Watching Qian Renxue cheer and leap about before her, Bibi Dong felt a pang in her heart. When Qian Renxue had been young, in order to protect her, the mother and daughter had even put on an act before everyone in Spirit City, making others believe their relationship was strained. Her daughter had even needed to go to her grandfather in Elder Hall and rely on his protection just to have the right to survive in Spirit City.
Back then, Bibi Dong had made many plans to strengthen Spirit Hall's power, and many of them had come to fruition. Spirit Hall had indeed grown even stronger under her rule. With her confidence swelling, she had devised the grand plan of usurping a nation and founding one of her own. She had even sent her daughter to the Heaven Dou Empire, had Xue Qinghe killed, and then had her assume Xue Qinghe's identity.
Her daughter had left Spirit City at the age of ten and come alone to this unfamiliar place. After so many years of lurking in the shadows, the plan had finally matured. In just a few more years, it could have been realized, and then mother and daughter would have reunited.
Yet the Heavenly Dao Golden Ranking had appeared at this time. Bibi Dong had made the rankings on both lists announced in succession, and the Heavenly Dao rewards she received had even made her a god. Just as she had been reveling in her triumph, the Heavenly Dao rankings declared that becoming a god required undergoing a tribulation. Those who succeeded would ascend to the Divine Realm, while those who failed would be reduced to ashes. At the time, Bibi Dong had felt like this: Heavens, are you messing with me? I would have been safer just cultivating normally. I could have become a god a few years later anyway. Giving me candy and then hitting me with a stick—how can such a method of toying with people be so ingenious!
"Mother, we finally became gods. Even if His Excellency Huang Tian makes outrageous demands, we must agree to them. I don't want to die yet." Qian Renxue earnestly tried to persuade Bibi Dong, hoping she would be mentally prepared.
Bibi Dong smiled and said, "Don't worry, Xue'er. I'll speak with His Excellency Huang Tian. Mother and daughter have finally become gods; there is no price we cannot pay." She continued inwardly, As long as he can help my daughter and me pass the tribulation safely, I can even become his woman.
"Mhm, Mother, I've been out for a long time already, so I'll head back first. In a few days, news of Xue Qinghe's death will spread. From then on, I'll be able to move about the continent in my true identity." Qian Renxue said with a smile.
Bibi Dong nodded. "Go. I'll also go speak with His Excellency Huang Tian in the next few days."
"Goodbye, Mother!" Qian Renxue turned into a gust of wind and vanished from the council hall.
Looking at the empty council hall, Bibi Dong tightly gripped her scepter. The thought that had just arisen in her heart became even firmer. She was extremely confident in her beauty; surely he would not refuse, would he? I have reshaped my divine body. I am pure and pristine, like a young maiden. He won't mind that I once gave birth, will he?
"His Excellency Huang Tian, since you are here, please show yourself so we may speak."
Bibi Dong suddenly spoke. She had clearly sensed a powerful presence, vast and unfathomable as an abyss, arriving here. There was no need to think about it—His Excellency Huang Tian, the strongest god on the entire Douluo Continent, had come.
"Not bad. You can actually sense my presence. As expected of a genius Pope." With a Teleportation, Huang Tian arrived at Bibi Dong's side and spoke with a smile.
"Bibi Dong greets His Excellency Huang Tian." Bibi Dong calmly bowed in salute.
Huang Tian watched Bibi Dong, dressed in a luxurious black robe embroidered with golden thread, wearing a nine-curved purple-gold crown and holding a nearly two-meter-long scepter set with a massive pink gemstone. As she bowed to him, the large expanse of fair skin exposed by her attire looked utterly seductive.
After finishing her salute, Bibi Dong straightened. Her nearly flawless face made her appear extraordinarily distinctive, and the intangible nobility and holiness flowing from her body stirred an even greater desire to conquer her.
He silently swallowed, then smiled. "You are too polite, Pope. I heard that you sent someone to invite me, though I did not know what it was about, so I declined. But then I sensed the aura of a newly born god here in Spirit Hall, so I came to take a look. I didn't expect to witness such a touching scene of deep affection between mother and daughter. She is your daughter, Qian Renxue, right? The Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul is quite an excellent Martial Soul. No wonder she became a god! But she also impersonated Xue Qinghe, the crown prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, and paraded before my eyes several times. Did she think I couldn't see through her? I simply couldn't be bothered to interfere. Otherwise, I would have exposed her identity long ago!"
Upon hearing this, Bibi Dong said in panic, "His Excellency Huang Tian, she truly is my daughter, Qian Renxue. I was also the one who had her assume Xue Qinghe's identity. She and I depended on each other since she was young. So that she could survive in Spirit City, and so her Martial Soul would not be exposed, we even put on an act to make people believe that mother and daughter did not get along. That way, she would not draw attention. I even arranged this infiltration plan for her, sending her to live in the unfamiliar Heaven Dou Empire when she was only ten. Only then was she able to grow up."
"Indeed, that is a way of protecting her. Only by hiding can one grow, after all. Forces that like to snuff out geniuses would hardly want their enemies to possess talented individuals. You were not wrong to do so." Huang Tian said with a sigh. "By the way, what did you want to see me about?"
Bibi Dong hesitated for a moment before saying, "His Excellency Huang Tian, I wanted to ask you about the tribulation."
"Oh, the tribulation? Simple. Just endure it. As long as your divine power is sufficient, your Soul Power and physical body are strong, overcoming the tribulation is easy." Huang Tian said nonchalantly.
Tribulation? He had never undergone one himself, so how could he know anything about it? But he could just make something up. When it came to the things he fabricated, Huang Tian could say them all with a perfectly straight face.
Bibi Dong was immediately dumbfounded. Could it really be that easy? She was no fool. Huang Tian's idea of easy was surely based on his own formidable strength. She probably did not possess the strength Huang Tian had had when he underwent his tribulation, did she?
Bibi Dong said irritably, "His Excellency Huang Tian, are you joking? What you call easy—for newly ascended gods like us, some of us have not even finished converting our divine power. If we rashly undergo the tribulation, we will only be struck into ashes by heavenly lightning."
She believed him. She actually believed him!
But she seemed to have never had confidence in her own strength. Was undergoing the tribulation really that frightening?
Sure enough, all unknown things were sources of fear!
Even a remarkable woman like Bibi Dong could not face it head-on. No wonder she had sought him out—she wanted to probe for information about the tribulation. Unfortunately, she had found the wrong person. I haven't undergone a tribulation either! Where am I supposed to get data for you? Am I supposed to admit that everything I just said was made up? Wouldn't that be a slap in my own face? Absolutely not.
"I wasn't lying to you. It really was very easy. Oh, I forgot—when I underwent my tribulation, I was probably about a hundred times stronger than you are now. That's why it felt easy." Huang Tian shrugged and said in a deliberately casual tone.
Bibi Dong pursed her lips and fell silent for a while before saying, "His Excellency Huang Tian, as long as you can help my daughter Qian Renxue and me overcome the tribulation, I am willing to become your woman!"
"What?" Huang Tian felt as though his ears had malfunctioned. Had he misheard her?
"His Excellency Huang Tian, as long as you can help my daughter Qian Renxue and me overcome the tribulation, I am willing to become your woman!" Bibi Dong repeated herself, looking at Huang Tian with utterly sincere eyes as she spoke solemnly.
"Are you sure?" Huang Tian asked. He wanted to know whether Bibi Dong was truly sincere.
"I'm sure!"
As soon as Bibi Dong finished speaking, Huang Tian wrapped an arm around her slender waist. The two vanished from the council hall, leaving behind only the empty chamber.
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