The Clear Sky Sect's Little Princess

Within the Heaven Dou Empire, the Cloudbreak Mountain Range.

This was an ancient mountain range that stretched on without end. Its peaks were terrifyingly tall, thrusting straight into the clouds, and were shrouded in mist all year round. That was how it had earned the name Cloudbreak Mountain Range.

The mountains were thick with trees, with old vines winding everywhere. From time to time, the roars of animals and soul beasts could be heard. It was a complete contrast to the metal-scented Jingyang Mountain Range of the Sun Moon Empire. The energy of heaven and earth here was purer and more primal as well.

A violet spatial rift silently opened deep within the mountains. Complex spatial runes coiled around its edges, making it look like a magic circle suspended in midair.

Xu Tianming was the first to step out of the passage.

He wore the Fools' standard black military uniform, his black cloak snapping in the mountain wind. A black mask covered the upper half of his face, leaving only a pair of icy red eyes exposed.

Karna emerged soundlessly right behind him.

Once both of them had come out, the spatial passage shut with a flash, leaving behind no trace whatsoever.

"Let's go. That small Rift Realm is right ahead."

Xu Tianming glanced at the First Mirror in his hand. A flashing red dot was clearly marked on its surface.

"The sooner we finish, the sooner we're done."

The First Mirror's Coordinate Computation ability was no joke. It was absurdly powerful, practically pinning down the Rift Realm's location within a hundred-meter radius.

However, the Rift Realm itself affected the stability of the surrounding space. So even with the First Mirror's computational ability, they could not open a spatial passage directly at its entrance. They would have to cover the rest of the distance on foot.

Xu Tianming put away the First Mirror and headed toward the red marker with Karna.

The mountain path twisted and turned, while mist filled the forest, severely obstructing their view.

Yet while Xu Tianming was leading Karna toward the Rift Realm, another group had already beaten them there and arrived at its edge.

"So this is the Rift Realm~~~"

A crisp, pleasant young girl's voice rang out, carrying a hint of novelty.

"My first time seeing one. It really does look strange."

The speaker was a little girl who looked to be around nine years old. She had an exceptionally rare head of long blue-to-pink gradient hair, soft strands draping behind her shoulders. Her pink-blue eyes were clear and bright as she curiously examined everything before her.

The ground in front of her had already been contaminated by dark violet energy. The once lush green trees had turned yellow and warped, with tiny diamond-shaped crystals embedded in their trunks. A chilling, unpleasant scent drifted through the air.

A group of people stood beside the little girl, led by a burly man in his twenties.

The young man wore fitted black clothing. He was tall and muscular, with a steady aura. As he looked down at the little girl, his expression was immensely respectful.

"Young Mistress, the intelligence says this is a newly appeared small Rift Realm."

"Based on past experience, a Rift Realm of this scale usually has a lord at the Soul King level."

"Only a Soul King..."

A flicker of disappointment passed through the little girl's pink-blue eyes.

"I thought it would be something impressive."

She had originally thought she might encounter some formidable Rift Realm Lord here, and had even prepared herself for a grand battle. After all, she had brought several Soul Sage-level disciples of the Clear Sky Sect with her.

What waves could a mere Soul King possibly make? Wang Dong'er immediately lost interest.

"Forget it. Let's go in and take a look."

She puffed out her cheeks, her tone full of boredom.

"I've been stuck in the sect so long I'm practically growing mold. Big Daddy and Second Daddy won't let me go out and play, either."

As the little princess of the Clear Sky Sect, Wang Dong'er could summon a hundred responses with a single call within the sect. Whatever she wanted, she got.

Yet it was precisely because of that that she did not have a single friend her own age. No one could ignore her status and befriend her as an equal.

The disciples in the sect were either terrified of her or endlessly fawning over her. Not one of them dared to truly treat her like an ordinary girl.

She found that unbearably boring.

Even when it came to cultivation, she was inconsistent and half-hearted.

She possessed the Clear Sky Sect's finest resources, had been born with Innate Full Soul Power, and even possessed the one-in-ten-thousand Twin Martial Souls. Her talent was so high it could make every peer her age despair on the spot.

Yet she was already nine years old, and her Soul Power was somehow still stuck at level eighteen. If that talent had belonged to anyone else, they would likely have broken through to Soul Grandmaster long ago and might even be charging toward the Soul Elder realm.

But Wang Dong'er did not care in the slightest.

Even if she slacked off in cultivation, even if she lazed around every day, no one in the entire Clear Sky Sect dared utter a single word against her.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan, the sect masters, doted on her even more, practically spoiling her rotten.

But the more they treated her that way, the more bored Wang Dong'er became, and the less motivation she had to cultivate.

To her, cultivation was merely completing a task, not something she absolutely had to do.

After all, even if she did not cultivate, even if she were just an ordinary person, she would still be the young sect master of the Clear Sky Sect.

That would never change.

She herself did not understand why her status in the Clear Sky Sect was so high, nor did she know why Big Daddy and Second Daddy pampered her so much. Their protection of her was practically indulgent.

Could it be because of the parents she had no memory of at all?

Wang Dong'er could not figure it out, nor could she be bothered to think so much about it.

This time, a Rift Realm had appeared in the Cloudbreak Mountain Range. The Clear Sky Sect had originally planned to send people to clear it out, but the moment Wang Dong'er heard the news, she took the initiative to request that she lead the team herself.

Niu Tian and Tai Tan had not wanted her to take such a risk. But considering that this was only a small Rift Realm with no real danger, located within the Clear Sky Sect's territory, the chances of anything happening to Wang Dong'er were practically zero.

In the end, they agreed to Wang Dong'er's willful request.

To her, this was merely a little seasoning in her boring life. To Niu Tian and Tai Tan, it was nothing more than an insignificant bit of training.

No one took this little Rift Realm seriously at all.

Wang Dong'er raised her hand, her long pink-blue hair gently fluttering in the wind.

"Let's go. We're setting off."

With that, she was the first to step into the Rift Realm's range. The other Clear Sky Sect disciples did not dare delay and hurried after her.

Not long afterward, Xu Tianming arrived with Karna as well. Seeing the footprints around them, he smiled. "Looks like someone got here ahead of us. Let's go. Don't let them take the lord."

As he spoke, he stepped into the Rift Realm. As space shifted around them, the surroundings grew even darker. The sky was a gloomy violet, and although the environment was still the Cloudbreak Mountain Range, everything had been replaced by purple hues and crystals. This was the small Rift Realm space.

They were no longer in the material plane of Douluo Continent, but had entered the Rift Realm space, a small plane attached to the material plane.