When Qian Renxue Learned All This

It was still that same dream.

That night, Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong dreamed together once more. Xiao Gang still appeared, intending to destroy the emotional bond between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, but contrary to all expectations, every attempt at sabotage only deepened the mother and daughter's feelings for each other.

Eventually, the Rakshasa God gave up. He no longer transformed into Xiao Gang to appear before them. Instead, he watched from the sidelines, searching for a suitable opportunity to destroy the relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.

In reality, the two people who despised each other were now snuggled intimately together. Bibi Dong held little Qian Renxue safely in her arms, savoring the brief familial affection and care within the dream.

Qian Renxue nestled her golden hair against her mother's chest, breathing in the fragrance that radiated from her body as she asked, "Mom, can you tell Xue'er what exactly happened between you and Father?"

Bibi Dong looked at Qian Renxue. Her once doting gaze became conflicted. She was uncertain whether she should tell this little Qian Renxue in her dream, but Qian Renxue's next words dispelled her hesitation.

"Mom, this is your dream. Do you still have to hide your secrets from Xue'er even in a dream?" Qian Renxue asked.

The moment Bibi Dong heard that, she suddenly understood. All her hesitation vanished in an instant.

That's right, this is my dream. Xue'er is only Xue'er in my dream. Even if I tell her, she might not remember it.

With that thought, Bibi Dong suddenly wanted to see how the daughter she had carried for ten months and given birth to would react upon hearing about her past.

"Are you sure you want to know these things, Xue'er?" Bibi Dong asked, staring at Qian Renxue.

"Mom, just tell me. Xue'er won't tell anyone," Qian Renxue said coquettishly.

Bibi Dong sighed and said,

"Once, there was a Saintess."

Bibi Dong began recounting her past experiences, word by word.

She had been taken in as a disciple by the Pope and became the Saintess of Spirit Hall. Later, she met an outstanding young man. He was not particularly strong, but his wisdom deeply captivated the Saintess.

Later, the Saintess fell in love with that young man. The two secretly pledged themselves to each other and decided to elope. Yet on the day they planned to flee, the Saintess worried that her master would be concerned for her, so she told him about it. Who would have thought that her master would undergo such a drastic change in temperament?

He locked her inside a secret chamber.

The more Qian Renxue listened, the more shocked she became.

After hearing it all, she finally understood why her mother had hated her so much before. So this was how she had come into being.

To Qian Renxue, her mother's experience was like having her entire worldview shattered. The heroic image of her father from her childhood collapsed completely at that moment, and for a time, she did not know how she should face him.

Having finally voiced all the suffering she had endured in the past, Bibi Dong felt as though a huge weight had been lifted from her heart.

At last, she asked, "Xue'er, this is why I hated you so much before. But later, I came to understand that all of this was Qian Xunji's fault. It had nothing to do with you. I shouldn't have taken out my anger on you."

"It's... it's okay, Mom," Qian Renxue said.

"Xue'er, if it were you, would you stand with Mom, or with Qian Xunji?" Bibi Dong asked hopefully as she looked at Qian Renxue.

Seeing the expectation in her mother's eyes, Qian Renxue did not know how to answer. "I... I don't know."

Bibi Dong looked at the utterly confused Qian Renxue and sighed. She knew that now was not the time to force her into giving an answer.

When Qian Renxue woke up the next day, her azure eyes were filled with complicated emotions.

Before, she had hoped the dream was real, because the mother in that dream had been so close to her. But now, she no longer wanted it to be real.

Because if the dream was real, then her father had imprisoned her mother in a secret chamber.

Qian Renxue rubbed her temples. Suddenly, an idea struck her, and a name flashed through her mind.

There had been a third party entangled in the relationship between her father and mother. Who exactly was that young man?

Qian Renxue decided to investigate in that direction. Though her mother had not revealed the man's name in the dream, if such a person truly existed, Spirit Hall would surely have records of him if she investigated based on his experiences.

Meanwhile, Qian Xunji had no idea that his—ah, no, his predecessor's dark history had been exposed before Qian Renxue.

After returning, he went to find Qian Daoliu and bluntly said, "Old Man, I'm taking a concubine."

"Taking a concubine? What did you say? Whose daughter is she?" Qian Daoliu asked, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.

"The daughter of Yu Luomian, the Second Elder of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of the Upper Three Sects," Qian Xunji said.

"Yu Luomian? Why have I never heard that he had a daughter?" Qian Daoliu asked.

"She's his illegitimate daughter," Qian Xunji said.

"An illegitimate daughter?" Qian Daoliu blew his beard and glared in anger. "Brat, you're the Pope of Spirit Hall. What woman couldn't you have? Yet you choose an illegitimate daughter? If word gets out, what will people think of Spirit Hall?"

"They can think whatever they want." Qian Xunji straightened his collar and said, "Do I, Qian Xunji, look like someone who lives by other people's opinions?"

The corner of Qian Daoliu's mouth twitched. How did I ever give birth to such a wicked creature? But when he thought of Xue'er, Qian Daoliu felt somewhat comforted. His son's account was already useless, but fortunately, he still had another account he could use.

All Qian Daoliu had waited for in his life was the inheritor of the Angel God. Now that the inheritor had arrived, he could not be bothered to care how much Qian Xunji wanted to make trouble. Let him do as he pleased. Once Xue'er ascended to become the Angel God in the future, everything would be all right.

Qian Daoliu waved his hand and said helplessly, "Do whatever you want. In any case, you've already made me lose all face."

Qian Xunji had merely informed Qian Daoliu that he intended to take a concubine. He then went to the Papal Hall to prepare for the upcoming matter of marrying Liu Erlong.

Qian Xunji did not conceal the matter. Instead, he used Spirit Hall's channels to spread the news.

Thus, the entire continent learned that two things had happened.

The first was that Yu Luomian's daughter, Yu Erlong, who had supposedly been living away from home, had acknowledged her ancestry and returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Of course, anyone with eyes could tell that rather than having been away from home, she was simply an illegitimate daughter.

The second was that Qian Xunji, the Pope of Spirit Hall, was going to take Yu Erlong as his concubine.