Chapter 157: Bai Yuan's Deception

"What do you mean by giving me these?" Qian Renxue watched Bai Yuan's figure fade into the distance, growing ever smaller, and she finally couldn't help but ask.

This time was almost the same as before—an unexplained, grandiose gift that kept getting more precious, leaving Qian Renxue truly at a loss, as if she had been given a betrothal gift.

Bai Yuan glanced back at her and said, "I've chosen the Angel God, of course, on the condition that you can kill the new Rakshasa God and Sea God."

Qian Renxue stared at the mask on Bai Yuan's face, dazed, and now understood why he had given her a hundred‑thousand‑year soul bone.

The purpose was to cultivate her so she would have the strength to slay the new Rakshasa God and Sea God and become the sole new god of this world.

Just killing Bi Bi Dong…

Qian Renxue lifted her gaze to Bai Yuan again, but this time her golden eyes flickered with doubt as she asked, "Why must we kill the new Sea God and Rakshasa God?"

"Shouldn't the Angel God find a way to free itself from the Asura God's control, and then you hand that piece of wood over to me?"

Qian Renxue felt killing the Sea God and Rakshasa God was superfluous, and she still hadn't resolved to kill her mother, who gave her life but never raised her.

Otherwise, last time it wouldn't have been merely imprisonment.

Bai Yuan calmly replied, "Because among the ways I've thought of that could let the Angel God escape the Asura God's control, this is the most reliable."

"Most reliable?" Qian Renxue said she couldn't understand at all.

The most reliable way for the Angel God to free itself from the Asura God's control is actually to kill the new Rakshasa God and Sea God—two things that clearly have nothing to do with each other!

Bai Yuan explained, "All you need to do is eliminate the Asura God's minions in the Lower Realm; then, if he wants that piece of wood, he'll have to come down here himself."

"That way, the Angel God naturally breaks free, because the Asura God couldn't possibly kill the Angel God before descending to the Lower Realm."

Qian Renxue fell into thought.

This method is indeed extremely reliable—after all, once the Asura God descends, entering the Lower Realm directly would surely draw interception from other god kings, giving her the chance to hand the Five Elements Array to the Angel God with zero risk of being blocked by the Asura God.

"What if the Asura God doesn't descend?" Qian Renxue asked.

Bai Yuan said, "If he doesn't descend, he'll never obtain that piece of wood; although it also won't fall into the hands of the God of Kindness, it's still preferable to letting the Angel God's mistake allow the Asura God to become King of Gods."

Qian Renxue fell silent again, feeling Bai Yuan's method was correct, for this matter could decide who would rule the future God Realm and would also determine their life or death.

There's no room for the slightest carelessness.

After all, in Qian Renxue's eyes, if the Asura God obtained that wood and became King of Gods, he would certainly not spare Bai Yuan, the Angel God, or her.

Therefore, it must not be done, and it must not be done wrong.

In fact, Bai Yuan would never actually hand over the Five Elements Array.

Leaving aside whether he currently has a way to oppose a god king, even if he didn't, he could never give it away.

Doing this now is merely to buy time for development.

Bai Yuan even suspects that the Angel God and the Rakshasa God are roughly alike.

Both just want to go with the wind.

Upon obtaining something, if there's a chance to hand it over to their master, they'll do so decisively; if no opportunity arises, they'll likely choose decisively to give it to the Asura God instead.

Lofty deities.

How could they not get along with their own lives?

After hearing Bai Yuan's explanation, Qian Renxue slowly said, "What you say is true, but I don't want to kill Bi Bi Dong; I only wish to imprison her forever."

To Bai Yuan, she currently has nothing to hide.

Bai Yuan chuckled, "Then it depends on whether your strength is enough—don't end up getting killed by your mother and ruining my investment."

Qian Renxue's body tensed as she suddenly recalled Bai Yuan's earlier words: "In the end, the Angel and Rakshasa will vie for the world, you will fall, and the Angel lineage will vanish completely."

That was actually a lie Bai Yuan told Qian Renxue.

"Was I killed by her?" Qian Renxue murmured inwardly, involuntarily clenching her white fist, her golden eyes swirling with complex emotion.

Bai Yuan laughed while patting Qian Renxue's head, saying, "Just think carefully about what to do—actually, after becoming a god, as long as your godhead isn't shattered, you can go to the God Realm after death."

The patted Qian Renxue stared blankly at Bai Yuan, and for a moment she felt as if she were being cared for.

Having lost her father from childhood and being despised by her mother, Qian Renxue had only felt care from Qian Daoliu.

But that affection didn't last long, for she was sent to the Tiandou Royal Palace at a young age to stand in for the Crown Prince, Xue Qinghe.

Suddenly, Qian Renxue's heart grew resolute.

She looked at Bai Yuan and said in a low voice, "I will send her to the God Realm."

This time it was Bai Yuan's turn to be stunned; he gazed at Qian Renxue's golden eyes, full of determination, and couldn't help but ask, "You've decided so quickly? Aren't you afraid I'm deceiving you?"

Qian Renxue said, "I believe your words."

"I also believe that deities go to the God Realm after death."

Hearing this, Bai Yuan felt a pang of guilt—he had merely intended to coax the girl before him, never expecting her to trust him so completely.

"Is this the power of money?" Bai Yuan lamented inwardly.

It was no waste—he had previously tipped a hundred‑thousand‑year cultivated soul beast, and just now tipped five hundred‑thousand‑year soul bones.

"Just trust me, follow me closely, and I won't let down those loyal to me." Bai Yuan then turned and left again.

Qian Renxue merely watched him go in silence.

She didn't call out to him again.

Only after Bai Yuan's figure vanished completely did Qian Renxue look toward Di Tian and bow slightly, saying, "Please trouble you, Senior Di Tian."

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On the other side, after Bai Yuan disappeared from Qian Renxue's sight, Gu Yue Na pulled him into a space that does not exist in reality.

Instinctively, Bai Yuan gazed in a certain direction.

There, a woman stepped out whose peerless beauty defied any mortal description.

"Dear, I've missed you." Bai Yuan laughed and embraced her.

Gu Yue Na let out a soft hum, wore a look of disdain, yet still opened her arms and embraced the arriving Bai Yuan.

Bai Yuan said with a smile: "Na'er, do you miss me?"

Gu Yue Na said calmly: "Wanting to beat you up should count as missing you."

Bai Yuan was speechless for a moment, but he also knew that now was not the time for flirting; he let go of his hand and asked in a low voice: "Na'er, do you think we should suffer together, or stay out of this?"

Nowadays, the inheritance difficulty of the Rakshasa God and the Angel God has been greatly reduced; the Sea God is naturally no exception.

Believe that it won't take much time for Tang San, Bi Bi Dong, and Qian Renxue to complete the inheritance and become gods at about the same time.

However, the only thing Bai Yuan worries about now is whether Tang San will still, as originally planned, inherit the dual god positions of the Shura God and the Sea God.

(End of chapter)