The Phoenix King Was Shocked

"What?!... Bibi Dong, the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall, was driven out of Spirit Hall?!"

When the Phoenix King heard the news, he could hardly believe it. Things had unfolded completely differently from what he knew. It seemed that his arrival really had caused this world to change.

He and Medicine Elder, two people from different worlds, had entered Douluo Continent and set off a butterfly effect. According to the original story, even if Bibi Dong had killed Pope Qian Xunji—her teacher,

who was also Qian Daoliu's only son, Qian Daoliu still hadn't said a word to the "daughter-in-law" who had killed his son. He'd continued to let that ungrateful wretch Bibi Dong remain the Holy Maiden, and even become the Pope.

The main thing was, the situation was different now.

Spirit Hall had even exposed the fact that Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang had been together.

The Phoenix King was utterly stunned. He could hardly believe his ears and wondered if he'd heard wrong.

(I remember Spirit Hall didn't let this get out. In the original story, I think they were ashamed of it and worried that exposing it would damage their reputation, so they kept it quiet.

Later, the whole continent found out because Bibi Dong was about to die. By then, Yu Xiaogang was a respected Master of the Gods, and no one dared say anything about him. But now Yu Xiaogang was still a good-for-nothing, and he'd peeked at Spirit Hall's records. Spirit Hall had let its Holy Maiden get involved with a good-for-nothing—wouldn't that ruin its reputation?

They shouldn't have announced it now, at least. They should have waited for the right time, making sure it wouldn't affect Spirit Hall's future plans.

And another thing! If Spirit Hall first revealed that an important record had been accessible to any good-for-nothing, and then exposed that its Holy Maiden had fallen for one—

Those things would make Spirit Hall look like a joke, wouldn't they?

These changes are just too drastic!)

As the Phoenix King pondered all this, the Soul Beasts on the other side were discussing whether they should seize back some of the territory humans had taken from them.

"Di Tian, I think Spirit Hall must be in a bit of turmoil right now. Should we take the opportunity to reclaim some territory? Back when humans were gradually growing stronger, you didn't stop them from pushing us around. Now that there's infighting among humans, you should at least let us take back some of their land and make up for our losses."

Xiong Jun spoke up.

"I don't think the time is right yet. Spirit Hall may be in turmoil, but its overall strength hasn't been affected at all. An ungrateful Holy Maiden was driven out, that's all. Even if there's disorder within Spirit Hall, its fighting strength hasn't suffered any losses.

"Besides, they may be trying to root out internal problems. If we rashly attack the humans now, we'll be in for a lot of trouble.

"Although we're all cultivating Battle Qi now, and it's far more powerful than Soul Power, the gods in the Divine Realm are watching us."

"..." Xiong Jun was unhappy to hear Di Tian say that, but he understood that Di Tian had a point and couldn't argue.

"Our priority now should be improving our overall fighting strength. We're still far behind the humans," Gu Yuena said.

"And if the Divine Realm sees us slaughtering humans, they'll definitely come after us. We don't have enough god-level fighters to stand against the Divine Realm.

"Medicine Elder hasn't recovered his peak strength yet. I've started to improve, but I haven't fully recovered, either. The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings are still in the form of remnant souls.

"In our current state, we can't possibly stand against the Divine Realm. We can only wait—wait until we've fully developed and have enough strength to overthrow it.

"Otherwise, if the Divine Realm discovers that we're capable of resisting, everything we've built will be destroyed."

Gu Yuena's reasoning was sound. If the Divine Realm found out about Medicine Elder, it would never tolerate someone capable of breaking its rule.

They would only face extermination then. What did the Divine Realm care about Douluo Planet? It might not care even if the humans there could no longer cultivate Martial Souls.

If the Divine Realm truly cared about the humans in the lower world, it wouldn't allow the people of Douluo Planet to use such a distorted cultivation system as Martial Souls.

Clearly, as far as the Divine Realm was concerned, the humans of Douluo Planet were nothing but pawns.

Pawns used to gradually weaken the Soul Beasts, so the Divine Realm could seize the chance to wipe them out for good—a pair of clean hands doing its dirty work.

While Gu Yuena and the others discussed the affairs of the Soul Beasts, Medicine Elder wasn't particularly interested. His priority was raising the Phoenix King.

"Looks like I need to pay attention to a disciple's character when I take one. Good thing you're my disciple. If I'd taken someone like Bibi Dong, a scumbag and ungrateful wretch who fell for a good-for-nothing and showed him important records, I'd have another one on my hands. I'd go mad."

Whenever Medicine Elder thought of that treacherous disciple of his, he was furious. Thankfully, his current disciple was the obedient Phoenix King, and he had help, so he wouldn't completely lose it.

Just imagine if the Phoenix King had been the sort of person Bibi Dong was. There was no need to say what the consequences would have been. Medicine Elder could just ask to be put out of his misery.

"Teacher, I'll be obedient. I won't do anything like that. But honestly, I don't understand. Spirit Hall has a vast foundation. It may not be as powerful as Dou Qi Continent, but on Douluo Continent it's still a local power. Spirit Hall is the hegemon of Douluo Continent, and even the two great empires don't dare offend it.

"Why couldn't the Pope choose a disciple of good character? Why take in an ungrateful wretch? And why did it take so many years for anyone to notice? They only found out recently. That's just ridiculous."

The Phoenix King was also voicing a complaint about something he'd wondered for a long time. The people of Douluo were still from a fantasy world, after all, and they cultivated too.

Even in ancient dynasties, emperors had their own methods for judging potential crown princesses when choosing one for the crown prince, and those methods were fairly accurate.

The powerful members of Spirit Hall were seasoned veterans. How could they not tell what sort of person Bibi Dong was?

Especially those consecrated Douluo in Spirit Hall. Most had lived for over a century. Were they even less perceptive than the ancient emperors from the Phoenix King's original world, who hadn't even lived to a hundred?

The difference was just too great. Couldn't they tell that Bibi Dong was an ungrateful wretch?