Parallel World. Xiao Wu: You can't kill me, it's against the law!

"Sigh~ That Yu Xiaotie really is a menace to everyone."

Qian Pingchuan let out a sigh, swept a glance at Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu, and spoke, "Alright, let's leave the matter of Yu Tianshu and Liu Erlong at that for now."

As his voice fell, the group followed Qian Pingchuan's gaze and turned their attention to the two women.

At this very moment.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu looked as if they were listening to a fairy tale.

Zhu Zhuqing, in particular, felt a constant buzzing in her mind! What had she just heard?

The Star Luo Empire had been destroyed? When did that happen? Why did she know nothing about it?

And what was this "Douluo World No. 1," "Main World," and what on earth was a "Yu Xiaotie"? Why was the Qian Pingchuan before them addressed as "Your Highness"? Was he a prince of some kingdom? And what did the term "counterpart" even mean?

And one more thing!

The most important thing of all: why was there another Oscar standing right in front of them?

The two women's minds were filled with questions.

Whoosh~

Just then, Yu Tianshu appeared before the group, his emotions seeming quite calm. After sweeping a glance at everyone, he dropped a "I'm tired," and followed the observant Uncle Fu toward the guest rooms.

Uncle Fu was an NPC who frequently appeared in countless worlds; he was highly experienced and took care of people with great attentiveness.

Qian Pingchuan nodded and said, "Then go and get some good rest."

No one asked what had happened; even Qian Pingchuan and Dugu Xue did not inquire. To ask now would be no different than rubbing salt into a wound.

Soon, after Yu Tianshu had left, Zhu Zhuqing finally couldn't hold back and asked cautiously, "That... that person just now, his name is Yu Tianshu? Isn't he Yu Tianheng?"

When Yu Tianshu had returned earlier, his face had been visible. Both Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu had recognized at a glance that this person looked almost exactly like Yu Tianheng! The only major difference was in their temperament.

Qian Pingchuan smiled and explained, "Let me explain it to you."

Hearing this, both women looked at Qian Pingchuan simultaneously.

"To explain this matter, I have to talk about parallel worlds! A parallel world means that beyond this Douluo Continent beneath our feet, there is another world! It is also called Douluo Continent! The two Douluo Continents are very similar, and at the same time, they both contain similar people and events."

"In your world, both of you exist, and on the other Douluo Continent, there exist two people similar to you! For example, as you have seen with your own eyes: Oscar from Shrek Academy and this person before you, whose name is Ozka! Oscar and Ozka possess the same appearance and the same martial soul! But they are not the same person."

Ozka cooperated with Qian Pingchuan's introduction, summoned his own martial soul, and asked with a smile, "Would you like a sausage? I have six types of sausages! They are: Muscle Sausage, Divine Strength Sausage, Super Strength Sausage, Double Power Sausage, Golden Sausage, and Projection Sausage!"

With that, six soul rings appeared at Ozka's feet. He activated the first five, and several sausages popped out with a pop-pop-pop sound. Ozka handed the sausages to the two women and said, "Give them a try. My sausages are definitely tastier than Oscar's! And the amplification effects are much better!"

Gulp~

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu had not yet recovered from the concept of parallel worlds, but they were certain of one thing: the Ozka before them was definitely not Oscar!

Oscar was only a three-ringed Soul Elder, yet the Ozka before them had six soul rings, and the configuration was the exaggerated one they had seen before: purple, purple, black, black, black, black!

Taking the sausage, under the gaze of the group, Zhu Zhuqing ate one.

The next moment, Zhu Zhuqing felt a powerful surge of soul power erupt within her body. In just an instant, she discovered that her body had undergone a massive change!

Not only had her skin turned a golden hue, but Zhu Zhuqing could clearly feel that her defensive power had increased by more than tenfold! At the same time, her soul power and strength had also increased by nearly three times!

Ozka introduced, "This is my fifth soul skill, with an age of 35,000 years. Its effect is to grant an Indestructible Diamond Body for ten minutes! It boosts soul power by 350%, strength by 350%, and defense by 1,000%! It can also purge negative status effects from the body, such as injuries, slowing, or poisoning. However, if it's a highly potent poison, the purging effect isn't very useful."

"So... so strong!"

Zhu Zhuqing praised him subconsciously.

Ozka smiled smugly and continued his introduction, "And these other sausages: this one is my first soul skill with an age of 2,200 years—the Muscle Sausage. The Muscle Sausage can increase stamina by 200% and strength by 50%! Then there is the 7,600-year-old Divine Strength Sausage, which boosts strength, speed, and defense by 100%, and allows me to perfectly control my own strength, speed, and reaction time. The third one is the 15,000-year-old Super Strength Sausage; its effect is to boost strength by 500%! And there is the 25,000-year-old fifth soul skill: the Double Power Sausage! The Double Power Sausage doubles all contact attributes while also doubling the amplification effects of other sausages!"

"Double? Soul skill amplification effects can be doubled too?" Both Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu revealed expressions of shock.

The corners of Ozka's mouth curled up high involuntarily: "Hehe~ impressive, right? Much stronger than that useless flight soul skill of your classmate Oscar, isn't it? And what was his first soul skill again? Recovery Big Sausage? Heh~ trash soul skill!"

Gulp~

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu swallowed their saliva again, feeling their throats go dry.

This wasn't just a matter of being "impressive"! These five soul skills combined were absolutely god-tier!

The Muscle Sausage, Divine Strength Sausage, Super Strength Sausage, and Golden Sausage provided a total cumulative boost of: 1,100% defense, 1,000% strength, 350% soul power, 200% stamina, and 100% speed!

"And with the Double Power Sausage, after all attributes are doubled, there's an additional 22 times defense, 20 times strength! 7 times soul power! 4 times stamina, and two times speed!" Xiao Wu muttered to herself, her face full of shock.

"I have one last sixth soul skill: the Projection Sausage, with an age of over 50,000 years! Its effect is to use a drop of someone else's blood to replicate 90% of their martial soul and soul skill power! It lasts for half an hour! And the storage time for a Projection Sausage is 180 days! Impressive, right?"

Ozka was full of himself, while Feng Xiaodi to the side gave a speechless, bitter smile.

This was the terrifying talent of the food-type soul master Ozka! By replicating an extremely powerful martial soul and combining it with his own attribute-boosting sausages, he was able to challenge those heaven-gifted prodigies across a major realm even within the Immortal Court, where geniuses were everywhere!

And those who could challenge heaven-gifted prodigies across a major realm were nothing less than true monsters! Even if one gathered all the students from all the universities within the Immortal Court, one wouldn't be able to find five such monsters!

Even he, Feng Xiaodi, could only sigh in admiration: he felt inferior. He could only challenge opponents a few soul power levels above him within the same realm.

"Alright."

Qian Pingchuan, one of the five monsters of the Immortal Court, spoke to interrupt Ozka, and continued to speak to Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu: "In that other parallel Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou and Star Luo have long since ceased to exist. My Imperial Father swept across the world and established a unified empire: the Immortal Court!"

Zhu Zhuqing's heart skipped a beat, her pulse quickening.

Following that, Qian Pingchuan looked at Zhu Zhuqing and continued, "The relationship I mentioned earlier, that you are my aunt, isn't actually that complicated. Your counterpart in our Immortal Court is named Zhu Zhuqin, and her sister, Zhu Zhuyin, is one of my Imperial Father's wives. According to the hierarchy, I should indeed address Zhu Zhuqin as Aunt. Do you understand?"

Understand? Zhu Zhuqing did not understand at all! She still hadn't grasped the concept of what a parallel world actually was!

Zhu Zhuqing asked cautiously, "Could... could you explain in more detail what a parallel world is? I still... don't quite understand."

"Fine, I will explain it slowly. A parallel world refers to the fact that within the universe we live in, there actually exist multiple independent space-time structures..."

As the detailed explanation continued, time ticked away second by second. The horizon had already begun to darken, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu finally accepted the reality of another world.

After accepting the information regarding the Immortal Court of the other world and its various details, Xiao Wu asked tentatively, "So, in your Immortal Court... is killing Soul Beasts really against the law?"

This was the question she cared about; after all, it concerned her own safety.

"Yes." Hu Lieni gave a wicked smile, looked at Xiao Wu, and said, "However, for those Soul Beasts that are unwilling to join the Immortal Court, we will not show mercy! Killing them is not against the law! And as a bonus, one can obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone! So, would you like to join the Immortal Court? Little rabbit?"

"Ah? I, I, I... I'll join! You can't kill me! It's against the law!" Xiao Wu hurriedly agreed in a panic.

To the side, Zhu Zhuqing had just recovered from the shock of the parallel world concept and looked at Xiao Wu in confusion, asking, "Xiao Wu, what's wrong with you?"

"No... nothing."

Xiao Wu didn't want to say, but Hu Lieni spoke up for her, saying, "Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, the Soft-Bone Charm Rabbit, in human form. You have quite the nerve! Daring to run into the human world, aren't you afraid that others will skin you, pull your tendons, and take your soul ring and soul bone?"

"What? A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast? Xiao Wu?" Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed once again.

Xiao Wu sheepishly pulled on Zhu Zhuqing and whispered, "I'll explain this to you slowly tonight, okay?"

"This... mm."

At this moment, Dugu Xue, who had been watching the show for a long time, spoke up: "Zhu Zhuqing, I see that your soul power has just broken through to level thirty, right?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhuqing nodded, still unsure of the identity of the person who had been sitting there the whole time. However, she assumed his status could not be low.

Dugu Xue took several bottles of pills from his Soul Tool and introduced them: "Here are three bottles of high-grade Body Refining Pills and one Creation Pill. Refining these pills can help you break through your physical limits, allowing you to easily absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring as your third ring."

"Pills?"

In the first Douluo Continent, the concept of pills did not exist. Zhu Zhuqing did not understand what Body Refining Pills or Creation Pills were, but she understood the part about a ten-thousand-year third ring! Her heart began to pound, and she felt nervous, not daring to easily accept the pills.

"Take them. These are the cultivation resources you are entitled to."

"Th-thank you!" Zhu Zhuqing could not ignore these cultivation resources; she was incredibly tempted.

Body Refining Pills could save a great deal of time spent tempering one's bones and muscles, and they were also very precious.

However, taking too many Body Refining Pills could damage one's foundation. Not only would the body develop a strong tolerance to the pills, but in the subsequent cultivation process, the improvement of physical strength would become very slow. In the Immortal Court, Body Refining Pills could not be consumed in unlimited quantities.

Compared to the three bottles of Body Refining Pills, the Creation Pill was even more precious! It made Ozka, who came from a commoner background, drool.

Capable of allowing Zhu Zhuqing to surpass her physical limits and directly absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, the Creation Pill was the key medicine that played a decisive role.

Every Creation Pill required different immortal herbs to refine, and naturally, the effects of Creation Pills refined from different immortal herbs would not be the same.

However, just like immortal herbs, one could only take one Creation Pill! Otherwise, if the medicinal properties of two Creation Pills clashed, the loss would outweigh the gain.

"As for you..." Dugu Xue looked at Xiao Wu and said, "You wait for now. First, cultivate the techniques of the Immortal Court. When your soul power reaches a bottleneck, your cultivation resources will naturally come."

"Oh~" Xiao Wu nodded obediently; as long as they didn't take her soul ring or soul bone, she was satisfied.