The Pope Is Pure and Untainted

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

"Lord Heavenly Dao, I'm so nervous! What am I supposed to do?" Little Qian Renxue bit her rosy lips, the tiny figures in her heart constantly fighting each other!

Should she really follow Lord Heavenly Dao's wishes and... hurt her mother again?

"Why are you asking me when you're nervous? It has nothing to do with me. As long as I'm not nervous, it's fine!" Lu Chen said carelessly.

"No! That's not it!"

Qian Renxue's little face immediately flushed red. "Didn't you tell me to challenge Mother, Lord Heavenly Dao? How can it have nothing to do with you?!"

"This was your own choice." Lu Chen teased her with interest. "If you don't want to do it, you can give up anytime! It won't cause you any real losses anyway! It would just mean you scolded Bibi Dong for nothing!"

"No, it wouldn't be for nothing! You enjoyed scolding her!"

"Lord Heavenly Dao, don't talk nonsense! Little... Little Xue only felt... only guilt and sadness back then. There wasn't... there wasn't even the slightest bit of happiness!"

Qian Renxue jumped to her feet, anxiously defending herself.

How could she be happy? How could she feel pleased or delighted because of something like this?

Scolding Mother was wrong!

It was immoral!

Even if Mother was a bad mother... No, Mother was a good mother!

It was all Lord Heavenly Dao's fault! Sob, sob, sob! Hehe... sob, sob, sob!

Don't laugh! Serious face!

"Look at you. I never said you were happy. I only said you enjoyed scolding her! Could it be that you not only enjoyed scolding her, but were secretly delighted inside too?"

"Lord Heavenly Dao! Aren't enjoyment and happiness the same thing?!"

"Are they? But aren't you refusing to deny that you were secretly delighted?"

"..."

Qian Renxue was speechless. Why did Lord Heavenly Dao always love playing these word games?

Lord Heavenly Dao seemed like a completely different person. When they had first met, he had clearly been so great and mysterious!

Yet after saying all that, most of Qian Renxue's nervousness had faded. She no longer felt so resistant to publicly challenging her mother.

She had already done something even more excessive to Mother before! Doing something less excessive one more time was no big deal, right?

Qian Renxue thought to herself.

"Your Holiness, the Grand Worshipper sent me to inform you that Princess Qian Renxue's succession ceremony will be held soon. You are required to attend in person!" a maid said respectfully.

Bibi Dong said expressionlessly, "I understand!"

Things had reached this point. Even as the Pope, she could no longer stop this from happening!

Qian Renxue becoming the Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden was not only the Grand Worshipper's decision; it was also the result of a vote by all the Spirit Hall elders!

As the newly appointed Pope, she could only comply with the outcome!

Not only could she not oppose it, she had to personally confer the title of Spirit Hall Holy Maiden upon Qian Renxue before everyone!

Bibi Dong clenched her fists tightly, her fair and beautiful face as eternally unmelting as ancient ice!

"Qian Daoliu! Qian Renxue!"

"Within twenty years at the latest, I will completely wipe the Angel Clan from this continent!"

"Mom... Your Holiness! Ten years from now, I will personally challenge you for the position of Pope!"

Just after Bibi Dong forced a smile and conferred the title of Holy Maiden upon Qian Renxue, Qian Renxue stiffened her little face and declared this bold statement before everyone!

Silence!

The Title Douluo all looked at Qian Renxue in unison, then at Bibi Dong's stern face, before turning their gazes toward Qian Daoliu!

Their movements were incredibly uniform! Their coordination was perfect!

No!

What exactly was this whole family playing at?

At that moment, some of the Title Douluo finally believed the rumors they had heard before.

The relationship between Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, this mother and daughter pair, had completely become one of irreconcilable hostility!

Of course, it was Qian Renxue who was unilaterally hostile toward Bibi Dong. After all, Bibi Dong had long since stopped acknowledging this daughter very much!

No wonder!

No wonder the Grand Worshipper had clearly already relinquished power and had previously been doing everything he could to support Bibi Dong's rise to the papacy, only to suddenly use the matter of the Holy Maiden to stage a public coup against her.

So it was because Qian Renxue had grown wiser and no longer acknowledged this mother of hers!

She had even publicly issued a challenge to her birth mother for ten years later before so many people!

No wonder the Grand Worshipper and Bibi Dong had nearly come to blows inside Spirit Hall before.

Bibi Dong must have done something extremely excessive to Qian Renxue at the time, causing this good—foolish—daughter, who had spent years trying to please her mother, to turn against Bibi Dong completely!

As for the possibility that Qian Renxue had taken the initiative to provoke Bibi Dong, this group of Title Douluo had never considered it, nor could they possibly consider it.

After all, not only had Qian Daoliu watched little Qian Renxue grow up, but all of these Title Douluo had watched her grow up as well.

They knew very well what kind of child little Qian Renxue was!

Well-behaved, sensible, obedient, respectful toward elders, and innocent!

Other than forgiving Bibi Dong without limits, she had almost no flaws!

Especially after Qian Renxue awakened a God-tier Martial Soul, she had become the perfect candidate for the next Pope in their eyes. All that remained was for Bibi Dong to step down!

At that thought, the expressions of the Title Douluo suddenly became rather strange.

Ten years.

What did it mean for Qian Renxue to issue Bibi Dong a ten-year challenge today?

Was Qian Renxue confident that she could break through to Title Douluo within ten years?

Or did the Grand Worshipper intend to let Bibi Dong remain Pope for only ten years?

The Title Douluo present fell into deep thought.

Breaking through to Title Douluo within ten years was impossible even with a God-tier Martial Soul, wasn't it?

Could it be that the Grand Worshipper...

"Ten years! Is the new Holy Maiden really that confident? His Holiness is a Title Douluo!"

"I've heard of Her Highness the Holy Maiden's talent. She can be called the number one genius on the continent, but the youngest Title Douluo on the continent were all at least forty. Even if Her Highness's talent surpasses that person's, she can't possibly reach Title Douluo in ten years, can she?"

"Yes! Yes! Isn't Her Highness the Holy Maiden a little too confident? If she said twenty-five or thirty years, I'd believe it. But ten years... that's a bit difficult."

"More than difficult! It's simply impossible!"

"Isn't the Holy Maiden a little too... confident in her talent? Can our Spirit Hall really be handed over to her in the future?"

"Shh! Watch your words! Don't forget the Holy Maiden's identity..."

"The Holy Maiden's identity? What identity does she have?"

"I heard... I only heard it, but the Holy Maiden is the Grand Worshipper's granddaughter and the previous Pope's daughter."

"That can't be right. Didn't someone say that the current Pope and the Holy Maiden are mother and daughter..."

"Shut up! His Holiness the current Pope has never married and is naturally pure and untouched! How dare a filthy person like you spread such slander! Do you believe I'll call people from the Punishment Hall?!" a richly dressed little fat man stood up and shouted angrily!

"Exactly! Exactly! His Holiness the current Pope has already made a great vow to devote her entire life to Spirit Hall! How could she possibly have a daughter!" a middle-aged Soul Master said, pushing up his glasses and calmly reasoning it out, though his gaze at that person was incomparably cold.

"Hmph! You filthy thing! Don't forget that His Holiness the previous Pope was the current Pope's teacher! Are you deliberately slandering the pure and flawless bond between teacher and student shared by the two Popes?!"

Ahead of the three men, flames blazed in the eyes of a young Soul Master, his face filled with fury!

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

"Get out!"

The Soul Master who had spoken earlier immediately provoked public outrage. Everyone around him glared at him viciously, forcing him to leave in disgrace.

The Title Douluo might still care about appearances and the Grand Worshipper's dignity, so they would not discuss such things recklessly.

But these ordinary Spirit Hall disciples attending the ceremony had no such concerns! Of course, they also had no idea there were so many concerns to begin with!

They only knew that the new Holy Maiden did not know her own limits and had actually dared to make a ten-year agreement with His Holiness the current Pope!

She was simply arrogant and brainless to the extreme!

Bibi Dong's prestige among the higher ranks might not match Qian Daoliu's, but among Spirit Hall's ordinary disciples and deacons, her prestige was exceptionally high!

Especially after she led Spirit Hall in destroying the Clear Sky Sect's mountain gate, Bibi Dong's prestige among Spirit Hall's middle and lower ranks had reached its peak!

Many devoted followers had even emerged because of it! They would not allow anyone to tarnish His Holiness the Pope in the slightest!

Her beauty that overshadowed the world, her monstrous talent that drove others to despair, her strength at the pinnacle of the continent, and her resolve to devote everything to Spirit Hall!

Every one of them spoke of His Holiness the Pope's perfection!

But today, an ignorant little girl had appeared!

She had actually dared to provoke the perfect Pope in their hearts!

Hmph!

She truly did not know how high the heavens were or how thick the earth was!