Beneath the Sky Screen, Yu Xiaogang's imperious, overbearing expression was simply nauseating.
Yet this nauseating scene was only the beginning.
The image shifted, and time sped forward.
Several years flashed by in this twisted relationship.
During those years, Bibi Dong had given almost everything for Yu Xiaogang.
Using her status as the Holy Maiden, she paved the way for him, allowing him to meet countless renowned masters of the Soul Master world.
She stole the most essential theories from Spirit Hall's archive, volume after volume, for his "research."
And Yu Xiaogang accepted it all with perfect ease.
He cobbled together those stolen theories, altered and repackaged them as the "crystallization of his own painstaking efforts," then preached them far and wide across the continent.
Before long, the name "Grandmaster" had risen to prominence throughout the Soul Master world.
Countless people had been convinced by his seemingly profound and unfathomable theories.
Yet behind that false halo lay his ever-growing demands and pressure upon Bibi Dong.
However, paper could never contain fire forever.
Bibi Dong's repeated theft of Spirit Hall's archives was eventually discovered.
A supreme order from Pope's Palace descended without warning, like a bolt from the blue.
[Holy Maiden Bibi Dong is ordered to immediately sever all ties with Yu Xiaogang, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's traitor!]
[Return to Spirit City immediately. You are to be confined for three years and reflect upon your sins!]
In the image, outside Spirit City, beside an ancient pavilion along the old road.
Bibi Dong wore a purple dress, her face streaked with tears.
She clutched Yu Xiaogang's hand tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance and resolve.
["Xiaogang, wait for me! Wait until I become Pope! When that time comes, no one on the entire continent will ever be able to separate us