The entire Douluo Continent fell into a black-and-white state. Within it, only one person remained in color and able to move.
I was Xu Feng. Because of a certain god of mischief, the entire Douluo Continent had been thrown into complete chaos.
Let's sort out the situation. Because of the Skyscreen's appearance, the people of Douluo I, Douluo II, and Douluo III could now communicate with one another and knew what would happen in the future.
Spirit Hall of Douluo I was going all out to hunt down Tang San. In Douluo II—my era—ever since I sent Xu Tianran skyward, I had to deal with n assassination attempts every day. Douluo III had not changed at all; they spent every day watching our antics.
Still, there was good news. I had successfully recruited the child of destiny—or perhaps the girl of destiny. I had no idea why Huo Yuhao had become Huo Yutong, but soft and sweet Huo Yutong was obviously better.
Gu Yena came to seek refuge with me, and she even brought Sky Dream Ice Silkworm along, intending to turn him into a dish. At last, I knew where Tian Meng had gone.
And now, I was preparing to stir up a little trouble.
"So, what exactly are you doing?" Aha floated over beside Xu Feng, unable to figure out what he was doing.
"Don't barge into my inner monologue!" Xu Feng kicked Aha flying. Amid Aha's utterly humiliating scream, he crashed through the Fourth Wall.
Xu Feng glued the shattered Fourth Wall back together, and the world returned to normal. "Now, let's officially return to the story."
"The Path of Elation really packs a punch!"
Xu Feng had finally gathered a new Three-Star character: himself, the Trailblazer. However, this version of himself was somewhat strange.
Destruction, Preservation, Harmony, and Remembrance—he could use none of those four Paths, because he still needed to pull those versions of himself.
For now, he could only use his Path of Elation self, but it seemed that Aha had modified this version of him.
His strength fluctuated wildly, and whenever he had something he wanted to complain about, the entire world would turn into the sort of sarcastic style found in an inner monologue. It could only be said that this truly was Elation.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, you're going to visit ten thousand years ago?!" Luan Feng's voice abruptly rose, and she froze in place like a statue struck by lightning.
"What else? My father isn't dead, yet I handle government affairs every day and have to deal with assassinations. Meanwhile, he spends all day sitting there with a fishing rod."
Xu Feng had long been terribly unbalanced about this. Ever since becoming Crown Prince, his father had completely become a hands-off ruler.
Every morning, before he had even opened his eyes, he would hear familiar footsteps outside the hall. It was the sound of his father carrying that lousy fishing rod, humming a tune as he snuck out.
The key was that he never caught a single fish, yet he never tired of it. Every time he returned, he was filthy and disheveled, but he would still put on airs and sigh, "The fish weren't hungry today."
Xu Feng looked at the mountain of memorials piled before him, then thought about how he had dodged another wave of assassins the previous night. The anger in his heart surged higher and higher.
Why? Why did he have to work himself to the bone here while his father basked in the sun and wind by the river? Being Crown Prince was more miserable than being an office drone. He decided to give himself a long vacation and go ten thousand years into the past—out of sight, out of mind.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, it's not that I disagree. It's just that you're going alone." Luan Feng did not oppose the Crown Prince going to relax, but if he went alone and encountered danger, he would not even have someone to help him.
The more she thought about it, the more inappropriate it seemed. Just as she was about to persuade him further, she discovered that Xu Feng was already standing at the portal.
"If I encounter danger, I'll come back anytime. Bye!"
Xu Feng directly pressed confirm on the panel. A blinding white light instantly burst forth and swallowed him whole before he vanished.
"Lady Luan Feng, what should we do?" The guard recovered from his shock. His gaze swept across the empty hall before landing on Luan Feng's face, so gloomy it looked ready to drip water.
Luan Feng drew a deep breath and closed her eyes. She knew the Crown Prince's temperament. Once he had made up his mind, not even nine oxen could pull him back.
Since he had run off to frolic ten thousand years in the past, he definitely would not return until he had had his fill of fun.
Then what they needed to do now was drag that fishing-addicted His Majesty back!
"Go bring His Majesty back! Tell the Imperial Guard to mobilize everyone! Even if you have to turn the entire imperial city upside down, bring back His Majesty, who squatted by the river all day and failed to catch even a loach!"
Very quickly, the entire Sun Moon Empire mobilized. They forcibly brought Xu Yuan back from the riverbank and made him resume handling state affairs.
Meanwhile, Xu Feng had already arrived ten thousand years in the past. However, he had not come alone; Gu Yena was with him as well.
Meng Hongchen and Jiang Nannan were busy cultivating, while Huo Yutong had just joined the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy. None of them had time.
This was the perfect chance to improve his relationship with Gu Yena and take a look at what the Douluo Continent of ten thousand years ago was like.
"How is it going on your end? Everything smooth?"
Xu Feng privately messaged Gu Yena through the Skyscreen. After arriving ten thousand years in the past, Gu Yena planned to merge with her self from this era. The fusion of two Silver Dragon Kings could restore more than half of her injuries, so she went straight to the Lake of Life.
"It'll take a little more time. Although we are existences of the same origin, fusion still takes some effort."
Gu Yena merely explained her intentions and reached an agreement with her other self. After all, the List of Gods was the only way for their Spirit Beasts to become gods.
"Then I'll take a look around by myself."
Xu Feng released his Martial Soul and summoned Red A, having him project a motorcycle for him. Then he set off in grand style.
Gu Yena's arrival in the Douluo I spacetime had ultimately caused some commotion. For the sake of the coming greater plan, Di Tian summoned all hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beasts to the Lake of Life. Even Xiao Wu, who had taken human form, was called over.
The previous conversations on the arena, as well as their chats with people from the Douluo III spacetime, were enough to prove that becoming gods through the List of Gods was entirely possible.
Xiong Jun was one whose future godhood was already certain, though they did not know what his status would be.
They now had Spirit Beasts from two spacetimes. As long as they could get a little closer to Xu Feng, they did not need to surpass the human gods; it would be enough to ensure that their status was not too low.
However, upon hearing these plans, Xiao Wu developed an entirely different idea. Xiao Wu had originally taken human form in order to avenge her mother.
Although her days with Tang San at the academy had nearly made her forget that goal, Tang San's interest in her Spirit Bone made her understand one thing.
No one could refuse a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, because they represented a path straight to the heavens.
Unless the other party was someone destined to become a god, because such an existence would not care for such things at all. Therefore, she was going to find Xu Feng.
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