Chapter 34: Angel

"This is..."

Qin Sheng grew interested. His mental strength, which had long since entered the God-level realm, suppressed the chaotic spatial currents, bringing the holy light located deep within the extra-dimensional space back to the Douluo Continent.

The holy light was magnificent, righteous, and warm, capable of cleansing all evil and darkness from the human heart.

At the same time, the powers of Law and Faith intertwined and flickered within it—a higher-level essence.

Unfortunately, this power was incomplete, severely fragmented.

"A Godhood Fragment?"

Qin Sheng already knew which deity this fragment belonged to.

Jialing Pass, the power of sacred justice—when these two factors were combined, who else could it be besides the Angel God?

"Ten thousand years ago, the Angel God Qian Renxue proactively shattered her Godhood to launch an attack that surpassed her own limits against Tang San. Since then, there has been no Angel God..."

Qin Sheng recalled the events of Douluo I, sighing softly.

"The Angel God is already dead, yet I didn't expect her shattered Godhood to still exist in this world after ten thousand years."

Thinking of this, Qin Sheng fell into deep thought, gaining a deeper understanding of the concept of Godhood.

"Godhood is the very foundation of a deity and the cornerstone of the Divine Realm."

"Every additional Godhood provides significant benefits to the Douluo Divine Realm; it contributes to the expansion of the Divine Realm. As long as the Divine Realm is not destroyed, it is very difficult for a Godhood to be completely annihilated."

The death of a deity does not mean their Godhood "dies" as well.

Since the establishment of the Douluo Divine Realm, many deities have died, such as the Ice God and the Thunder God, but their Godhoods remained intact. In the future, as long as there is a suitable successor, a new Ice God or Thunder God can be born immediately.

A single deity can pass it down through three generations, but the Godhood remains.

"Godhood is even more important than I anticipated. I must condense a sufficiently powerful Godhood."

Qin Sheng brought the Godhood fragment back to the Chiling Academy to study it closely, and he soon discovered something extraordinary.

"There is actually a remnant consciousness residing within this Godhood fragment?"

This discovery surprised Qin Sheng.

The remnant consciousness within the fragment was integrated with the Godhood, but it was in a sleeping state—not only extremely weak but also continuously fading away.

Qin Sheng estimated that in a few thousand years, this remnant consciousness would be completely annihilated.

"Is it the first generation Angel God? Or Qian Renxue? Hmm, they might be the same person."

After a moment of thought, Qin Sheng mobilized a wisp of Faith Power and injected it into the remnant consciousness.

This was the power belonging to a god; after being nourished by Faith Power, the remnant consciousness stabilized.

"Wake up!"

Qin Sheng released a mental divine sound, causing the remnant consciousness to tremble slightly and manifest into a woman wearing a golden dress, looking extremely noble.

The woman was dazed for a moment. She looked at Qin Sheng, startled by the Faith Power surrounding him.

Is this a Soul Master on the path to godhood?

"Did you wake me?"

"Yes. Are you the first generation Angel God? Or Qian Renxue?" Qin Sheng asked directly.

The woman remained silent for a long time, as if lost in memory.

"Qian Renxue."

It really was her.

The young mistress of the Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago, possessing innate level twenty soul power and the God-level martial soul, the Six-Winged Angel.

Judging solely by innate soul power, Qian Renxue was the greatest genius on the continent ten thousand years ago.

She was also a failed genius.

"You reside within this Godhood fragment. Do you know why the Angel Godhood was attracted to me?" Qin Sheng asked.

This fragment had actually been lost within the spatial currents; as time passed, it would only drift further away, making it theoretically impossible for anyone to find.

Yet, it actively approached the Douluo Continent and attracted Qin Sheng, which gave it the chance to see the light of day again.

Qian Renxue looked at Qin Sheng, sensing the Faith Power around him. After thinking for a while, she replied

"You did the same thing the Angel God did, didn't you? Because of that, people are grateful to you and offer you their faith."

"Perhaps it was your gathering of this similar faith that triggered the Godhood fragment."

"Is that so?" Qin Sheng pondered; it was possible.

*However, the Far North still treats me as the Ice God. Why didn't I feel the attraction of the Ice God's Godhood?*

*Ah, the Ice God's Godhood is likely in the Divine Realm; it's just too far away.*

Looking at Qian Renxue, Qin Sheng felt curious. "You should have died ten thousand years ago. How could a remnant consciousness remain?"

"Ten thousand years have already passed..." Qian Renxue drifted off.

"After that battle, I had been searching for the Angel God's Godhood fragment. Unfortunately, even before I died, I only found this piece."

"After my death, the Godhood fragment took my soul to nourish it. In the beginning, I could still remain conscious."

Qian Renxue continued: "But as ten thousand years passed, my soul was constantly worn down. Now, only this single wisp of eternally sleeping remnant consciousness remains."

"I see," Qin Sheng understood.

"After all, you were once the Angel God. The Godhood fragment itself is immortal, so protecting your soul is only natural."

Qian Renxue's emotions were heavy. "I failed the Angel God, allowing the lineage of the Godhood to end with me."

"I spent the latter half of my life striving to recast the Angel Godhood, but I truly could not do it."

Qin Sheng offered no opinion on this.

What was the use of self-reproach and regret now? What was she doing all those years?

Looking back at Qian Renxue's life, the theme was essentially

*Eh, I was just playing around.*

"Can you tell me what the situation on the continent is like now?" Qian Renxue asked. "How is the Angel Family?"

"The first question is too complicated to explain quickly. I can answer your second question now," Qin Sheng said.

"After the destruction of Spirit Hall, there is no longer an Angel Family. Those powerful martial souls like the Golden Crocodile and the Divine Feather Bow have also vanished without a trace."

"As for the Angel martial soul, there are probably only two or three left on the entire continent, and they are just ordinary Angels or Holy Angels."

Qian Renxue was shocked. She said in disbelief

"How is that possible? After the Spirit Empire was completely wiped out, I went to plead with Tang San. He promised not to pursue past matters and not to drive us to extinction."

"The Spirit Empire did wrong, but many people were innocent."

Qin Sheng looked at Qian Renxue with a strange expression, feeling that this person wasn't very bright.

*Forget it, I'll leave Qian Renxue to Zhang Lexuan.*

"I have stabilized your state so you can remain conscious for a while. You can go and experience this era for yourself."

Qin Sheng called Zhang Lexuan in and introduced her.

"The former Goddess of Angels. I'm quite busy, so you chat with her."

Zhang Lexuan's mouth hung open. She said

"The Goddess of Angels... isn't that the evil deity who once intended to rule the continent and committed countless atrocities?"

Qian Renxue fell silent.

"Ha."

Qin Sheng chuckled, not blaming Zhang Lexuan for speaking bluntly.

The story of the evil Rakshasa God and the Angel God being defeated by the righteous Sea God, overthrowing the tyrannical rule of Spirit Hall and saving the people of the continent from misery, was a classic tale that had circulated on the Douluo Continent for ten thousand years.

As for why the people of the continent were living in even greater misery now?

*Don't ask me.*

A somewhat frightened Zhang Lexuan led Qian Renxue away.

Qin Sheng began to deeply comprehend the Godhood fragment. A day later, he felt a surge of pleasant surprise.

"This is practically the embodiment of Law!"

The power of the Angel God contained holiness, light, fire, purification, and more; the relevant laws were all reflected within the Godhood.

Comprehending the Godhood fragment was a shortcut to enhancing his understanding of Laws, which would greatly assist Qin Sheng in condensing his own Godhood and feeding back strength to his self in the Shrouding the Heavens world.

"After coming into contact with the power of a true deity, I have finally cleared up another matter as well."

"Granting others Soul Rings..."

Wiping out the Holy Spirit Cult and sparing the people from the suffering caused by Evil Soul Masters was a great feat, but many people lacked a tangible sense of it.

Accumulating enough Faith Power would take too long.

And what was most abundant on the continent? Soul Masters?

No, the most abundant were mortals without soul power, but these mortals had even less concept of Evil Soul Masters.

If Qin Sheng hadn't had the four nations specifically promote the dangers of Evil Soul Masters, most mortals wouldn't even know such an evil group existed.

To collect faith in the shortest amount of time, one had to deeply develop the mortal population.

There was one thing Qin Sheng was certain that if he did, it would surely shake the entire continent, causing countless people to worship him from the bottom of their hearts and revere him as a god.

That was to allow everyone to possess soul power and become Soul Masters, creating a Golden Age!

"Besides, having come to this world, I can't just participate in competitions, establish an academy or a sect to rule the world, and be satisfied with small trifles."

"I cannot make everyone a Titled Douluo, but I can give all living beings a chance to undergo a metamorphosis."

*I have arrived, I have changed, I am immortal!*