Douluo Continent: Peerless Angel Qian Renxue.

Chapter 21 Snow Meets Snow, King Meets King

"That's right, that's exactly it. In the far north, I should be considered the oldest soul beast. My title is Snow Empress, Ice and Snow Maiden, and I am also the king of the entire far north." Snow Empress's voice was cold, yet contained a hint of pride.

"So what?" Qian Renxue said mercilessly, "No matter how glorious the past was, it's just history now. Since you chose to become a human, I guess you've encountered some kind of bottleneck in your soul beast cultivation, right? Right now, you're just an embryo, not some emperor of the far north."

In a way, the Snow Emperor's situation is somewhat similar to my own. We both had seemingly glorious pasts, but then one day they suddenly collapsed, leaving us with nothing.

However, Qian Renxue wouldn't bring up too many things from the past like Xue Di would. She would only dwell on the past alone, constantly reminding herself of her own mistakes.

"You...!" Xue Di was speechless, unable to refute her.

"Are you going to let me out or not?!" Xue Di had no choice but to change the subject.

"Well, it's not that I don't want to let you go," Qian Renxue said, spreading her hands with a hint of helplessness. "It's just that I can't open this device. This thing must be a very high-level soul tool, and my current soul power cultivation level isn't enough to activate it."

"That's simple," Xue Di said. "I've been trapped in this device for at least three years and have studied it a bit. If possible, it can be broken by force, but only external force can do that; I can't damage it from the inside."

"?" Qian Renxue was stunned. "It's that simple? Am I overthinking it?"

"If you had the attack power of a Contra, you should be able to break the whole thing. As long as there is a clear crack, I can escape from here."

Qian Renxue stroked her chin. If it required the attack power of a Soul Douluo, then this thing was indeed of a high level. It might even be an eighth-level soul tool that she had seen in that history book, which was rare in the original Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent, or even a ninth-level soul tool that had not yet been developed in the Three Kingdoms.

"But I'm just a Soul Master who's not even level 30 yet..." she said helplessly to Xue Di, "You're telling me I need to use Soul Douluo-level attack power?"

"It's alright, you can smash it slowly. Quantitative change leads to qualitative change." Xue Di's voice came, and in Qian Renxue's mind, the voice seemed to have become less cold and aloof. On the contrary, it carried a little bit of excitement.

"Won't this have any effect on you? After all, judging from your appearance, although you can communicate with me in the spiritual realm, you should still be just an embryo, and your strength should be relatively weak, right? If I were to punch you like this, wouldn't I kill you?" Qian Renxue hesitated for a moment. "Besides, what if you try to do something bad to me after you come out?"

She had seen soul beasts reincarnate into human form before—that dead rabbit was one example—but she wasn't sure what their cultivation level would be like after reincarnation. Based on the Snow Empress's original soul beast form, her innate full soul power was unquestionable; otherwise, it would be an insult to that status. However, after reincarnation, the first six soul rings could automatically condense. This meant that if the Snow Empress automatically condensed her first soul ring and became nearly level twenty, given her extreme martial soul and long-standing experience, she'd probably have a headache herself.

"I, the Ice and Snow Maiden, the Snow Empress, hereby swear with my soul to the Douluo Plane that if I regain my freedom, I will absolutely not... " The Snow Empress suddenly realized that she did not seem to know the girl's name, "and will not intervene to save her own humanity. If she breaks this oath, may her martial soul be shattered and her soul destroyed.

There's nothing wrong with making such an oath, after all, the Snow Empress has transformed into a human, so she should have a martial soul just like her original soul beast form after she comes out.

Qian Renxue scratched her head. At this rate, it seemed like it was her turn to make an oath. She had originally planned to keep this guy by her side and find an opportunity to kill him. Anyway, she had said before that she would consider letting him go, as long as she hadn't made up her mind by the time they reached the Ninth Ring.

After all, in her heart, humans and soul beasts were never on good terms. She wasn't a member of the Tang family, so when she saw a soul beast transform, she thought it was all sweet and gentle, easy to push over... no, it should be "to sacrifice and resurrect a good lover."

"Then let's leave the city," Qian Renxue said. "If we help you get out of the city, it will be hard for others not to know about it." "Wait, why don't you swear an oath?" Xue Di asked curiously.

"What oath should I make?" Qian Renxue asked curiously.

"You, how could you, the successor of the angels, act like this? Ten thousand years ago, the angel soul master who came to the far north made a promise with Bing'er, saying that as long as he lived, his faction would not go to the far north to hunt soul beasts!" Xue Di was obviously a little anxious and didn't care about maintaining a cool and aloof image.

"That angelic soul master she mentioned is probably my grandfather, isn't it?" Qian Renxue thought to herself. This was exactly the kind of thing Qian Daoliu would do. He was always like this, taking promises too seriously, which made him live a somewhat timid and hesitant life, ultimately leaving others with a cowardly and timid image. In the end, his descendants had to pay the price for his actions.

If he had attacked the Clear Sky Sect earlier, or hadn't let those elders feign death in the early stages, perhaps there wouldn't have been so much trouble later on. It can only be said that everyone bears responsibility for the Spirit Hall's failure.

"..." She sighed, "I, the successor of the angels, swear here with my martial soul that I will never break my previous vow and will never have any improper thoughts about the Snow Empress."

Qian Renxue cherished her kinship with Qian Daoliu and didn't want to dishonor her grandfather, but she also had to consider her and the little devil's current situation. So making such an oath wasn't a problem, since she was talking about being a descendant of angels. What if the little devil wasn't a descendant of angels? Maybe she could even use a wordplay or something.

Hearing Qian Renxue make such a vow, Xue Di felt a little relieved, but she still asked, "I still don't know your name?"

"My name is Xue," Qian Renxue said.

"Are you kidding me? Is this how you humans have a sense of humor?" Xue Di asked in confusion.

"I've already sworn an oath to heaven and earth, why would I need to lie to you about my name?" Qian Renxue said calmly.

"Then what should I do?" Xue Di asked.

"?" Qian Renxue looked at the little figure inside the embryo with a puzzled expression.

"Your name is Xue, and I originally planned to use the name Xue after I took human form." Xue Di seemed to care a lot about this.

"Then my name is Da Xue, and yours is Xiao Xue?" Qian Renxue scratched her head.

"You little brat, it should be me named Da Xue and you named Xiao Xue."

Qian Renxue shrugged indifferently: "Whatever. You're an old monster who's lived for hundreds of thousands of years. I really can't even come close to you."

The Conferred God Platform's soul tool can be brute-forced. In the original work, Huo Yuhao used the Conferred God Platform to block a Soul Douluo from the Body Sect. After the attack hit the Conferred God Platform, a gap appeared, and Xue Di ran out from inside.

(End of this chapter)