The Great Stage of Douluo, My Name is Qian Xunji

Although Dongfang Yao was a genius in the eyes of others, to Jing, a younger brother would always be a younger brother. Dongfang Yao would always be a younger brother who needed his older sister's protection, and before he could defeat her, he should remain safely under her wings.

A strong, overbearing, and cold older sister, a chuunibyou, talkative, and lively younger brother, and Qian Xunji, who had to prevent the two from fighting.

What could Qian Xunji do? He could only keep the two of them far apart.

Qian Renxue did not understand; since Jing had family and did not dislike the other party, why couldn't they just get along?

Bibi Dong was already ruined.

Although they were both in Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong had only been transferred to Martial Soul City within the last year due to her contributions.

However, Qian Xunji did not care much about Bibi Dong, because he knew clearly that she was already ruined.

She was now over thirty, having missed the golden age for cultivation, and was stuck at level 89 as a Soul Douluo, unable to break through to become a Titled Douluo.

According to the standards of those divine trials, Bibi Dong had already been eliminated at this age.

How should one put it? A "love-struck brain" had ruined her entire life.

The most precious things she possessed now were likely just her two top-tier martial souls and her bloodline with Innate Full Soul Power.

When Bibi Dong originally left Martial Soul Hall, a final settlement of accounts was made. Resources spent over those years that could be recovered were taken back, and those that could not were converted into Gold Soul Coins and various precious cultivation resources. Even now, Bibi Dong was still paying off her debts.

The recovered resources naturally included the external spirit bone, the Six-Winged Purple Light Wings.

This growth-type external spirit bone had already fused halfway with Bibi Dong, and extracting it had damaged her foundation, causing her cultivation to plummet.

If Bibi Dong had received proper treatment from a healing-type support soul master back then to consolidate her cultivation, she would have still had a chance to obtain divine trials and become a god, given her aptitude.

However, Yu Xiaogang was not a thoughtful or warm man. As the child of the head of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Yu Clan, he had been pampered since childhood. Even as a piece of trash with only half a level of Innate Soul Power, he had received massive amounts of resources to assist his cultivation. Later, when he wanted to go to Martial Soul Hall to access records and classics, the clan had spared no effort to pull strings to help Yu Xiaogang achieve his wish.

Yu Xiaogang, having been driven out of Martial Soul City, could not bring himself to beg his father for help for the sake of a woman; he merely dealt with Bibi Dong's injuries perfunctorily before continuing his own research.

Bibi Dong did not feel that anything was wrong at all; she remained dead set on wandering with Yu Xiaogang and completing missions to pay off her debts.

Without a stable home, having to worry every day about how to make money to pay off debts, and spending her occasional free time mooning over Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong neglected her cultivation.

Later, when they met Liu Erlong and Flender, the four-person squad became a tangled love square. With two women fighting over one man, fueled by jealousy and petty schemes, there was simply no heart left for cultivation.

Furthermore, the inexplicable tacit understanding between Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender—who could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill—isolated Bibi Dong, creating a form of invisible cold violence.

Without the help of Martial Soul Hall, the spirit rings Bibi Dong obtained were vastly inferior to her previous ones in terms of attributes, quality, and age.

Moreover, busy with romance and jealousy, Bibi Dong naturally had no time to go to Slaughter City to obtain the Slaughter God's Domain or be chosen by the Rakshasa God.

But that didn't matter; for Bibi Dong, being in love and staying with Yu Xiaogang was enough.

And so, she lived in a daze, eating her heart out over Liu Erlong every day, being mocked by Flender—Liu Erlong's sycophant—while Yu Xiaogang tried to smooth things over.

Of course, Qian Xunji's debt collection notices still arrived on time, with collectors showing up at her door.

Until one day, when they encountered danger during a mission, Bibi Dong was forced to give it her all and used her Martial Soul Avatar.

When used, the skin on the upper half of Bibi Dong's body was covered by a layer of purple-black armor, and even her face was obscured by a shell. Below her eyes, four small eyes grew out. Her legs disappeared, and from her abdomen down, she transformed into a massive, round, spherical body. From this sphere grew eight thick, long legs that allowed her to move as fast as flying. They were covered in patches of green hair and carried disgusting, viscous slime. As it dripped onto the ground, it made constant popping sounds, highly corrosive. She looked just like a giant venomous spider.

After the crisis passed, Yu Xiaogang's attitude changed; he became distant and cold. Previously, when Bibi Dong had conflicts with team members, he would only try to smooth things over.

Ever since he saw Bibi Dong's Martial Soul Avatar, he began to take sides against her.

Did Yu Xiaogang love Bibi Dong? Of course he did.

But humans are visual creatures, and the Yu Clan that Yu Xiaogang came from was notoriously romantic and fickle. Growing up in such a family, Yu Xiaogang was naturally influenced by what he saw and heard.

There were two reasons he didn't dump Bibi Dong outright: first, his "devoted lover" persona was sustaining him; second, Bibi Dong's talent was too good. Yu Xiaogang's father hoped he would continue to stay with Bibi Dong, marry her, and produce a child who would inherit her talented bloodline.

However, because Yu Xiaogang had been enjoying the sight of two talented, beautiful girls—Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong—fighting over him, he had never made a choice.

Now that he had seen the appearance of Bibi Dong's Martial Soul Avatar, Yu Xiaogang was instantly turned off!

Yu Xiaogang's father, Yu Yuanzhen, was naturally dissatisfied. In his eyes, Bibi Dong had lost the protection of Martial Soul Hall and was nothing but a piece of fat meat. If she hadn't been his son Yu Xiaogang's lover, she would have long since been captured and turned into a breeding tool.

If Yu Xiaogang didn't want Bibi Dong, Yu Yuanzhen would have to take action.

What could Yu Xiaogang do?

He had seen the appearance of Bibi Dong's Martial Soul Avatar; his mind was filled only with that bloated, poisonous green spider hair and the massive spider abdomen, covered in disgusting slime that dripped onto the ground, corroding small pits, while white spider silk sprayed from her tail...

Ugh, he had absolutely no interest!

Yu Xiaogang's status in the Yu Clan relied entirely on Yu Yuanzhen's doting; he had no real power.

Yu Yuanzhen would not let Yu Xiaogang mess around when it came to truly important matters.

Bibi Dong had Innate Full Soul Power and two top-tier twin martial souls; she had the aptitude to become a Titled Douluo. Once a child of the Yu Clan inherited her bloodline talent in the future, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could produce several more Titled Douluos.

What did his useless son, Yu Xiaogang, matter in comparison?

The Yu Clan began to hunt Bibi Dong. Yu Yuanzhen took action personally, and Yu Xiaogang played deaf and dumb.

In the end, it was actually Liu Erlong who stepped in to help Bibi Dong.

She brought Flender and Yu Xiaogang to perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to buy time for Bibi Dong.

After this, Bibi Dong was heartbroken. She realized the fact that having talent without corresponding strength or a backer made her nothing but a piece of fat meat in the eyes of others.

She went into hiding, changing her name and wandering from place to place. During this time, she tried to cultivate properly, but the internal injuries from the extraction of the external spirit bone had not been treated well, and after so many years, they had severely affected her cultivation.

Having wasted so much time, she had also missed the golden age for cultivation.

Once the romance ends, one must sober up to face reality and take a look at their own karmic retribution.

Bibi Dong realized clearly that she had played a winning hand into a complete disaster.

She was already ruined!

Qian Xunji knew that with Bibi Dong's brain, she would eventually destroy herself!

To be honest, Qian Xunji was somewhat surprised that she had managed to survive until she reached Martial Soul Hall, yet it was also within his expectations.

As the former Saintess of Martial Soul Hall who had been declared dead, Bibi Dong had a history of betraying the very organization that had raised her since childhood. Other factions on the Douluo Continent could never truly accept her. She still had enough sense not to be in love, knowing that throwing herself at them would be like a meat bun hitting a dog—never to return.

Powerful factions viewed her as a breeding tool and hunted her in secret (previously, the major powers had held back due to Yu Xiaogang's background with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon), while weak factions could not protect her.

After wandering around, she returned to Martial Soul Hall, wanting to eat the grass she had already trampled.

Chapter 15: My name is Ning Rongrong, nice to meet you.

Martial Soul Hall's reputation on the Douluo Continent was excellent; it could even be called a synonym for justice and light.

In particular, the previous Pope of Martial Soul Hall, Qian Daoliu, possessed an upright character, dared to act and take responsibility, and was clear about right and wrong. Under his leadership, the various rules and regulations of Martial Soul Hall neared perfection, becoming a faith in the hearts of civilian spirit masters.

After succeeding him, Qian Xunji continued his policies.

Qian Daoliu's personality was near perfect. If Qian Xunji had crippled Bibi Dong back then simply because she wanted to fall in love, Qian Daoliu would not have sat idly by.

He was just that kind of person—incredibly righteous, completely lacking the mindset that a powerhouse could act without consequence.

Just like in the original work, when Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji, Qian Daoliu did not avenge his son. Aside from the stability of Martial Soul Hall and the fact that she was Qian Renxue's mother, the most important reason was that Qian Xunji had been in the wrong.

The clear-sighted Qian Daoliu found it difficult to strike at Bibi Dong, who was a victim.

In a situation where the Saintess Bibi Dong had not done anything to harm Martial Soul Hall, Qian Daoliu would not have allowed her to be killed just because of a romance. He would have preferred to persuade Bibi Dong to change her mind.

But could Qian Xunji swallow such humiliation?

He cut the Gordian knot, struck first to gain the advantage, dug out Bibi Dong's external spirit bone, settled the accounts, drove her out, and issued a death notice for the Saintess overnight.

Although Qian Daoliu did not approve of this outcome, he did not stop it, merely giving his rebellious son a beating afterward.

Of course, Qian Xunji could have chosen to quickly kill Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, leaving no chance for anyone to react or intervene.

But...

Wouldn't that be letting them off too easily?

Although Qian Xunji was exceptionally wise at that time, subconsciously, he felt that dying so easily would be letting them off the hook.

As this year's spirit awakening ceremony drew to a close.

Families from various regions began to recruit talented children among the commoners, poaching the fruits of Martial Soul Hall's labor.

As for the Heaven Dou Empire, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect also received news of a genius named Li Bai with Innate Full Soul Power. Coincidentally, his martial soul was also a sword, and the sword's name was Longyuan!

The Sect Master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi, went out personally and brought back a white-haired boy.

The boy had long, silver-white hair, elegant and free-spirited, with a wine gourd tied to his waist. From a distance, he carried an air of detachment.

Ning Rongrong knew her father had returned and hurried over. The little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was spoiled and arrogant, casting a casual glance at the boy beside her father.

But the moment she saw his face, she froze.

The appearance of an immortal, standing aloof from the world, untouchable!

One glance, and she was lost for a lifetime!

As the little princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, what kind of beauties had Ning Rongrong not seen? Her father, Ning Fengzhi, was a refined and handsome man.

The Heaven Dou Auction House was filled with countless beauties of all kinds.

But none of them could compare to the person before her.

Although the boy's face was youthful, it did not diminish his beauty. He looked more like an immortal child descended to the mortal realm, with jade bones and icy skin, silver hair like a waterfall, and a temperament that transcended the mundane, light and ethereal like clouds and mist.

His figure seemed to flicker in and out of existence, his robes moving with the wind without gathering a speck of dust, his brows and eyes revealing a cold, distant air.

Ning Rongrong stared blankly for a long time, only coming to her senses after Sword Grandpa called her name several times.

As for Ning Fengzhi, who had brought him back, he had been prepared. From the first moment he saw the child, Ning Fengzhi understood that with such an appearance, this child was destined not to be ordinary.

Ning Rongrong's reaction was also within Ning Fengzhi's expectations; one might even say he was happy to see it happen.

The best way to bind a future super-genius was through marriage.

Ning Fengzhi was clear about the current crisis facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect: it lacked successors.

The spirit masters of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were all support-type. They used the reputation of their support spirit masters to recruit partners with powerful combat capabilities into the sect to maintain its strength.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had two top-tier Title Douluo, but both were already old, and they had no heirs to cultivate.

Once the two Title Douluo passed away, if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect failed to cultivate new ones, it would likely fall out of the ranks of the Upper Three Sects and be carved up by others.