Checking in at Suotuo City's Rose Hotel: The Unofficial History of the Shrek Seven Devils

"As expected of Xiaogang."

Bibi Dong sat on the bed, her damp hair hanging loose after her bath, her snow-white thighs half-hidden beneath her black robe.

Her fingertips brushed the edges of the manuscript pages, touching the slightly rough paper, as though she could still feel the force of Yu Xiaogang's pen strokes.

Bibi Dong had already read through most of the article. Now her gaze returned to the section on pills.

Undisguised enthusiasm filled every line Yu Xiaogang had written. In the article, he lavishly praised the improvements pills brought to soul masters and the advanced state of the Divine Realm Empire's pill industry.

Rather than displaying the rigor expected of a scholar, Yu Xiaogang's article read more like a second-rate novelist's worldbuilding notes.

"But that's what makes him Xiaogang..." Bibi Dong murmured, her brows softening almost imperceptibly.

Memories surged in like the tide.

In Spirit Hall's library, the young Yu Xiaogang had worn a long robe washed pale and held a thick ancient tome. His eyes had shone as though a lion lurked within them. He had not been rigid or dogmatic, but quite lively.

With paper and pen in hand, the young man had seemed capable of composing magnificent scholarly works, talking endlessly about everything under the heavens, from soul masters' physiques to soul ring compatibility.

Back then, Yu Xiaogang had not yet fallen on hard times. He had possessed only a naive idealism.

It was then that Bibi Dong had unwittingly been moved by Yu Xiaogang's stubborn passion.

"Xiaogang, after dealing with Tang Hao, I intend to visit the Divine Realm Empire. When the time comes, I won't just make you the Grandmaster of the Douluo Continent. I'll help you become the Grandmaster of the Divine Realm Empire, too."

Bibi Dong issued an order as Pope,