The Filthy Thing Delivered the Dog Thing

Southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire.

In a bustling city filled with people.

A rugged-looking middle-aged man with a burly build and ordinary features, dressed in the Clear Sky Sect's signature gray combat attire and draped in a long black cloak, was taking a woman with a large pregnant belly through the busy streets.

The woman was breathtakingly beautiful, dressed in a long blue gown threaded with silver silk, with a gentle and soft temperament.

She had a pair of sapphire-blue eyes and curiously examined the various items sold at the roadside stalls.

There were so many things she had never seen before.

This was her first time setting foot in a prosperous human city. In the past, she had always lived in the countryside or the forest.

As they walked, the man introduced things to the woman.

From time to time, he stopped at snack stalls and bought her local specialties.

Their gazes were filled with love whenever they looked at each other.

Yet after their eyes met, a different trace of worry flickered through each of their eyes.

To outsiders, the two looked like a loving couple deeply devoted to one another.

What they did not know was that two pairs of eyes had already fixed themselves on them from the shadows.

A moment later, two figures emerged from a shadow at a place the couple had passed.

"Old Ghost, are you sure it's those two?"

A bewitching figure in the shadows spoke.

"Mm!"

The other figure, completely concealed beneath a pitch-black hooded robe, replied in a hoarse voice, "The targets have been confirmed. Ju Hua, go report to His Holiness the Pope first. I'll keep following them."

These two were none other than Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, both currently ninety-second-level Title Douluos.

They had indeed not mistaken them. That couple was the target of this mission.

More precisely, it was the blue-clad woman with the large pregnant belly.

That unmistakable Spirit Beast aura was simply far too obvious.

To Title Douluos like them, it was like a guiding beacon in a pitch-black night where one could not see one's hand before one's face.

This couple was Tang Hao, one of the Clear Sky Sect's Twin Stars and an eighty-ninth-level Spirit Douluo, along with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor Human-Form Spirit Beast, Ah Yin.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan retreated into the shadows and darted toward the outskirts of the city.

Their mission this time was to capture the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Blue Silver Emperor.

His Holiness the Pope, Qian Xunji, was personally leading the operation.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Pope Qian Xunji's carriage had not entered the city.

At that moment, it was hidden in a dense forest outside the city.

A few minutes later.

Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan knelt on one knee before an extremely luxurious golden carriage.

Inside the carriage, a handsome middle-aged man wearing a golden crown and golden armor sat upon a golden throne. He was Qian Xunji, the Pope of Spirit Hall.

A Title Douluo stood on each side of the carriage, responsible for protecting the Pope.

One was a man in golden armor, a ninety-second-level Title Douluo of the same rank as Yue Guan. He was Jin Ming, an Elder Hall elder whose Martial Soul was the Golden Crocodile. He was the son of Golden Crocodile Douluo, the Second Worship of the Worship Hall.

The other wore black combat attire. He was Ghost Leopard Douluo, a newly promoted Elder Hall elder who had only recently entered the Title Douluo rank at level ninety-one. His Martial Soul was the Dark Pattern Ghost Leopard.

"Reporting to His Holiness the Pope, the target has been found. She is currently strolling through the city market," Yue Guan said respectfully.

"Very good."

Pope Qian Xunji's magnetic and authoritative voice came from within the carriage.

The voice paused for a moment, as though he were considering something, before sounding again.

"Do not make a move yet. There are too many people in the city. Though they are all insignificant ants, Tang Hao is no kind-hearted man either. If we act rashly, casualties will be unavoidable. If too many of these ants die, it will damage Spirit Hall's reputation."

"Then... what should we do?" Yue Guan asked. "Please instruct us, Your Holiness."

Qian Xunji smiled faintly. "Send two Spirit Douluos to reveal their aura near them and force them out of the city. Capture them outside the city. Prey should behave like prey."

"Brilliant!"

After thinking it over, Yue Guan found the plan sound and promptly flattered him.

"Go carry it out."

Qian Xunji raised his chin, clearly enjoying Yue Guan's flattery, and casually waved his hand.

"Yes! We will obey His Holiness the Pope's command!"

Yue Guan accepted the order, rose to his feet, and went to make arrangements.

"Tang Hao, are you ready to become the stepping stone for my ascent? I have been looking forward to this. Hehehe—!"

Qian Xunji's muttering came from within the carriage.

God Realm.

Beneath swirling clouds and mist.

A colossal blood-red palace hundreds of zhang tall stood towering majestically.

Inside the palace, seated upon the Blood Sword Throne, was a tall crimson figure clad in blood-red armor. Both hands rested on a blood-red Greatsword, while terrifying Killing Aura coiled around him.

He was one of the five great God Kings of the God Realm, the Law Enforcement God who governed the order of the God Realm—

The Asura God.

His eyes glowed blood-red as he coldly watched two worlds below.

One was the low-martial world where the Bashu Tang Sect was located.

The other was the Douluo World.

Similar events were unfolding in both worlds: one side fled, while the other gave chase.

A low-martial world under the God Realm.

The Bashu Tang Sect.

A man in his thirties, dressed in the attire of a Tang Sect Outer Sect Disciple, flashed through a dense forest, dodging Hidden Weapons shooting toward him from every direction as he fled in disarray.

More than ten meters behind him, a group of white-haired old men relentlessly pursued him, continuously hurling all kinds of Hidden Weapons at the fleeing man with various techniques.

The fleeing man was Tang San.

Those hunting him down were the Tang Sect's Inner Sect Elders.

The reason was naturally that Tang San, despite being a Tang Sect Outer Sect Disciple, had secretly learned the Inner Sect's supreme arts without authorization. He had violated the rules and could not be tolerated by the sect's regulations. He had to pay for his crime with his life.

Very soon, Tang San had nowhere left to run.

The Inner Sect Elders cornered him at the Tang Sect's summit forbidden ground, known as the place where "a falling stone echoes nineteen times through the ravine, yet Hell lies one layer deeper"—

Ghost Sorrow Peak.

Tang San appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly, he was helpless and furious beyond measure.

Unfortunately, he no longer had any chance.

In the end, with no other choice and knowing he had no path to survival, Tang San made an impassioned and self-righteous defense before stripping naked and jumping off the cliff to prove his resolve through death, hoping to leave behind at least a shred of good reputation.

God Realm.

Asura God Palace.

Under the Asura God's cold gaze.

The pursuit in the Bashu Tang Sect soon reached its conclusion. Tang San jumped off the cliff and died.

At that moment, the Asura God, seated upon his throne, lightly beckoned with one hand. A ball of white light flew directly from the Tang Sect's low-martial world into his hand. Within it was Tang San's soul, complete with all his memories.

The Asura God then shifted his gaze to the Douluo World.

It settled upon Tang Hao, who bore the Asura Mark, and the infant in his arms.

At that moment, Tang Hao was holding the infant as he fought a man with six wings on his back, locked in a stalemate.

Just as Tang Hao was about to collapse from exhaustion.

The Asura God pointed with one hand, condensing a wisp of red mist in his palm. Together with the white ball of light, it descended directly from the God Realm into the Douluo World.

The red mist entered Tang Hao's body.

The white ball of light entered the infant's body and forced out the infant's original soul.

Having lost its body, the infant's original soul soon dissipated into nothingness.

"It is finally about to begin!" the Asura God murmured in a deep voice.