Heaven-Defying Love Views in Douluo Continent! Taking a Trip Out and Returning as an Imperial Prince!

"What's wrong? Still reluctant, taken a fancy to the little girl?"

There was none of his usual detachment in Long Xiaoyao's tone, his face filled with teasing toward Xu Tianchen, and a trace of gossip flickered in his eyes.

"Master, what are you talking about! I'm not even seven years old yet! She's not even nine either!"

A hint of annoyance laced Xu Tianchen's tone. Right now, this body of his was not even seven years old, and Zhang Le Xuan was still a nine-year-old little girl.

Adding the nineteen years from his past life, he was already twenty-five years old; how could he possibly take a fancy to a nine-year-old little girl? If it were the intellectual, gentle inner court grand senior sister from the original work, that would be a different story.

As for a nine-year-old little loli, that was more than three years in prison, up to the electric chair!

He had no desire to cosplay the Lightning Boy!

"What's wrong with that? Don't you know to make your move early? A good wife should be raised from childhood."

Watching Xu Tianchen's somewhat resistant expression, Long Xiaoyao could not help but begin to counsel him.

After all, everyone in Douluo Continent developed fast as Spirit Masters, and on top of that, the Douluo Continent of today was fundamentally still an ancient feudal society where people generally matured early and married and had children at a young age.

Didn't you see Oscar's old father have him at thirteen, and Ma Hongjun visiting brothels at twelve or thirteen?

Who knew how this had developed? Even after ten thousand years of evolution, Douluo Continent was still stuck in a feudal society. Therefore, for the people of Douluo Continent, the age of nine was still acceptable.

It was just that most normal Spirit Masters who pursued grand ambitions and dreamed of hitting higher ranks would choose to seize every moment to cultivate and enhance their own strength when they were young, rather than wasting time on romance.

Yet this place called Douluo Continent was somewhat bizarre! Whether it was because this place was the graveyard of the God of Love, or for some other reason, the top-tier Spirit Masters definitely had somewhat eccentric love stories.

Especially the love triangles that ran through all four installments of Douluo!

From Bo Saixi and the other two in Douluo I to Yu Xiaogang and the other two, then to Ye Xishui and the other two in Douluo II, then to Long Yeyue and the other two in Douluo III, and finally to Ling Zichen and the other two in Douluo IV.

Moreover, each one was more heaven-defying than the last, with the most heaven-defying of all being Ling Zichen and Yi Zichen from Douluo IV. Although in the end, that king of simps Yi Zichen managed to lick his way to success, and Ling Zichen also agreed to marry him.

Yet when the wedding ceremony was held, it was truly shocking.

Normal wedding vows were either something like: Thank you for becoming the love of my life, sharing all my dreams and desires... accompanying you forever without ever forsaking you.

Or else: To meet the one you love is both lucky and blissful... walking down the aisle of marriage with the person before your eyes, one pair for a lifetime!

Whereas our Ling Dapao started out with: "The person this lady loves isn't you, it's Tang Wulin! Are you still willing to marry me?"

Saying that right in front of so many friends and relatives and numerous guests, the crucial part was that Yi Zichen actually happily agreed in the end without a single objection. Truly worthy of being the king of simps who had licked for ten thousand years!

Simply heaven-defying! Did Yi Zichen even have to wear a Tang Wulin mask on their wedding night in the end or what!

With the speed of Long Xiaoyao as an Ultimate Douluo, Xu Tianchen quickly caught sight of Mingdu.

Because they arrived when it was already night, Mingdu looked completely different from the daytime. Xu Tianchen had never before, like today, looked down upon the night view of Mingdu from the sky.

Ten thousand household lights illuminated this seemingly boundless city so brilliantly that it almost vied with the stars filling the sky. Between the buildings, rows of flagstones were scattered like stars in the chessboard of the sky, and beneath these flagstones lay hidden some imperceptible fluctuations of spirit power.

This was a defensive barrier set up to protect Mingdu. Because Mingdu had no city walls, it required this spirit-guided defensive barrier to carry out protective measures. Of course, under normal circumstances, this defensive device would not be activated; it would only be turned on when encountering special circumstances that required additional protection, or when something needed to be prevented from escaping Mingdu and a lockdown was necessary.

The main thing was that there were no fatal threats around Mingdu. The biggest threat nearby was the Evil Demon Forest, but that was also a vast distance away from Mingdu.

Furthermore, the Sun Moon Empire's strongest spirit engineer legion—the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Legion—was permanently stationed in Mingdu. By the late stage of the original plot, the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Legion, when paired with Linked Soul Devices, could even rival an Ultimate Douluo in combat power! It was just that their mobility was relatively poor.

And for some reason, after Long Xiaoyao brought Xu Tianchen into Mingdu, he saw that the city was in a state of post-disaster recovery yet thriving. Moreover, ever since Long Xiaoyao had received a message earlier, he kept looking at Xu Tianchen with a rather strange expression.

This made Xu Tianchen feel very uncomfortable. When he asked him what was going on, the man refused to say, only telling him he would know when the time came, stubbornly acting like an odious riddle-maker over there.

Damn it! Riddle-makers get out of Gotham!

Finally, they walked all the way to the Purple Radiance Prince's Manor.

"I'll leave you here, go on inside by yourself. I have matters to attend to with your master's wife, so I won't go in."

With that, Long Xiaoyao left Xu Tianchen alone at the Purple Radiance Prince's Manor. Watching Long Xiaoyao's unhesitating departing figure, Xu Tianchen stood in place, shook his head helplessly, and then walked directly toward the main gate of the manor.

"Greetings, Second Prince!"

As soon as he approached the gates, the two guards at the entrance dropped to one knee and shouted toward Xu Tianchen.

"Huh? Huh?"

Xu Tianchen first nodded, but immediately afterward he realized something was wrong. Did the guards at the door just address him incorrectly? Why did they call him Second Prince? Shouldn't it be Second Young Master? Thus, the foot he had already stepped inside was pulled back, and he walked up to one of the guards and said:

"What did you just call me?"

"S-Second Prince!"

The gate guard looked at Xu Tianchen, who was questioning him, somewhat puzzled, but still repeated what he had just said.

"Second Prince? Wh—"

"Second Prince, His Majesty requests your presence!"

Just as Xu Tianchen wanted to continue pressing the guard for answers, Housekeeper Zhao appeared silently at the entrance like a ghost, appearing out of nowhere at some unknown time. He spoke up and directly interrupted Xu Tianchen's questioning.

"Housekeeper Zhao, what's going on? Why are you calling me that too?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Xu Tianchen turned back to look. Sure enough, it was Housekeeper Zhao standing at the doorway, still wearing that same smiling expression on his face.

"Second Prince, please come in. His Majesty knew you would be returning around today and is already waiting for you in the study. He will tell you everything you want to know."

With that, Housekeeper Zhao made a gesture inviting Xu Tianchen inside.

Xu Tianchen stared at Housekeeper Zhao for a moment. He decided to go and see what the situation was and what had happened. Moreover, given Housekeeper Zhao's loyalty to his father, it was absolutely impossible for him to betray him.

Then there was only one possibility!

For some unknown reason, his father had launched a coup earlier than the timeline in the original story, driving his uncle from the throne and seizing the imperial crown himself.

Actually, it was just that Xu Tianchen hadn't paid attention to the news along the way, coupled with the fact that Long Xiaoyao had flown all the way back at breakneck speed while wanting to tease him and keep him in the dark. Otherwise, with this having been proclaimed to the entire world, it was impossible for Xu Tianchen not to know.

"We have arrived, Second Prince."

Just as Xu Tianchen's mind was wandering, he had also reached the entrance of the study. Xu Tianchen stood at the door, gazing at the closed wooden door. All the answers would be revealed once he pushed this door open.

Xu Tianchen took a deep breath and abruptly shoved open the study door.