First Meeting with Huo Loli

He first met Huo Yutong three years ago.

It was not long after he had gained the ability to move about freely.

That day, he had been wandering through the Duke's Mansion, observing his surroundings.

Suddenly, crying and the boisterous laughter of several children came from a corner.

Not wanting trouble, Qian Chaoguang had intended to pretend he had not seen anything and walk past.

But when he looked closely, he discovered that several older children were bullying a little girl of about three.

The little girl held her head and curled up in the corner while the other children laughed as they threw clumps of dirt and stones at her, spouting foul words all the while.

He had seen the children doing the bullying before. They were all servants' children.

And they were all little brats, disliked by everyone to begin with.

With those two factors combined, the anger in Qian Chaoguang's heart flared up at once.

Damn it, what kind of ability was it for a bunch of boys to bully a little girl?

Although his physical condition at the time had not differed much from that of an ordinary three-year-old, the skills, reflexes, and keen eyesight he had honed over many years remained.

After easily knocking several little punks to the ground, Qian Chaoguang grabbed the girl's hand and ran. He did not stop until they returned to his own small courtyard.

"Th-thank you, big brother."

The little girl squatted on the ground and spoke timidly in a quiet voice.

Qian Chaoguang waved it off, handed her a damp towel to wipe her face, and casually asked, "What's your name? I don't think I've seen you in the Duke's Mansion before."

"M-my name is Huo Yutong."

Qian Chaoguang was stunned on the spot, his entire face filled with shock.

"What did you say your name was? Huo Yutong? Is your mother Huo Yun'er?"

Huo Yutong seemed frightened by Qian Chaoguang's questioning and fell to the ground at once.

She squeezed her eyes shut, curled up tightly, and wrapped both arms around her head. Her entire body trembled without stop.

"Wuwuwu, big brother, don't hit me, don't hit me..."

"I won't, I won't. I won't hit you. I promise."

Qian Chaoguang hurriedly comforted her, no longer caring about the shock in his heart.

Huo Yutong tremblingly opened her eyes a sliver, mist faintly rising within them.

"R-really?"

"Of course it's true. Otherwise, why would I have saved you earlier? Right?"

"Wuwuwuwu, thank you, big brother..."

It would have been better if he had said nothing. Once he did, Huo Yutong instead buried herself in his arms and began crying her heart out.

At a complete loss, Qian Chaoguang froze on the spot, not knowing what to do.

Although he had indeed been an adult in his previous life, he truly had no experience comforting little girls.

"Xiao Guang, what is this?"

The Old Butler had just returned from outside. Seeing his grandson being held as a little girl cried against him, he immediately became puzzled.

Qian Chaoguang hurriedly explained, "Grandpa, it's like this. Earlier..."

After he explained what had happened to the Old Butler, Huo Yutong gradually stopped crying, though she continued to hiccup softly.

When she saw another old man who looked difficult to provoke, she immediately hid behind Qian Chaoguang, clutching tightly at his clothes as her body began trembling again.

"Huo Yun'er's daughter... No wonder."

The Old Butler did not say much. Carrying the things in his hands, he entered the house.

As the White Tiger Duke's Mansion's old butler, although he had not handled affairs for many years, nothing that happened within the mansion escaped his notice.

Naturally, he also knew about Huo Yun'er and Dai Hao.

"What you did today was right. If you see those little bastards born to mothers who never taught them again, beat them half to death. As long as your grandpa is still alive, no one will dare lay a hand on you."

"You don't blame me?"

The Old Butler glanced at him through the open doorway and frowned.

"Blame you for what? You did the right thing! A man ought to have some spirit. That brat Dai Hao leaves for years at a time without coming home, and even when he does return, he only handles military affairs. He has it easy as a hands-off master. This perfectly good White Tiger Duke's Mansion is becoming more and more of a mess!"

Hearing that, Qian Chaoguang laughed in his heart.

This Old Master had quite a temper!

He must have been a thorny fellow in his youth.

"What about Huo Yutong?"

"Heat some water and let her wash up. I'll find a few clothes she can wear, and take out another bowl and pair of chopsticks. We'll eat lunch early today. Afterward, bring some food to her mother as well. Sigh, they're both pitiful. They have neither enough to eat nor clothes to wear..."

"Alright!"

During lunch, Qian Chaoguang's thoughts had already drifted far away.

An hour earlier, his understanding of this world had been dealt a vicious blow.

Something was wrong. This was the Douluo Continent during the era of Peerless Tang Sect!

And this was the White Tiger Duke's Mansion!

Her mother was Huo Yun'er too!

Where was Huo Yuhao?

Where was the future God of Emotions, Tang San's dog... son-in-law?

Could someone explain why Huo Yuhao had turned into a little loli?

No one could explain it to him, nor could anyone tell him the truth.

After doing everything he could to verify it, Qian Chaoguang became completely certain.

This Huo Yutong was absolutely the Huo Yuhao from the Original Work, except she had somehow become a little girl.

No wonder he had searched the entire White Tiger Duke's Mansion for Huo Yuhao without finding any trace of him. He had apparently changed sexes outright.

This meant that his plans would need quite a few adjustments.

Two years earlier, once Qian Chaoguang had confirmed the timeline he had transmigrated into, he had set himself a small goal.

He would try to seize the two greatest cheats of this era in six years: Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Why only try?

Because he was not confident that he could awaken a spiritual-type martial soul against such astronomical odds.

Without a spiritual-type martial soul, going to the Star Dou Great Forest would be pointless. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm would very likely ignore him completely.

As for Electrolux, there was only a slight chance, and the specifics would still depend on luck.

If all else failed, he could only bring Huo Yuhao along and see whether he could snatch the Divine Sense Fragment of the Undead Saint Mage while Huo Yuhao fused with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Yet he had never expected Huo Yuhao to become Huo Yutong, changing from male to female and turning into a delicate little loli.

He suddenly felt just a little reluctant...

Mm, only a little.

Even if Huo Yuhao had been gender-swapped, it could not stop Qian Chaoguang's firm determination to seize those two great cheats.

After finally transmigrating here, he would be letting himself down if he did not become a god.

But at this time, the first-generation Asura God and Sea God had retired, while Kindness and Evil had been inherited by Lie Yan and Ji Dong respectively.

Rong Nianbing only wanted to run away.

Destruction, the only one capable of contending with Tang San, only cared about expanding the God Realm and paid no attention to anything else.

As a result, the God Realm had completely become Tang San's personal domain.

Qian Chaoguang had no desire to cultivate bitterly for decades, only to ascend and become Tang San's dog.

For all he knew, Tang San might decide one day that he had a death wish and kill him.

Therefore, Electrolux's importance to him was completely maxed out.

Especially the experience of creating a plane—it was the utmost priority.

Thus, Qian Chaoguang would absolutely not waver in his resolve to seize the cheats. No one could change his mind.

Originally, in order to avoid the influence of Huo Yuhao, the Chosen One, he had planned to completely alter Huo Yuhao's original life path.

However...

Since Huo Yutong had now become a little loli, perhaps his plan could be changed.

After all, her talent with Soul Tools was truly formidable.

Rather than becoming enemies, why not become friends?

Wouldn't an extra helper be better?

Once Soul Tools were developed to their peak, even God Kings would not be able to withstand them!

The first step toward overthrowing the God Kings: win over Huo Yutong!

I refuse to believe Tang San, that daughter-obsessed maniac, would be insane enough to gender-swap Tang Wutong into a man to seduce her!

Author's Note

Please keep reading, brothers! Only with enough follow-up readers can this get recommended. Douluo fanfiction needs even more follow-up readers than books in other genres to get recommendations. Please, please, everyone, don't stockpile chapters before it goes premium—it's easy to kill a book that way!