Story

"After that, Ye Tian Di and I began an earth-shaking battle. That fight was incredibly difficult. The starry sky shattered, and Heaven and Earth were overturned. This man truly deserved his reputation for having fought his way across the world, a stunning genius. The Super Heaven Rank Dou Skill, Heavenly Emperor Reincarnation Fist, was truly powerful."

"But I had my own methods too. I unleashed the Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, a thunder known as the Heavenly Dao Divine Thunder, before which gods and devils gave way, capable of slaying immortals and destroying divinities. In the end, I won with great difficulty. Though my white clothes were dyed red and my blood spilled across the stars, to meet such an opponent in life, worthy of respect and lament, was enough to fulfill my wish!"

After saying that, Xiao Bai stood with his hands behind his back and sighed up at the sky, as though he were still reminiscing about that worthy and lamentable opponent.

Looking at Xiao Bai sighing and lamenting, Xun Er shot him a sideways glance with her beautiful eyes. You're just telling a story, and you've really gotten into it. Besides, you're only a Dou Zhe. You could make the starry sky shatter and Heaven and Earth overturn? Not even a Dou Di could do that.

"Let's go. We're going home!"

After putting on that affected display of emotion, Xiao Bai did not continue.

Ling Ying, off to the side, was getting anxious. He wished he could rush out, grab the kid by the collar, and ask him, What comes next?

He had been right at the peak of excitement, and then the brat stopped telling it. Wasn't there still one person who hadn't appeared? Keep going! He still needed to record more of this and enrich his material library!

Fortunately, his young miss spoke up just then. Otherwise, he would definitely let this kid know what a Dou Emperor expert was—terrifying indeed!

"Xiao Bai Gege, wasn't it three people? There's still one more, right?"

Looking at Xun Er, whose eyes sparkled brightly with thirst for knowledge, Xiao Bai felt a little helpless. He had set the bar too high. The second one, Ye Tian Di, had already appeared. Who was next, Can Heavenly Emperor? But he had never read Holy Ruins.

Could he really have the little milk baby appear? But that guy's karma was too great. He was a little scared! After all, since he could transmigrate into Battle Through the Heavens, maybe Cover the Heavens and Perfect World existed too.

What if, when the time came and he called his name, a voice suddenly rang out from the void: "Here. I have always been here!"

Ugh~! Just thinking of that scene...

No, he couldn't think about it anymore. If he did, he was going to burst out laughing.

"Come on, come on, let's go back first. Once we're back, I'll tell my Xun Er about the last person, the story of a little milk baby. I'm telling you, this person was really something!"

Xiao Bai took Xun Er's small hand and led her down the mountain.

Xun Er froze for a moment. Hearing Xiao Bai say "my Xun Er," then looking at their joined hands, she realized this was the first time Xiao Bai had ever held her hand. A faint blush rose on her face. Her heart filled with joy, and she did not struggle, simply letting Xiao Bai hold her hand like that.

Just like that, he held Xun Er's hand all the way back to his small courtyard.

"Xun Er, sit in the courtyard for a while. Once I wash up, I'll come over and tell you the story."

After saying that, he let go of Xun Er's hand and went inside without waiting for the girl to answer, preparing to bathe and change clothes. Otherwise, being covered in dirt all over made him feel very uncomfortable.

Xun Er had been dazed the whole way. After Xiao Bai let go of her hand, she felt a little lost. She really wished the road down from the mountain could have been a little longer, so Xiao Bai Gege could keep holding her hand the whole way down.

After Xiao Bai finished washing up, changed into a fresh set of clothes, and came out carrying a pot of clear tea, he saw Xun Er sitting quietly beside the stone table in the courtyard, lost in thought. A faint smile hung at the corner of her lips, and who knew what she was thinking about.

"What happy thing are you thinking of? You look so pleased."

Xiao Bai placed the teapot on the stone table, sat down nearby, and asked curiously.

The sudden voice interrupted Xun Er's thoughts. Hearing Xiao Bai's question, her face turned a little red, and her gaze dodged slightly.

"N-nothing. I just remembered some things from before."

Xiao Bai saw that the girl's expression was a little off and was just about to speak.

"Oh right, Xiao Bai Gege, weren't you going to tell Xun Er a story? Hurry and tell it, hurry! Xun Er can hardly wait!"

Afraid he would keep asking, Xun Er hurriedly changed the topic.

Xiao Bai saw through the girl's intention and cooperatively nodded. A girl's thoughts were not something to pry into too deeply.

He took the teacups from the table, lifted the teapot, and poured a cup for Xun Er and himself. In an instant, the fragrance of tea spread everywhere.

He raised his cup and took a small sip, recalling the plot he had read in his previous life, then began to speak slowly.

"Legend says that between heaven and earth, there were the eight regions of heaven, earth, black, yellow, universe, cosmos, primordial, and wilderness. At the very beginning, this story took place in the Wasteland Region. Within the Wasteland Region, there was a country called Stone Country."

"In Stone Country Capital, in Stone King Mansion, there was a clansman named Shi Ziling. On this day, Shi Ziling's wife gave birth to a son, and he was named Shi Hao."

"Shi Hao was born supreme. Inside his body was a bone, and it was the Supreme Bone."

"What does born supreme mean? Is a supreme very powerful? Is it as strong as a Dou Di? If it is, can someone be born as a Dou Di?"

Xun Er interrupted curiously.

Xiao Bai rolled his eyes. Are you a contrarian? And can that little head of yours think a bit bigger? These are different cultivation systems, how are you supposed to compare them? Besides, even if you do compare them, you'd compare it to a supreme of the Great Thousand World. Tudou himself said that Dou Di equals supreme.

He lightly flicked Xun Er's smooth forehead, apologized inwardly to the little milk baby, and explained in a way this girl could understand.

"Supreme is equal to Dou Di. It's just a different name. Born supreme means having very good cultivation talent, with a great chance of becoming a supreme in the future. Just like an unofficial history book I read before that mentioned the descendants of Dou Di having a kind of Dou Di Bloodline, which could give people excellent cultivation talent. Understand now?"

"Mhm, I understand, I understand."

Xun Er nodded repeatedly with a smile as bright as flowers. No one understood this better than she did. So this girl was also born supreme. Born supreme sounded better too; it sounded much more domineering than Imperial Clan Bloodline.

Looking at the girl's expression, Xiao Bai knew exactly what she was thinking. He could not help admiring his own storytelling ability a little. See? Wasn't this sense of immersion coming along nicely?

He continued telling Xun Er the following plot, up to the part where Shi Hao had his bone dug out in childhood and was sent to Stone Village.

Xun Er gnashed her teeth. Putting herself in his place, if her own clansmen extracted her Dou Di Bloodline and then sent her to the Xiao Clan, she could not help shivering and became filled with hatred toward Shi Hao's eldest aunt.

When he told her about the happy childhood in Stone Village...

Xun Er looked at Xiao Bai with watery beautiful eyes. Shi Hao's childhood had elders and playmates, but her own childhood was not bad either. She had Xiao Bai Gege.

When he told her about the young man leaving the Great Wilderness and defeating Shi Yi, who used his Supreme Bone, in one stroke...

Xun Er instantly felt deeply satisfied.

Among them, Xiao Bai had arranged for Huo Ling'er, Yun Xi, Qing Yi, and Yue Chan to all be female leads, never abandoning Shi Hao. Aside from the more moving scenes in the original plot, he had also added several tragically beautiful love stories for them.

This was one of his purposes in telling the story. It counted as slipping in his own agenda.

"Ideological education has to start young!" Xiao Bai thought, a little shamelessly.

But on the other side, someone eavesdropping was not satisfied. Ling Ying had no interest in romance and love; he was more interested in those king-of-posturing lines.

"Enemies defeated by my hand have never again been regarded by me as opponents. I will give you time to catch up, until you can no longer see me even from afar!"

"Losing to me is the only thing in your life worth remembering!"

"What is an imperial clan worth? One day, I alone will be an imperial clan. Without the shelter of my ancestors' glory, I myself can become an emperor!"

Lines like these, the kind that made you feel they were bursting with swagger and set your blood boiling the instant you heard them—give him more of those!

He looked at the newly written notes in his hand. Mm, cross out the third line. Otherwise, if the Clan Head found out, he would be beaten to death.