Qian Xiao You

"She is me."

Qian Renxue fell silent for a moment before slowly speaking.

"An inner demon?"

Jin Li asked thoughtfully.

"Something like that. One of the Angel God Trials involves facing your own heart."

"Thanks to your help, my other side manifested too early."

Qian Renxue wore a complicated expression. As her relationship with Jin Li gradually eased, she could feel Qian Renyou's presence growing fainter and fainter.

And only one final reason for her continued existence remained...

"Ahaha..."

Jin Li laughed awkwardly.

"Could you come keep me company?"

Qian Renxue spoke wistfully, a hint of loneliness in her voice. Once Qian Renyou disappeared, she would be all alone again.

"Give me a drop of blood, yours and Qian Renyou's."

Jin Li sighed softly. He had vaguely sensed the reason for Qian Renxue's disappointment, but he truly could not appear outside the Divine Realm right now, even though he could already leave the Divine Forbidden Land through the twin mirrors.

"Mm..."

Qian Renxue smiled self-mockingly and sent two drops of blood through the mirror.

She had been indulging herself after all. She had known perfectly well that Jin Li would not agree to her request, yet she still could not help asking.

[Please submit the corresponding person's bloodline through the panel...]

"I've actually gained some new insights into my clone ability."

Jin Li squeezed out a drop of his own blood and handed it to the system together with Qian Renxue's blood.

[Creation complete. Please inspect your current clone's attributes.]

[Character panel (Qian Xiao You)]

Level: 50 (Soul Power)

Reputation Points: 0

Sex: changed to female at the host's request

Martial Soul: Golden Dragon Angel (the Golden Dragon's aura has been suppressed to the minimum at the host's request and transformed into the Angel Dragon Sword)

Talent: Long-Life Species (your lifespan is increased a hundredfold, but correspondingly, your growth rate will also slow a hundredfold)

[Please inject the host's own bloodline.]

No, I want to inject Qian Renyou's blood this time.

Jin Li's gaze sharpened. The first layer of bloodline was merely clothing, while the second layer was the clone's true source...

Then what if he injected someone else's blood into the second layer?

[This injection requires a processing fee of 1,000 points.]

Take it, take it!

The corner of Jin Li's mouth twitched. He had already paid 2,500 points for level 50 Soul Power. What was another 1,000?

[Please select a birth location for your clone.]

Send her over to Mom.

Jin Li made his final decision and completed the last step for this clone.

Then, on the other side of Jin Li's mirror, a little blonde girl who looked remarkably like Qian Renxue suddenly popped out in front of her!

The only difference was that this little girl's eyes were dark purple!

"Qian Renyou?!"

Qian Renxue held the child, utterly bewildered. There was no mistaking that look in her eyes!

"What happened to me?"

Qian Xiao You moved her little hands, her face blank with confusion.

After Qian Renxue had untied the knot in Jin Li's heart, Qian Renyou had already been on the verge of disappearing. Of course, she had been saving the last of her strength for the moment she faced Bibi Dong!

But how had she suddenly come out on her own?

"Wait! Qian Renxue?!"

Perhaps because her body had become that of a young child, Qian Xiao You's mind had also slowed considerably.

She looked in bewilderment and uncertainty at Qian Renxue, who held her with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

How could she possibly exist in the world at the same time as Qian Renxue?

"It was Jin Li. Jin Li made you a clone!"

Qian Renxue spoke with a smile, but her voice suddenly choked up, and she hugged Qian Xiao You tightly.

Yes, Jin Li would never let her be sad!

Qian Renxue's eyes reddened, yet her face was full of smiles!

"How amazing..."

"I feel like I don't have to die anymore."

Qian Xiao You exclaimed and squeezed her little hands again.

She even had a premonition that she could pull her own core consciousness out of Qian Renxue and put it into this body!

Jin Li would not make such a choice because a clone's talents could be transferred to the original body, but not between bodies in either direction. Thus, Jin Li's original body was the one with the greatest potential!

But she, Qian Xiao You, was different. If she continued staying inside Qian Renxue, her ultimate fate would undoubtedly be to become nourishment for Qian Renxue's growth!

"Wonderful, wonderful! Does this mean you can use this body to stay alive?"

Qian Renxue happily rubbed her cheek against Qian Xiao You's. Her joy had nowhere left to go.

"Do you really want me to live that much?"

Having roughly understood her current situation, Qian Xiao You curled her lips slightly and looked teasingly at Qian Renxue's brightly smiling face.

"Of cour..."

Qian Renxue stopped abruptly as she met Qian Xiao You's teasing gaze, as well as that of Jin Li, who was secretly watching the spectacle through the mirror.

"...se not. I just think having you die inside my body would be bad luck."

Qian Renxue pressed her lips together and rolled her eyes at Qian Xiao You.

"Besides, you're my and Jin Li's child now. You should call me Mom."

Qian Renxue tapped Qian Xiao You's forehead with a slender finger and spoke crossly.

"You were my mom to begin with."

"I just never expected Jin Li to become my dad."

Qian Xiao You sat on the table with her slender little legs raised. Her remark instead left both Jin Li and Qian Renxue feeling awkward.

"Daddy~"

"Something seems strange about this body of mine. I can't quite put it into words."

Qian Xiao You looked slyly toward the mirror while summoning her Angel Martial Soul, whose face looked exactly like Qian Renxue's. In its hand, this Angel Martial Soul also held a greatsword with a golden dragon coiled around it.

"Yes, as I mentioned before, clones come with all sorts of strange talents."

"And the talent this clone of yours has is an extended lifespan, coupled with slower growth."

"Simply put, your body will only grow as much in a hundred years as an ordinary person's does in one."

Jin Li spoke slowly. This made her a little girl of legal age.

"Qian Renxue wants to ask whether your body is like this too."

Qian Xiao You raised an eyebrow and asked curiously.

"When did I..."

Qian Renxue's eyes widened. This girl was slandering her!

"More or less. I'm a Long-Life Species too."

"And my body only started growing recently, but that's fine. Once a few more years pass and I've gathered enough faith to become a god, I'll be able to freely control my body's size."

Jin Li spoke frankly.

It would not take that many more years. In just four more years, his age would surpass one million years, and both his qi and spirit would officially break through to god level!

There was no need for essence. Essence was his vital energy and blood, and his vital energy and blood had already broken through to god level when he reached five hundred thousand years.

"There's really no need for that..."

Qian Renxue murmured. Actually, Jin Li was quite nice this way.

"All right, all right, Xiao You, pay attention to your Martial Soul. That Golden Dragon power can strengthen your physique, but for now, you'd better not use it recklessly. It would be bad if my enemies discovered it."

"Of course, I did conceal the bloodline power a little. As long as you don't openly unleash it, no one should discover it."