First update today: Chapter 3449! 1/4!
This trip to the Dog Race battlefield had seen the situation evolve completely beyond Xu Kun's original expectations and control.
From the Dog Race's unusual resistance, he had traced the Royal Lion Race standing behind them; following that thread, he had become entangled with the newly risen Lion Godchild; through Lion Godchild, fate had unexpectedly drawn out Xu Caiyi, the biological daughter he had buried deepest in his heart and thought of day and night; finally, through his daughter's appearance, it had naturally brought forth his younger sister Xu Buwan, as well as the Qie Man Sword—bound to his soul and long since part of his life—and Li Yian within it.
How was this simply following the vine to find the melon?
It was like swinging a hoe, intending to dig up a sweet potato, only to yank out an entire tangled mass of vines and roots, caked with mud and earth. The vivid, scorching "fruit" at the deepest point had struck directly against his heart, catching him off guard and sending his emotions surging until he could no longer maintain that cold armor.
Earlier, in the Huang Domain of the Black Colt Race, when faced with the joint questioning and repeated probing of Yang Yao and his other closest companions, Xu Kun had still managed to weld the identity of the Huang Lord firmly onto himself through the wonders of the Myriad Races Bestiary, Hongdou's source support, and his own extraordinary control. Even though he had been riddled with flaws, he had never revealed his true face.
It had been more like a difficult contest of "acting" against his own people. Dangerous, but still within his control.
However, when he saw his daughter—the daughter he had been separated from since she was