The Angel God Comes to the Rescue

The Clear Sky Hammer in Tang Chen's hand swelled dozens of times its size.

Scarlet lightning coiled around it.

Qian Xunling gritted his teeth. "You old piece of trash, you never intended to let me go. Bring it on! If you don't kill me this time, just wait until I slaughter your entire Clear Sky Sect."

"Die!" Tang Chen attached the eight Soul Rings beneath his feet to the Clear Sky Hammer and brought it crashing down on Qian Xunling's head.

Qian Xunling immediately unleashed his sixth and seventh Soul Skills.

At the same time, the Divine Aspect Martial Soul behind Qian Xunling shot up by more than a hundred feet, like a miniature manifestation of heaven and earth, and drove both fists at the Great Sumeru Hammer.

But Tang Chen's Great Sumeru Hammer bore the force of a thunderbolt.

It was far beyond anything Qian Xunling could withstand.

The Divine Aspect Martial Soul's fists shattered with a crash.

A wormhole opened, and Qian Xunling was about to dive in, but Tang Chen had anticipated it. He roared, "I told you, you can't escape!"

With that, Tang Chen roared again, and Soul Power erupted from his entire body.

It abruptly forced Qian Xunling lower.

"Cough, cough!" Qian Xunling couldn't advance a single step.

"Fifth Soul Skill: Revival of All Things!"

Qian Xunling endured the agony as the pressure of the Soul Power tore his body apart. By now, he was drenched in blood, his white robes completely smeared with blood and mangled flesh.

At the same time, Qian Xunling unleashed all his Soul Skills. The lightning in the sky, the wind swirling through the air, and flames that had not been there all flared to life in an instant, then shot toward the enormous Great Sumeru Hammer.

Yet they still couldn't budge the Great Sumeru Hammer in the slightest.

Tang Chen was surprised that Qian Xunling could withstand his first attack for so long, but his Great Sumeru Hammer was not something a Soul Saint could resist. He roared again, "Fall!"

The Divine Aspect Martial Soul could hold out no longer and shattered with a crash.

Qian Xunling coughed up a mouthful of blood and nearly fainted, but his Fifth Soul Skill was still restoring his body. The wormhole was right before him, and he had already reached one hand into it.

"Three moves? Fuck, I can't even dodge one," Qian Xunling said self-mockingly. But he didn't lose heart. Instead, he stopped moving, looked up at the sky, and roared, "How much longer are you five bastards going to watch?! Get the fuck down here and save me! Fuck****!"

Tang Chen's expression tightened. Could someone else be watching from the shadows?

He didn't understand why Qian Xunling had suddenly roared at the sky.

At the same time, Tang Chen sensed a mysterious, majestic power quietly stirring to life. A burst of sacred light erupted from Qian Xunling, and a phantom slowly emerged.

The Angel God's eyes seemed filled with compassion for all living beings.

But when she rose high and knocked the Great Sumeru Hammer flying, no one would have taken her for a merciful god.

Qian Xunling hadn't expected that troublesome ancestor to be the first to come to his rescue, but he didn't care about that now. He plunged into the wormhole.

Seeing this, Tang Chen immediately sensed trouble. Ignoring the Angel God entirely, he detonated half the Soul Rings beneath his feet, unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer once more, and charged at Qian Xunling.

Just then, the Angel God's phantom struck at Tang Chen with a palm.

She didn't even use the Angel Holy Sword.

Yet Tang Chen still couldn't withstand it.

With a deafening boom, golden and red light exploded outward.

When the light faded, Tang Chen landed farther back.

Tang Chen looked at the empty space before him. The Angel God and Qian Xunling had vanished without a trace, and even probing with his Soul Power found no sign of them.

Tang Chen roared, "Damn it!"

The scene that had unfolded here shook the whole of Heaven Dou City.

Even the experts far away in Spirit Hall, on Sea God Island, and in the various forbidden zones of the Soul Beasts all looked over at once.

Qian Daoliu exclaimed, "That's Angel Divine Power. Could the Angel God Ancestor have descended?"

Qian Daoliu knew that besides himself, the only person who could communicate with the Angel God was his unfilial son, Qian Xunling. In an instant, he rushed out of the Worship Hall and found the other worshippers.

Qian Daoliu looked at them and said urgently, "Go to Heaven Dou City at once. You must find out what happened there. If you find any trace of Xunling, bring him straight back to me, whether he's willing or not."

"No, if you learn where he is, tell me immediately."

The worshippers all nodded repeatedly.

But after a moment's thought, Qian Daoliu clenched his fists and shook his head. "No, I'll go myself."

Golden Crocodile Douluo hadn't expected his elder brother to be this worried, but no one objected, and they all nodded. Even so, they assigned Demon Subduing Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo to stay behind and keep watch.

Qian Daoliu was the first to rush out of Spirit Hall.

At this moment, Qian Xunling, who had entered the wormhole, was completely drained. His Soul Power and body had been depleted so severely that even the teleportation was taking a very long time.

The Angel God silently watched Qian Xunling lying in the wormhole.

Qian Xunling glanced at her and said gratefully, "Many thanks. If you weren't my ancestor, I'd definitely offer myself to you."

"Impertinent," the Angel God, who was like an ice sculpture, scolded him, though she wasn't angered. The Angel God's God Trial required one to sever the seven emotions and six desires. As the one who had founded it, she had even less feeling. Qian Xunling chuckled. "Don't worry about me, I'm not going to die yet. You can keep living off your junior in the future."

"That man just now was no weakling. He possessed power approaching that of a demigod. In a head-on fight, he would be stronger than your father. Your father might not be able to protect you. And this teleportation of yours is far too unstable. There's no telling where it will take you," the Angel God analyzed.

Qian Xunling asked, "Are you helping me this much because those five told you to?"

The Angel God shook her head, then nodded. "They didn't agree, but they didn't explicitly punish me either. However, very little of the Divine Power I placed in you remains, and I can't transmit any more Divine Power to you. After this, you'll have to rely on yourself."

Qian Xunling chuckled. "I'm much tougher than you think. Besides, believe it or not, even if you hadn't intervened, those five would have."

"I don't think they would have intervened," the Angel God said.

"Why do you say that?" Qian Xunling asked at once.

The Angel God analyzed, "I don't know what you discussed with them, but I can guess that there must be something about you that attracted all of them. And that something is very likely your Martial Soul. After all, even I can't make sense of your Martial Soul."

"How can a Martial Soul possess the ability to accommodate an infinite number of attributes? It's as though your Martial Soul contains a world of its own, and given enough time, it could create another Divine Realm."

"?" Qian Xunling's expression turned grave.

The more he thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed.

The turbulent currents of space-time would occur in a few tens of thousands of years, which was only a matter of time for the Divine Realm. So when the time came that they truly couldn't withstand the turbulent currents of space-time...

According to his ancestor, wouldn't that mean making him into the next Divine Realm?

The Angel God continued, "If all they need is your Martial Soul, then they can simply take it when you're on the verge of death or nearly dead. In any case, all they need is to be able to use your Martial Soul. They don't need to save you, and you don't necessarily need to stay alive."

Wouldn't that be just like Tang Chen, who had been parasitized by the Nine-Headed Bat King?

Only now did Qian Xunling realize that the Angel God was the only one truly protecting him.

Qian Xunling looked at the Angel God and said, "Um, Ancestor, can I offer myself to you of my own accord?"

Angel God: "..."