That's right.
Li Yifei just said that the rakshasa demonic thought would not tolerate Bibi Dong killing Yu Xiaogang.
Because that "Triple Trash" was a part of the "Plan."
What plan?
Whose plan?
Li Yifei did not answer directly.
His thoughts slowly emerged on the screen, carrying the detached feeling of narrating someone else's story.
[Li Yifei: I said, the Douluo Continent I saw is a storybook.]
[Li Yifei: If it is a storybook, it naturally has a protagonist.]
[Li Yifei: And unfortunately, your Spirit Hall, including you, Bibi Dong...]
[Li Yifei: Are all just stepping stones on the protagonist's path to success.]
Stepping stones.
These three words, light as they sounded, were more malicious and cruel than all previous insults combined.
It negated everything about Bibi Dong.
Her struggles, her pain, her ambition, her power...
None of it belonged to her.
It was merely a preset backdrop and a stepping stone for someone else's achievement.
"No..."
Bibi Dong's lips moved, forming a silent syllable.
She felt her Soul being violently yanked down from the high Pope's Throne by an invisible force and thrown into the most lowly dirt.
In the Chat Group, the three from Spirit Hall felt the same suffocation at this moment.
[Little Fox Demon: Stepping stone? Teacher... Is our Spirit Hall... someone else's stepping stone?]
Hu Liena felt her faith groaning under the unbearable weight.
[???:...]
Qian Renxue's fingernails dug into her palm.
She, the heir of the Angel God, the future god.
Was actually just a stepping stone in someone else's storybook?
How absurd! What an insult!
Their reactions were intense and painful.
They urgently needed a more detailed explanation, or rather... a denial.
[Bibi Dong: Explain in detail.]
Bibi Dong's thought was almost squeezed out between her teeth.
Her voice suppressed a volcanic eruption of rage.
She wanted to see exactly who dared to treat her, Bibi Dong, and the entire Spirit Hall, as a stepping stone!
Bibi Dong's four words, filled with endless fury, sent a chill through all the young women peeking at the Chat Group.
They could imagine how furious the Pope on the other side of the screen was.
However, Li Yifei's answer was like a basin of ice water poured from the heavens, extinguishing all her anger, leaving only bone-chilling coldness and despair.
[Li Yifei: Not just you, Bibi Dong.]
His thought calmly stated an even crueler fact.
[Li Yifei: Another inheritor of a god in your Spirit Hall, the Angel God, is also part of that stepping stone.]
This sentence caused a far greater impact on Qian Renxue than on the others.
If defining Spirit Hall as a "stepping stone" before made her feel collective anger and unwillingness to accept it,
Then now, Li Yifei was explicitly telling her:
Qian Renxue, you, too, are that stepping stone.
Your proud Angel God Legacy, everything you strive for, is just to pave the way for that so-called "protagonist."
[???: Impossible!]
Inside the Crown Princes Eastern Palace, Qian Renxue whispered in disbelief, her golden eyes contracting violently.
The innate nobility and confidence she possessed showed signs of collapse for the first time.
Why?
She couldn't understand!
The Angel God was the king of the sky, the deity who controlled light, and a first-Rank god on par with the Rakshasa God.
In the entire God Realm, they were beings standing at the peak.
What kind of protagonist required the inheritors of two first-Rank gods to serve as his stepping stones?
This question was not just for Qian Renxue to ask.
Everyone in the Chat Group wanted to know the answer.
[Worlds Number One Princess: Wait a moment... Brother Yi Fei, do you mean that the protagonist of the storybook defeated the two gods of Spirit Hall single-handedly?]
Ning Rongrong's tone was filled with disbelief.
Although she hated Spirit Hall, she had to admit its power.
A force possessing the Legacy of two gods did not look like something that could be easily overthrown.
[A Little Wild Goose: This protagonist... is he using cheats, right?]
Dugu Yan's Make complaints was spot on.
[Little Fox Demon: Teacher... Angel High Priestess...]
Hu Liena was completely thrown into disarray.
She couldn't imagine that her invincible Teacher, and the equally invincible Angel High Priestess, would become someone else's stepping stone.
Li Yifei's next sentence answered all their doubts.
[Li Yifei: Because the god behind the protagonist is more powerful than the two of you combined.]
This sentence was like a thunderclap, splitting open everyone's narrow perception.
Gods... Is there a difference in strength even among gods?
[Is Jade Not Jade: Aren't gods supreme? Is there a distinction between strong and weak?]
Liu Erlong, who had been silent, couldn't help but ask.
Although she hated Bibi Dong, this topic had surpassed personal grudges and touched upon the ultimate mystery of the entire world.
[Li Yifei: Of course.]
Li Yifei began his 'popular science' lesson.
[Li Yifei: Gods are also divided by Rank.]
[Li Yifei: The lowest Rank is the Divine Official, followed by Third-Rank Gods, Second-Rank Gods, and First-Rank Gods.]
[Li Yifei: And above all gods are the true rulers of the God Realm, possessing supreme authority... the God King.]
Divine Official, Third-Rank, Second-Rank, First-Rank... God King!
A brand new worldview, grand enough to make one tremble, slowly unfolded in the minds of all the young women.
For the first time, they learned that the unreachable 'God' actually had such a strict hierarchy within it.
[Worlds Number One Princess: Heavens... God King... How strong must that be?]
Ning Rongrong murmured to herself.
[Little Ice Cube: King of Gods...]
Shui Binger's thought was also filled with shock.
But Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue simultaneously grasped the most crucial piece of information.
First-Rank God.
Li Yifei defined their Legacies as "First-Rank Gods."
This Rank was already second only to the ethereal "God King" in the entire God Realm.
This should have been a source of pride.
But combined with the previous statement of "stepping stone," a strong sense of ominous premonition instantly enveloped their hearts.
Bibi Dong's thought, carrying the last shred of hope, or perhaps the final struggle, echoed in the group.
[Bibi Dong: Our Rakshasa God and Angel God are First-Rank Gods.]
[Bibi Dong: So what?]
[Bibi Dong: Could the god behind that protagonist be the God King?]
When she asked this question, even she found it absurd.
God King, what a legendary existence that was.
How could one casually stand behind a Mortal?
However, Li Yifei's answer completely shattered her last sliver of lucky (luck/chance).