Chapter 91: The Spirit Hall's Plan to Replace the Crown Prince with a Cat – The Real Enemy Isn't Just Tang San! (Part 1)
A year has passed in the blink of an eye.
During this year, although Qian Renxue has been "reborn", one could say she has completely changed internally.
But in order to observe Bibi Dong, confirm her suspicions, and see whether Bibi Dong was also truly reborn like her, Qian Renxue continues to pretend to be kind and innocent, pure and lovable.
However, this life is actually the one Qian Renxue had always dreamed of.
Not only does she have a grandfather who loves her dearly, but also a mother who cares for her and a brother who also protects and loves her like both a father and a brother…
Sometimes this leaves her dazed.
She feels this is the life she should have lived, and the life before her rebirth seems more like a dream.
However, this peaceful life was eventually shattered one day!
While Qian Renxue was immersed in the happiness she had missed in this life,
In the Spirit Hall, after Bibi Dong ascended to the throne as the Queen,
Taking various factors into account, Bibi Dong continued leading the Spirit Hall down a path of rapid development and continuous expansion, just like in her previous life.
However, compared to the Spirit Hall of Bibi Dong's previous life,
In this life, after her rebirth, the Spirit Hall under Bibi Dong's leadership has been much more moderate in its approach to obstacles blocking its power, even as it continues to grow and expand.
Nevertheless, the sheer size of the Spirit Hall means that as it progresses and grows, it inevitably threatens the interests of other spirit masters.
Naturally, this affects the Spirit Hall's reputation.
However, this influence is limited to the circle of some noble spirit master families and important sects in the spirit master world.
Among civilian spirit masters, the Spirit Hall's reputation remains unchanged and is still respected by countless civilian spirit masters.
Thus, the Spirit Hall's foundation remains solid.
But with the continuous growth and strengthening of the Spirit Hall, even though Bibi Dong has never explicitly said she wanted to lead it to unify the Douluo Continent,
Some high-level officials have already developed ambitions to allow the Spirit Hall to annex the two empires and unify the Douluo Continent.
This is the inevitable outcome of the Spirit Hall becoming strong enough!
Because the Spirit Hall possesses the most powerful high-level combat force on the Douluo Continent, and the number of soul masters under its command also far exceeds that of the two empires.
If the Spirit Hall so wished, it could easily destroy the existing order of the Douluo Continent!
However, the Spirit Hall would never perform such a thankless task.
Because even if it did, it wouldn't gain any benefits.
Without enough troops and administrative personnel, the Spirit Hall cannot restore the destroyed order and create a new stable one to keep the Douluo Continent running.
Still, the Spirit Hall's high officials are no fools.
Since the ambition to unify the Douluo Continent was born, the high-ranking officials of the Spirit Hall began deep reflection.
How could they fix the Spirit Hall's shortcomings so it could successfully unify the Douluo Continent?
Of course, it's a daunting task.
But the Spirit Hall doesn't necessarily have to rule the Douluo Continent on the surface, as long as it controls it in essence.
After deep deliberation, the high officials of the Spirit Hall questioned whether such domination was inevitable.
In the end, some officials proposed the plan of "replacing the prince with a cat."
The plan is to train a spirit master to replace the heir to the Heaven Dou Empire, Xue Qinghe, so that after ascending the throne, he can cooperate with the Spirit Hall to eliminate the even more difficult Star Luo Empire and essentially allow the Spirit Hall to unify the Douluo Continent.
This method is undoubtedly feasible.
After a series of discussions, they finally chose the most suitable candidate—Qian Renxue.
There are several reasons why Qian Renxue is the most suitable candidate.
First, her status within the Spirit Hall is extremely high.
As the legitimate daughter of the Qian family—the papal family of the Spirit Hall—and the adopted daughter of Pope Bibi Dong, the Spirit Hall's future belongs to her!
Therefore, Qian Renxue replacing Crown Prince Xue Qinghe ensures that in the future, she will not betray the Spirit Hall for the throne of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Second, replacing Xue Qinghe requires a spirit master who can impersonate Xue Qinghe and also disguise their spirit as the swan spirit of the Xue family of the Heaven Dou royal family.
The first is quite easy, but the second is very difficult.
However, among the inherited spirit bones of the Qian family, there is one that allows the user to disguise their appearance, cultivation, and spirit simultaneously.
But this inherited spirit bone definitely cannot be fused with just any spirit master, so Qian Renxue remains the most suitable.
In addition, her outstanding cultivation and character in recent years meet the requirements to execute the "replace the prince with a cat" plan.
Ultimately, after thorough consideration by the Spirit Hall's top officials, Qian Renxue was still the best choice.
However, Bibi Dong's heart was conflicted.
If it were the past, she would have agreed 100% with the candidate for this plan.
Because back then, she didn't like her daughter at all and even hated her.
But now, she feels guilty toward her from the bottom of her heart and loves her with all her heart.
She wants to implement this plan—but doesn't want Qian Renxue to be the one to carry it out!
Because Qian Renxue is only around ten years old, and at such a young age, she would be sent to the Heaven Dou Empire.
First, she would disguise herself as a maid to get close to Xue Qinghe, then attempt to kill and replace him, and finally have to continue disguising herself as Xue Qinghe in the Heaven Dou Empire, determined to never reveal her identity.
It's like walking a tightrope—it's too cruel!
But after eliminating Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong found no one else capable of carrying out the plan.
Eventually, Bibi Dong decided to talk to Qian Daoliu first to ask his opinion, then to Qian Renxue.
Whatever Qian Renxue's decision was, Bibi Dong would respect it.
If Qian Renxue didn't want to go, then she wouldn't go!
In any case, if they want to unify the Douluo Continent, it can still be done as long as they have absolute strength.
It's just that the process might be a little more complicated!
But in this life, Bibi Dong already knows the future.
As long as she seizes Tang San's opportunities ahead of time and finds a way to destroy his path to godhood, the future Douluo Continent will undoubtedly belong to her Spirit Hall!
In fact, Bibi Dong also considered having someone kill Tang San now.
But in the end, she hesitated.
Thanks to her "rebirth" experience, Bibi Dong is much calmer than before and no longer self-destructive.
After thinking it over carefully, she realized that if the Spirit Hall wants to unify the Douluo Continent, their enemy might not just be on the continent itself—but also in... the Divine Realm!
Bibi Dong came to this realization due to the extraordinary support the gods Poseidon and Asura gave to Tang San in her previous life. As the former inheritor of the Rakshasa God, Bibi Dong also understood the rules of the Divine Realm.
That is: gods are not allowed to interfere in the mortal world!
But Poseidon and Asura broke the rules by convincing the two gods, the God of Food and the Goddess of the Seven Treasures, to pass on their thrones to Oscar and Ning Rongrong, allowing them to resurrect Tang San, who had originally been killed by her and Qian Renxue.
At first glance, this seems like it was only the work of Poseidon and Asura.
But thinking deeper—was Tang San really so exceptional that two of the highest gods in the Divine Realm would risk violating divine law to help him?
Bibi Dong believed it was more likely that the two gods wanted to use Tang San to prevent the Spirit Hall—representing the Angel God—from unifying the Douluo Continent.
At the same time, by doing so, they could also use Tang San, who defeated the Spirit Hall, to spread their own beliefs across the continent.
However, the motives of the two gods may have been different.
Poseidon might have wanted to expand his own influence and felt that a unified Spirit Hall could threaten his faith in the vast sea.
As for why Asura helped Tang San, Bibi Dong believed it was because she had inherited the Rakshasa God's position.
You know, Rakshasa and Asura—at least in this generation—are mortal enemies!
That's why Bibi Dong did not go to the Slaughter City to inherit the Rakshasa God's throne in this life.
And she has no regrets.
In this life, with the help of the magical herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, she developed two martial souls and already possesses two domains.
It was precisely this sense of a larger scheme that made Bibi Dong hesitant to kill Tang San early.
Because if Tang San is killed early, the two gods might choose someone else to block the Spirit Hall's unification of the Douluo Continent.
So it's better to let Tang San live.
At least she knows this enemy well—and that will make it easier to deal with him in the future.
If it's another unknown enemy, it could be even more troublesome!
(End of Chapter)