Little Rabbit, I've Been Watching You for a Long Time.

Clearly, no matter how cautious Xiao Rou was, she had failed to notice Qian Xunji watching her from the shadows.

A little farther ahead lay the core area. Xiao Rou stopped. With her current strength as a Quasi-Soul Emperor, she couldn't go any farther.

I'll call Daming and Erming over here. With the two of them guarding me, I won't have to worry about other Soul Beasts discovering me while I break through.

Xiao Rou was only at level 60, still a Quasi-Soul Emperor. To become a Soul Emperor, she still needed to condense a Soul Ring herself.

This was an extremely dangerous process. When she condensed a Soul Ring herself, the aura of a Soul Beast would spread from her.

But once she reached level 70, things would be fine.

At level 70, although she would lose the advantage of condensing her own Soul Ring, she would be no different from a human and wouldn't have to fear exposure.

"Is she going to call Daming and Erming over?"

"I can't let her call those two over and make things more troublesome." Qian Xunji muttered to himself. He stopped hiding and stepped out. He had originally wanted to see how a rabbit condensed her own Soul Ring.

But clearly, that wouldn't do now.

Qian Xunji's sudden appearance startled Xiao Rou.

I didn't notice this human at all!

He's been following me!

This is bad. He's discovered that I'm a Soul Beast!

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Rou ran straight toward the core area.

Once she entered the core area, she would still have a sliver of hope. If she fell into human hands, she would surely be doomed.

"Little rabbit, I've been watching you for a long time. Today, even if you grow wings, you won't escape my grasp!" Qian Xunji laughed loudly and revealed his Martial Soul—the Six-Winged Angel.

A Titled Douluo!

How could he possibly be a Titled Douluo?!

It's over. It's completely over!

This time, I'm doomed!

Despair filled Xiao Rou's heart.

No matter how fast she was, how could she possibly outrun a Titled Douluo?

Xiao Rou was captured by Qian Xunji.

Without hesitation, Qian Xunji took Xiao Rou and left the Star Dou Forest.

Nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!

The dazzling red only deepened Xiao Rou's despair.

Of course, her despair was mixed with shock.

She had lived in the human world for nineteen years. She had never seen anyone with nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings—or even heard of one.

The forces behind this man were immense. She had no chance of surviving.

By the time Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python reached the mixed zone where Qian Xunji had abducted Xiao Rou, he had already left the Star Dou Forest.

Xiao Wu couldn't find her mother, Xiao Rou, and completely lost her composure.

"Mom, Mom, where are you?"

"Mom, Mom?"

"Daming, Erming, something terrible must have happened to Mom!"

"I can still sense Mom's aura here. Something terrible must have happened to her!"

"Daming, Erming, can we go rescue Mom?"

The Sky Azure Bull Python felt bitter. They didn't have the slightest clue—not even who had abducted Aunt Rou. How could they talk about rescuing her?

The human world wasn't a place they could enter and leave as they pleased.

They couldn't even get past Spirit City.

And what would they do if they went to the human world?

Aunt Rou might have been dead for a long time, and they still might not find her enemy.

If they failed to find Aunt Rou's enemy, they might even get themselves killed in the process.

It wasn't that they didn't want to save Aunt Rou. They simply couldn't do anything!

The only way they could avenge Aunt Rou now was to kill every human who entered the Star Dou Forest to obtain a Soul Ring.

Qian Xunji didn't take Xiao Rou straight back to Spirit City. Instead, he brought her to a mountain forest not far from the city.

He planned to let Xiao Rou break through to Soul Emperor first. That way, he could see how a humanoid Soul Beast condensed its own Soul Ring.

"Little rabbit, I know you've reached the bottleneck of Soul King and are about to break through to Soul Emperor."

"Break through here and now. Don't say I didn't give you the chance."

Xiao Rou was slightly surprised. She sensed that the man before her didn't seem to be too eager to kill her.

Although she didn't know what his motives were, growing stronger would undoubtedly increase her chances of escaping.

Besides, when she broke through to Soul Emperor, she would give off the aura of a Soul Beast. They weren't far away, and as long as Daming and Erming came after her, they would surely find her.

Although the man before her was a Titled Douluo with nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, Daming and Erming were also Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts. They should be able to retreat with her, fighting as they went, all the way back to the Star Dou Forest.

As these thoughts flashed through her mind, Xiao Rou immediately decided to break through.

She sat cross-legged and began to condense her own Soul Ring.

A long time passed. Xiao Rou became a Soul Emperor, and her Soul Power reached level 61.

But clearly, she was disappointed. Daming and Erming hadn't come.

Xiao Rou looked at Qian Xunji warily and asked, "W-what exactly do you want?"

Qian Xunji asked in return, "I've heard that when a human and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast have a child together, the child is guaranteed to have Innate Soul Power of level ten?"

"It doesn't matter whether the Soul Beast has taken human form to cultivate again or simply transformed into a human."

"I'm very curious about this, so I'd like to verify whether the rumor is true with a beauty like you."

"Would you be willing to verify the rumor with me?"

"By the way, I still don't know what to call you."

After hearing Qian Xunji's words, Xiao Rou breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he wasn't going to kill her, it was only a matter of having a child.

After cultivating for a hundred thousand years and restarting her cultivation as a human, she had already planned to find someone to rely on.

She wanted revenge for her dead husband, but she understood that with her talent, a hundred thousand years was her limit. There was no chance of advancing any further.

Only by restarting her cultivation as a human and reaching the rank of Titled Douluo would she have a glimmer of hope for revenge.

Naturally, relying on a powerful faction would be the best way.

With his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, Qian Xunji was exactly the kind of person she had in mind.

"My name is Xiao Rou."

"I can have a child with you, even serve you for the rest of my life and take you as my master, but I have one condition." Xiao Rou watched Qian Xunji nervously, afraid that he would reject her.

This time, Qian Xunji was the one who felt surprised. Were Soul Beasts all this sensible?

He had thought that if the little rabbit refused, he could threaten her until she feared death and had no choice but to agree.

"Tell me. What's the condition?"

"I want you to help me avenge my husband."

Xiao Rou looked at Qian Xunji anxiously, then added, "As long as you agree to avenge my husband, I can fulfill my promise to you first."

"But you can't make me wait too long, until I can no longer see even the slightest hope."

"Also, I can't guarantee that the child I bear you will definitely have level ten Innate Soul Power."

"But you can use my daughter as a reference. My husband and I were both Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. When I gave birth to my daughter, she was born with a cultivation of ten thousand years and a keen intellect."

"You're a Titled Douluo. Even if our child doesn't have level ten Innate Soul Power, it won't be too far off."

Qian Xunji nodded silently and asked, "Xiao Rou, tell me first—how did your husband die? Then I'll consider whether to agree to your request."