Arc 2Chapters 26–32

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Ch. 26An Yi: My Wound Has Healed, but My Heart Is Hurt! Bibi Dong: Serves You Right!

An Yi took Qian Xunji’s sword strike while saving Qian Renxue, terrifying Bibi Dong before revealing that his wound had already healed. Back in Bibi Dong’s room, An Yi admitted he had staged the injury to influence Qian Renxue and teased Bibi Dong about how worried she had been.

  • An Yi took a deep sword wound while saving Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong rushed to hold him as her killing intent drove Qian Renxue back.
  • Qian Xunji accused An Yi of deliberately letting himself be wounded, but An Yi calmed Bibi Dong and she carried him away.
  • Qian Renxue questioned Qian Xunji, then flew to the Worship Hall to ask her grandfather to help Teacher.
  • In Bibi Dong’s bedchamber, An Yi’s moon-white energy healed his wound, leaving Bibi Dong stunned.
  • An Yi admitted he had withdrawn his shield to make Qian Renxue stop clinging to him, then teased Bibi Dong for worrying about him.
  • An Yi clung to Bibi Dong and complained that his heart still hurt, while she told him he deserved it.

Ch. 27An Yi: I Want Revenge! Bibi Dong: Don't Drag Me Down With You!

Qian Daoliu questioned Qian Xunji about An Yi’s injury and promised to give An Yi an explanation before leaving. An Yi told Bibi Dong he wanted revenge for the attack on Sea God Island, then stayed in her bedchamber, where they eventually fell asleep together.

  • Qian Xunji accused An Yi of provoking him, but Qian Renxue explained that Qian Xunji had struck An Yi while An Yi was saving her.
  • Qian Daoliu asked about An Yi’s injuries, promised to give him an explanation, and left with Qian Xunji and Qian Renxue.
  • An Yi told Bibi Dong that he wanted revenge on Qian Xunji for Spirit Hall’s attack on Sea God Island, and Bibi Dong warned him not to act recklessly.
  • When An Yi pretended to leave, Bibi Dong grabbed his sleeve, but she then turned away and went to her bedchamber.
  • An Yi lay beside Bibi Dong and fell asleep holding her, and Bibi Dong eventually let him stay and fell asleep too.

Ch. 28Adaptive Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor! Bibi Dong: How Is This Guy So Smart?

Qian Daoliu reprimanded Qian Xunji for confronting An Yi and ordered him to stay away from Bibi Dong. While recovering in Bibi Dong’s bedchamber, An Yi guided her through the principles of Soul Master cultivation, and they developed a design for adaptive Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor.

  • Qian Daoliu challenged Qian Xunji’s accusations and told him that Qian Renxue’s trust mattered most, then ordered him to stay away from Bibi Dong.
  • The next day, Qian Renxue visited the Saintess Hall with tonics, but An Yi refused visitors while recovering and Bibi Dong did not appear.
  • An Yi guided Bibi Dong through the principles of Soul Power compression and circulation, explaining that he wanted to replicate the Sea God’s Light with a Soul Tool.
  • Bibi Dong followed An Yi’s reasoning, triggering more ideas and Soul Guidance Array designs from the lesson plan in his mind.
  • An Yi and Bibi Dong developed a concept for full-body Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor that used the wearer’s Soul Power to adjust its pressure, and An Yi sketched the design while Bibi Dong watched.

Ch. 29An Yi: What's the Point of Becoming a God? Isn't It Better to Be a Local Emperor in the Mortal World?

An Yi explained to Bibi Dong why he had left Sea God Island and why he had little interest in inheriting the Sea God’s position. He then showed her his Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor design, hoping they could build it together.

  • Bibi Dong questioned An Yi about how he had learned so much, and he claimed Sea God Island had taught him.
  • An Yi told Bibi Dong that Sea God Island’s rules would have forced him to take the Sacred Pillar Trial at eighteen, so he had left rather than risk being bound to the island.
  • An Yi said he could pursue the Sea God Inheritance but lacked the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which was held by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and had no desire to become a god.
  • An Yi argued that he would rather become powerful in the mortal world than enter the Divine Realm and answer to stronger gods.
  • An Yi showed Bibi Dong his Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor design and explained that his Tidal Gravity no longer pushed himself or her hard enough to aid their cultivation.

Ch. 30What Was Qian Xunji Worth? I'd Even Defeated Sea Dragon Douluo

An Yi explained to Bibi Dong how his Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill had let him defeat Sea Dragon Douluo and why he believed Qian Xunji could not threaten him. After seven days of designing and three days of work, An Yi and Bibi Dong completed the first-generation Adaptive Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor.

  • An Yi told Bibi Dong that he had defeated rank ninety-five Sea Dragon Douluo with a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill after reaching rank seventy.
  • An Yi revealed that the King of Slaughter was Tang Chen and said he could release him from Slaughter City if Qian Xunji pushed him too far.
  • An Yi and Bibi Dong spent seven days completing the cultivation armor design, guided by the Level 10 Soul Guidance Grand Library.
  • An Yi and Bibi Dong used deep sea sunken silver and other rare materials to build the armor, with An Yi shaping the metal and engraving its intricate circuits.
  • After three days of work, An Yi and Bibi Dong finished the silver-white first-generation Adaptive Soul Guidance Cultivation Armor, leaving Bibi Dong astonished by its existence.

Ch. 31Why Are You So Good to Me? What Do You Want?

An Yi and Bibi Dong tested their first cultivation armor, which successfully challenged Bibi Dong with intense physical and mental pressure. When Bibi Dong asked why he treated her so well, An Yi explained his feelings and ambitions, then urged her to abandon the Rakshasa inheritance.

  • An Yi tested the cultivation armor and found its pressure too weak to challenge his unusually strong body.
  • Bibi Dong entered the armor and endured its powerful pressure, confirming that it could help her cultivate.
  • An Yi offered to redesign the armor in silver and purple and told Bibi Dong to move while training in it.
  • Bibi Dong asked An Yi why he was so good to her, and he said he still remembered who she had been, needed her help becoming Pope, and hoped she would protect him as she grew stronger.
  • An Yi told Bibi Dong he hoped she would give up the Rakshasa inheritance because it could change her beyond recognition.

Ch. 32I'm Not Guilty, I Just Don't Want to Be a Coward Anymore

An Yi revealed that the Sea God had marked him and offered to help Bibi Dong pursue the Asura God's inheritance, then confessed that he regretted being too afraid to change the past. After emerging from seclusion, he told Qian Renxue he would take revenge on Qian Xunji and warned her not to defend her father or stand against him.

  • An Yi showed Bibi Dong the Sea God's mark and explained that it let him sense divine presences and return to Sea God Island.
  • An Yi offered to help Bibi Dong obtain the Asura God's inheritance if she gave up the Rakshasa God, then confessed that fear had kept him from trying to change the past.
  • Bibi Dong asked if An Yi treated her well out of guilt, and An Yi said he hated his former cowardice and no longer wanted to be a coward.
  • After half a month, An Yi left Saintess Hall and returned to his courtyard, where Qian Renxue came to ask if he was angry with her.
  • An Yi said Qian Xunji would pay for nearly killing him and rejected Qian Renxue's defense that her father had acted on impulse.
  • An Yi warned Qian Renxue that if she kept speaking for Qian Xunji, he would consider her his enemy.
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