I Even Held You When You Were Little!

Bai Mo was completely numb!

He didn't know why, but ever since their trip to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Gu Yuena had been looking at him with an unbearably tender expression!

And she'd stopped calling him "Student Bai." Now it was "Xiao Bai" every other word.

Bai Mo asked Gu Yuena what was going on, but she just smiled and said nothing.

"Forget it! Whatever!"

Bai Mo decided to just go with the flow. Maybe humans and dragons just had different ways of thinking!

"Whoa! Gu Yuena, look! That Black Dragon disappeared!"

Bai Mo cried out in feigned shock!

Gu Yuena glanced at Di Tian, who had disappeared, and immediately recalled what had happened earlier.

The corners of her mouth curled into a knowing smile.

Just as I thought. This child doesn't know his own origins, but his bloodline has still formed an attachment to Di Tian. Even though he said he wanted to kill Di Tian and eat his flesh, in the end, he chose to heal him!

Gu Yuena stepped forward, patted Bai Mo on the head, and said affectionately, "It's fine. When we get back, I'll have him cut off a couple pieces of meat for you to try!"

Huh?!

Bai Mo's expression twisted in shock! What was Old Gu on about now?!

"Ahem. I mean, if Xiao Bai wants to try some, I'll report back to the family and have them punish Di Long by making him hunt some for you."

Gu Yuena corrected the slip in her earlier words without changing her expression.

In silence, Bai Mo put Ms. Herta's body into his storage space. He felt like everything he'd thought he knew about Gu Yuena in his previous life had been completely wrong!

What did she mean by having Di Tian go hunt down some of Di Tian's own dragon meat for me?!

"No need to go to all that trouble. Let's head back first. I've also been getting messages these past few days that Shrek has been causing trouble at the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce again. They even want to come in and look for students. They're practically begging to die!"

Bai Mo spoke with a vicious scowl.

Looking at Bai Mo just then, Gu Yuena found him more and more adorable!

"Don't rush, Little Bai. Look over there. Do you see that place? Something there seems to be attracting the little angel inside the Simulated Universe."

Herta's voice rang out at just the right moment. The moment she entered the Simulated Universe, she'd noticed something unusual in the angel's data and suspected it might have been caused by the clash between divine wills.

Bai Mo followed Herta's pointing finger. How was he supposed to know what that place was?

"Send Tingyun a message and ask her. Or maybe ask Aunt Ning?"

"Heh."

Damn it, Bai Mo knew from the sound of it that Ms. Herta was laughing at him again!

"Is there anything strange over there?"

Gu Yuena looked curiously in the direction Bai Mo was facing.

"Ms. Herta says there's something over there that seems to be resonating with my Martial Soul."

"That place?" Gu Yuena focused and thought for a moment.

"I seem to remember that three gods fought a divine battle there ten thousand years ago."

Gu Yuena spoke slowly.

(Don't worry about the location of Jialing Pass. The author went insane trying to find maps of Douluo I and Douluo II! Just pretend geological movements shoved them together!)

Bai Mo's pupils shrank.

So that was it!

No wonder the "Qian Renxue" data inside the Simulated Universe was behaving strangely. Had it encountered the real deal?

"You've been a huge help, Student Gu Yuena!"

"Ms. Herta, if I'm not mistaken, the place you're pointing to should be Jialing Pass. It's where Tang San, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue fought their divine battle. But I'm confused. The 'Qian Renxue' data was just a skin I made up. The only things it shares with the real Qian Renxue are her name and appearance. Its essence is completely different!"

Bai Mo had never even seen an Angel Martial Soul. How could he have created data for the real Qian Renxue?

"Are her name and appearance not enough? I heard that the gods of this world need the power of faith."

Ms. Herta left it at that.

Bai Mo only half understood, but whatever! He was going to claim some treasure!

Gu Yuena watched Bai Mo secretly conversing with Herta and couldn't help pouting. One day, she'd be closer to Xiao Bai than that Herta woman!

"Let's go!" Gu Yuena interrupted their conversation, took Bai Mo by the hand, and rushed into the poisonous miasma.

Bai Mo also copied the data for the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers along the way.

Half a day later, Gu Yuena led Bai Mo to the ruins of Jialing Pass.

"Can your Martial Soul sense anything?"

Gu Yuena asked expectantly. The god behind Bai Mo wasn't from this world. If he could obtain another local godhood here, wouldn't the Soul Beast Clan take off?

Bai Mo said nothing. He simply summoned his "Six-Winged Angel" Martial Soul—though it was only for show.

Gu Yuena stared at the Martial Soul behind Bai Mo in shock. Damn, had Di Tian gotten involved with the Angel God? How had she not known?

But the first to approach wasn't Qian Renxue. It was a wisp of dark-purple energy.

The wisp had long since lost its consciousness. It seemed to have found its way to Bai Mo by instinct.

"Ah..."

Bai Mo sighed and casually tossed the wisp into the Emperor Scepter. Maybe it would get another chance at life.

Right after that, a mighty divine will swept over them. Gu Yuena furrowed her brow but didn't resist, and the two of them were carried into a golden space.

"You're here, Bai~ Un~cle~"

The illusory golden figure before Bai Mo spoke through gritted teeth.

"So polite!"

Bai Mo was stunned!

"Heh. Let me in. Before you ascend to godhood, projecting myself here is already the limit."

"So in the future, I'll travel to the past?"

Bai Mo voiced his guess to the figure who seemed to be Qian Renxue. Gu Yuena, standing nearby, was also shocked by that conclusion.

"Heh. I'm not telling you!"

Qian Renxue smiled playfully, clearly unwilling to say more, then transformed into a golden stream of light and entered the Emperor Scepter.

Bai Mo hurriedly pestered Ms. Herta, hoping she'd explain!

Gu Yuena's brow knitted into a knot. The last time she awoke, she'd been roused by the divine aura of the battle between the three gods. By rights, she shouldn't have been able to move freely until twenty thousand years later.

So someone had changed my past? Gu Yuena's little brain was about to burn out. She still hadn't figured anything out, and now she had to think about the past and the future!

"It shouldn't affect you for now, right?"

Little Herta offered an answer, though even she wasn't entirely sure.

"I think I understand what that little angel meant. Before you ascend to godhood, everything you do merely branches off into another parallel world. Only once you successfully ascend will the timelines converge. So even if you really do travel to the past, as long as you haven't ascended yet, your actions in the past won't affect the present."

"Then why did Qian Renxue change?!"

Bai Mo was baffled.

Ms. Herta didn't answer. She simply stared at Qian Renxue, who had fused with "Qian Renxue," her expression complicated. It seemed she was registering for a local ID card.

Let Bai Mo stay confused!

Didn't the fact that she could change prove his ascension was a sure thing?

Anyway, Ms. Herta wasn't about to let this kid have a chance to show off!

With the Star Rail Pass and the Emperor Scepter, Bai Mo wouldn't care about becoming a local god. According to Qian Renxue, he seemed to be walking the path of Finality?

Little Herta felt a little sad. Her own aptitude wasn't quite enough for her to ascend to godhood. After all, there was a whole city full of puppets like her belonging to Herta.

Even with the computing power of Bai Mo's Emperor Scepter, Little Herta still found it a struggle.

Once Qian Renxue had finished fusing, she read through the memories that came with the body. It was a good thing Qian Renxue's essence was a divine will. Otherwise, she might not have been able to withstand the body's innate red-rank combat instincts.

Qian Renxue's expression shifted as she read the memories. One moment she was flushed, the next bashful, then frowning, then pouting...

"Heh. So this is what you meant when you said you held me when I was little!"

Looking at the memories in her mind, Qian Renxue couldn't help laughing in exasperation at Bai Mo!

"Tai Tan, Niu Tian, go to Shrek City and take care of Minghuo Academy. If the Silver Dragon King tries to stop you, you can reveal your Divine Official cultivation!"

The blue god in the lofty heavens left this command with the Clear Sky Sect.

"Yes!"

After the god left, Tai Tan looked at his elder brother with a troubled expression.

"Big brother, if we go after the Silver Dragon King, we'll die for good, won't we?"

"Alas... Send someone to gather information first. Tang San won't be easy to fool!"

Niu Tian tried to comfort his rattled younger brother. They could drag it out as long as possible. If things really went south, they could always sacrifice themselves to the Silver Dragon King. Maybe Tang San could bring them back to life.