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After several days of travel, Ye Lan finally arrived near Tian Dou City.
"Uncle Wolf, let's stop here," Ye Lan said as he sat up on the bed inside the carriage, stretching lazily.
"Alright, Xiao Lan. Be careful on the road. I'll head to the Tian Dou Spirit Temple to arrange for Bishop Salas to have the carriage returned," Silver Wolf replied.
Now that they had reached Tian Dou City, Silver Wolf no longer had to worry too much about Ye Lan's safety.
The Tian Dou Spirit Temple had two permanently stationed Titled Douluo. Although Silver Wolf wasn't privy to the specific missions they were carrying out, as the deputy commander of the Holy Emperor Guard, he was at least aware of their presence.
Ye Lan was also on Spirit Hall's high-priority protection list. While the organization was split into two major factions, they never interfered with each other's affairs.
However, if anyone on that list was attacked by forces from outside Spirit Hall, both factions would unite and respond with full force—regardless of which faction the target belonged to.
After stepping off the carriage, Ye Lan watched as Silver Wolf drove the horses away in another direction. Then, he turned and began walking toward Tian Dou City.
Not long after—
A massive city wall gradually appeared in Ye Lan's view. The towering structure reached over a hundred meters in height, constructed from neat stacks of white granite. Intricate blue patterns were carved across its surface.
This colossal wall resembled a divine shield, a fortress guarding the city of Tian Dou, standing firm and unwavering.
The architecture of the wall was solemn and imposing. At its center were two secondary gates flanking a grand main gate.
Each secondary gate was about ten meters wide and over twenty meters high, primarily used for merchants, civilians, and traveling soul masters.
The main gate, in contrast, spanned more than twenty meters in width and soared over thirty meters in height. It was adorned with golden patterns and emblems, showcasing the Tian Dou royal family's grandeur and majesty.
This central gate was usually kept tightly shut, only opening in times of war or other significant national events.
As Ye Lan slowly approached the side gates, admiring the city wall's grandeur, he noticed something unusual—the main gate was open.
Was there a war?
That didn't seem to be the case. There was no sign of any military activity or assembled troops.
Just as Ye Lan neared the side entrance, he suddenly felt a gaze lock onto him from the direction of the main gate.
Following the gaze, Ye Lan saw a man in his twenties standing in the center of the gate. He had a straight nose and square jaw, his black hair tied up neatly with a golden ceremonial crown. He wore a luxurious yet dignified white royal robe, embroidered with golden soul beast patterns.
Behind the young man stood numerous attendants and well-disciplined palace guards maintaining order.
It was clear this person had come specifically for him.
Ye Lan was fairly certain—this man was none other than Xue Qinghe, the alias of Qian Renxue in disguise.
Qian Renxue—the Holy Daughter of Spirit Hall, heir to the Angel God.
In the original storyline, her fate was tragic.
Her beloved grandfather, Qian Daoliu, sacrificed himself so that she could become the Angel God.
Even as she was ascending to godhood, Qian Renxue was manipulated by the Sea God.
Whether it was her inexplicable affection for Tang San, the sudden emergence of a heart demon during her Angelic Trials, or the bizarre "livestream" of her trial by the Sea God—all of this was undoubtedly orchestrated by the Sea God's own malicious schemes.
After her ascension, Qian Renxue finally discovered the truth behind the secret chamber incident and was reunited with her mother, Bibi Dong.
But by then, Bibi Dong was dying in Qian Renxue's arms—her last remaining family member.
In the end, the family's hereditary Martial Soul, the Six-Winged Angel, was lost, its lineage broken. All that remained was an impure descendant with the Holy Angel soul.
Qian Renxue lost everything. If she had been as ruthless as Tang San, he would have died countless times over.
But Tang San exploited her unwavering sense of chivalry and manipulated her with false emotions crafted by the Sea God.
After learning the truth about his parents' deaths, Ye Lan knew clearly where his allegiance would ultimately lie—with Spirit Hall.
His parents had been deacons at a local Spirit Hall branch. It was thanks to Deacon Su Yuntao's financial support that he grew up healthy. His martial soul had been awakened with Spirit Hall's help. In a way, Bibi Dong had even saved his life.
In contrast, Tang Hao had a blood feud with his family. And Tang San, as Tang Hao's son, would never let Ye Lan live if he sought revenge on his father.
Tang San was the kind of person who would stop at nothing to destroy everything and everyone connected to his enemies.
Ye Lan couldn't bear to see Spirit Hall's Nuoding branch or the villagers of Harvest Village slaughtered by Tang San in retaliation.
To prevent such a future, Ye Lan had already decided—the moment he resolved to seek vengeance on Tang Hao, Tang San was part of the equation.
Tang Hao and his son had made destroying Spirit Hall their life's mission, using any means necessary.
Many innocent members of Spirit Hall were massacred by Tang San. During the God War, Tang San authorized Dugu Bo to use the venom of the Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor to turn Jialing Pass into a land of death.
That city had over 500,000 people.
All of them became pawns in Tang San's scheme—sacrificed merely to distract Qian Renxue during their divine duel.
He sacrificed half a million lives just to disrupt her focus.
Even after winning that battle, Tang San suggested Dugu Bo continue using his poison to wipe out all of Spirit Hall's remaining personnel.
So, the true culprit behind the massacre wasn't Dugu Bo; it was Tang San, who used him as a tool.
After all, how could Dugu Bo refuse an order from the Sea God?
And Bibi Dong—the so-called madwoman who Tang San claimed wanted to destroy the world—never once resorted to mass poisoning.
It's worth noting that Bibi Dong's poison was far more terrifying than Dugu Bo's. Not only was its toxicity the greatest on the continent, but she also possessed divine-level cultivation. If the Rakshasa God Bibi Dong had truly wanted to destroy the world after killing the Sea God Tang San, she could have wiped out the entire anti–Spirit Hall alliance with a single release of poison.
The greatest irony of the original story was this:
The Spirit Hall—an organization that provided subsidies and awakened martial souls for commoners—was destroyed.
Meanwhile, the chief culprit of the poisoning, Tang San, became the "pure and glorious" Sea God, revered by countless people for millennia.
So, whether for his family's blood feud or for the inevitable war between Spirit Hall and the Tang father-son duo—
Ye Lan had made his choice. He would stand with Spirit Hall.
Tang Hao and Tang San were the common enemy of both himself and Spirit Hall.
Pulling his thoughts back to the present, Ye Lan still didn't know why Qian Renxue had come to greet him personally.
But he remained calm and walked toward the secondary gate, not the main one.
After all, at this point in time, he wasn't supposed to "know" Qian Renxue or Xue Qinghe.
And Ye Lan had no intention of revealing that he possessed memories from a past life.
(End of Chapter)