While Gu Xuan was making significant moves in the Heaven Dou Empire, Gu Rong's side also saw good progress.
Setting out at dawn, Gu Rong took the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluos and the others to pick up Yu Yuanzhen before heading to Spirit Hall. Upon arrival, Gu Rong went directly to the Elder Hall to find Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others who were guarding Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu, informing them plainly of Bibi Dong's Soul Hunting Operation.
When Golden Crocodile Douluo and the rest heard that Bibi Dong actually intended to unify the continent, they were all overcome with fury. Back when Qian Renxue and Gu Xuan married, Golden Crocodile Douluo had taken the priests to pressure Bibi Dong, stating that they wouldn't interfere with her actions as long as she didn't harm the people of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. They never expected that after only two years of seclusion, she would be so impatient.
Worse, she had squandered Spirit Hall's foundation. Over ten thousand Soul Masters had essentially been handed over to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. Although the Elder Hall and the clan had reached a cooperation agreement, these assets were originally meant to be Qian Renxue's dowry strength; now they were gifted to the clan for free!
Upon learning the news, Golden Crocodile Douluo left the Thousand-Lance and Dragon-Subduing Douluos to guard Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu while he led the other priests and Gu Rong's group to suppress Bibi Dong. They intended to expose her atrocities, dismiss her from the position of Pope, pin all the blame on her, and then reorganize Spirit Hall.
Qian Daoliu had originally intended to stop meddling in Bibi Dong's affairs, as the Qian family indeed owed her for the past. However, her current actions were simply too much. Combined with Gu Xuan and Qian Renxue's schemes, Bibi Dong could no longer be allowed to run wild. After all, their plan was to create Gods! If Gu Xuan succeeded, they would all share in the merit and perhaps even touch that ultimate realm themselves.
Thus, led by Gu Rong and Golden Crocodile Douluo, and including the Azure Luan, Lion, and Glowing Feather Douluos, along with Yu Yuanzhen and the leaders of the Four Lower Sects, the force headed straight for the Pope's Palace to capture Bibi Dong.
But how could Bibi Dong just wait to be captured? Now near madness and seeing all her plans ruined, she became completely frenzied. Faced with the encirclement of so many Super Douluos, she directly triggered the hidden Rakshasa God inheritance beneath the Pope's Palace. Despite her heavy injuries, she managed to escape Spirit Hall and vanished without a trace.
When Golden Crocodile Douluo and the others discovered that Bibi Dong had secretly established a Rakshasa God inheritance site beneath the palace, their fury intensified. This was the inheritance ground of the Angel God; Bibi Dong actually dared to try and steal the faith of the Angel God to empower the evil Rakshasa God?
In truth, while the names of deities differed, a god wasn't "bad" just because their title sounded unpleasant. A person's worth is judged by their actions, not surface labels. It was only because the current Bibi Dong was a total lunatic that Rakshasa was defined as evil.
Fortunately, though Bibi Dong fled, Spirit Hall was back under control. Golden Crocodile Douluo and the priests took charge of restructuring, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan sent back five thousand Soul Masters to ensure the continuity of the institution. The alliance between Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was now out in the open.
Gu Xuan didn't mind this, as he wanted a world where a hundred schools of thought contended. Spirit Hall would no longer be ruined by Bibi Dong but would be reorganized under his eventual intervention. He had already planned for these forces to be brought under his banner without necessarily destroying their traditions. They only needed to hold reverence for the Gods without being their puppets. After all, water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it.
If the entire continent believed in him, the impact of his actions would be maximized. This approach also had another benefit: he wouldn't need to develop the entire continent himself. He only needed to gather talented individuals into a unified place for training, much like Shrek Academy ten thousand years later in the original story. Gu Xuan intended to create such a centralized training camp to better unify the continent. Once he ascended to Godhood, the younger generation's faith in him would prevent the continent from falling apart.
While Gu Xuan reorganized Heaven Dou and Golden Crocodile handled Spirit Hall, the manhunt for Bibi Dong didn't slow down. Her ability to escape Gu Rong and Golden Crocodile showed how formidable she had become. With the Rakshasa inheritance, she remained a major threat. Unless she was stopped in the cradle, they couldn't truly rest. The only problem was that there was no trace of her; a powerhouse of her level was nearly impossible to find if she wanted to hide.
The heavily injured Bibi Dong, whom everyone was hunting, headed for Slaughter City after her escape. There, she encountered Hu Liena and Tang San, who had just emerged from the city. Although Tang San's appearance had changed, his martial soul could not, and he was inevitably exposed.
However, Bibi Dong did not kill him. When Tang San resisted with his life, he mentioned the ambush on Tang Hao. Hearing this, Bibi Dong found it increasingly strange, as she had no knowledge of Tang Hao's whereabouts. Considering that her Soul Hunting Operation had been dismantled by the suddenly rising Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, she immediately suspected it was their handiwork.
Besides Spirit Hall, only the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan possessed such power. Furthermore, Hu Liena had already shared an intimate encounter with Tang San; she wouldn't let Bibi Dong kill him. Bibi Dong shared her analysis with him. Since Xiao Wu was gone, there was no direct grudge between her and Tang San. Tang San's mother, the Blue Silver Empress, had been hunted by the previous Pope Qian Xunji, but his father, Tang Hao, had likely died at the hands of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
Bibi Dong and Tang San were now effectively in the same boat, as she was no longer the Pope but a wanted criminal. Tang San was unwilling to believe this. 'Brother Gu Xuan is such a good person; if the clan had truly killed my father, how could I face him? Much of my success had been due to Brother Gu Xuan; without him, I might have been crushed during the tournament.'
'But... Has Brother Gu Xuan become my enemy?'
Tang San knew who treated him well, but now he didn't know how to face the situation. Weren't the Upper Three Sects supposed to be united? Why would the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan hunt his father? Ultimately, Tang San, who already struggled to control his killing intent, became even more unstable after hearing this news.
Fortunately, Bibi Dong, who possessed the Death God Domain, was by his side. She had no one else to use, and she treated Hu Liena like a daughter. Since Hu Liena and Tang San were already involved, and Tang San possessed twin martial souls, she intended to train him for her own use.
Thus, Bibi Dong remained hidden within Slaughter City to recover her strength while training both Tang San and Hu Liena. Tang San felt Hu Liena's sincerity, and perhaps even he didn't realize that "pure and noble" as he was, he had fallen for her. His original partner, Meng Yiran, was temporarily pushed to the back of his mind...
(End of Chapter)
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