The Forest Emperor Appears

The woman was Qian Renxue.

In the twenty years since Chu Feng had transmigrated, he hadn't been idle.

He had successfully won Qian Renxue over!

Of course, without a protagonist's aura, the process had been full of twists and turns. It hadn't been easy at all.

He had nearly failed.

As it turned out, Chu Feng's success was all thanks to Bibi Dong serving as a foil.

If Bibi Dong hadn't repeatedly neglected Qian Renxue and made her feel unloved, Chu Feng wouldn't have had the chance to take advantage of the situation and win her heart.

Chu Feng was the sort of person who planned for the future, so after winning Qian Renxue over, he had always put care into their relationship.

That was why Qian Renxue was now deeply in love with him. She refused to marry anyone but Chu Feng and wanted to be his woman for the rest of her life.

Of course, apart from winning Qian Renxue over, Chu Feng had also tried to change other parts of the story.

But unfortunately, every attempt had failed without exception.

For example, Chu Feng had once tried to tell Pope Qian Xunji that he would die at Bibi Dong's hands. To prevent that outcome, he said, it would be best to kill Bibi Dong after he'd gotten what he wanted from her!

Qian Xunji hadn't given him the time of day.

Then he died.

Another example: Chu Feng hadn't wanted Qian Renxue to go undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire.

He thought it would waste her cultivation talent, but in the end, she still went.

And then there was Tang Hao, who was in Holy Soul Village. Chu Feng had gone to tell Qian Daoliu about him.

But some inexplicable force had kept him from getting the words out each time.

Whenever he tried to say it, time would stop.

Once he'd finished speaking, time would start again.

Then there was the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Chu Feng had gone there and even entered it, but he hadn't been able to move a single Immortal Herb inside.

Every time he tried to take one, or destroy one, time would rewind to before he entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

Only later did Chu Feng learn that this mysterious force preventing him from acting was actually the story's corrective force.

He had changed Qian Renxue's character and altered her fate of falling in love with Tang San, only to have that love go unrequited.

So the story had detected the anomaly he represented—his bug.

And it had placed restrictions on him.

Of course, since Chu Feng was an outsider, this corrective force could only affect him before he became a Titled Douluo.

Once he became a Titled Douluo, the corrective force would no longer have any effect on him.

When Chu Feng realized that the story had restricted him—that everything he did before becoming a Titled Douluo would be corrected—he stopped trying to change the plot. Instead, he focused on cultivating and reached the Titled Douluo level as quickly as possible, freeing himself from the story's corrective force.

"Young Master, wonderful news!"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Qian Renxue.

As the words fell, a figure appeared behind her.

The newcomer held one arm across his chest and knelt on one knee, his voice brimming with good news.

At the sound, Qian Renxue gathered her thoughts. Her smile faded, and she slowly turned around.

Her gaze fell on the person kneeling before her.

Her tone was calm, neither pleased nor displeased, as she asked, "What is it?"

"Young Master, it's wonderful news—truly wonderful news!" he said excitedly. "Young Master Chu Feng has broken through to the Titled Douluo level!"

"What?" Qian Renxue jolted, delight flooding her pretty face as she asked excitedly, "Ah Feng has become a Titled Douluo?

"When did he break through? Has he attached his Spirit Ring yet?"

Snake Lance Douluo took a letter from his clothing. It had just arrived by carrier pigeon.

He handed the letter to Qian Renxue, then answered truthfully, "Young Master, Young Master Chu Feng reached Level 90 two days ago. After breaking through, he asked Bibi Dong for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo."

Knowing that Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong had a poor relationship, Snake Lance Douluo didn't call Bibi Dong the Pope.

He called her by name instead.

Besides, Bibi Dong had just done something utterly inhuman.

If Young Master found out, she would hate Bibi Dong to the utmost.

"Ah Feng asked that woman for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo?" Qian Renxue was taken aback. She clearly hadn't expected Chu Feng to ask that woman for them. He knew she and Bibi Dong were at odds, so why would he ask Bibi Dong for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo?

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo were Bibi Dong's people. Qian Renxue couldn't understand.

"Why would Ah Feng ask that woman for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo?" Qian Renxue asked.

Snake Lance Douluo had no idea. He shook his head.

"I don't know!" After thinking it over, Snake Lance Douluo decided it was most likely for hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

After all, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Polar Static Domain, could hold its targets still for a full eight seconds. It was a cage seemingly made just for Hundred-Thousand-Year Ferocious Beasts.

"Young Master, I don't know why Chu Feng asked Bibi Dong for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, but I suspect it's for his Ninth Spirit Ring!

"He must be planning to attach a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to his Ninth Spirit Ring!"

Everyone in Spirit Hall knew that Chu Feng had wanted to attach a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring to his Eighth Spirit Ring.

In the end, he hadn't done it because Young Master feared something might go wrong while he was absorbing it.

So she had strongly opposed the idea.

Chu Feng hadn't wanted her to worry. Besides, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were hard to hunt, and it was dangerous for a Soul Douluo to absorb a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

So he'd settled for the next best thing and carefully chosen a Spirit Ring that was ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years old.

"That must be it!" Qian Renxue thought it over and agreed with Snake Lance Douluo's guess.

She knew that Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could freeze space and forcibly restrict others' movements.

Ah Feng had asked Bibi Dong to lend them to him. He must have been planning to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

But what Qian Renxue wanted to know was whether Bibi Dong had lent them to him.

She turned to She Long and asked, "Then did that woman lend Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to him?"

Qian Renxue knew how bad things were between her and that woman. Since Chu Feng was close to her, that woman would never lend him Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

But deep down, Qian Renxue still hoped she had lent them to Chu Feng.

That would mean that, in her heart, Bibi Dong still cared about her. There was no mother in the world who didn't love her child.

And yet Qian Renxue knew perfectly well:

That woman would never lend Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to Chu Feng.

Qian Renxue was torn.

"She lent them to him!" Snake Lance Douluo reported truthfully. "I don't know what happened between them. Chu Feng went to see Bibi Dong, and after only a little while, she lent him Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo!"

"Really?"

At that, Qian Renxue's face lit up, and she asked in delight.