Not From This World

Evening...

Qian Renxue and Bai Ying still sat on the balcony, watching the stars and eating dinner. She fed him a bite, then he fed her one in return. It was peaceful and elegant, wonderfully pleasant.

Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong, secretly watching from nearby, each found themselves reminiscing about the past. Seeing Qian Renxue and Bai Ying being so affectionate, Qian Daoliu thought back to his time with Bo Saixi. How wonderful it would have been if he and Bo Saixi could be like that now.

Bibi Dong recalled her past with Yu Xiaogang, but then thought of Qian Xunjie, and her eyes filled with killing intent once more! Qian Daoliu had long noticed Bibi Dong's presence, but he did not step forward to stop her. After all, there was nothing wrong with a mother coming to see her child. Once he sensed Bibi Dong's killing intent, however, he prepared himself to stop her at any moment.

After finishing dinner, Qian Renxue and Bai Ying sat on the balcony, watching the stars in the night sky.

Bai Ying teased Qian Renxue, "Sister Xue'er will be my fiancée from now on!"

Qian Renxue's little face reddened as she retorted, "Get lost! I haven't agreed yet!"

"But your grandfather agreed!"

"My grandfather's word doesn't count. I decide my own future!"

Bai Ying smiled, then looked at the stars in the night sky and said with a faintly sorrowful tone, "Xue'er, can you understand the sorrow of a star that can never return to the sky?"

Qian Renxue froze, not understanding what Bai Ying meant. "Huh? A star that can't return to the sky?"

"Ah... it's nothing."

Qian Renxue then hugged Bai Ying and comforted him. "Do you miss home? Spirit Hall has always been your home. There's me, Grandpa, and the other Worship Hall elders. We're all your family! We always have been..."

"Thank you!" "Do you know? That year, the sky was as peaceful as always when a shooting star suddenly streaked across it. Grandpa and I initially thought it was just like any other meteor, but when Grandpa went there, he found a child. Then you came to Spirit Hall and became my family! I was fortunate enough to feel what it was like to have family besides Grandpa."

Only after embracing for a long time did the two slowly separate. Bai Ying said softly, "So? My technique for flirting with girls is pretty good, isn't it?"

Qian Renxue haughtily replied, "Not really. At the very least, it doesn't work on me!"

"Then why were you hugging me and saying all that? Xue'er, you really are such a tsundere."

"Idiot! I said it didn't!" With that, she punched Bai Ying on the head.

Qian Renxue knew what Bai Ying meant by those words. He merely wanted to give her a way out and did not want to show his vulnerable side. Love was like that—you did not need to say much, because I understood it all.

Bai Ying sat down again and looked at Qian Renxue. She noticed him staring at her, then sat down as well and asked, "Why are you looking at me? Am I really that pretty?"

"You are! But there's something I need to tell you."

When Qian Renxue heard the latter half of his sentence, she saw that his expression had become unusually serious. She immediately asked, "Is it something important?"

"Yes! Do you know why I came to this world in the form of a shooting star?" Qian Renxue shook her head. "I don't know. All I know is that you're my family! That's enough!"

"I'm not from this world. I don't want to hide it from you—I'm someone from another world."

Bai Ying did not want to conceal this matter from Qian Renxue. There was no need for him to be guarded around her.

"You're not from this world?" Qian Renxue asked in confusion.

Bai Ying explained it all to Qian Renxue. "That's right. I'm not from this world. You can think of me as someone from beyond the universe, another dimension, or a greater world."

"Then how did you get here?" Qian Renxue grew increasingly curious about Bai Ying's origins.

Bai Ying's expression turned awkward as he thought, I can't exactly say that I competed in swimming with a bunch of old men, lost, and ended up here, can I? That would be far too embarrassing!

Yet he kept a straight face and said, "I don't know. But since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it."

"Then why are you telling me this?"

"I don't intend to hide this fact. More precisely, I want to tell you that besides me, there is another person who isn't from this world!"

Qian Renxue was somewhat shocked upon hearing this, then asked, "There's someone else besides you?"

"Yes. That person is no good. In the future, he will commit all sorts of evil across the Douluo Continent! He will even destroy Spirit Hall!" Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong had originally believed Bai Ying's words, considering that he had appeared on the Douluo Continent as a shooting star. But when Bai Ying said that person would destroy Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong clearly did not believe him. They scoffed at the claim, thinking Bai Ying simply did not understand Spirit Hall's strength.

"Destroy Spirit Hall? How is that possible?!" Qian Renxue was even more incredulous at the final sentence. After all, Spirit Hall had more Titled Douluo than the two great empires combined.

Bai Ying had expected Qian Renxue to be so agitated. He merely said calmly, "I know you'll find it unbelievable, but now that I'm here, none of this will ever happen again."

"How do you know that person? And how do you know all this?" Qian Renxue asked.

Bai Ying replied calmly, "More accurately, I know everything about the Douluo Continent—its past and its future!"

"I don't believe you!"

"You don't? Then tomorrow, go ask Qian Daoliu whether he ever loved Bo Saixi of Sea God Island! Ask whether your mother, Bibi Dong, truly does not love you! You can also ask Qian Daoliu why Bibi Dong treats you the way she does!"

Seeing Bai Ying's serious yet confident manner, Qian Renxue believed that he knew everything about the Douluo Continent. But when she heard that Bibi Dong loved her, she found it clearly unbelievable. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu finally believed that Bai Ying knew of the past and future. Very few people knew about Bibi Dong's affairs, let alone matters from so many years ago concerning Qian Daoliu.

"Then what is the other person from another world called? And how was Spirit Hall destroyed?" Qian Renxue asked.

"His name is Tang San. As for why Spirit Hall was destroyed, there were too many reasons. There were traitors, for one, and you allowed Tang San too much room to grow. That old bastard Qian Daoliu hid away in Worship Hall every day. Even when Tang Hao came knocking, he did not say a word."

Qian Daoliu was stunned when his name was mentioned. It seemed that he, too, bore some responsibility for Spirit Hall's destruction. Bibi Dong glanced at Qian Daoliu, her eyes full of mockery.

"Traitors? Letting him grow? And Grandpa too?"

Bai Ying sighed and continued, "Your grandfather was a rank 99 Limit Douluo, yet he did not stop Tang Hao. In the end, Tang Hao smashed the stone statue before the Palace of the Pope and destroyed the plaza outside it as well. But that was not why his son Tang San became strong. In truth, your grandfather Qian Daoliu was only a small part of it. The biggest reason was still the traitors!"

"Who are the traitors?" Qian Renxue's expression turned cold. The moment she learned who they were, she would immediately go kill them. Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu also listened closely, afraid of missing even one name.

"Your mother Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and you!"

"Huh?! Me?!" Qian Renxue pointed at herself, as if asking whether she had heard wrong. Why was she included?

When Bibi Dong heard her own name, she could not help but freeze. She did not know why she was a traitor. But when she heard Hu Liena's name, she froze again. Wasn't that her disciple?