[Li Yuan: The only possibility is that the Asura God never intended to let Tang Chen inherit his power! Instead, he treated Tang Chen as a pawn to cultivate someone he had chosen. And that person was very likely Tang San!] [Li Yuan: Besides, the Rakshasa God and the Asura God were sworn enemies back in the Divine Realm. They could never stand each other.] [Li Yuan: And you, Bibi Dong, happened to become the perfect sacrifice in their feud because you began the Rakshasa God Trial. As for you and Spirit Hall, you were nothing more than... pawns he used to raise Tang San to the pinnacle!]
Boom!!!
Those words landed in the group like a nuclear bomb. The more everyone thought about them, the more their scalps prickled.
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Oh my god. The more I think about it, the more terrifying it gets!] [Loves Eating Carrots: Hiss... I'm getting scared too. What if someone's been plotting against me as well?]
Bibi Dong looked as though lightning had struck her. Every trace of color drained from her beautiful face, leaving it pale as paper.
Pawns...
She and Spirit Hall...
They were nothing more than... pawns the Asura God had used to cultivate Tang San?!
The idea was too shocking, too far beyond anything she had imagined.
But on closer thought, every point Li Yuan had raised had a basis. The implications made her scalp crawl.
If it was true... had all the struggle, pain, ambition, and effort of Bibi Dong's life been a joke from the very beginning?
A supporting act, carefully arranged to bring the "chosen one" to glory?!
Crown Prince's Mansion.
Qian Renxue was equally dumbstruck by the theory. A chill shot straight to the crown of her head.
If... if all of it was true...
Then what were Spirit Hall, she and her mother, and even the Angel God's lineage?
Would their ancestor simply stand by and do nothing?
Or had their ancestor already passed away...
[Li Yuan: I know this theory is hard to accept, but... the truth is often that cruel.] [Li Yuan: Think about it. Why was Tang Chen corrupted by the Rakshasa God's evil thoughts at the crucial moment of his God Trial? Why did the Asura God ignore Tang Chen's downfall, yet favor Tang San so much that he broke the very rules he was supposed to uphold to help him?] [Big Cat in the Night: Could it be because Tang San was more talented than Tang Chen?] [Single Academy-Running Housewife: Right. Why couldn't that be the reason?] [Li Yuan: Tang San, more talented than Tang Chen? That's utter nonsense. Comparing the two is like Xiahou Dun putting on glasses—one look is all you need!] [Li Yuan: Do you know how formidable Tang Chen was? In the entire history of Douluo Continent, apart from the Angel God and the Sea God before him, he was the only human to reach level 99 through his own strength, without relying on a single shortcut!] [Li Yuan: More importantly, while still a mortal, he created the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and even the divine technique Great Sumeru Hammer! You could call Tang Chen the crowning achievement of human talent!] [Li Yuan: Before Tang Chen, the Clear Sky Sect was an obscure little village. Then he came along and dragged that tiny clan all the way to the top, making it the greatest sect under heaven! If you told me Tang Chen was the chosen one of his era, I wouldn't doubt it for a second!] [Child Without Parents: That's amazing!]
Qian Renxue was shaken to her core.
She had often heard her grandfather praise Tang Chen and had always assumed it was just one old friend flattering another.
She had never imagined he truly was that capable!
Creating a divine technique while still mortal?
Even the stories sold on the street would hardly dare make that up!
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: No wonder the Clear Sky Sect has kept our Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under its thumb all these years. They had secret arts that powerful all along!]
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
Ning Rongrong drew a sharp breath.
Her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had secret arts too, but Heart Separation Control merely added flowers to the brocade that was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. It could never change the course of a major battle.
The Clear Sky Sect's Clear Sky Nine Absolutes and divine technique Great Sumeru Hammer, on the other hand, had truly changed the fate of an entire clan!
[Viper-Hearted Big Sister: I'm so jealous...]
Dugu Manor.
A trace of longing appeared in Dugu Yan's eyes.
If the Dugu Family produced someone like Dugu Chen, could that change her family's fate too?
Would the Dugu line no longer have to endure the torment of poison?
But alas... there were no ifs.
[Loves Eating Carrots: So Tang San can't compare to Tang Chen at all.] [Single Academy-Running Housewife: Exactly. Creating your own secret arts isn't something just anyone can do. The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan has stood on this continent for a thousand years, yet it has passed down only one secret art: Dragon Transformation. Tang Chen created nine absolutes by himself!] [A Life of Bitterness and Solitude: Looked at that way, something is seriously fishy here. The Asura God had abalone and lobster right in front of him, but turned around to eat vegetables instead?] [Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: I'm starting to wonder if the Asura God is blind.] [Little Fox Who Loves Teacher Most: Teacher, I don't think he's blind. I think there's something wrong with his brain.] [Li Yuan: Tang San certainly couldn't compare to Tang Chen. But since we're on the subject, let me tell you about the Angel God and the Sea God. The details there are even more terrifying the more you think about them.] [Li Yuan: Take a guess: why would a god named for the sea possess the power of light? Why could he wield the power of purification? What do those abilities have to do with the sea at all?]
Qian Renxue's brows drew together, and tension gripped her heart.
At last, he was going to talk about her ancestor.
But why had her earlier anticipation turned into a nervousness unlike anything she had felt before, just because of Li Yuan's last message?
She thought it over carefully, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not make sense of it.
How exactly had the Sea God acquired the powers of light and purification?
[Richest Little Heiress of Heaven Dou: Wait, I need to grab some sunflower seeds and peanuts. (Spectator ready for the drama)] [Viper-Hearted Big Sister: Agreed. How can you watch the drama without snacks? (Sets up a little stool)]
Everyone chimed in. Even Bibi Dong, unusually, sent a reply.
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Wait. This empress is going to get some spicy rabbit heads. (Grinds her teeth and turns her grief and rage into an appetite)]
Li Yuan: "..."
[Loves Eating Carrots: ???] [Loves Eating Carrots: Why would you eat a bunny?] [Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Why shouldn't this empress eat rabbit?] [Loves Eating Carrots: Bunnies are so cute! What did they ever do to you? Why do you have to eat them?] [Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: They're delicious precisely because they're cute. I'll eat them, I'll eat them! Stay mad!]
With that, she even took a photo of herself eating a rabbit head and sent it to the group.
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: Bibi Dong held a spicy rabbit head in one hand. A little red oil clung to her pink lips, making her look especially bewitching. (Image)] [Loves Eating Carrots: Hmph! Bibi Dong, you really are a bad woman!] [Li Yuan: @Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall, send me some too. I want a rabbit head!] [Loves Eating Carrots: ???]
Xiao Wu was stunned.
Even Group Leader Brother... Why did they all want to eat bunnies?
Were bunnies really that tasty?!
[Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall: No problem.]
Bibi Dong clearly had not expected Li Yuan to say that. After a moment's hesitation, she agreed.
[A Red Envelope from Yandere Mad Beauty of Martial Soul Hall!]
But after she sent the Red Envelope...
Bibi Dong glanced at her hand out of habit... Huh?
Where was the rabbit head she had just taken a bite out of?
Oh no!
Had she picked the wrong one and sent it in the Red Envelope?
She hurriedly searched the table and the floor. Once she confirmed it had not fallen anywhere, she froze.
Damn it! She really had sent it?
Had her spicy rabbit head become a secondhand rabbit head?
[Li Yuan: Why is there a bite mark on the rabbit head you sent me?]
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