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Tang Zhen's Soul Skills:
Blue Lightning Celestial Dragon:
1st: Three Thousand Thunder Movement (Red)
2nd: Tesla Prison (Red)
3rd: Thunder Emperor's Armor (Red)
4th: Heaven's Shockwave (Red)
5th: Thunder Emperor Lance. (Red)
6th: Judgement of Heaven and Earth (Red)
7th: Martial Soul Form (Red)
8th: Thunderclap Dominion/ Sky Piercing Roar (Red)
9th: Celestial Qilin Soul/ ? (Gold)
10th: Dragon God (Multi)
Heavenly Sky Thunder Hammer:
1st: Hammer of the Titan/ ? (Red)
2nd: ? (Red)
3rd: Haotian Bombardment/ ? (Red)
4th: ?/ ? (Red)
5th: ?/ ? (Gold)
6th: ? (Gold)
7th: Martial Soul Form (Gold)
8th: ?/? (Multi)
9th: ?/? (Multi)
10th: Thunder God (Multi)
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Qian Renxue was nervous. She kept pacing around constantly fidgeting with her hands.
Snake Lance and Porcupinefish Douluos were not here.
Dugu Bo had informed her that they had left back in a hurry to Spirit City before their arrival.
What was so important that they had to go back in a hurry?
"Xue'er are you still worried about your uncles?"
Tang Zhen came over to see how she was doing. She had been anxious and to be honest, he was too.
"Husband, I can't help but feel worried. They risked a lot just to protect me. And with the war, it just doesn't make sense that they would leave."
"I've been thinking the same thing too."
A messenger burst into the room in a panic heavily injured and gave Tang Zhen a letter.
He looked at it and furrowed his brows. It was from the Martial Soul Hall and the seal was Qian Daoliu's
Qian Renxue became even more nervous seeing that and they both opened the letter.
"Xiao Xue, are you well? Grandpa misses you. I understand why you left your post and although I do not understand how you broke free from the Angel God's influence, I am happy.
I know you sought the love of your mother and in my greed and need for revenge, I tried to groom you for a role that you may not have wanted.
I was consumed by the hatred I had for your mother that I saw you as a pawn. Will you forgive your pathetic grandfather?
I heard from your Uncles that you found a man and you married him. It was unfortunate that I was not able to be there to see you in your happiest moment.
Xiao Xue no matter what happens, no matter what you hear, do not come back to Spirit City. It is not safe for you here any longer.
Your mother has descended into darkness and I do not know how far she has corrupted the Soul Hall. Her hatred for us and your father is much deeper than I had feared.
Xiao Xue, live your life with your husband and have many children. I will await my judgement for having taken advantage of your love. But at the end, I realized that I truly love you granddaughter.
Remember that even after I am gone, I will always love you."
-Your grandfather, Qian Daoliu.
Their eyes were wide. There was no way that Hu Liena could possibly mean to kill Qian Daoliu.
"Husband…..she couldn't hurt grandpa can she? The Elder Hall is much more powerful than she is and Grandpa is a Limit Douluo."
"...She must have something planned or a trick up her sleeve, you must also feel a dark energy in the direction of the Soul Hall right?"
She nodded her head in agreement. It was a sinister and evil energy.
"What should we do? Do we attack Spirit City?"
"No, I think that is what she wants. She probably has forces ready to quickly summon the public to say that we are evil and attacked the innocent people. But we cannot allow the innocent people to suffer in our fight. Going to Spirit City would allow them to retaliate without any backlash from the public."
Seeing their sister so worried, the other girls came over. After explaining what was going on, they all became serious.
"What should we do?" Bibi Dong asked worriedly.
"I will take Xue'er with me to go and rescue Qian Daoliu. In the meantime, you all should head to the Lima Plain to help the Heaven Dou Empire fight back. They must be at a disadvantage." Tang Zhen said.
Outside, the elders and the alliance members stood ready to go.
Ning Rongrong boosted Zhu Zhuqing as she used her new realm over space to create a portal as everyone walked through. Once through, they realized they were now standing on a hill seeing a massive battle.
"Your Majesty! Look!"
Emperor Xue Beng looked over at the hill to see many people suddenly appearing from a massive portal.
"Are they enemies? PROTECT THE REAR!" As the soldiers turned around to confront the new enemy, they became nervous. They were already losing the battle. The Star Luo Empire was already stronger than they were, added to the lower clans, the Empire soldiers were having a tough time and they were losing men quick.
To their surprise, multiple figures flew over them towards the battlefield.
"Titled Douluos? Who are they?" One of the soldiers asked.
"It's Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo! The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan is here!"
They started cheering as Ning Fengzhi walked up to Xue Beng.
"Your Majesty, I apologize for the delay, but we had to wait for some people to help turn the tide of the war." He said.
"Oh? Clan Leader Ning, who could help turn the tides of this war?"
"Them."
Suddenly everyone stopped fighting on the battlefield as 10 women walked in the air and an celestial like energy was radiating from them.
"How beautiful. They're all unrivaled Goddesses in beauty." Xue Beng said with a hint of lust and greed.
"They are Goddesses your majesty and I suggest you not try anything before their husband finds out you plan to touch them in any way." Ning Fengzhi warned.
Hearing this Xue Beng quickly schooled himself scared.
"Soldiers of Heaven Dou Empire, stand and fight, push back the evil Martial Soul Hall. We will watch over you." Bo Saixi said, her ethereal and graceful voice was like a soothing balm to the soldiers as they regained new vigor and pushed forward with a victory cry.
It definitely was true that said wars have been started for the beauty of a woman as the soldiers felt like they could fight in the names of the Goddesses above.
Ye Lingling and Ah Yin summoned their powers to imbue the injured with life energy as their injuries were healed quickly.
The girls were looking for Hu Liena. Although Tang Zhen said not to engage her due to having a bad feeling, they knew not to question his intuition. So instead they left the scouting to Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu who didn't have a lot of wide area attacks.
As the heavy cavalry of the Martial Soul Hall charged forward, members of the Alliance stepped forward and launched Kunais and Shurikens from their improved launchers that could now be reloaded within 5 seconds of firing. A new magazine style launcher was adopted following modern day weaponry resulting in much more effective rates of fire.
The sheer amount of metal that rained down on the cavalry decimated them in moments.
As the fighting began the Elephant Armored Clan stepped forward to try to protect their allies but it was too late, they had all perished. Undeterred, they moved forward with a defensive formation allowing the members of the Wind Sword Clan to attack from behind the barrier. That was the plan anyways.
Bibi Dong stepped forward with her new divine weapon, the Storm Goddess Trident. As the Goddess of Storms, her realm of the Sea mixed with her mastery over wind and the Thunder affinity from Tang Zhen gave birth to her position.
Although it was not needed, she and the rest of her sisters donned their Thunder Armor as it felt like their husband was fighting with them.
With her trident raised, she channeled the shattering effect into the trident, she mixed in some Thunder into it for extra destructive power and threw it against the defensive formation.
Huyan Zhen and the rest of his clan, only saw a brief light before the trident pierced through the formation like it was made of paper before detonating behind them ending their lives and shattering the front defensive lines.
In the distance, Golden Crocodile Douluo gritted his teeth. Hu Liena was currently undergoing her final transformation into the Rakshasa God and now there were actual Goddesses on the other side. He knew that this battle was lost and decided to cut his loses early ordering the rest of the main Martial Soul Hall forces to return to Jialing Pass.
Feng Bailong saw that Huyan Zhen had died in an instant and became frantic summoning his clan's Wind and Thunder Sword Formation before launching the attack.
Shui Bing'er stepped forward and the air became cold as a wall of ice suddenly shot out blocking all the swords and headed straight for the formation before the ice spikes impaled everyone and pierced the formation destroying it.
The huge wall of ice was a spectacle to behind. Shui Bing'er was glowing with the particles of ice casting a glow. With the Thunder Armor emitting small arcs of lightning that reflected off of them, she looked ethereal.
"Ice....She's a Goddess of Ice." One of the soldiers commented breaking the silence.
The Heaven Dou Empire cheered loudly at the display of divine power while the Martial Soul Hall cowered in fear backing away. They were suddenly stopped by two Titled Douluos who arrived. Although their senses told them to run away, they had their pride and reputation to uphold. The Soul Hall soldiers seeing them found a new sense of courage and charged forward.
Shui Bing'er pitied these men but she had to end this. She swung out her arm as a wave of cold swept through them freezing them instantly.
On both flanks of her, Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan were doing the same pushing a wall of fire and poison against the charging foes.
"HAHAHA Old Poison, look at my daughter go! She's lives up to her moniker as the Goddess of Fire!" Gu Rong barked boisterously.
"Hmpf. Old Bone, my Yan Yan has even surpassed me in the use of poison. She's surely the Goddess of Dual-Blessed Poisons. She can even use her poisons to heal." Dugu Bo remarked unwilling to back down.
Sword Douluo tapped both of the shoulder as they were arguing back and forth as he pointed forward for them to look at. When they turned their eyes back to the battlefield, they saw both Liu Erlong and Dugu Yan giving them the death glare that sent shivers down their spines.
"Hahaha Old Bone, Old Poison, it looks like they both think you should focus on the battle." Chen Xin said.
"Ahem, Old Sword, it seems you're right, how about we show these youngsters how we used to fight in our time?" Dugu Bo said as he jumped forward.
Ning Rongrong came and gave both her grandfathers a kiss on their cheeks before granting them divine protection and boosts as they too joined Dugu Bo.
With the boosts from the new Nine Colored Goddess, the three elders were wreaking havoc on the battlefield.
Xue Beng was sitting on his position thinking about how he should behave in front of the women from now on and avoid trying to stare at them directly hoping not to offend them.
For Ning Fengzhi, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao who were tasked with protecting Ning Fengzhi, were shuddering.
Bibi Dong the Storm Goddess and Bo Saixi who were both known for their extremely tranquility were currently on the most destructive killing spree completely opposite of what they were used to.
Bo Saixi, with her Divine Weapon the Scepter of the Four Pillars was able to control all four elements of (hit it!) Water, Earth, Fire, Air.
"Truly the Goddess of Eternal Balance." Ning Fengzhi remarked.
With the help of the Goddesses, the lower clans and the Star Luo Empire soldiers were dealt with quickly.
The Elephant Armored, Sacred Dragon, Black Tiger, Wind Sword, Fire Leopard, Steenbok, and Hornet Clans Were all wiped out.
Even though the Martial Soul Hall was using them as front line fodder, they were horrified that there were so many Goddesses that tore through the massive force in just mere moments.
Sword, Bone, Poison, Breaking Spear, and Armor Plated Douluos were also a shock. Their strengths increased drastically since the last time they were seen in public with Sword Douluo finally passing his father becoming level 98. Respectively, the others were at 97, 96, 94, and 93.
"RETREAT! RETREAT! BACK TO JIALING PASS!"
"Let them go, we must consolidate our forces and it's better than having them run into an ambush. We also have to create time and have the enemy focus on us." Bo Saixi said.
-Spirit City-
Meanwhile, Tang Zhen and Qian Renxue had snuck into Spirit City. Tang Zhen created thunderstorms as they flew through the sky.
They arrived at the Elder Hall but they didn't see Qian Daoliu.
Qian Renxue searched frantically for her grandfather but couldn't find him as she started to get a little hysterical.
Tang Zhen though felt something was off. He grabbed Qian Renxue by the waist and summoned a Thunder Spear before channeling his Power of Destiny before slicing towards the throne causing the space to break. He led her through quickly and they came upon a different dimension space with three angel statues.
Chained between them were two people.
"GRANDPA!!!" Qian Renxue quickly flew over to Qian Daoliu who was chained up.
"Ju Hua Guan?" Tang Zhen saw the other person was Ju Douluo.
"Xiao Xue! NO YOU MUST LEAVE!" Qian Daoliu was frantic.
"Tang Zhen....." Ju Douluo seemed extremely weak. Tang Zhen could feel the air around this space and could tell the pressure was too much for a level 95 Soul Master with out the Seraphim Martial Soul.
"Hoh... so the traitor has come. How did you enter my domain?" A female voice rang out
"NO! YOUNG MAN! TAKE XIAO XUE AND GET OUT OF HERE!" Qian Daoliu pleaded.
"NO! GRANDPA I WON'T LEAVE YOU!"
"YOU STUPID GIRL! THIS IS THE ANGEL GOD'S DOMAIN, YOU MUST LEAVE!"
"It's okay Grandpa, I've become a Goddess. I reached level 100."
Qian Daoliu was shocked. He fixed his gaze on her and focused and indeed noticed a divine aura.
"You know, it's rude to greet someone in your home and not show your face." Tang Zhen said.
"YOU! IMPOSSIBLE! ASURA IS DEAD! HOW DO YOU HAVE HIS REALM?"
".....What did you say?" Tang Zhen asked incredulously. Asura was dead? How? He just spoke with him. Could it have been a projection of his final will?
"Get out here. Now!" Tang Zhen slashed the sky opening another gap. "Bansho Tenin!"
A figure was sucked out of the gap and rushed towards Tang Zhen who gripped the woman by the neck as she stared into his Red/Purple Eyes.
"Hn. You know I find it amusing. The so called Angel God is supposed to be a beautiful woman that puts all to shame. And yet, why is it that your looks fall far beneath any of my wives? Compared to my Xue'er, your face looks like it was hit by a frying pan." Tang Zhen absentmindedly commented.
The Angel God was speechless as a vein appeared. Even in this situation, she was still a woman and she was rather proud of her appearance. Although looking at Qian Renxue, she indeed felt a little conscious of her image.
"H-Husband, why would you say that? My Grandpa is right here!" Qian Renxue with a red face stammered.
Qian Daoliu stared incredulously at the man. His divine aura was unlike anything he had ever seen. But then his thoughts came back to what Xiao Xue said.....Husband?
Suddenly Qian Daoliu's expression became dark.
"So.....You are the one....."
"Huh?" Tang Zhen was confused.
"You.....you...YOU ARE THE ONE THAT TOOK MY XIAO XUE! MY LITTLE PRINCESS! HOW DARE YO-"
"Grandfather....do. not. yell. at. my. husband." Qian Renxue smiled a little too sweetly and said the words softly but the effect was there. Qian Daoliu shrank immediately.
"*Sigh*....Another overprotective father/grandfather. I swear...." Tang Zhen couldn't help but complain.
Tang Zhen turned back to the Angel God who was struggling to breathe.
"What is Rakshasa up to?" Tang Zhen asked.
"I can't tell you. I just don't know. All she promised me was that I would have Poseidon to myself after she achieved her goal and she was able to kill Asura." The Angel God Croaked out.
Now Tang Zhen was worried. The Rakshasa God was planning something. He needed to take care of things quickly.
Qian Renxue was about to cut Qian Daoliu down when the Angel God drew enough power to unleash her divine light.
Although to Tang Zhen and Qian Renxue, it was just a flicker of light, it nearly blinded Ju Douluo.
Amused Tang Zhen let her go to see how things would turn out.
"HA! THIS IS MY DIMENSION! I WILL KILL YOU FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" The Angel God roared.
"Hmpf. She is rather amusing, isn't she husband?"
"Indeed. Heheh" Tang Zhen said as he pat her head.
Qian Renxue loved it when he did that and she leaned into him. The Angel God was furious that these two were ignoring her and she unleashed her full holy light powers.
"Hn. Unfortunately for you, your understanding of light is not great. My lovely wife on the other hand has grasped the pinnacle of it."
"WHAT NONSENSE ARE YOU SPEAKING?"
"See for yourself." Tang Zhen shrugged.
The Angel God turned and saw Qian Renxue who's wings were now on full display. Qian Daoliu was shocked at seeing the wings. They were not the wings of light of the Seraphim. Instead, they were a mix of blue, black, purple, and white creating an almost glowing effect.
"YOU! YOU WOULD DARE TAINT OUR HOLY SOUL?!" The Angel God was furious. The wings were disgusting to her and needed to be destroyed.
Qian Daoliu saw the wings and thought they were incredibly ethereal.
"Hn. You're understanding of Light is so shallow. My lovely wife here has reached a new realm that is higher than the realms of Light and Darkness. One cannot exist without the other. She sought to understand both and as such was able to not merely combine the two realms, but rather synthesizes them into a greater whole, creating a harmony that neither the Light nor Darkness realms can achieve on their own. Her Realm of Twilight exists on a higher plane than both the Light and Darkness realms, making it a realm of dual supremacy—able to govern and encompass both without being simply a blend of them. Hence she has become my Goddess of Twilight." Tang Zhen said with pride.
Qian Renxue looked at him with a loving expression. The concept of it was hard for her to grasp and she was able to complete it with his help. It was a dangerous process as at any time, either Light or Dark could have won if they clashed and she could have been destroyed or corrupted.
"THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE HER REALM IS HIGHER THAN MINE!" The Angel God in her anger and inferiority tried to call upon the darkness to try the same. If this mortal was able to grasp that understanding, then she, as a god, could too.
"STOP!" Qian Renxue tried to warn her but at that moment, a massive amount of dark energy appeared and entered the Angel God who started struggling with the energies. She was trying to bring the darkness under her control but with her lack of understanding, she did the opposite and the darkness ended up consuming her.
Her skin turned a sickly pale and her wings became black as night. When she looked up, her eyes were now blood red and her blond hair was replaced by midnight black.
She suddenly charged at Qian Renxue but she created two blades one of Light and one of Darkness.
The Dark Angel God no longer had a conscience and was attacking the nearest Light source. Qian Renxue blocked with her sword of darkness which absorbed the Dark Angel God's darkness.
Taking advantage of its weakness, she plunged the Sword of Light into its heart ending its existence.
The dimension was crumbling as Tang Zhen quickly freed Ju Douluo who was still speechless and had his brain fried from Tang Zhen's explanation earlier and carried him out while Qian Renxue took her grandfather as they left.
Once outside, Ju Douluo came back to his senses and grasped Tang Zhen's hand.
"Tang Zhen.....Please tell me, is my Xiao Bibi doing okay?"
"....oh I can't wait to make fun of her." Qian Renxue said trying not to burst out laughing.
"Why are you asking about my wife? Weren't you trying to kill her?" Tang Zhen said narrowing his eyes.
"I was told to, but I never could bring myself to do it. Old Ghost....he....chose the Martial Soul Hall over her. I couldn't bring myself to hurt her."
"Then follow me. Whether or not she forgives you will be up to her."
As they all left, Tang Zhen turned around, looked at the Angel Statue at the top of the Supreme Pontiff's hall and dropped a Kirin on top of it destroying the statue.
At the same time, Qian Daoliu regressed to level 95. His connection and blessings he received from the Angle God were gone.
"Grandpa....I'm sorry." Qian Renxue cried.
"Xiao Xue, I am proud of you. I couldn't be happier. My little princess grew up so well and is now a Goddess. You even transcended the Realm of Light. Losing my strength is nothing."
"GRANDPA!" Qian Renxue hugged him tightly and cried.
Ju Hua Guan, had tears in his eyes as he could only hope his little princess forgave him.
"I have to let you know. Your betrayal hurt her badly. If it were up to me, I wouldn't even leave your ashes behind and destroy you. But it isn't up to me." Tang Zhen said.
"If I die at her hands, then I will have no regrets. Thank you for giving me this opportunity." Ju Hua Guan said softly.
"Tang Zhen...did you notice we were going the wrong way?" Qian Daoliu remarked.
"Yes but I need to confirm something." They flew towards the Star Luo Empire. Specifically the Imperial City.
Once they arrived, they were shocked to see the site. There was no one on the streets. It was completely abandoned.
"What happened here? Where are all the people?" Qian Daoliu exclaimed puzzled.
"I have an idea.....But I sincerely wish I am wrong. We must meet up with the others at Jialing Pass." Tang Zhen said.
With that, they flew to meet with the others.