"That's right!"
After Su Ming said that, Xiao Wu came to a sudden realization.
What was she worrying about for nothing?
Maybe they really just shared a name.
After all, her brother Su Ming wasn't from Douluo Continent. What kind of background could he have here that would make a Peerless Douluo wary and unsure how to deal with him?
This child. Seeing that Xiao Wu had stopped questioning him, Su Ming took the opportunity to pull her into his arms and soothe her again.
Tang San, however, wasn't as innocent as Xiao Wu.
He didn't think it was as simple as two people sharing a name.
Could someone from Brother's family have come here?! As the thought crossed Tang San's mind, he felt happy for his big brother.
Tang San wasn't the only one who thought so. Tang Hao, in the Star Dou Great Forest, had the same idea.
"If someone from Xiao Ming's family really comes to Douluo Continent looking for him in the future, wouldn't that mean the day Ah Yin comes back to life could come even sooner?!"
Tang Hao was tremendously excited.
After all, the method Su Ming knew for resurrecting Ah Yin had been passed down in his family.
If his family came, couldn't it be put into practice sooner and more effectively?
How could Tang Hao not be thrilled?!
Spirit City, the Pope's Palace.
Bibi Dong stood alone in the empty hall, a hint of an ambiguous smile on her lips.
When she heard that the nation-stealing plan had failed and that Qian Renxue had even fallen in love with the culprit, her fingertips trembled slightly.
"Heh..." Bibi Dong chuckled and murmured to herself, "Even that old thing couldn't raise her properly. What can I say? What a spawn of sin..."
She knew what Qian Daoliu had meant.
"Because of that woman, Xue'er was driven to prove herself."
Wasn't that "woman" herself?
Because Qian Renxue hated her, she was eager to prove herself stronger than her.
What a pitiful mother-daughter relationship.
But it couldn't be helped. Whenever Bibi Dong saw Qian Renxue, she was reminded of that utterly humiliating experience.
Bibi Dong closed her eyes. When she opened them again after a long while, they were cold once more. "Someone, attend me."
Ghost Douluo appeared silently. "Your Holiness."
"Pass down my orders. Starting today, all Spirit Hall branches are to heighten their vigilance. What the Heavenly Screen revealed is now known to everyone, and the nations of the continent are bound to respond. Also..." She paused, her tone indifferent. "Keep an eye on the Worship Hall's reaction."
"Yes."
Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu stood before the Angel God Statue, his aged face weary.
"Someone even I had no way to deal with..." Qian Daoliu slowly closed his eyes.
Could it really be as he had guessed? Was there a... god standing behind that young man?
He let out a long sigh.
So be it. The nation-stealing plan had been exposed, and if it was ultimately ruined, then so be it.
As long as Xue'er was safe, everything else could be considered in due time.
I'd better send more people. Knowing the Heaven Dou Empire would be on guard, Qian Daoliu decided to send another Titled Douluo and several other experts.
He knew his granddaughter's temperament. Asking Xue'er to return now was completely out of the question.
And so, Qian Daoliu could only send her more support.
But the Heavenly Screen said Xue'er fell in love with that Su Ming who ruined her plan... Qian Daoliu rubbed the space between his brows.
He truly couldn't understand young people anymore.
The other Offerings looked at one another, unsure how to comfort the Great Enshrined.
Were young people's views on love really so outrageous these days?
[The only thing that comforted me, however, was that after the nation-stealing plan failed and Xue'er returned to Spirit Hall to reflect on herself, she began the Angel God Trial under my guidance.]
[That's right, the legendary Angel Nine Trials!]
[Once she completed the trials, Xue'er would become the next Angel God and lead Spirit Hall to true glory, to the true summit.]
[Becoming a god would give her enough confidence to face anything. So I paid no further attention to Xue'er's romantic affairs. As long as she became a god, everything else could be worked out.]
[With my guidance, Xue'er made smooth progress through the trials.]
[When she reached the Ninth Trial, I could finally offer my life to help her complete the most crucial step.]
[Because in the Ninth Trial of the vast majority of gods, the god's guardian had to make a sacrifice.]
[Even the nine trials bestowed by the Angel God were no exception.]
[Only by using the guardian's body as a catalyst and the guardian's energy as a bridge for communication could true divine power be unleashed, opening a gateway to the Angel Temple in the boundless starry sky!]
[This was my destiny!]
[I felt no fear. I was even overjoyed!]
[Because the one becoming a god was my beloved granddaughter!]
[At the same time, how I wished that fellow Tang Chen were still alive in this world.]
[If he learned that the person becoming a god in this age was my granddaughter, what would he think?]
[I had competed with Tang Chen all my life. I never expected to beat him through our descendants!]
The Heavenly Screen's voice fell silent, and a deathly hush descended over the entire Worship Hall.
Qian Daoliu stood transfixed before the Angel God Statue, tears glistening in eyes that had witnessed the vicissitudes of the world.
"Angel Nine Trials..." he murmured, repeating those words, his voice trembling slightly. "Xue'er... she can actually begin the Angel Nine Trials?"
How many years had it been?
The Angel Inheritance their Angel Clan had guarded for countless years had finally found someone who could become a god.
Even Qian Daoliu himself had only received eight trials back then.
His son, Qian Xunji, had possessed exceptional talent but a deficient character, and had ultimately met that fate.
Qian Daoliu had thought that, like those who came before him, he would never live to witness the appearance of the Angel God.
But now, the Heavenly Screen was telling him that Xue'er, his most cherished granddaughter, would begin the Angel Nine Trials in the future.
"Great Enshrined!" Golden Crocodile Douluo, the Second Worship, was the first to recover. His face was alight with excitement. "Is what the Heavenly Screen said true? Can the young mistress really begin the Angel Nine Trials?"
Qian Daoliu slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his clouded gaze was full of conviction and pride. "The Heavenly Screen has never spoken falsely."
Everything the Heavenly Screen had revealed before was exactly how his life had unfolded, so Qian Daoliu chose to believe it.
"Since it says Xue'er can begin the nine trials, then she certainly can."
"Wonderful!" Azure Luan Douluo, the Third Offering, clapped his hands and laughed. "The Angel God will finally return to the mortal world! Our Spirit Hall has waited far too long for this day!"
Light Feather Douluo, the Fourth Offering, was so excited that his aged face flushed red. "Once the young mistress becomes a god, who on the continent will dare stand against our Spirit Hall?
Heaven Dou, Star Luo Empire, the Clear Sky Sect, the Seven Great Sects-they'll all have to bow their heads and submit!"
Qian Daoliu said nothing. He simply gazed at the Angel God Statue, as though he could see through its golden light to the sight of his granddaughter after she became a god.
He was simply too excited.
The atmosphere throughout the Worship Hall was utterly different from what it had been moments before.