Meeting Xiao Yan, an Otherworldly Being from the Misty Cloud Sect!

Behind the most magnificent carriage, a massive, custom-made iron cage was being dragged by two first-order magical beasts, the Red Wind Horses.

Inside the cage lay Dai Mubai, once high-spirited and known as the Evil-Eyed White Tiger, now curled up in the corner like a dead dog.

His clothes were in tatters, and his signature golden hair was matted with dirt and dried blood, sticking to a face swollen into the shape of a pig's head.

The thick refined-iron collar around his neck not only locked his throat but also bore inscribed Dou Qi runes that constantly suppressed the remaining physical strength in his body, making it a struggle for him to even stand.

"Look! That's the Misty Cloud Sect's procession!"

"What's kept in that cage? It looks like a golden-haired human?"

"What human? I heard Elder Ge Ye say it's a rare magical beast captured from another world, called some kind of lecherous tiger. It might look like a person, but it's actually just a beast."

The townspeople on both sides of the street pointed and gossiped, watching Dai Mubai as if he were a performing monkey.

"I am a prince... I am Young Master Dai..."

Dai Mubai murmured weakly as he listened to the surrounding chatter.

His Dantian had been destroyed, and his entire body was racked with pain.

He wanted to roar, he wanted to kill, but the moment he showed even a hint of ferocity:

Zzzzt!

The runes on the collar would release a surge of electricity, causing him to convulse violently and foam at the mouth.

"We've arrived."

As the carriage came to a halt, an imposing mansion came into view: the Xiao Clan!

The Xiao Clan, guest reception hall.

The atmosphere in the Xiao Clan was somewhat stifling at this moment.

The Xiao Clan patriarch, Xiao Zhan, and three elders were receiving the distinguished guests from the Misty Cloud Sect with stiff, formal expressions.

In the corner of the hall, a youth with delicate features, currently radiating an air of decadence and resentment, was clenching his fists tightly.

He was the son of this world's plane: Xiao Yan.

At present, he was still nothing more than a piece of trash with only three stages of Dou Qi.

"Niece Nalan, I wonder what brings you here today?" Xiao Zhan asked with a forced smile.

Nalan Yanran's expression was indifferent. Just as she was about to bring up the matter of breaking off the engagement, Elder Ge Ye stepped in first, smiling broadly. "Patriarch Xiao, no need to rush; we can discuss official business later."

"The Sect Master specifically instructed us to bring a small gift for Young Master Xiao Yan, having heard that he has been in low spirits lately, just to help him cheer up."

With that, Ge Ye clapped his hands.

Several Misty Cloud Sect disciples pushed the massive iron cage forward.

"This is..." Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan were both stunned at the sight.

"This is a strange beast from another world that calls itself a White Tiger."

Ge Ye pointed at the shivering Dai Mubai in the cage, his tone filled with mockery. "Although this beast is lecherous and arrogant by nature, I have already crippled its cultivation and pulled its teeth."

"It would be perfect as a guard dog for Young Master Xiao Yan, or even just something to kick around when you're in a bad mood."

"A White Tiger?"

Xiao Yan blinked, looking at the freak in the cage—a man with golden hair and heterochromatic eyes, beaten until he was barely recognizable.

For some reason, seeing this guy who was in an even more miserable state than himself, the lingering resentment Xiao Yan felt over being a failure inexplicably dissipated quite a bit.

"So, there is someone in this world even more pathetic than me."

Xiao Yan gave a self-deprecating smile and slowly walked toward the cage.

Dai Mubai happened to look up, his once-haughty evil eyes now filled with desperate pleading.

He was hungry.

He was in pain.

He wanted to eat.

"Hrr... ugh..." Dai Mubai let out a whimper that sounded like a dog's whine.

"Looks like he's hungry."

Xiao Yan casually picked up a leftover meat bone from a nearby table and tossed it through the gaps in the cage.

Clatter. The bone landed on the mud-caked floor of the cage.

In the past, if anyone had dared to throw a bone at Young Master Dai, Dai Mubai would have slaughtered their entire family.

But now, driven by the instinct to survive, and under the gaze of countless eyes across the entire Douluo Continent:

Dai Mubai actually lunged forward like a dog, grabbed the bone, and began to gnaw on it ravenously!

As he gnawed, he shed tears of humiliation.

"Hahahaha! Truly a good dog!"

The Misty Cloud Sect disciples and the members of the Xiao Clan in the hall burst into raucous laughter.

Meanwhile, on the Douluo Continent.

This scene completely shattered the Star Luo Empire's final line of psychological defense.

In the Golden Throne Hall of the Star Luo Empire's imperial palace.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The Star Luo Emperor acted as if he had gone mad, sweeping all the memorials, the imperial seal, and the inkstones off his dragon desk, even drawing the sword at his waist to hack frantically at the pillar before him.

"Beast! Rebellious son! Trash!!"

With his hair disheveled and his eyes bloodshot, the Star Luo Emperor retained not a shred of the dignity befitting a monarch.

He pointed at Dai Mubai, who was gnawing on a bone in the light screen, his voice raspy to the extreme: "You are My son, you are a prince of the Star Luo Empire!!"

"How could you eat that? How could you gnaw on someone else's leftover bones like a dog!"

"Even if you were to die, you should have died standing! You should have used your White Tiger Martial Soul to fight until the very last drop of your blood ran dry!!"

"Disgrace! This is the greatest disgrace since the founding of the Star Luo Empire!!"

Below the throne, the civil and military officials knelt across the floor, each burying their heads between their legs and trembling, not daring to even draw a full breath.

It was too shameful.

Truly, it was too shameful.

The royal bloodline they had always taken pride in, the Evil-Eyed White Tiger they had always touted, had actually turned into a dog in that world.

How were they supposed to face their citizens in the future?

How were they supposed to face the Heaven Dou Empire?

"Your Majesty—"

An old official tremblingly raised his head, tears streaming down his face: "This—this cannot be blamed on the Third Prince."

"The experts of that world are too terrifying; even a Great Battle Master could cripple the Prince with a wave of his hand. If the Prince did not eat, he would likely starve to death."

"Then let him starve to death!!!"

The Star Luo Emperor roared, hacking a corner off the dragon throne with his sword: "I would rather have a dead prince than a living dog!!"

"Hear my decree!!"

"Effective immediately, strike Dai Mubai from the royal genealogy! Strip him of his status as a prince! Revoke all his titles!"

"My Star Luo Empire has no room for such trash!!"

Deep within the inner palace, Dai Mubai's birth mother had already fainted from crying several times; upon waking and seeing the light screen, she only wished to find a rope and hang herself.

At Shrek Academy, in a corner.

Zhu Zhuqing stood quietly in the shade of a tree, watching the man in the light screen, his face covered in filth, wagging his tail and begging for half a bone.

There was no expression on her face; she did not even shed a single tear.

Dai Mubai, is this who you are?

Zhu Zhuqing coldly questioned in her heart.

Since I was young, my family told me that my fate was bound to yours.

You are a prince, and I am your fiancée. We were meant to cultivate our Martial Soul Fusion skill together, fight for the throne together, and survive together.

For the sake of this so-called destiny, I traveled thousands of miles, fleeing all the way from the Star Luo Empire to Suotuo City. How many times have I faced life and death? How many scars have I left on my body?

I thought that as long as I found you, as long as I could fight by your side, we would still have hope.

But when I finally found you, what were you doing?