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At this moment, memories from her youth began to flood Raksha's mind.
The kindly old woman at the orphanage with a face full of warmth.
Her teacher, who had taken her in as a disciple and taught her diligently for ten years without fail.
Her cheerful companions during soul ring hunts...
Unconsciously, tears began streaming down Raksha's face. Her eyes were now filled with lifeless despair, and she continued murmuring:
"What have I been doing all these years...?"
But upon seeing Raksha release her obsession, Bibi Dong showed no joy. Instead, she quickly stood up, her divine power surging as she pressed her hand onto Raksha's head.
"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing?" Bibi Dong exclaimed urgently. "I only wanted you to see reality and stop fantasizing about that scum! Why are you losing hope in life altogether?!"
As the Goddess of Desire, Bibi Dong's powers allowed her to see through the seven emotions and six desires of any living being.
Her original plan was simple: make Raksha face reality, then obediently continue serving as the Pope under her command, and perhaps reward her later.
But what was this? While Raksha had indeed let go of her obsession with Yu Xiaogang, she had also lost her will to live!
However, as the Goddess of Desire, Bibi Dong still had excellent control over her powers. With this surge of divine energy, Raksha immediately abandoned her suicidal thoughts.
Yet, despite this, Raksha remained unable to cheer up. She resembled a walking corpse, completely unresponsive to Bibi Dong's attempts to instill positive thoughts.
And the blame for this situation lay squarely on Bibi Dong herself.
Though Bibi Dong's position as the Goddess of Desire was based on the Rakshasa God's foundation, combined with the emotional forces of the Emotion God, she had developed it into a comprehensive mastery of the forest of desires and thoughts.
But unlike the Rakshasa God, who reveled in manipulating human hearts, Bibi Dong primarily used her powers in battle. She influenced her enemies with desire-inducing divine energy, striking them down while they were distracted.
Thus, while her combat prowess as a God King was unquestionable, her ability to manipulate human emotions was as clumsy as an inexperienced maiden.
For the first time in her life, Bibi Dong realized that her divine power of desire had no effect on an ordinary mortal. She grew both embarrassed and frustrated.
"Bibi Dong, what is wrong with you? How can you even call yourself me? Pull yourself together! Are you really going to die just because Yu Xiaogang, that piece of trash, is gone?!"
Bibi Dong continued her verbal barrage, but Raksha remained unmoved, her heart as cold as ash, passively restrained and staring blankly ahead.
Stare =_=
Just as Bibi Dong was struggling to salvage the situation, her body suddenly stiffened as she sensed two pairs of eyes watching her.
Wait—two pairs!?
Realizing something was amiss, Bibi Dong's body froze like rusted gears. Slowly, she turned around.
The golden-haired man and woman before her looked like a pair of celestial beings. With their similar features and matching expressions, even though their eye colors differed, many would assume they were siblings.
They were now standing not far away, silently observing Bibi Dong.
Bibi Dong felt utterly humiliated, as if she could dig a three-bedroom apartment out of the ground with her bare feet. Awkwardly chuckling, she asked:
"You saw that?"
Qian Renxue's expression was difficult to read. Given their identical appearances and the theory of parallel timelines, she didn't know what to say.
Ye Tianhun, on the other hand, walked in naturally. He glanced at Raksha, whose mood had slightly brightened upon seeing Qian Renxue but quickly sank back into despair, then turned to Bibi Dong and said:
"Mother, did you mess this up?"
Though phrased as a question, his tone carried an air of certainty.
This made Bibi Dong—who had originally been confident about handling Raksha—even more awkward. Lowering her head slightly, she sheepishly replied:
"It's my first time doing something like this. My methods were a bit rough, and I think I messed up. Little Hun, you're not mad at me, are you?"
As she spoke, Bibi Dong cautiously stole a few glances at Ye Tianhun. After all, for so many years, she had always presented herself as the perfect, strong woman in front of him.
But now this slip-up...
Bibi Dong wished she could bury herself in a hole right then and there. It was too embarrassing, especially in front of her son and her counterpart from another timeline. At this moment, she felt as socially dead as Raksha!
Ye Tianhun said nothing, only sighing softly. He slowly walked up to Raksha and calmly stated:
"Mother, though this version of you isn't entirely you, your underlying psychology is probably the same.
That is, you're stubborn to the point of irrationality."
At this, Qian Renxue couldn't help but burst into laughter. When everyone turned to look at her, she hastily waved her hands, signaling Ye Tianhun to continue while assuring them she wouldn't laugh anymore.
Ye Tianhun paid it no mind and continued his detached analysis: "Actually, I've been observing from the sidelines because I didn't want to interrupt. As for the process, I must say, your methods were too brutal, Mother.
You destroyed her fantasy of Yu Xiaogang, but in doing so, you also shattered the reason she's been striving for all these years."
At this, everyone turned their gaze toward Raksha. Noticing Qian Renxue's stare, Raksha's body stiffened. Her eyes flickered between hatred, guilt, and the inability to meet Qian Renxue's gaze, her emotions a tangled mess.
Finally, Ye Tianhun concluded: "This version of Bibi Dong's heart is already dead because she has lost her reason to fight.
And unless I'm mistaken, she's likely regretting everything she's done over the years. That's why she feels unworthy to live and now only wishes to die."
At his final words, Ye Tianhun glanced at Qian Renxue, who instantly understood his meaning. Her eyes grew moist, and she slowly approached Raksha.
Qian Renxue hesitated, as if afraid to break a cherished toy. Though she wanted to touch Bibi Dong, she couldn't bring herself to do so.
It seemed that even with complete memories of the past, Qian Renxue still harbored a deep-seated trauma toward Bibi Dong.
At this moment, Raksha, who should have been emotionally numb, suddenly screamed: "What are you hesitating for, you wretch?!
Kill me! Kill me now!
Have you forgotten how I've treated you all these years?! And that deadbeat father of yours—Tang Hao wasn't the one who killed him, I did!
I killed him! By devouring him, I broke through to become a Title Douluo! Don't just stand there—come kill me!
Ahhhh!!! What are you waiting for? Kill me, you wretch! You worthless scum of the Qian Family—you don't even have the courage to kill someone!"
Qian Renxue's eyes welled up with tears, and she bit her lip. But instead of killing Raksha, she gently reached out and caressed her face.
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