"Gulp~"
As Dugu Xue told his story, Dugu Bo nervously swallowed, his heart filled with shock!
What kind of world was theirs?
Emperor Qingtian had reached Innate Soul Power rank thirty... broken through to become a Titled Douluo at twenty-two... and become a god at fifty-two!
Dugu Bo still couldn't even be sure whether gods existed, yet in another world, Emperor Qingtian was actually a god!
Although Dugu Bo didn't know whether his twin brother was telling the truth, one thing was certain: Dugu Xue had no reason to deceive him!
Someone who could make him afraid with nothing more than the pressure of his Soul Power—did he really need to make up one lie after another?
Looking at Dugu Bo, whose breathing had grown heavy, Dugu Xue asked, "Dugu Bo, are you willing to submit to Emperor Qingtian and regard him as your one and only faith?"
"Gulp~ I... I..."
Dugu Bo opened his mouth, then asked, "If I'm willing... what do I need to do?"
"You only need to help me gather materials and build a World-Crossing Gate! Then the Immortal Court's vanguard can descend upon this world!"
"Gulp~"
Dugu Bo hesitated. "Are you really here to bring peace to our world? Our world... is already quite peaceful..."
At that, Dugu Xue shook his head and corrected him. "It's liberation!"
"Liberation?"
"That's right! In your world, the nobility stands high above everyone else, enjoying wealth that commoners can't even imagine! They treat human lives like weeds, slaughtering commoners at will and even capturing them to serve as slaves! According to the historical records from our world, before Emperor Qingtian unified the continent, at least thirty Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent fell and became Evil Soul Masters every day! (PS: This is roughly calculated from the number of Evil Soul Masters needed to keep the City of Slaughter running normally. I didn't just make it up.) They were all driven to extremes by the oppression of the nobility, until they fell and became Evil Soul Masters! Your world has at least as many Evil Soul Masters as ours—probably more!"
"There are that many?" Dugu Bo was surprised.
Although Dugu Bo knew there were plenty of Evil Soul Masters, he had never actually tried to count them.
Dugu Xue continued, "According to incomplete records, more than a thousand commoners die every day because of the nobility! That's as many as three hundred and sixty thousand a year! And if you add the people who die indirectly because the nobility exploits them, the number is no less than a million!"
"One million!"
Dugu Bo was shocked by the number once again. He was Poison Douluo, a man who killed without batting an eye, but even he had only killed a hundred or so people in his entire life.
A million... that was enough for him to be reborn ten thousand times and kill them all one by one!
"After Emperor Qingtian unified the continent, he abolished the system of nobility and established a complete system of laws. Everything is governed by law! A life for a life!"
"Governed by law... a life for a life..."
Dugu Bo couldn't help asking, "What if you're the one who kills someone? Do you have to pay with your life too?"
Dugu Xue's expression stiffened. "Why would I kill anyone for no reason?"
"Suppose someone offends you... and curses you, insults you..."
"The strong must not be insulted! No matter who they are, if they're harmed by someone else, they can fight back without limit. That's a right granted to every person by the laws of the Immortal Court! Of course, you have to leave behind evidence that you were entitled to fight back without limit!"
"Is that so?"
Dugu Bo sank into thought.
Dugu Xue asked, "I've told you so much. Are you willing to join the Immortal Court and take Emperor Qingtian as your one and only faith?"
"As long as you help me and my granddaughter resolve the flaws in our Martial Souls, I'm willing to do anything!"
Whether Emperor Qingtian and the Immortal Court would bring disaster upon their world didn't really matter to Dugu Bo! All he cared about was Dugu Yan. Even his own life came second.
"Excellent!"
Dugu Xue smiled. "Now, come help me set up a Spirit Gathering Array. Then I'll use it to gather enough energy to open the World-Crossing Gate and briefly get in touch with the Immortal Court!"
"Okay... what should I do?"
"Just do as I say."
Half an hour later, the Spirit Gathering Array was complete. Dugu Xue stood in the center and activated it.
In an instant, the Soul Power throughout the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was drawn in and gathered together!
Beside him, Dugu Bo stared, wide-eyed!
What exactly was this so-called Spirit Gathering Array? It could gather all the energy in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well! The energy was even visible to the naked eye!
"Phew~"
A relieved smile appeared at the corner of Dugu Xue's eye as he murmured, "Good thing the spring water from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well can provide energy. Otherwise, who knows how long I'd have to wait before I could contact the Immortal Court!"
"Um... Dugu Xue, is that all?"
"We have to wait a little longer!"
Half an hour later, the Spirit Gathering Array had finally drawn enough energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Only then did Dugu Xue take the World-Crossing Crystal from his Storage Soul Tool and pour all the energy into it!
In an instant, the World-Crossing Crystal began to hum and tremble, radiating waves of dazzling light.
Soon, a light gate appeared before them, two meters tall and around seventy or eighty centimeters wide! The World-Crossing Crystal merged into the gate.
The spatial barrier had been breached, and signals could now pass through. Dugu Xue immediately activated the Wristwatch on his hand.
The next moment, to Dugu Bo's astonishment, a beam of light shot out of Dugu Xue's Wristwatch, forming a translucent projection of a young man, visible only from the waist up!
Dugu Xue immediately bowed. "Greetings, my lord!"
"Call me big brother!"
"Big brother."
Qian Heqing glanced around, ignored Dugu Bo's astonished expression, and asked, "Is this the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"
"That's right! And the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well haven't been damaged. I've gathered them all up. I'll send the Storage Soul Tool back shortly!"
"Very good!"
Qian Heqing nodded. "Of the three teams we sent out, yours is the second to report in."
Dugu Xue was surprised. "Someone was even faster than me?"
"More or less." Qian Heqing sighed and explained, "It was Tang Ming, the Clear Sky Sect's Great Elder. They encountered a divine battle as soon as they entered the other world! He exhausted all his Soul Power to send the others back. In the end, he died in battle."
"Elder Tang Ming! He actually died in battle? In another world!" Dugu Xue felt a pang of sorrow.
"Let's not talk about that. Tell me the details of your situation. As long as you don't send objects or Soul Masters through it and use the World-Crossing Gate only to transmit communications, it can stay open for a long time."
"Yes! The concentration of Soul Power in the world I ended up in is far greater than..."
Over the next while, Dugu Xue slowly explained everything he'd learned, including the information about Qian Heqing himself.
As the information gradually piled up,
Qian Heqing had by then gotten a general understanding of the situation. Looks like this Douluo World is probably the original Douluo world! Useless Yu Xiaogang, Tang the God King and his path to certain death, Secret Chamber Douluo Qian Xunji, crazy woman Bibi Dong, and that "Rise, my beloved"... unbearably awkward...
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