Zhou Huan's Return Gift, Peach Spring Unchanged
Seeing the Zhou Huan change in Zhou Huan's expression, God King Lei Xiao, "You do know him, so it seems it's true that he was born in the Douluo Continent."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Huan's eye twitched.
He was born in the Douluo Continent, what the hell?!
The Purple Maple God Realm was actually brought here by that old bastard Abyssal Sage King!
So, was it their fault that Douluo Star was almost destroyed?
Zhou Huan was ashamed. Damn it, who could have predicted this? Unless he wasn't God King, but had reached the Half-Step Author Realm.
Looking at the dejected Abyssal Sage King, who seemed to have been drained to some extent, Zhou Huan felt that perhaps this old man had also paid a heavy price in the Purple Maple God Realm.
However, it serves him right, Holy King Lao Deng!
As Zhou Huan recognized the Abyssal Sage King, the Abyssal Sage King naturally recognized Zhou Huan as well. Although he did not know Zhou Huan's name, even if Zhou Huan turned to ashes, the Abyssal Sage King would never forget him.
He ended up in this state entirely because of that damned bastard Zhou Huan!
As the saying goes, enemies are especially hateful when they meet. The Abyssal Sage King, who had already been tortured to the point of being unrecognizable as a saint, immediately flew into a rage upon seeing Zhou Huan: "You bastard! You deserve to die! You deserve to die!"
Unfortunately, aside from cursing and raging, the Abyssal Sage King couldn't even move, because his cultivation had long been sealed.
Zhou Huan glanced at the Abyssal Sage King, an interesting idea suddenly popping into his mind. He ignored the Abyssal Sage King and looked at the God King Lei Xiao, saying, "Since the God King Lei Xiao has given me a Godhead, I'll return the God King with a small gift."
Upon hearing this, the Abyssal Sage King's pupils dilated, as if he had realized something, and he roared, "You dare!!"
However, the next second, his mouth was sealed shut by God King Lei Xiao.
Zhou Huan continued, "This Abyssal Sage King wasn't born on the Douluo Continent; he comes from a world called the Crimson Plane. The Crimson Plane is different from ordinary Mortal Realm planes like the Douluo Plane; it's a purely energy-based plane."
Upon hearing this, the ten God Kings of the Purple Maple God Realm all lit up. How could they not know what a pure energy-type plane represented?
However, such energy planes are extremely rare and can only be encountered by chance. Even if they cannot save the Purple Maple God Realm, they can at least slow down its Divine Realm Destruction.
Seeing that God King Lei Xiao and the others understood his meaning, Zhou Huan said no more, took his leave, and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant, holding Zhang Lexuan's hand.
All that remained was the Abyssal Sage King, his eyes blazing with fury.
God King Lei Xiao gazed thoughtfully in the direction Zhou Huan had left, but quickly turned to Snake Ji God King and said, "Find out the coordinates and details of the Crimson Plane."
The Snake Ji God King was in a bad mood because the Abyssal Sage King had lied to her despite indulging in tens of thousands of poisons. She couldn't be merciful this time, so she replied earnestly, "Yes, Boss."
After thinking for a moment, the Snake Ji God King finally spoke up and asked, "Those two God Kings were a bit strange just now. Boss, why did you...?"
"Why be so friendly to them?" God King Lei Xiao smiled faintly.
"Yes, why?" the Snake Ji God King asked, puzzled.
"Idiot! Isn't the reason simple? We can't afford to have more enemies now. Although the Godhead of No Master is Godhead, what use is it if the Purple Maple God Realm is gone?" Before God King Lei Xiao could answer, the Scholar God King, who always liked to argue with Snake Ji God King, had already spoken up.
The Snake Ji God King ignored the Scholar God King and instead looked at the God King Lei Xiao: "But boss, those two left without even leaving their names. They don't seem like they'd be on good terms with us."
God King Lei Xiao paused slightly. "... You should go and deal with the Abyssal Sage King's matter. Don't be fooled again this time."
Upon hearing this, the Snake Ji God King pursed her lips, uttered an "Oh," and then grabbed the Abyssal Sage King and returned to the Purple Maple God Realm.
Douluo Continent, Peach Spring Village.
After returning to Douluo Star, Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan did not go directly back to Shrek, but instead went to Peach Spring Village.
This is Zhang Lexuan's idea.
Peach Spring Village is still the same Peach Spring Village; even the country lanes haven't changed much.
The ordinary mud-brick and wooden houses, the crops and rice paddies visible in the mountains, represent a remote, poor, and backward place, yet it is also a pure land on earth.
The Heavenly Soul Empire is long gone; Peach Spring Village now belongs to the Sun Moon Empire.
But whether it was under the rule of the Heavenly Soul Empire or belonged to the Sun Moon Empire, there was no real difference for Peach Spring Village. The only difference might be that the tax official in charge of the village was different.
However, Peach Spring Village remained a place few tax officials wanted to visit, because there was no money to be made from it.
Officials who were sent here were basically considered "exiled".
Even six years ago, when the Sun Moon Empire and the Heavenly Soul Empire fought a great war, Peach Spring Village was completely unaffected. It was simply too remote; let alone of strategic significance, even an army wouldn't detour here.
It can only be said that everything has two sides.
Looking at the unchanged Peach Spring Village, Zhang Lexuan smiled, "It's still the same here, that's wonderful."
Zhou Huan nodded. "Yes, that's wonderful. The Heavenly Soul Empire is gone, but Peach Spring Village remains unchanged."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lexuan sighed softly, "I didn't expect that Sun Moon Empress to be so powerful, actually destroying Great Emperor in succession. However, given her hostility towards the Star Luo Empire, why did she suddenly stop?"
Zhou Huan explained, "Initially, it was because of her scheme that Huo Yuhao killed Xu Tianran so she could return Mingdu to stabilize the court for her son, who was less than two years old. Later, Huo Yuhao became a god in just three years, and before becoming a god, he went to the Sun Moon Imperial Palace. I don't know exactly what happened, but to this day, that Ju Zi hasn't started another war. I used to think she could really unify Douluo, what a pity."
Zhang Lexuan thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps Huo Yuhao threatened her? A threat from Deity would be enough to make her afraid to move."
Zhou Huan shook his head and smiled, "It shouldn't be. I haven't told you, have I? The son of Ju Zi, the current Sun Moon Emperor, Xu Yunhan, is actually Huo Yuhao's son."
Immediately, Zhang Lexuan unconsciously tightened her grip on Zhou Huan's hand, blinking her eyes as she stared at Zhou Huan. After a couple of seconds of stunned silence, she said, "This... this Huo Yuhao is the worst kind of scumbag! One Dong'er and one Qiu'er weren't enough, now he's got his son's mother, Ju Zi?"
Zhou Huan chuckled, speechless. "This probably can't really be blamed on Huo Yuhao."
So Zhou Huan explained the whole story about the Ju Zi and Huo Gua to Zhang Lexuan in detail.
"So, although Huo Yuhao doesn't know that Xu Yunhan is his son, if Huo Yuhao tells Ju Zi that Dai Hao is his father, then for Ju Zi, this is really...too cruel. The object of her revenge is actually her son's own grandfather. This...no wonder she hasn't started another war. Perhaps she is still struggling with her inner conflict." Zhang Lexuan said with a complicated expression.
Zhou Huan gently squeezed Zhang Lexuan's soft hand and comforted her, "Forget it, why think about them? It's just a matter of cause and effect; no one can truly understand it."
The two walked and talked, and soon passed through Peach Spring Village and arrived at the Back Mountain.
Seeing that her parents' graves not only didn't look dilapidated, but were even regularly cleaned and maintained, Zhang Lexuan looked tenderly at her boyfriend beside her and whispered, "Thank you."