Yu Xiaogang's Death

Huang Tian fled Liu Erlong in a sorry state. After more than twenty days of emptiness and loneliness, she had been far too wild—even her cries had grown much louder than before.

Faced with the effects of her first dual cultivation session after breaking through to demigodhood, Liu Erlong was stunned. Part of her Soul Power had transformed into divine power again. At this rate, she should be able to convert all her Soul Power into divine power within a month and officially ascend to godhood.

By the time Huang Tian left Liu Erlong's place, it was already two in the morning. After taking a bath, he released his Soul Power and scanned Bibi Dong's secret chamber. Finding that she was not asleep but diligently cultivating, he Teleported over.

"Dong'er, I'm here."

"Then come up."

"Alright."

In the blink of an eye, a month passed. Every day, Huang Tian moved between Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong. Through dual cultivation with the two women, his divine power advanced by leaps and bounds, and he surged all the way to the middle stage of Second-level God.

Liu Erlong successfully converted all her Soul Power into divine power and officially became a new god. Her confidence in teaching Bibi Dong a lesson had grown even stronger, but she did not act rashly. After all, Bibi Dong possessed Twin Martial Souls and had greater talent than she did. Her cultivation speed would certainly be no slower, so if Liu Erlong wanted to surpass her, she could only cultivate even harder.

Bibi Dong's gains were also considerable. Her strength had risen to the late stage of Third-Rank Deity, giving her even greater confidence in successfully surviving her tribulation. In her heart, she felt more and more that giving herself to Huang Tian had been an exceptionally correct decision.

Bibi Dong had long since let go of her feelings for Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang was merely a worthless man who could not break through level thirty, and he was promiscuous as well—he simply was not worth her love. Besides, she was now the woman of another powerful deity. She had to draw a clean line between herself and the past, leaving no ties whatsoever.

Two major events occurred during that month. The first shocked the people of Douluo Continent: Heaven Dou Empire's crown prince, Xue Qinghe, had been murdered in the Crown Prince's Palace half a month earlier. It sparked discussion across the continent. Everyone felt that Heaven Dou Empire's Royal Family was truly miserable. The second and third princes had been successively poisoned to death several years ago, and now even the crown prince, the next heir to the throne, had been killed. Only the arrogant, debauched Fourth Prince Xue Beng remained. If he were killed as well, the Royal Family would have no princes left to inherit the throne.

Others speculated that if the Fourth Prince also died and Xue Ye was left without an heir, then after his death, the throne would have to pass to Prince Xue Xing's descendants. After all, Xue Ye and Prince Xue Xing were blood brothers. If the elder brother had no son, the throne would naturally fall to Prince Xue Xing's branch of the family. However, Prince Xue Xing's sons and grandsons had few capable individuals. Even if one of them inherited the throne, Heaven Dou Empire would inevitably decline.

Xue Ye also understood the severity of the matter and dispatched several more Title Douluo-level consecrated elders to protect Fourth Prince Xue Beng. He had only this one son left and had to protect him well, or his branch would lose the throne. With his elder brother Xue Qinghe dead, Xue Beng no longer needed to pretend to be arrogant and debauched to conceal himself. After all, some had suspected that the deaths of his second and third brothers were connected to his eldest brother. Yet no one had expected that his eldest brother would die instead. Who had done it?

It was not only Xue Beng who was guessing; Xue Ye was also trying to figure it out. Many people pointed the finger at Pontiff Bibi Dong. She had secretly come to the Spirit Hall Temple in Heaven Dou Empire half a month ago. Although she had supposedly remained in seclusion cultivating the entire time, the news that she had become a god had spread throughout the continent. If she had chosen to kill someone, who could possibly have noticed?

Others claimed that Star Luo Empire was responsible. After all, once all of Heaven Dou Empire's heirs had been assassinated, how long could the elderly Xue Ye remain on the throne without an heir? When Star Luo Empire's army attacked, there would be no prince on the battlefield to oversee the troops. With the army's morale scattered, soldiers unable to display their fighting strength would have no ability to resist and could be slaughtered with ease.

Bibi Dong was furious over this. She had not expected anyone to point the finger at her. What did Xue Qinghe's death have to do with her? Every day, she had been painstakingly cultivating with Huang Tian in the secret chamber until her throat was nearly hoarse. Where would she have found the time to kill anyone? Daughter, daughter, your fake death and escape have truly dragged me into trouble.

"It wasn't me. I've been cultivating in seclusion for the sake of surviving my tribulation. I even handed all affairs over to Elders Chrysanthemum and Ghost. Where would I have found the time to kill a crown prince?"

After Bibi Dong's words spread, the suspicion surrounding her immediately lessened considerably. The strong disdained lying. After all, she had already become a god and had been diligently cultivating to increase her strength, hoping to possess sufficient means of self-preservation before the heavenly tribulation descended.

But some people still did not take Bibi Dong's words to heart. In their view, they were merely excuses. With a god's abilities, if she truly wanted to kill someone, it would not require the slightest effort.

After secretly meeting Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue apologized to her, then returned to Spirit City to cultivate in seclusion.

At the time, Bibi Dong had wanted to teach her the revised Nine Heavens Profound Technique so that she could convert her Soul Power into divine power sooner and officially ascend to godhood. But she feared that Huang Tian would be displeased. Although she was now Huang Tian's woman, a cultivation technique was still something she needed his approval to teach her daughter. What if Huang Tian became angry?

Naturally, Bibi Dong had not realized that Huang Tian did not care about cultivation techniques at all. Otherwise, he would not have taught the original Nine Heavens Profound Technique to his subordinates. Wasn't the rapid improvement in their strength precisely because they cultivated this technique?

If Bibi Dong had asked Huang Tian earlier, Qian Renxue could have begun cultivating this technique sooner. Instead, it would not be until the Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament two months later that Huang Tian bestowed the Nine Heavens Profound Technique upon her for cultivation.

The second major event was Yu Xiaogang's death. On the third day after Flender had sent people to escort him back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the deranged Yu Xiaogang accidentally fell into a river due to the escort's negligence and drowned.

Who could have imagined that a dignified Soul Grandmaster—no, a Soul Elder—would be unable to use his Soul Power because his mind was unclear, get his foot tangled in river weeds, and drown in the river?

The escort could not swim either. After seeing Yu Xiaogang accidentally fall into the river, he watched him struggle as the water churned and pushed the boat away. Unable to extend a bamboo pole in time to save Yu Xiaogang, he waited until he had brought the boat to shore, only to find that Yu Xiaogang had vanished from the river's surface. Realizing something was wrong, he immediately fled and lived under a false name in a small village.

By the time Yu Xiaogang's body was discovered, three days had already passed. His swollen corpse floated up from the riverbed. A fisherman spotted it and called others over to help retrieve it. While searching his clothing, they found his Pontiff's Token and immediately reported it to the local Spirit Hall Temple. After investigation, the identity of the body was confirmed—it was Yu Xiaogang, the renowned theoretical Grandmaster of the entire continent.

With an honorary elder dead, Spirit Hall naturally refused to let the matter rest and wanted to continue investigating. But Bibi Dong forcibly suppressed the matter. A piece of trash had died, so why investigate any further?

If they uncovered secrets that could not be spoken of and implicated many people, were they supposed to kill them all?

The waters ran deep here!

Bibi Dong smiled meaningfully and returned to the secret chamber to continue cultivating.

When news of Yu Xiaogang's drowning reached Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San smashed his fist into a large tree and swore to uncover the truth and avenge his teacher.

Flender was filled with guilt. If not for the mistake in his arrangements, Yu Xiaogang would not have died. He hid in his room, drinking vast amounts of strong liquor until he was drunk.

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