Chapter 78: Qian Renxue — The Heaven Dou Palace Coup Failed?
This time, Liu Erlong felt no fear — only a deep, indescribably complicated emotion.
All along, she had regarded Bibi Dong as a love rival, as the bad woman who stole Xiaogang's heart.
But now… the truth was so cruel.
If their positions were reversed — if she had experienced something like this — would she still have the courage to keep living?
"No wonder… no wonder she said something like that just now…"
Liu Erlong suddenly felt that her previous remark about being a "ruined flower" was indeed too hurtful; it was like stabbing someone right in the heart.
[Sea God's Spokesperson: Qian Daoliu's son is truly despicable. He disgraced the Angel Clan.]
Bo Saixi sighed.
Back when she stood alongside Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen, she had naturally met Qian Xunji.
That seemingly dignified junior… had actually done something worse than a beast?
…
At this moment, the one reacting most intensely to the diary's contents was none other than the person involved, Qian Renxue.
Inside the Crown Prince's residence study.
Qian Renxue slumped in her chair, eyes unfocused, her face pale as paper.
"No… that's impossible…"
"This isn't real…"
She had always believed that Bibi Dong disliked her for some other reason, or perhaps because she was obsessed with power, someone who could sacrifice family for the Pope's throne.
She had always believed that her grandfather sent her to the Heaven Dou Empire because he trusted her abilities, to temper her, to let her accomplish great deeds, to prove herself before Bibi Dong.
But now, Lin Yuan's diary mercilessly shattered all her illusions.
"So… I'm an illegitimate child?"
"So I'm the daughter of a rapist?"
"So Bibi Dong's hatred toward me isn't because I'm not good enough… but because my very existence… is a mistake?"
Qian Renxue felt her entire worldview collapsing.
All her years of effort, endurance, and determination to prove herself, in this moment, became nothing more than a joke.
In truth, during her many years infiltrating the Heaven Dou royal family, she had heard and seen such matters before.
For example, Xue Beng had forced himself upon many women.
Some of the ministers below likely had as well.
Such things could happen within any faction.
But not the Qian family.
The Qian family inherited the sacred Six-Winged Angel martial soul. How could such vile acts exist within the Angel lineage?
She never imagined that her own father could do something like this.
He was Bibi Dong's teacher and the Pope holding supreme authority. If he wanted women, how could he possibly lack them? Why would he do such a thing?
Moreover, a teacher and disciple should never cross that boundary.
In Qian Renxue's current beliefs, a teacher was a teacher, and a disciple was a disciple. There should never be any relationship beyond that.
Such a thing would be condemned by the world.
[I Don't Like Men: @Supreme Pontiff, Bibi Dong — tell me this isn't true!]
[I Don't Like Men: Father… he's the Pope! The inheritor of the Angel Clan! How could he possibly do something like this?!]
However, Bibi Dong did not respond.
To Qian Renxue, that silence was equivalent to confirmation.
Meanwhile, Lin Yuan's diary continued.
[Of course, with Qian Daoliu around, Bibi Dong never had the chance to kill Qian Renxue.]
[After all, Qian Renxue inherited the most perfect Angel martial soul, was born with rank 20 innate soul power, and was the hope in Qian Daoliu's eyes as well as the inheritor of the Angel God.]
[He valued Qian Renxue more than his own life.]
[But precisely because of that, I can't understand his actions back then.]
[Why send nine-year-old Qian Renxue to the Heaven Dou Empire to carry out this so-called "nine-deaths-one-life" infiltration plan?]
[The reason was most likely to protect her.]
[After all, Qian Xunji had just died, Bibi Dong had just taken power, and her mental state was extremely unstable, even practically insane.]
[If Qian Renxue stayed in Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu probably feared that Bibi Dong might one day lose control and strangle this "illegitimate child" to death.]
[So sending her to the Heaven Dou Empire, though dangerous, also kept her away from Bibi Dong, a walking powder keg.]
Reading this, Qian Renxue felt slightly better.
At least… her grandfather loved her.
He truly treasured her.
[The original intention was good to protect his granddaughter.]
[But! The "guardian lineup" Qian Daoliu arranged was absurd beyond belief!]
[Since Qian Renxue is your precious treasure and the future Angel God,]
[Why were the only ones accompanying her to the Heaven Dou Empire to protect her and help her seize the throne, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo?]
[What level are they?]
[Ordinary Titled Douluo around rank 92!]
[Sure, Porcupinefish Douluo counters poison, and Snake Lance's weapon martial soul isn't bad.]
[But among Titled Douluo, they're basically bottom-tier!]
[Does Spirit Hall lack experts?]
[Obviously not!]
[Besides Qian Daoliu, the Douluo Hall still has six great worshippers — all Super Douluo above rank 96!]
[Golden Crocodile Douluo is at rank 98! Demon-Suppressing Douluo and Qiangu brothers together can fight a rank 97 opponent! Even Elder Hall's Ghost Leopard and Demon Bear are at rank 95!]
[Why not send them?]
[Did Qian Daoliu really think two rank 92 Titled Douluo were enough to dominate Heaven Dou Empire's capital?]
[Was that confidence… or arrogance?]
[In the original future timeline, on the day of the Heaven Dou palace coup]
[This very lineup indirectly caused the originally perfect nation-stealing plan to collapse at the final moment!]
Qian Renxue frowned while reading the diary.
That was true…
She had never thought much about it before, since the two uncles were loyal to her.
But now that Lin Yuan pointed it out, the arrangement did seem rather lacking.
If Grandpa Golden Crocodile, or other Worship Grandpa, had been by her side…
Who in the Heaven Dou Empire could have stopped her?
Even if Chen Xin or Gu Rong discovered her identity in the future, she wouldn't have needed to act so cautiously.
[In that future decisive battle, Qian Renxue had already seized control of the situation and even surrounded the imperial palace.]
[The opposing lineup wasn't actually strong: the Golden Iron Triangle, Dugu Bo, and Tang San, whose level was still lower than hers, along with his companions.]
[At that time, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had just been heavily damaged by Spirit Hall, so Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo couldn't come.]
[In other words, this should have been a massacre!]
[If the person standing beside Qian Renxue had not been Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo, but a Super Douluo above rank 95 —]
[even just one —]
[Tang San would have been reduced to ashes long ago! Dugu Bo's poison would have been a complete joke, fully countered by Porcupinefish Douluo.]
[The ending might have been entirely different; she might have already succeeded in usurping the throne, ascending as emperor, and taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire without bloodshed.]
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