The original timeline...
The viewers across the continent all looked stunned.
"What? What? This girl is actually Bibi Dong? We actually got to see His Holiness the Pope at six years old!"
"Is this a parallel world? And His Holiness the Pope was really adorable as a child! If it were me, I'd also trick His Holiness the Pope into becoming my disciple. Even if her cultivation surpassed mine, I could still live off her!"
The continent's viewers were filled with envy, jealousy, and resentment, hating that they weren't Nan Huai'an. Unfair, it was too unfair.
Shrek Academy
"What? It's actually Bibi Dong!"
Yu Xiaogang fell into a daze.
He had wondered why something felt off. It really was Dong'er at six years old.
"Teacher, what's wrong?"
Tang San noticed how particularly surprised his teacher was. Could his teacher know the current Pope?
"Nothing. I just remembered some things from the past."
Yu Xiaogang waved his hand.
Dai Mubai was astonished and fantasized, "If it were me, I could also take the six-year-old Pope as my disciple. Whatever else you say, a six-year-old child is still very easy to fool."
While the others were curious, Xiao Wu clenched her fists in anger. That was the enemy who had killed her mother.
If she stood before the six-year-old Bibi Dong, she would definitely make her learn the consequences of offending Sister Xiao Wu.
Pope's Palace
"I... I actually took this fellow as my master, and even kowtowed to him."
"This is so humiliating."
The more Bibi Dong thought about it, the more ashamed she felt. She wished she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into, but she hadn't taken Qian Xunji as her master.
Did that mean her self in that parallel world wouldn't have to go through those things again, wouldn't have to suffer anymore?
If that were the case, it really was quite good.
The sky screen's timeline...
"Since you haven't awakened your Martial Soul yet, I'll awaken it for you."
Nan Huai'an gathered his thoughts, held the Heaven-Burying Sword, and drew a circle on the ground.
"Stand inside!"
Bibi Dong stepped forward and obediently stood inside, closing her eyes as countless points of light surged into her body.
"Teacher, this feels so strange."
Bibi Dong spoke.
"What does it feel like?"
Nan Huai'an asked.
"It's a feeling I can't describe!"
Bibi Dong answered.
Nan Huai'an scolded her, "Then stop talking. You're wasting your master's breath. Focus on feeling it."
Bibi Dong nodded.
In an instant, Bibi Dong's presence began to change, giving off evil, darkness, terror, and more.
First, a figure manifested. The phantom of a massive purple-black spider slowly rose, its carapace gleaming coldly. Eight thick spider legs braced against the ground, corrosive slime dripping from their tips, and six pitch-black compound eyes opened coldly, filled with deathly stillness.
Immediately afterward, another phantom appeared. Its entire body was a lustrous dark green, dim light flowing over its spider body, with a spiderweb pattern imprinted on its forehead. Six sharp Spider Spears extended from its back, and its arms transformed into long, piercing spikes.
"Teacher, did I succeed?" Bibi Dong asked softly.
"You did. Open your eyes and look at your Martial Souls!"
Bibi Dong slowly opened her eyes. As she looked behind her, the delight in her eyes turned into profound shock and fear.
"Ah!"
Bibi Dong screamed, turned, and ran to Nan Huai'an's legs, hugging one tightly. "Teacher, how can these possibly be my Martial Souls? They're terrifying, and so ugly! I don't like them at all."
Nan Huai'an smiled.
"Don't be afraid. These are Twin Martial Souls. They can't eat you, so don't worry!"
Bibi Dong let go and stood stiffly. "But they're still really scary."
Nan Huai'an teased her, "Suppose another you in another world cultivated these Martial Souls to Titled Douluo. Would you believe it?"
"I would!" Bibi Dong added, "If there really is one, the me in that world must be very powerful, right?"
Nan Huai'an thought for a moment before answering, "She might be very powerful, and perhaps very frightening too. Even your teacher might be afraid to see you."
"If that's the case, the me in that world must be very stupid." Bibi Dong pouted. "If even my teacher is afraid to see me, then I must be a complete failure as a disciple!"
The original timeline
Quite a few viewers chuckled merrily.
"Brother Nan makes a very good point. Who wouldn't be afraid to see His Holiness the Pope? That presence she was born with."
One of them recalled seeing Bibi Dong once. That feeling of keeping everyone a thousand miles away made him particularly uncomfortable at a glance.
Shrek Academy
"I've never met His Holiness the Pope, but I think this guy is absolutely right!"
Ma Hongjun strongly agreed with those words.
Yu Xiaogang stared at the images on the sky screen, feeling very pleased with himself. Of course. They had all seen her cold side, but never her gentle side.
Because only he, Yu Xiaogang, had ever seen her gentle side.
He wondered whether the him in this world could meet Bibi Dong. Thinking about it, there might still be a chance.
Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince's Residence
Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, had been watching the images on the sky screen all along. Seeing Nan Huai'an describe the current Bibi Dong that way, she felt it was nowhere near enough.
Even adding that she had the heart of a snake and scorpion wouldn't be going too far. She wasn't even willing to give her own daughter a mother's love.
"That's putting it far too gently!"
Pope's Palace
"Who are you taking a dig at?"
"I'm not easy to approach, but there are reasons for that, you know!"
Bibi Dong fumed, very displeased with Nan Huai'an's description.
"Still, when I saw these Martial Souls at six years old, I actually had such an adorable side."
Her own memories of being six were already particularly hazy, and she hadn't had a complete childhood either.
The sky screen's timeline...
"That said, come put your hand on this crystal ball!"
Nan Huai'an took out a crystal ball.
Bibi Dong obediently did as she was told and placed her hand on the crystal ball. Immediately afterward, light filled its interior.
"Innate full soul power!" Nan Huai'an already knew, so it barely stirred him. "Not bad, not bad."
"Innate full soul power! Teacher, why aren't you surprised and happy?"
Bibi Dong had clearly heard the village chief say that innate full soul power was extremely rare, with only a handful of people on the entire continent possessing it.
"As expected."
Nan Huai'an put away the crystal ball.
"As expected?" Bibi Dong tugged on Nan Huai'an's sleeve. "Teacher, can't you show a little excitement? I have Twin Martial Souls! Only a handful of people on the continent have Twin Martial Souls."
Nan Huai'an offered some restrained praise. "All right, all right, my disciple is the best."
Bibi Dong pursed her little lips. "Halfhearted! Teacher, you're so halfhearted!"
"Mostly because your teacher also had innate full soul power, and became a Soul Emperor before eighteen. I really can't offer much praise."
Before crossing over, he had relied on the stingy daily quest rewards from the system to improve, including concealing his strength and changing his Soul Rings' colors. Only then had he become a salted fish at Spirit Hall Academy.
Now that he was in another world, who cared about all that? He would simply compete against this era's geniuses at his full strength.
"Hmph, Teacher, you're so arrogant! Just watch your disciple surpass you!"