He Was the Law Before Laws, the Order Before Order

However, after feeding the little one, another problem arose.

Where would he sleep?

Snow Empress looked around the Ice Crystal Palace, her gaze landing on the ice bed.

The ice bed was crystal-clear and gave off a faint chill. To Snow Empress, it was the most comfortable bed in the world.

But for Ling Xiao...

When Snow Empress tried to place Ling Xiao on the ice bed, his body jolted violently the instant she set him down.

"Ugh..."

Ling Xiao let out an uncomfortable whimper, his little face instantly scrunching up.

He began to shiver uncontrollably, flailing his hands and feet through the air as he desperately searched for the warmth he had just lost.

Snow Empress's heart clenched, and she immediately picked Ling Xiao back up.

The moment he returned to Snow Empress's embrace, he instinctively nuzzled against her.

His tiny hand once more clutched tightly at her collar, and his body gradually stopped trembling.

"..."

Snow Empress looked at Ling Xiao in her arms.

She remained silent for a long time.

Then, she made a decision.

She spread several layers of cloth over the ice bed to lessen the chill it gave off.

She laid Ling Xiao at her side, then wrapped an arm around him and drew him into her embrace.

Ling Xiao felt warmth.

Warmth enveloped him from every direction, driving away all the cold.

He nestled closer to the source of that warmth, pressing his entire body tightly against Snow Empress's chest.

Snow Empress lowered her head to look at him, and a faint tenderness appeared on her face.

"Sleep... sleep..."

Gradually.

The two of them drifted into dreams together.

Ling Xiao, sleeping soundly in Snow Empress's embrace, was now immersed in a sea of chaos.

This was a dream.

Or rather, an inheritance.

He fell into boundless darkness.

Unlike the darkness of blindness in his previous life, the darkness before him was alive.

It breathed. It churned.

Then, a flash of lightning tore through the darkness, completely illuminating the scene before him.

In a daze.

Ling Xiao seemed to see himself standing above countless stars.

Before he could see clearly.

His consciousness was drawn away by that lightning once more, and innumerable images flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.

He saw...

The chaos before Heaven and Earth had opened.

Within the void, a bolt of purple lightning was born from nothing.

That lightning contained the power of creation. It was the most primordial and pure form of power.

It belonged to no law and was bound by no rule. It was the law before laws, the order before order.

Innate Chaos Thunder Spirit.

That was him.

Ling Xiao's mind shook violently.

The inheritance memories slowly unfolded within his consciousness like a magnificent ancient chronicle:

Innate Chaos Thunder Spirit:

Born at the beginning of Heaven and Earth, it was the tangible manifestation of the origin power of creation.

Fed on the Divine Thunder of the Nine Heavens:

Heavenly Thunder was the purest form of energy between Heaven and Earth. To an Innate Thunder Spirit, it was both food and a cultivation resource.

Communing with Heaven and Earth:

Through the Thunder Spirit Origin, he could summon the Heavenly Thunder above the Nine Heavens and command it to obey his will.

Immune to Heavenly Thunder Erasure:

No lightning punishment could harm an Innate Thunder Spirit. Instead, it would become his nourishment.

Breaking the Shackles of Heavenly Tribulation:

He could neutralize or suppress the shackles of Heavenly Thunder imposed upon other living beings.

Any lightning tribulation shackles descended by the Heavenly Dao could be shattered by an Innate Thunder Spirit.

There was much more information within those memories.

However, Ling Xiao's consciousness was still too weak, and he could only receive the most basic parts.

Even so, this alone was enough to leave Ling Xiao utterly stunned.

An Innate Chaos Thunder Spirit could feed on Heavenly Thunder, summon the Divine Thunder of the Nine Heavens, and shatter the shackles of Heavenly Thunder.

This information was like a key, unlocking memories from his previous life.

Because the first novel he had ever read was Douluo, he instinctively thought of Douluo Continent.

In the Douluo World, the Heavenly Dao suppressed Soul Beasts, preventing them from becoming gods for their entire lives.

Tens of thousands of Soul Beasts became stepping stones for humanity, until they were ultimately driven to extinction.

Back then, he had been furious.

That Dragon God had been brainless too.

The disaster he had caused himself had actually been forced upon all Soul Beasts to bear together.

Especially during Huo Yuhao's era in the second Douluo story, Soul Beasts could not even rest in peace after death.

Soul spirit contracts.

Chasing the illusory path to godhood.

Yet after Huo Yuhao became a god, before the God Realm was swept away by the spacetime turbulence.

Had a single soul spirit benefited?

In the end, had they not still been wiped out entirely?

In his previous life.

Ling Xiao had been a blind orphan. Back then, there had been nothing he could do.

But this life was different, because in this life, he possessed powerful abilities.

Breaking the shackles of Heavenly Thunder.

What did that mean?

It meant he could change the circumstances of Soul Beasts and change this unfair world.

But the question was...

Had he really transmigrated into Douluo?

If he truly had transmigrated into Douluo, then what period of Douluo was this?

Ling Xiao's consciousness gradually blurred.

The inheritance memories were too vast. He could no longer bear them, and he felt sleepier and sleepier.

Before Ling Xiao slipped into sleep, he faintly heard a voice.

It was close, soft, and warm.

"Sleep... sleep..."

Snow Empress was whispering by his ear, and Ling Xiao could not help but smile faintly amid the chaos.

"Mom..."

He murmured in his dream.

Then, he fell completely asleep as well.

This darkness was no longer cold or lonely, because Snow Empress was beside him.

Time quietly passed.

Within the Ice Crystal Palace, Snow Empress fed Ling Xiao Soul Power day after day.

Ling Xiao truly lived up to being an Innate Thunder Spirit. As long as he had Soul Power to absorb, his body could grow rapidly, developing far faster than an ordinary infant.

In just a few short days.

He had grown from a baby incapable of even rolling over into one who could crawl across the ice bed.

Snow Empress was not surprised by this.

The growth rate of spirits was naturally different from that of ordinary living beings, let alone an Innate Thunder Spirit, an existence even purer than she was.

As long as there was sufficient Soul Power, Ling Xiao's growth would only become faster and faster.

Snow Empress watched Ling Xiao crawl all over the ice bed, a gratified smile appearing on her face.

Ling Xiao did not feel that he was growing quickly.

But he understood very clearly that this body of his was far too frail.

He could not even stand up and could only lie prone, crawling forward inch by inch.

The surface of the ice bed was smooth as a mirror.

He had slipped several times already, and every fall had left him sprawled on his back.

But Ling Xiao was not discouraged.

Being able to see his own hands and feet was already an immense blessing.

"Mmm... mmm..."

Ling Xiao lay on the ice bed and wriggled forward with all four limbs, his little face flushed red as though he were exerting every ounce of strength he had.

Snow Empress sat at the other end of the ice bed, quietly watching him.

From Snow Empress's perspective, Ling Xiao looked less like he was practicing control over his body and more like he was wreaking havoc on the ice bed.

One moment, the little thing crawled forward a couple of steps. The next, he turned around and crawled backward a couple more.

He grabbed the edge of the ice bed, trying to stand, only for his legs to give out and send him flopping back down.

Snow Empress watched this scene.

A faint smile appeared on the face that had remained cold for ten thousand years.

Suddenly.

Ling Xiao stopped. He lay on the ice bed, raised his head, and stared straight at Snow Empress.

Snow Empress was slightly startled.

Ling Xiao looked at her like that for quite a while, then revealed an innocent, guileless smile.

"Mom, you're so pretty."