High in the sky, the cloud layer covered every visible area. The occasional flashes of lightning gave off an extremely powerful sense of oppression.
"It looks like it's about to begin." Ning Fengzhi murmured while staring at the sky.
"Is Di Tian's tribulation really this terrifying?"
Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo stood beside Ning Fengzhi as guards. Seeing the scene in the sky that resembled the end of the world, they were quite shocked.
"It might have something to do with Rongrong." Ning Fengzhi commented,
"Even a 990,000-year soul beast undergoing tribulation wouldn't necessarily spread the range to affect the entire world."
"It's because of the formation!"
A sudden portal opened, and Ning Rongrong stepped out from inside. "When people are helpless, they often pray for the protection of the gods. To collect faith or to gather fear, this kind of effect is exactly what's needed."
"Actually, the range of the lightning is only over the Star Luo Empire side. It's impossible for it to affect the entire world."
"Because of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation?" Ning Fengzhi's gaze turned toward Ning Rongrong. "By the way, why do you have time to come here?"
"To explain a few things." Ning Rongrong spread her hands. "I'm just a clone. The main body doesn't have any free time right now—she's a very busy person these days."
"Uh..." Ning Fengzhi's mouth twitched. His own daughter's clones really had all sorts of different personalities.
"So, what do you need to explain?"
Ning Fengzhi skipped over the issue of his one daughter having multiple personalities.
"Mm, it's about the Plane Lord." Ning Rongrong said, "Qian Renxue is actually this world's Child of Destiny."
"Child... Child of Destiny?"
"What does that mean?" The ecology of Douluo was very primitive. Even Title Douluo didn't know about things like destiny. Probably only the Star Dou Great Forest knew about such matters.
Ning Rongrong's words successfully piqued the interest of the three.
"Simply put, it's a person favored by the rules of heaven and earth. When the world undergoes great changes, such a person will appear and save the world."
"Of course, they can only save the world to a certain extent."
"Tang San can also be considered a Child of Destiny, but that was brought over by the Asura God. It's equivalent to the Asura God using higher-dimensional great power to create a Child of Destiny, with the purpose of suppressing Qian Renxue."
"I don't understand." Sword Douluo looked blank and turned to Bone Douluo beside him. "Old Bones, do you understand?"
Before Bone Douluo could reply, Sword Douluo's voice rang out again: "Never mind asking you—you wouldn't know anyway."
Bone Douluo: "..."
"Is Qian Renxue being the Child of Destiny related to what Spirit Hall is doing?" Ning Fengzhi asked.
"That's right." Ning Rongrong nodded. "As the inheritor of the Angel God, combined with the Angel God's contributions to the Douluo Continent world, the faith that has gathered makes Qian Renxue the favored one."
"Moreover, in a certain sense, Qian Renxue is also the reincarnation of the Angel God."
"Because of these reasons, I have confidence in letting her achieve God King."
"Because the Douluo plane has encountered an extreme danger. If it doesn't want to be destroyed, it can only go all out on one thing—for example, helping Qian Renxue achieve even stronger power."
"Rongrong, the danger to the Douluo Continent you're talking about... it wouldn't be the Abyss plane, would it?" Ning Fengzhi's intelligence was still quite good.
"That's right. The Abyss plane is connecting to the Douluo plane precisely to devour the Douluo plane."
"Even people struggle before death. Even a plane with almost no consciousness will erupt with a final burst at the end, like grasping at straws."
"Letting the Douluo plane devour the Abyss plane, borrowing the power of both worlds, is enough to allow Qian Renxue to achieve God King. Afterward, we take the position of Plane Lord from Qian Renxue."
"This is the contract between me and her."
"Plane Lord?"
"Mm, that's what the main body means. She hopes that Dad, along with the two grandpas, can obtain the power of the Plane Lord."
"In that case, combined with the devoured Abyss plane, it would be enough to condense a God King-level god position."
"It wouldn't be impossible for the three of you to achieve first-level gods above level 130."
"With the叠加 of martial soul fusion techniques and the Plane Lord's enhancement, it's also possible to burst out with God King-level strength."
"Will Qian Renxue agree?" Bone Douluo expressed doubt. Although he didn't know the full cause and effect, Ning Rongrong wanted them to become gods, but after Qian Renxue broke through to God King, would she willingly let go of the Plane Lord position?
"Hmph, if she doesn't agree, then I'll beat her until she agrees."
"Teach her what it means to respect teachers and value the Way! Even if she's the daughter of a teacher, she still has to show respect."
"Always thinking about rushing toward her master every day—this isn't good."
Ning Fengzhi and the other two: "..."
Ning Rongrong waved her hand: "Relax. If nothing unexpected happens, there won't be any issues."
"Helping Qian Renxue succeed and obtaining the Plane Lord position is actually just incidental."
"My main goal is to break through to the Pinnacle Four Realms myself, borrowing the enhancement of the power of heaven and earth to have a true life-and-death battle."
"Rongrong!" Ning Rongrong's words startled the three of them.
A life-and-death battle—what did that mean?
She hadn't mentioned any of this to them before!
"Oh, sorry." Ning Rongrong scratched her head. "I almost forgot—the main body didn't tell you because she was afraid you'd worry."
"Sigh... I spoke too much."
"What exactly is going on?" Sword Douluo asked anxiously.
"The doors to the Divine Realm are about to open. Gu Yuena's situation in Dragon Valley isn't right. In short... she doesn't want to be too passive."
"Her target is the Abyss Mother behind the Abyss Saint Lord—the half-step God King realm."
Ning Rongrong paused for a moment, then spoke word by word: "The main body hopes to use the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation to go all out and truly fight the Crimson Mother once."
"The Crimson Mother is half-step God King—isn't the difficulty too high?"
Ning Fengzhi's brows furrowed tightly.
"After absorbing the lightning tribulation, the power of the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation will greatly increase. It can suppress the Crimson Mother to the level of a first-level god. In that case, it's barely relatively fair."
"In any case, you don't need to worry about these things."
"Even if it fails, you all won't be affected." Ning Rongrong said, "The main body has already found a world called the Five Elements Continent."
"If it fails, the remaining clones will take the entire Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and transfer to the Five Elements Continent."
"In other words, Rongrong doesn't have full confidence?" Bone Douluo hesitated to speak.
"Grandpa Bones, there's no such thing as one hundred percent certainty."
"Spirit Hall has no choice, the Star Dou Great Forest has no choice, the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect... we can't put all our eggs in one basket."
After Ning Rongrong finished speaking, she left time for everyone.
Ning Fengzhi and the other two exchanged glances, feeling quite melancholic in their hearts.
Once Ning Rongrong had decided on something, it wasn't something elders like them could change. Moreover, with Rongrong's current strength, no outsider could possibly stop her.
"That's it then. I should leave too."
"I've already spoken with Dugu Yan and Qian Daoliu in advance about the situation with Spirit Hall and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He'll make the arrangements. With both sides working together to collect faith, there shouldn't be any accidents."
"Next, it's all about going all out."
Ning Rongrong raised her hand and lightly formed a few seals. Her body turned into specks of starlight and scattered away.
Watching Ning Rongrong completely disappear without a trace, Ning Fengzhi couldn't help but sigh:
"Uncle Sword, Uncle Bones, do you think I'm really useless? It seems like I've been sidelined?"
The matter of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect allying with Spirit Hall—they, who were at the front lines, hadn't even known about it.
It must have been done by Dugu Yan during the days they were away from the sect.
Dugu Yan was already a level 96 Title Douluo. Combined with that strange poison of hers, even level 98 or 99 would get caught off guard if careless.
Sword Douluo reached out and patted Ning Fengzhi's shoulder: "Now we can only trust Rongrong. Haven't we always done the same in the past?"
(End of chapter)