Unrepentant Bibi Dong

Inside the Pope Palace, in her private chambers, Bibi Dong lay on her large bed in a white nightgown, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Her mind was constantly occupied by thoughts of Chen Qi and Qian Renxue.

According to her plan, Qian Renxue had to go to the Heaven Dou Empire to replace Xue Qinghe, slowly poison Xue Ye to death, and finally ascend the throne smoothly.

In this way, the Heaven Dou Empire would be taken without the slightest effort.

Yet, Chen Qi had intervened, causing Qian Renxue to change her mind; she no longer wanted to act as an undercover agent.

Instead, she wanted to focus on her cultivation and eventually replace her, the newly appointed Pope.

Given Qian Renxue's talent, Bibi Dong dared to say that within ten years, she could reach the Title Douluo level.

Once she inherited the Angel God position, she, Bibi Dong, would be thoroughly defeated.

"No! I cannot let such a thing happen! The Qian family must never produce a god; I must have a serious talk with her."

Having thought this through, Bibi Dong suddenly sat up, murmuring as if she had been startled awake from a nightmare.

She had just ascended to the position of Pope, and her career was only just beginning; she absolutely could not let Qian Renxue ruin her plans.

Outside Qian Renxue's house in Spirit Hall, the two of them had finally collected both spirit rings at an astonishing speed after a full day of spirit hunting.

These two spirit rings were 1,200 years and 3,400 years old respectively, completely shattering the laughable theory regarding the maximum age limit for spirit rings.

Inside the house, Chen Qi couldn't wait to lie on the floor, breathing in the air of the room to his heart's content.

"Finally back inside. Staying outside for a whole day was miserable."

Seeing him like this, Qian Renxue frowned in disgust and asked.

"Do you gods like to stay cooped up at home?"

Hearing her words, Chen Qi paused.

What did she mean by gods liking to stay home?

Who wouldn't want to stay home? Going outside meant facing the wind and sun, and having to deal with a bunch of strangers—it was terrifying.

Chen Qi still remembered the embarrassment he felt during his thesis defense, facing questions from several professors, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into.

"You don't understand; this is called a sense of security. Only a narrow, dark room can provide me with the greatest sense of safety," Chen Qi said with a straight face.

Beside him, Qian Renxue rolled her eyes in silence at his words.

How could there be shut-in men and women among the gods!

The Angel God hadn't appeared for so many years; surely they hadn't just been hiding in the Angel Temple refusing to come out, right?

Qian Renxue grumbled silently in her heart, feeling that humans and gods were really no different.

She couldn't help but start worrying about what would happen if she truly became the Angel God.

The next morning, Chen Qi slowly woke up from the bed. Sensing the warmth in his arms, he immediately opened his eyes and found himself locking gazes with Qian Renxue once again.

"What a coincidence, Master, you just woke up too."

Qian Renxue blushed; she had grown up to this age, and this was the first time someone had been so rude to her.

"Get out!"

Slap!

In the bathroom, Qian Renxue had pulled over two screens, which perfectly blocked the scene inside.

She was bathing happily inside, while Chen Qi was playing by himself outside the screens.

Both of Chen Qi's cheeks bore bright red palm prints, quite symmetrical.

"Master, can you not slap me the moment you wake up?"

"If you hadn't climbed up and hugged me, would I have slapped you?" Qian Renxue pouted in the bathtub.

Hearing this, Chen Qi was left speechless.

There was only a three-meter range; if he went out, he would be automatically teleported back. Chen Qi had simply turned over, and somehow, he had ended up on the bed.

What? You ask why he didn't get back down?

Think about it: since he was already there, why leave? Besides, he was so sleepy in the middle of the night that it was impressive enough to regain consciousness for a second or two.

Anything beyond that time resulted in automatic unconsciousness, and he couldn't be woken up.

"Qian Renxue! This Pope has come to see you personally today; come out and meet me at once!"

Outside the house, Bibi Dong stood at the door wearing her eternal Pope robes, shouting loudly inside.

Qian Renxue frowned upon hearing this. Why was it that someone always disturbed her while she was bathing? Tomorrow, she would change her name; she wouldn't be Qian Renxue anymore, she would be Shizuka.

"What is this dead woman here for again? She's so annoying!"

She slapped the surface of the water hard, sending a splash three feet high that flew over the screen and landed on Chen Qi's head.

"Ouch, Master, what are you doing!"

Chen Qi lowered his soaked head and said with displeasure.

"Wait for me to change, I'm going to have a proper chat with that dead woman!"

Qian Renxue completely ignored Chen Qi's existence, itching to rush out right now and give Bibi Dong a piece of her mind.

Seeing that Qian Renxue hadn't noticed him at all, Chen Qi turned bright red with anger.

Transmigrating into Qian Renxue's spirit, having to watch this mother and daughter bicker every single day, was simply the end of the world.

Especially that love-addled fool Bibi Dong; she would even sabotage her own daughter just for that Sima Yu Xiaogang. If she were pushed too far, Chen Qi didn't even dare to imagine how terrifying things would get.

"I'm tired. Let it all be destroyed. System, destroy me! Just let this miserable protagonist who barely has any presence fade into nothingness!"

Chen Qi wailed to the system.

How he wished he could return to the moment he first transmigrated, when he could just do nothing and wait for death.

"Ding. The system does not support bargaining. Besides, you are to follow Qian Renxue forever and listen to them argue every day."

That was mental torture!

It was absolutely inhumane! If you aren't going to kill me, don't torture me!

Outside the house, Qian Renxue craned her neck, glaring viciously at Bibi Dong, who was leaning on her scepter.

"What are you here for, you dead woman?"

"Insolent! Is that how your mother taught you to speak, Qian Renxue?"

Qian Renxue sneered at these words, pointed at Bibi Dong, and said.

"This is my mother."

Bibi Dong realized her words had been a bit off, coughed twice, and continued.

"Don't interrupt. I came this time to have you represent Spirit Hall and attend the birthday ceremony of the Heaven Dou Empire's Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe."

This time, Bibi Dong had come up with a flawless plan. As long as she could trick Qian Renxue into attending the birthday banquet, she would find someone to kill Xue Qinghe while the opportunity arose. If Qian Renxue didn't want to become Xue Qinghe, she would be the murder suspect and would be thrown into prison.

Therefore, she would be forced to play the role of Xue Qinghe.

If Chen Qi knew her thoughts, he would definitely say.

"Hilarious. Are the people in the Consecrated Hall just for show?"

Besides, even if Qian Renxue did kill him, so what? Would Xue Ye really dare to arrest her?

When Qian Renxue heard Bibi Dong's words, it was as if she had heard a joke. Asking her to represent Spirit Hall? Where did Bibi Dong get the nerve?

Moreover, Qian Renxue's identity had never been announced to the public. If she just blurted out that this was an important figure from Spirit Hall, who would believe her?

"What kind of daydream are you having, Bibi Dong? You must be trying to trick me into being an undercover agent again."

Hearing Qian Renxue's words, Bibi Dong was somewhat shocked.

Since when had Qian Renxue become so smart?

She looked at the innocent-looking Chen Qi behind her and nodded, firmly deciding that it must have been Chen Qi's doing. He must have coached Qian Renxue beforehand.

Otherwise, given Qian Renxue's intelligence, she would never have guessed her true purpose.

It had to be that.

Bibi Dong frantically anesthetized herself in her heart, trying to deny the fact that Qian Renxue was smarter than her.

"I'm warning you, you must attend this banquet, or even the Consecrated Hall won't be able to save you!"

"And what if I don't go?"

Qian Renxue put her hands on her hips and stood her ground against Bibi Dong. If you tell me to go, I just won't go—what can you do about it?

Seeing this, Bibi Dong felt like she could crush her own molars. She should have just plucked her out when she was pregnant with her.

"You won't go? Heh, you wouldn't be afraid, would you?"

This time, Bibi Dong used a goading tactic. Qian Renxue hesitated upon hearing this; she was a sucker for that sort of thing.

Seeing this, Chen Qi shook his head helplessly. He wouldn't interfere this time; let everything just be destroyed!

"Ding. Detected that Qian Renxue is about to be tricked by Bibi Dong into becoming Xue Qinghe. Host, please stop her. Reward: System Shop. Failure: Infinite loop of this day."

"System, are you intentionally working against me? Aren't you a Heroine Cultivation System? Why are you issuing missions?"

"Do issuing missions and cultivation conflict with each other?"

Chen Qi was speechless. This bound system definitely had a grudge against him; it was truly trying every way possible to mess with him.

So, he gathered his courage, looked at Bibi Dong, and said.

"Goading tactics again? Bibi Dong, do you have no other skills? My master already said she doesn't want to go, so why are you being so persistent? Keep harassing my master and I'll have the Great Consecrator deal with you."

Bibi Dong looked at the suddenly interfering Chen Qi and really wanted to strangle him. Every single time, she was just a hair's breadth away, and Qian Renxue was about to be led down the garden path!

"Qian Renxue, you just wait for me! I will be back!"

With that, she turned and left without looking back. Now, she had to find a way to seal off those old men in the Consecrated Hall as well.