Worldline Attraction

Qian Renxue was currently the Qian Family's only heir.

And in all likelihood, she would remain the only one!

After all, it was extremely difficult for Titled Douluo to produce offspring.

By the time most people became Titled Douluo, they had already entered middle or old age. The cultivation and growth of Soul Power also greatly affected the body!

Qian Xunjie was the same, let alone Qian Daoliu, who was level ninety-nine!

Thus, whether it was Qian Daoliu or Qian Xunjie, they both placed immense importance on this only child!

Make Qian Renxue the vessel for the Fallen Angel's power?

They simply could not accept it!

Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Qian Daoliu tried to maintain a respectful tone.

"Xue'er cannot bear the power of the Fallen Angel. Please find someone else!"

"You do not have the right to choose!" Lucifer's tone was calm, yet incomparably domineering!

As the Head of Fallen Gods, how could he be dismissed with just a few words?

Whether thunder or rain, all were the ruler's grace. Accept reality obediently!

Qian Daoliu felt heavy-hearted and could only force himself to reply, "Please reconsider, Your Excellency. Our Angel lineage is not so easily bullied either!"

Lucifer gave a disdainful laugh. Before this, the Qian Family's Angel lineage had only been fit to serve as his attendants!

Although he was currently in a weakened state, the pride of the Head of Fallen Gods would not allow him to yield!

"Tch!" Lucifer could not be bothered to deal with Qian Daoliu any longer.

"I have matters to attend to!" He dissolved into black particles and vanished into the air.

The system was calling him!

The three of them looked at each other in bewilderment.

What business could a martial soul possibly have?

As for Lucifer being able to dissipate on his own, that did not surprise them much. After all, he already possessed an independent consciousness!

Within Qian Renxue's Spiritual Space, Lucifer's figure gradually condensed.

"Hmm... I'll be recuperating here from now on!"

Lucifer briefly surveyed the place.

There was nothing special about it, only a vast, white void without up, down, left, or right.

"System, what is it?"

"To purge those Viruses, I need to recode myself. For the coming period, I will retain only my core and enter a dormant computational state!"

"Then won't I be all alone during this time...?"

Lucifer was somewhat disappointed. However, it was not because he would no longer have the system's assistance.

For someone on his second transmigration, clearing Douluo Continent alone would not be difficult.

After all, Douluo World's standing among the Great Thousand Worlds...

Besides, he only needed to endure for fifty years before the system returned!

By then, he could report the Lord of the Divine Court and receive the full package of stripping his title. Once he returned to the Heavenly Court of Light, he could ascend to the highest throne!

What disappointed him was that the system was suddenly going dormant. Having no one to talk to felt rather unfamiliar.

After all, his persona had always been that of an ambitious tyrant. He had subordinates, but no friends.

The system was his only conversational companion.

The mechanical voice spoke. "That should have been the case, but the situation has changed."

"Hmm?" Lucifer raised a brow.

The mechanical voice began to explain. "It is a long story. After we transmigrated to Douluo World, the Douluo Worldline split into two!"

"One Worldline maintained its original course, while the other is the Worldline we currently inhabit!"

"Originally, this was nothing significant. It merely meant one additional branch on the World Tree!"

"But just now, I sensed the pull of a Worldline Gravitator upon the new Douluo Worldline we inhabit!"

A Worldline Gravitator... Lucifer stroked his chin, sensing that something was wrong.

The system then explained what a Worldline Gravitator was to Lucifer—

"A Worldline Gravitator is a commonly used item of the Time-Space Administration Bureau, mainly intended to maintain order among the World Tree's branches!"

"If a Worldline produces too many branches due to minor changes,"

"the Time-Space Administration Bureau will use a Worldline Gravitator to collapse them into one!"

"This ensures that it does not branch excessively and affect other Worldlines!"

So that was it! Lucifer nodded slightly.

It was obvious that this was likely something only the Time-Space Administration Bureau had the authority to use!

The Great Thousand Worlds were like a tree, and the Time-Space Administration Bureau was its gardener.

A Worldline Gravitator was a pair of shears used to cut away unnecessary branches.

"Hmph!" Lucifer did not need to think to know that this was definitely because of the Lord of the Divine Court!

"That old man still refuses to give up!"

"It was indeed placed by him!" the system confirmed.

The Lord of the Divine Court had used the Cracked System to exchange for a Worldline Gravitator, placing it between the two Douluo Worldlines!

He intended to annihilate Lucifer at the Worldline level!

Why did they not think it was the Time-Space Administration Bureau?

Lucifer felt that if the Time-Space Administration Bureau were so efficient that it deployed a Worldline Gravitator immediately after he arrived, it would not have failed to discover the Lord of the Divine Court's violation even now!

The system had likely reached the same conclusion.

"But how did that old bastard track us? This was transmigration across worlds!"

"Likely through the Viruses that infiltrated me."

"So that is why you rushed to retain only your core, recode yourself, and enter dormant computation in order to purge the Viruses?"

"Yes!"

By this point, Lucifer had roughly understood his current predicament.

The system could only enter dormancy and regrow from a severed finger, preventing the Viruses from causing even greater damage.

And during this period, he still had to deal with the convergence of the Worldlines.

"Then how can we resolve the problem caused by the Worldline Gravitator?" Lucifer was not panicked.

He knew the system definitely had a solution!

"There are two methods. The first is to increase the differences between the new Worldline and the original Worldline!"

"Differences will increase the repulsive force between the two Worldlines, allowing it to resist the Worldline Gravitator's pull."

Perfectly reasonable!

Lucifer understood. Was this not simply stirring up trouble?

The mechanical voice continued. "The other method is to make the new Worldline stronger than the original Worldline!"

"That way, when the two Worldlines converge into one, the new Worldline will take precedence!"

After giving it some thought, Lucifer decided that the first method was certainly safer for him.

After all, he was himself a point of difference between the two Worldlines.

He had never existed in the original Douluo Worldline!

If the two Worldlines converged, even if the new Worldline took precedence, his own safety would still face great risk!

"Then we will prioritize the first method and keep the second as a backup." Lucifer quickly made his decision.

"Furthermore," the mechanical voice spoke again, "the new Worldline possesses a will that resists the gravitational pull."

"I absorbed this World Will and used it to write a Subsystem for you."

"While I am away, it can serve you."

Upon hearing this, Lucifer was instantly somewhat moved!

System! You really... I could cry!

"See you in fifty years, Host!"

After leaving behind those parting words, the system fell silent.

"See you in fifty years, System!"

Though he knew the system could no longer hear him, Lucifer still bid it farewell softly.

Then, Lucifer composed himself and began to analyze the situation.

"Cross-world transmigration comes at an enormous cost. Given that old bastard's personality, since he chose to use a Worldline Gravitator, he will not pay another huge price to cross worlds!"