Cooperating with Qian Renxue, the Problem with Bibi Dong

"After Bibi Dong fell in love with that good-for-nothing Yu Xiaogang, she argued with Qian Xunji repeatedly. She even threatened to leave Spirit Hall to force Qian Xunji to accept her love for Yu Xiaogang."

"After one of their arguments, Qian Xunji locked Bibi Dong in a secret chamber and forced himself on her."

Yang Xingchen briefly explained why Bibi Dong hated Qian Renxue.

"Heh, no wonder Mother hates me so much. So that's how I was born! How sickening!"

For the first time, Qian Renxue was disgusted by the blood flowing through her veins. She had never imagined her father could be such a person.

Seeing the light gradually fade from Qian Renxue's eyes, her whole being giving off a faint desire to die and a sense of self-loathing, Yang Xingchen immediately sensed trouble. If he didn't say something to comfort her, she might kill herself in her room as soon as she returned.

"Why blame yourself for your parents' mistakes? You couldn't choose how you were born, much less reject the blood flowing through your veins."

"Heaven didn't give you talent beyond that of ordinary people for you to waste it. You should cherish that talent, because it's the key to changing your fate."

Yang Xingchen gently patted Qian Renxue on the shoulder, racking his brains for the inspirational platitudes he had heard in his previous life and telling them to her in an attempt to comfort her.

"I once read in an ancient book that when Heaven is about to entrust a person with a great task, it must first make their heart and will suffer, exhaust their muscles and bones, starve their body, and leave them destitute."

"Since Heaven gave you the talent to become the Angel God, that proves this world needs you to do something, like changing the lives of poor children and reducing the oppression the nobles inflict on ordinary people..."

As Yang Xingchen spoke, Qian Renxue suddenly burst out laughing. For the first time, she found the person before her rather interesting.

"Huh? Why are you laughing? Was I wrong?"

Yang Xingchen frowned slightly. He thought Qian Renxue had laughed because she found what he said ridiculous.

"No, I suddenly realized that someone as strong as you actually has no talent for comforting people. Who comforts someone by lecturing them about grand principles?"

"But thank you all the same. I took those grand principles of yours to heart. Perhaps, as you said, as the Angel God's successor, I should devote my life to finding ways to help those who suffer."

Qian Daoliu had taught Qian Renxue since childhood that, as the Angel God's successor, she was the embodiment of justice and a representative of all that was sacred. But those were all hollow words.

If so-called justice had no concrete grounding, it was just an abstract concept. Perhaps, as the Angel God's successor, she should spread true justice as the Angel God had.

At that very moment, Qian Daoliu, far away in the Worship Hall, felt a stirring from the Angel God's statue.

Just as he was wondering about it, the Angel God Trials shot out of the statue on their own and flew toward Qian Renxue's location.

"What's going on? Why would the Angel God bestow the God Trials of her own accord? Something must have happened to Xue'er. I have to go and see!"

Qian Daoliu had lived for so many years and read every book his family possessed concerning Godhood Inheritance. He knew that nothing like this had ever happened with the Angel God's statue before.

However, since Bibi Dong was at odds with him, Qian Daoliu had to discuss it with Golden Crocodile Douluo and find an excuse to cover his movements before he could leave.

After Yang Xingchen also explained the conflict between Qian Xunji and Tang Hao, a streak of light containing divine power flew over from afar and entered Qian Renxue's forehead.

"Another god's presence, and this time it's even a First-Level God. Little Xingchen, even I, the Dragon King, am starting to wonder if there really is something special about you!"

"It's only been a few days, and the people under you have all obtained Godhood Inheritances. If this keeps up, won't you end up creating another Divine Realm someday?"

Sensing the Angel God's presence, the Fire Dragon King immediately followed the "internet cable" into Yang Xingchen's Spiritual Sea and teased him with a laugh.

The Fire Dragon King's words left Yang Xingchen a little embarrassed. He hadn't expected to encounter something like this either.

"Ahem, Senior Fire Dragon King, you jest. I worked with them precisely because their strength and talent far surpassed those of ordinary people. Obtaining divine inheritances was simply their own good fortune!"

Still, it was a little absurd. No sooner had Yang Xingchen become friends with Dugu Bo than Dugu Bo obtained a Second-Level God's inheritance. Then, as soon as he cooperated with Qian Renxue, she obtained a First-Level God's inheritance.

When Qian Renxue opened her eyes, an indescribable presence emanated from her. Perhaps only now could she truly be called the Angel God's successor.

Qian Renxue was also quite surprised. Her grandfather had told her since she was little that, to gain the Angel God's recognition, she had to go to the hall where their family had enshrined the Angel God's statue for generations.

That was why her grandfather had recently been sending messages from time to time to Elder Pufferfish and Elder Snake Lance, asking them to urge her to return to the Worship Hall and undertake the Angel God Trials.

"Then what caused my father's death?"

Perhaps because of the God Trials' influence, Qian Renxue was especially calm at that moment. Her earlier anger and disgust had gradually faded.

"Back then, Qian Xunji learned that Tang Hao's wife was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form. Greed took hold of him, and he led a group of his subordinates to hunt down Tang Hao, who was roaming around with his wife. But there was one thing Qian Xunji didn't know: Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts possess a skill called Sacrifice."

"Once a Soul Beast initiates Sacrifice, no matter how many Titled Douluo are brought to stop it, the process cannot be interrupted. At the time, Tang Hao's wife Ah Yin willingly sacrificed herself, and Qian Xunji could only watch as Tang Hao forcibly broke through to the Titled Douluo realm."

"After breaking through to Titled Douluo, Tang Hao used the skill Ring Detonation to break through Qian Xunji's encirclement and severely wounded him."

"Severely wounded? Grandpa told me that Father's oil had run dry and his lamp was spent by then. If he was only severely wounded, Spirit Hall would definitely have had the means to cure him!"

On learning that Tang Hao had merely left her father severely wounded, Qian Renxue immediately realized there had to be some hidden truth she didn't know. Otherwise, there couldn't have been two versions of what had happened.

"Don't be so impatient! Qian Xunji returned to Spirit Hall for treatment after being severely wounded. That created an opportunity for Bibi Dong, who had long wanted to kill him. She seized the chance to use her Martial Soul and devoured the severely wounded Qian Xunji, thereby starting the Rakshasa God Trials."

Qian Renxue wasn't surprised in the slightest when Yang Xingchen told her that her mother had killed her father. Perhaps saying it was just as she had expected would be more accurate.

Qian Renxue couldn't think of anyone other than someone within Spirit Hall who could have killed the severely wounded Pope inside Spirit Hall, with its multitude of Titled Douluo.

"No wonder Grandpa always said that even though Mother was already a Titled Douluo, her cultivation was breaking through just as quickly as before. So it was because Mother had already obtained the God Trials. But where did she get them?"

For the moment, Qian Renxue didn't know what to say about Qian Xunji's death, so she turned the conversation to Bibi Dong obtaining the Rakshasa God Trials. She was quite curious why Bibi Dong had obtained them.

"Slaughter City has both the Rakshasa God's and the Asura God's God Trials. When Bibi Dong obtained Divine Slaughter's Domain from Slaughter City, she had already gained her ticket in. Devouring Qian Xunji was the key that started them."

"However, the Rakshasa God Trials are different from other God Trials. They affect the successor's mind. If no one intervenes, I'm afraid that when Bibi Dong succeeds in inheriting the Rakshasa God's Godhood, she'll take her revenge on the entire world."