Next Stop: Sun Moon; Tang San's Reaction

Ye Chenxing's vision refocused, and he returned to the moment when his connection with Qian Renxue had stabilized.

Though it contained an immense amount of information spanning a hundred years, it was no burden at all to Ye Chenxing's Mind Star Sea.

Yet he had lived less than forty years across both lives combined. The Angel God's turbulent life still stirred deep emotions within him.

Seeing Ye Chenxing suddenly fall silent, Qian Renxue asked:

"What's wrong, Master? Was there a problem with this connection?"

"Saber." Ye Chenxing came back to his senses. "While we were connecting just now, I saw your past."

At Ye Chenxing's words, Qian Renxue's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

But it lasted only an instant before she resumed her calm, detached expression and lowered her eyes slightly.

"Is that so? Those are all matters from long ago. Since our souls are connected, it is only natural that you would see them. They are merely worldly affairs of the past, nothing worth mentioning."

She hid it well. There was not even the slightest ripple in her voice, as though she were truly speaking of someone else's story.

Yet her faintly trembling eyelashes exposed the ripples within her heart.

Ye Chenxing saw her embarrassment and continued.

"Saber, I wanted to say this earlier. Calling me Master feels rather awkward. Now that I know your name, shouldn't we change it to something else?"

Qian Renxue was stunned for a moment, then nodded and began considering it seriously.

Just as Ye Chenxing gradually began to feel something was wrong, Qian Renxue seemed to make up her mind.

"Very well, my master..."

!?

What exactly was she thinking about every time she went quiet!?

"Stop, stop, stop!" Ye Chenxing hurriedly cut her off. "That's even worse. How about this? From now on, just call me Chenxing. As for me... I'll call you Sister Xue. What do you think?"

Qian Renxue lowered her head and softly repeated it twice.

"Chenxing..."

Ye Chenxing let out a breath of relief. After seeing Qian Renxue's life just now, having such a pure valkyrie call him master really felt a little...

Better leave that for the future!

Feeling the awkwardness in the air grow thicker, Ye Chenxing knew there was no hope of relying on the scatterbrained beauty before him to break the silence, so he gave a light cough.

"Ahem... I've noticed that you are not actually from this world. Or rather, the history of our world differs greatly from what is in your memories."

"How about it? Want me to give you a history lesson and tell you what has happened over the past ten thousand years?"

Qian Renxue tilted her head slightly and pondered for a moment. "Actually, from the moment I was summoned by the Holy Grail as a Heroic Spirit, the background and basic history of this era were directly imprinted into my consciousness as common knowledge."

"..."

"..."

"Well, since you already know, that makes things much simpler. Let's talk business."

Ye Chenxing clapped his hands and brought the conversation back on track. "My top priority now is finding a suitable second spirit ring. But my martial soul is unusual. When choosing spirit rings, aside from the quality of the spirit beast itself, I care more about what kind of compatibility it can provide for the next Heroic Spirit Summoning."

Originally, the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm should have been his first choice. Unfortunately, before he transmigrated, Sky Dream had already escaped the control of the ferocious beasts and hidden somewhere within the Star Dou Great Forest with its spiritual power.

Thinking of this, Ye Chenxing could not help but laugh to himself. Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and he were alike: one guarded a million years of cultivation and possessed spiritual attacks that were nearly nonexistent, while the other had a cosmic-scale spiritual sea yet could only display the strength of a Spirit Emperor.

They really were a pair of smiling tigers, two Black-Horn Sharks.

After a pause, he analyzed the matter clearly. "Now that I have the Angel Martial Soul you provide, Sister Xue, I already have enough offensive options. Summoning another powerful fighter with a martial soul would not mean much with the energy supply of my current level twenty cultivation. So, I plan to summon a Heroic Spirit with stronger utility."

At that point, Ye Chenxing could not help feeling fortunate that the martial soul's summoning was so user-friendly.

If he truly had to satisfy a Limit Douluo like Qian Renxue, he would probably be drained dry in less than a second.

He had no hobby of making a small horse pull a huge cart.

"Could it be that you mean..."

Ye Chenxing smiled and nodded, then turned his gaze toward the distant western horizon.

"Let's go, Sister Xue. Our next stop—the Sun Moon Empire."

God Realm

Smash! An exquisite teacup was hurled heavily to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Tang San, the Sea God who always prided himself on his composure, now wore an ashen expression, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Just an instant ago, every connection he had to Douluo Continent had silently severed in his perception.

Whether it was the divine consciousness he had left in his precious daughter's soul, the marks on his parents, or even the two exceptionally obedient "lickspittle beasts" within the Haotian Sect, he had lost all sense of them!

"How is this possible?!"

In his panic, Tang San hurriedly activated his divine power and summoned a projection of Douluo Star.

Yet the sight displayed in the water mirror left him deeply unsettled.

The vibrant blue planet was gone. In its original location was an unknown planet completely enveloped in pure white light!

"Who did this?!" Tang San gritted his teeth, cold killing intent flashing in his eyes. "Anyone who dares touch something belonging to the Tang family... has chosen the path of death!"

He abruptly extended his divine consciousness, attempting to pierce the layer of white light, only to find that his consciousness could not gain any purchase at all.

Yet after carefully probing with the Sea God's innate perception, he discovered something even more terrifying—the white planet was Douluo Star itself!

A monstrous wave rose in Tang San's heart. Whose handiwork was this? Who could carry out such a world-altering feat right under his nose?

The plane consciousness?

Impossible. With that old fellow's mere second-level god strength, it did not possess such ability.

Could it be a God King from another world?

As thoughts raced through his mind, Tang San began calculating at high speed.

Such a tremendous change had occurred. He needed to notify Destruction God and the others immediately and convene the God Realm Committee for discussion.

But after taking only half a step, he abruptly stopped.

No! Absolutely not!

If he called in the other God Kings, then once this incident was resolved, Destruction God would certainly discover the secret manipulations he had carried out on Douluo Star over the years.

Whether it was plotting against the fortune of spirit beasts or privately interfering with the lower realm, if everything were fully exposed, then at best his grand scheme of ten thousand years would be destroyed; at worst, the others would join forces to impeach his position in the God Realm Committee!

Of two evils, choose the lesser.

Tang San took a deep breath and forcibly calmed himself.

Though the planet's exterior had been shielded, his parents were still inside, along with those two lickspittle beasts guarding it with demigod-level cultivation.

In Tang San's view, even if an otherworldly God King had truly acted, the other party would be constrained by the rules of Douluo Star's lower realm. Their power could only reach so high, so there was likely nothing to worry about for the time being.

"Since that is the case, then I shall keep a close watch on Douluo Star!" Tang San sneered inwardly, a glint flashing through his eyes.

"If that hidden otherworldly god dares to act, I will descend at once with thunderous force and suppress them!"

So long as he acted quickly enough, he could not only eliminate this hidden danger, but also use the opportunity to conceal—or even erase—the shameful traces he had left behind.

By then, with the righteous justification of "resisting an invasion by an otherworldly god" as cover, even Destruction God would never hold him accountable for personally intervening in the lower realm.

With every calculation in place, Tang San clasped his hands behind his back and regained his lofty, majestic bearing. Faced with such a sudden crisis, he had still stabilized himself so swiftly and even devised such a perfect plan to turn the situation to his advantage...

As expected of this God King's world-shaking wisdom!