Cooperation and Mutual Benefit Is a Pile of Shit, the Void Giant Lord Gives Birth to a Heavenly Kingdom

"Mother?!"

Xu Xiaoshou was dumb as a wooden chicken too.

He had no idea what was happening outside, trapped as he was within the Dark World.

But what was happening before his eyes...

Wasn't this too absurd? You, a Holy Emperor's heir, were calling a tree "Mother"? "Moon Fox, don't scare me!"

His steps toward cooperation came to an abrupt halt. With a twist of his body, Xu Xiaoshou fled in the opposite direction.

It was too bizarre.

Whether Yue Gongli had truly been born from a tree...

Or whether he had shouted that after being controlled...

Neither mattered.

Either possibility was terrifying! From what Perception showed, he was far from the only one startled by that single word, "Mother."

The tsunami formed from endless black branches also paused. It seemed even the Saint-Infant Bearing Plant had frozen, wondering when it had acquired such a grown son.

Whoosh.

Seizing the opportunity, Yue Gongli's knees seemed greased. He slid backward with practiced ease, sprang up, accelerated, and charged to Xu Xiaoshou's side.

"Get lost!"

Xu Xiaoshou was startled by his explosive speed. Thinking the Saint-Infant Bearing Plant had controlled him and sent him to capture him, he slapped over with one palm.

Yue Gongli ducked beneath it, pointed at his own head, and lowered his voice. "She can think."

Think...

What thinking? Wait!

You weren't controlled? So you knelt down and called her "Mother" just to test whether she could think? Xu Xiaoshou's head buzzed. Did Yue Gongli have some kind of system too, one that made him stronger whenever he acted ridiculous?

But this was way too ridiculous! "And I gave her a scare while I was at it, got a little revenge too. I couldn't let her chase me for so long for nothing, could I?" As Yue Gongli