Nalan Yanran Has Just Emerged from Seclusion

Within Starfall Pavilion, the sky was as star-filled as ever. It should have been especially peaceful, but it was disrupted by an endless stream of children's boisterous laughter, mixed with Zi Yan's wildly arrogant cackling.

"Wahahahaha! You want to save someone from my hands? Wait another ten years~"

Zi Yan, whose figure had clearly matured yet who now resembled a king of children, stood in mid-air with one hand on her hip. In her other hand, she held a tearful little girl. Like a great demon king, she grinned smugly down at the three panting children and two juvenile Dragon-Eating Hous below.

At the head was ten-year-old Yun Xiao. Behind her were Xiao Qi and Xiao Lin, who had already taken human form. The tearful little girl dangling from Zi Yan's hand was Xiao Xiao, who had only recently learned to walk but could already barely tread through the air.

"Give Xiao Xiao back! Or I won't be nice to you!"

Yun Xiao pointed angrily at Zi Yan in the sky. Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao, whom Zi Yan held in her grasp, cooperatively began shedding tears, helplessly waving both hands at Yun Xiao for help.

"Big Sister Yun Xiao!"

Although Xiao Xiao was already a Five-star Dou Zong at merely three years old, she was simply too young to have learned how to use the immense power within her body. Besides, even if she could use it, it would have been meaningless against Zi Yan, who had reached the late stage Two-star Dou Sheng after absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

"Don't be afraid, Xiao Xiao! Big Sister will save you right away!"

Seeing Xiao Xiao crying so pitifully, Yun Xiao's sense of responsibility as the eldest sister surged forth. Though she was only a One-star Dou Wang, she spread her