Humans Ascending to Godhood Were Everywhere

"Go to your continent?"

"Perhaps I could give it a try!"

Jiang Li looked thoughtful, but inwardly, he was already delighted.

So far, everything had proceeded at a pace entirely under his control.

It seemed that Qian Renxue had brought up many things herself, but in reality, they were all the results of his hints and guidance.

Whether it was because Qian Renxue had suddenly relaxed, because this was simply her level of intelligence, or because of the equal contract, he did not know. A series of factors made her appear cold and aloof, keeping others a thousand miles away and seeming difficult to get along with.

In reality, the opposite was true. Getting along with her was quite easy.

"Wait here. I'll return to the Douluo Continent first, then try reverse summoning you."

"If it doesn't work, summon me again."

Seeing Jiang Li agree, Qian Renxue smiled warmly.

Immediately afterward, her figure vanished from the spot.

When she appeared again, she had already returned to the Douluo Continent.

"Xue'er, what are you..."

Inside the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu saw Qian Renxue return so soon after leaving and hurried forward to ask.

"Grandpa, I want to try and see whether I can summon Jiang Li to the Douluo Continent."

Qian Renxue then explained the equal summoning contract to Qian Daoliu in detail, along with the risks of reverse summoning that Jiang Li had mentioned.

"Go ahead. With Grandpa here, there's no need to worry about that boy's safety."

When Qian Daoliu said this, he looked very gentle, with a smile on his face. But Golden Crocodile Douluo, who knew his temperament well, understood that Qian Daoliu was very displeased at the moment.

That displeasure was naturally directed at Jiang Li.

Afterward, Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and the other worshippers studied the equal summoning contract together. Only after making thorough preparations did they let Qian Renxue perform reverse summoning.

As Qian Renxue began summoning him, Jiang Li, who was on the Holy Demon Continent, sensed a faint pull.

He instinctively followed that pulling force, but just as he was about to act, alarm bells suddenly rang in his heart.

His intuition told Jiang Li that if he truly did this, what awaited him would be his body shattered and his bones ground to dust.

Even if he managed to complete the reverse summoning and reach the Douluo Continent by sheer luck, he would be unable to return.

"Why is this happening?"

Jiang Li did not understand.

Qian Renxue could travel between two planes through an equal contract, yet he, its true driving force, could not do so at all.

Jiang Li could not make sense of it, but on the Douluo Continent, Qian Daoliu had discerned a few clues.

"Xue'er, let's leave it at this for now!"

"That boy doesn't have enough power protecting him to reach the Douluo Continent through spatial summoning. Forcing the summoning would only cause his body to collapse completely."

"As for why you can safely travel to that continent, unless I'm mistaken, it's because when you signed the contract with that boy, that continent assessed you-or rather, recognized you. You met the requirements of its rules."

"As for why you can return to the Douluo Continent from that continent without any obstruction, the fundamental reason is that you are a living being native to the Douluo Continent. In addition, the Angel Head Soul Bone and the other pieces of the Angel Set serve as coordinates for one another. That is what allows you to travel freely and easily between the two realms."

"Even if Grandpa stepped in to protect that boy, and even if we managed to bring him to the Douluo Continent by sheer luck, without corresponding coordinates, he would never be able to return to the Holy Demon Continent."

After observing for a while, Qian Daoliu gave his conclusion.

His conjecture was largely correct, though it did leave something out.

In essence, Qian Renxue counted as half a Child of Destiny on the Douluo Continent. Thus, even while she was on the Holy Demon Continent, she still had an inseparable connection to the Douluo Plane. Coordinates existed naturally, allowing her to return easily from the Holy Demon Continent to the Douluo Plane.

As for being summoned to the Holy Demon Continent, that was even simpler. Under the Holy Demon Continent's rules, she belonged to Jiang Li as his mount and had already been marked.

"Is that so?"

With this attempt unsuccessful, Qian Renxue was somewhat disappointed.

After all, she was currently no more than a sixteen-year-old girl.

Her father had died when she was nine, after which she had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and begun her life undercover.

At ten, she had plotted Xue Qinghe's death and completely replaced him using the Angel Soul Bone's disguise ability.

At fourteen, she had poisoned the twelve-year-old second prince to death.

At fifteen, she had poisoned the third prince to death.

At sixteen, just recently, she had been named the Heaven Dou Crown Prince.

From the age of nine until now, seven full years, she had never once lived for herself.

It was for precisely this reason that Jiang Li's initial invitation had tempted her.

Then, she had entered into an equal contract.

Because of this equal contract, Qian Renxue had deliberately avoided and ignored certain things, choosing, with a measure of self-deception, to trust this unfamiliar man who had abruptly entered her life.

He had given her a gift and shown her the splendor of another continent. She had wanted to give him a gift in return, only to find that he had no use for it at all.

So when Jiang Li had seemingly mentioned visiting Douluo in passing, she had immediately acted, even guaranteeing that his safety would not be an issue.

Yet she had failed.

This immediately gave rise to an inexplicable sense of guilt within her.

Ultimately, the reason she felt guilty was that something had gone wrong with Qian Renxue's own state of mind.

Why had she not stayed longer at Spirit Hall? Why, only a few days after explaining the situation to her grandfather and the others, had she rushed to a world full of unknowns and dangers?

The fundamental reasons were helplessness and panic.

For seven whole years, she had lived for this mission, all the more so to prove herself to that woman. Suddenly, her mission no longer existed. In an instant, she had lost her short-term goal and purpose, and she neither dared nor wished to face that woman.

So she had chosen to escape.

Like a drowning person desperately trying to grasp anything nearby that could keep them alive, Qian Renxue instinctively did everything she could to pursue something similar in nature to her previous mission. The harder it was, the more challenging she found it, and the more at ease it made her feel.

She had only just found a replacement goal, only to discover that she could not accomplish it at all. The mingling of those two emotions left Qian Renxue unsure how to face Jiang Li next, just as she did not know how to face Bibi Dong.

"Xue'er, what's wrong?"

Seeing Qian Renxue in a daze, Qian Daoliu keenly noticed something amiss and hurried to ask.

"Grandpa... I..."

"I was just wondering what sort of gift to prepare for Jiang Li so he can better help us gather the relevant information."

In the end, Qian Renxue still did not voice what was on her mind.

At this moment, even she was already somewhat unable to judge her own emotions accurately.

Put plainly, Qian Renxue had confused two separate matters. Her reluctance to face Bibi Dong had affected her, causing her to mix up her guarantee to Jiang Li with the emotions she had felt when stubbornly facing Bibi Dong back then.

"There's a ten-thousand-year spirit medicine in the Worship Hall's treasury. You can take it over as a gift."

Qian Daoliu thought for a while, but could not think of anything good on the Douluo Continent besides Soul Bones, so he settled for the next best thing and thought of a ten-thousand-year spirit medicine.

"Grandpa, sorry for the trouble."

Qian Renxue steadied her mind and sorted out her somewhat jumbled thoughts.

It sounded terribly mysterious, but in reality, it was merely a temporary emotional upheaval. Once she had regained a little clarity and steadied her mind, she herself noticed how strangely she had just behaved.

Then she could not help laughing at herself.

What did any of that have to do with anything?

Soon, Qian Daoliu brought over the ten-thousand-year spirit medicine treasured by the Worship Hall.

After accepting it, Qian Renxue prepared to return to the Holy Demon Continent.

"Xue'er, must you go?"

Even knowing he could not talk his granddaughter out of her decision, Qian Daoliu spoke again just as Qian Renxue was about to leave.

"Grandpa, Jiang Li said that on his Holy Demon Continent, humans ascending to godhood were everywhere in ancient times."

"That's my next goal."

As Qian Renxue spoke, she casually swept her gaze over the other worshippers in the Worship Hall. Although she said nothing more, what she had in mind went without saying.

Seeking a path to godhood-not just for herself and her grandfather, but for the others as well.

After steadying her mind, Qian Renxue soon found a replacement for her previous mission: verifying what Jiang Li had said.