"Do you... still dream?"
That day, Wang Dong was attending class as usual when she suddenly heard a magnetic female voice.
She turned around.
A woman with purple hair, a purple short-sleeved shirt, and black trousers was staring at her. Her bangs fell over her left eye.
"Huh? Are you talking to me?"
Wang Dong scratched her head and asked, confused.
Looking at the woman, whose face held a trace of gentleness, Wang Dong felt a little scared!
When she joined Minghuo Academy, she had heard that its students had to study three disciplines!
They had to learn about Soul Beasts and Martial Souls, and now they even had to learn about Soul Tools!
Wang Dong was worried that her strange illness would affect her grades!
But as she sat in class watching the Soul Tool lesson that Dean Herta had recorded in advance, she found that she didn't feel any resistance to it!
Wang Dong was sensitive, and she felt a vague unease stirring inside her!
"Listen, touch, think. In doing so, you will learn to feel. Treasure that feeling. It is through feeling that we are able to exist."
Huang Quan walked up to Wang Dong in her black high heels, patted her on the shoulder, then left.
In her eyes, this unusual child's soul had been incomplete from the start, and now it had been split in two.
But since Bai Mo had let her enroll, he presumably already had a plan.
"Thank you, teacher! I'll study it carefully!"
Wang Dong bowed deeply. She could sense the teacher's goodwill. Then she hurried toward the cafeteria. If she dawdled any longer, there might not be anything good left to eat!
Besides, she had arranged to fight a pink-haired girl that afternoon. She'd need a good meal if she wanted to win!
Huang Quan smiled without turning around.
It had been so long since she'd felt the bustle of everyday life. Sadly, she was no longer suited to being a student.
Huang Quan thought to herself.
Suddenly, Huang Quan stopped in her tracks and turned her gaze toward the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce in the distance.
Meanwhile, at the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce.
Niu Tian, dressed in a green traditional robe, walked into the Minghuo Chamber of Commerce, his eyes roaming over his surroundings.
But the person there to greet him wasn't a member of the chamber's staff. It was a Fairy Boat General with snow-white hair and a white dress.
"You're... Snow Empress?"
Niu Tian spoke with a frown. Of course, he could recognize her because Snow Empress hadn't concealed her identity.
"Have you come as an unwelcome guest?"
Snow Empress didn't answer. Instead, she demanded, "Does a mere hundred-thousand-year-old beast think it worthy to question me?"
"So you are an unwelcome guest!"
Snow Empress furrowed her brow. It wasn't that she was afraid; fighting on Bai Mo's turf would simply be inconvenient.
Niu Tian laughed without restraint as he threatened Snow Empress.
"And what if I am? Do you dare attack me when you're already nearing the end of your lifespan?"
Snow Empress said nothing. Instead, she sent a voice transmission to usher the nearby staff and customers away.
Her shapely foot, clad in silver-white, stepped forward, and a biting chill spread through the room!
Niu Tian's expression darkened. He hadn't expected her to actually dare attack him!
How dare she! He was a god!
Niu Tian opened his mouth and roared. His blue-green Soul Power met Snow Empress's icy-blue Soul Power.
With a thunderous crash, smoke surged through the lobby.
Snow Empress swept the smoke away with a gust of icy wind, only to discover that she and Niu Tian had appeared in a world of absolute darkness!
Snow Empress looked around in astonishment. The pitch-black world stirred a trace of fear in her heart.
Niu Tian also swept his Soul Power around in terror, trying to prove that this was nothing more than an illusion!
"Damn it! Damn it! Who's playing tricks here?!"
Niu Tian's eyes bulged red as he roared, panting like an ox!
"You... are an enemy of the Fairy Boat?"
A calm voice rang through this world.
Niu Tian and Snow Empress both looked toward where the voice had come from.
A white-haired woman, holding a blade and clad in skimpy black-and-red armor, seemed to appear there out of nowhere!
"Mei?"
Seeing her familiar face, Snow Empress breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's me."
White-haired Huang Quan answered Snow Empress softly. For some reason, Snow Empress thought Mei seemed a little adorable when she spoke like that.
"Damn it! What is this place?"
"Mei!"
Snow Empress hurried behind Huang Quan, as if that would make her feel safer.
"The Horizon of Existence."
Huang Quan rested her left hand on the hilt at her right hip. IX was nowhere to be found in this world, after all.
Even at the Horizon of Existence, she couldn't see any trace of IX.
"Soul Beast, do you still dream? Do you dream of those who died because of you?"
Niu Tian's rage abruptly died away. He could feel an unrivaled killing intent locking onto him!
"Flow~ Past Blade Light!"
As Huang Quan's voice fell, a red blade-mark pierced through Niu Tian's body.
Niu Tian's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the red lightning that lingered before him.
"Don't... don't take revenge..."
Niu Tian murmured as he fell to his knees. The red before his eyes—whether blade light or blood—gradually dimmed.
At last, a green-gold Soul Ring rose from his body.
Snow Empress gulped, then her expression turned somber.
She was already this strong. Did Bai Mo really still need her?
"May death end your long dream and guide you back to the waking world~"
Huang Quan stood before Niu Tian's corpse, watching the specks of starlight fade from his body.
As Snow Empress watched in astonishment, new colors began to appear on Huang Quan.
Sensing the change within herself, Huang Quan thoughtfully looked toward the place where the Sleeper of No Form should have been.
In her eyes, she could faintly make out a golden sun. Its warm light, unlike the sun she had seen before, fell upon her.
Back in the lobby, Snow Empress looked at Mei, who had suddenly appeared again and seemed unchanged from before, feeling puzzled.
For some reason, Mei seemed much more spirited and full of life!
"Mei! Where did that Sky Azure Bull Python go?"
Snow Empress asked curiously.
"It'll slowly fade away at the Horizon of Existence."
"Just leave them here! You two, remember to change your names. I've already overwritten your fate with the information. As long as you don't go looking for trouble, you'll be safe!"
Bai Mo tossed Huo Yuhao and Huo Yun'er onto the ground.
"Thank you, benefactor! I can never repay your great kindness."
Huo Yun'er was more mature than Huo Yuhao at this age, and she could tell Bai Mo was helping them.
"Enough. I wasn't expecting you to repay me. Just remember to change your names, and don't wander around Shrek!"
Bai Mo waved his hand and left with a yawn, wondering what kind of gift his Old Gu would prepare for him!
Seeing her benefactor about to leave, Huo Yun'er hurriedly held Huo Yuhao down, and the two of them kowtowed to Bai Mo several times.
"You really are kind!"
Herta spoke disdainfully in Bai Mo's mind.
"It didn't take much effort. If they don't hide, the Body Sect will probably find them in three or five days anyway."
"What I mean is, that child is sensitive. He probably won't remember your kindness. He'll only think you're looking down on him."
"It doesn't matter. I've already messed with Tang San. Even if he really holds a grudge, what do I have to fear?"
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