"Kuangshi pays respects to the Undying One!"
On Thunder Island of the Giant Axe Coliseum, King Kuangshi knelt fervently before a palace near the mountaintop. Moments later, the tightly shut palace doors burst open. King Kuangshi's eyes lit up like a lapdog spotting its master, and he scrambled into the palace on all fours.
Not long afterward, he slipped away furtively. No one knew what the two had discussed.
At Huaxia Restaurant, Xue Xi introduced her junior disciple Jiang Yi to Tang Xiaoyou, who was researching her domain. "His name is Jiang Yi. He'll be your junior disciple from now on. This is your senior sister, Tang Xiaoyou. You're both Cosmos Rank, so cultivate together from now on. At least you'll have someone your own age to play with."
Tang Xiaoyou studied Jiang Yi seriously for a long while before suddenly breaking into a smile. "I have a junior disciple now? That's wonderful! But look at how skinny you are, Junior Brother. From now on, Senior Sister will cook more for you and fatten you up properly!"
Jiang Yi scratched his head bashfully and thanked her. "Alright, then I'll have to trouble Senior Sister Tang to look after me from now on!"
Seeing Tang Xiaoyou's smiling face, Xue Xi knew the girl was definitely up to no good. She slapped Tang Xiaoyou hard enough to make her stagger, then ignored her resentful gaze as she warned, "He's your junior disciple. Don't make him taste-test those dark dishes of yours, understand?!"
Tang Xiaoyou mumbled an indistinct reply through a humph. "I know. Why are you being so fierce?"
Xue Xi glared at the unconvinced Tang Xiaoyou and was just about to continue lecturing her when Jiang Yi saw that his senior sister was about to be scolded. His long-honed survival instincts