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"Xiaogang..."
Seeing Yu Xiaogang step forward, Bibi Dong's expression shifted involuntarily. Memories of their past flashed through her mind.
Reliving those moments, Bibi Dong closed her eyes in pain.
Witnessing her distraction, Yu Xiaogang—who outwardly appeared brave but was inwardly terrified—felt a surge of elation.
'She still loves me!'
'Today, I am safe!'
But at that moment, Bibi Dong reopened her eyes, resolve flashing within them.
"Sixth soul skill: Bloodsucking Spider Thorn!"
Her sixth soul ring lit brightly. As soul power surged, dense purple-black soul power spider thorns condensed behind her. With a pointed finger, a rain of black-purple soul power thorns shot forth like bullets.
Plop plop plop plop—
Blood blossomed across Yu Xiaogang's chest. The searing pain hit him as his life force rapidly drained. He froze in disbelief.
'Has Dong'er stopped loving me?'
Before this thought could fully form, darkness swallowed his consciousness. His bleeding corpse collapsed limply to the ground.
"Master!"
"Xiaogang!"
Watching Yu Xiaogang fall into a pool of blood, Tang San was stunned. Liu Erlong was stunned. Flender was stunned. Even the ten Spirit Hall Titled Douluos who had accompanied Bibi Dong were stunned.
They had all heard whispers of the unique relationship between their Pope and Master Yu Xiaogang.
Especially Yue Guan and Gui Mei—the two hadn't expected their Pope to actually go through with it this time.
Originally, they'd assumed Bibi Dong had come to Shrek Academy solely to kill Tang San. As for her first love, Yu Xiaogang, they thought she'd likely spare him again.
Yet she'd killed him without hesitation. Was this still the Pope they knew?
In truth, Yue Guan and Gui Mei guessed correctly. Had Bibi Dong not been "reborn," she'd never have brought herself to kill Yu Xiaogang. But this Bibi Dong had returned from the future.
To change her daughter Qian Renxue's fate, she had to kill Tang San.
Yet Bibi Dong knew: killing Tang San would plunge Yu Xiaogang— who treated Tang San as his own son—into endless grief and hatred toward her.
A lifetime of hatred from her "first love"—this wasn't what she wanted. She wanted him to remember her kindness forever.
Not killing Tang San meant Qian Renxue's shattered godhood remained inevitable. Killing him meant losing Yu Xiaogang's love.
Two irreconcilable paths—compromise?
'First kill Xiaogang, then execute Tang San!'
If Yu Xiaogang died before Tang San, he'd never know she killed his disciple. He'd never drown in sorrow.
Chu Chengzhou: The first sword after coming ashore always cuts down the one you love!
"A sinner like me truly belongs in endless hell..."
Gazing at Yu Xiaogang's bloody corpse, recalling how Qian Renxue—who she'd grown to despise in her previous life—had shattered her godhood to save her, Bibi Dong closed her eyes in anguish.
In this moment, she suddenly felt she was even less human than the beast Qian Xunjie.
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That night, Tian Dou City knew no peace.
Bibi Dong hadn't yet attained the Rakshasa Godhood, but she was already more ruthless than the Rakshasa itself. After Yu Xiaogang, Tang San followed.
A mere sixth-ring Soul Emperor—even with the Killing God Domain, even with a 100,000-year Human-Faced Demon Spider sixth soul ring, even with two 100,000-year soul bones—Tang San still died at the hands of the Spirit Hall Elders. And not just died—his bones were ground to dust.
After all, in Bibi Dong's knowledge, Tang San had resurrected once before. She left no room for revival.
Under Bibi Dong's command, the ten Spirit Hall Elders achieved a "super god-level battle record," bathing the Tian Dou Imperial Palace in blood.
Dugu Bo fell. Ning Fengzhi fell. Chen Xin fell. Gu Rong fell. Emperor Xue Ye fell. Even Prince Xue Xing and the newly appointed general Xue Beng lay cold in death.
The next day, 300 miles east of Tian Dou City, in the deep mountains, the Hao Tian Sect's hidden stronghold became rubble. Sect Master Tang Xiao and six other Titled Douluos, along with hundreds of disciples, perished.
Five days later, the Star Luo Imperial Palace suffered a similar fate.
In that battle, Bibi Dong reaped souls like grass. She personally slew over ten Titled-level Nether White Tigers and Titled Douluos. When surrounded by armies, she activated her Venomous Spider Empress' innate domain: Death Domain. With lethal poison, she annihilated tens of thousands of Star Luo soldiers and retreated unscathed with her ten Elders.
Thus, the continent's three great sects were erased. Except for the missing Tang Hao, only insignificant survivors remained.
The Tian Dou and Star Luo Empires saw their imperial families exterminated. Over half their high-level soul masters were lost. Leaderless, they descended into chaos.
As the remaining non-Spirit Hall forces trembled in fear, Bibi Dong had already returned to Spirit Hall City.
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Pope's Palace, Side Hall, Kitchen
Gazing at the charred, unidentifiable mass in the pot, Bibi Dong fell silent.
'How hard could cooking be?'
Footsteps approached from outside the kitchen.
Turning, she saw Hu Liena enter.
"Teacher, are you...?" Hu Liena pointed at the blackened mess, her expression peculiar.
'Never thought I'd see this day.' Hu Liena had never imagined her teacher would cook—let alone turn the food into charcoal.
"Nana, can you cook?" Bibi Dong ignored her disciple's strange look and asked seriously.
"Eh? Cook? I... I can."
"Good. Teach me then!"
Hu Liena: "..."
'Is this really my teacher?'
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An hour later, nearing noon
Under Hu Liena's guidance—Bibi Dong finally managed to prepare four simple dishes and a soup.
She summoned a maidservant and carried the meal toward the Douluo Hall.
"Respect to Your Holiness the Pope!"
The Palace Guard Knights outside Douluo Hall kowtowed upon seeing her.
"Rise."
Bibi Dong waved her hand and waited quietly outside the hall.
Douluo Hall was no ordinary place. Only deceased Titled Douluos could reside within it. Except for a few special personnel and with Great Worship Elder Qian Daoliu's permission, even the Spirit Hall Pope couldn't enter before death.
Moreover, wanting to make a good impression on Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong didn't force her way in—even knowing her daughter was inside.
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Inside the Douluo Hall
Hearing the guards' salute outside, sensing Bibi Dong's presence, Qian Renxue—who knelt before the Angel God statue preparing to begin her divine trials—frowned slightly.
'What is that wicked woman doing here?'
'Hmph~—never mind. She's certainly here to disrupt my focus, unable to bear seeing me ascend to godhood.'
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