The Angel God on the Holy Demon Continent

"Sacred Awakening is an awakening exclusive to knights. After awakening, the spiritual power within their bodies will inevitably acquire the sacred light attribute."

"Knights who undergo Sacred Awakening have their spirits baptized by light and rarely betray their faith. But that does not mean they can never fall, only that it is extremely difficult..."

Jiang Li explained to Qian Renxue in detail what would happen during Sacred Awakening.

But he concealed something.

Although a knight's Sacred Awakening would grant them the sacred light attribute, it would also dissolve their other attributes.

According to his conjecture, Soul Masters and knights belonged to two entirely different systems, so this would not happen.

But who could say for certain?

Thus, there was still some risk.

His reason for concealing this was simple: he had selfish intentions.

He wanted to see whether Qian Renxue's Sacred Awakening would improve his own talent through their Equal Contract.

Such an action completely violated the knight's code.

Yet Jiang Li did it anyway.

In his eyes, the so-called knight's code was more a form of brainwashing, a kind of spiritual enslavement.

Ultimately, this was not a world where mind ruled over matter. All he sought was to grow stronger and live better, nothing more.

To grow stronger and live better, he could scheme over certain matters under particular circumstances.

"How do I undergo Sacred Awakening?"

Qian Renxue noticed nothing amiss. After learning about it, she wanted to try.

"Let's find my teacher. He has an Awakening Stone."

With thoughts of using her in mind, Jiang Li took Qian Renxue to the Haoyue Branch Hall.

In the library, Ye Hua was leafing through various ancient texts.

His strength had not improved for many years. Even though he persisted in cultivating day after day without the slightest slackening, it was difficult for him to achieve any further phenomenal improvement.

He had come here to research whether there were other methods.

Not just for himself, but also for his eldest disciple, Jiang Li.

Jiang Li's talent was even worse than his, and he had already encountered a bottleneck. As his teacher, he naturally had to seek other directions and paths for his disciple.

Only by truly being a good-for-nothing could one understand how absurd the saying "effort brings rewards" was.

Ye Hua was someone who not only researched theories but also put them into practice. Having cultivated to a Fifth-Order Knight with nine points of innate internal spiritual power, he could be called a miracle.

But no matter what, even if he was a miracle himself, that could not change the fact that he was only a Fifth-Order Knight.

Had Ye Hua's talent been even a little better, reaching the seventh or eighth order would not have been impossible.

By comparison, Yu Xiaogang of the Douluo Continent was nothing but a stray dog by the roadside.

He researched theories without putting them into practice. In a world where great power resided in the individual, he had no power backing him and still lacked self-awareness. He could only be called a joke.

Moreover, Yu Xiaogang had advantages that Ye Hua did not possess at all.

Yu Xiaogang had a Titled Douluo father, a Limit Douluo ex-girlfriend, a Soul Saint lover, and a Soul Saint brother who supported him with all his strength. His own martial soul was not an absolute trash martial soul either. With such favorable circumstances, he had still ended up like that.

Calling him a joke gave jokes too much credit.

For this reason, Jiang Li respected his teacher, Ye Hua, from the bottom of his heart.

"Teacher, could you help me with something?"

After bringing Qian Renxue to find Ye Hua, Jiang Li respectfully performed a standard knight's salute before asking for help.

"Li, have you run into some trouble with your cultivation?"

"I've already drawn up a cultivation plan for you. I'm confident it can help you break through your shackles and reach the fourth order within three months..."

Hearing Jiang Li's voice, Ye Hua unhurriedly put down the book in his hands, then instinctively took the cultivation plan he had long prepared for Jiang Li out of his Storage Ring.

But before he finished speaking, he looked at Jiang Li and Qian Renxue behind him.

"Li, you... you've broken through to the fourth order!"

Compared with Qian Renxue, Jiang Li's cultivation drew more of Ye Hua's attention.

"I was fortunate enough to break through. It was all connected to my companion..."

Jiang Li then briefly explained his breakthrough and introduced Qian Renxue to him, though he selectively concealed many details.

For example, he chose to conceal the fact that Qian Renxue was a human Soul Master, as well as everything about the Douluo Continent.

As for how to introduce Qian Renxue, he had already discussed that with her.

They would say Qian Renxue belonged to the Angel Clan. The earlier story about a connection to the Ancient Elves Clan, which he had used as an excuse, was rejected outright.

"The Angel Clan... an actual angel of legend."

"If that's the case, then it makes sense."

After hearing Jiang Li's explanation, Ye Hua pondered it carefully. Then, apparently recalling something, he immediately grew excited.

As he spoke, he kept leafing through books and searching the library.

Soon, he found a book.

This book contained records about angels.

"In ancient times, gods and demons coexisted. Among them was a deity called the Angel God, who was born with the light attribute and was the bane of the Demon Race... Those with innate internal spiritual power above seventy are said to possess the Light Angel Constitution, whose origin lies with this Angel God..."

"The magical beast you contracted should be an angel with the Light Angel God's bloodline. The characteristics of a light angel, combined with the Equal Contract, promoted the increase in your strength and the improvement of your talent."

"Although this book does not record it, I once read descriptions of the Light Angel God elsewhere. The Light Angel God had a divine skill called Light Blessing, which could improve a person's talent and the person themselves. Presumably, your improved talent is connected to that."

As Ye Hua explained this to Jiang Li, his gaze toward Qian Renxue beside him grew somewhat more fervent.

Because his own talent was limited, he had collected various accounts of things that could improve talent, which was why he knew about this.

He had thought it was merely a legend. Never had he expected his disciple to have such good fortune, with the magical beast he contracted actually being a descendant of the Light Angel God.

In that case, everything made sense, whether it was her extraordinary intelligence or her being a humanoid magical beast.

Jiang Li, however, was quite surprised to hear all this.

According to his teacher, an Angel God had actually existed on the Holy Demon Continent in ancient times.

However, this Angel God seemed different from the Angel God on the Douluo Continent. This so-called Light Angel God possessed only pure light power, without the sacred or flame attributes.

But thinking about it, that seemed quite normal.

For example, other divine realms also had deities similar to the Sea God, only they differed from the Sea God of the Douluo God Realm.

It seemed only natural that an Angel God who controlled the power of light had existed on the Holy Demon Continent in ancient times.

Ye Hua's fervent gaze made Qian Renxue somewhat displeased. Just as she was about to act, Jiang Li noticed and hurriedly conveyed what his teacher had said to her through mental fluctuations.

"This... Light Angel God..."

In an instant, towering waves surged through Qian Renxue's heart.

An Angel God had actually arisen on this continent in ancient times.

The impact this had on Qian Renxue was far from small.

After all, to Qian Renxue, the Angel God was a unique existence.

Now someone was telling her that another Angel God had once appeared here. Although she might not be the same being as the Angel God Qian Renxue knew, it was still difficult to accept in such a short time.

Qian Renxue made up her mind to return to the Douluo Continent when she had time and ask her grandfather whether he knew anything about this.

"Teacher, although she's a magical beast and has formed a contract with me, she still has human blood at her core. I wanted to see whether she could undergo Sacred Awakening and become a knight as well."

After reassuring Qian Renxue, Jiang Li finally asked his teacher about the main purpose of their visit.

"Sacred Awakening?"

"We can give it a try."

After a moment's thought, Ye Hua also felt it was feasible.

His disciple had already successfully broken through to the fourth order, and his talent had improved as well, so the cultivation plan he had previously drawn up for him, along with the other things, was no longer necessary.

He immediately shifted his focus, preparing to research a new topic together with Jiang Li.

"Come with me!"

Having made his decision, Ye Hua could hardly wait.