A Vow

Watching Huang Tian forced to submit to her overbearing power, his face full of fury he dared not voice, Gu Yue'er couldn't help secretly laughing with delight.

Her eyes shone three shades brighter than before, and a smile tugged at her lips. She was bursting with joy.

"I'm not some delicate little Na'er. I'm the mighty Silver Dragon King, the supreme being of the Divine Realm. I've got strength and means to spare."

Everything else in her memories from before had been just fine. There was only one thing: this little brat had actually made her call him some kind of Master Daddy. The first time she'd heard it, her toes had nearly curled hard enough to build a three-bedroom apartment.

It seemed she hadn't just called him that once or twice. From Na'er's sacrifice to the final War Against Heaven, nearly thirty thousand years had passed.

Thirty whole thousand years! If she'd cultivated that technique once a day, calling out ten times each session, that would add up to over a hundred million times. Heaven knew how her previous self had managed to stick it out.

In her previous life, Na'er had sacrificed herself, and Gu Yue'er had been influenced by her far too much. With Na'er's soft, pliant nature, she would do whatever Huang Tian told her to do. She didn't understand how to resist at all.

This time, from beginning to end, she would be Gu Yue'er: the Silver Dragon King in her true form, standing tall with an iron will. She absolutely wouldn't accept that kind of humiliation.

Not even once.

Even if they did that sort of thing, she had to be on top, with the upper hand.

Wasn't that the whole point of living another life?

To make up for regrets and change fate.

Who said regret only meant an enemy's scheme succeeding, one's clan perishing, one's career taking a hit, the world sinking into darkness, and finally dying without a trace? This counted too.

Hmph!

After savoring her triumph for two seconds, Gu Yue'er flicked a finger. Six black stones fell to the ground with a series of thuds, forming a simple hexagonal formation.

"All right, I won't let you call me teacher for nothing. Step inside quickly. I'll awaken your Martial Soul myself."

In truth, all it would take was a wisp of divine power for her to awaken the Martial Soul inside Huang Tian directly.

But in her previous life, she'd been beaten until she was forced to hide in an isolated space for thirty thousand years. She'd finally recovered to her peak, only to be wiped out the moment she emerged.

In this life, the Divine Realm had no reason to keep a close watch on the Douluo Plane. Still, to be safe, she should avoid displaying power beyond that of a Titled Douluo unless necessary, lest she invite trouble.

Before her little husband had fully grown, she absolutely couldn't reveal anything that might draw the Divine Realm's attention unless she had to.

The future of humanity and the Soul Beasts rested on this little figure's shoulders. There was no such thing as being too cautious.

Once Huang Tian did as she said, Gu Yue'er closed her eyes, then opened them. Brilliant nine-colored light blazed across her entire body.

This was the Martial Soul she'd chosen for herself: her true form.

She knew Huang Tian's Martial Soul was his true form, so teaching him would be all the more legitimate.

Next, two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red Soul Rings—the standard configuration—appeared one by one at knee height, slowly turning and pulsing.

In an instant, Huang Tian's face filled with shock. His eyes went wide.

"One, two, three, four, five... nine! Nine Soul Rings!

"Wow, a Titled Douluo! Teacher, you're actually the legendary Titled Douluo?"

"You even know about Titled Douluos?"

"Uncle Wang Defa, the village chief's neighbor, is a Soul Master. He works at the Spirit Hall in Notting City. I heard it from him."

Huang Tian wasn't lying.

Wang Defa loved to brag. He probably couldn't find an audience for it in the city, so whenever he came back to the village, he liked telling stories about the outside world to a group of children.

All you had to do was stare up at him with innocent eyes and gasp, "Uncle, you're amazing!" Ask him anything, and he'd tell you.

Just make sure not to ask about anything he didn't know or hadn't encountered. Otherwise, his answers would be full of fabrications and wild flights of fancy.

Last time, he'd claimed that two Titled Douluos had fought for three days and three nights, destroying five cities, and leaving a battlefield over a million li in diameter. Huang Tian had been speechless for ages.

"Teacher, what's your title?"

Gu Yue'er froze for a moment.

"Uh...

"Let's call it Protect Heaven Douluo. My aim is to protect all under heaven."

After saying that, she secretly thought to herself:

Protect Heaven, Protect Heaven. It means protecting, caring for, and loving Huang Tian.

Little one, you'd better grow up quickly. Then I'll change my title to Heaven's Beloved Douluo, meaning that Huang Tian cherishes me.

Huang Tian immediately understood the meaning behind Gu Yue'er's title.

For some reason, he suddenly felt ashamed, yet also moved.

He'd approached her with calculations and self-interest, but she was completely sincere, holding nothing back.

But soon, he quietly reminded himself:

Memories of a previous life might be fabricated, but the feelings in this life can be real.

I won't betray anyone who has never betrayed me.

I'll do everything in my power to make all that was revealed in the dream come true: love every one of my wives and, what's more, forge a new path for all living beings.

I'll turn every falsehood into truth. With the system on my side, nothing is impossible.

I am the one and only chosen of fate in this world. From now on, I must hold fast to that belief.

Gu Yue'er's Soul Power flowed into the six black stones, forming a semicircular barrier of golden light.

Huang Tian felt a warm, gentle energy enter his body and spread through his limbs. In the next instant, two forces—one inside him, one beyond him—broke through some kind of restriction, becoming things he could sense and control.

It was as if a protective film had been torn away.

First, he instinctively held out his right hand. A gorgeous little plant emerged, its base a deep blue, its surface traced with gold and silver patterns.

A life force that was neither surging nor weak flowed endlessly from it.

Then his entire body, including his skin, hair, and eyebrows, turned completely gold, radiating a brilliant golden glow.

Only his eyes remained pure silver, utterly undiminished by the golden light. Instead, they seemed even more imposing, carrying an air of authority.

So this is what having a Martial Soul feels like?

So powerful.

So wondrous.

The bottom rung of the fantasy world isn't so bad after all.

As Huang Tian marveled, Gu Yue'er was just as thrilled.

There they are: the Blue Silver Saint Emperor and the Huang Tian Sacred Body.

Such pure energy of destruction. It even has the power to destroy? Then doesn't that mean...

The Divine Realm is suppressing us and plotting against us? I'll show you what happens when you try to scheme against me.

If a Primary God isn't enough, then a God King. If a God King isn't enough, there's still the Supreme. With potential like this, you're born to stand above all the gods.

In this life, no matter the cost, I'll make sure you ascend to the very peak—to supremacy.

Gu Yue'er's gaze was gentle as she said:

"Xiao Tian, remember: your Martial Soul is called the Blue Silver Saint Emperor, but if anyone asks, tell them it's Blue Silver Grass.

"As for the other one, you can give it a flashy name yourself someday. Under no circumstances can anyone else learn of its existence.

"You're a clever child. You should understand why your teacher is doing this."

"I'll remember. Thank you, big-sister teacher."

"Big-sister teacher?"

Huang Tian withdrew his Martial Soul, staring up at her with a pair of bright, twinkling, innocent black eyes.

"I heard people say you should call girls younger than they are. That way, they'll think they look young, and it makes them happy."

What a kid.

He's only six, and he's already learned how to flatter girls? And he says it so sincerely and naturally?

Unbelievable.

Gu Yue'er was completely stunned.