[Face-Tanking Ultimate: In my dream, I saw that the disciple Yu Xiaogang had devoted everything to cultivating would not only become the Sea God, but would even inherit the legendary, supreme position of Asura God King.]
[Most Beautiful Pope: A First-Level God, the Sea God? The Asura God King?]
The information was so overwhelming that even Bibi Dong couldn't help but feel shocked.
She knew exactly what it meant to be a God King.
She was the inheritor of the Rakshasa God, and the Rakshasa God was only a First-Level God. Yet this person would hold Dual Godhood!
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: That's right. He will gain Sea God's Power, and ultimately wield the divine authority of the Asura God, ruler of judgment and slaughter.]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: At the fated end, he will use the Asura God Sword to shatter your Rakshasa Godhead.]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: You will fall by his sword. The Spirit Hall Empire you founded will collapse along with you.]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: And that's not all. In the end, even your daughter, Qian Renxue, who inherits the Angel God Position, will have her godhead shattered by his own hand, ending her divine inheritance forever.]
The air in the hall turned even colder. Bibi Dong's face was now wreathed in frost.
Given Ye Qiong's ability to accurately expose her past, the information he had provided was unlikely to contain much falsehood.
In other words, this Tang San would ruin both her future and her daughter's.
[Most Beautiful Pope: So in the future, Yu Xiaogang will cultivate a weapon capable of slaying gods, destroying an empire, and cutting off everything I have... a weapon of ultimate destruction?]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: You could put it that way. Tang San is the ultimate manifestation of Yu Xiaogang's theoretical ambitions and personal obsession, the "fruit" where countless causes and effects converge.]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: Perhaps he isn't targeting you personally, but the path he walks is destined to run completely counter to the Spirit Hall's ambition for supremacy. There can be no reconciliation between them. His very existence will be your greatest obstacle in the future.]
[Most Beautiful Pope: The Asura God King, is it? Very well. Then where is this young man, destined to become a "calamity," now?]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: He should be at Shrek Academy by now.]
After chatting with Xiao Wu earlier, Ye Qiong had already figured out the current point in the timeline.
[Most Beautiful Pope: ...I understand. Your "dream" has given me information clear enough. That will be all for today.]
[Face-Tanking Ultimate: Sure.]
The private chat ended.
A deathly air hung over the Pope's Hall.
Bibi Dong rose slowly, killing intent glinting in her eyes.
"Gui Mei, Yue Guan."
Two figures appeared soundlessly in the hall and dropped to one knee.
"At your service!"
"Go to Suotuo City and investigate someone named Tang San. I want every piece of information on him."
Bibi Dong's voice was cold as ice.
"Yes, Your Holiness!"
The two figures vanished in an instant.
An unfathomable glint passed through Bibi Dong's eyes. That future was not what she wanted.
Now that she knew the course of fate, she would do everything in her power to stop it!
Over the next few days, Liu Erlong remained offline. She might have been driven away in anger, or perhaps she was still trying to digest what had been exposed.
Ye Qiong didn't intend to bother her. Instead, he changed his group nickname.
Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero. It was a nice nickname, and it suited him perfectly.
As for Face-Tanking Ultimate, the nickname he had always used in the Honkai Star Rail World, he would put it away for now.
The other group members noticed that Ye Qiong had changed his name and piped up, saying they wanted to change theirs too. But Ye Qiong turned them all down.
There was no other reason: the permission was limited. As the Group Owner, he could only change his own name for now.
The mood in the group gradually settled.
That day, Xiao Wu and Tang San finally arrived in Suotuo City. At the sight of the bustling city, Xiao Wu immediately opened the group chat, snapped a picture of the city gate, and sent it over.
[First Cute Bunny: [Image: Suotuo City Gate] I've made it to Suotuo City!]
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: What a coincidence! I'm here too! [Image: Street outside the Rose Hotel, Suotuo City]]
[No Petting Cats: I'm here too.]
Xiao Wu was both surprised and delighted by their replies.
[First Cute Bunny: Really? Can we meet up? Online friends meeting in person!]
[Pagoda Suppresses River Demon: Sure, sure! I'm at the biggest Rose Hotel in Suotuo City. Come find me!]
[No Petting Cats: Sure.]
[First Cute Bunny: Great! I'll be there this afternoon. I'll let you know when I arrive!]
The three girls excitedly agreed on a meeting place.
Watching their chat, Ye Qiong chimed in at just the right moment.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Oh? You're meeting up in person already?]
He had only just sent the message when a familiar avatar suddenly lit up.
[ Ding! "Fire-Breathing Dragon" has sent you a private chat request.]
Liu Erlong, who had been offline for several days, had finally appeared.
Ye Qiong sat by the sea, fishing. He looked at the pink-haired bundle dozing on his shoulder, then glanced at the private chat request on the screen. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
The person he'd been waiting for had finally arrived.
[Fire-Breathing Dragon: Hey, you big-mouthed Group Owner! Get out here! Who gave you the nerve to drag out all that crap between me and him, and make it sound so awful?!]
Just as he'd expected, Liu Erlong's opening words were soaked in gunpowder, just like her nickname.
But beneath her anger, Ye Qiong could sense a hint of weakness.
It seemed she hadn't come to settle a score. She'd come seeking a final judgment.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Dean Liu, calm down first. Getting worked up is bad for your health.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: I admit I put it harshly, but I wasn't making anything up. Everything that happened between you, and what you were thinking back then, was like it had been imprinted on my mind. I kept "dreaming" about it over and over.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Every time I dreamed about it, it weighed on me. Especially when I dreamed about Yu Xiaogang's thoughts. He was so shameless it was beyond the pale. If I didn't say it out loud, I'd have burst!]
Ye Qiong typed unhurriedly, laying the blame on the elusive "dream."
That story had worked on Bibi Dong, and it would work just as well on Liu Erlong.
[Fire-Breathing Dragon: Bullshit! What could you possibly dream about? How could you know what he was thinking?!]
Liu Erlong's response grew more heated, but that only revealed just how shaken she was inside.
Ye Qiong decided to deliver one final, heavy blow.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: I dreamed about the scheming buried deep in his bones! When the truth came out back then, his mind went "boom," and his very next thought wasn't about how much he cared for you. Instead, he pretended to be afraid, then coldly calculated his way through it.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: This was what he was thinking: "It's over. We're cousins... This is incest! If word gets out, I, Yu Xiaogang, will be finished! My reputation, my standing as a theorist in the Soul Master World, will become a laughingstock across the land! My research, my ambitions—all of it will be nailed to the pillar of shame because of this!"]
On the other end of the screen, in Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong's breathing suddenly grew heavier.
His words chilled her to the bone.
[Fire-Breathing Dragon: ...]
She wanted to argue, but couldn't get a single word out.
Ye Qiong gave her no chance to catch her breath.
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: And that wasn't all. I even heard a pitiful flash of relief in his thoughts at the time. "Thankfully, we weren't actually married yet. Thankfully, we found out 'early.' I still have a way out. I can leave 'cleanly.'"]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: To him, protecting his pitiful pride and future mattered ten thousand times more than your pain or the feelings between you.]
[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: His first instinct was always self-preservation and weighing his options. Feelings? When they clashed with his own interests, they were the first thing he'd throw away.]
[Fire-Breathing Dragon: Enough. Stop talking.]
Liu Erlong sent those words, sounding utterly exhausted.
Ye Qiong stopped typing. He knew the dam had finally broken.
Now it was Liu Erlong's time to look inward.
Sure enough, before long, Liu Erlong sent another message—but its contents surprised Ye Qiong.
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