Following

"I once read in Spirit Hall's records that Blue Silver Grass becomes a king after ten thousand years and an emperor after a hundred thousand. And the Blue Silver Emperor is a Spirit Beast exceptionally skilled in the path of life. It must be of great use for Sister Gu Yuena's injuries, right?"

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

Gu Yuena nodded.

"That's right. Although it cannot compare to you, Shuang'er, the Blue Silver Emperor truly is very helpful for my injuries. I think I already know what you want to ask."

"But as far as I know, over ten years ago, a transformed Spirit Beast joined with a human and even came into conflict with my Spirit Hall. That Spirit Beast happened to be the Blue Silver Emperor. Sister Gu Yuena, how did you let it escape?"

Hearing this question, Gu Yuena smiled bitterly. At the same time, she sighed at how easy children were to understand. Her guess had been correct—it really was this question.

"The Blue Silver Emperor was indeed by my side at first, helping me heal my injuries. Then, one day more than ten years ago, it suddenly told me that it needed to go out and handle something."

"I allowed it. My injuries would not worsen from being without its help for a short while. At first, I sensed it heading toward the Blue Silver Forest, but just as it was about to arrive, it suddenly changed direction and rushed straight out of Star Dou Forest."

"When I saw that, I was furious and immediately sent Di Tian after it. To be fair, I had not treated it poorly, yet it simply ran away like that."

"Later, when Di Tian was about to catch it, he was suddenly struck by heavenly lightning. At that moment, I understood that its escape was inseparable from the gods of the God Realm. We could only let it go."

"I understand."

Qian Ningshuang nodded. Between the Blue Silver Emperor's escape and the many overlapping details involving the Xuantian Sect from ten thousand years ago, it seemed that Pure and Clean God King Tang's birth, rise to power, and eventual inheritance of a godhood had all been part of the God Realm gods' schemes. That matched the speculations of the big shots from her previous life.

Actually, this was not the question Qian Ningshuang most wanted to ask. She really wanted to ask whether Gu Yuena would suddenly get the urge to split her own soul, then, because of some disagreement, make a bet with her soul fragment.

But on second thought, that question was clearly inappropriate. First, it might not be very friendly toward Gu Yuena. Second, Gu Yuena had already mentioned that the God Realm had always been watching Star Dou Forest and would even intervene.

The answer was obvious. Without the God Realm making a move, what sane person—or dragon—would split their own soul apart?

"Now that we more or less understand the situation, what should we do next?"

Gu Yuena changed the subject and asked Qian Chongling. Could one dragon, one soul, and one person really oppose the God Realm just by sitting here and chatting? They had to take some action eventually.

"How we act is not important. What matters is what Shuang'er wants to do."

Qian Chongling looked at Qian Ningshuang with a smile. Without Qian Ningshuang, opposing the God Realm was nothing but a fool's dream. At most, they could serve as support.

As for whether Qian Ningshuang would follow their wishes and join them in opposing the God Realm, Qian Chongling was not worried about that. He and Gu Yuena had not hidden anything from Qian Ningshuang since the start of their conversation. She had heard all about Spirit Hall's current circumstances—there was nowhere for her to run anyway.

"Ah, Ancestor, can I really be the one to decide something like this?"

Qian Ningshuang was somewhat bewildered. Although she understood her importance through Qian Chongling and Gu Yuena's conversation, she was still just a child. Was it really reliable to leave this to her?

"Of course it must be you, Shuang'er. Without you, none of our actions can even begin."

Gu Yuena nodded. She strongly agreed with Qian Chongling's words. Without Qian Ningshuang's ability to conceal fate, every move they made would be under the God Realm's watch. Opposing the God Realm would be a joke.

Of course, the most important thing was that until Gu Yuena and Qian Chongling recovered from their injuries, how they acted truly did not matter. It was better to leave this decision to Qian Ningshuang and earn some goodwill from the future Super God King.

"Then all right. I don't really have any ideas either. Should we return to Spirit Hall first?"

Qian Ningshuang asked tentatively.

"Whatever Shuang'er decides. What about Miss Gu Yuena?"

Qian Chongling did not mind. Spirit Hall was his home base, after all.

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

As soon as she finished speaking, light flickered around Gu Yuena once more. The peerlessly elegant mature beauty was gone, replaced by a delicate white-haired little girl.

"To follow you better, Shuang'er, I've sealed all my power. I only have strength about equal to yours now, so you'll have to protect me from now on."

The white-haired little girl blinked her purple eyes and looked innocently at Qian Ningshuang.

A white-haired loli! Completely my type!

Qian Ningshuang sucked in a cold breath. Big sister, was this really necessary?

"Why change into this? Wasn't your original appearance perfectly fine? Don't tell me it's for following me more conveniently—you could follow me in your original form too!"

"All right, the main reason is that I've been restricted by the God Realm for too long and have never left Star Dou Forest. Now that I finally can go out, this appearance will let me enjoy the human world better."

Perhaps changing her appearance had changed her personality as well. Gu Yuena casually wrapped her arms around Qian Ningshuang's.

Of course, there was an even more important reason she did not say. Qian Chongling had become Qian Ningshuang's ancestor—wouldn't that give him far better treatment in the future? She could not fall behind either. And when dealing with a little girl like Qian Ningshuang, taking the form of a child would naturally make it easier to close the distance between them.

"Since Miss Gu Yuena has also decided to follow Shuang'er, then I'll leave getting out of Star Dou Forest to you."

Seeing that Gu Yuena had made up her mind, Qian Chongling spoke before drifting back into the bracelet.

"No problem. Let's go, Sister Shuang'er."

After casually answering Qian Chongling, Gu Yuena led Qian Ningshuang out of that space.

"Lord, what is this...?"

Di Tian was clearly astonished by the current situation. How had they entered for a while and emerged as close sisters?

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

Gu Yuena did not look at Di Tian. Instead, she looked at the group of Beasts at the bottom of Lake of Life.

"Understood, Lord!"

Thanks to Gu Yuena's immense authority over the years, no shortsighted beast stepped forward to ask why.

"Then hurry and notify all the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the forest. Di Tian, stay behind."

Only after the Beasts had all departed did Gu Yuena turn to Di Tian.

"Di Tian, from now on, follow Shuang'er and me. Protect us in secret, and heal your injuries while you're at it."

"By your command. Then, Lord, where are you going?"

"You don't need to worry about that. I'll tell you slowly when there's a chance."