"Chosen at random?"
Qian Renxue gazed at the heavenly screen. If only she could cross spacetime and go to a world where her father was still alive.
Even if she only had three months.
Qian Renxue waited in anticipation, longing for it.
A boom rang out from the heavenly screen, and something unseen seemed to lock onto her.
"The first spacetime traveler: Qian Renxue of Spirit Hall, daughter of Qian Xunji!
The spacetime passage has opened!"
Whoosh!
A gilded radiance transformed into a great road reaching to the heavens and descended straight into Heaven Dou City.
In the Eastern Palace, Qian Renxue was both stunned and overjoyed. "Me? It's actually me?
Is it really me?"
"Wait, doesn't that mean I've been exposed?"
"Young master, don't worry about that now.
When you get to the other spacetime, make sure you take care of yourself.
You must come back safe!"
Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo no longer concealed themselves or their presence, either.
They had to leave too.
"In three months, we'll be waiting for you in Heaven Dou City, young master."
After Qian Renxue went to the heavenly screen's spacetime and came back, they didn't know where she would end up.
So they needed to meet her in Heaven Dou City.
Qian Renxue nodded, then transformed into a streak of light and vanished in an instant.
Meanwhile, Xue Ye stared at the golden road in the Eastern Palace, his face dark as still water. He abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Qian Renxue? Why is Qian Renxue in the crown prince's palace?
Investigate!"
"There's no need. Xue Qinghe is Qian Renxue.
He was replaced years ago.
I don't know what method Spirit Hall used."
Prince Xue Xing strode in, followed by Xue Ye's only surviving child, Xue Beng.
"No, my crown prince! That's impossible!"
Xue Ye spat out another mouthful of blood and promptly fell unconscious.
Xue Xing immediately summoned the imperial physicians, but Xue Ye's body had long been ravaged by poison. Now, with rage assaulting his heart, he was nearing the end of his life.
...Heavenly screen timeline...
On Sea God Island, a golden light array suddenly appeared, and Qian Xunji wore a strange expression.
"What just popped up?
Huh? Little White Hair?"
Ye Qingxian and Ah Yin had just finished the Sea God's assessment and received nine trials.
And now this suddenly happened?
Xue Qinghe's figure appeared. He was still wearing the crown prince's ceremonial robes, having had no time to change or even remove his disguise.
"Who are you?"
Qian Xunji frowned. Appearing out of nowhere without the slightest warning was something even a Peerless Douluo couldn't do.
Xue Qinghe was thrilled. He had really come to the spacetime of the past.
She had seen her father again.
But when she wanted to speak, she didn't know how to address him.
The heavenly screen had warned her not to reveal its existence in any form.
"My name is Qian Renxue."
Qian Renxue transformed, shedding her male disguise to reveal a breathtakingly beautiful face.
Her features were rather sharp, and as she met Qian Xunji's gaze, their faces bore a certain resemblance.
Especially that head of golden hair and the sacred, radiant presence about her.
"Qian Renxue?"
Qian Xunji froze, numerous guesses already forming in his mind.
"I... I came from more than twenty years in the future.
I'm your daughter."
To prove her identity, Qian Renxue directly revealed her Martial Soul.
It was the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and its six Soul Rings were perfectly ordinary.
"My daughter?
Hah, what kind of joke is this?
Having the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul makes you my daughter?
My daughter would never be trash like you!"
Qian Xunji merely glanced at her Soul Rings before speaking with disdain.
"You say you came from more than twenty years in the future?
Perhaps. I could indeed have a daughter your age in another twenty-odd years.
But how could my daughter still be a mere Six-Ring Soul Emperor in her twenties?
And how could her Soul Ring configuration be such garbage?"
Of course Qian Xunji knew she was his daughter from more than twenty years in the future.
He had known the moment she revealed her identity.
Qian Renxue came from another spacetime.
But his counterpart in that spacetime wasn't a transmigrator.
So Qian Renxue was the Qian Renxue of the original timeline.
As for why she had come to this spacetime... there were many possibilities.
[Beep. A person not native to this spacetime has been detected. Temporary development mission triggered. Development target: Qian Renxue. Time limit: three months. Progress will be evaluated once a month.]
Did you have something to do with this, you damn system?
Qian Xunji had ample reason to suspect it.
But the system gave no response.
Qian Renxue lowered her head, and a tear struck the ground with a splat.
Seeing this, Ah Yin hurried forward. The gentleness in her bones made her feel a little sorry for Qian Renxue.
Though she didn't know whether Qian Renxue was her own daughter or Ye Qingxian's.
But since the girl had said so, it probably wasn't wrong.
"Interesting. You actually came from more than twenty years in the future.
Then how did you come to this world?
And you don't seem surprised by anything you see around you."
Bo Saixi had been watching from the side and had naturally noticed many suspicious points.
Qian Renxue pressed her lips together and didn't answer Bo Saixi's questions, only looking at Qian Xunji.
Her father in this spacetime wasn't the father who had doted on her.
"Who is your mother?"
Qian Xunji asked a question he already knew the answer to. This time, Qian Renxue neither hesitated nor hid anything.
"My mother is Bibi Dong."
"Bibi Dong?!"
Ye Qingxian's voice shot up eight octaves.
Who was Bibi Dong? Qian Xunji's disciple and a traitor to Spirit Hall.
"Yes, the stories of the two spacetimes are somewhat different.
In my world, Father wasn't that powerful."
"How do you know I'm powerful?"
Qian Xunji chuckled, and Bo Saixi grew interested as well.
"She seems to know a great deal about our side."
Qian Renxue was stunned, at a loss for what to say.
Did I just reveal the heavenly screen's existence?
Isn't he a little too clever?
I clearly didn't say anything at all.
"I can't say. If I do, I'll die."
Qian Renxue shook her head. Hearing that, Qian Xunji waved a hand, telling Bo Saixi not to ask any more questions.
"I think I understand.
It seems the me in the other spacetime failed to restrain his own wicked desires and forcibly kept Bibi Dong in Spirit Hall through depraved means."
Qian Xunji stared at Qian Renxue. "No wonder you carry traces of her presence.
But what's with those clothes you're wearing?
And why is your cultivation so low?"
Qian Renxue glanced down at her clothes and told him everything: how Bibi Dong had tried to kill her several times after Qian Xunji's death, how she had longed for familial affection and recognition, and how she had gone undercover in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to prove herself.
...Original timeline...
"Heavens, is Pope Bibi Dong even human?
Never mind that she betrayed Spirit Hall first, and let's set aside the former Pope's crimes for now.
Qian Renxue was innocent.
Couldn't she even tolerate her own daughter?"
"I never expected the former Pope didn't die because of Tang Hao. The real culprit was Bibi Dong!"
"Heavens, this world has gone mad.
And Bibi Dong can still sit on the throne in the Pope's palace after that?"
"I don't understand!"
The spectators whispered among themselves, wanting to discuss it but fearing Spirit Hall would hear them.
The Heaven Dou Empire was thrown into turmoil as well.
The crown prince had been killed years ago?
And the one who replaced him was actually the young master of Spirit Hall?
If the heavenly screen hadn't exposed it, Spirit Hall's plan might really have succeeded.
Spirit Hall's young master was indeed talented.
She had disguised herself as a man and lain low for so many years.
Some condemned the former Pope Qian Xunji for his despicable methods, while others cursed Bibi Dong for her inhumanity. Even a vicious tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs.
Others praised Qian Renxue, saying she truly was a formidable character.
...Heavenly screen timeline...
Qian Xunji didn't care what others thought of Qian Renxue.
But in his eyes, what Qian Renxue had done was sheer stupidity!
"Fool!"