Di Tian's thoughts stirred, and he shot out of the stable, arriving in an open expanse of void outside the camp.
Roar!!!
A dragon's roar shook heaven and earth.
Boom!
Black mist churned, and silver light exploded!
A terrifying beast, a thousand zhang long, stretched across the void!
He was no longer the bloated, big-bellied black dragon from Douluo Continent.
The current Di Tian had a long, powerful body, as if it had been cast from steel.
His entire body was covered in thick, obsidian-like crystal dragon scales. The edges of each scale glinted with sharp silver light, as if countless blades of space had been pieced together!
On his back, he no longer had bat-like leathery wings. Instead, three pairs of enormous wings of light had grown there!
Those wings weren't physical. They were condensed from pure void storms. With the slightest flap, the surrounding space rippled and shattered like water!
His four dragon claws had become terrifying purple-gold hooks, wrapped in black lightning of destruction!
But the most striking feature was the single horn atop his head.
It was a spiraling silver horn that reached straight into the sky. A heart-chilling point of black light shimmered at its tip—the embryonic form of a miniature black hole!
The Void Devouring Demon Dragon!
A brand-new species, mutated through a combination of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King of Douluo and the Ancient Void Dragon Bloodline!
"Is this who I am now?"
Di Tian lowered his head, gazing at his body, beautiful in its capacity for destruction, and at the claws that could tear space apart with ease.
He suddenly thought of the Dragon God, still waiting desperately to be resurrected on Douluo Continent.
If the Dragon God of old had been a giant dragon who commanded the elements,
then the current Di Tian was a demon god who roamed the cracks between dimensions and devoured space!
"Dragon God?"
A trace of disdain flashed in Di Tian's enormous demonic eyes. His massive jaws split open, revealing a mouthful of serrated fangs. "If that old fool were resurrected now and stood before me—"
"Wouldn't the Void Collapse Light from my horn turn him into a sieve?"
"What Nine Great Dragon Kings? What God Realm Committee?"
"Before the laws of space, they're all sitting ducks!"
Whoosh!
The storm-wings of light on Di Tian's back snapped open.
Vmm!
There was no sound of rushing wind.
Because the instant he moved, he had already traveled through space!
The next second, he appeared beside an abandoned meteorite a thousand li away.
"Shatter!"
Di Tian merely gave the meteorite with his long tail a light flick.
Pop!
The meteorite, as large as a hill, vanished into nothing but fine dust without making a sound. It hadn't shattered—it had been annihilated!
Erased completely by the power of space!
"Ha ha ha ha!!"
Di Tian roared with laughter in the void. His laughter made the surrounding space tremble.
At last, he understood why the Ancient Void Dragon Clan looked down on all other life.
With power like this, everyone else looked like a paper figure in a painting!
"Master Gu Yuena—"
Di Tian's laughter faded. His gaze pierced the endless void, as if he were looking toward distant Douluo Planet, a world of lower dimensions. "Stay in that well of yours and wait."
"Your subordinate isn't going back."
"The fodder here is delicious, and the trash here is nourishing."
"Your subordinate will become a true demon dragon here, soaring through the nine heavens!"
Douluo Continent, Star Dou Forest.
Clatter.
The Silver Dragon Spear fell from Gu Yuena's hand.
She stared at the terrifying demon dragon stretching across the starry sky on the screen, casually annihilating a meteorite. She felt that overwhelming pressure from a higher being freeze her blood, even through the screen.
She knew that the Di Tian who had once obeyed her every command was gone for good.
The Di Tian of today was someone she could only look up to.
If Di Tian so wished, he could slaughter the entire dragon race by himself!
"Evolution... So this is what evolution is—"
Gu Yuena gave a bitter laugh. The last light in her eyes went out.
The glory of the Dragon God?
Before the Void Devouring Demon Dragon, it was a joke.
At the same time, elsewhere.
Battle Through the Heavens Plane, Wutan City, above the Xiao Clan's Martial Arts Arena.
"Whoosh!!"
A gale howled past, kicking up dust from the ground.
Every Xiao Clan disciple, even the servants sweeping the grounds, stopped what they were doing and stared up at the sky in awe—
In the blue heavens, a black figure darted through the clouds like a bolt of black lightning. It was Zhu Zhuqing!
She had long since shed the somewhat flimsy tight-fitting outfit she'd worn when she first arrived. Now she wore a suit of Shadow Flow Light Armor specially made by the Xiao Clan.
The armor was matte black from head to toe, perfectly fitted to her curvaceous figure.
Third-tier wind-attribute Magic Cores were set into its joints, their mysterious sheen flowing beneath the sunlight.
Most astonishing of all were the pair of purple wings, each two meters wide, on her back!
They weren't a Martial Soul Avatar or a Soul Bone Skill.
They were the Xuan Tier advanced Flying Dou Technique Xiao Yan had just bestowed upon her: Purple Cloud Wings!
"So this is what flying feels like?"
Zhu Zhuqing hovered a thousand meters in the air, feeling the wind rush past her ears.
She looked down at Wutan City beneath her and at the Xiao Mansion, which had once seemed so far beyond her reach. Now they were as tiny as pieces on a chessboard.
On Douluo Continent, only Titled Douluo or Soul Masters with rare flying Martial Souls could fly.
As an agility-type Soul Master, she had originally been able to do no more than run along the ground.
But now!
She had been at the Xiao Clan for less than half a month!
With nothing more than cultivating Dou Qi and integrating this scroll of Dou Technique, she had shattered the iron law of Douluo Continent and truly claimed the skies!
"Nether Ghost Shadow Steps, Instant Kill!"
At a thought from Zhu Zhuqing, the Purple Cloud Wings on her back beat hard!
Boom!
A sonic boom burst through the air!
Her figure vanished from where she hovered. The next second, she appeared a thousand meters away, right in front of a stone peak!
Slash! Slash! Slash!
The pair of claws, each fitted with a third-tier Magic Core, flashed through the air, leaving countless Residual Shadows.
There were no flashy Soul Skill effects, only pure speed and power!
Crack!!
The stone peak, dozens of meters high, was sliced into hundreds of fragments in an instant and came crashing down!
"So strong—"
Zhu Zhuqing landed and looked at her hands, her eyes brimming with delight.
By the standards of Battle Qi Continent, she was only a five-star Da Dou Shi.
But with her equipment, Flying Dou Technique, and Ghost Shadow Steps, she was confident she could kill any Soul Saint from Douluo Continent in a single instant!
Even a newly advanced Soul Douluo!
"Not bad."
Just then, Xiao Yan strolled over with his hands in his pockets. He looked at the pile of shattered stone and nodded with satisfaction. "Looks like the Purple Cloud Wings suit you."
"Starting today, you're officially promoted to deputy commander of my Xiao Clan's Shadow Guard."
"Your monthly pay is doubled, and you'll have all the pills you need."
"Also, you don't have to call me 'young master' anymore. Just call me 'boss.'"
Deputy commander?!
Zhu Zhuqing's whole body shook.
The Shadow Guard was the Xiao Clan's newly established core fighting force!
How could an outsider like her have risen to the position of deputy commander?
"Yes, Master!!"
Zhu Zhuqing dropped to one knee. Her voice rang with conviction, her eyes filled with the resolve to die for someone who recognized her worth.
Here, she wasn't anyone's fiancée or a pawn in a political marriage.
She was Zhu Zhuqing!
The deputy commander of the Shadow Guard, who had earned respect through her own strength!
Meanwhile, outside the Xiao Clan's gate, beside the iron cage.
Dai Mubai gripped the bars with both hands, staring fixedly at the sight of Zhu Zhuqing soaring through the sky.
He had seen the wings on her back.
He had seen her terrifying strength as she shattered the stone peak with a single blow.
And he had seen the approving smile Xiao Yan gave her, as well as the way she knelt before Xiao Yan, seeming perfectly willing to do so.
"Heh. Heh heh heh—"
Dai Mubai suddenly started laughing.
His laughter was hoarse and ugly, full of venom.
Just moments ago, he'd been groveling for half a scrap of a useless pill. Now, his face bore a nauseating look of sudden, total enlightenment.
"She can fly. She can fly—"
"She's become the deputy commander, one of the people at the top."
"She's not my Zhuqing anymore—"
Dai Mubai released the bars and plopped down onto the pile of foul-smelling, damp straw. His eyes turned icy. "Fine, then I don't want her either!"
"What purity and chastity? In front of that Xiao Yan, she's just a servant!"
"She's probably already been thoroughly used by that Xiao Yan!"
His extreme inferiority twisted into extreme malice.
He began viciously belittling Zhu Zhuqing in his mind, as if calling her a fallen woman was the only way to conceal his own miserable state and utter helplessness.
"Pah! You bitch!"
Dai Mubai spat hard in the direction Zhu Zhuqing had gone. "I'm the Evil-Eyed White Tiger! I'm a prince of the Star Luo Empire!"
"Since you don't know what's good for you, I'll pick a new target!"
"Once I get back on my feet, I'll capture you and break those wings of yours. Then I'll make you kneel on the ground and lick my toes!!"
Just as Dai Mubai lost himself in his twisted fantasies,
tap, tap, tap.
A light, graceful footfall, as if stepping on the hearts of everyone nearby, came from inside the Xiao Mansion's gate.
Dai Mubai instinctively raised his head.
The next second,
his cloudy, mismatched eyes flew wide open!
He froze as if someone had cast a spell on him. Even his breathing stopped!
A young woman in a pale green dress was slowly walking out through the gate.
She looked no older than fifteen or sixteen, yet her bearing was cool and noble, mysterious and ethereal.
She was like a Green Lotus standing apart from the world, untouched by even the slightest speck of dust.
Her features were exquisite to the point of perfection, her black hair fell like a waterfall, and her autumn-water eyes seemed to hold golden flames—
By comparison, Zhu Zhuqing's voluptuous figure seemed vulgar.
Ning Rongrong's petite charm seemed petty.
Even Bibi Dong, the so-called number-one beauty on the continent, seemed too worldly in her presence!
Xiao Xun'er!
She had come out to look for Brother Xiao Yan.
Xun'er paid no attention to the dog in the cage by the gate. Her gaze remained fixed on the Martial Arts Arena, a gentle smile on her lips.
"Gulp—"
Dai Mubai swallowed hard.
At that moment, he felt an invisible hand clamp down hard on his heart!
"Top-tier—this was the real deal!!"
The venom in Dai Mubai's eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by a greed powerful enough to burn away all reason!
"This aura, this beauty—"
"If Zhu Zhuqing was a wildcat of the mortal world, then this girl was a celestial goddess!!"
"And judging by her clothes and bearing, her status in the Xiao Clan definitely isn't low! She might even outrank that Xiao Yan!"
A wildly reckless, death-wishing thought suddenly sprang into Dai Mubai's mind. If—if I could win this girl over—
"Relying on the charm of my Evil-Eyed White Tiger, and my wealth of experience with women—"
"As long as I can sweet-talk her into my arms and make her fall in love with me..."
"Wouldn't I be able to turn things around?!"
"When that happens, Xiao Yan will be nothing! Zhu Zhuqing will be nothing!"
"The entire Xiao Clan will be mine!!"
In this foul-smelling iron cage, inside this inhuman shell of a body...
The confidence of the Star Luo playboy Dai Mubai had somehow, bizarrely, come roaring back to life!
He'd even forgotten that he was still eating shit!
He'd even forgotten that his face was caked in filth!
He straightened his clothes, which had long since turned to rags, shook his golden hair, which was plastered with dog shit, and thought he'd put on a wicked, devil-may-care smile. Then he called out to Xun'er as she was about to pass by in the most death-seeking voice imaginable: "Hey, beautiful miss—"
"Could you stop for a moment?"
"Don't you think fate has brought us together?"
"I'm a fallen prince from a foreign Imperial Family. Might I ask you to hear my story?"
The air suddenly fell silent.
Xun'er, who had been on her way to the Martial Arts Arena, paused slightly.
She slowly turned her head. Her eyes, which had been as gentle as water, went cold the moment she saw the man in the cage, reeking of filth, leering at her and striking a pose.
Two tiny flames of gold quietly danced deep within her eyes.
Meanwhile, on Douluo Continent—
Star Luo Emperor: "It's over—"
Qian Daoliu: "You idiot—"
Tang San: "Boss Dai—you're poking the tiger in the ass—"
Everyone could see it.
The young woman in green looked harmless.
But the subtle fluctuations emanating from her were even more terrifying than Xiao Yan's.
Dai Mubai had truly walked himself into a dead end this time.
He wasn't flirting with a girl.
He was flirting with the Grim Reaper!
Meanwhile, on the Battle Through the Heavens Plane—
Outside the Xiao Clan's gates.
The air seemed to freeze.
Dai Mubai's filthy hand still stuck through the bars, while his face wore a smile he thought was charming but was actually greasy beyond belief.
"Beautiful miss, I am Dai Mubai. Though I'm currently in dire straits, my Martial Soul is the top-tier Evil-Eyed White Tiger, and my heart is truly—"
"Elder Ling."
A voice as cold as an ancient glacial spring abruptly cut off Dai Mubai's prattle.
Xun'er didn't even look directly at him. She merely turned her head slightly and spoke softly into the empty space beside her.
Buzz!
The shadow where no one had been suddenly rippled with a strange distortion.
An old man in a black robe, his presence cold and deep, slowly emerged like a ghost.
His cloudy old eyes now glinted with undisguised murderous intent as he stared fixedly at Dai Mubai in the cage.
A Gu Clan guard, Ling Ying.
"Miss."
Ling Ying bowed slightly, his voice hoarse and icy. "This worthless ant actually dared to profane you with those filthy eyes."
"I'll kill him right now, gouge out his eyeballs, and feed them to the dogs."
Dou Huang expert pressure!
Boom!
As Ling Ying finished speaking, a terrifying aura belonging to a Dou Huang expert crashed down upon the iron cage like a mountain!
"Pfft!!"
Dai Mubai didn't even have time to react. He was crushed flat against the pile of excrement!
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