupted across the venue.
Xue Ye, dressed in a crimson-gold robe, slowly rose to his feet. His eyes looked toward the center of the competition grounds, his sword-like brows and bright eyes carrying an imposing air even without anger.
"I, Xue Ye, hereby announce on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire, host of this competition, that the tournament has officially begun!"
The applause thundered once more, and cheers rose one after another throughout the venue.
After Xue Ye sat down, the host immediately announced in a loud voice, "The first-round drawing lots will now begin!"
Before long, the results of the draw were revealed.
Xue Tianyu had not expected them to have a match on the very first day.
Skywater Academy VS Blazing Academy!
"Looks like our luck is pretty good."
Xue Tianyu smiled faintly.
Skywater Academy, which specialized in ice and water elements, had no reason to fear Blazing Academy.
The first round should be in the bag.
The first day's matches progressed quickly.
Before long, it was Skywater Academy and Blazing Academy's turn.
"Please welcome both teams onto the stage!"
At the referee's command, the members of Blazing Academy's team stepped onto the stage first.
Blazing Academy's vice-captain, Huo Wu, walked at the front.
She was breathtakingly beautiful and should have been the most dazzling beauty on the field.
Unfortunately, her opponent was Skywater.
As the Skywater Team entered, the male spectators erupted into wave after wave of cheers.
The Skywater beauty squad truly lived up to its reputation!
However, sharp-eyed spectators soon let out startled cries.
"Wait, why is there actually a guy in Skywater's beauty squad?"
Snow Empress: Wait Until You Win the Championship
At this moment, both sides had seven people. Xue Tianyu held down the fort for Skywater Academy, while Xue Wu did not take the field.
Facing Blazing Academy led by Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang, Skywater Academy only sent out Shui Binger, Shui Yuer, and four other beautiful girls.
Xue Tianyu would only watch from the edge of the arena.
Unless Shui Binger and the others could not win, he would not make a move.
"That guy is so lucky. He actually gets to be so close to Skywater Academy's beauty squad."
"You know, judging from how these Skywater Academy beauties treat that man, it seems like he's the leader."
"Yeah, I noticed that too. They all seem to listen to him."
The spectators in the stands were extremely curious.
Skywater Academy had always been famous across the land for its beauties, yet now a man was actually leading the team.
At that moment, Shui Binger and Shui Yuer, who had stepped onto the competition grounds, both wore confident expressions.
Over this period, Xue Tianyu had not only given them special training, but had also given them many Immortal Herbs rich in abundant Soul Power.
The cultivation of every beauty on the Skywater Team had rapidly improved with Xue Tianyu's help.
So they did not take Blazing Academy seriously at all.
Xue Tianyu stood at the very edge of the arena, leaning back casually.
In order to strengthen all the Skywater Team girls in a short period of time, he had secretly made a trip to Sunset Forest and stripped the Icefire Yin Yang Well clean.
He also knew that the Icefire Yin Yang Well was Dugu Bo's secluded residence, prepared to suppress the poison within his body.
But the circumstances were special now. First, he needed to seize Tang San's opportunity, and second, the Skywater Academy team members needed those Immortal Herbs to improve their strength. So he had requisitioned them ahead of time.
Xue Tianyu figured that he could seek out Dugu Bo later and help him remove his poison as compensation.
Now, with the Immortal Herbs and the rewards granted by Xue Tianyu's Sign-in System, Shui Binger and Shui Yuer's strength had grown rapidly.
At the very least, in Xue Tianyu's eyes, they were progressing several times faster than they would through normal cultivation.
This first battle was the perfect opportunity to test whether what Xue Tianyu had done recently had been effective.
"Only six of you are fighting?"
Huo Wu of Blazing Academy glanced at Xue Tianyu, who wore the captain's insignia and stood calmly at the edge of the arena, and could not help finding it strange.
As Blazing Academy's most dazzling beauty, Huo Wu had her own pride as well.
Seeing that Skywater Academy had actually sent only six people into battle, she immediately felt that they were looking down on her academy.
"The six of us are enough." Shui Yuer grinned and crooked a finger at them, radiating incomparable confidence. "Come on. You don't need to hold back."
Blazing Academy's captain, Huo Wushuang, frowned deeply. "Has Skywater Academy become this arrogant? Someone who didn't know better might think you were the Royal Fighting Team."
Blazing Academy and Skywater Academy had always been evenly matched.
So they did not believe the Skywater Team's combat strength would be much greater than theirs.
There was indeed nothing wrong with that line of thinking.
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