Gu Rong: Qian Xunji Might Be a Regressor! Bibi Dong: If You're A Zhu, Then What's My Soul Ring?
In truth, Tang Chen had wanted to pursue a divine inheritance for a long time.
But he had too many ties in the mortal world, especially the Clear Sky Sect, which had raised him!
In Tang Chen's eyes, if he became a god, he could not only surpass Spirit Hall once and for all, but also bring an exceptional legacy to the Clear Sky Sect.
Just look at Spirit Hall's Qian Family. Hadn't their ancestor, the first Angel God, become a god twenty thousand years ago, securing their place at the very pinnacle of the Douluo Continent for twenty thousand years?
Tang Chen had led the Clear Sky Sect to prominence from among the ordinary first-rate sects, and his many self-created techniques had been compiled into the "Clear Sky Secret Techniques," greatly enriching the Clear Sky Sect's foundations.
But compared with Spirit Hall, which had endured for twenty thousand years and had a level 99 Limit Douluo holding the fort in almost every generation, his Clear Sky Sect was practically a nouveau riche!
That was why Tang Chen envied Spirit Hall and wanted to become a god.
But apart from him, the Clear Sky Sect had no one else capable of holding the fort and making Qian Daoliu wary.
That was why Tang Chen had lacked sufficient motivation to leave the sect and pursue godhood.
Now the Asura God had come directly to his door and made it clear that, as long as Tang Chen went to Slaughter City and completed the assessment, he might be able to begin a God's Trial.
How could Tang Chen not be tempted?
In the original story, Tang Chen had gone to Sea God Island with Qian Daoliu and become infatuated with Bo Saixi.
It was because Bo Saixi had said she only loved a man who could become a god that he had thrown himself into the pursuit of godhood without looking back, not even returning to his sect.
Although Tang Chen hadn't known that Qian Daoliu was a divine servant who could never become a god, or understood Bo Saixi's true intention in saying that,
He had indeed gone, and had truly won the Asura God's favor and begun the Asura Nine Trials.
In the end, however, the Rakshasa God had secretly sabotaged him, causing him to suffer Qi deviation. Not long after regaining his senses, he had died in Bo Saixi's arms because his body was riddled with injuries.
"Slaughter City is a prison where Spirit Hall holds criminals. Few of those who enter have ever come back out."
Tang Chen slowly rose to his feet and murmured thoughtfully.
"But some people have indeed entered Slaughter City of their own accord to train, then made it out through Hell Road and obtained the Divine Slaughter's Domain."
"In that case, I'll make a trip to Slaughter City.
I hope I can begin the God's Trial without trouble."
"As long as I become a god, I can not only put the Clear Sky Sect above Spirit Hall once and for all, but also give my Clear Sky Sect a legacy that will truly endure for ten thousand years!"
As long as he, Tang Chen, became a god and ascended to the Divine Realm, he could always look after the Clear Sky Sect!
Just then, Tang Chen sensed Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua's presence.
"Why has Yuehua come back?"
Tang Chen went out to meet them. With a single step, he appeared before Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua and began chatting with them with a smile.
Meanwhile, after leaving Gengxin City, Qian Renxue was shocked by how "different" the Douluo Continent of this spacetime was. She decided to spend more time learning about the differences between this spacetime and her original world.
"Honored guest, these are the Martial Soul Daily issues from the first one through this year, thirty volumes in all.
They record events both great and small. Perhaps you'll find the information you're looking for in them."
Qian Renxue found a shop and paid for every issue of the Martial Soul Daily, then returned to her hotel to read them carefully.
The heavenly screen followed Qian Renxue's perspective, revealing the information in the daily papers to the people of the Douluo Continent in the original spacetime.
"The first issue of the Martial Soul Daily: A hearty celebration of the youngest Titled Douluo in history, Angel Douluo Qian Xunji, succeeding to the position of Pope?"
Looking at the striking line of large print in the biggest column of the first issue of the Martial Soul Daily, Qian Renxue couldn't help blinking curiously.
"If I remember correctly, in the original spacetime, the youngest Titled Douluo should have been Clear Sky Douluo Tang Hao.
Here, it actually turned out to be Dad."
In the original story, Tang Hao had repeatedly been mentioned as the youngest Titled Douluo on the Douluo Continent.
But that was based on the fact that the age at which Bibi Dong broke through to Titled Douluo was not publicly known.
Qian Renxue's murmured words were also transmitted by the heavenly screen to the Douluo Continent of the original spacetime.
"What on earth is going on? Why did Qian Xunji become the youngest Titled Douluo in that spacetime?"
Leaning on his cane, Ning Fengzhi looked up at the heavenly screen. Hearing Qian Renxue's murmurs, he couldn't help speaking softly.
The heavenly screen had suddenly appeared at yesterday's banquet, and after watching Qian Renxue's experiences in the other world, Ning Fengzhi could no longer sit still.
He had hurried back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Chen Xin to discuss with Gu Rong what other changes might occur after the heavenly screen's appearance.
"Judging from what Qian Renxue has seen and heard in that world over the past day, the Douluo Continent of that spacetime was originally no different from ours. Everything seems to be because of that spacetime's Qian Xunji."
Chen Xin walked over to Ning Fengzhi's side and looked up at the heavenly screen as he spoke thoughtfully.
"Yes, I was thinking the same thing as that old swordsman."
Gu Rong slowly walked over, a grave expression on his face.
"Just look at what the heavenly screen has shown us of what that spacetime's Qian Xunji has done over the past day:
He found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Tang San-no, before Dugu Bo—and claimed all the Immortal Herbs inside for himself.
He even helped Dugu Bo resolve his Dugu Family's Jade Phosphorus Snake poison, making Dugu Bo directly pledge his service to Spirit Hall.
And where did the Ah Yin of that spacetime go?
Why had the one by his side become A Zhu, whose Martial Soul was the Death Spider Emperor—a Martial Soul we had never heard of?
And what is her relationship with Bibi Dong?
All of this is just as though Qian Xunji experienced everything from a bystander's perspective, then was reborn at the beginning!"
When Gu Rong finished, realization dawned on both Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.
"That's right, Uncle Bone, you're absolutely right!"
Ning Fengzhi drew a sharp breath. The further he followed Gu Rong's line of thought, the more he felt that the Qian Xunji of that spacetime was a regressor!
"If Qian Xunji is as you say, Uncle Bone, and lived another life after experiencing everything from a bystander's perspective, then the changes in that spacetime can be explained!"
Chen Xin, meanwhile, said:
"We've never heard of this A Zhu, but her Martial Soul is the same as Bibi Dong's: the Death Spider Emperor. Perhaps there's some special relationship between the two."
Meanwhile, in Spirit City of this spacetime, Original Bibi Dong looked at the Martial Soul Daily on the heavenly screen, her expression gradually growing confused.
"What on earth is all this?"
The bizarre things she had seen on the other Douluo Continent through the heavenly screen over the past day had made Bibi Dong begin to doubt her own memories.
Qian Xunji had been nothing more than a perfectly ordinary Pope. How could he have known about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Immortal Herbs?
And there was that A Zhu.
Hadn't Bibi Dong led people to surround and hunt her in Death Canyon, turning her into her own Soul Ring and Soul Bone?
With that thought, Bibi Dong suddenly summoned her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul.
Nine Soul Rings appeared beneath her: two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red.
Only after sensing a wisp of the Death Spider Emperor's origin within her Ninth Soul Ring did Bibi Dong feel slightly more at ease.