Qian Renxue did not yet know that she herself bore a great deal of responsibility for Spirit Hall's destruction.
She steadied herself and began asking Jiang Nannan about Spirit Hall indirectly.
Her years as a crown prince had honed her way with words, and she aroused no suspicion in Jiang Nannan.
"According to some books at the academy, Spirit Hall was extremely evil back then. It oppressed the two great empires and stood between them, stirring up trouble in their relations with each other and the major sects. It kept the continent locked in conflict while reaping the fisherman's profits."
Qian Renxue frowned.
How could Spirit Hall have been like that?
In her era, Spirit Hall had clearly been the guardian of order on the continent. If Spirit Hall had not mediated between them, the Star Luo Empire would have destroyed the Heaven Dou Empire long ago.
And as for the major sects, they had clearly fought openly and in secret, assassinated one another's geniuses, and oppressed commoner Soul Masters. What did any of that have to do with Spirit Hall?
Spirit Hall never did such things. When it encountered exceptionally talented Soul Masters, it mainly tried to recruit them, doing its best to bring them into the fold.
If the records were true, how could Spirit Hall have stood by and watched the exceptionally gifted Tang Chen rise to prominence back then? Grandfather had even become close friends with Tang Chen.
At the time, the Clear Sky Sect had not been the number one sect under heaven. It definitely could not have protected Tang Chen.
Jiang Nannan continued, "Later, Spirit Hall even joined forces with the evil Rakshasa God. The Rakshasa God's inheritor, Bibi Dong, became the Pope of Spirit Hall, while the Angel God's inheritor, Qian Renxue, infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire and carried out the Nation-Stealing Plan."
Qian Renxue's pupils contracted sharply.
Bibi Dong, the Rakshasa God? Did that woman become the Rakshasa God in the end?
And me? Didn't I come ten thousand years into the future? Then who was the one ten thousand years ago?
"What happened afterward?"
Qian Renxue asked impatiently.
Jiang Nannan looked at Qian Renxue with a puzzled expression. "Yuhao, don't you know this part of history well? Although your view is a little different from the academy's records, the main course of events is the same."
"I was just curious about what the academy's records said."
Qian Renxue forced a smile, while also feeling somewhat curious about the views of this body's original owner.
Jiang Nannan nodded. "According to the academy's records, Sea God Tang San later saw through Spirit Hall's plot and caused Qian Renxue's Nation-Stealing Plan to fail. Spirit Hall's wolfish ambitions were exposed, and it could no longer keep up its disguise. It brazenly attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In the end, the two sects only survived with Sea God Tang San's help."
Sea God Tang San!
Qian Renxue committed the name firmly to memory.
Jiang Nannan continued, "After that, Spirit Hall established the Spirit Hall Empire and launched a war against the two great empires. Bibi Dong, the Rakshasa God, even wanted to destroy the Douluo Continent, and Qian Renxue, the Angel God, was her accomplice. In the end, Sea God Tang San defeated them both, destroyed Spirit Hall, and stopped a calamity from engulfing the continent. Shrek Academy, which had trained the Sea God and the first generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, naturally took possession of Spirit City."
Hearing this, Qian Renxue felt as though she had been struck by lightning.
So it wasn't the descendants who failed their ancestors. Was I the one who truly failed them?
Was Spirit Hall destroyed in my hands?
"How is that possible?"
Qian Renxue refused to believe it, and she became utterly despondent.
She opened her mouth, her voice trembling.
"Then what about me-Qian Daoliu? Where did Spirit Hall's Great Enshrined go back then?"
Jiang Nannan shook her head. "I don't know. The academy might have records, but I haven't read many books."
Qian Renxue felt as though her soul had left her body, and she became dazed and muddleheaded.
Jiang Nannan noticed that something was wrong with Qian Renxue and asked with concern, "Yuhao, what's wrong?"
Qian Renxue forced a smile. "I'm fine. It's just that the Spirit Hall in the academy's records isn't the same as the one I know about."
Jiang Nannan nodded. "Mm, I remember you saying that Spirit Hall was good after all, Yuhao. It helped commoners awaken their Martial Souls, giving every ordinary person a chance to defy the heavens and change their fate. That might have been their only chance in this life. It's not like now, when commoners have to pay to awaken their Martial Souls. Most of the time, even if you have money, you can't find a way to do it."
Jiang Nannan felt this deeply. "If Grandpa Village Chief weren't a Soul Master, I probably would have had trouble awakening my Martial Soul too."
Since Huo Yuhao had such insight, Qian Renxue could not help but feel much more favorably toward the owner of this body.
She had not expected that, without Spirit Hall, the common people at the bottom of the Douluo Continent would have such difficult lives.
At that moment, she suddenly understood the original purpose behind Spirit Hall's founding.
Back then, the divine ancestor had swept away the Fallen Soul Masters on the continent and founded Spirit Hall. It had certainly not been to fight for power and profit or contend for dominion over the world, but to give the continent's people a peaceful future and a hope.
Today, having undergone such a great upheaval and learned of her own future, Qian Renxue finally understood the heart of an angel.
With the support of the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's vast Spiritual Origin in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, Qian Renxue resonated with the divine attribute deep within her soul at that moment.
A bright, sacred presence welled up from deep within her soul and flowed into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness, coating the entire sea in a sacred glow.
Under that radiance, the spiritual power in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness began to transform, truly taking on Qian Renxue's color.
At the center of the small lake formed by spiritual power, ten white-gold orbs of light stood above the surface. Spiritual Origin constantly seeped from the orbs and flowed into the lake.
A gray bead floated in the sky above.
As if sensing the change in the Sea of Consciousness, the white-gold orbs and the gray bead trembled twice at the same time. But the next moment, they were suppressed by the invisible, mighty power of space and time and fell silent.
The sacred, radiant angelic origin also flowed into Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes, lending his bright, clear eyes a noble, sacred golden luster.
The illusory image of a Martial Soul appeared behind Qian Renxue. It was a pair of eyes, and the image was likewise an ancient shade of gold.
If anyone from the Body Sect had been there, they would have been utterly shocked and wild with joy.
After absorbing the sacred origin of Qian Renxue's god-level Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul, the Spirit Eyes, had directly undergone a Second Awakening-and a Gold-Grade Awakening at that.
The Second Awakening of a Body Martial Soul was divided into several grades: black iron, bronze, silver, and gold. Most Body Sect disciples only achieved black iron or bronze-grade awakenings. Only those of exceptional talent could attain a Silver-Grade Awakening.
As for a Gold-Grade Awakening, only after someone with a Silver-Grade Awakening became a Titled Douluo would they have a chance to transform again and attain it.
In the Body Sect's history, there had never been a precedent for a Body Martial Soul's first Second Awakening to be gold-grade.
At the intersection of space and time, Qian Renxue and Huo Yuhao, two different geniuses, had together made new history.
Of course, Qian Renxue and Jiang Nannan, who knew nothing of the secrets of Body Martial Souls, were naturally unaware of it.
Qian Renxue only felt that her Martial Soul had transformed. Now, when she activated the Spirit Eyes, she finally felt the same ease she had when using her Holy Angel Martial Soul.
Perhaps they should no longer be called the Spirit Eyes, but the Holy Eyes.