Heaven Dou City

Faced with the God King's questioning, Qian Xunji bowed slightly.

"Great God King, I naturally have ample reason for bringing her along. Please hear me out."

Qian Xunji raised his head, a cunning, almost frenzied light flickering in his eyes.

"My lord, how vast is Douluo Planet? Even if that world truly is the one in my memories, searching that vast Surface World for clues about the Divine Realm and scavenging for rare treasures would be far too inefficient. If I had to do it all alone, how many days and nights would it take?"

"But this Silver-Eyed White Dragon Empress is different." Qian Xunji gestured toward Huang Tian beside him.

"She is the Beast God of this continent, a living fossil who has lived for eight hundred thousand years. Not only is her strength already at the pinnacle of the lower realm, but no one knows Douluo Planet better than she does. With her at my side, our mission will be twice as effective with half the effort."

The Angel God King narrowed his eyes slightly. "All this just for a guide?"

"Of course not!" Qian Xunji's voice rose sharply.

"My lord, don't forget that the Soul Beast Clan's foundations are an immeasurable resource in their own right. She can use her cultivation and bloodline to carry out many of our plans."

"My lord, your personal mission for me is to help Qian Renxue over there. If I can use her identity and bloodline to secure the Soul Beasts' resources... then Xue'er's path to godhood will be greatly accelerated!"

"And that Angel God over there—though she's only a First-Level God—won't she sooner or later be ours for the taking?"

Silence...

Huang Tian remained quiet at his side. Though this man was squeezing every ounce of labor out of her, she had no other choice now. And she felt no qualms about seeking the Soul Beasts' resources in that world. What did the lives and deaths of the Soul Beasts in the so-called Surface World have to do with her? Her purpose was simple: to grow stronger and find a way forward for the Soul Beast Clan.

"Hahaha—"

The Angel God King laughed.

"Good. What a brazen little brat."

"You're in charge of the overall operation anyway. So follow your plan. Take this little white dragon with you and turn that hypocritical world upside down. I only want results!"

The God King swept his hand, and space shifted.

"Come with me."

The golden sea of clouds before them vanished. Qian Xunji and Huang Tian's vision blurred, and the Angel God King brought them to a vast starry sky filled with violent Divine Power of every color.

This was the very heart of the entire Divine Realm—the God Realm Hub!

At the center of the boundless starry sky stood five enormous pillars that reached from heaven to earth. Four figures were already seated atop the other four pillars.

Qian Xunji looked up, and another wave of complaints rose in his heart.

Sure enough, this topsy-turvy trend had blown all the way from Douluo Continent to the Divine Realm.

The God of Destruction, who should have worn a purple cloak and represented absolute destruction, had become an adorable little girl in a dark purple dress, with a petite frame!

Opposite her, the Goddess of Life, who should have been as gentle as water, had become a handsome young man in a long, emerald-green robe, his hair falling to his waist and his features so striking they were almost bewitching. He held a verdant ancient tree in his hand and gazed this way with a look both gentle and profound.

Then there were the God Kings of Goodness and Evil. The God King of Evil had become a dark queen who could captivate all living beings, while the one who represented supreme goodness had become a compassionate, sorrowful-looking fatherly figure.

"This... this God Realm Committee is basically one huge gender-swap cosplay convention..." Qian Xunji silently rubbed his forehead, but outwardly he remained respectful, not daring to breathe too loudly. Beside him, Huang Tian had already been shaken to the core by the pressure of the Five Great God Kings. She lowered her silver eyes and didn't say a word.

"Everyone's here. Let's begin."

The God of Destruction, now a dark-purple-haired little girl, spoke in a soft voice. She was the first to raise both hands, and terrifying purple Destruction Divine Thunder instantly rampaged through the starry sky.

"Life shall protect life." The God King of Life pointed a finger, and boundless life force interwove with the Destruction Divine Thunder.

"Hehehe, plundering another world's source sounds so thrilling." The Evil Queen giggled.

"May this journey bring us a new turning point." The Goodness God closed his eyes slowly.

"For the Divine Realm!" The Angel God King unleashed his power last.

The Five Great God Kings said no more. In an instant, five powers representing the highest forces in the Douluo Universe converged at the center of the starry sky!

Rumble—

The entire God Realm Hub shuddered violently. Under the combined might of the Five Great God Kings, a dark, bottomless rift, seething with spatial turbulence, was forcibly torn open in the starry sky!

This rift was a spatial passage to the Surface World!

"Qian Xunji!"

The Angel God King's apparition abruptly turned around, his enormous golden eyes fixed on him.

"The passage is extremely unstable. You must go in at once. Remember your mission!"

"Also," the Angel God King's voice rang out in Qian Xunji's mind alone,

"when you want to return, or when you face a life-or-death crisis brought on by interference from that world's Divine Realm, pour all your Soul Power into the Oath of the Angel without holding anything back. I will bring you back at any cost. Go!"

"This junior will not fail you!"

Qian Xunji clasped his hands in a salute, then grabbed the wrist of Huang Tian, who was still stunned beside him. The phantom of an Eight-Winged Angel spread open behind him, shielding them both.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qian Xunji let out his trademark cackling laugh, grabbed the Beast God of the Star Dou Forest, and leaped straight into the spatial passage!

Hum—

The moment they entered, the spatial rift snapped shut. The God Realm Hub returned to its boundless calm, as though nothing had happened.

No one knew how long they drifted through the spatial turbulence. It seemed like an instant, yet also like an entire century.

The intense sensation of weightlessness and tearing left both Qian Xunji and Huang Tian dizzy.

"Thud!"

With a muffled crash, the two tumbled awkwardly from the sky and slammed onto a wide street paved with blue stone slabs.

Their ears were instantly filled with a cacophony of noise.

"Steamed buns! Fresh meat buns, just out of the oven!"

"Finest iron swords! Don't miss out as you pass!"

"Make way, make way! Prince Xue Xing's procession is coming. Get the hell out of the way!"

Qian Xunji shook his dizzy head and slowly got to his feet.

He looked around. They were in a bustling city, with rows of buildings in a classical style lining the streets. Passersby wore all kinds of clothes, and they were still speaking the language of Douluo Planet. Everything seemed the same, yet somehow different.

Welcome to—Heaven Dou City!