Only the White Moonlight Could Defeat Gu Yuena, the One Etched in His Heart...

The Destruction Divine Law.

That was what Di Tian saw in the divine artifact fragment at first glance.

Then—

He spread his fingers.

A powerful suction erupted, drawing the purple fragment into his palm.

There was no mistake.

It truly contained the Destruction Divine Law.

But that was all it contained. It had none of the extraordinary functions of an intact divine artifact; its only use was to help someone comprehend the power of destruction.

However—

The Destruction Divine Law harmed its practitioner as well as its enemies, and few people cultivated it.

That was why it had ended up at the auction.

Di Tian's suspicions pointed toward the Destruction God King, Zi—a God King born when the primordial essence of destruction took form at the point where the Divine Dragon Realm's Divine Realm had regressed into the Douluo Divine Realm.

In the end—

To resist the spacetime turbulence invading the Douluo Divine Realm, he had been forced to reincarnate with his bonded Super Divine Artifact, the Staff of Destruction. Only after ten thousand years could he return.

But ten thousand years had already passed.

And the Destruction God King, Zi, had not returned.

Not only had he failed to return, but when Tang San came back a dozen or so years later, he had privately passed the seed of Godhood Inheritance Zi had left in the Divine Realm to his own precious son, Tang Wulin, under the virtuous-sounding excuse that one should not overlook a worthy candidate just because he was family.

Well, well.

Di Tian had reason to suspect that something had happened to the reincarnated Destruction God King, Zi. But he had nowhere near enough evidence to prove that the fragment in his hand, shaped like a broken short staff, had come from him.

It was too badly damaged.

He could no longer even tell what grade the artifact had been before it shattered.

For now, he set his suspicions aside.

He put the fragment into his Storage Soul Tool. Even if it was not a piece of the Super Divine Artifact Staff of Destruction, it would still be excellent for speeding up his comprehension of the Destruction Divine Law.

"Thank you."

"What for?" Le Qingling said as she showed Zi JI and Bi Ji to their seats.

"I spent your money to handle your business."

"It really wasn't cheap, though. Just one divine artifact fragment cost a full 1.8 billion Federation Coins. That's nearly half a year's net profit for the company."

As she spoke, she eagerly pulled out a seat for Di Tian.

She filled his cup with tea and laid out an array of pastries.

Only then did she sit across from him.

Pressing her palms together, she pleaded:

"Boss, you have to help me."

"With me and Tang Le."

"I'm afraid you're the only one who can help me with this."

"Six years ago, you recognized Tang Le's potential at a glance and saw how much money he could make. You clearly understand him."

Di Tian chewed a pastry and took a sip of top-grade spring tea.

"You've fallen for Tang Le."

"You're not content with having him work for you. You want him for yourself."

"Am I right?"

Le Qingling's eyes lit up at once.

"Boss, you're brilliant!"

"You see through everything!" A stream of flattery followed as if it cost her nothing.

Beside them—

Zi JI could not help asking:

"Did Tang Le reject you when you confessed?"

Now that she knew Le Qingling genuinely had someone she loved, Zi JI had dropped her guard and begun looking at things from Le Qingling's perspective.

"More or less." Le Qingling nodded, her eyes dimming.

"Actually—"

"At first, I had no intention of pursuing a romance with Tang Le."

"But ever since I rescued him after he lost his memory, he's followed me everywhere. Every other romantic prospect I had withered away."

"So naturally, I figured Tang Le owed me for that."

"I've sounded him out more than once, but he always says he likes me as a younger sister."

"How is that any different from a rejection?"

"After it happened again and again, I meant to give up."

"But then... then I realized I was in too deep. I couldn't give up on Tang Le at all."

Le Qingling looked utterly dejected.

She picked up the teacup before her, tilted back her swanlike neck, and drained it.

Though it was fine spring tea, fragrant and refreshing, she drank it as if it were strong liquor that burned all the way down.

Troubled, she asked:

"Zi JI, what should I do?"

"I..." Zi JI stammered. This was hardly her strong suit.

She had never experienced love in the human world.

She had no experience to draw on.

She turned to Di Tian for help.

It was true that Di Tian had never experienced it either, but he had lived a long time.

He had seniority on his side.

He might never have eaten pork, but he had seen plenty of pigs run.

His theoretical knowledge was flawless.

Le Qingling looked to Di Tian for help too, her big eyes sparkling as she tried to squeeze out a few tears that might soften his heart.

"All right."

"I'll give you a suggestion," Di Tian agreed.

As for Le Qingling falling in love with Tang Wulin—

He had no judgment to offer.

If he had merely been an onlooker, Di Tian would have had no intention of getting involved.

Le Qingling was just an NPC meant to highlight Tang Wulin's appeal, a pitiful woman whose love would never be returned.

But he was not an onlooker now.

He and Le Qingling were partners whose fortunes were tied together. Besides, she had just brought him a divine artifact fragment that interested him greatly.

With Le Qingling pleading so earnestly, Di Tian was not about to turn her down coldly.

And!

Most importantly!!

The original timeline had explicitly mentioned that Tang Wulin had developed feelings for Le Qingling while his memory was gone!!!

He had even considered spending his life with her.

That made him a man whose affections could be swayed.

There was just one problem.

Whenever Tang Wulin felt drawn to Le Qingling, it was as though thorns wrapped around his heart, and its fluttering beat immediately turned into a sharp pain.

Guilt would well up in him, leaving his feelings for Le Qingling frozen at that first spark. It would even drive him to distance himself from her deliberately.

Di Tian laid out his analysis in front of Le Qingling.

Bang!

Le Qingling punched her right fist into her left palm, her eyes lighting up again.

"Exactly!"

"Boss!"

"Now that you've laid it out, I realize I missed some details!"

"Whenever I hinted at my feelings to Tang Le, he'd lower his head in pain and clutch the left side of his chest, right over his heart."

"When he looked up again, that first flicker of attraction in his eyes would recede like the tide."

"I thought I was imagining it. Besides, I was worried about his health."

"So I overlooked it."

"But now that you've pointed it out, it's obvious Tang Le does have feelings for me. His past is holding him back!"

The more Le Qingling spoke, the brighter her eyes grew.

She seemed to glow.

"In other words—"

"There's someone unforgettable in Tang Le's lost memories."

"She's the obstacle standing between Tang Le and me."

"Then, boss, what should I do?!"

She asked eagerly, plainly treating Di Tian as her lifeline and an all-knowing adviser on love.

Since he had decided to help, Di Tian held nothing back.

"First—"

"Let me correct one thing."

"The woman standing between you and Tang Le isn't his white moonlight. She's the one etched in his heart."

"Is... is there a difference?" Le Qingling was baffled, and so were Bi Ji and Zi JI.

"Aren't those just two ways of saying the same thing?"

"No, no, no."

"You have to look at the specifics."

"For Tang Le, only a new white moonlight can defeat the woman etched in his heart."