The Devouring Had Turned on Me

The Spirit Hall, the Pope's Palace.

Bibi Dong and Hu Liena were both gathered there, focused on their cultivation.

But when Bibi Dong saw that Yu Xiaoqian had somehow become Tang San's key to becoming a god, and that he had dared to poison Yu Xiaoqian, her anger erupted.

"Damn it!"

"You bastard! How dare you poison Yu Xiaoqian?!"

Bibi Dong's fury exploded into a terrifying aura. The pressure swept through the Pope's Palace, and even Hu Liena, who was standing nearby, was sent flying. She crashed into the wall several meters away and slid to the ground.

Hu Liena struggled to her feet and looked at Bibi Dong, who was seething with rage. She didn't understand why her teacher had suddenly become so furious.

But Bibi Dong was too angry to pay Hu Liena any attention. She was still cursing under her breath.

"That bastard! I don't care whether you're some reincarnated person or whether you were my disciple in your past life. If you dare poison Yu Xiaoqian, you'll pay for it!"

Seeing Bibi Dong grow angrier by the second, as though she were about to tear Luo Yi apart, Hu Liena hurriedly stepped forward to stop her.

"Teacher, wait a moment. I forgot to mention that the diary says anyone who tries to harm Luo Yi will be punished. If you go after him, you might get punished too."

As soon as she heard that, Bibi Dong's anger immediately ebbed. She drew a deep breath and asked, "Does that mean I have to let him get away with poisoning Yu Xiaoqian?"

Hu Liena gave a weak laugh. "Teacher, what exactly is going on between you and Yu Xiaoqian?"

Hu Liena had also wondered about the diary's mysterious owner. Given her teacher's intelligence, how could she possibly be taken in so easily?

But after Luo Yi mentioned Yu Xiaoqian in the diary, Bibi Dong had reacted so strongly. Hu Liena was convinced that her teacher truly knew Yu Xiaoqian in her past life, and that he had been the key to Tang San becoming a god. That was how she had ended up as Tang San's enemy—and been killed.

Bibi Dong recalled the pain and suffering she had endured in the past. Her expression darkened, and she said coldly, "That's none of your business. Don't ask so many questions."

Hu Liena had been deeply curious about her teacher's past, but she didn't dare press her. She had seen what happened when people asked about Yu Xiaoqian.

But that only made her more curious about the relationship between Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaoqian.

Hu Liena had heard of Yu Xiaoqian. In fact, given his reputation, more than half the Spirit Masters on the continent had either heard of him or seen him. Unfortunately, most of what she'd heard was bad.

For example, he was said to be a notorious pervert. He had a perverted martial soul and a perverted spirit bone. And yet he still couldn't even defeat a Spirit Douluo.

In some ways, he could be considered a self-made man who had risen through sheer effort.

Hu Liena silently criticized Yu Xiaoqian before asking Bibi Dong, "Teacher, weren't you planning to find a way to bring Luo Yi to the Spirit Hall? Why don't I take him to that history academy he mentioned and bring him back ahead of time?"

Just as she finished speaking, Hu Liena remembered that the diary said people who read it would be punished for bringing harm to Luo Yi. She stumbled, wondering whether the diary's owner would punish her for even trying. After all, she'd just told her teacher what the diary said.

To protect herself from being punished by the diary, she had deliberately gone out of her way to find someone to explain how the diary worked.

But once she'd experienced that odd feeling, she understood that the diary's warning wasn't a lie.

Anyone who revealed the diary's existence to an outsider would be targeted. And the people who outsiders would naturally suspect were those who hadn't received a diary.

Even if Bibi Dong and Hu Liena figured out the truth, they didn't particularly care. They were more interested in using the diary as a way to gain knowledge.

But after she'd displayed some of the items from the merchant city to Bibi Dong, Hu Liena was the one who ended up in trouble. Even Bibi Dong couldn't hold back her curiosity and wanted to head straight to where Luo Yi was.

Unfortunately, having read Luo Yi's warning about Yu Xiaoqian in the diary had changed Bibi Dong's attitude toward him again.

Faced with Hu Liena's suggestion, Bibi Dong answered without hesitation, "Bring him back? If he wants to go to Taolangke Academy, then let him. What does that have to do with me?"

Hu Liena's expression grew tense. She looked at Bibi Dong with a complicated expression, struggling to hold back her thoughts before she finally spoke.

"Teacher, even if Luo Yi really is warning that man, there's no need for you to be so hostile toward him. He's still doing it for your sake. He doesn't want you to end up like you did in your past life—as Tang San's enemy and one of his stepping stones. You were killed by him in the end."

The more Bibi Dong praised Yu Xiaoqian, the more convinced Hu Liena became that Luo Yi truly knew about the diary's owner.

The more Bibi Dong tried to protect Yu Xiaoqian, the more Hu Liena felt that she might really be as close to him as the diary suggested.

Seeing her disciple's attitude, Bibi Dong felt a headache coming on. She nearly lost her temper again.

"I don't care what you think. I won't let you go looking for him!"

Hu Liena was about to say something else when the diary in front of her began to glow. Bibi Dong waved her hand and stopped her.

"Enough. Let's leave it at that. We can talk about this another time."

Bibi Dong had already made up her mind. If Luo Yi dared to poison Yu Xiaoqian, she would find a way to teach him a lesson—diary or no diary.

Fortunately, Luo Yi didn't continue with that topic. Instead, he turned his attention to something else.

But Bibi Dong had only just let out a sigh of relief before she saw the diary's next entry. Her mood immediately soured.

[If I don't join the Spirit Hall, I'll end up like the world-destroying god. Not only will I have a teacher and senior sister as companions, but I won't even get to marry that beautiful, proud goddess of the capital.]

[The world-destroying god only started paying attention to me after I revealed my talent. The only person who didn't care about my talent and instead liked me for who I was was Bibi Dong, the current Pope. Even the servants who served me in the Divine Realm after I ascended would treat me with respect.]

[Especially since she'd been watching me for so long. She knew my character and temper, and still wanted to take me into the Pope's Palace. In the end, the Pope's Palace and Bibi Dong were nothing like each other.]

[It's a pity she didn't love Bibi Dong. She only became her disciple.]

[Even so, Qian Daoliu hadn't given up. He wanted to take me into the Pope's Palace, and eventually have me marry his granddaughter. Given how young I was, he planned to wait until I was older before arranging the marriage.]

[And the woman I was meant to marry was Qian'erbei.]

Qian'erbei: ???

The devouring had turned on me.