Chapter 112: Fundamental Law of the Plane! Past Cause, Present Effect

On the high platform, Qian Daoliu gave a deep glance at Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, then asked, "It seems the Panlong Staff in Feng Hua's hands carries two dragon souls that don't belong to him."

Qian Jun and Jiang Mo exchanged a smile and simultaneously summoned their martial souls. Their martial souls were identical; each held a staff two zhang long. Yet the usual gold‑dragon patterns on the Panlong Staff were gone, the black shaft turned jade‑colored, smooth and hollow, and the dragon souls sealed within had completely vanished.

Now, the two devotees' martial souls can no longer be called Panlong Staffs.

The soul rings on the jade staff are also exactly the same—two yellow, two purple, five black, nine major soul rings in the optimal normal ratio—but their colors are somewhat dim.

Qian Daoliu sighed, "I didn't expect you to reach this level. Having lost the dragon souls, the power of your martial souls and soul skills will be considerably affected. It seems Feng Hua truly carries your high expectations."

"Those dragon souls grew together with the Panlong Staff's martial soul, becoming inseparable. Without them, your vital energy will be severely damaged, and you'll never be able to get close again."

The two laughed carefree, in unison saying, "We've been stuck at level ninety‑six. With such talent, if it weren't for Xue Er's immortal herb, we couldn't have reached the ninety‑seven realm. We're already quite satisfied now."

Jiang Mo continued, "Feng Hua has always been an independent child, always having his own ideas. This is his first time begging us to make him stronger. But besides a combined attack technique, we have nothing else to offer. Even the Unyielding Staff Technique was a concept proposed by Xue Er—strong, yet relying only on the three forms we've created so far, Feng Hua could never catch up with Xue Er. Perhaps this dragon soul could carry him farther. If it truly works, the future Angel God's granddaughter‑in‑law would be a great honor, haha."

Qian Jun also laughed, "We taught him the Panlong Staff's combined attack technique, but in our lineage there isn't a promising child to match him. We have to think of a solution; we can't let the child learn the combined attack technique in vain."

Qian Daoliu nodded, feeling a bit helpless. Each of those old brothers had taken a liking to his granddaughter, coaxing their grandsons to court his family's cabbage, but after decades of friendship, he found it hard to say anything.

"Descendants have their own fortunes; Xue Er's matters must be up to her. As long as she's willing, that's enough."

Jiang Mo, the Douluo, laughed loudly, "As long as you, grandpa, don't stop Feng Hua from approaching Xue Er, the rest is up to Feng Hua himself."

Aside from Tian Yue of the second devotee's family, his grandson is the most outstanding. The other kids can't compare to Feng Hua; there's no way that little Tian Yue would compete with Feng Hua. Impossible, absolutely impossible.

At that moment, several people in the audience stared in shock at the four soul rings on Qian Gu Feng Hua's body, surprised that his soul power level, usually mingling with theirs, had already reached Soul Ancestor. He's really hidden it deep, even from his brothers!

Tuo Ba Chen suddenly asked, "Who do you think will win?"

Rui En immediately replied, "That's definitely Xue Er. Qian Renxue is invincible! She hasn't even used her martial soul yet."

Ling Kuang also sighed, "If Xue Er is careless, then I'd pick Feng Hua to win."

Tuo Ba Chen and Rui En immediately grasped Ling Kuang's meaning; in other words, as long as Qian Renxue isn't careless, the outcome is already sealed. Anyone with eyes can see that, even if they think Qian Gu Feng Hua's talent is superb, they have no confidence against Qian Renxue.

Indeed, watching the relaxed, carefree Qian Renxue on one side and the focused, determined Qian Gu Feng Hua on the other, they realized Qian Renxue still didn't take him seriously, even though he is a Soul Ancestor with a black fourth ring.

Everyone thought Qian Gu Feng Hua only wanted to showcase his strength before Qian Renxue, to prove he's stronger than Tian Yue, but only he himself knows the truth.

He came up to personally crush Qian Renxue; Qian Gu Feng Hua wants to take that girl in front of him! He yearns to tell Qian Renxue with a victory that he is the strongest. To obtain her, he must defeat her while she's still young, leaving an indelible shadow in her heart.

He wants her first thought of the name Qian Gu Feng Hua to be that she once lost to him, not the so‑called grandson of Seventh Grandfather.

Qian Gu Feng Hua stared at Qian Renxue with blazing eyes; he's waited far too long for this day. Only now, when Qian Renxue is eleven, and he has just completed the absorption of two dragon souls, is he at his strongest! Only then does he feel confident enough to defeat the Eight‑Wing Angel martial soul; the later those two dragon souls aid him, the less help they provide.

Qian Gu Feng Hua gripped his long staff tightly, suppressing the yearning in his eyes, and said, "Release your martial soul, Qian Renxue, and settle this with me!"

A golden holy light suddenly flared on Qian Renxue, with thick golden pillars as thick as arms rising around her, and a surge of violent soul power instantly swept the entire training arena.

Four pairs of pristine white wings emitting golden light spread out behind her.

Purple! Purple! Black! Black! Black! Red!!! Six circles of soul rings exuding a terrifying aura rose one after another from beneath Qian Renxue's feet, each emergence feeling like a ruthless giant hand clutching everyone's hearts.

Especially the subsequent ten‑thousand‑year third ring and the blood‑red sixth ring, as deep as crimson, whose terrifying aura intertwined with soul power, sending a chill through everyone.

"Sixteen soul rings?! Soul Emperor! An eleven‑year‑old Soul Emperor?! How is that possible? Am I dreaming?"

Tuo Ba Chen's gaze became completely blank; aside from the few known devotees whose expressions remained unchanged, the small group buzzed with chatter.

"A blood‑red soul ring, no way? The legendary hundred‑thousand‑year soul ring—the sixth one—is a hundred‑thousand years. Is this a soul master chosen by the gods?"

They truly have never seen a hundred‑thousand‑year soul ring; unlike Tian Yue, who has witnessed a Gold Crocodile Douluo wielding a martial soul, the others only heard elders say that only the Gold Crocodile Douluo and the senior devotee possess hundred‑thousand‑year soul rings.

Six circles of soul rings pulsed slowly, emitting a rich halo that intertwined with the violent soul power, while Qian Renxue's loosely flowing golden hair fluttered in the wind behind her.

No need for any swagger or moves; at this moment, just with those six soul rings she is already the most dazzling one in the arena.

She gave a faint glance at the Panlong Staff in Qian Gu Feng Hua's hand; her pale, slender fingers curled, a golden ripple undulated before her, and then a long sword formed of crystal‑gold appeared in her grasp.

The blade was slender, like exquisite glazed glass set into a radiant golden spine, crystal‑like in craftsmanship—the Angel Holy Sword.

Then another crimson soul ring bearing four golden patterns pulsed on the Angel Holy Sword, encircling its narrow, sharp blade.

Qian Gu Feng Hua stared dazed at the seven astonishing soul rings beside Qian Renxue, clenching his teeth; his ambition had already shattered before it even began.

"A ten‑thousand‑year third ring, two hundred‑thousand‑year soul rings, an eleven‑year‑old Soul Saint—haha, is the gap between us really this huge?"

Qian Renxue said calmly, "With the companion dragon souls of two Super Douluo, you've earned the right for me to wield my martial soul."

"I'm pleased with Tian Yue's vitality; your martial soul shouldn't disappoint me either, right?"

Qian Gu Feng Hua hummed, the silver‑white light of his Panlong Staff flaring brightly, a resonant dragon roar echoing as a ten‑meter silver‑white Demon‑slayer Dragon burst forth with tremendous momentum.

It collided with Qian Gu Feng Hua; two silver‑white dragon horns sprouted on his head, white dragon scales covered his body and the sides of his face, and his physical attributes surged dramatically.

Immediately, the black fourth soul ring on Qian Gu Feng Hua lit up; the silver‑white Panlong Staff turned golden and split in two, and another Panlong Staff appeared in his other hand.

Oh? A martial soul duplicate?

Facing this near‑perfect skill for a weapon martial soul, Qian Renxue's complexion couldn't help but become excited.

A martial soul duplicate typically appears only on a weapon soul master; when this skill is used, it releases another weapon martial soul identical to one's own for attack, and the scariest part is that the skill can stack with other abilities.

In other words, for a short period, the weapon soul master's attack power doubles.

When a martial soul duplicate appears on a ten‑year soul ring, it generally provides only thirty percent of the original martial soul's attack; on a hundred‑year ring, fifty percent; on a thousand‑year ring, seventy percent; only on a ten‑thousand‑year ring does it reach one hundred percent.

If it's on a hundred‑thousand‑year soul ring, once the duplicate is activated, both identical weapon martial souls can wield two hundred percent power.

The martial soul duplicate that Qian Gu Feng Hua is using is on a ten‑thousand‑year soul ring; although it's only just entered the ten‑thousand‑year tier, this type of soul skill amplification only considers the age range, possibly limited because the effect is overpowered; without reaching a hundred‑thousand years, even at ninety‑thousand years the skill's effect matches that of a ten‑thousand‑year one, the only difference being the boost to physical attributes.

With this duplicate, any soul skill he later uses on his martial soul will produce a double effect.

Qian Gu Feng Hua let out a low roar, surged forward instantly, wielding two Panlong Staffs—one left, one right, one up, one down—attacking Qian Renxue simultaneously.

A normal person cannot swing weapons with both hands simultaneously; everyone has a dominant hand—Qian Renxue, for example, is left‑handed—but Qian Gu Feng Hua moves as if both hands are equally skilled, wielding the Panlong Staffs without any awkwardness, his movements flowing like water.

Because this generation of the Qian Gu family has no second person to cooperate with, he uses the combined attack technique of Qian Jun and Jiang Mo alone! One person's combined attack technique! The two Panlong Staffs surge with fierce momentum, perfectly synchronized; the purple third soul ring on the staff blazes, the whole staff expands several times, its aura extremely vigorous, and as the staff swings a deep dragon‑roar bellow disrupts Qian Renxue's spiritual sea.

Facing this perfectly coordinated combined attack, the two Panlong Staffs flip up and down; Qian Renxue, unshaken, swings the Angel Holy Sword to block.

The golden Angel Holy Sword flashed like flowing light, instantly intertwining with the two Panlong Staffs.

"Boom—!" The thunderous clash rang out, the sound of the holy sword colliding with the long staffs echoing like sudden thunder, stirring the heart.

The combined attack technique in Qian Gu Feng Hua's hands is the staff method of Qian Jun and Jiang Mo, but he has learned both of their styles and merged them into a single person's technique.

Suddenly, the right‑hand Panlong Staff of Qian Gu Feng Hua spun like a wind‑mill; a splendid second soul ring lit up on his body, and two golden dragons on the staff seemed to come alive, accompanied by roaring dragon chants, forming a massive golden ring that surged toward Qian Renxue.

While the coiling dragon staff in his left hand struck down without any flourish, the raised staff gave an indescribable terrifying texture, the air twisting wherever it passed; the two coiling dragon staffs, one up and one down, coordinated to perfection, the forty-third level soul power all erupted, madly poured into the staff, and it struck out with the force of breaking bamboo and rotting wood.

「Battle Heaven and Earth—! 」

「Whooo—」

Qian Renxue's expression remained calm, pink light flickering in her eyes as she circulated the Blazing Phoenix Heart Technique; scorching crimson flames blazed fiercely on her hair, and with each breath a few scorching jets of flame faintly sprayed out. 「Ding—! 」

With a clang, Qian Renxue directly lifted her sword to strike the weakest point of the spinning golden coiling dragon staff, swinging upward with force; the huge dragon-shaped halo was knocked away, and then Qian Renxue, following the motion, blocked the staff swung down at her head. Qian Renxue's body froze for an instant, and then the slender blade suddenly boiled with crimson flames.

Qian Renxue swung her sword cleanly and decisively.

A terrifying sonic boom erupted, a scorching crackle sounded, and the ground behind Qian Feng Hua suddenly tore into mud, the ground continually cracking into spider‑web patterns.

At the instant of their collision, Qian Renxue could clearly feel a strong intention emanating from Qian Feng Hua's coiling dragon staff, as if it wanted to crush her, a domineering aura full of unyielding stubbornness and pride.

This was not a pure mental attack, but a tempered fighting spirit forged through countless trials. Qian Renxue couldn't help admiring, never expecting that he had truly succeeded in infusing his unyielding staff intent into every strike, something even Qian Renxue herself had not mastered as true sword intent.

Qian Feng Hua was also astonished at this moment; having used the martial soul avatar, his fourth soul skill, each of the two golden dragons within his coiling dragon staff now exists, having resided in the staffs of the two attendants for years, they have long mastered the corresponding unyielding staff intents of those attendants.

Even with Qian Feng Hua's exceptional perceptiveness, it would be impossible for him, at only thirteen, to condense his own staff intent—something Qian Renxue herself could not achieve, let alone Qian Feng Hua.

Thanks only to the aid of the two golden dragon souls within his martial soul, he, at just thirteen, is a genius soul master who possesses unyielding staff intent.

Qian Feng now felt his whole body scorching intensely from the heat wave; the coiling dragon staff in his left hand was like a fire‑stick, burned red and scalding hot, but fortunately, after his innate martial soul's evil‑dispelling dragon possessed him, his tolerance more than doubled; otherwise he would have dropped it from the heat.

Moreover, the crux was not here; the key point was that, in that collision just now, he clearly felt that the heaven‑and‑earth power driven by his unyielding staff intent seemed no longer to obey his command, dissipating instantly at the moment of impact, so the might of the Battle Heaven and Earth stance was not truly unleashed.

What is happening? In fact, although the Unyielding Staff Method breaks laws by defying them, it is actually a way of employing laws; they simply take it to the extreme, akin to shattering and then enslaving, not destroying all laws but achieving this within a certain range for an instant.

Xue'er, you are truly terrifying.

After merely a moment of mutual stare, Qian Renxue leapt up again, while Qian Feng Hua paid no heed to the coiling dragon staff flying from his right hand; instead, the long staff in his left hand trembled, countless staff shadows superimposed, layer upon layer sweeping toward Qian Renxue—this staff first swept from above down to the side, then curled upward from below toward Qian Renxue.

The staff shadows were heavy, making it impossible to grasp their true direction; even one's mental power could not sense where the attack would erupt, and the unyielding staff intent emanating from Qian Feng Hua's coiling dragon staff perfectly concealed this staff's weak point.

Qian Renxue merely flicked her wings behind her, paused in midair, and directly escaped the huge staff thrust at her.

Soon afterward, another huge coiling dragon staff appeared in the sky, descending from above, somewhat like the previous Battle Heaven and Earth.

「Shake Heaven and Move Earth—! 」

Second form of the Unyielding Staff Method! A powerful qi locked onto Qian Renxue's body; this staff was unavoidable—no matter where she flew, the staff shadow seemed able to strike her head.

Qian Renxue raised her sword with both hands to block, but the staff smashed her down from the air with brutal force, hitting the ground with a tremendous boom; this time, Qian Renxue's whole body was nailed to the ground like a stake, her lower half completely buried.

How could a mighty Soul Emperor possibly fail to dodge a Soul Ancestor's qi lock? Qian Feng Hua himself was a bit stunned; in his view, with Qian Renxue's Soul Emperor cultivation, she should have been able to withstand at least a little, yet she collapsed so easily—this fellow clearly had no intention of defending.

But before Qian Feng Hua could even feel doubtful, Qian Renxue pulled herself out of the ground, her gaze blazing as she looked at Qian Feng Hua.

Laws! It was no illusion—after that strike, laws truly entered her body! Such high‑level things are clearly something only gods are qualified to fully master.

After the first clash of Battle Heaven and Earth, Qian Renxue clearly felt her body affected by the Unyielding Staff Method's law‑breaking influence, producing a momentary stiffness; yet in that instant she could clearly sense that the laws shattered and stirred by the Unyielding Staff Method, upon sensing her aura, seemed to have found home and surged into her body.

This was not the elemental law grasped by gods, but the purest plane‑origin law of the Douluo Continent; as the current plane's child of fortune, Qian Renxue was naturally easy for them to regard as one of their own.

Normally, they only favor Qian Renxue to some extent, for instance making it easier for her to comprehend the world's laws so she can use and guide them, because in a sense, the plane's laws are equivalent to the plane's vitality for the whole plane.

The Unyielding Staff Method destroys and borrows the power of laws; to the plane's laws themselves it is damage, and the plane's laws together with the plane's spirit, no matter how much they favor the child of fortune, cannot give her their life force, for that is the most vital existence sustaining the plane.

But now the situation is that the Unyielding Staff Method breaks small‑scale laws; after it uses those law forces they also dissipate, and they are not absorbed by Qian Feng Hua—this is the inherent flaw of the Unyielding Staff Method's defiance; practicing this staff method is tantamount to opposing the whole plane, so Qian Feng Hua will never gain the plane's approval, no matter what.

If it weren't for the protection of the Broken Evil Dragon within his martial soul, Qian Gu Fenghua Guang would have died from bad luck.

Therefore, Qian Renxue, the girl of destiny favored by the spirits of the Douluo Continent plane, becomes the outlet for these shattered laws.

Thus, before, Qian Gu Fenghua felt that after colliding with Qian Renxue, the heavenly force driven by the Unyielding Staff Technique seemed to disintegrate directly, but it was not disintegration—it was absorbed by Qian Renxue.

These pure law forces will not directly increase Qian Renxue's own strength, but they will make her more attuned to the entire Douluo Continent plane, providing great aid in comprehension and in drawing upon heavenly forces.

On the other hand, the bottleneck of Extreme Douluo cannot trap her at all; with this, refining her sword intent and integrating various abilities brings tremendous benefit.

Honestly, Qian Renxue's current abilities are quite many, each not weak; when facing those noobs she doesn't know which to use, fearing she might accidentally kill them.

But against the strongest, she feels somewhat weak; the enhancement soul skills are fine, but the other soul skills are rarely useful. She needs to integrate her abilities into a single ultimate move, like Kevin from Honkai 3, who, no matter who comes, unleashes a sky fire from the sheath and defeats them all—so cool.

These plane's primordial laws greatly aid her in merging her own abilities; the Unyielding Staff Technique is indeed powerful, so much that even under its hard resistance, despite Qian Renxue's robust physique, she feels her head buzzing and her arms growing sore.

However, this time Qian Renxue more profoundly experienced the fusion of the plane's primordial laws after they shattered, and the feeling was truly wonderful; Qian Renxue's spiritual power has already reached the Spirit Abyss Realm level, so the perception is especially clear. Jin Huang'er was directly awakened by this primordial power, cheering within the Eight‑Winged Angel Soul Seal.

Jin Huang'er hurriedly asked: "Xue'er! Quickly gather the primordial power! Take more sticks, I didn't expect you to be so welcomed by the primordial laws without any repulsion at all; you can't be the girl of destiny, can you?"

"【Perhaps, otherwise I wouldn't know how to explain.】"

Qian Renxue replied with a strange expression, "I might not really be the girl of destiny, huh?" It's hard to say; with innate level‑20 soul power and a divine martial soul, if Tang San hadn't intervened, the original Qian Renxue might indeed have been the girl of destiny.

For Jin Huang'er, whose sword form is attached to the Angelic Holy Sword, the law power of the main Douluo Continent plane is her best supplement; this supplement is not for cultivating level, but for direct transcendence.

Any being that cultivates to a certain point needs a qualitative breakthrough after quantitative accumulation, but in fact, although the qualitative change may occur in an instant, that instant is the hardest, and the plane's primordial laws are the opportunity for such transcendence.

Tang Shenwang's long‑pondered millennial scheme is to obtain the Douluo Continent plane's primordial laws.

If she possesses the complete primordial laws, even without an Angelic or Asura divine seat, she can create her own divine seat! No need to follow the faith‑to‑god path; it's pure self‑transcendence and evolution, something even deities covet.

Through her collision with Qian Gu Fenghua's Unyielding Staff Technique, Qian Renxue absorbed only a little, but even a drop is something that even deities wish to absorb! Other planes also covet it.

This Unyielding Staff Technique truly hasn't been in vain for the two worshippers! Past cause, present effect—the reward has arrived, hasn't it? Others struck by Qian Gu Fenghua's staff would die, but being struck by it, Qian Renxue truly enjoys it; this feels far more comfortable than any medicinal bath.

Qian Renxue took a deep breath, suppressing the ecstatic joy in her heart; now she would become a masochistic demon, and she had to consider her wording—her hard‑won prestige couldn't be taken lightly as being a masochist! The Angelic Holy Core activated, the numbness in her arms vanished instantly, her wings flapped, and Qian Renxue floated again in the air, a powerful soul power wave radiating through her body with great pressure.

"That stick of yours truly pleases me; now, let me see your third form."

Silver‑white light flickered in Qian Gu Fenghua's eyes; with a move of his right hand, the flying Coiling Dragon Staff reappeared in his hand, the two Coiling Dragon Staffs he held stood upright, suddenly leapt from his grasp, hurled toward Qian Renxue; the two Coiling Dragon Staffs rapidly enlarged in the air, then merged into one, the dragon reliefs on the staff coming alive, turning into four golden dragons spiraling around the Coiling Dragon Staff.

Centered on the Coiling Dragon Staff, the surrounding heavenly forces violently changed and twisted; Qian Renxue felt a massive amount of laws shatter, then the four dragons opened their mouths to devour and feed back into the staff. The Coiling Dragon Staff itself grew larger, glowing all over, like a massive pillar of light, descending boldly.

Unyielding Staff Technique, third form: Heaven‑piercing, Earth‑supporting!

Qian Renxue muttered in her heart, "Why does this kid now resemble Sun Wukong? That Coiling Dragon Staff is just like a Ruyi Golden Cudgel," then she flapped her wings without hesitation and flew backward.

But at that moment, a powerful pulling force emanated from the Coiling Dragon Staff, as if an invisible shackles instantly trapped Qian Renxue, and the surrounding air became viscous, hindering her movement. This was not Qian Gu Fenghua's own qi lock, but the heavenly force summoned by the Coiling Dragon Staff.

"Hmph!"

The first soul ring on Qian Renxue suddenly lit up, the Eight‑Winged Azure‑Silver transformation activated; the wings enveloped her body then burst outward, the eight wings behind her tinged with blue‑gold light, her aura surged, doubling instantly, and the overwhelming aura burst the shackles locking her on the spot.

She casually discarded the ornate Angelic Holy Sword, and Qian Renxue's left hand climbed onto the silver‑white Kirin gauntlet entwined with violet lightning and pure light; she intended to approach and touch the Coiling Dragon Staff, now in Unyielding Staff Technique state, to obtain more of the plane's primordial laws.

A roar of violet‑electric holy‑light Kirin sounded within Qian Renxue's body; the silver‑white gauntlet instantly turned deep violet, and a low rumble erupted from her left arm, as the pure white aura merged into the left arm.

The golden lightning gave a feeling far less violent than the deep purple lightning, but it possessed a grand and majestic aura, a lofty domineering and powerful presence; this is the power of radiant thunder formed by the fusion of the light attribute and the thunder attribute.

Qian Renxue's left hand gauntlet blazed with brilliant golden light, and her soul bone technique "Qilin Arm Shatters the Heavens!" activated; Qian Renxue instantly turned into a bolt of brilliant golden lightning, rushing straight toward the falling Panlong staff.

Qian Renxue gave a clear shout, her brilliant golden left fist first retracted to her waist, then her body half-turned, she twisted her waist and swung her shoulder, throwing out a punch! When Qian Renxue threw this punch, a faint resonance sound instantly appeared in the air.

7600 brothers, today no overtime, I'll make up yesterday's 600 words together for the brothers; some readers don't really like the plot of Tian Yue and Qian Gu Feng Hua, so the author will end the battle as soon as possible, Tian Yue has already laid the groundwork, if you don't say the flirtatious talk you might as well not say anything, the flirtatious talk of Qian Gu Feng Hua's segment can be forgotten, no need to lay groundwork, end it as soon as possible, to speed up progress, today after work I directly grinded 7600, my wrists are sore to death, haha, still better to get to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon plot soon, but if readers want to see Tang San's plot there's currently nothing we can do, after all Tang San is only two years old, but we can arrange for a transmigrator, hehe.

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