Soul Land: Bibi Dong Is My Martial Soul-Chapter 198: Becoming the Emperor of Heaven Dou

Seeing that the situation had fallen apart, Qian Renxue had no choice but to admit it and confessed that Yu Xiaogang was already dead.

Even though Bibi Dong had mentally prepared herself, upon hearing of Yu Xiaogang's death, she flew into a rage.

Right then and there, Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo were both killed by her on the spot.

Even Qian Renxue almost died at her hands in her uncontrollable fury.

In the end, it was the last thread of rationality in Bibi Dong's heart that made her stop herself at the last moment.

Though she didn't kill Qian Renxue, she also didn't allow her to return to the Heaven Dou army.

Instead, she brought her back to Spirit Hall and imprisoned her inside the Rakshasa Secret Realm.

Thus, Qian Renxue ended up imprisoned in Bibi Dong's own secret place.

Bibi Dong didn't kill her daughter—at least not yet. After all, Qian Renxue was still her biological daughter, and she couldn't quite bring herself to do it.

More importantly, she feared that if she killed Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu would go mad.

Now, she was keeping Qian Renxue alive only to use her as leverage against Qian Daoliu.

As for the Spirit Hall's grand plan to unify the continent?

She no longer cared.

Even though Qian Renxue could have led the Heaven Dou Empire to swallow up the Star Luo Empire and then merged with Spirit Hall to unify the continent—Bibi Dong had no intention of letting her have that glory.

Letting Qian Renxue achieve such a feat would only make her proud—and that was something Bibi Dong would never allow.

And if losing Qian Renxue meant she could no longer use the Heaven Dou Empire?

Then so be it.

She would simply wait until Heaven Dou and Star Luo were both exhausted from war, and then have Spirit Hall swoop in and seize everything.

She wanted the entire continent to fall into chaos. And if it all burned down in the end—that would be ideal.

"Let everything be destroyed in the end."

"Whether it's the two empires or Spirit Hall—let it all burn."

Bibi Dong's eyes were filled with madness.

Yu Xiaogang's death had stripped away everything she cared about. Now, all she wanted was to destroy the world.

...

"Ning Clan Master, where exactly has His Majesty gone?"

"The ministers won't tell me anything. You must know—you were His Majesty's teacher!"

"Our army is waiting for him to give the order to attack!"

While Su Mo and Ning Fengzhi were discussing matters, Grand General Ge Long approached Ning Fengzhi to ask about Emperor Xue Qinghe's whereabouts.

"General Ge Long, though I truly wish it weren't true, I have to tell you—His Majesty may already have met with misfortune."

Faced with Ge Long's pressing questions, Ning Fengzhi no longer concealed the truth and frankly told him that Emperor Qinghe had been missing for several days.

"What?!"

"His Majesty is missing? That's impossible..."

"What exactly happened?"

"..."

Naturally, General Ge Long was shocked and couldn't believe it. He had suspected something was wrong but hadn't imagined it would be this serious. Their Emperor had gone missing.

And for several days already. He knew exactly what that meant.

"Ning Clan Master, if His Majesty is really gone... what should we do?"

Ge Long now began to panic.

The Heaven Dou royal family had no heirs—only Princess Xue Ke remained.

"I don't know either. We can only wait until we return to the capital to figure it out."

"With His Majesty missing, we can't continue the war against the Star Luo Empire."

Ning Fengzhi shook his head helplessly. He truly didn't know what to do at this point.

"That's all we can do, then..."

Ge Long sighed in frustration.

He couldn't understand why Emperor Qinghe had left without notifying anyone.

Soon, General Ge Long left. Now that he knew Emperor Qinghe was likely gone, he had to begin making necessary preparations.

Continuing the assault on the Star Luo Empire was no longer possible for the time being.

"Su Mo, what do you think we should do now?"

"Your trial still requires you to use Heaven Dou's power, but now something has happened to the Empire..."

After Ge Long left, Ning Fengzhi turned to Su Mo, clearly troubled.

If not for Su Mo's trial, the disappearance of Xue Qinghe wouldn't have troubled him too deeply.

If Heaven Dou fell, he could simply take the clan back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan and be done with it.

But now, it was Su Mo's situation that worried him.

"We'll just have to wait and see."

Su Mo also felt a headache coming on.

He hadn't expected Qian Renxue to be taken down. Without her, even if the Heaven Dou Empire succeeded in devouring the Star Luo Empire, it would still have to face the far stronger Spirit Hall.

If Qian Renxue had remained in control of the Heaven Dou Empire, none of this would have happened.

And before becoming a god, trying to gather strength to defeat Spirit Hall wouldn't be easy at all.

Of course, there was still another option—to abandon everything and let Spirit Hall unify the continent.

After all, Su Mo's mission was to promote the unification of the continent. It was never specified that his own faction had to be the one to accomplish it.

But such an approach would be entirely dependent on Spirit Hall. The timeline for unification would then be out of Su Mo's control.

If Spirit Hall took its time, Su Mo couldn't guarantee the unification would be completed within ten years.

He still felt the best plan was to try to bring Qian Renxue back.

However, that plan was quickly rendered impossible. After General Ge Long learned of Emperor Qinghe's misfortune, word somehow leaked from among the officials who had accompanied the army. Soon, the entire army knew that their emperor had met with an accident.

Thus, the army decided to withdraw. General Ge Long remained to hold the front lines and secure their current territory, while the rest of the high-ranking officials returned to the capital.

A nation cannot go a day without a ruler. They had to select a new emperor.

...

"Su Mo, your mission is to unify the continent, so you'll need to gain control over Heaven Dou!"

"Now that the royal family has only Xue Ke left, why not just marry her?"

"Then we, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, will support you in ascending the throne. You'll become the new emperor!"

On the way back, Ning Fengzhi approached Su Mo with a suggestion that even caught him off guard.

"You want me to be the Emperor of Heaven Dou?"

"If I marry Xue Ke, then... what about Rongrong?"

Su Mo looked at Ning Fengzhi in surprise. He hadn't expected him to propose such a thing.

"You can still marry Rongrong afterward. You'll be emperor—having multiple women is normal, isn't it?"

"I'll talk to Rongrong for you."

Ning Fengzhi responded casually.

He himself had multiple women, so he didn't mind Su Mo doing the same.

He had even once considered pairing Su Mo with Ye Lingling, mainly to keep the Nine-Heart Begonia martial soul within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.

"Su Mo, I think it's a great idea. This way, you also won't have to worry about how to explain Hu Liena to Rongrong."

At that moment, Bibi Dong's voice rang out in Su Mo's mind.

Su Mo, who previously had no solid thoughts on the matter, suddenly became tempted.

After accepting Hu Liena, he had long felt guilty toward Ning Rongrong and had been unsure of how to face her.

Now, if he accepted Ning Fengzhi's proposal, it would solve everything.

"...Uncle Ning, let me think it over."

Though tempted, Su Mo didn't immediately agree. He wanted some time to think.

He also didn't mention his earlier thought of simply letting Spirit Hall unify the continent.

That idea was too passive.

Not to mention Ning Fengzhi—he himself didn't want to go with that choice.

"Alright. Think carefully. If you agree, everything else will fall into place."

"With the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, and with your marriage to Princess Xue Ke, the rest of the Empire will not oppose you."

Ning Fengzhi patted Su Mo on the shoulder before walking away.

Su Mo trusted Ning Fengzhi's words.

Now that only Xue Ke remained in the Heaven Dou royal family, Su Mo believed that with Ning Fengzhi's influence, he had a real chance of ascending the throne.

Of course, that would only be possible if he married Xue Ke.

Without her, it would be far more difficult. With her support, the high-ranking officials of the empire would more easily accept him.

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"Su Mo, why didn't you just say yes earlier?"

"I could tell you were tempted."

After Ning Fengzhi left, Bibi Dong materialized before Su Mo.

Su Mo didn't answer her question. Instead, he voiced his worry again. "I didn't expect things to turn out this way... I wonder how Qian Renxue is doing."

"Xue'er should be fine. I know myself well. No matter how furious I might be, I wouldn't kill my own daughter."

Bibi Dong, surprisingly, was less worried.

She believed that while Qian Renxue's current situation might be harsh, her life wasn't in danger.

"Yeah... I hope so too."

Su Mo smiled, but in his heart, he felt Bibi Dong was being too optimistic.

The version of Bibi Dong connected to him hadn't experienced the death of Yu Xiaogang.

The Pope in Spirit Hall, however, had learned of Yu Xiaogang's death while still deeply in love with him.

Those were two entirely different versions of the same person.

He also suspected that Qian Renxue had taken the blame upon herself—keeping the truth about Su Mo and this Bibi Dong a secret.

Otherwise, Spirit Hall wouldn't be so calm right now.

Which meant Qian Renxue was in even greater danger.

But Su Mo didn't say that out loud. If he did, it would only make Bibi Dong worry.

Still, if Spirit Hall was quiet, then Qian Renxue should be safe.

After all, Qian Daoliu wouldn't sit idly by.

He might have forgiven Bibi Dong for killing Qian Xunji, but he would never forgive her for killing Qian Renxue.

...

That night, Ning Rongrong was unusually passionate—as if determined to completely drain Su Mo dry.

"Rongrong... did Uncle Ning say something to you?"

After Ning Rongrong collapsed into his arms, Su Mo stroked her back and asked.

"...Mm."

Ning Rongrong's body trembled slightly as she softly answered.

Su Mo was speechless. He hadn't even given Ning Fengzhi a reply yet, but the man had already convinced Rongrong.

From her behavior, it was clear—she had accepted it.

"Rongrong, don't worry. Even if I marry Xue Ke, the woman I love most will always be you. Past, present, and future—that won't change."

Su Mo held Ning Rongrong tightly and made his vow.

It was the one thing he could truly promise her.

"...Mm."

Feeling the sincerity in Su Mo's voice, Ning Rongrong gave a soft response.

To be honest, when her father had first brought it up, she couldn't accept it.

Even though she had grown up watching her father with many women, she still hoped that Su Mo would only have her.

But after learning that Su Mo would become the Emperor of Heaven Dou, her thoughts changed.

If Su Mo became emperor, then everything would be different.

"...If you ever dare treat me badly, I'll bite you to death!"

With that, she fiercely bit down on Su Mo's chest.

Though she accepted her father's arrangement, it didn't mean she was without resentment.

Still, she understood well—if Su Mo wanted to complete the Seagod's eighth trial, becoming emperor was the best path.

"Ahhh—pain, pain!"

Su Mo naturally cried out in exaggerated pain to match her bite.

"And as for Lingling... I know she's always liked you. Take her too."

"Lucky bastard..."

Ning Rongrong, now satisfied, lifted her head and glared at Su Mo.

"Eh... Is that really okay?"

Su Mo stared at her in shock.

"Will you or won't you?"

Ning Rongrong's eyes gleamed with threat.

"...Alright, alright!"

...

(End of Chapter)

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