Su Yan vs. Bibi Dong

Su Yan looked at the gates of the Papal Hall before him, let out a slow breath, then stepped forward and pushed them open.

The moment he entered, Bibi Dong, seated upon the throne, cast a cold gaze at him.

"You... are her husband?"

Meeting Bibi Dong's gaze, Su Yan showed no trace of retreat and merely nodded calmly.

"You're Xue'er's mother... no, I should call you older sister, right?"

Bibi Dong narrowed her phoenix eyes into slits. Peak Rank 98 soul power surged forth, accompanied by faint traces of Rakshasa Divine Power.

Feeling Bibi Dong's pressure, Su Yan was completely unaffected, his eyes carrying a hint of mockery.

That "older sister" infuriated Bibi Dong. She was unwilling to acknowledge Qian Renxue as her daughter, but that did not mean she would not look after her.

"What? You seem rather hostile toward me, your mother-in-law!"

Though she spoke that way, Bibi Dong was deeply surprised—or rather, shocked.

Her pressure just now had contained a small amount of Rakshasa Divine Power, yet it had had no effect on Su Yan.

One had to know that divine power was not something a mortal could withstand, even if he was a Rank 99 Title Douluo of the present age.

"Do you really not know whether I bear hostility toward you? Or do you even deserve Xue'er's love?"

This time, Bibi Dong was thoroughly enraged. The hand gripping the Papal Scepter creaked.

"Impudent! I am the current Pope, yet you dare show me such disrespect!"

Su Yan spread his hands and looked at the furious Bibi Dong on the throne.

"So what? Who do you think you are? If Xue'er weren't reluctant to part with you, would you still be alive right now? I'd be this."

As he spoke, Su Yan gave Bibi Dong a thumbs-down, the mockery unmistakable.

Seeing Su Yan's provocative gesture, Bibi Dong could no longer endure it. She rose from her throne and flew toward Su Yan, the phantom of a spider appearing behind her.

"Courting death!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yan lightly raised his hand and gently pointed at the approaching Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong froze in midair, unable to move. This time, she was completely panicked!

Bibi Dong tried to use the Rakshasa Divine Power, only to discover that she could not connect to it at all. She could not even sense her own martial soul.

"What did you do to me? Is this power something a human should possess? Are you also an inheritor of a god?"

Bibi Dong fired off a string of questions, but Su Yan could not be bothered to answer her.

"Who I am isn't important to you. You only need to put yourself in your proper place."

Bibi Dong did not understand what Su Yan meant at all. Since she could not move her body, she could only glare at him with resentment.

"What do you mean by that? Release me at once! I am the Pope."

Su Yan merely chuckled. He stepped forward, looked at Bibi Dong, and lifted her chin with a finger.

"Pope? You're mistaken. In my eyes, you're merely a mother-in-law who made mistakes."

"And don't put on airs as the Pope before me. Do you think you can beat me? With the Rakshasa God?"

At those words, Bibi Dong's gaze shifted from humiliated fury to terror. She could not understand how Su Yan knew.

"You... how did you know?"

Su Yan shook his head. He could not tell her that. He could hardly say that he had read the original story, could he?

Seeing Su Yan shake his head, Bibi Dong's eyes shifted from terror back to anger, and she began cursing him viciously.

"You beast, release me! Release me!!!"

Bibi Dong was practically roaring, but this space had long since been sealed off by Su Yan. Not a single sound of hers could travel outside.

"You call me a beast, then what are you? For the sake of trash, you abandoned your own teacher and abandoned the Spirit Hall that had shown you kindness."

"For the sake of trash, you were willing to send your own daughter to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire, intending to completely ruin her life."

"For the sake of trash, you wanted to overturn the continent, slaughter every member of the Qian Clan, and destroy the Spirit Hall."

"Don't you think you're an ungrateful wretch? Or do you think the world owes you something? Who do you think you are?"

"If the former Pope hadn't brought you back, you would have died in some unknown corner long ago. He simply protected you too well."

"If it were up to me, forget becoming Pope—you'd be lucky if I didn't turn you into nothing more than a breeding machine!"

Hearing Su Yan's words, Bibi Dong completely lost control. She looked at Su Yan and shouted back.

"He was the beast! He used those methods to keep me there! What was wrong with pursuing my own love?"

"He was the one in the wrong! He ruined me! What right do you have to condemn me?"

As she spoke, Bibi Dong began to cry. Su Yan did not know how to respond.

Those words had merely been complaints he had made while reading the original story back on Blue Star. He had blurted them all out without thinking.

Su Yan truly had no right to judge this matter. He could not determine who had been right and who had been wrong.

"They all deserve to die. Every member of the Qian Clan deserves to die. I will kill them..."

Su Yan quietly watched Bibi Dong vent. While she was doing so, he secretly opened a small crack in the space.

Suddenly, Bibi Dong's eyes turned bloody and sinister, and a faint bloody stench began to emanate from her body.

Golden light flashed through Su Yan's eyes. This was precisely what he had been waiting for—the Rakshasa God's appearance.

Back on Blue Star, he had also seen an interesting comment. It said that Bibi Dong had become this way because she had been influenced by the Rakshasa God's malicious thoughts.

In the end, Bibi Dong was merely a girl who had been deceived. Her heart had once been simple; she could not possibly have become a demoness bent on destroying the world.

Su Yan could only give it a try. If Bibi Dong's nature was truly like this, he would absolutely never let Qian Renxue and Xiao Mo get close to her.

He had known when Xiao Mo had gone to see Bibi Dong before. He had remained on guard then, but he had not expected Bibi Dong to accept Xiao Mo.

That gave Su Yan an eighty percent certainty that Bibi Dong had been tainted by the Rakshasa God.

Watching the Rakshasa Divine Power within Bibi Dong riot, Su Yan struck her lower abdomen with his palm.

With a crisp crack, something inside Bibi Dong seemed to shatter, and she fell unconscious.

Meanwhile, in a bloody, filthy corner, an incomparably beautiful woman opened her eyes.

She discovered that the divine position inheritance mark she had left behind had shattered, leaving her deeply puzzled.

She sent down her divine consciousness to investigate, only for a palm to descend from the heavens where she was and directly knock her true body unconscious without harming her.

As for why he did not simply kill the Rakshasa God, it was because Qian Renxue's role-playing game had not yet ended.

He did not want the God Realm to disturb his beloved wife, so he did not kill the Rakshasa God and merely put her into a coma.

Because the inheritance mark had shattered, Bibi Dong also fell unconscious.

When she woke up, there was more clarity in her eyes and less weariness toward the world, though she still looked at Su Yan coldly.

"Leave! Don't come looking for me again. I don't want to see you anymore. Oh, and tell Little Xue and Xiao Mo to come to my bedchamber. I want to properly apologize to her."

When Qian Renxue and Xiao Mo were mentioned, Bibi Dong's eyes softened somewhat.

She had figured it out. The past was the past; now, she had a better life. She could be a good mother and a good grandmother.

Why stubbornly look back on the past? Being with Xiao Mo made her happy. She did not even know how long it had been since she last smiled.

Su Yan nodded in satisfaction. It seemed he had wagered correctly. Bibi Dong had indeed become like this because of the Rakshasa God's influence.

"Mm, I'll tell Xue'er. Please cherish them well. After all, they are the only people in this world who still care about you."

Bibi Dong did not answer, and Su Yan had no desire to remain. However, just as he was about to walk out through the gates of the Papal Hall, he heard Bibi Dong's reply.

"Of course. I'll cherish them well. And I'll tell Xue'er exactly how her wonderful husband flirted with his mother-in-law."

Hearing that, Su Yan nearly stumbled and fell. He had not expected Bibi Dong to hold such a grudge.