Simple and easy.
Another year passed.
Winter had arrived.
Countless snowflakes tightly blanketed the palace city.
Inside the Imperial Garden of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
Two children, a boy and a girl, were playing in a snowball fight.
Strangely, despite such cold and icy weather,
the two children were dressed thinly as if it were summer, showing no signs of being cold at all.
They were the Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King that had hatched from the two dragon eggs before Jin Mian!
However, their current names were Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan, respectively.
It had to be said,
as members of the Dragon Clan, their development was indeed fast enough.
In just one year,
not only did the two little ones grow to the size of three or four-year-old human children, but they also learned to walk and talk in an extremely short amount of time.
Naturally, the personalities of the two dragons were also quite different.
Xiao Hong's personality was the mischievous and outgoing type, acting like an old friend with everyone.
In contrast, Xiao Lan was elegant and refined with a cold temperament, possessing a'strangers keep away' personality.
The older brother, Xiao Hong, was currently running ahead on his two short legs with a cheeky expression.
The younger sister, Xiao Lan, was chasing behind him in a huff.
At the same time, she didn't forget to forcefully throw the snowball in her hand.
"Hehe, missed me," Xiao Hong turned his head and said with a laugh.
Xiao Lan quickly packed another snowball and hurried to catch up: "Just you wait! If I catch you today, you're dead!"
On a nearby pavilion...
"Those two are really energetic," Jin Mian said, standing by the window and watching the two little ones frolicking outside.
Ye Lingling was sitting opposite him.
At this moment, she was thoughtfully brewing hot tea, which she then pushed toward Jin Mian's side of the table.
She asked, "The snow in Heaven Dou City this year is much heavier than usual."
"A timely snow promises a good harvest; this is a good omen." Jin Mian sat back down, took a sip of tea, and continued, "But I expect that in a few days, we'll probably be returning to Spirit City."
Hearing this,
Ye Lingling's gaze drifted toward a nearby Secret Chamber.
At this very moment,
Qian Renxue was sitting inside, undergoing the final evolution of her Martial Soul.
As early as a month ago,
after fully absorbing the residual medicinal power of the Immortal Herbs and the life essence gold in her body,
her Martial Soul, the Ten-Winged Angel, showed signs of evolving.
Fortunately, she had followed Jin Mian's advice.
She had found a body double early on.
Over the course of three years, the double had learned about seventy to eighty percent of her behavior, mannerisms, tone, and expressions.
Thus, when the double took her place during the daily court sessions, those ministers didn't notice a thing.
This allowed her, during this past month,
to steadily engage in secluded cultivation for her breakthrough.
Inside the Secret Chamber.
Qian Renxue sat on a prayer mat.
With her hands brought together, she circulated her cultivation technique, continuously gathering all her spirit power into her back.
Ten golden wings spread out, emitting a golden, sacred aura.
"Just a little bit more."
"It must succeed this time."
After a moment of self-encouragement,
she suddenly released all the gathered spirit power in one burst.
In an instant,
Qian Renxue's entire person glowed like a small sun.
The ten wings on her back also shone brilliantly, emitting a pure and sacred aura.
At the very bottom of the wings, there were two spheres of light, as if something was gestating within them.
As the spirit power continued to erupt, those two spheres of light became increasingly dazzling, showing signs of breaking through their restraints.
"Now!"
Qian Renxue accelerated the circulation of spirit power within her body.
The next second,
the spheres of light trembled violently.
Following that, two brand-new wings slowly unfurled.
Swish!
A majestic and sacred power instantly spread out in all directions.
Qian Renxue's aura
also climbed rapidly several times at this moment!
It only stopped once it reached a bottleneck.
Outside.
Jin Mian and Ye Lingling were each holding Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong, feeding them.
Xiao Lan looked up and asked curiously, "Papa, where has Mama gone these past few days? I haven't seen her in a long time."
"Yeah Papa, you didn't hide Mother Xue away on purpose so we couldn't see her, did you?" Xiao Hong chimed in.
For some reason,
once the two little ones were able to speak,
the first thing they did was call Jin Mian 'Papa.'
Then they respectively recognized Qian Renxue and Ye Lingling as 'Mama.'
Xiao Hong recognized Ye Lingling.
Xiao Lan recognized Qian Renxue.
"Stinky Kid, how many times have I told you? No talking while eating." Jin Mian gave Xiao Hong a small snack, then turned to the Xiao Lan in his arms and said softly, "Xiao Lan, be good. Mama went into secluded cultivation; she'll be out very soon."
Xiao Lan blinked her big blue eyes: "Really? Papa mustn't lie to me."
"I'm not lying to you. Here, take another bite so you can grow up faster." After feeding his daughter, Jin Mian looked up at his rebellious son: "Stinky Kid, eat faster! After you're done, go read your books!"
The side of him that was a doting father to his daughter
was displayed vividly by Jin Mian.
Actually, he couldn't be blamed.
After all, between a soft, cute, and sensible daughter and a son who was flighty and mischievous all day,
he naturally favored the former.
Hearing that he had to read those obscure and difficult words again,
Xiao Hong immediately felt that life was not worth living.
He looked up and acted spoiled toward Ye Lingling: "Mama~"
Unexpectedly, after stroking his head, Ye Lingling said gently, "Study hard, okay? If you don't know the things I test you on in two days, I'll let your Papa spank your bottom."
Seeing that even his mom wasn't on his side,
Xiao Hong could only turn his grief into an appetite,
eating two extra bowls of rice.
Just as they finished eating,
suddenly,
Jin Mian sensed the powerful aura erupting from the Secret Chamber.
His eyes flashed: "It's finally over."
Immediately after,
he took Ye Lingling, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Lan toward the Secret Chamber.
As they approached the Secret Chamber,
the unique sacred aura belonging to the Seraphim Martial Soul blew toward them.
Pushing open the door,
they saw Qian Renxue looking like a deity.
Her entire body shimmered with golden light, and twelve angel wings were spread out.
Dazzling light flowed over every single wing.
And this was the final form of Qian Renxue's Seraphim Martial Soul—the Twelve-Winged Angel!
"Wow! Mama (Mother Xue) is so beautiful."
The two little ones ran over and threw themselves into Qian Renxue's embrace.
Seeing it was Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan, Qian Renxue retracted her Martial Soul.
She picked up both little ones, one in each arm.
"Did you miss Mama?"
"Yes!" times two.
Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan answered in a scramble to be first.
As her good friend, Ye Lingling stepped forward quickly to congratulate her: "Congratulations, Sister Xue, on taking another step forward."
Jin Mian stepped forward and said, "It finally evolved. How do you feel?"
Qian Renxue set down the two little ones in her arms.
She said happily, "I feel wonderful. My rank has now reached level ninety, Titled Douluo. I only need to absorb one more Soul Ring to become a nine-ring Titled Douluo."
"But the greatest improvement is in the attributes of my Martial Soul. The fire and light attributes that the angel originally possessed have now both become Ultimate attributes."
After listening to Qian Renxue,
Jin Mian said, "Very good! Next, after we help you hunt for a Soul Ring, we will return to Spirit Hall."
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