Jin Hao's Lofty Ambition

At that moment, Qian Daoliu spoke up.

"Xiao Hao, just wait outside the city for a little while now. Great-grandfather and your grandfather will return to Spirit City and immediately bring out the people and the spirit bone to protect you."

Jin Hao nodded at that.

Then, Jin Hao was left all by himself in the spot.

Jin Hao was thinking to himself right then.

I never expected that I'd actually be targeted by that lunatic Bibi Dong, and she even wants to make me go undercover. Could there be something about me that made Bibi Dong feel threatened?

Regarding someone like Bibi Dong, whether from reading novels in his past life or now having transmigrated to Douluo Continent, Jin Hao had not a single shred of favorable impression of her.

Therefore, every time he saw Bibi Dong, Jin Hao never gave her a good expression.

However, Jin Hao was also thinking that this time leaving Spirit City and going undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire could also be considered as broad as the sky for a bird to fly. The single benefit to him upon going out was that, in Jin Hao's own vision, he had plans to create his own godhead.

Yet wanting to create a godhead required faith, and within Spirit Hall, it was practically impossible for him to sit in the position of the pope. Without being the one in charge, wanting to achieve godhood through faith was practically equal to zero.

As for going undercover, when the time came, the Usurpation Plan would be carried out and the Spirit Empire would be established, but whose Spirit Empire it would be was uncertain.

What Jin Hao did not know was that just as he was thinking about these matters, at a place not far away, someone was watching him.

This person was none other than the current Pope of Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong.

In the four years since Bibi Dong became pope, the disgust in her heart toward Spirit Hall had never lessened, and her hatred toward the Angel Family ran even deeper.

So every time she saw Qian Renxue—the daughter she had with that bastard master of hers, Qian Xunji—she wanted to get rid of Qian Renxue. Yet Bibi Dong did not dare, because she knew clearly that while others might not know precisely who Qian Xunji died at the hands of, that old fogey Qian Daoliu certainly did. The only reason she could stay alive now was because Qian Renxue still needed her mother, and also needed someone to help her guard the position of the pope.

Consequently, in her original plan, Bibi Dong had prepared to orchestrate the Usurpation Plan to send Qian Renxue away, letting Qian Renxue waste her talent outside. That way, a Qian Renxue who grew up a day later would also buy herself another day of time, and once she had the ability to deal with Qian Daoliu, that would be the time she settled accounts with the Angel Family.

Originally, all of this had been planned out, and Bibi Dong was just waiting for a suitable opportunity to send Qian Renxue away.

At that very moment, Jin Hao appeared. He possessed twin martial souls just like her, and each one was stronger than the last. Back when Jin Hao's martial soul awakened, the Myriad Manifestations Mirror martial soul had directly copied the Six-Winged Angel martial soul.

Everything from the aura and onward was identical. If Jin Hao's second martial soul hadn't appeared so quickly, Golden Crocodile Douluo on the scene back then would have practically traded blows with Qian Daoliu. Had Qian Xunji even laid a hand on his grandson's wife?

What was even more crucial was that because Jin Hao had always looked down upon Bibi Dong, every time he saw her, Jin Hao gave her cold stares, his eyes even carrying killing intent.

Seeing this scene, Bibi Dong understood what it meant better than anyone, because in the past, that was the exact look she had directed at Qian Xunji.

Although Bibi Dong did not know why Jin Hao held such hostility toward her, she also knew just how dangerous it was to have an existence harboring such hatred toward her.

Therefore, right then, a conflict arose in Bibi Dong's mind over whether to have Qian Renxue or Jin Hao go undercover. But once Jin Hao reached seven and a half years old and became a Grand Soul Master, coupled with the fact that Jin Hao routinely copied those elders' martial souls and those elders in turn taught Jin Hao their signature skills,

Bibi Dong realized right then that Jin Hao's threat was far greater than Qian Renxue's. Because once Qian Renxue grew up, even if Qian Daoliu wanted to eliminate her, he would still have to consider Qian Renxue's thoughts.

As long as she bestowed some affection upon Qian Renxue in daily life, Bibi Dong believed that when the time came for Qian Daoliu to want to kill her, Qian Renxue would stand right in the middle.

Jin Hao was different, however. His martial soul was powerful and his talent was supreme, but the crucial point was that the killing intent and disdain toward her in his gaze were not concealed in the slightest.

Bibi Dong had reason to believe that as long as Jin Hao grew up, given the opportunity, Jin Hao would kill her without the slightest hesitation.

It was impossible for her to eliminate Jin Hao in advance either. Golden Crocodile Douluo and those old fellows in the Elder Hall viewed Jin Hao like a precious treasure, leaving her no opportunity at all.

Because of this, Bibi Dong had finally resolved to send Jin Hao undercover to the Heaven Dou Empire, letting him waste his talent amidst palace struggles. She would use the fact that Jin Hao's martial soul was suited for going undercover along with Qian Renxue to threaten Qian Daoliu, forcing Qian Daoliu to submit.

More importantly, the cardinal of the Heaven Dou City Spirit Hall Main Hall right now was her own person, and when the time came, she could still have Saras look for an opportunity to see if there was any way to get rid of Jin Hao.

Thinking of this, as Bibi Dong watched that youth standing outside Spirit City waiting for Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile, she thought to herself:

Go on. Even if you don't die, what else can you possibly accomplish when you waste your time on palace struggles?

Then Bibi Dong stopped looking at Jin Hao and directly left the place.

Meanwhile, Jin Hao was still pondering how to go about his undercover assignment later. Jin Hao had no desire to be like the original Qian Renxue, having to waste his precious cultivation time competing for that crown prince position against Prince Xue Xing standing behind the scenes and Xue Beng who constantly feigned being a dissolute playboy.

Therefore, Jin Hao had two ideas. The first was that Xue Qinghe was still outside absorbing his second soul ring. Once he replaced him and returned to Heaven Dou City, he would tell Xue Ye that he had absorbed a millennium soul ring, causing his Swan Spirit to mutate into a martial soul possessing offensive power or other aspects of capability—rather than the original Swan Spirit which merely represented nobility and holiness yet had no other practical function, forcing one to rely solely on political maneuvering to unite the sects.

Jin Hao believed that once he achieved this, Xue Ye would not choose to abandon an heir capable of changing the current state of the imperial family.

There was also the alternative that since there was still a competitor named Xue Beng, he would simply eliminate him. The fascinating ancestor Erfeng had already taught you all at the Xuanwu Gate: when an emperor hesitates and cannot decide between candidates, one should turn oneself into the only option, leaving the emperor with no choice.

Naturally, Jin Hao never intended to take action himself. When the time came, he would send word to his group of grandfathers in the Elder Hall. Since he was going undercover anyway, Jin Hao trusted they would help him and kill Xue Beng under some pretext.

Once he accomplished these things, all he would need to do was devote his mind to cultivation and, in the eyes of everyone in the Heaven Dou Empire, play the part of that crown prince admired by all.

Just as Jin Hao was still thinking about these things, Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile over here brought people back.

Arriving before Jin Hao, Qian Daoliu spoke up.

"Xiao Hao, these are Pufferfish and Snake Spear. Both of them are Level 92 Title Douluo. In addition, these are Jin Yi and Jin Er, loyal retainers cultivated by the Golden Crocodile Family. They will all accompany you to the Heaven Dou Empire and protect you well."