"Do you regret it?"
Stopping before Bibi Dong, Chu Chengzhou, disguised as the Soul Land universe's ultimate villain and final boss, asked her.
Earlier, after pulling Bibi Dong's consciousness into an illusion, Chu Chengzhou sealed part of her memories, especially those concerning him. Then he overhauled the entire world and let Bibi Dong take a "real-instance run."
In the original work, Bibi Dong reconciled with Qian Renxue at the final moment of her life.
What he meant to do was make Bibi Dong experience this, to make her understand that even if Qian Xunji was a beast, her daughter Qian Renxue was innocent, thereby dissolving the loathing in Bibi Dong's heart toward Qian Renxue.
"Regret? I regret it, but I am… satisfied."
Gazing at Qian Renxue, who lay against her chest as if frozen by the great power of time, the dying Bibi Dong spoke with difficulty.
"If time could flow backward, would you still be satisfied with this ending?"
Chu Chengzhou asked.
"Is that… really… pos… sible?"
In that instant, a light called hope was born in Bibi Dong's eyes.
She did not know who this evil figure before her was, but Bibi Dong understood that since this being could bind all things in the world, including Tang San who had inherited the twin God Positions of Sea God and Asura God, then He had to be a deity whose power surpassed her imagination, at least far stronger than Tang San.
"Then what price are you willing to pay?"
Chu Chengzhou asked again.
"My… everything."
"I am the Darkness of the Universe, master of all negativity, evil, and darkness.
Trade with Me, and your soul shall fall forever into Avici Hell. All pain and wailing will be the fuel that drives Me forward."
As he spoke, behind Chu Chengzhou appeared the sight of countless souls howling in torment within Avici Hell.
"I… am willing."
Bibi Dong was unmoved. So long as she could rewrite the scene before her, even if it meant a deal with a demon, even if it meant falling into Avici Hell forever, she had no regrets.
"I grant you one year. After one year, the deal is complete, and your soul will fall forever into Avici Hell. Unless the universe ends and the world is destroyed, you shall not be reborn for eons.
If you accept, refine this dark contract."
As his voice fell, a dark contract that looked like a parchment scroll and radiated an evil aura appeared before Bibi Dong.
Without hesitation, Bibi Dong refined this "dark contract" into her divine soul.
"As you wish."
With those words, the figure of the "Darkness of the Universe" faded until it vanished.
At the instant that figure disappeared, a shimmering, sky-spanning illusory long river appeared in the world that had been frozen by a mysterious might.
Next, the waters of the illusory river flowed backward. Bibi Dong felt her vision blur as everything around her rapidly changed.
She did not know how long it lasted. It felt like a thousand years, or like a single instant. A cold voice pulled Bibi Dong back to "reality."
"From now on, we act independently. You control your Spirit Hall. I control my Elder Hall and Douluo Hall. You have no authority to deploy any elders of the Elder Hall."
Qian Renxue spoke coldly to Bibi Dong.
"Time… really flowed back."
Looking at Qian Renxue not far before her, hearing that icy tone, and sensing the soul power within her body restrained by the Rakshasa God Trial, Bibi Dong's eyes shed tears as she murmured.
Qian Renxue: "???"
What was this? Why was that wicked woman Bibi Dong crying?
"Xue'er, forgive me."
In the next second, Bibi Dong flashed to Qian Renxue's side and, under Qian Renxue's stunned gaze, pulled her tightly into an embrace.
Qian Renxue's body trembled, but soon she pushed Bibi Dong away.
"Bibi Dong, stop pretending. Let me tell you this. I, Qian Renxue, do not need your pity and will never forgive you."
Casting Bibi Dong a cold glance, Qian Renxue clenched her fists, shouted her piece, and walked out without looking back.
In Qian Renxue's eyes, Bibi Dong was being fake. If you had not insisted on launching the palace coup early, would the painstaking work of my twenty years have gone up in smoke?
Now the plan has failed. Do I need your pity?
I, Qian Renxue, will never forgive you. Never.
"Boom."
The doors of the council hall boomed from the violent slam, as if sealing them into two separate worlds.
Outside the hall, Qian Renxue still burned with anger. Inside the hall, Bibi Dong's tears still flowed.
What differed was that this time, Bibi Dong smiled, even with tears still in her eyes.
Xue'er, you say you will never forgive me, yet in the end the one who would rather shatter her God Position to protect me was you.
After a long while, Bibi Dong collected herself and wiped her tears dry.
"Attend me."
Bibi Dong called toward the outside of the hall.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Soon, a hall-guard knight entered and knelt.
"Summon all elders. Elder Hall council."
Bibi Dong ordered.
"Yes, Your Majesty."
The hall-guard knight took his orders and withdrew.
"One year… is enough."
Looking up at the dome, Bibi Dong could not help clenching both fists.
Then her soul power circulated. Countless violet lights overflowed from her body. In the blink of an eye, the mighty aura of a level 99 Limit Douluo erupted from Bibi Dong.
She did not seek the long future, only the present. As for this Rakshasa God Position, she could do without it.
Rakshasa God: Impossible. My Rakshasa God Trial can only be completed or died in. There is no third option.
Chu Chengzhou: I am the Master of the World. Everything is possible.
An hour later, Bibi Dong led the ten elders of Spirit Hall out of Spirit City and headed straight for Heaven Dou.
The next evening, within Heaven Dou City, eleven figures radiating powerful auras, each ringed by nine spirit rings, appeared in the sky over Shrek Academy.
"Eleven Titled Douluo?!"
Staring at the eleven Titled Douluo of Spirit Hall standing in midair, especially Bibi Dong with a 100,000-year ninth spirit ring, Tang San on the ground, who was preparing to repel the incoming enemy, looked utterly alarmed.
"Tang San, take your own life."
Bibi Dong spoke coldly to Tang San below.
Reborn, and with only one year, how to prevent the tragedy to come?
Naturally by eliminating Tang San, who in the future could inherit the twin God Positions of Sea God and Asura God.
Without Tang San, even if her soul fell forever into Avici Hell, who could stop Spirit Hall? Who could stop Qian Renxue, who would soon achieve the Angel God Position?
"Bibi Dong, Xiao San is my disciple. If you want to harm him, you will first have to step over my corpse."
At this moment, Yu Xiaogang stepped forward and shielded Tang San behind him.