Tai Yi then learned the full details of what had happened from Qian Daoliu.
It turned out that during the months these people had been here, Bibi Dong would come out to find Qian Daoliu every so often, perhaps whenever her strength had increased a little. Her goal was simple: kill Qian Daoliu or the people outside.
Yet under these circumstances, everyone learned that Bibi Dong was still alive. They also learned that the reason she possessed such formidable strength was that she, too, had inherited a Divine Position.
After learning this, everyone initially looked down on the Spirit Hall Empire for daring to kill its former pope. Then they felt that the Spirit Hall Empire must possess something extraordinary, since both the previous and current popes had been favored with Divine Positions.
During the first few times Bibi Dong came out to deal with Qian Daoliu and the others, she returned empty-handed. The reason was that although Qian Daoliu was no longer stronger than Bibi Dong, he had a group of people around him. With their greater numbers, Bibi Dong was unable to defeat Qian Daoliu each time.
Bibi Dong also realized something was wrong. As long as she did not become a god, Qian Daoliu outside would always be able to suppress her through sheer numbers. Thus, Bibi Dong began to think of a solution.
At the same time, Bibi Dong was curious about something else: how had Qian Daoliu and Tai Yi made people from these other factions and families so obedient? They knew this place was dangerous, yet they still dared to come. Back when she was in power, even those factions that had become subordinate families of Spirit Hall had never been so obedient.
Only after Bibi Dong deliberately investigated did she learn why so