Chapter 287: Angel’s Ninth Trial, Inheriting Divinity
Seeing the shock in Xiao Wu’s eyes, so much so that there was even a bit of worry and fear, Tang San laughed despite himself,“Silly girl, don’t get nervous, listen to the end first! I’m talking about a very short ti.”
“But, ge, don’t you need us to beco Seagod? I still want to complete the Seagod Trials with you!”
Tang San smiled:“Of course. Not just you, Mubai and the others have to go too. Didn’t senior Bo Saixi say that without all your help, I can’t beco Seagod. The separation I an is that I have to go to Star Dou Great Forest first, and then the Seagod Island. You know my flight speed. It’s much faster than ordinary. If you followed to the Star Dou Great Forest and then to the Seagod Island, it might be a bit slow. It would be better if you first went to the coast where we returned and waited for , and also had Xiao Bai gather enough Devil Spirit Great White Sharks. Once I’ve completed adding spirit rings to the Clear Sky Hamr in the Star Dou Great Forest I’ll join up with you. That way we can save the most ti. We might not even be apart for ten days.”
Listening to Tang San’s explanation, Xiao Wu sighed and softly hit Tang San’s chest,“You really are rotten, you just have to scare .”
Tang San laughed out loud:“Unfair! Who knew you’d react so strongly, not even waiting for to finish?”
Xiao Wu pouted, thumping Tang San’s shoulder without letting him off. Seeing her tender appearance, Tang San couldn’t help his heart filling up, and he heavily kissed Xiao Wu’s pouting lips.
There were no more delays. After saying farewell to his father, Grandmaster and Xue Beng, the Shrek Seven Devils split into two teams, taking advantage of the night to quietly leave the Heaven Dou Empire camp. This was Xue Beng’s plan. Tang San’s position in the army was too lofty, if the soldiers knew he’d left, it might influence morale. Therefore he had to leave quietly, tightly blockading the news. Partly not to influence morale, and at the sa ti also to avoid the Spirit Empire’s scrutiny.
But at the sa ti as Tang San and the others left the camp, Tang San preparing for the last dash to beco Seagod, in the Spirit Empire, in Spirit City, in Elder Palace, soone else was already at the final juncture.
… Spirit City, Elder Palace.
Standing quietly in the heart of the palace, facing that enormous six winged angel statue, Qian Renxue’s entire body emanated a golden light.
Entirely different from when she originally ca here, right now she was no longer a person who could kneel and pray before the angel statue, but rather just like it, she had beco the heart of the great palace.
“You have already prepared?”An aged voice calmly asked.
Qian Renxue slowly raised her head. One could see how her eyes were actually completely golden, radiating light filled with the aura of divinity.
“Yes, I’m ready.”Qian Renxue’s voice lacked the moodiness from before, it seed apathetic and cold, as if it no longer ca from a human mouth.
Another figure slowly walked up from behind the angel statue. Tall, stalwart, the aged voice also beca clear as he revealed himself,“My existence is for the sake of this day. For this day, I have already waited more than a hundred years. Co with .”
The person walking out from behind the statue was precisely the Spirit Empire high priest, once one of the three exceptional Douluo, Angel Douluo Qian Daoliu.
Suddenly, light flashed behind Qian Daoliu, completely surrounding him as a ball of golden light. Nine spirit rings were neatly arranged over him. Appearing at the sa ti was also three pairs of pure white wings. This was that super spirit, Seraphim.
Besides the wings, Qian Daoiliu’s entire body was wrapped up in gold, but it seed to lack sothing compared to Qian Renxue’s golden color. But after he released the spirit, he replaced Qian Renxue and the angel statue, becoming the heart of the entire Elder Palace.
On Qian Daoliu’s forehead appeared a rhombic golden gem. Without him making any movent, instantly, he had arrived before the angel statue, a bizarre golden ray of light shooting out from that rhombic gem, just shining on the spot between the angel statue’s eyebrows.
Imdiately, the angel statue’s forehead showed a golden ripple, the entire idol seeming to slowly tremble once.
Observing this scene with completely golden eyes, Qian Renxue was also slightly astonished. Clearly, this was the first ti she saw circumstances like these.
“Child, follow .”Qian Daoliu turned around, beckoning to Qian Renxue. Then suddenly accelerating, he shot towards that giant angel statue.
Qian Renxue didn’t release her spirit, but her body still floated up, shooting towards the angel statue after Qian Daoliu.
A strange scene appeared. As Xian Daoliu’s body violently struck that giant statue, there was no intense collision, instead he disappeared in a flash of light, just like entering a pond.
Qian Renxue’s circumstances was the sa. Following closely behind Qian Daoliu, she disappeared into the angel statue.
The whirlpool between the eyebrows of the statue slowly disappeared, the illusory feeling also vanishing. With a flickering light, everything returned to normal. But the grandfather and child Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue were also lost within that vanished golden light.
Everything around was golden. Qian Renxue discovered that she had entered a strange world. The first sensation was boundless warmth wrapping up her body, everything around clearly seed so unreal, illusory golden light constantly rippling, as if she was in a tunnel made of illusory light.
Qian Daoliu was just ahead, pulling Qian Renxue to fly forward. It seed like an aeon had passed before the surroundings finally cleared up, the illusory feeling disappearing, returning to reality.
Qian Renxue was astonished to find that she and her grandfather had reached a large palace. When her body appeared here, she imdiately sensed that this great palace was strange.
It was surrounded by endless night, speckled with myriad stars, and the palace where she stood seed to float within this night space.
The palace was hexagonal, six giant golden pillars supporting the roof. There were no walls, and everything around was illusory. Whether it was the floor, ceiling or those six giant pillars, everything was carved with countless inscriptions. These inscriptions ford the appearance of angel feathers.
In the center of the palace was a three ter tall angel statue. It looked exactly the sa as the one in Elder palace, only much smaller. This angel wasn’t made from gold, but was rather dull grey. In front of the statue, an equally grey longsword was stuck in the ground. Six wings spread out behind it, vivid and lifelike.
“Grandpa, where is this?”Having arrived in this strange world, Qian Renxue’s voice was also finally a bit breathless.
Qian Daoliu’s face revealed a strange smile:“This is the true Angel Shrine, the location of the Angel God’s inheritance. Child, co over.”While speaking, he waved his hand to Qian Renxue.
Qian Renxue was guided to stand in front of that angel statue. Qian Daoliu pulled her hand, looking at the equally rhombic golden gem on her forehead,“You will let the radiance here reappear, let angels once again appear in the human world. Here, is where you will complete the ninth Angel Trial. At the sa ti it is also the place of your true inheritance, where you will step into divinity. The Douluo Continent, nobody knows how many years it has been since gods appeared. You will beco the strongest in the Continent, to lead the Spirit Empire to ascendancy.”
Listening to Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue’s eyes gradually brightened, intense spirit glittering in the golden pupils. At this mont, a figure suddenly appeared in her mind, the figure of the one who had once defeated her.
Qian Renxue could never forget the man who defeated her back then. His intelligence and strength had made her consider him her greatest enemy.
“Tang San, I will beco god of angels. And you? Haven’t you already been left far behind? I will definitely co find you. I will personally settle the matter between you and . When we et again you will only have two choices. Submit or be destroyed. Besides grandfather, you are the only man I do not loathe. I hope you won’t disappoint .”
“Little Xue.”Qian Daoliu’s voice woke Qian Renxue from her train of thought.
“Grandpa, what should I do?”Qian Renxue’s gaze grew firm again. For so reason, as she recalled Tang San’s na, her entire heart burned. The first ti she saw him was at Ning Fengzhi’s introduction, and the last ti they had beco enemies. For so reason, although Tang San had ruined her more than decade long effort of infiltrating the Heaven Dou Empire, Qian Renxue didn’t hate him, but on the contrary admired him even more. In her heart she didn’t want to kill Tang San, but rather conquer the only man she admired.
“Use your blood.”Qian Daoliu pointed to the round transparent gem on the hilt of the dark and dull longsword.
Qian Renxue drew a sharp breath. She knew the last mont was before her. Slowly raising her right hand, she covered that gem. Suddenly, her thumbnail slashed, and imdiately a stream of bizarrely colored blood flowed from her middle finger, moistening the gem on the sword hilt.
Qian Renxue’s blood was quite strange, not the red of humans, but more like faint pink mixed with faint gold. This strange blood even slled sowhat sweet.
Suddenly, Qian Renxue felt her right hand twitch, the cut on the middle finger sucked against that clear gem. The glossy stone was now unexpectedly like a starved leech, Madly swallowing Qian Renxue’s blood. Blood madly spurted from the wound, making Qian Renxue tremble unconsciously.
One spirit ring after another appeared from Qian Renxue’s body. With a crash, six giant wings extended behind her, unfurling in the air. While her blood was being sucked, her spirit automatically forced its way out.
Qian Daoliu stood aside, nervously watching everything.
As more and more of Qian Renxue’s blood trickled out, the gem on the longsword’s hilt gradually brightened. Just at the start, it sparkled with the sa pink golden color as Qian Renxue’s blood, but as more ti passed, the brilliant pink gradually faded, becoming purely golden. Golden light road, spreading down along the gem, bit by bit perating that bizarre sword.
A weak feeling began to appear in Qian Renxue’s consciousness. But she unflinchingly kept it up, and even urged her spirit power to speed up the blood flow.
Gradually, Qian Renxue discovered that her body had beco unable to move. The feeling of weakness grew stronger and stronger, but the golden light the sword in front of her released also began to grow more and more intense, the surging right rendering the entire Angel Shrine golden. The carvings in the surrounding shrine began to co to life. Faint light road, as if alive. The faint golden light was gradually strengthening.
Qian Daoliu smiled, his eyes revealing a zealous light as he muttered:“I’ve waited far, far too long for this mont, Tang Chen, in the end you were one step behind ! Even though I can’t reach rank one hundred to beco god, my posterity has still reached it. I didn’t think I would be defeating you at this ti. Unfortunately, I don’t know whether you’re still alive. If you are, what face will you make when you see my granddaughter beco god? Haha, hahahaha.”
Qian Daoliu with difficulty raised his leg, taking one step forward to stand in front of that grey angel statue and the longsword gradually becoming golden.
The zealous light in his eyes gradually beca gentle, gazing at Qian Renxue,“Child, this is your final juncture. It’s also grandpa’s final juncture. No matter how painful it is, you will definitely succeed. In the future, if you et an exceptional Douluo called Tang Chen, you have to defeat him for grandpa. That’s grandpa’s lifelong opponent.”
“Grandpa, what are you doing?”Qian Renxue managed to open her mouth to yell. An intense feeling of unease suddenly rose in her heart. Its source was Qian Daoliu’s kindly and benevolent gaze.
Qian Daoliu smiled slightly,“Silly child, there will always be loss. This is my karma. As the Angel God’s guardian, I exist in order to pass on the the Angel God’s inheritance. Without , you couldn’t possibly complete the last step. Don’t feel sad, you can’t move now, it’s impossible to stop . Rember my words, lead the Spirit Empire to glory. If you et Tang Chen, help beat him.”
As he spoke, an intense golden fla abruptly surged from Qian Daoliu’s body with a loud explosion, That fla had no heat, but at this mont it still brightened the entire shrine, and the faintly golden inscriptions now turned intensely bright. Qian Daoliu even replaced the angel statue to beco the heart of the shrine.
“Grandpa, don’t——”Qian Renxue did her utmost to shout, to struggle. But just like Qian Daoliu said, she was basically unable to move an inch, she was completely absorbed by the gem on the sword, unable to budge.
Qian Daoliu’s entire body had beco golden. That golden fla was sothing he had ignited automatically, it didn’t just burn spirit power, but also his body, his soul, and his everything. This purest angelic fla gradually consud him. And behind him, that grey angel statue was frantically absorbing the energy erupting from the fla.
“Little Xue, listen. There’s sothing I never told you. The reason your mother is always unkind to you, even abandoning you as a child, isn’t her fault. Only, it’s also because of you that I haven’t killed her. Your father really didn’t die by Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao’s hand. Back then Tang Hao only injured him, the person who truly killed your father, was your mother Bibi Dong.”
“What?”Qian Renxue looked stupidly at her grandfather, even forgetting the golden fla rising from his body.
Qian Daoliu sighed,“The past is already the past. I know the whole story. Bibi Dong is a genius, only, your father’s thods to keep her were a bit devious. But nobody expected her to bear silently for so many years before moving. At that ti you no longer had a father, so I didn’t want to leave you without a mother as well. Once you beco god of angels, think clearly how you will face her. There’s one thing I must warn you of. It there is one more person on the Douluo Continent who has a chance of becoming god, then that’s your mother. Her heart is already swallowed by wickedness. If she successfully breaks through and becos god of rakshasa, she will be the antithesis of you as Angel God. But you are her daughter, deep in her heart she has always loved you. You must seize rulership of the Spirit Empire, decide for yourself how to act with Bibi Dong. Grandpa suggests you don’t make things difficult for her, if you and she can join hands, then sweeping the Continent will be even easier.”
“She killed my father, she killed my father?”Qian Daoliu stood there absentmindedly, not even reacting to the weakness in her body or the surge of energy disappearing within her. Qian Daoliu also smiled with satisfaction. He of course had a reason for telling Qian Daoliu this important news now, only with this would his granddaughter disperse the energy, and not feel sad for his death.
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Qian Renxue only woke up once Qian Daoliu’s voice grew intermittent. In front of her, Qian Daoliu’s body had gradually been swalloed by that golden fla. The last thing she saw was her her grandfather’s kind eyes.
“Grand——pa——”Qian Renxue shouted in pain, struggling to her utmost. Suddenly, her hand was pulled by that bizarre suction, from the gem on the hilt down to the hilt. With a ringing sound, the longsword stuck before the angel statue was unexpectedly pulled from the ground.
Golden light exploded in an instant, and the entire Angel Shrine beca a dazzling sphere of golden light. It was like a sun illuminating the night sky, illuminating everything around it, and also swallowing Qian Daoliu.
Inside the Angel Shrine, all the carvings ignited with intense golden fla. Qian Renxue only felt her body sway, already changing position. That grey angel statue was now completely golden, opening it arms it embraced her tightly.
The next mont, Qian Renxue instantly felt sothing blend into her body. The rhombic gem on her forehead radiated resplendent light. Enormous energy waves constantly erupted into the air. Within waves upon waves of violent explosions, her heart could no longer manage to be sad, the shocking scene made everything she saw turn golden, even her soul turned golden. She temporarily lost the capability of thought.
A dignified voice echoed from all around, all the golden light in this mont freezing within the Angel Shrine.
“An——gel—— De——scent——.”
The golden light above the shrine suddenly dulled, the angel statue in the middle of the shrine had already disappeared, leaving Qian Renxue alone. Behind her, those three pairs of wings extended, having turned completely golden. Closing her eyes, letting her golden hair fly behind her, her right hand raising that strange longsword she just drew, her entire body blossod with an intense golden fla.
Starting from the tip of the sword, feather shaped inscriptions began to spread downwards. Spreading over the sword, gradually passing on to Qian Renxue’s body, extending to her face, extending all over her. With a soft jingling sound, all her clothes completely disappeared, exposing her perfect naked body.
That strange pattern was like clothes to Qian Renxue, gradually sliding until it enveloped her completely, strange golden light constantly sparkled in dazzling bursts.
Her consciousness gradually recovering, her soul awakening in pain, Qian Renxue only felt her entire body itch, as if she was being bitten by millions of ants.
Pain could be easily endured, but this itchy feeling was far worse than pain. The terrifying itch made Qian Renxue feel worse than death, so much that she even lost the capacity for thought. That itchy feeling seed to emanate from the marrow in her bones, and her entire body suffered the extrely terrifying itch.
She wanted to shout, but she couldn’t give voice. She wanted to scratch, but her body wouldn’t move. This never before experienced thrill left her in infinite pain. Her mind was on the verge of collapse.
At this mont, she no longer had any opportunity to reflect on what Qian Daoliu said, she couldn’t even give vent to the sorrow of her grandfather sacrificing himself for her to beco god. But she understood one thing, if her soul couldn’t endure this pain, then she would completely collapse. Not only would she fail to inherit divinity, she would beco dust in this Angel Shrine.
Gradually, Qian Renxue’s consciousness began to grow fuzzy. Suddenly, a figure appeared in the depths of her soul, wearing long robes, the grand Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong was watching her with a cold and noble expression, her voice also resonated deep in Qian Renxue’s soul;“Don’t you want to surpass ? Don’t you hate ? I’m waiting. I kill Qian Xunji. If you want to avenge him, just co find .”
Qian Renxue’s consciousness shook violently, even shaking off so of that brutal itch,“Bibi Dong, I hate you, I hate you. You’re not suited to be my mother. But I won’t kill you, I will steal the authority you want the most, to let you taste suffering.”
Bibi Dong’s figure gradually grew vague before her, gradually disappearing into nothingness. What Qian Renxue saw was her disdainful gaze.
The strength of her soul suddenly increased, and Qian Renxue’s willpower imdiately grew stronger. The soul previously on verge of collapse solidified again, frantically blocking the pain from the itchy feeling.
Ti passed second by second, and the pain she suffered also grew more and more violent. The just painstakingly condensed willpower began to break down again, and her soul also began to falter anew.
No, I have to endure, Qian Renxue shouted desperately in the depths of her soul. But that constantly increasing pain made her soul like a leaf tossed in a tempest.
Her soul grew vague once again, but at this mont, yet another faint silhouette appeared in the depths of her mind.
“Child, don’t give up, you must endure. This is the chance grandpa traded his life for!”
This ti, the figure that appeared was Qian Daoliu, his body burning with golden fla, his gaze filled with hope and encouragent stimulating Qian Renxue’s soul, once again condensing that tattered soul.
“Grandpa, I won’t give up, I’ll definitely succeed. Don’t worry. I’ll definitely beco the strongest. I’ll complete your last wishes. Grandpa, give strength, let withstand this pain.”
In the Angel Shrine, Qian Renxue’s body shuddered violently. Each ti she shuddered, that golden pattern would beco a bit more intense. Her body was also constantly changing with that golden pattern and rising golden fla.
Already in her thirties, Qian Renxue gradually beca younger, now she already looked eighteen, but her body was even more ample than she had been back then, her waist extrely slender, her chest towering, perfectly curved hips, perfectly round butt and long slender thighs stretching out below, especially hidden from view under that golden pattern of light grew even more fantastic.
On her forehead, that golden rhombic gem had already shattered at so point, becoming a golden brand on her forehead. That brand was in the shape of a six winged angel. Like a small sized Angel God implanted on her forehead.
When this brand appeared was the first ti Qian Renxue’s soul was unable to endure, and when her body changed, growing younger, was the second ti.
Qian Renxue had now already beco divine, her whole body erupting with golden flas. Especially the six wings on her back seed more like cast from golden fla, and each ti they flapped the surroundings would distort with gold.
Suddenly, a piercing shriek exploded from Qian Renxue’s body. The itch she felt redoubled in intensity, putting her just stabilized spirit in crisis again.
Along with a golden mist abruptly erupting outside her body, from within her body, as well as out of nowhere, altogether six strange golden bones appeared around her.
The golden pattern on Qian Renxue’s body instantly scattered, exposing her smooth tender body. All of the golden pattern transford into lines of golden light that blended into those six strange bones.
Indeed, these six golden bones were the world famous Spirit Hall’s paramount treasure, the Angelic Raint. Before coming here, Qian Renxue had fused five of them, but had not yet dared fuse one. Now in the process of inheritance, whether fused or not, they all appeared by her side.
Each of the spirit bones began to show strange changes as they were imrsed in that golden pattern. Spirit bones were no longer bones, but rather gradually rged, fusing together with the surrounding golden lines of light, slowly turning into watery, becoming a large stream of golden liquid, condensing into a giant ball of light that floated three ters in front of Qian Renxue’s chest.
Qian Renxue strenuously endured, the sudden increase in pain almost making her collapse. But her mind was filled with the courage her grandfather gave her, as well as the shock of his sacrifice, constantly provoking her soul to endure.
But how long could it go on?
Boom——
That ball of golden light ford from the six spirit bones of the Angelic Raint shot straight at Qian Renxue like a shooting star. In that instant, the liquid quickly flowed along her curves to envelop her entire body.
It was also in that instant that incomparable pain suddenly exploded in Qian Renxue’s soul. In practically an instant, her soul was making sounds of collapse.
The painful feeling redoubled yet again, and even Qian Renxue’s solid willpower could no longer endure.
“Finished.”Qian Renxue felt cracks start to appear in her soul, and these cracks were quickly spreading, as if it would collapse in the next mont.
Will it end like this? In the end I can’t beco god of angels? Unwillingness gnawed at her heart like ants, No, I won’t give up like this. I will succeed, I will succeed——
Qian Renxue shouted madly in her heart, but she still couldn’t stop the collapse of her soul. But in this extrely critical mont, suddenly, in the depths of her soul, a third figure appeared.
Qian Renxue was stupefied. The shadows that appeared before were Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu, that had also helped her form two obsessions, thereby passing two crises. She understood that, even though she deeply hated Bibi Dong, Bibi Dong was like her grandfather, both held extrely important roles deep in her heart. But, besides them, could there still be soone who could form an obsession? This third shadow, who was it? Could there be a person even more important to her than her grandfather and Bibi Dong?
The third shadow gradually grew distinct in her mind. It was a man, a young man.
Long blue hair scattered over his back, blue eyes that seed to see through everything, filled with deep wisdom, a slender figure with grace and nobility, and in front of him quietly floated a standing harp.
He slowly raised his hands, slender fingers caressing the strings, crisp jingling turning into a perfect lody that perated Qian Renxue’s soul. Like the sounds of her soul’s collapse.
It’s him, why is it him? Qian Renxue’s heart was shocked to the extre. She very clearly understood that, the later these obsessions appeared, the more important the person was to her. This was also the reason she didn’t understand how he appeared after Qian Daoliu. She had believed that there was nobody more important than her grandfather.
But now she understood that, a very, very long ti ago, another person had quietly infiltrated her heart, and at the sa ti also branded the deepest depths. It was at this mont that he quietly appeared, forming the third obsession helping her reach divinity.
Qian Renxue wanted to weep. Right now her soul was in an extrely brittle state, she even wanted to give up on everything. But, the harp constantly saturating her heart still helped her to bit by bit erase the signs of collapse from her soul.
That man always had a faint smile, gracefully and softly plucking the strings, as if narrating Qian Renxue’s thoughts.
Light and shadow flashed, and Qian Renxue appeared inside her own soul, stark naked, step by step approaching the man by the harp. Here, in the depths of her soul, was the source of her soul. And this source, was just being plucked by that man’s fingers. This mont, all the itching pain was alleviated. Tears, flowed down the face condensed in Qian Renxue’s soul.
Vermillion lips softly parting, she sobbed out… ...
“Tang San, why is it you… ”
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