Following

"I once read in the records of Wuhun Hall that Blue Silver Grass is a king at ten thousand years and an emperor at one hundred thousand years. The Blue Silver Emperor is a soul beast highly skilled in the path of life, so it must be of great use for your injuries, right, Sister Gu Yuena?"

Qian Ningshuang appeared to be asking Gu Yuena, but her tone was full of certainty.

Gu Yuena nodded.

"That's right. Although not as good as you, Shuan'er, the Blue Silver Emperor is indeed very helpful for my injuries. I think I already know what you are going to ask."

"But as far as I know, more than a decade ago, a transformed soul beast bonded with a human and even clashed with my Wuhun Hall. That soul beast happened to be a Blue Silver Emperor. How did you let it escape, Sister Gu Yuena?"

Hearing this question, Gu Yuena gave a wry smile. At the same time, she lamented how easy children were to read; her guess was correct, she really was asking about this.

"The Blue Silver Emperor was indeed by my side at first, helping me treat my injuries. Then, one day over a decade ago, the Blue Silver Emperor suddenly told me it needed to go out to handle some business."

"I approved it at the time; my injuries wouldn't change in a moment or two. In my perception, it started off heading toward the Blue Silver Forest, but as it neared, it suddenly turned and bolted straight out of the Star Dou Forest."

"Seeing this, I was furious and immediately ordered Di Tian to pursue it. In all fairness, I treated it well, yet it just ran off like that."

"Later, just as Di Tian was about to catch it, it was suddenly struck by heavenly lightning. At that moment, I understood: its escape had everything to do with the gods of the God Realm, and we could only let it go."

"Understood."

Qian Ningshuang nodded. Between the Blue Silver Emperor's escape and the many overlaps with the Xuantian Sect from ten thousand years ago, it seemed that the "pure and noble" Tang God King had been under the machinations of the God Realm gods from birth to his rise and eventual inheritance of the godhood. It matched the speculations of the big shots from her past life.

In truth, this wasn't the question Qian Ningshuang most wanted to ask. She really wanted to ask if Gu Yuena would ever have a sudden whim to split her own soul, only to have a disagreement and end up making a bet with her own soul fragment.

But thinking about it, this question was clearly inappropriate. First, it might not be very friendly to Gu Yuena, and second, Gu Yuena had already mentioned that the God Realm was actually watching the Star Dou Forest all along, even intervening.

The answer to that question was already obvious; without the God Realm interfering, what person or dragon with a normal brain would go and split their own soul?

"Since you've learned enough, what about the next course of action?"

Gu Yuena changed the subject and asked Qian Chongling. Surely, resisting the God Realm wouldn't just involve one dragon, one soul, and one person sitting here chatting? There had to be some action.

"How we act is secondary; what matters is what Shuan'er wants to do."

Qian Chongling looked at Qian Ningshuang with a smile. Without Qian Ningshuang, the so-called resistance against the God Realm was just a pipe dream; they could at most play a supporting role.

As for whether Qian Ningshuang would follow their ideas to resist the God Realm, Qian Chongling wasn't worried. He hadn't hidden anything from Qian Ningshuang since he began talking with Gu Yuena. Qian Ningshuang had heard the current state of Wuhun Hall; she couldn't run even if she wanted to.

"Ah, Ancestor, can this kind of thing be left to me to decide?"

Qian Ningshuang was a bit bewildered. Although she understood her importance through the conversation between Qian Chongling and Gu Yuena, she was just a child right now. Leaving it to her—wasn't that a bit unreliable?

"Of course it needs to be decided by you, Shuan'er. Without you, all our actions are out of the question."

Gu Yuena nodded, fully agreeing with Qian Chongling's words. Without Qian Ningshuang's ability to mask fate, all their movements would be under the gaze of the God Realm, making resistance a joke.

Of course, the most important thing was that before Gu Yuena and Qian Chongling recovered from their injuries, how they acted really didn't matter. It was better to leave the decision to Qian Ningshuang to gain the favor of a future Super God King.

"Alright then. Actually, I don't have any ideas. Shall we head back to Wuhun Hall for now?"

Qian Ningshuang asked tentatively.

"Whatever you say, Shuan'er. What about you, Miss Gu Yuena?"

Qian Chongling didn't mind; Wuhun Hall was his home base, after all.

"I'll follow Shuan'er from now on."

With that, light flickered over Gu Yuena's body. Standing in her place was no longer the peerless, mature beauty, but a pink-cheeked, white-haired loli.

"To better follow you, Shuan'er, I have sealed all my own power, leaving only strength comparable to yours. You'll have to protect me from now on."

The white-haired loli blinked her purple eyes and looked at Qian Ningshuang with an innocent expression.

Hiss, a white-haired loli! This is completely in my strike zone!

Qian Ningshuang gasped. Big sister, was that really necessary?!

"Why change into this? Wasn't your original form fine? Don't give me that 'better to follow me' excuse; you could have followed in your original form too!"

"Well, it's mostly because I've been restricted by the God Realm for too long and have never left the Star Dou Forest. Now that I can finally go out, this form will allow me to better enjoy the human world."

Perhaps because she changed her appearance, her personality had shifted too; Gu Yuena had already familiarly hugged Qian Ningshuang's arm.

Of course, the more important reason she didn't mention was that Qian Chongling had become Qian Ningshuang's ancestor—could the treatment gap be any wider? She couldn't fall behind, and for a little girl like Qian Ningshuang, using a child's appearance was naturally better for closing the distance between them.

"Since Miss Gu Yuena has decided to follow Shuan'er, then how to leave the Star Dou Forest will be left to Miss Gu Yuena."

Seeing that Gu Yuena had made up her mind, Qian Chongling said this and drifted back into the bracelet.

"No problem. Let's go, Little Sister Shuan'er."

Casually responding to Qian Chongling, Gu Yuena led Qian Ningshuang out of this space.

"Master, what is this?"

Di Tian was clearly shocked by the current situation. How did they go in for a moment and come out as best friends?

"Do you see this girl beside me? From now on, her words are equivalent to mine. All soul beasts must respect her as they respect me. Do you understand?"

Gu Yuena didn't look at Di Tian, instead gazing at the group of fierce beasts at the bottom of the Lake of Life.

"Understood, Master!"

Thanks to Gu Yuena's long-standing prestige, no short-sighted fierce beast jumped out to ask why.

"If you understand, go and notify all the one-hundred-thousand-year soul beasts in the forest immediately. Di Tian, stay behind."

As the fierce beasts left one after another, Gu Yuena finally looked at Di Tian.

"Di Tian, you will follow me and Shuan'er from now on. Protect us from the shadows, and incidentally, treat your own injuries."

"As you command. Also, Master, where are you all going?"

"That is not for you to worry about. I will tell you slowly when there is an opportunity in the future."