Mother

He had blown up. Blown up.

Back in the deep sea, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had truly blown up.

"Damn it, didn't they say Soul Beasts couldn't become gods in the Divine Realm?"

"Then why the damn hell could that rabbit become a god?"

"Damn it, if that damn rabbit had become a god on her own, fine."

"But she actually got there just by falling in love."

"And once she got up there, her status was even higher than a First-Level God's."

"The heavens of the Douluo Continent are fucking dark."

"I'm going to Teyvat."

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had truly lost it. Completely lost it.

To become a god, he had frantically devoured Sea Soul Beasts and heavenly treasures, survived nine great Soul Beast heavenly tribulations, and endured until his cultivation reached a million years. Yet he had failed to become a god, all because the Douluo God Realm had a rule that Soul Beasts could not become gods.

And then, and then, the sky screen told him that the rabbit called Xiao Wu had become a god just by falling in love.

It was like a child from a poor family in Blue Star's feudal era, who had emptied three generations' savings to take the imperial examinations, only to be denied advancement despite placing first, while the children of the rich and powerful could become top scholars without any learning at all.

After that rabbit traitor went up there, her status was even more exalted than a First-Level God's.

It was fucking dark.

He was going to Teyvat.

"Husband, all right, let's go to Teyvat." The Douluo Continent's rules, with their double standards taken to the extreme, had chilled the Demon Empress to the bone as well.

Meanwhile.

Heaven Dou City.

Raiden Restaurant.

Little Paimon and Lin Feng had come again.

Lin Feng was there to drink tea, while Little Paimon had come to mooch Raiden Ei's sweet desserts.

Because the sky screen had exposed Raiden Ei as the Electro Archon, business was booming here, and the food Raiden Ei made was selling like hotcakes.

Little Paimon and Lin Feng had just sat down when a voice rang out.

"Might I ask if you are Lord Little Paimon and Lord Him?"

Little Paimon turned her head and saw Ning Fengzhi approaching with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo.

"That's me. And you are?" Little Paimon asked in surprise.

"Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin pay their respects to Lord Little Paimon and Lord Him." Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo bowed to Lin Feng and Little Paimon with considerable respect.

"A visitor is a guest. Sit," Lin Feng said calmly.

Ning Fengzhi and the other two let out a long breath.

Thank goodness, thank goodness. It was possible to communicate with Him.

To wait here for Little Paimon and Him, they had spent a whole month at Raiden Restaurant, eating Lord Raiden Ei's cooking almost every day.

"Lord Little Paimon, Lord Him, please forgive this presumptuous visit. This junior has brought a small token of his regards." Ning Fengzhi did not dare actually sit down. He brushed a hand over the storage bracelet on his wrist, and one exquisite box after another appeared on the table.

There were twelve boxes. Even the boxes alone were something only someone of the Heaven Dou Empire's emperor's standing could afford.

Only because their Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had money to spare could they afford to use such boxes for gifts.

Ning Fengzhi did not open the boxes or explain what the gifts were. They had come this time to deliver gifts and make themselves known to Him.

As for the gifts inside, every box contained a great treasure that would tempt even a Titled Douluo.

"Hehe, then Little Paimon won't stand on ceremony!" The moment Little Paimon heard there were gifts, she quickly swept out a hand and put them away for Lin Feng.

"Lord Him, Lord Little Paimon, we are truly sorry for the presumptuous disturbance today."

"We have some matters to attend to, so we will visit again another day." Ning Fengzhi did not linger or ask about anything else. He had already achieved his purpose in coming.

If he stayed any longer, he feared he would incur their displeasure.

"Uh." Lin Feng nodded, paid it no mind, and went on drinking his tea.

At that moment.

The sky screen shifted, images flashing past frame by frame.

When Xiao Wu appeared before everyone again, she was a young child.

One afternoon, beneath a large tree, the young Xiao Wu was being held in the arms of a beautiful woman. It was Xiao Wu's mother, Da Wu.

In the image, Xiao Wu was still very, very young.

She seemed to be eating a carrot for the first time. She took one bite and spat it out, saying, "Mommy, it doesn't taste good raw."

Da Wu did not scold Xiao Wu. She took out a small piece of wild honey and used her claws to carefully cut the carrot into thin strips.

Then she added a little honey, put it on a leaf, and carefully fed the young Xiao Wu one spoonful at a time.

The scene changed again.

It was a very, very cold winter. Xiao Wu was terribly afraid of the cold and curled up carefully in Da Wu's arms. Da Wu wrapped her fluffy tail tightly around Xiao Wu to protect her. Even when she herself was shivering from the cold, she still made protecting Xiao Wu her first priority.

Under Da Wu's care, Xiao Wu had spent a carefree childhood, playing happily every day.

Seeing this.

At the Clear Sky Sect.

The Hilichurl version of Tang San's face instantly darkened.

He looked at Xiao Wu on the screen.

A deep jealousy flashed in his eyes.

Why? Why had Xiao Wu had such a good childhood?

What had his own childhood been like? His father, Tang Hao, had done nothing but drink every day, and when he came home...

Never mind cooking for him-Tang San had to cook for Tang Hao. If he failed to make a meal, Tang Hao would scold him.

As a child, he had often gone hungry.

He still remembered when he was little.

They had lived in a dilapidated house with only one quilt. Xiao Wu's mother had preferred to suffer the cold herself, wrapping her tail around Xiao Wu to keep her warm.

His father Tang Hao, that dog, had not only failed to keep him warm, but had even snatched the quilt away and slept like the dead, paying him no attention at all.

(Yu Xiaogang @ Tang San: Hahahaha, Little Sanzi, do you know what method I was talking about now?)

(Yu Xiaogang @ Tang San: Tell me, if the sky screen awards her a slot, will Xiao Wu choose to resurrect her own mother, or lift the Curse of Immortality from you, her brother in name? You're only brother and sister in name right now, you know.)

"Ah, I don't believe it! I don't believe it!"

"Xiao Wu will definitely choose to save me, save me!"

Furious, Tang San slammed his fist heavily into the wall.

His fist throbbed with pain.

Beside him, Dai Mubai, whom Tang San had gotten turned into a Hilichurl, said, "All right, stop yelling. How could you possibly compare to her own mother?"

At the thought that Xiao Wu might choose to save her own mother, Tang San went completely mad. He frantically tagged Xiao Wu in the Douluo Continent's livestream section. "Xiao Wu, you'll definitely save me, won't you? Won't you?"

"I treated you so well in the future. Not only did I resurrect you and take you to the Divine Realm, I even brought your two younger brothers, Da Ming and Er Ming, to the Divine Realm too."

Yet Tang San received no answer from Xiao Wu at all.

Because Xiao Wu, still in her Soft Bone Charm Rabbit form, had already been put on a grill and was being roasted by the flames.

She could only use her cultivation to temporarily resist the flames. How could she have time to answer Tang San?!

Just as Xiao Wu thought she was about to be made into spicy rabbit head, Xiong Jun came running over and shouted.

"I understand! I finally understand!"

"The biggest beast traitor isn't Xiao Wu."

"It's Di Tian! We should roast that hateful Di Tian!"