"Rumble—"
A bolt of lightning suddenly flashed across the sky above the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where nothing had happened for years. It tore a hole in the sky, and an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes slowly drifted down from it.
"What was that noise?!"
The Immortal Herbs, startled awake by the thunderclap, looked up at the sky in confusion—and happened to witness the bizarre sight.
"Youyou, it looks like something fell from the sky."
"Lulu, I know you have sharp eyes, but that was such a huge commotion that we all saw it. You didn't need to point it out."
Youyou rolled her eyes at Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew. Though they were plants and had no expressions, after spending so much time together, they could still sense one another's feelings.
At that moment, Youyou was staring intently at the thing in the sky. She had a feeling that this visitor from beyond the heavens was probably something good!
As she thought this, the infant soon fell within the range of her Soul Power.
"I'll catch it!"
As soon as she spoke, the leaves along her flower stem grew rapidly, reaching out to catch the falling infant...
Meanwhile, Su Qing, wrapped in swaddling clothes, was utterly baffled. He remembered that when the Asura Judgment had locked onto him and escape was impossible, he'd instinctively tried to use his Godhood to block it. But the moment his Godhood collided with the Asura Judgment, it had shattered. Then the space-time turbulence had swept away both his Godhood and him. After that, his consciousness had become hazy, and he had no idea what happened.
But judging by the situation now, he wasn't going to die after all. Where was he, though? Why was everything so gray, and what was with this feeling of weightlessness?
Wrapped up tight in his swaddling clothes, Su Qing could only see the thing directly in front of him. Unless he was somehow an astronaut, he must be in free fall.
"What the hell? Am I really going to die like this without even knowing why?"
But before the sorrow in his heart could well up, a soft sensation came from his back, and the weightlessness vanished.
"Huh? What caught me? Thank goodness, I'm not going to die!"
But he soon stopped smiling.
After finally coming to a steady stop, he opened his eyes eagerly, wanting to see his savior. Instead, a huge pale-pink flower loomed right in front of him...
"What is all this?"
Seeing Youyou catch him safely, the other Immortal Herbs stretched their stems and crowded around one after another. Faced with a ring of flowers and plants, Su Qing felt like dying. Wasn't this the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well? Had the space-time turbulence brought him here?
"Is this a human? Why is it so ugly and tiny?"
Aromatic Silk Beauty recalled that the last time she'd seen humans had been ten thousand years ago, when they were all handsome men and beautiful women. She'd never seen a baby this small.
"Since it's human, why don't we kill it? If this treasure land is discovered, will any of us survive?"
"Chrysanthemum has a point. We can't let him live. But we've been here for over ten thousand years, and it's getting boring. Why don't we raise him for now and kill him once we've had our fun?"
When none of the Immortal Herbs objected, Youyou was delighted. She pulled Su Qing closer and curiously examined the little fellow.
"Qiluo, he's not as ugly as you say. Human babies are just this small. I saw one before, at the home of that old man Yang who makes medicine. This little fellow is actually pretty cute. Come on, little fellow, let me hear you call me Big Sis Youyou."
"Youyou, human babies probably can't talk yet, can they?"
The Earth Dragon Golden Melon spoke up quietly from nearby.
"Of course I know that. But humans all tease children like this. It's supposed to help them start talking sooner. Oh, right, you'll be in charge of feeding this little fellow from now on. You grow the most melons, so you can spare a few, right?"
As the big sister of this place, Youyou rarely faced any objections from the Immortal Herbs. After all, she was the one protecting the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. Since they depended on her for food and shelter, the Earth Dragon Golden Melon could only agree again and again.
Listening to the Immortal Herbs' conversation, Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief. At least he'd survived. He didn't know how long he'd live, but this was far better than facing God King Tang.
"Although I've got a second chance to overturn the Divine Realm, Gu Yuena..."
Remembering how Gu Yuena had blown herself up to slow the God Kings pursuing them, sorrow welled up inside him like mist, clouding his vision.
"If only I'd refined that Godhood a little faster, I might have been able to avenge her right then. But I still couldn't control my Second Martial Soul. That Ring Jade hadn't reacted at all before I ascended to godhood—no, it must have been before I touched Gu Yuena's Godhood."
"But its power really is terrifying. It can refine anything, and, more importantly, it can return every last bit of it to me."
Thinking of the mysterious Ring Jade, he recalled the wisp of God of Destruction Power he'd secretly refined while ambushing the God of Destruction. What a pity that Tang San had activated his domain right away. Otherwise, he could have launched a sneak attack and secretly refined a little Asura Divine Power too. He wouldn't have been able to use it at the time, but at least he could have learned more about that power.
"What's this little fellow doing? Why hasn't he moved at all? Could Youyou have played with him too roughly?"
One of the Immortal Herbs had come over and noticed that he'd been sitting there in a daze, neither crying nor fussing. They were all puzzled. They'd never raised a child, but surely human babies weren't supposed to be this quiet.
"Don't be silly. He must be hungry. Let's give him something to eat."
To prove she really hadn't played him to death, Youyou stuffed a handful of herbs into his mouth. She'd mixed them together to neutralize their medicinal properties.
"What is this? It's so bitter!"
Su Qing's mind, lost in memories, was abruptly dragged back to the present. He instinctively tried to spit out the stuff in his mouth, which could hardly be called food.
"See? I told you he wasn't broken. But this kid is picky—he's not well-behaved at all."
As she spoke, she wrapped Su Qing's mouth shut with her leaves and forced him to swallow the food she'd carefully prepared.
"Ugh!"
"Damn you, Tang San! I'll kill you one day"!!!
Forced to swallow that utterly awful food, Su Qing felt like dying. A hundred thousand words of resentment boiled down to one vow, seething with hatred.
"That's more like it. Eat well, and you'll grow up faster. Then I'll get to hear you call me Big Sis Youyou sooner. Hehe!"
Watching Su Qing swallow the food with no choice in the matter, Youyou swayed with satisfaction.
"Let me hold him too, Youyou. You've been holding him for ages..."