Understanding Qian Xunji (Please Bookmark and Request Updates)

"Tang Jia San Shao, Tang San..."

Qian Renxue turned the connection between those two names over in her mind.

She sneered.

"Oh, wonderful. Just wonderful. Once I find you, I'll make you wish you were dead. Then you can explain exactly what you meant by 'golden liquid'!"

Xiao Ran sat back down. Watching Qian Renxue fly into a rage, he felt a flicker of glee at her misfortune.

Tang Jia San Shao had brought this entirely on himself. He was in for it now.

"All right, back to the point!"

"Bibi Dong's Spirit Hall Empire fought on two fronts. With the army of Soul Masters she'd assembled from across the continent, she practically had both great empires pinned down."

"Then Tang San returned and defeated Bibi Dong on the battlefield. The Sky Azure Bull Python's and Titan Giant Ape's Soul Rings and Soul Bones played a part in that. Tang San gained two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and Soul Bones, while Bibi Dong lost them. As one grew stronger and the other weaker, she was no longer his match."

"After Bibi Dong's crushing defeat, the Spirit Hall Empire's army nearly collapsed into a rout. The six elders of the Worship Hall came to its aid. They took power from Bibi Dong, but they also drove Tang San back and steadied the army's morale."

(Hu Liena's inner monologue: Stop talking. Please, stop talking. The way Teacher's looking at me has already changed. I only wanted to pursue my love. What did I do wrong?!)

(Bibi Dong's inner monologue: I certainly raised a fine disciple. She's siding with an outsider, helping some man fight her own teacher. Wonderful. Just wonderful... Huh?! Why does this feel so familiar? Back then, Xiao Gang and I, and Qian Xunji! No, I wasn't like that. Mine was true love. Nana and Tang San... Damn it. Why do I see myself in Nana?)

Qian Renxue listened intently and set aside her plan to take revenge on Tang Jia San Shao for the moment. She had not forgotten, and she never would. Until she made him pay, she could not swallow this bitter grievance.

Before crossing Higher-Dimensional Space, Tang Jia San Shao had controlled her life.

After crossing Higher-Dimensional Space, Tang Jia San Shao still controlled her life.

Then what had she crossed over for?

Xiao Ran went on. "The six elders of your Spirit Hall planned to lead the Spirit Hall Empire's army in a counterattack, but the Clear Sky Sect sent reinforcements, and they helped the Heaven Dou Empire hold the line."

"Seeing the stalemate, Tang San decided to inherit the Sea God Godhood and break it."

"He went back to the Star Dou Great Forest to add Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer. That was when he ran into you."

As he spoke, Xiao Ran looked at Qian Renxue as though he could barely hold back his laughter.

Qian Renxue pointed a slender, pale finger at herself. "Me?"

Xiao Ran nodded. "By then, you'd become the Angel God, while Tang San was still a Titled Douluo. You hunted him down, yet somehow couldn't kill him. Using one trick after another—the Great Sumeru Hammer, Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, Sea God's Descent—he escaped you time and again. He even pierced your heart and wounded you, a god."

"So tell me, how were you any better than Bibi Dong or Hu Liena? You gave Tang San so many chances that they could've filled a vast, surging sea. He shouldn't be the Sea God. You should."

Qian Renxue's face flushed crimson as she listened. White steam practically rose from her head. Even she thought those brainless actions sounded stupid now.

"A god, and Tang San wounded me!"

"What in the world was I doing?"

"Idiot! Grandpa sacrificed himself so you could become a god, and there you were, letting the tiger return to the mountain! You, you, you... I, I, I..."

Qian Renxue's lips jutted out in fury. She wanted to slap herself, but the more she thought about it, the more certain she became that the slap belonged on Tang Jia San Shao's face.

He was the one who had written such infuriating plot twists.

Douluo Continent!

Spirit Hall!

Qian Daoliu sighed. Even after becoming the Angel God, his granddaughter had failed to destroy Tang San in one decisive push.

Tang San really did have destiny on his side.

At that thought, killing intent blazed in Qian Daoliu's eyes. Tang San had already gone to Sea God Island. He could not leave this problem for his granddaughter to deal with.

Tang San!

Sea God Island!

He would wipe them both out!

Papal Hall!

Bibi Dong cursed at the top of her lungs. "Qian Renxue, you fool! You became a god and still couldn't deal with Tang San. If it were me, I'd crush his heart and make sure he never had another chance to oppose me."

At those words, Hu Liena dropped to her knees with a thud. Tears streamed down her face like rain on pear blossoms.

"Teacher, Nana is begging you. Please let Tang San live. Take away his Soul Power, cripple his limbs—anything, as long as you spare his life. I truly can't bear to watch him die!"

Bibi Dong raised a slender, pale finger and pointed it tremblingly at Hu Liena. Her chest heaved so violently with anger that her breasts ached.

"Hu Liena, do you know whom you're pleading for?"

"Tang San! He's the one who killed me and destroyed everything the Spirit Hall Empire built. I should cut him a thousand times and tear his corpse to pieces, and you still have the nerve to beg me to spare him..."

Bibi Dong had once hated Qian Xunji beyond measure. But today, as she looked at Hu Liena kneeling before her and begging for the life of the man who would kill her...

She understood Qian Xunji a little. Her own actions back then must have infuriated him too.

Bibi Dong could no longer sympathize with her former self.

She gasped for breath, her emotions churning.

"Get out! Get out of here!"

In her heart, she thought bitterly:

Nana. Hu Liena. I raised you like my own daughter. Tang San will kill me someday, yet you have the nerve to plead for him.

Fine. If you like Tang San that much, then if I were a man, I'd ruin you and see whether you still had the face to beg for his love.

????

No. How could I think something like that?

It's Qian Xunji. It must be him. I devoured his flesh and soul, and his soul has influenced me. Otherwise, how could such a wicked thought enter my mind?

Qian Xunji was born evil. Even dead, he still tries to control me. How can anyone be so vile?

Sea God Island!

Tang San had just received the Sea God Nine Trials beneath the Sea Horse Sacred Pillar when he saw what the Sky Screen revealed.

Before he had even become a god, he had used the Great Sumeru Hammer, Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, and Sea God's Descent to severely wound Qian Renxue after she had become one.

Tang San beamed. He was more certain than ever that he was destiny's chosen son, blessed with fortune, and that nothing could kill him.

Not long ago, Qian Daoliu, a level-ninety-nine Peerless Douluo, had hunted him down and failed to kill him.

And in the future, Qian Renxue would hunt him as the Angel God and fail to kill him too.

"Hahahahaha..."

Tang San laughed with delight, then said viciously:

"I am destiny's chosen son. I will not die. Once I become the Sea God, Qian Daoliu will pay for hunting me today. He has already invited death upon himself!"