Eyes Mutated

"Ah..."

Dugu Bo let out a sigh. He did not know how to comfort her either. The facts were right before them. Even with the cultivation of a Titled Douluo, he could not possibly remain underwater for an entire month. With no sign of movement for so long, that boy had probably truly become one with the spring water long ago.

"Yan Yan, no matter what, you still need to leave this place first. Your health comes first. You don't want that boy to emerge only to find that you've already ruined your body, do you?" Dugu Bo helplessly used Li Chang'an as his reason. Given Dugu Yan's condition, she truly could not stay here for too long.

Yet in the face of his persuasion, Dugu Yan merely shook her head gently and said, "Grandpa, I'm fine. With it protecting me, I can stay here for as long as I want now."

Only then did Dugu Bo notice that she was holding a flower in her hands.

It was an ordinary-looking white flower, about the size of a palm and shaped like a peony. Yet several startling red patches marred its petals, scarlet as blood and breathtaking to behold.

"Lovesick Heartbreak Red?!"

"You actually picked it?!"

Dugu Bo stared at the flower in his granddaughter's hands in disbelief. Of course, he knew of this King of Immortal Herbs. He also understood that to pick it, one had to think of their beloved with utter sincerity and devotion, then spit out a mouthful of blood onto its petals. If there was even the slightest trace of divided affection, then even if one coughed blood to death, they could forget about picking the flower.

Once this flower was picked, it would never wither as long as it remained beside its owner. Moreover, it would automatically protect its owner in times of danger!

Dugu Bo had never dreamed that his granddaughter's feelings for that boy ran so deep. She had even managed to pick this King of Immortal Herbs for him.

Faced with this, he had nothing left to say.

The only thing he could do now was pray that the boy was truly safe and sound—that he could suddenly leap out of the pool.

Otherwise, considering the depth of feeling that had allowed his granddaughter to pick the Lovesick Heartbreak Red... she would likely spend the rest of her life alone.

Just as he shook his head and turned to leave—

"Hmm?!"

Suddenly, Dugu Bo's body stiffened. He spun around almost instantly, his gaze fixed on the Icefire Lake, whose surface had remained utterly still for nearly a month.

At the center of the Icefire Lake—

A tiny bubble rose to the surface!

Pop!

Then came a second, a third... countless bubbles began to rise.

Dugu Yan could no longer hold herself back. She rushed forward and stared fixedly at the lake's surface. Her deathly still heart came alive again at that moment!

Finally.

Under the desperate gazes of grandfather and granddaughter—

A dark figure rapidly approached the surface.

Bang!

The surface of the water burst apart.

Crimson and frosty white spring water sprayed high into the air. Several drops even splashed toward Dugu Yan, who stood by the shore. Just as they were about to melt several holes into her body, a pale red protective barrier enveloped her. The Lovesick Heartbreak Red, having recognized its owner, was protecting her as it gave off a faint glow!

But Dugu Yan had no attention to spare for anything else. Her eyes remained fixed on the person who had burst from the water, and at that moment, her eyes became completely moist.

After nearly a month—

The sweetheart she had believed certain to be dead had appeared before her once more.

The excitement in Dugu Yan's heart was simply beyond words.

Li Chang'an had only just emerged from the water, his upper body still above the lake's surface, when he sensed an intense gaze upon him before he could even catch his breath. He instinctively followed it and immediately spotted the girl looking at him with tear-filled eyes.

Just as he was about to greet her with a smile, he suddenly discovered that the world before him had changed!

For a moment, the world took on an entirely different appearance in his eyes.

Countless "threads" appeared.

The entire world seemed to be linked together by innumerable "threads."

Everything in existence, whether living beings or inanimate objects—

As long as they existed in this world, their surroundings were more or less entwined with threads. They influenced one another and tangled together... ultimately forming the entire world!

Li Chang'an was stunned by this sudden change.

He subconsciously shifted his gaze toward Dugu Yan in the distance, only to see that she too was surrounded by quite a few "threads." One particularly conspicuous red thread extended toward him.

This thread was the thickest and largest among the many threads surrounding Dugu Yan, as thick as a hemp rope. Beside it was an orange thread connecting her to Dugu Bo, which was not even one-tenth as thick. As for the rest of the threads, they were basically as thin as hairs and faintly colored.

"What exactly are these differently colored 'threads'?"

"Why can I suddenly see these things?"

Li Chang'an felt a little dizzy, frightened by the multicolored threads that filled the entire world.

"It feels as though all living things are puppets on strings, with every action controlled by these threads... That's terrifying!"

"What exactly is this?"

Li Chang'an felt utterly bewildered. He stood there in a daze.

Meanwhile, Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo noticed that his originally black pupils had changed color.

"Chang'an Gege, your eyes... are you okay?" Dugu Yan looked at him worriedly, afraid that his body had suffered some problem from soaking in the water for nearly a month.

"Eyes?"

Li Chang'an instinctively touched his eye sockets, thinking he had accidentally revealed some snake-like traits—perhaps snake scales growing at the corners of his eyes.

"Your eyes changed color," Dugu Bo reminded him.

"Changed color?"

Li Chang'an seemed to realize something and waved a hand.

Water molecules in the air gathered together.

Eventually, they formed a Water Mirror before him.

After awakening the Nine Infants Bloodline, controlling water and fire had become as instinctive to him as breathing.

Seeing him control the flow of water with a mere raise of his hand, Dugu Bo could not help but feel startled. He remembered that before consuming the Immortal Herbs, this brat had possessed no ability to control water. Could those two Immortal Herbs have granted him such power? Or had nearly a month of soaking caused his Martial Soul to mutate?

Within the Water Mirror, Li Chang'an silently examined his own eyes.

His left eye was a festive fiery red.

His right eye, meanwhile, was a gloomy watery blue, carrying an ominous air.

His eyes had turned into Left Red Right Blue Heterochromatic Eyes.

"Could the abnormalities in the world I'm seeing now all be because of these eyes? Does Nine Infants have some hidden ability I don't know about?" Li Chang'an guessed inwardly.

"Also, these heterochromatic eyes do look good, but they're far too conspicuous. I wonder if I can turn them off and change them back to normal?" As this thought arose in his mind, the fiery red and watery blue in Li Chang'an's eyes within the Water Mirror gradually faded away, eventually becoming a deep black. This color was much more pleasing to the eye. Black hair should go with black eyes!

Let me address some questions from certain readers.

The Mythical Bloodline hidden within the protagonist's body was his true Cheat.

After all, the Azure Serpent Emperor alone could not stand against the God Realm. So of course the author had to give him a Cheat. Otherwise, it would be too cruel to the protagonist.

As for why I didn't have the Serpent Emperor take the path of transforming into a dragon, it was mainly because that was too ordinary—too many people had written it already. There was nothing new about it. Besides, the strongest dragon in Douluo was only at the Dragon God's level. A Dragon God who could be killed by the gods of the God Realm had no real prestige to speak of. (This book uses the first three parts of Douluo and the God Realm Outsider