Hahahahahaha, Master Hao Has Made It!!!

Stone Village was still basking in its happy hour.

After eating and drinking his fill, Qian Renxue felt like she had endless energy coursing through her.

"Big sister, is it tasty?"

After Shi Yunfeng left, Little One Shi Hao came over, holding that iconic clay jar. Milk stains clung to the corners of his mouth.

"It's delicious. Thank you, little brother." Hearing him, Qian Renxue gently wiped the corner of Shi Hao's mouth.

"Hehe, then would big sister like to try my Beast Milk? It's the most fragrant!"

Seeing that she meant him no harm, the guileless Little Shi Hao generously offered her the clay jar, his big eyes full of innocence.

"But you can only have a little sip. Little One still needs the rest in case he gets hungry tonight."

Looking at the jar of thick liquid, fragrant with a peculiar milky scent, Qian Renxue felt a warmth in her heart.

This was the little fellow's most precious possession.

"Big sister won't drink it. You're still growing, little brother, so you should have more."

"Big sister, your legs are so fair."

Just then, Pi Hou, who had sneaked some Monkey Wine and gotten a little drunk, staggered to his feet and fixed his gaze on Qian Renxue's long legs.

"They're even fairer than Sister Cuihua, the prettiest girl in our village. I wonder if they're as soft as big white steamed buns?"

"Smack!"

Before he could touch her, Little Shi Hao slapped his hand away and stood in front of Qian Renxue like a protective cub.

"Pi Hou, you're acting up again!"

"Grandpa Village Chief said it's wrong to touch girls' legs without permission. You can't disrespect our guest!"

"And besides..."

After saying that, Little Shi Hao glanced back at Qian Renxue's smooth, fair legs, then turned around and said with a serious expression,

"What's so good about touching a woman's legs?"

"How could they compare to delicious Beast Milk?"

As he spoke, he lifted the clay jar and took another big gulp, his face wearing an expression of pure bliss.

Qian Renxue was amused by the sight. Looking at the adorable little boy, she felt mischievous and deliberately stretched out her long, graceful leg, swaying it in front of Little Shi Hao.

"Little brother, you really don't want to touch it? Big sister will let you, just once."

But Little Shi Hao looked at the dazzlingly fair leg, then at the Beast Milk in his hands. In the end, he shook his head firmly, his face full of distaste. "No."

Pfft!

At this, countless lecherous men from the Douluo Continent watching in front of the Sky Screen spat out a mouthful of blood.

"What a waste! This Bear Child!"

"Let go of Little One! Let me have a turn!"

However, most people weren't focused on that.

"Look! The young mistress ate so much Primordial Remnant Species meat and drank Beast Milk, but why hasn't her Soul Power fluctuated at all?"

Inside Spirit Hall, Ghost Douluo pointed at the data displayed on the Sky Screen, looking utterly astonished.

By all logic, the energy contained in that food should have been enough to make a Titled Douluo explode.

But Qian Renxue not only seemed completely fine, her Soul Power Level on the status panel had also remained in the sixties, utterly unchanged.

Apart from a faint red glow now showing beneath her originally fair skin, there was no other change.

The people of Spirit Hall found it hard to accept.

"What's going on? Could all that stuff be fake?"

"That's impossible! You can feel the aura of that Two-Headed Fire Rhino even through the screen!"

For a while, the entire Spirit Hall buzzed with discussion. In the end, they could only chalk it up to the mysterious blessing from the Willow Deity.

"I remember now. When our young mistress first landed outside that village, a willow leaf blessed her. Could it be..."

"Right, I saw it too. That Willow Demon must be behind this!"

"Exactly! A blessing, they call it? What kind of blessing is that? I say it's a curse! It's sealed the young mistress's Soul Power and won't let her advance!"

Meanwhile, over at the Clear Sky Sect, people laughed at her misfortune.

"Hahaha, this is killing me!"

"What kind of genius is Spirit Hall's? She ate so many heavenly treasures and didn't even gain a single level. She's a complete waste!"

"Exactly. My brother Hao's the impressive one. Even eating slop, he still improved by so much."

"Becoming a god is just around the corner!"

Only Gu Yuena saw what was really happening. To her horror, although Qian Renxue's Soul Power hadn't changed, the vital blood energy rising from her body had grown more and more terrifying!

It was a sign that she was undergoing a complete transformation!

She was retracing the cultivation path of that world!

Beyond the Sky Screen, in the Great Wilderness.

After the simple, unpretentious dinner came to an end, night fell over Stone Village, and all was quiet.

Qian Renxue lay in the stone house. Though her body had received tremendous nourishment, in a world where the strong ruled, lacking power still left her feeling uneasy.

After much hesitation, she went outside and found the old village chief in the courtyard.

"Elder, I was hoping..."

"I was hoping you could teach me how to cultivate." Qian Renxue blushed, feeling a little embarrassed.

After all, she had eaten their food and drunk their milk, and now she wanted to learn their skills too. She really was being greedy.

But after the old village chief took one look at her, he didn't refuse. He merely chuckled and said,

"Cultivation? That's a good thing."

"But our village doesn't have any profound methods. We only have a few basic exercises to keep fit."

"If you want to learn, come along with Little One and the others early tomorrow. I'll teach you about the power of Bone Texts and how to circulate your vital blood."

"Thank you, Grandpa Village Chief!"

Hearing this, Qian Renxue was so excited she nearly jumped for joy.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the village.

A burly middle-aged woman carried a large bucket of sour-smelling slop and a pile of leftover bones as she grumbled her way toward the edge of the village.

"Those wasteful kids! They leave so many bones uneaten and won't even feed them to the dogs. They insist on throwing them away."

She stopped beside a pitch-black pit outside the village and casually dumped the contents of the bucket into it, then walked away without looking back.

"Splatter..."

After the woman left, a figure covered in filth and radiating a foul stench crawled over in the darkness like a maggot.

It was Tang Hao!

Looking at the leftovers mixed with dirt and spit, and the bones gnawed completely clean, he couldn't help swallowing.

"Gulp..."

To grow stronger, to survive, the once-renowned Clear Sky Douluo ignored his disgust. He grabbed a bone that someone had gnawed on and shoved it into his mouth, then sucked on it with relish.

"Slurp... slurp..."

After who knew how long, Tang Hao licked the last drop of slop clean.

"Buzz!"

A dazzling golden light suddenly burst from the foul-smelling pit!

Then a crazed laugh rang out from within, echoing to the heavens!

"Hahahahahaha, Master Hao has made it!!!"