"What?"
Hearing Gu Changge's words, Qian Renxue could no longer remain calm.
In her twenty-odd years of life,
her father had died, and her mother did not love her.
Only her grandfather, Qian Daoliu, had truly loved her and cherished her like the jewel in his palm.
But now, judging from Gu Changge's words,
even her grandfather would die.
"How is that possible?"
"My grandfather is a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo!"
"Even Tang Chen, the Clear Sky Douluo known as the strongest in the world, could only narrowly defeat my grandfather by a single move!"
"How could he possibly die?"
Gu Changge looked at her as though she were an idiot. "In your destiny, you became a god in the future, yet your ending was still tragic. Your grandfather is not even a god, merely a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo. Why can't he die?"
As he spoke, Gu Changge continued, "Fine, I'll give you one more piece of information for free. Your grandfather's death will come ten years from now. And he will die because of you. Although you will not kill him yourself, it will not be much different."
"As for the more specific details, that will depend on your choice!"
"I don't like being a bad person, but I don't like being a good person either!"
"I told you all that information earlier because I felt sorry for you!"
"But my main purpose was still to recruit you to work for me!"
"So now, it's time for you to make your choice."
Listening to Gu Changge's words,
then looking at his expression that practically said he had her completely figured out,
Qian Renxue was so angry that she wanted to punch him. "If I refuse, will you give up on recruiting me?"
"No!"
Gu Changge decisively shook his head. "I wasted so much breath and told you so many secrets. Yet you are still unwilling to do a little work for me. If I don't teach you a lesson and make you properly understand what it means to return courtesy for courtesy, wouldn't I be taking a huge loss?"
When people were truly speechless, they really could laugh.
Qian Renxue was actually amused by his shameless words.
"Since you have already planned everything out, what are you still talking about?"
"You make it sound as if I still have a choice!"
Gu Changge shook his head. "That's different. If you agree willingly, it means you know how to repay kindness and have good manners. If you refuse, it proves that you have no manners and are an ungrateful wretch. Those two kinds of character will receive vastly different treatment from me!"
You really arranged that nicely!
Qian Renxue said helplessly, "Then let me make this clear: I agree. I am willing to work for you. Now, Duke Iris, can you tell me what exactly will happen to my grandfather?"
"Although your motives are impure,"
Gu Changge commented while eating skewers, "since you agreed, you are one of us now. Don't worry, I'll save your grandfather's life!"
"As for the cause of his death in his predetermined destiny!"
"It's simple. He will die to help you become a god."
"You know Bo Saixi, the high priestess of Sea God Island, who is also a Limit Douluo like your grandfather and Tang Chen, right?"
Qian Renxue nodded. "Mm, Grandfather mentioned her before!"
"Your grandfather is in the same situation as her. Both are guardians of Divine Thrones!"
Gu Changge said, "Of course, compared to calling them guardians of Divine Thrones, I prefer to call them offerings!"
"Because their purpose is to serve the inheritors of gods, helping them pass the Divine Trials and inherit the Divine Throne!"
"During the inheritance process of a Divine Throne, at the final step!"
"A vast amount of energy must be expended to send the inheritor of the Divine Throne to the place where the inheritance is received."
"Your grandfather and Bo Saixi are the ones who provide that energy!"
"And the way they provide it is by burning themselves away and sacrificing everything!"
"In the destiny that originally belonged to you and your grandfather,"
"when you passed the Angel God Trial and reached the final step, your grandfather burned himself up and performed a sacrifice, allowing you to take the final step and become the new Angel God!"
As Gu Changge's words fell,
Qian Renxue felt as if the air itself had frozen.
Her face turned pale as paper, and her body swayed unsteadily.
So this was how Grandfather would die.
"Then according to what you said, if I do not inherit the Angel God Position, my grandfather will be fine, right?"
Qian Renxue raised her head and stared straight at Gu Changge.
Gu Changge nodded. "That's right!"
Qian Renxue immediately let out a long breath. "If becoming a god means trading my grandfather's life for it, then I don't want this damned Divine Throne!"
Gu Changge was not surprised by this.
Given Qian Renxue's life and experiences,
whether here or in the original story,
if she had been given a choice,
her answer would not have changed.
In the original story, the reason she became a god
was entirely because Qian Daoliu had never told her any of this.
Only when she reached the final stage of godhood
and saw Qian Daoliu sacrifice himself
did she understand everything.
But by then, the sacrifice had already begun.
Even if she understood, it was already too late.
"Chang Ge, I have a question!"
At that moment, Ye Lingling, who had remained silent all along, suddenly spoke with a frown.
She looked at Qian Renxue. "If the Crown Prince—forget it, I'll just call you Sister Xue!"
"If, in Sister Xue's predetermined destiny, she had already become a god,"
"then how did she ultimately lose?"
"And Chang Ge, you said earlier that Sister Xue's mother, that Pope, had also begun the Rakshasa God Trial."
"If I'm not mistaken, she should have successfully become the Rakshasa God in the end as well!"
"Although you said before that the Rakshasa God and the Angel God were opposing existences!"
"If that Pope blocked a fatal strike for Sister Xue at the final moment, trading her own life for Sister Xue's survival,"
"then it proves that the two of them were not fighting each other at the final moment!"
Ye Lingling analyzed calmly, every point precise and clear. "They had joined forces against other enemies."
"But both of them had become gods. The ones capable of fighting them should have been gods too, right?"
"And it would have taken at least two gods to bring about such an outcome, wouldn't it?"
Faced with Ye Lingling's question and calm analysis,
everyone, including Qian Renxue,
gathered around curiously.
Hearing this,
Gu Changge affectionately rubbed Ye Lingling's head.
His little wife really had an incredible mind.
"Lingling, you're far too smart!"
Dugu Yan was also impressed by Ye Lingling at that moment. "If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't even have noticed."
As she spoke, she turned to look at Gu Changge. "Is Lingling's analysis correct? Will other gods really appear in the future?"
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