Xiao Cheng spent about the time it took an incense stick to burn briefly explaining to Xiao Ran and Xiao Zhan the origins of the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, how its thirteen Eternal Stars had been scattered, and how the core body of the Super Divine Artifact resided in his Spirit Sea.
But he quietly skipped over his status as the Child of Armageddon.
It was not that he feared Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ran would misunderstand. The title certainly sounded like something belonging to a world-destroying demon lord, but Xiao Cheng had a mouth. Explaining that "Armageddon meant a restart, not destruction" would not be hard. Neither Xiao Ran nor Xiao Zhan was hidebound; they knew and trusted him, and would naturally believe him. The real reason Xiao Cheng held back was that he did not want them worrying needlessly.
Of course, his father Xiao Ran was strong enough to help if he knew. At some critical moment in the future, he might even become Xiao Cheng's most reliable ally. Xiao Cheng had never intended to hide it from him forever. Now simply was not the time to lay his cards on the table.
As for Xiao Zhan... a rank ninety-two Titled Douluo could hold down an entire region in Eastsea City, but faced with something on the scale of the Child of Armageddon, he fell a little short. Telling him would accomplish nothing except give the old man something to fret over day and night. Xiao Cheng did not want to disturb his grandfather's retirement.
"A Super Divine Artifact... thirteen Eternal Stars..." Xiao Zhan fell silent for a long while after hearing it. At last he lifted his teacup, took a sip, and sighed. "I bought a bead to roll around in my hand for fun,