A Fluttering Heart

As the warm and majestic energy of the Heart of Eros continuously poured in, the Blue Silver finally ushered in its transformation.

Amidst the flowing light, a slender and supple phantom of the Blue Silver Emperor slowly emerged behind her. Its leaves were patterned with fine, liquid-gold veins, radiating an ancient and sacred aura of life.

Immediately after, countless specks of light gathered like fireflies, outlining the graceful figure of a woman.

She appeared to be in her thirties, the most gentle and moving age for a woman. A cascade of azure hair draped down her back, with faint shimmers rippling through the strands.

She wore a blue-gold dress with layered hems, the edges adorned with golden ribbons that rippled like water with her every soft movement.

Her skin was like the finest mutton-fat jade, glowing with a faint, translucent luster under the dim light.

Those azure eyes were as clear as blue crystal, devoid of even the slightest impurity.

The Blue Silver raised her hand slightly, her fingertips brushing Yang Fan's cheek with a touch as light as a falling feather.

"Do you like how I look now, Fan?"

The Blue Silver's voice was gentle yet powerful, making Yang Fan's heart flutter for reasons unknown.

Yang Fan turned his head away, feeling embarrassed.

She had been so weak, pitiful, and helpless just a moment ago, yet now she was teasing him. How could a blade of grass be so good at changing faces? If she were in the Sichuan region of his past life, she would surely be a master of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan opera face-changing.

And a grandmaster-level one at that!

Seeing this, the Blue Silver smiled, recalling the Story of the Stone that Yang Fan had told her over the years, and straightened his head.

"I merely asked a question, yet it seems I have become a nuisance."

The Blue Silver lowered her eyes slightly, her long lashes trembling, a faint, bitter smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. Her voice was as soft as a breeze.

"In any case, Brother Fan surely has Sister Xue in his heart—someone who speaks better than me, acts more coquettishly than me, and knows how to coax Brother Fan into happiness."

The Blue Silver looked up, her eyes shimmering with a thin veil of moisture that she stubbornly refused to let fall, her tone hiding a trace of imperceptible grievance.

"I waited here so eagerly, only to appear petty. It was my own wishful thinking to believe Brother Fan still remembered a creature of grass and wood like me."

The Blue Silver sighed softly and turned away, her back to Yang Fan. Her shoulders slumped slightly, and her voice dropped so low it nearly dissolved into the air.

"You must have found new amusement to be so cold toward me; my efforts were all in vain."

She suddenly let out a soft laugh—a sound so light, yet like shattered jade hitting a plate, crisp but laced with a chill.

"The tears of this Blue Silver Grass would never reach you anyway. It would be better to return early, so as not to be an eyesore to Brother Fan."

With that, the Blue Silver tilted her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over the hem of Yang Fan's clothes before quickly retracting, as if afraid that one more look would cause her to lose her composure. She smoothed the stray hairs at her temples and turned to leave, her steps agonizingly slow.

"Drama queen! Your main body, the Blue Silver Emperor, is still right here, and the Heart of Eros your soul is attached to is in my sea of consciousness. Where exactly do you think you're going?"

Yang Fan was defeated by the Blue Silver's dramatics, and he somewhat regretted telling her about Dream of the Red Chamber just to win her over when he was bored.

Cao Xueqin, you've ruined me!

"Don't mention any 'Xue.' After all these years of companionship, you should know how pure and unsullied I am. I only care this much about you."

Yang Fan wasn't lying; across both his lives, the Blue Silver was the first girl he had cared for so deeply.

Although a large part of it was to activate the Heart of Eros, he certainly harbored some impure intentions upon seeing her soul form.

Men, after all, are always drawn to beautiful things.

Though, he wondered if the phrase "pure and unsullied" was a bad choice; in the Douluo worldview, it was somewhat cursed, much like "peerless wisdom."

The pure and unsullied Tang God King, the peerless wisdom Silver Dragon Fish.

The Tang God King also possessed peerless wisdom, and even though Yang Fan had read all three Douluo novels, he couldn't judge who was wiser—they were both quite "peerless."

The Blue Silver was naturally unaware of Yang Fan's blasphemous mockery of the world's highest "wisdom," caring only about his claim that he cared for her.

Her small face turned bright red, and she darted back into her main body, the Blue Silver Grass, falling silent.

"High attack, low defense? Interesting."

Yang Fan found it amusing to watch the Blue Silver disappear.

She looked mature on the outside, but she was still just a little girl at heart.

With the Blue Silver's wish fulfilled, the emotional roller coaster had finally met the "true love" criteria of the Heart of Eros, and Yang Fan could finally initiate his first traversal.

However, he wasn't in a rush. The Heart of Eros was still in a damaged state, and once he went, he would have to stay for half a year.

He planned to use the ten-thousand-year Whale Glue first.

That way, he could push his body to the current limit. He didn't dare dream of hundred-thousand-year Whale Glue, nor was it necessary; if he could hunt a hundred-thousand-year whale soul beast, his physique would at least be on par with an average Titled Douluo.

Because the Heart of Eros was bound to Yang Fan and housed the Blue Silver's soul, it automatically set the Douluo Continent as the initial anchor point in the timeline; no matter how much time passed in other timelines, nothing here would change.

The amount of time spent in other timelines would be the exact amount of time that would pass upon his next entry.

For example, if he planned to stay in the Legend of the Dragon King timeline for half a year, when he returned, it would still be the moment he left the Douluo Continent, and his next trip to Legend of the Dragon King would be six months after his departure point.

Yang Fan quickly discovered a way to exploit this bug: stay in another timeline for 12 hours and return to the Douluo Continent. By repeating this loop, he wouldn't have to worry about missing opportunities or major events due to time differences.

However, the incomplete Heart of Eros couldn't support this idea yet; he still needed to work hard to collect the fragments.

For now, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well on the Douluo Continent was the best choice. A Dugu Bo was much easier to bully than a Tang God King or a Silver Dragon King.

Once he returned from the Legend of the Dragon King, he would smirk, pull out countless soul missiles, and have a good talk with the Poison Douluo about how this treasure land belonged to those fated to have it.

Cough, cough, of course, that was a joke. He didn't think he could infiltrate the Federation or the Tang Sect's munitions factory to acquire so many strategic-grade weapons in just half a year.

His main goal this time was still the spirit soul system. Once he obtained it, he planned to try cooperating with Qian Renxue to further expand the Treasure Appraisal Pavilion and establish the Spirit Pagoda of this era.

He was still thinking through the details, and he wasn't even sure if this time-travel would go as smoothly as he hoped.

The Legend of the Dragon King had no God Realm, but Tang Hao and A Yin from that timeline still existed.

He had communicated with the Heart of Eros, asking why A Yin would still aid the villain in the future after he had intercepted her and turned her into his own Lan Yin.

The Heart of Eros indicated that, in its incomplete state, it couldn't unify multiple timelines; that was an authority possessed only by super-divine artifacts or even supreme super-divine artifacts, and even its complete form was still one step away from being a super-divine artifact.

Yang Fan felt relieved at this. As long as there was an opportunity, he would definitely upgrade the super-divine artifact to that level. Otherwise, seeing someone he was close to acting intimately with others in a different timeline would make him feel disgusted.

Even if he knew they could only be considered parallel-world counterparts, it still didn't sit right with him. He even planned to seize both the Peerless Golden Tree and the Dragon King Life Core to feed them to his own Lan Yin.

Grab them in one go, and refine them in an instant.