Bibi Dong returned to the Spirit Hall.
Her face was dark, and she headed straight to her personal chambers.
At this moment, her severed hand had already been sealed with her soul power to prevent it from deteriorating.
After locking the door, her eyes suddenly emitted a purple glow.
The power of the Rakshasa God slowly emerged.
At the same time, behind her, the phantom of the Death Spider Emperor appeared.
Her ninth soul ring flickered with a faint glow.
After making all these preparations, she took out her severed hand and placed it against her wound.
The injury had been frozen by the power of ice. Bibi Dong had to use her Rakshasa soul power to slowly corrode the frostbitten flesh before she could reconnect it.
Under the influence of the Rakshasa God's power and the passive healing effect of the Death Spider Emperor's ninth soul ring, Bibi Dong barely managed to reattach her limb.
The pain from this process made cold sweat drip down her forehead.
But she had to reconnect her arm. Otherwise, her cultivation would inevitably drop!
Right now, she was undergoing the Rakshasa God's divine trial. If her cultivation declined and she failed the trial, the loss would be too great to bear.
Soon, her severed arm was reattached under the restoration effects of the Rakshasa God's power and the ninth soul ring.
At this moment, Bibi Dong finally allowed her suppressed rage to explode.
Looking at the ceramic and glassware around her, she couldn't hold back her fury.
The subordinates she had personally nurtured in the Spirit Hall had actually betrayed her. She couldn't stand it!
She overturned and smashed everything in her chambers!
The crashing sounds filled the room, making the maids outside too scared to make a sound.
It was the first time they had seen Bibi Dong so furious.
Just then, Qian Renxue arrived at Bibi Dong's chambers.
"Mother…"
Hearing Qian Renxue's voice, Bibi Dong was reminded that Qian Daoliu had refused to help her obtain Bear Lord's soul ring.
Her rage shifted entirely onto Qian Renxue.
She suddenly flung open the palace door and raised her hand to slap Qian Renxue.
But Qian Renxue dodged.
"Why are you here? I'm already in a foul mood, and you just had to show up. How shameless."
Bibi Dong was in a terrible state of mind.
Qian Renxue lowered her head. She was already used to Bibi Dong's insults.
She sighed softly, "Mother, why were you fighting with Grandfather…? And why did it cause such a huge commotion?"
"I caused trouble?"
Bibi Dong laughed, her laughter growing louder.
Qian Daoliu had been pushing her every step of the way, and now even Qian Renxue dared to question her.
In any case, she didn't get Bear Lord's soul ring, and the trusted subordinates she had painstakingly nurtured had betrayed her!
For an instant, Bibi Dong felt utterly exhausted.
Ah!
Forget it.
She didn't want to hide it anymore.
Since they wanted the truth, she would give it to them.
A twisted smile appeared at the corner of Bibi Dong's mouth.
"That's because, twenty years ago, I personally strangled your twin brother to death!"
"Twin… brother?"
Qian Renxue had thought Bibi Dong would just make up an excuse to brush her off.
She had only wanted a response, even if it was a lie.
But she never expected Bibi Dong's sudden confession to be so shocking that her mind went blank.
'A brother…'
'I… once had a brother?'
Seeing Qian Renxue's face full of disbelief, Bibi Dong burst into mad laughter.
"That's right! And your brother was killed by my own hands!"
"You only ever had a brother!"
Pain!
An unbearable pain pierced Qian Renxue's heart.
A brother.
She had once had a brother.
But her own mother had strangled him to death right after he was born.
"What… what did you do?!"
Qian Renxue was on the verge of breaking down.
She had thought Bibi Dong had already done enough to her.
But she never imagined that her mother, the woman who gave birth to her, had actually killed her own son—her younger brother!
Qian Renxue, who had never cried in front of Bibi Dong, finally broke down in tears.
"What happened back then?!"
Qian Renxue stared at Bibi Dong, her heart filled with excruciating pain.
At this moment, she desperately wanted to know the truth.
"What happened?"
For so many years, Bibi Dong had been avoiding that day.
She didn't want to recall those painful memories.
But it was impossible to forget.
As long as Qian Renxue existed, whether she wanted to or not, she would always remember that day.
"Hahaha… That year, it was all because of that bastard Qian Xunji! That disgusting hypocrite! He forced himself on me, and that's how you two were conceived!"
Hearing Bibi Dong's vicious curse against her father, Qian Renxue pursed her lips without speaking.
In her memory, her father wasn't exactly a good person, but he wasn't a monster either.
Yet in her mother's eyes, he was utterly unforgivable.
Even Grandfather rarely spoke about her father, which made Qian Renxue uneasy.
But seeing the crazed look in Bibi Dong's eyes, Qian Renxue didn't know what to do.
"But even so, you didn't have to kill my brother!"
Qian Renxue sighed deeply.
"He was also your own flesh and blood, carrying your bloodline."
"My bloodline? Hahaha, what a joke!"
Bibi Dong glared at Qian Renxue with intense hatred.
"You are both the spawn of that disgusting hypocrite whose name I don't even want to say!"
"You are both abominations, just like him!"
"But we are also your children!"
Qian Renxue felt a deep sorrow as she thought about all the pain she had endured over the years—about the brother who had never even had the chance to see the beauty of the world before he was killed.
"We are your children…"
"You're just abominations. Rotten flesh that I should have cut off!"
Bibi Dong scoffed coldly.
"Every time I see you, I think of that bastard!"
"You think I only killed your brother?"
Bibi Dong's breathing grew erratic.
"If that bastard hadn't broken his promise and forced his way in, I would have killed you too!"
"Hahaha! Yes, you should have all died! You should have all died!"
Qian Renxue, who had been resisting, suddenly felt a chill in her heart.
'So…'
'I was supposed to die too…'
"So I was never meant to survive either…"
Qian Renxue collapsed onto the ground.
The shattered glass and ceramic shards cut into her pale, delicate legs, staining them with blood.
Her slender hands were covered in red gashes.
"Why…"
She couldn't understand.
'Even a tiger wouldn't eat its own cubs.'
She had always thought that she wasn't good enough—that she lacked talent, that she didn't work hard enough, that she didn't imitate her mother well enough.
That was why Bibi Dong despised her.
To Qian Renxue, her mother, who had become a Titled Douluo in her thirties, was the most talented person in the world.
She must have simply looked down on her for being untalented.
But now, it was clear—Bibi Dong hated them from the bottom of her heart.
Yet they were her own children!
"Why do you hate us so much? Why wasn't it me who died back then…?"
"My brother… my little brother…"
Qian Renxue broke down completely.
Her eyes turned red, and tears flooded down her face like a broken dam.
"Bibi Dong! I'll kill you and avenge my brother!"