Who the hell knows what the Third Young Master was on when he wrote this dogshit plot back then.
The setup for the Valley of Qiankun Questioning Love said it was where the God of Love fell to her death, and that anyone who passed the trials would receive a reward.
A reward? Heh. They never saw a single decent benefit. The place just went out of its way to disgust them, then slapped on the grand label of "testing their love."
Other than Huo Yuhao and the other two, everyone else got dragged in to suffer too. I'd get to them later.
For now, all fire was focused on the pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes, Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er.
They both liked Huo Yuhao, so the valley had them play "only one can live"—a fight to the death. The winner lived, and the loser died.
At first, Wang Dong'er still wanted to work with Wang Qiu'er and look for a way out. But Wang Qiu'er never once gave her the time of day.
Wang Qiu'er genuinely wanted to kill Wang Dong'er.
Of course, the rules changed later. Now, one of them had to die to save Huo Yuhao.
As soon as Wang Dong'er heard that, she immediately wanted to protect Huo Yuhao and volunteered to die.
Wang Qiu'er was fighting tooth and nail to kill Wang Dong'er, while Wang Dong'er was practically handing her the kill. What was wrong with that?
On the surface, it seemed fine. It was just dying for love, the sort of thing that tugged at the heartstrings.
But in reality? From their own point of view, it was fine. But zoom out, and they were both complete idiots. Pure and simple.
Wang Dong'er, you're the heir to the Clear Sky Sect. Your family has a whole pack of elders who dote on you like you're the apple of their eye.
You love Huo Yuhao, and you're willing to die for him. But have you ever thought about your family?
Did they raise you all these years just so you could go out and die for a man?
And Wang Dong'er didn't even know she was Tang Wutong yet. She didn't know she couldn't die in the first place.
When Wang Qiu'er first tried to attack her, Wang Dong'er was pretty calm. She was still wondering if the two of them could work together.
At least she still seemed like a person then.
But the moment she heard, "Unless one of you dies, Huo Yuhao will die," Wang Dong'er immediately stabbed herself. She didn't hesitate for a second.
Then she had the nerve to declare, "I'll give Huo Yuhao to Wang Qiu'er, so she can be with the one she loves."
Bullshit.
You think you're so kind, so devoted, so noble, is that it?
Huo Yuhao loved you at that point, you idiot.
You die, and you force a woman Huo Yuhao doesn't even want onto him. You think he'll be happy after that?
Are you picking a wife for him?
You walk away, feeling at peace with yourself. You move yourself to tears with your own sacrifice—what a goddamn self-congratulatory farce.
And what about Huo Yuhao? The person he loved is gone. The person he needed is gone. What the hell makes you think he'll be happy?
Let's be honest. You did it for that pathetic scrap of self-respect.
You wanted your "noble sacrifice" to make him feel guilty for the rest of his life, so you could look devoted, selfless, and downright amazing.
But did you ever ask what he wanted?
If he didn't want you, why the hell would he be dating you?
Wang Dong'er's whole act was pure arrogance, self-pity, and self-indulgent, useless sacrifice.
It did nothing but make her family suffer and stab the person she loved in the back.
And after all that, she still acted like she was the one who'd suffered so much, all wronged and miserable.
It was clean and easy for you to die, but what was Huo Yuhao supposed to do afterward?
If Huo Yuhao didn't love you, then you died for nothing.
If Huo Yuhao really loved you and died with you, then you still died for nothing.
If Huo Yuhao loved you but was too afraid to die, he'd spend the rest of his life drowning in regret and self-loathing—and you'd still have died for nothing, over and over again.
I could rack my brain until it rotted and still wouldn't understand what Wang Dong'er thought she'd gain by killing herself.
Honestly, in this goddamn mess, the best choice was what Wang Dong'er suggested at the start: the two of them should work together and find a way.
This was the Valley of Qiankun Questioning Love. From the start, it had been called a "test of love," not a "slaughterhouse of love," and definitely not the "Valley of Qiankun Suicide."
What mattered was their love, their attitude—not which one of them could die the fastest.
And even if—even if they tried every possible solution and found that one of them still had to die—
If we were judging love alone, setting aside family responsibilities and clan duties—
Then Wang Qiu'er should have been the one to die.
Why? Because you, Wang Dong'er, were Huo Yuhao's actual girlfriend. You were the one he truly loved.
What was Wang Qiu'er to him at that point? Just an ordinary female friend who had a bit of a soft spot for Huo Yuhao, but didn't even like him enough to call it a crush.
So if Wang Qiu'er died then, Huo Yuhao might grieve for a while, but the person he truly loved would still be there. He could keep living.
But if Huo Yuhao's true love died and all he had left was "a female confidante he was kind of fond of," Huo Yuhao would only be even more miserable than death, in unbearable agony.
By the emotional calculus, if someone absolutely had to die, Wang Qiu'er dying was the most damn sensible choice, the one that cost the least.
Seeing this, the characters could no longer hold back.
Good grief. They knew Wang Dong'er was stupid, but they never imagined she could be this stupid.
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "Well, well. With a brain like that, you could apply to set the record for the lowest IQ in the Divine Realm."
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "When the time comes, what's her name—Tang San's daughter, right? I'll test your IQ myself!"
[Douluo Era 1 God of Evil]: "Such a precious specimen must be carefully preserved. It'll come in handy when we study the brain in the future."
[Douluo Era 1 God of Destruction]: "The daughter of a future God King, and she's actually this stupid!"
[Douluo Era 1 God of Destruction]: "Asura, how did you choose your successor? Are you sure there's nothing wrong with Tang San's genes?"
[Douluo Era 1 Asura God]: "How would I know? This is really embarrassing..."
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "Wait, is this really my future daughter?"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "She chooses to kill herself, then gives her boyfriend to another woman—and a woman her boyfriend might not even like?"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "Yikes!"
[Douluo Era 1 Xiao Wu]: "That's it, our future parenting must be the problem. Xiaosan, if we reach the Divine Realm in the future, should we find a better teacher?"
[Douluo Era 1 Yu Xiaogang]: "That doesn't make sense. In the future, I'll be in the Divine Realm, teaching her the right values. How could your daughter turn out this way, Xiaosan?"
[Douluo Era 1 Yu Xiaogang]: "Unless, in the future, you're too attached to Xiaosan to let him be taught by me?"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "Oh, really? Am I going to be a doting father in the future?"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "No way! If a child isn't taught, it's the father's fault! To make sure she doesn't embarrass herself in the future, I'll have to raise her strictly if I ever have her!"
[Douluo Era 1 Tang San]: "Teacher, I'll be counting on you then! You have to make sure my daughter gets a proper education in the Divine Realm!"
[Douluo Era 1 Yu Xiaogang]: "Leave it to your teacher! With all the knowledge I've built up as a theoretical master, I'll make sure your little girl gets a proper education in the Divine Realm!"
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