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"This isn't the Star Dou Forest at all! No, no, absolutely not!"

When the Three-Eyed Golden Lion heard Chen Ming say they were in the Star Dou Forest, she immediately shook her head in denial.

How could this be the Star Dou Forest? She didn't recognize this place, or these square trees, square grass, and square Soul Beasts.

She'd lived in the Star Dou Forest for so long. How could she possibly get lost and mistake where she was?

"This is the Star Dou Forest, all right, but not the one on the Douluo Continent. It's the Star Dou Forest in another dimension."

Chen Ming corrected her. At this, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion wore a look of profound wisdom. Clearly, she hadn't understood a word.

"Forget it... The point is, you and I are the only living beings in this world. Everything else is an unconscious puppet. Understand?"

"There aren't any other living Soul Beasts here? Then how did I get in?"

"How would I know? Shouldn't you be asking yourself that? How did you get in?"

"I don't know. I thought you did."

"I'm not you, the one involved... beast. How would I know how you got in?"

Chen Ming and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at each other. Chen Ming didn't know how she'd arrived, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion couldn't understand why he didn't know how she'd arrived.

"Forget it. Come home with me. I'll take care of you. Coming or not?"

Chen Ming reached out to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and asked if she wanted to go with him. She looked at the only living person in front of her, then nodded at once.

To put it simply, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was an Auspicious Beast favored by fate. Whenever she faced a crisis, she always managed to escape unharmed.

Now that something like this had happened, a human had appeared right in front of her. That meant he could definitely save her.

"Then get into my Pokeball. I'll take you out of here."

Chen Ming pulled out a red Pokeball and tossed it at her. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion curiously watched the little ball suddenly open its mouth, then was sucked inside.

He was transported back to the Overworld. His figure appeared in the palace, and he tossed out the Pokeball. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared again.

"What is this thing? Why is my cultivation only at a thousand years now?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion suddenly realized that her cultivation had fallen to just a thousand years. Chen Ming reassured her.

"Don't worry. Your cultivation is linked to mine now. When I grow stronger, you'll grow stronger too. I can even help you evolve your bloodline and things like that."

"All right... Where are we now?"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion had countless questions she wanted to ask him, but she could only take them one at a time. Chen Ming sat on the bed and began explaining the situation to the Auspicious Beast.

"You're saying... this is the world two thousand years in the future?! And this is some kind of game world? I've traveled two thousand years into the future?"

The news was so shocking that her brain practically overheated. The little Auspicious Beast needed time to process it.

"More or less."

Unable to accept the news, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pounced on him and pressed the vertical eye on her forehead against his.

Chen Ming was caught off guard. A moment later, he gained some of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's memories, while she received a flood of his and clutched her head, wailing in pain.

"Ahhh! What is this?! <My Wife, Dragon Butterfly Douluo: My Domineering Father-in-Law's Forced Love>—what kind of nonsense is this?!"

Chen Ming's face changed when he heard what she was muttering. He was so embarrassed he could've curled his toes into the floor. When you came across bizarre novels like that, didn't you want to see what they were about? He couldn't help himself.

"And what about The Untold Secret Between Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, <White Tiger Douluo, Food God Douluo, and Phoenix Douluo: A Threesome>, and The Mutual Devotion of the Sea God and Asura God?! Human, what on earth is going on in your head?!"

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion rolled around on the floor, clearly traumatized by those things.

"Stop digging through the rotten tomatoes for novels! Find some useful memories, you idiot!"

Chen Ming grabbed the big cat by the scruff and shook her, telling her to stop looking through those worthless novels and get back to the important stuff.

Soon, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion calmed down. After sorting through the memories, she finally understood everything.

"Two thousand years... How did I end up here all of a sudden...? Uncle Di Tian will die... I'll sacrifice myself for that child of luck, Huo Yuhao..."

The Golden British Shorthair fell into deep thought. She'd clearly taken in too many memories at once and needed time to process them.

Chen Ming didn't disturb her. He lay down on the bed, pulled up the covers, and went to sleep.

Early the next morning, the alarm Chen Ming had set went off. He reached out to turn it off and felt something heavy on top of him.

Whatever was pressing down on him was soft, with smooth, delicate skin that felt wonderful to the touch.

Still half asleep, Chen Ming froze for a moment and lifted the covers. A silver-haired, purple-eyed little girl was curled up in his arms.

He froze. What was going on? Where had this little girl come from?

The little girl had also been woken by the alarm. She looked up and met Chen Ming's eyes. The air fell still for a moment.

Chen Ming's mind raced. He checked the game chat, and saw that a message had popped up around one in the morning.

[The Three-Eyed Golden Lion joined the game]

She had joined the game as a player, not as a Soul Beast. In other words, she must have taken human form around one in the morning.

"Auspicious Beast, why did you take human form?"

A question mark appeared over Chen Ming's head. He really couldn't understand why she'd done that.

"Since you're in the human world, of course I have to take human form. Otherwise, how am I supposed to go outside? Besides, in this My World, my Soul Beast form doesn't have an Inventory. It's really inconvenient."

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion explained her reasons with a perfectly serious expression. Chen Ming opened the player overview.

[Host]: Chen Ming

[Members]: Three-Eyed Golden Lion

So it was because of NetEase's crappy version. Well, that explained it. The worst version of My World was, without question, NetEase's.

"Fine. Have you awakened your Martial Soul?"

He didn't dwell on it and immediately asked whether she'd awakened her Martial Soul. The Three-Eyed Golden King checked her status panel, then selected Martial Soul Awakening.

As golden light flashed, her becoming Chen Ming's Pokémon caused her to receive his power in return.

So the little Auspicious Beast awakened a Golden Dragon King Martial Soul, and even gained an Eye of Destiny talent that Chen Ming didn't have. But she no longer had Ultimate Fire or light.

"Another Golden Dragon King... Whatever. That's how the code works. Well, come on. I'll show you around today."

After the little Auspicious Beast completed her Martial Soul Awakening, she could produce Soul Rings on her own as well. Three purple Soul Rings appeared.

Following Chen Ming's example, the little Auspicious Beast punched trees, mined ore, smelted it, and killed the merchant. She also picked a name for herself.

[Di Qiu'er tried to swim in lava]

"What did you do?"

"I forgot I was human now..."

"Can't you fly?"

"I forgot I could fly..."

P.S. The second update on February 23, four thousand words.

P.S. There's a new book next door.