The Ever-Changing Real World

"Sister Dong'er, so the uncle who came to our home that day was His Holiness the Pope."

At this moment, Wang Zhao briefly suppressed the shock in his heart. Pretending not to have heard Bibi Dong's earlier murmur of "teacher," he raised his little face with an innocent expression.

"I never expected Sister Dong'er to be so impressive. You even know His Holiness the Pope."

Bibi Dong: "..."

Die: "..."

"It's more than just knowing him."

After a moment of silence, Bibi Dong seemed to realize something. She looked Wang Zhao up and down before speaking.

"Hm?"

Wang Zhao's little face was full of confusion.

Yet his heart gave a slight jolt.

Why had Bibi Dong said that? Did she intend to reveal her identity to him?

There was not enough time for Wang Zhao to think through so many questions.

The next moment, however, Bibi Dong suddenly locked eyes with him, giving him no chance to evade her gaze.

"Wang Zhao, I have always known that you are very clever. You must have long had some guesses about your teacher's true identity."

"Can you tell me?"

At her words, the innocent look on Wang Zhao's face faded slightly.

He thought for a moment, then analyzed the situation with a somewhat serious expression.

"Sister Dong'er, logically speaking, you should have once served as a Red Bishop of Spirit Hall. Yet in Spirit City, I have never seen you handling affairs or participating in any activities."

"And if you merely held an ordinary position within Spirit Hall, then with your current strength, you should already have become a famous fifth Platinum Bishop. Yet you have remained unknown all this time."

"Considering that Sister Dong'er is still so young, if I'm not mistaken, your true identity should be that of a Reserve Elder secretly cultivated by Spirit Hall. Furthermore, you have a current Powerful Elder of Spirit Hall as your teacher. Otherwise, it would be hard to explain how you had the authority to easily arrange for me to work in the Library of Spirit Academy, while also ensuring that I would not be disturbed in the past year."

"Besides that..."

"Sister Dong'er, you can only be one of Spirit Hall's core figures—the Saintess of Spirit Hall, whom everyone has heard of but never seen—"

"Lady Bibi Dong!"

"Haha..."

At this point, Wang Zhao narrowed his eyes, scratched his head, and said with a simple, foolish grin.

"But although Sister Dong'er and the Saintess both have 'Dong' in your names, you definitely can't be the Saintess."

"Why not?"

Bibi Dong stared straight into Wang Zhao's eyes and pressed him for an answer.

At the same time, she was somewhat stunned inside.

Was this really an analysis a normal seven-year-old child could make?

There was definitely something off about him!

"Because..."

Wang Zhao's voice suddenly lowered, and a subtle change appeared in his gaze as he spoke pointedly.

"As we just saw, His Holiness the current Pope is already dead."

"And barring any surprises, once we return to Spirit City, we will soon hear that the Saintess has temporarily become the Acting Pope."

"If Sister Dong'er truly is the Saintess, then when that happens, I... we will all be in a lot of trouble."

"After all, Teacher, you still aren't a Titled Douluo..."

Hearing Wang Zhao address her as "teacher" for the first time in a long while, Bibi Dong's eyes widened abruptly.

She suddenly realized that, after her teacher Qian Xunji had fallen, she seemed to have no one left to rely on in Spirit Hall.

And she, who had yet to advance to Titled Douluo, was simply not enough to rely on herself!

With her current Soul Douluo cultivation, she would be treated as an honored guest by any faction in the world.

But the position of Pope of Spirit Hall was different!

Even if it was only temporary.

Not to mention that, ever since Qian Xunji had taken her as his student when she was six, her life had already been firmly bound to Spirit Hall.

With the Worship Hall scarcely involving itself in affairs, taking the position of Acting Pope meant becoming a target for all.

After all, Spirit Hall still had quite a few Powerful Elders who were Titled Douluo below rank 95.

Most of them represented the forces of various great families, while she, Bibi Dong, was merely a commoner genius who had awakened mutated Twin Martial Souls!

She could not hold this position yet...

Unless the Worship Hall was willing to step forward and support her.

But was that possible?

Leaving aside the fact that she had virtually no connection with the Worship Hall, even if it did intervene, it would only be to confront the Clear Sky Sect and restore Qian Xunji's honor.

As for Qian Daoliu...

She had only met this master once, and she could clearly sense that he did not think very highly of her.

Most importantly—

In Qian Daoliu's eyes, the position of Pope of Spirit Hall could only ever be held by the Angel Qian Family!

At this moment.

Seeing Bibi Dong's ever-shifting expression, Wang Zhao's heart sank slightly as well.

Sure enough, he had not guessed wrong.

As someone who never stood beneath a crumbling wall and was exceedingly cautious, how could he be like the typical protagonists of web novels from his previous life, randomly ignoring his own premonitions from time to time?

That was why his earlier words had actually been a test for Bibi Dong.

If nothing had gone wrong and the Secret Chamber Incident had already happened, then Qian Renxue was undoubtedly Bibi Dong's biological daughter. With that relationship in place, no matter what Bibi Dong worried about, she would not worry about anything happening to her within Spirit Hall.

However, Qian Xunji's premature death might have deprived Bibi Dong of the chance to "kill her husband" and begin Rakshasa God's Trial. Combined with Bibi Dong's earlier sadness over Qian Xunji's death, and considering her obsessive temperament that made it almost impossible for love to arise from hatred, Wang Zhao formed a terrifying conjecture in his heart—

The plot had changed, and the characters' fates had changed as well!

What if...

Qian Xunji had likewise driven away Yu Xiaogang, thereby earning Bibi Dong's resentment.

Yet he had not done anything beastly.

Qian Renxue still existed, as though her existence were predetermined.

But no one knew who her birth mother was.

This was a real world, and everything had a traceable cause.

If any character did something that fundamentally did not fit their identity or personality, then there could only be some hidden reason behind it!

Suddenly, Wang Zhao recalled a speculation made by online readers in his previous life regarding Qian Xunji's Secret Chamber Incident, the root of all evil in the entire Douluo story, and even its ending.

That was, behind all of this, gods had actually been causing trouble and playing a game of chess!

First, the Rakshasa God made its move, using Divine Will to interfere with the consciousness of Qian Xunji, an owner of the Angel Martial Soul, and making him commit something dishonorable.

Then, step by step, it guided Bibi Dong toward the City of Slaughter before changing course to carry out the subsequent Rakshasa God Training Plan.

But this was not the complete plan.

Perhaps this plan was merely one part of an even greater plan.

For example...

The Asura God Training Plan!

If Tang San's transmigration truly had something to do with the Asura God, then...

What about his own transmigration?

"!!!"

Wang Zhao's expression changed drastically, instantly turning ugly in a way he could no longer hide.