Your Will, My Sword's Edge

Rumble—!

The moment that seven-colored beam of light piercing through heaven and earth appeared, it became the sole master of the entire Star Dou Forest.

A terrifying energy storm, centered on the beam, swept madly in all directions.

The sky was dyed in magnificent seven-colored hues.

Clouds churned and gathered, eventually forming a massive vortex that covered the entire core area of the forest.

Within the forest, all was silent.

Whether they were century-old spirit beasts, thousand-year overlords, or even those unknown ten-thousand-year existences hidden deep within the core area, all were now prostrate on the ground, their massive bodies trembling.

A pressure originating from the very essence of life robbed them of even the courage to lift their heads.

It was the birth of a king, the descent of a deity.

Li Hao stood at the very center of the storm, his clothes snapping loudly in the gale.

He felt no oppression; instead, a warm sensation enveloped his entire body.

He stared blankly at the scene before him.

Amidst the blinding seven-colored radiance, that immense seven-colored serpent body was dissolving inch by inch at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was not burning, nor was it decomposing.

Rather, it was transforming into the purest seven-colored light particles, merging into that heaven-reaching beam.

Old scars, shattered scales, poison seeped into the marrow...

Even that dying resentment and unwillingness were thoroughly washed away and purified in this sacred light.

Replacing them was a newfound power.

A brand-new bond that transcended the world.

The light particles reorganized at high speed.

First, slender, fair ankles.

Then, straight, long calves.

A waist that could be spanned by a single hand.

And those proud curves that would drive any man to madness...

A female body, perfect to the point of being unearthly, slowly coalesced within the light.

I do not know how much time passed before the heaven-piercing beam began to recede, and the violent energy storm gradually subsided.

When the final wisp of seven-colored light dissipated.

The deep crater had long since vanished, replaced by a ground as flat as a mirror.

A woman hovered in mid-air, suspended from nothing.

She wore a tight-fitting purple robe that outlined her incredibly hot figure to the fullest.

A head of jet-black, silky hair cascaded down to her waist like a waterfall.

Her face was cold, peerless, and carried an innate nobility and majesty that made one afraid to look directly at her.

When she slowly opened her eyes.

They were golden vertical pupils, filled with a coldness that looked down upon all living things, along with a trace of nascent confusion.

She lowered her head to look at her own flawless hands.

Then, she sensed the power within her body, which was even more vast and boundless than in her prime.

She had come back to life.

And, she had become even stronger.

The next moment, her gaze fell upon the small figure not far away.

The six-and-a-half-year-old boy who had pulled her back from the abyss of death.

Boom!

Deep within her soul, an invisible chain of contract snapped taut!

Information that was both irresistible and incomprehensible was forcibly poured into her mind.

The boy before her.

Was her rebirth.

Was her everything.

Was her... master.

Within the golden vertical pupils, the confusion and coldness instantly faded, replaced by an extremely complex emotion.

There was shock, there was bewilderment.

But more than that, it was an absolute submission that even she herself had not yet realized.

Behind a rock in the distance, Xiao Wu covered her small mouth in shock.

Li Hao was also completely dumbfounded.

Then, under the dazed gaze of the father and daughter, it happened.

The peerless, mature beauty who had just descended, radiating the aura of a queen, slowly drifted down from mid-air.

Barefoot, she walked step by step until she stood before Li Hao.

Then, to Li Hao's utter disbelief, this proud and cold queen, whose beauty could dim the mountains and rivers, slowly knelt on one knee.

She lowered her noble head, her right hand resting against her full chest.

Facing the boy before her who only reached her waist, she offered the highest loyalty of the Snake-Person Tribe—the only loyalty she would ever give in this life.

"Master."

Her voice was cold and clear, yet carried an unquestionable resolve.

"Your will is the direction of my blade!"

Li Hao's brain crashed.

He looked down at Queen Medusa, who knelt before him in such a devout posture.

Then he turned his head to look at Xiao Wu, who was peeking out her little head from afar, her face full of admiration.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What the hell have I done?

In a single day, he had picked up a hundred-thousand-year-old loli daughter, and now he had recruited a queen from another world as his subordinate.

Wasn't this life... a bit too magical?

Did this... count as an alternative way of having both a son and a daughter?

Li Hao felt his CPU was about to burn out; his logic modules were already showing garbled code.

Just then, the system's voice rang in his mind at the perfect moment, carrying a hint of gloating mockery.

[Congratulations to the host! Successfully unlocked hidden achievement: Having both a son and a daughter!]

[Successfully cultivated the second Soul Beast girl: Queen Medusa (Otherworld Projection)!]

[Detected that the host has successfully completed a high-difficulty cultivation, rewards exploding!]

[Reward 1: Host's Soul Power Level has soared to Level 29!]

[Reward 2: Host has automatically obtained a second Soul Ring (Millennium · Purple)!]

[Reward 3: Host has obtained the second Soul Skill—Petrification Eye (Derived from Queen Medusa's innate talent, evolves with the target's strength and the host's Soul Power)!]

BOOM!

The moment the system's notification ended, an unprecedented, surging wave of soul power erupted from Li Hao's limbs and bones!

The power was so immense it felt as if it would burst his small body apart!

"Ugh!"

Li Hao let out a muffled groan, feeling his meridians being frantically widened, his bones emitting brittle cracks under the unbearable pressure.

A deep purple ring rose abruptly from beneath his feet, spiraling upward.

Finally, it hovered quietly by his side, shining in tandem with the red soul ring that represented Xiao Wu.

One red, one purple.

One represented a hundred-thousand-year bond.

The other represented the submission of an otherworldly queen.

Li Hao slowly opened his hands, feeling the power within him so full it was about to overflow.

"Is this... the power of a Soul Grand Master?"

And a Level 29 Soul Grand Master on the verge of breaking through to Soul Elder!

He turned his head to look at a boulder half a person's height away.

A thought flashed through his mind.

Petrification Eye!

The next second, a faint, imperceptible gray light flashed across his eyes.

There was no sound, no special effects.

The moment the hard boulder made contact with his gaze, its color rapidly shifted from dark blue to gray-white, and countless fine cracks appeared on its surface.

Immediately after, a breeze blew by.

Clatter—

The entire boulder, without a sound, crumbled into a pile of fine, gray-white powder.

Li Hao gasped, drawing in a sharp breath of cold air.

"Is... is this my power?"

"This is way too broken!"

He was still reeling from the terrifying surge in his own strength.

Medusa, who had been kneeling before him, suddenly stood up.

A flash of killing intent flickered across her cold, beautiful face.

She turned, her icy, golden slit pupils fixed on a direction deep within the forest, and bowed slightly toward Li Hao.

"Master."

Her voice was bone-chillingly cold.

"Trouble has arrived."

"Those few flies that wounded me have tracked my scent here."