Divination, Past and Future

Just then, Tushan Mingheng looked at Tushan Jinci in confusion. "Why not use the most basic method?"

"If he really is one of my fox kin, a bloodline technique will do."

If they were related, then once the bloodline technique was activated, their blood would naturally fuse together.

At that, Tushan Jinci suddenly understood and slapped his hands together. "That's right! How did I forget about the bloodline technique?"

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, "Thank you, Lord Ming Heng. Sorry for the trouble!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a streak of red light flashed, and the Fire Fox vanished from the spot.

"..."

After the fox left, Tushan Mingheng sighed. Only after closing the front door did he take out his Divination Compass.

The compass, which had once been wreathed in flowing spiritual light, was now covered in fine cracks.

"Is my cultivation insufficient? Why was I struck by a backlash when divining that person..."

Nothing like this had happened in tens of thousands of years...

Just then, a dazzling stream of nine-colored light suddenly fell upon Tushan Mingheng.

A cool yet gentle female voice rang out. "A-Heng, I'm here to lend you a hand."

At this, Tushan Mingheng shuddered. He immediately addressed the empty air, anxiously saying, "Your Majesty?! How can you expend so much power?!"

"Do you realize you're still sealed? This won't do you any good..."

Damn it! The seal imprisoning Her Majesty was draining her power with every passing moment.

If he ever got the chance to meet that beast again, he would tear it limb from limb and strip it to the bone!

"It's all right. Begin. This is my command."

"From the first moment I saw him, I felt an inexplicable sense of connection, as though fate itself had whispered to me."

"..."

"Your subordinate... obeys."

Tushan Mingheng let out a soft sigh and slowly closed his eyes.

In an instant, eight golden fox tails swayed, and a vast magic array rose beneath his feet.

Then, countless array points lit up one after another, their faint glimmers linking together until, in the blink of an eye, they formed a tiny starry sky.

"Starry sky, tell me of his past..."

But just then—

"Bzzzz—!!!"

As blinding white light filled his entire field of vision, Tushan Mingheng opened his eyes to find himself in a completely unfamiliar world.

He looked around at the surroundings in confusion, then exclaimed in surprise, "This is... the Douluo Continent?"

Sure enough, with Her Majesty's Nine-Tail Power bolstering him, he could now divine and trace Cen Yu's fate as normal.

He just hadn't expected that his inability to divine Cen Yu earlier had been because his power was insufficient. That was almost absurd...

"But..."

Soon, Tushan Mingheng's attention shifted back to this continent.

"The aura of this world seems so diminished. It's far weaker than I remember."

"I wonder if it was that great war that caused this, or whether something else happened to the Douluo Continent later, leaving it in such a sorry state."

As Tushan Mingheng pondered, two figures slowly came into view.

They were a young man and woman.

The woman's belly was heavily rounded. Clearly, she was pregnant.

Yet what should have been a happy occasion was marred by the sorrow in her eyes.

She turned to the man beside her and asked anxiously, "What do you think... we should do about our child?"

"You know I'm not human like you, nor am I a Soul Beast. I belong to the Foxfolk."

"The Douluo Continent has no ancestral lands or inheritance for the fox clan. Even now, my bloodline remains dormant."

"So despite cultivating for all these years, I've only reached the level of a Soul Ancestor."

"I'm so afraid our child will end up just like me..."

If her child inherited her bloodline, wouldn't he be doomed to spend his life struggling in vain...

At this, the man immediately pulled the woman beside him tightly into his arms, then gently reassured her. "Don't be afraid."

"I'll cultivate with all my might and climb higher, one step at a time."

"Soul King, Soul Emperor, Soul Saint, even Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo—I believe I'll reach those heights sooner or later."

"When that day comes, I'll be here. No one will be able to bully you or our child."

"No matter what our child's talent is, or whether his bloodline awakens, I'll be there to carry him through life."

Seeing this, Tushan Mingheng nodded thoughtfully. "So these must be his parents. One is an ordinary human, and the other is a fox clan descendant with an unusual bloodline."

But which branch of the fox clan did she belong to? He seemed to have sensed an aura like hers somewhere before...

Soon, the surroundings began to flash past like scenes in a revolving lantern.

In the blink of an eye, the woman and the child, now six years old, arrived at a barren mountain.

Then the woman took several ancient-looking stones from her pocket and arranged them neatly on the ground.

When she was done, she turned to the boy beside her and said softly, "Son, Mommy's going to help you awaken your Martial Soul. Don't be scared."

Hearing this, the boy nodded vigorously.

"I'm not scared, Mommy."

He was finally going to awaken his Martial Soul?! He'd been waiting six years!

He just didn't know what kind of Martial Soul he would awaken. As a transmigrator, surely he'd get a few special perks, right?

"By the way, Mommy, hasn't Daddy come back yet? Today's the day I awaken my Martial Soul!"

Hearing this, the woman smiled and said, "Your dad went hunting with a team for his fifth Soul Ring. He'll probably be gone for a few more days."

"Are you excited, son? When Daddy comes back, our family will have a Soul King!"

The boy nodded vigorously. "Then hurry and awaken my Martial Soul, Mommy. I want to be as strong as Daddy someday."

Thinking this, he obediently stood in the middle of the Awakening Stones, then closed his eyes expectantly and waited for the moment his Martial Soul would awaken.

In just a little while, he would be a true Soul Master!

As long as he could set foot on the path of cultivation, everything ahead would be full of promise.

Seeing him like this, the woman smiled fondly and immediately began to channel her Soul Power.

In an instant, threads of pale white light flowed from the woman's hands, then poured into the Awakening Stones on the ground.

The next second, the Awakening Stones suddenly lit up, and an indescribable aura instantly enveloped the boy standing in their midst.

What was this feeling? So strange...

"Ah—!!!"

Suddenly, a pain that seemed to tear apart his soul struck him. Before the boy could even think, he clutched his head in agony.

What... was this?!

And at that very moment—

"BOOM—!!!"

With a deafening roar, a dazzling golden pillar of light shot into the sky, piercing through the heavens in the blink of an eye.

Under its influence, the once ordinary blue sky instantly turned a blinding gold.

Wave after wave of golden mist billowed outward, accompanied by powerful blasts of air.

As the mist surged, a sacred, auspicious, and compassionate figure slowly emerged from within.

This was the Miao Shi Heavenly Maiden!