Moonlight Box

"What is your name?" Zixia asked.

"Sun Goten."

"Sun Goten..." Zixia chewed on the name, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly. "Interesting."

She sheathed the Violet-Azure Treasure Sword and offered Goten a faint smile. "What was that technique you just used called?"

"Kamehameha. My dad taught it to me."

"Your dad?"

"His name is Sun Wukong."

Zixia's expression shifted.

The Bull Demon King's expression shifted as well.

Zhi Zun Bao's expression was even more spectacular—he had already retreated to the edge of the battlefield and happened to overhear this.

"Sun—Wu—Kong—"

Zixia repeated the name, syllable by syllable, her gaze toward Goten becoming increasingly complex.

"You are his son?"

Goten scratched his head. "The Sun Wukong of this world... I'm not sure if he's my dad. My dad isn't a monkey; he's a human."

Zixia fell silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed. "True. How could the son of that monkey be a human boy?"

Goten didn't know what to say.

Just then—

Rumble...

A dull roll of thunder echoed from the sky.

Goten looked up and discovered that, at some point, a dense, black mass of clouds had surged across the horizon, with golden lightning flickering faintly within them.

A vast and majestic aura descended from above, pressing down so heavily it made it hard to breathe.

Zixia's face turned grave in an instant.

"Oh no."

"What's wrong?" Goten asked.

"The Heavenly Court." Zixia gripped her sword hilt. "Your aura just now—that power which does not belong to this world—has attracted the attention of the Heavenly Court."

"The Heavenly Court?"

"Within the Three Realms, the Heavenly Court holds the highest authority." Zixia watched the black clouds drawing closer. "They will never allow an existence from another world to disrupt the order of the Three Realms."

Goten frowned. "What will they do?"

Zixia turned back and gave him a long, deep look.

"They—"

"Will come to capture you."

Inside the stronghold, the atmosphere was exceptionally heavy.

The Bull Demon King had been sealed within a barrier by Zixia's immortal arts and was temporarily unable to move—but this was only temporary. Zixia said her seal could last for three days at most.

Goten sat by the campfire, with Zhi Zun Bao and Zixia sitting on his left and right. The three of them wore different expressions.

Goten was excited—the Heavenly Court, the Three Realms, Demon Kings, fairies; he had never heard of such things in the Dragon Ball World. It was even more interesting than playing a game!

Zhi Zun Bao was miserable—as a bandit leader, he hadn't just provoked the Bull Demon King today, but a fairy had also arrived, and now the Heavenly Court was coming? He couldn't go on living like this!

Zixia, meanwhile, was lost in thought—her gaze fell on Goten from time to time, filled with curiosity and... some sort of indescribable emotion.

"So," Zhi Zun Bao finally spoke, breaking the silence, "Brother Goten, where exactly did you come from?"

Goten thought for a moment and decided not to hide it anymore.

"I come from another world."

"Another world?" Zhi Zun Bao frowned. "What do you mean by another world?"

"It's... a world completely different from this one." Goten tried his best to explain. "Where we are, there is a universe, planets, aliens... Our world is called Earth, but it's not quite the same as the 'earth' you speak of."

Zhi Zun Bao listened, completely bewildered.

Zixia, however, spoke up: "This other world you speak of—is it outside the Three Realms, or within them?"

Goten scratched his head. "What Three Realms?"

"The Heavenly Realm, the Human Realm, and the Underworld." Zixia explained patiently. "Within the Three Realms, all things follow an order. Every living soul exists within the cycle of the Three Realms."

"Then I suppose I'm not from within the Three Realms." Goten thought for a moment and said, "Where I come from... there is no Heavenly Court, no Underworld, no demons, and no immortals. We have Saiyans, Namekians, and the Supreme Kai—"

"Supreme Kai?" Zixia's eyes brightened. "Are you saying—that above the Divine Realm, there exists an even higher authority?"

"I guess so." Goten shrugged. "My dad knows someone called the Supreme Kai, but I'm not really sure what he's in charge of."

Zixia remained silent for a long while, then withdrew an object from her bosom.

It was an archaic box, roughly the size of a palm, its entire body radiating a faint, ghostly purple glow. Intricate patterns were carved onto the surface, resembling some form of ancient script or perhaps a celestial map.

"This is..."

"The Moonlight Box."

Goten stared at the box, suddenly sensing a strange reaction within his body.

His Saiyan bloodline was resonating with the object.

"It... it's glowing," Goten said.

Zixia looked down—sure enough, the surface of the Moonlight Box was emitting a soft light, pulsing brighter and dimmer in rhythm with Goten's breathing, much like a heartbeat.

Her pupils contracted slightly.

"As I thought..."

"Thought what?"

Zixia raised her head, her expression becoming incredibly complex.

"The Moonlight Box is an ancient divine artifact capable of traversing time and space, opening passages between the Three Realms and the heavens and earth. Yet, the power required to drive it is not immortal energy, nor demonic energy, nor dark energy—"

She paused.

"It is the power within you."

Goten frowned. "You mean... the power of a Saiyan?"

"I do not know what you call it," Zixia said slowly, "but legend has it that the Moonlight Box originates from an even older era—an age known as 'Primordial Chaos.' Back then, the Three Realms had not yet formed, and there was only one power between heaven and earth—"

"Primordial Qi."

Goten listened, only half-understanding.