Douluo Continent: Tonight, a Fairy Tale Descends

"Little Lord."

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, suppressing her turbulent emotions, and tried to keep her voice steady, but her eyes were sharp as knives as she stared intently at Yu Long.

"Uncle Yu Long, a month ago, that night at Fucui Palace, when you were outside, did you hear or sense anything unusual?"

Yu Long's body stiffened for a moment. He raised his head and looked at Qian Renxue's pale and tense face, a complex and hesitant look flashing in his eyes.

After a few seconds of silence, he said in a low voice, "Young Master, I was indeed guarding outside the palace that night. There was quite a commotion inside."

"A commotion?" Qian Renxue's heart sank to the bottom. "Explain yourself!"

"It's Eva's and His Highness's voices..."

Yu Long carefully chose his words, trying to describe the scene to Qian Renxue in an extremely calm manner.

"Your subordinate... Your subordinate thought at the time that it was Young Master's deliberate act to bewitch that vixen. After all, Young Master is a woman. Your subordinate never expected that Young Master... could actually... uh..."

Yu Long didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning couldn't be clearer.

He heard the sounds inside the hall and naturally assumed that Qian Renxue was acting for the mission, because in his mind, Qian Renxue was a woman and it was impossible for her to actually do anything substantial to another woman.

Boom!

Yu Long's words were like a final, heavy blow, slamming into Qian Renxue's already crumbling mental defenses.

Even Uncle Yu Long, who had been her bodyguard and watched her grow up, said that she was acting, which seemed to confirm the truth of what happened that night.

Qian Renxue staggered a step and barely managed to stand by holding onto the cold wall.

Absurd! Utterly absurd!

But if the divinely bestowed soul bone truly possesses such heaven-defying power, and if Eva is indeed pregnant, then the timing is just right.

The Crown Prince of the Heavenly Dou Empire had an affair with the empire's favorite concubine, and they even became pregnant.

Once this secret is exposed, her painstakingly planned scheme will collapse instantly, and the Spirit Hall's layout will be destroyed.

How would Bibi Dong view her? How would her grandfather view her?

But at the same time, what if... what if that child really is her bloodline?

She is the child of Qian Renxue, a descendant of the holy blood of a six-winged angel.

What should she do? Protect him?

Acknowledge him?

However, if the child is truly hers, she will certainly not act like Bibi Dong.

"Young Master? Are you alright?"

Yu Long looked at Qian Renxue's distraught appearance with concern, and his heart was also filled with turmoil.

How powerful is that divinely bestowed angel disguised as a soul bone?

Qian Renxue abruptly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, although there was still lingering fear in them, she had forcibly suppressed most of the chaos.

She can't make a mistake! Absolutely not!

"This matter is top secret!" Qian Renxue commanded Yu Long without room for doubt.

“Uncle Yu Long, what you heard and felt that night must remain buried in your heart. You must not utter a single word about it to anyone, including Grandpa and the Pope.”

"Your subordinate understands, and swears to protect the young master's secret with his life." Yu Long knelt on one knee and solemnly promised.

"Also, keep a close eye on everything that happens in the Floating Green Palace, especially regarding that child. Report to me immediately if anything unusual happens."

Qian Renxue walked to the window, looking at the deep night outside, her back view appearing exceptionally lonely.

"Yes!"

Yu Long retreated silently, and the secret room fell into dead silence once again.

Qian Renxue stood alone in the shadows, the letter in her hand, carrying a cold fragrance, seemed to weigh a ton.

The news of Eva's pregnancy has spread like wildfire throughout the palace. Overjoyed on a snowy night, various forces are bound to stir with urges.

Eva made an extremely ruthless move, pushing her to the brink of disaster.

Is the child really hers?

She didn't know, she really didn't know.

Qian Renxue stroked the side of her neck, where the phantom pain from the hickeys still seemed to linger.

In order to make Qian Renxue completely believe it, Eva had expended a lot of soul power to use black magic that night.

The effects of the black magic were obvious, leaving Qian Renxue completely baffled as to the truth of that night.

After all, besides the marks on her body, Eva also tampered with Qian Renxue's memories and perceptions.

This caused Qian Renxue's judgment to waver like never before.

"Wait for good news?"

Qian Renxue looked at the four words at the end of the letter, and a cold and bitter smile appeared on her lips.

Eva was pressuring her, using the child to bind her tightly to herself.

"What wonderful news!"

Qian Renxue murmured to herself, her eyes flashing with golden light.

"Eva, I'll play along with this charade. But in the end, the outcome is still uncertain!"

Chapter 34 Xiao Wu

Qian Renxue slowly brought the letter closer to the candle flame, watching it turn to ashes.

The firelight illuminated her pale face, half of which appeared sacred and awe-inspiring in the light, while the other half was shrouded in deep darkness in the shadows.

The truth may only be revealed when that child is born.

Before that, she had to play the role of a perfect crown prince.

Fucui Palace.

Eva leaned back on the soft, fur-covered couch, looking at the image of the Crown Prince's residence reflected in the magic mirror.

"Oh."

Eva chuckled lazily, toying with a strand of golden hair between her fingers, her eyes gleaming with a playful, cat-and-mouse-like light.

"It seems our little angel has completely lost her composure."

Eva stroked her flat stomach, which was of course empty. The so-called pregnancy pulse was just a magical illusion she had created, enough to fool even the imperial physicians and titled Douluo.

Eva had already made preparations for everything after the child's birth, and that night she collected the blood containing the pure angelic power of Qian Renxue.

The blood was now contained in a tiny crystal bottle, which she was currently caressing in her hands.

"Bai Xue, my dear daughter."

Eva's gaze turned to the distant west, as if piercing through space to see that pure and kind princess.

"When you arrive on this continent, your mother will prepare a great gift for you. You will have the most noble status, the most powerful martial spirit, and become your mother's most perfect creation and most powerful pawn."

Eva intends to blend this drop of sacred blood into a magic potion and inject it into Snow White's body, making her undeniably of angelic blood.

Eva's smile grew increasingly eerie.

By using Qian Renxue's bloodline to create Snow White with a six-winged angel martial soul, the child's lineage of angels will be confirmed, and she will then simultaneously control the Heaven Dou Empire and the Spirit Hall.

The plan was so perfect that even Eva herself couldn't help but admire it.

Whether Qian Renxue is angry or wavering, she ultimately cannot escape her grasp.

As for Snow White's own wishes? Eva's red lips curled into a cold smile.

Kindness—that was precisely the quality she could best utilize.

She will love the child, in a way that is absolutely controlling.

"Little Qianrenxue, enjoy this surprise."

Eva raised a glass of blood-red wine and offered a distant toast in the direction of the Crown Prince's residence, her eyes deep and unfathomable.

……

Starry Sky Forest, on the edge of the core area.

Here, the towering ancient trees lose their absolute dominance, and sunlight can dapple through them.

However, this once peaceful place is now filled with the pungent smell of blood and violent energy fluctuations.

A pink figure tumbled awkwardly in the air; it was none other than Arou, the 100,000-year-old soul beast, the Soft Bone Rabbit, who had transformed into human form.

Blood trickled from the corner of Arou's mouth, and her beautiful face was covered in blood and pain.

Her pink dress was also torn, revealing deep, bone-revealing wounds.

There was also a wound on her chest that emitted a purplish-black light.

The cause of this wound is Bibi Dong's sixth soul skill, Eternal Wound.

Ignoring physical defenses, it directly damages the source of the injury, severing the life force.

"Mother!!"

Having only recently taken human form, Xiao Wu was powerless at the moment. She could only hide in the pink light shield protecting her from A Rou and scream anxiously.

"Go! Xiao Wu, hurry! Let's get into the core area!"

Arou's voice was hoarse and resolute. She endured the excruciating pain and used her last strength to hurl the pink light shield protecting Xiaowu toward the deepest part of the Star Dou Great Forest, to the core area where the life force was most abundant.

The light shield transformed into a stream of light and instantly disappeared into the dense forest.

"No! Mom! Don't leave Xiaowu!!"

Xiao Wu's cries became indistinct as they flew away at high speed.

Almost at the same moment Xiao Wu was thrown out, several powerful attacks once again enveloped A Rou.

The leader was none other than Bibi Dong, the current Pope of the Spirit Hall.

She hovered in mid-air, surrounded by a chillingly evil aura. Nine spirit rings slowly rotated beneath her feet, especially the last one, a blood-red 100,000-year spirit ring, which exuded a suffocating sense of oppression.