Your Future is Trapped by Fate

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Your future... it is a pity, but you failed to break out of the cage of fate.]

Ye Qiong's first sentence made Zhu Zhuqing's heart sink on the other side of the screen.

Failed to escape... fate?

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Although you eventually became a god, you were ultimately bound by the rules of your family and that man.]

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: You became a mere accessory to him, a "wife" who existed purely to enhance his combat power. Whether it was your martial soul fusion skill or the godhood you attained, you were nothing more than his appendage.]

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Your talent, your hard work—you could have climbed to much greater heights, but in the end, you were trapped in place by fate.]

An accessory... an appendage...

These words made Zhu Zhuqing's heart turn cold.

This was not the future she wanted.

She had struggled every step of the way, not to become someone else's shadow.

She felt deeply unconvinced, but...

If fate was truly inescapable, how could she possibly have the power to break through it?

It made her feel a sense of powerlessness.

[No Petting Cats: ...]

Just then, the tone on the other side suddenly shifted.

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: However, you are the most hardworking person I have ever seen.]

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: Your talent and your character should not be buried.]

This sudden encouragement left Zhu Zhuqing stunned.

She did not know how to respond. From childhood, she had lived under high pressure and constant competition; no one had ever given her any direction.

This was the first time she had ever heard such an evaluation.

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: What I told you is merely one "possible" future. Even if it is difficult to change, since you know about it now, and since you have become a part of our group chat, this future is not without a chance of being shattered, is it?]

Ye Qiong's words were like a beam of light, shining into her dark, heavy heart.

That's right, since she already knew the worst-case scenario, why not give it her all to change it?

Perhaps this group chat was the opportunity to truly change the future.

Zhu Zhuqing clenched her fists tightly, and a flame was rekindled in her cold eyes.

[No Petting Cats: ...Thank you.]

Having finished his private chats with the two women, Ye Qiong closed the interface with satisfaction.

He leaned back against the soft wheat waves of Aedes Elysiae, holding the sleeping Mimi in his arms, and enjoyed the warm afternoon sun of the Aili Secret Pavilion.

The little one seemed to sense something; she nuzzled into his arms and let out a soft, dreamy whimper.

"Mimi..."

Ye Qiong dotingly stroked her little head, then opened his system panel.

Total Emotion Points: 19028

"Messaging them added over four thousand emotion points. Very good, I can start spending again."

A smile curled the corners of Ye Qiong's mouth as he began to operate the system.

[Consumed 3200 emotion points, level increased to thirty-three!]

[Consumed 3300 emotion points, level increased to thirty-four!]

In an instant, a massive surge of soul power poured into his body, causing him to let out a satisfied groan.

Having spent a total of 6500 emotion points, Ye Qiong's level had reached thirty-four.

"Mimi?"

Mimi in his arms was startled awake. Feeling that she had also grown a bit stronger, she excitedly broke free from Ye Qiong's embrace and floated into the air, waving her little fists at the empty space as if showing off her new strength to him.

Ye Qiong laughed and ruffled her hair: "Don't be impatient, the big stuff is still to come."

His gaze locked onto the soul rings in the shop.

"First soul ring, add one thousand years!"

[Consumed 1000 emotion points, first soul ring (500 years) age increased to 1500 years!]

"Second soul ring, add three thousand years!"

[Consumed 3000 emotion points, second soul ring (800 years) age increased to 3800 years!]

"Third soul ring, add six thousand years!"

[Consumed 6000 emotion points, third soul ring (1000 years) age increased to 7000 years!]

As the emotion points were rapidly consumed, the three soul rings around Ye Qiong's body suddenly flared with brilliant light.

The original yellow, purple, and purple configuration instantly transformed into purple, purple, and purple. Moreover, the color of each spirit ring was several times deeper than before, and the aura they exuded became increasingly terrifying.

Ye Qiong could clearly feel that the effects of his three spirit ring abilities had been vastly improved.

"Mimi! Mimi!"

Mimi spun excitedly in the air; she felt as if she had grown a little stronger herself.

After finishing all this, Ye Qiong smiled with satisfaction and then checked his remaining emotional points.

[Total Emotional Points: 2528]

Hmm, there's a bit left. Should I keep 60 points in reserve and dump the rest into the seal of the Void Archives?

Action followed thought.

[Consumed 2468 emotional points to unlock the Void Archives seal...]

Ye Qiong spread his left hand, and a golden cube instantly appeared.

Immediately after, he felt a massive surge of energy pouring into his left arm.

[Ding! Fully unlocking the Void Archives seal requires 10,000 emotional points. Current progress: 24.68%.]

"Tsk, still a long way to go."

Ye Qiong clicked his tongue, though he wasn't disappointed.

In his past life, as one of the Pioneer Twin Stars, his signature weapon had been this very Void Archives.

However, his Void Archives was not quite the same as the one Uncle Yang knew.

That Void Archives had long been "marinated" by Otto, giving birth to a new consciousness, whereas his own possessed no consciousness—it was merely an independent object.

His Void Archives, just like the Divine Key Void Archives, was capable of mimicking objects. In his past life in the Honkai Star Rail World, he had relied on it to mimic many weapons.

For example, his sister Ye Xing's Flame Lance Charge, Old Yang's Star of Eden, and Uncle Blade's Zhili...

He was now curious: once the seal on this Void Archives was completely lifted, what kind of astonishing abilities would it display in this world of Douluo Continent?

A moment later, Ye Qiong pulled back his thoughts, hugged Mimi as she flew back into his arms, and opened the chat group.

His emotional points were nearly depleted; it was time to start the next wave of revelations.

This time, he would play something different.

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: @everyone, the next round of revelations is about to begin.]

[Galaxy Baseball Bat Hero: However, the content this time will be a little different from before...]