Chapter 297. This must be the Sea God's plan.
Over the next few days, Poseidon always managed to find a lot of fault for Xiao Dongzi.
"Why aren't you wearing a hat today?"
"Why are you wearing a hat today?"
"You can't even clean the chamber pot properly, might as well use your face to clean it."
Qian Xunji, who was watching the spectacle from the side, couldn't help but laugh.
"Hahahaha!"
"What are you laughing at?" Bibi Dong asked, puzzled.
Qian Xunji opened the Xuan Guang Mirror. Inside, there was a scene of Poseidon making things difficult for Xiao Dongzi.
"You know her, right?" Qian Xunji asked, pointing at Poseidon.
Bibi Dong rolled her eyes and said, "The High Priestess of Sea God Island, the invincible Poseidon of the ocean back then! How could I not recognize her?"
However, seeing that Poseidon would actually get angry at a servant, Bibi Dong felt that Poseidon's perspective was a bit narrow!
Unexpectedly, Qian Xunji pointed to the slave again and asked, "Do you know who this slave is?"
"How would I know?" Bibi Dong replied, though she herself was also puzzled.
Slaves were not uncommon in those kingdoms and duchies. The Spirit Hall used to purchase slaves to handle its affairs, but after Qian Xunji's reforms, the Spirit Hall became a place of employment, with more hired servants and maids than slaves without their own rights in the Papal Palace. However, Qian Xunji had somehow acquired a slave, which Bibi Dong found strange.
Seeing Qian Xunji hand the slave over to Poseidon, who then severely mistreated him, Bibi Dong was completely bewildered.
"When I tell you about this slave, believe me, you'll be seething with hatred," Bibi Dong said thoughtfully.
The person who could make her hate him—neither the former Qian Xunji nor the current Yu Xiaogang—could be it?
Bibi Dong couldn't figure it out.
"Still can't figure it out? Let me give you a hint: the person you'll hate in the future."
"The person I'll hate in the future?" Bibi Dong looked at Xiao Dongzi, lost in thought.
Tang San, Shrek Academy?
That's impossible! Although according to the information Qian Xunji provided about her past life, in the future, Tang San and Shrek Academy would indeed thwart her ambitions and kill her, causing her daughter's godhood to fall.
But the future has changed. Bibi Dong didn't become Pope, nor did she implement her plan. Tang San and Shrek Academy had long been tormented by Qian Xunji to the point of heartbreak.
To say she hated them wouldn't be an exaggeration.
"Still can't figure it out? Then I'll tell you again, someone you can't even imagine," Qian Xunji explained. Bibi Dong: "..."
She reviewed the future Qian Xunji had given her, looking at Poseidon and Xiao Dongzi on the light screen. Based on her understanding of Qian Xunji, an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.
"Little Dongzi, Little Dongzi, you wouldn't be saying this Little Dongzi is Poseidon, the sea god, would you?"
"Just what you think." Qian Xunji asked, "What do you think?"
Bibi Dong said, "To actually make the sea god serve his servant, only you would have such a perverse sense of humor. But, well done."
Seeing the future, Bibi Dong didn't actually harbor much hatred for Tang San and the others. Over the years, Qian Xunji had tormented Tang San to such an extent—it was heartbreaking to hear. Therefore, Bibi Dong didn't feel much hatred for Tang San.
But the sea god was different.
This scoundrel used underhanded methods to make his daughter fall in love with Tang San during her divine trial.
This was despicable and shameless, a public enemy of women. Any woman who knew this would despise the sea god, let alone Qian Renxue, who was Bibi Dong.
Seeing the sea god in such a miserable state, Bibi Dong could only say, "Well done."
"I just don't understand why Poseidon has become so mean?" Bibi Dong asked, puzzled. "Logically speaking, someone who can become the High Priest of the Sea God, one of the three ultimate realms, with such a high level of vision, shouldn't be making things so difficult for a slave."
Qian Xunji said, "That's just Poseidon's personality. She fawns on those above her and ignores those below her, she's arrogant and respects those stronger than herself, but looks down on those lower than her."
"She believes in the Sea God and respects all the gods. I had Xiao Dongzi force her to obediently marry me. She didn't dare to resent the Sea God, so she could only vent all her hatred on me. I dealt with Tang Chen, and that night, I displayed strength far surpassing hers, making it impossible for her to hate me. Naturally, all her hatred was vented on the little slave I arranged for her."
"Hehehe, I just wonder what Poseidon would think if she knew that the dog slave she's been tormenting all this time is the very Sea God she worships."
"You really are a devil."
After a few days, Xiao Dongzi was certain.
That damned woman, Poseidon, is taking all her anger out on him!
These past few days, she's been deliberately picking fights and making things difficult for him.
He's been reduced to a slave to his own divine servant, who torments him daily with ever-changing methods, making him feel utterly devoid of divine authority.
If news of his own servant tormenting him reaches the divine realm, what will become of Poseidon's dignity? That despicable Qian Xunji, he must be doing it on purpose, torturing Poseidon first, then making him bear her wrath.
Damn it, damn it—
Xiao Dongzi felt utterly hopeless thinking about the slave mark on his body!
That woman, Poseidon, she used to seem so beautiful, lovely, and charming, how could I not have noticed how filthy her heart is?
You were forced to marry Qian Xunji by the Sea God, is that my fault? I had no choice. Tang Chen was tormented by Qian Xunji, is that my fault? I was forced into it too! Why don't you go settle accounts with that scoundrel Qian Xunji, instead of me?
Xiao Dongzi felt he couldn't let Poseidon control him any longer, or he would become a disgrace to the gods.
Thinking this, Xiao Dongzi came up with a brilliant plan: he would communicate with the sea god and issue orders to Poseidon in the sea god's name.
Doing so shouldn't expose his identity, right?
Xiao Dongzi thought to himself.
However, just as he was about to do so, Qian Xunji's voice drifted over:
"What are you doing, Xiao Dongzi? Do you intend to order Poseidon to treat you well in the name of the Sea God?"
Hearing Qian Xunji's words, the Sea God shuddered and hurriedly explained, "Master, this servant shouldn't be considered exposing the Sea God's identity, right?"
"It isn't," Qian Xunji sneered, "but I've said it before, in my Spirit Hall, don't use your Sea God persona. She is your mistress, and you are her servant. That's your relationship. Don't order your mistress around as a servant."
The Sea God's hatred for Qian Xunji reached its peak. However, bound by the Slave God Seal, he dared not and could not disobey Qian Xunji, and could only forcibly suppress his resentment. He continued to serve Poseidon.
What the Sea God found even more unacceptable was that Poseidon erected a statue of the Sea God in her room, and every day, Poseidon insisted on kneeling before the Sea God to pray.
"What are you still standing there watching for? Come and kneel down," Poseidon said, pointing to a prayer mat behind her.
Xiao Dongzi pointed to himself, then to the statue, asking with a look of utter disbelief, "Even a servant has to kneel?"
"Nonsense! Before the Sea God, no matter who you are, you should show him due respect, let alone a lowly dog under Qian Xunji," Poseidon said.
At that moment, Xiao Dongzi felt utterly humiliated. Looking at the lifelike Sea God statue before him, he couldn't describe the complex feelings in his heart.
Finally, under Poseidon's coercion, Xiao Dongzi knelt before his own Sea God statue. The Spirit Hall of Sea God Island directly informed Sea God Island that Poseidon had given Sea God Island as part of her dowry.
The other worshippers on Sea God Island exchanged bewildered glances upon hearing this. After multiple verifications and confirmation from the Sea God himself...
The Sea Spirit Masters and Title Douluos on Seagod Island have all been recruited by the Spirit Hall.
However, not everyone is willing to be recruited.
Sea Spear Douluo said in confusion, "Seagod Island and the Spirit Hall have different beliefs. One is the Angel God, and the other is the Sea God. One governs the land, and the other governs the sea. Their conflict has a long history. But why would the Sea God want us to submit to the Spirit Hall? This doesn't make sense."
Seahorse Douluo pondered for a moment, clapped his hands, and said, "I understand."
Sea Dragon Douluo asked, "Seahorse, what do you understand?"
"This must be the Sea God's scheme." Seahorse Douluo's eyes lit up.
"The Sea God's scheme?" Sea Dragon and Sea Spear asked in confusion.
Seahorse Douluo said, "Lord Sea God wants us to join the Spirit Hall, and then change the Spirit Hall's beliefs from within, thereby spreading the Sea God's beliefs throughout the entire Douluo Continent, and eventually replacing the Angel God as the exclusive belief of the continent." Seahorse Douluo said.
"Damn it, how come I didn't think of that?" Sea Spear Douluo said.
Hailong agreed, saying, "Only a wise, intelligent, and great god like the Sea God could conceive of such a brilliant strategy. The foolish Spirit Hall thinks they've annexed our Sea God Island, but they don't know that Sea Soul Masters will never be slaves."
Meanwhile, Tang Chen was defeated by An Zhongdao, beaten into a pathetic state, and forced to crawl to Qian Xunji's feet, uttering so many humble words.
The rats' faith was utterly shattered at this moment, and the entire Clear Sky Sect withered like a pickled cucumber.
Tang Chen's prestige was completely lost. Although he still possessed the strength of a level 99 Limit Douluo, how much power could Tang Chen, paralyzed from the waist down, possibly have?
In an instant, the rats began to harbor resentment.
This resentment could be summed up in one sentence—"
We shouldn't hate you.
But we hate that you gave us hope, only to show us despair.
So we hate you!"
Even with Tang Chen's arrival, the fact that the Rat Sect was oppressed by the Spirit Hall couldn't be changed. They could only retreat back into their rat hole, continuing their barren, physiologically extinct lives.
Sensing the rats' emotions, Tang Hao wanted to teach them a lesson. Tang Chen grabbed Tang Hao, shook his head, and said, "Don't make things difficult for them. Our Clear Sky Sect should unite against external threats."
Back at the Clear Sky Sect, although everyone had reservations about Tang Chen, the strongest member of the entire sect was none other than Tang Hao!
Although Tang Hao had been castrated, his limbs were still intact, and his level 96 Super Douluo strength remained. Even if they were dissatisfied with Tang Chen, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao's lineage, they dared not challenge their authority.
Tang Chen's lineage still struggled to maintain the Rat Sect's dominance.
Meanwhile, news of Tang Chen's defeat by the Spirit Hall and his paralysis spread throughout the entire Douluo Continent.
Originally, Tang Chen's return had given the anti-Spirit Hall forces unparalleled momentum, with various factions eager to join the anti-Spirit Hall alliance. However, Tang Chen's recent defeat forced these factions to reassess whether joining the alliance was still worthwhile.
Therefore, two and a half months later, only a handful of anti-Spirit Hall alliance members were present.
They included Ning Fengzhi, representative of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School; Yu Xiaogang, the Grand Preceptor of the Heaven Dou Empire; Xue Qinghe; and Dai Tianfeng and Dai Mubai, representatives of the Star Luo Empire.
Tang Chen, carried out in a chair by Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, sat down in the center.
Seeing the sparsely attended alliance meeting, with only a few staunch anti-Spirit Hall supporters present, Tang Chen said:
"I am very pleased that you all have come to support us under these circumstances. You are all friends of my Clear Sky Sect," Ning Fengzhi said. "Sect Master Tang Chen, some time ago, we witnessed the brutality and bloodshed of the Spirit Hall. Although we fear its powerful strength, we cannot give up resisting the Spirit Hall because of fear. If we give up, the Spirit Hall will surely eliminate all our forces like a frog being slowly boiled in water."
Dai Tianfeng said, "Yes, the Spirit Hall is ambitious. They offer free Spirit Awakening for Soul Masters, challenging the status of our noble Soul Masters. They have seized the wealth of our two great empires through logistics and finance, control newspapers and media, and control public opinion, making the entire continent hear only the voice of the Spirit Hall. They sell hidden weapons and Soul Guidance Devices, and incite internal strife between our two great empires. If we do not take action, then all our forces will be dead in name only."
Yu Xiaogang looked at Tang Chen with concern and said, "Although we know that our struggle has no hope, if no one raises the banner of resistance against the Spirit Hall at this time, then we will be completely hopeless."
"Master's meaning is my meaning," Xue Qinghe said.
Tang Chen nodded and said, "There are still people who are clear-headed throughout the entire Douluo Continent."
Tang Chen glanced around and said, "I know that the Spirit Hall's strength is overwhelming, leaving us all breathless. Even I was defeated by that mysterious female Limit Douluo from the Spirit Hall. I estimate that Qian Xunji is a Limit Douluo, Qian Daoliu is also a Limit Douluo, and that mysterious woman is also a Limit Douluo. The Spirit Hall has at least three Limit Douluos on their side."
(End of Chapter)