As Bibi Dong looked at Bo Saixi's picture, she really did feel a little jealous. Bo Saixi's figure was indeed much better than Bibi Dong's current one.
"She really is beautiful. Do you like women like her too?"
"Heh... I like all beautiful women."
"Hmph, you're no good either."
"I never said I was a good person. If you tell someone, 'You're a good person,' they won't be happy."
"Why not?"
"Like I said, it's hard to be a good person! Anyway, back to these three and their late-life romance. Guess who Bo Saixi will choose."
"I've never met Tang Chen. Do you have a picture of him?"
"Of course. Here... this is Tang Chen."
Tang Chen's picture also appeared on the sky screen over the Douluo Continent. In it, he was a rather handsome middle-aged man.
As Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen looked at the sky screen, they too wondered whom Bo Saixi would choose.
Tang Chen was already drawn to Bo Saixi. He had even turned around and headed back to Sea God Island, paying no mind to the Clear Sky Sect.
Bibi Dong was, after all, the Holy Maiden of Spirit Hall. After thinking it over, she guessed Qian Daoliu.
"She'd choose the Great Enshrined, wouldn't she?"
"Hahaha, unfortunately, you guessed wrong. Bo Saixi chose Tang Chen. Actually, that's not quite accurate. To be precise, Bo Saixi set a condition that eliminated Qian Daoliu outright. Guess what that condition was?"
Bibi Dong rolled her eyes at Tang Fan.
"How could I possibly guess that?"
Bibi Dong couldn't guess it, but Qian Daoliu himself had.
"Sigh... I can't complain about losing on that count."
Qian Xunji looked at Qian Daoliu, not understanding what he meant, while Tang Chen was already beaming.
"Hahaha, Bo Saixi, here I come! Wait for me!"
On Sea God Island, the maid beside Bo Saixi looked as though she wanted to speak, but held back.
"What do you want to say?"
The maid hurriedly knelt.
"High Priestess, I..."
"Get up. Whatever you have to say, just say it."
"High Priestess, are you really going to get married?"
Bo Saixi shook her head. "I'm the High Priestess of Sea God Island. How could I possibly get married? I can more or less guess what condition I set.
"That condition did eliminate Qian Daoliu outright, but it also rejected Tang Chen."
In Tang Fan's room, a hint of a cajoling tone entered Bibi Dong's voice. "Come on, tell me! What condition did Bo Saixi set that eliminated the Great Enshrined?"
"All right, I won't keep you in suspense. Bo Saixi's condition was godhood. Anyone who wanted to marry her had to become a god first."
"Become a god! Isn't that asking far too much?"
"It certainly is. But she's a level 99 Peerless Douluo, known as invincible at sea, and only one step away from godhood herself. Though that's one step he'll never be able to take."
"Why?"
"The reason is simple. Whether it's the High Priestess of Sea God Island or the Great Enshrined of Spirit Hall, they are guides, examiners, and sacrifices prepared for a god's successor."
"Sacrifices!"
Bibi Dong was startled to hear that word.
"That's right, sacrifices. Soul Beasts aren't the only ones who can make a sacrifice. People can too."
On the Douluo Continent, Qian Xunji turned to Qian Daoliu, his face likewise full of surprise. "Father, is that true? Why have I never heard of it?"
"It's true. It's the Great Enshrined's mission. You're not the Great Enshrined yet, so naturally you're not qualified to know. I just didn't expect that brat to expose even this."
"Big brother, doesn't that mean that in the future of the book, you'll sacrifice yourself to the future young mistress Qian Renxue, and Bo Saixi of Sea God Island will sacrifice herself to the so-called protagonist, Tang San?"
"Mm. Spirit Hall is the villain in the book, and in the end, the Angel God loses to the Sea God."
As he reached the end, Qian Daoliu's unwillingness was plain to see.
"Big brother, since the sky screen has exposed the future, everything can be rewritten. Since that so-called protagonist comes from the Clear Sky Sect, why don't we... strike first and gain the upper hand?"
"No."
"Father, with the destruction of Spirit Hall looming right before us, are you still going to maintain your image as a good person?"
"You unfilial son! Am I really such a hidebound fool in your eyes?
"The sky screen has already laid most things bare. Do you think the Clear Sky Sect won't take precautions?
"That Tang Chen and I are evenly matched. If we can't kill him in one stroke, can Spirit Hall withstand his revenge?
"You're the Pope of Spirit Hall now. Don't you even consider the consequences of your actions? No wonder you did something so vile in the book!"
After being scolded by Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji quieted down.
Indeed, just as Qian Daoliu had said, if they couldn't kill Tang Chen in one stroke, then even if they destroyed the Clear Sky Sect, what awaited Spirit Hall would be Tang Chen's endless revenge.
When the snipe and the clam fought, the fisherman would profit.
"Then, big brother, are we just going to do nothing?"
"Since the Spirit Hall in the book is being schemed against by gods, we must use the opportunity brought by the sky screen to break out of this predicament. And the best way to do that is to bring forth a new god as soon as possible."
Qian Daoliu looked at Qian Xunji, his meaning clear: he wanted him to hurry up and have a child.
"But big brother, even if Ji'er's child is still that Qian Renxue from the book, it'll take at least twenty years or more to nurture him into a god!"
"I know. During those twenty years, I'll sweep every obstacle from her path, even if I have to stain my sword with blood and become an angel of slaughter."
Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other enshrined were all startled. They sensed an aura from Qian Daoliu unlike anything they had felt from him before.
Tang Fan checked the time. It was almost noon.
"It's almost noon. Want to go out for something to eat?"
"Go out?"
Bibi Dong glanced out the window again. She was still somewhat afraid. After all, without her Martial Soul and Soul Power, she was just an ordinary woman.
"Don't be afraid. It's very safe here. I can guarantee that this land is the safest country in the world."
"Mm, I believe you. Let's go. I'd like to have a look outside too."
Tang Fan took Bibi Dong out. Curiosity flashed in her eyes when she saw the elevator, but she didn't ask any questions.
They went all the way to the underground parking garage and got into Tang Fan's car.
Tang Fan's car was secondhand and not worth much, but it was reasonably comfortable to drive.
"So this is a car from this world. Does it also use that tamed lightning?"
"No, mine runs on gasoline, not electricity. Modern society doesn't rely on just one form of power. There are electric ones, gas-powered ones, and even some old antiques that burn coal."
As he spoke, Tang Fan drove onto the road, and the sky screen showed the bustling street scene outside the car window in sync.
At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi exclaimed, "How prosperous! Even Heaven Dou City falls far short in comparison."
"How can there be so many people and cars? Won't something really go wrong?"
Bone Douluo couldn't imagine how chaotic Heaven Dou City would become if so many people gathered there.
Every Soul Master Tournament looked lively on the surface, but it was also the most chaotic period for the host city. Countless people wanted to fish in troubled waters and make a profit.