Xiao Wu staggered and nearly fell. Fortunately, Tang San, who stood beside her, caught her in time and kept her from falling.
"No, that's impossible. How could this happen? How?"
Xiao Wu stared at the Heavenly Screen, her eyes full of shock, muttering in disbelief.
Qian Xunji was her father?
How could that be? She was clearly a soul beast!
Why hadn't Mom told her any of this?
Countless questions surfaced in Xiao Wu's heart all at once.
"Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu, are you all right?"
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, his face full of heartache.
Only he knew how much pain Xiao Wu was in right now!
Xiao Wu slowly turned toward Tang San, her large, lively eyes already brimming with tears.
"Third Brother, I, I..."
"Xiao Wu, it's all right. No matter what happens, I'll be by your side."
Through tear-blurred eyes, Xiao Wu looked at the figure standing at the center not far away.
Qian Xunji!
Was he really her father?
Then hadn't she joined everyone in surrounding and trying to kill her own father just a short time ago?
But why had her father killed her mother?
Xiao Wu's mind was a complete tangle.
Tang San's thoughts were also tangled like hemp.
If Qian Xunji really was Xiao Wu's father, should he kill him or not?
Damn it! Why did this have to be the truth!
"Hahaha! The mighty Pope of Spirit Hall actually had a child with a hundred-thousand-year transformed soul beast!"
"This is the greatest joke our Douluo Continent has seen in ten thousand years!"
Yu Xiaogang laughed aloud. A moment ago, he had been jealous to death, but now he could stand on the moral high ground and trample Qian Xunji beneath his feet.
Everyone across the Douluo Continent was also shocked that soul beasts and humans could actually produce offspring.
Amid their shock, the Douluos in Spirit City also grew puzzled.
Qian Xunji had a child with this transformed soul beast, so where was that child now?
Bibi Dong stared blankly at the scene of that woman nursing on the Heavenly Screen. Anger and resentment toward Qian Xunji surged within her, mingled with a trace of sourness that even she refused to acknowledge.
"Qian Xunji, why? Why did you treat me this way! I hate you!"
Beneath an endless rift somewhere on the Douluo Continent, an extraordinarily beautiful, golden-haired woman clad in golden battle armor was also staring blankly at the Heavenly Screen.
Father, so I wasn't your only child.
How are you and Mother? Xue'er misses you both so much!
The woman was Qian Renxue. Several years had passed since Qian Xunji sent her here.
Though she did not understand why her father had stationed her here, she would obey any order he gave without hesitation.
The scene on the Heavenly Screen changed.
Inside Spirit Hall's great hall, Qian Xunji sat upright on the papal throne, with Yue Guan and Gui Mei kneeling on one knee before him.
"Your Holiness!"
"Thank you for your efforts in hunting soul rings this time!"
Qian Xunji's voice rang out, and two streaks of light shot toward Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
When the light faded and they saw what lay before them, both froze.
A soul bone floated before each of them!
Before Yue Guan and Gui Mei could recover, Qian Xunji spoke again.
"These are your rewards!"
Qian Xunji rose, clasping his hands behind his back.
"You have served at my side and carried out your duties diligently, losing a great deal of cultivation time. That is why I am bestowing these two soul bones upon you."
"Absorb the soul bones and break through to Titled Douluo as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, Yue Guan and Gui Mei had only one thought: to pledge their loyalty to His Holiness the Pope unto death!
Neither had ever imagined that Qian Xunji would care about their cultivation progress.
"Thank you, Your Holiness! We swear to follow you unto death!"
The two spoke in unison.
Just then, the hall doors were pushed open, and a figure walked in. It was Qian Daoliu.
"All right, you may leave!"
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
Yue Guan and Gui Mei then bowed to Qian Daoliu as well.
"Great Enshrined!"
Qian Daoliu merely nodded.
Only after the two left did a smile appear on Qian Daoliu's face.
"Xun'er, how was your harvest in the Soul Beast Forest this time?"
Qian Xunji then told Qian Daoliu about the ten thousand year soul ring mutating into a hundred thousand year soul ring.
"Oh? A ten thousand year soul ring mutated into a hundred thousand year soul ring? Such a thing can happen?"
Qian Daoliu was also extremely shocked and curious.
Hum!
Qian Xunji revealed his soul rings: yellow, yellow, purple, purple, black, red, red!
Looking at those two scarlet soul rings, Qian Daoliu could no longer contain his excitement and laughed heartily.
"Hahaha!"
"Good! Wonderful!"
"Two hundred thousand year soul rings!"
"What soul skills did you obtain this time?"
Qian Xunji withdrew his soul rings and replied.
"The first soul skill is Holy Flame Storm! It has both light and fire attributes and can form a wide-ranging storm of flames, making it suited to the battlefield."
"The second soul skill is Blazing Flame Sacred Armor, a defensive soul skill. Once used, it provides eighty percent immunity to fire-attribute soul skills!"
"Yes, both of these soul skills are very good!"
"Oh, Father, my greatest gain this time was this Holy Flame Two-Headed Griffon's soul bone."
As Qian Xunji spoke, the ring on his finger flashed, and two soul bones appeared before them.
"Two soul bones?"
Qian Daoliu exclaimed in shock.
"No, Father, this is one soul bone!"
"It is merely divided into two parts."
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, Qian Daoliu immediately asked curiously.
"Then what are this soul bone's two soul skills?"
"It only has one soul skill!"
Although its soul ring had mutated into a hundred thousand year soul ring, the Holy Flame Two-Headed Griffon had ultimately only been a ninety-thousand-year soul beast, so its soul bone had only one soul skill.
"The soul bone's skill is Holy Flame Clone!"
"At a critical moment, I can use Soul Power to form a clone to block fatal damage. Of course, it can also assist in battle!"
"Its strength is roughly half that of the original."
After hearing Qian Xunji's words, Qian Daoliu's mouth fell open.
What a heaven-defying soul skill!
At a critical moment, this soul skill was a trump card that could turn defeat into victory!
"X-Xun'er, don't tell anyone besides me about this soul bone's skill!"
"Do you understand?"
Qian Daoliu instructed him with a solemn expression.
"I understand, Father!"
"Good. Xun'er, now that you have come of age, you can start considering marriage."
"Has any woman caught your eye? I'll make the arrangements for you."
"Father, I haven't realized my aspirations yet. I won't consider such things for now."
"Ah, all right. There's indeed no hurry right now. But our Qian Family has had only one heir in each generation, and I hope you can have an heir to raise sooner rather than later!"
"Yes, I understand, Father!"
The outside world was likewise shocked by the soul skill Qian Xunji had described.
"How could such a heaven-defying soul skill exist!"
"Damn it! I've hunted a Two-Headed Phantom Wolf too! Why didn't I get a soul skill like that!"
"Ah, the soul bone skills Qian Xunji obtained on these two occasions have both far exceeded my imagination. Could he truly possess some kind of providence?"
Chen Xin also sighed, speaking with a complicated expression.