You're Being So Reasonable, Tang San, You're Making This Hard for Me!

Tang Qi gently wiped the blood from her face. When he saw those familiar, pretty features, he froze.

Wasn't she the little cook from that day?

Tang Qi slowly stood and rubbed his chin, deep in thought.

Did that make sense?

It made perfect sense!

If the girl Tong had become a boy Tong, then the boy Huo ought to have become a girl Huo.

The Douluo Will knew a thing or two about balance!

It was just that poor old Huo hadn't managed to keep his QQ after all.

Tang Qi sighed, bent down, hoisted the girl onto his shoulder, and walked toward a nearby tree.

Meanwhile, inside Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm nervously watched everything happening outside.

He saw Tang Qi hoist Huo Yutong up. His silkworm body tensed, and alarm bells rang in his head. Was this kid good or bad?

Watching Tang Qi carry Huo Yutong off to who knew where, Tian Meng could no longer sit still. He gritted his teeth and burst out of the Sea of Consciousness.

"Oi! Kid, where are you taking my girl?"

A sharp, girlish shout rang out behind him.

Tang Qi slowly turned. A petite figure floated in midair.

It was a girl in a golden hood, with waterfall-like blond hair, snow-white skin, and delicate, adorable features.

Yet what first caught Tang Qi's eye wasn't her childlike face, but the enormous bust that came with it.

This was the freaking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm? You didn't keep your QQ either?

You're a spirit body. Why give yourself such huge boobs?

"Well, look at that. You're not afraid of me?"

Tian Meng circled him like a flying sprite, golden hair streaming through the air, his voice full of curiosity.

Tang Qi ignored him.

"Even if you won't say anything, I'm telling you anyway."

Tian Meng cleared his throat and patted the chest that was wildly out of proportion with his body. "I'm the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the first Million-Year Soul Beast on the entire continent!"

"Then what's the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King?" Tang Qi asked without looking back.

"The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King? What's that?"

Tian Meng drifted in front of him, his large golden eyes brimming with curiosity.

Of course he didn't know. All this guy did was eat and sleep, then sleep and eat. How would he know a damn thing?

Tang Qi shook his head. "Never mind."

"Hey, do you even understand how impressive a Million-Year Soul Beast is?"

Tian Meng pouted in displeasure. "Even Beast God Di Tian of the Star Dou Great Forest fears me a little. Got it?"

Did every Soul Beast from the Far North love to brag?

Tang Qi couldn't hold it in this time. He snorted. "Seriously?"

"Of course!"

Tian Meng's eyes widened, as though Tang Qi had deliberately accused him of lying. "When I first left the Far North, I fought Di Tian, who'd come rushing over after hearing about me, for three days and three nights! We battled until heaven and earth went dark and even the sun and moon lost their light! In the end, I only lost by the narrowest margin..."

The more he talked, the more carried away he became. Hands on his hips, he boasted, "Di Tian reasoned with me, appealed to my feelings, and begged me in tears to help the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest raise their cultivation ages. How could someone as generous and selfless as me refuse him?"

"So I nobly offered up some of my heaven-and-earth energy and raised all those Ferocious Beasts' cultivation ages. They saw me off with heartfelt gratitude as I left the Star Dou Great Forest, and that was when I happened upon this little girl."

"Moved by the deep bond between her and her mother, I decided on the spot to sacrifice myself for her."

Tian Meng thrust out his impressive chest and looked at Tang Qi smugly. "What do you humans call someone like me? A saint?"

"You fought Di Tian?" Tang Qi looked him up and down with a faint, knowing smile.

"Yeah. What of it?" Tian Meng swallowed and guiltily looked away.

"Looks to me like Di Tian caught you the moment you left the Far North, and those Ferocious Beasts used you as a power bank. You finally managed to escape, but your heavenly tribulation was coming, so you had no choice but to sacrifice yourself for her. Right?"

Tian Meng: If you're using cheats, just say so!

He flew three circles around Tang Qi, scrutinizing him from head to toe. "Who exactly are you?"

"I'm just an ordinary Soul Master," Tang Qi said without batting an eye.

Tian Meng rolled his eyes. His head drooped as he spoke weakly.

"Fine, fine. I'll tell you the truth."

He sighed. "I really couldn't beat Di Tian. But those Ferocious Beasts couldn't just do whatever they pleased with the Spiritual Origin of a Million-Year Soul Beast like me!"

He raised his head again, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes. "If it came to that, I'd blow myself up along with them! Di Tian might get away unscathed, but those Ferocious Beasts would die for sure!"

"In the end, Di Tian and I remained at a stalemate for a long time before reaching an agreement. I'd release heaven-and-earth energy to help the Ferocious Beasts raise their cultivation ages, and Di Tian would let me leave."

At this, Tian Meng's voice turned bitter with anger. "But those bastards broke their word! They secretly plotted to give me to someone called 'My Lord' as a snack."

"I had no choice but to flee. My end was near, though, and I had nowhere else to turn, so I sacrificed myself for this little girl."

Tian Meng let out a long sigh, his voice full of regret. "What a shame. You're so talented, your physique is amazing, and your looks are right up my alley. If you were a spirit-type Soul Master, I'd have chosen you."

"With this little girl, I had to seal away most of my energy!"

His tone suddenly turned lecherous. "Slurp~ Let me have a feel."

As he spoke, he reached his little hands toward Tang Qi.

"You're a spirit body. What the hell are you going to feel?"

Tang Qi dodged him and stopped paying him any attention. He walked aside and looked up at the sky in confusion.

Where was old Yi? Wasn't the commotion from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice supposed to draw him here?

"Mom... Mom..."

Just then, beneath the tree, Huo Yutong let out a faint murmur. Her brows were tightly knit, as though she were having a nightmare.

"Enough talk. I need to head home and properly introduce myself to my host."

Tian Meng waved. In a flash of golden light, he slipped back into Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness.

The sky was clear, without a cloud for miles.

Tang Qi sighed helplessly.

He lowered his gaze to Huo Yutong, then sank his consciousness into his own Sea of Consciousness.

There, a blue-and-gold Sea God Martial Soul hovered silently.

Tang Qi stepped forward and sent out his spiritual power, contacting his biggest backer, far away in the Divine Realm.

High above the nine heavens, in the Sea God Hall.

Tang San was busy in the kitchen, wearing an apron. Since sending Tang Qi down to the lower realm, he had spent his days enjoying a carefree, godlike life with Xiao Wu, apart from his routine daily meetings at the God Realm Committee.

Sensing Tang Qi's call, Tang San paused, then smiled with a Buddha-like compassion.

Could the child be homesick?

He sent out a thread of divine consciousness. As Tang Qi lifted the restrictions on his Sea God Martial Soul, Tang San entered the Sea of Consciousness.

Tang San had just been about to speak as the most loving of fathers when Tang Qi's question reached him.

"Old Tang, have you brought the soul of anyone who died on Douluo Continent back to the Divine Realm these past few years?"

Tang San: ?

"No."

Tang San looked utterly bewildered. He had no idea why Tang Qi was asking.

"Old Tang, this is something you could have done!" Tang Qi raised an eyebrow, his tone pointed.

"I really haven't." Tang San clasped his hands behind his back and gave a wry smile.

Tang Qi stared at him strangely for a long while.

Tang San sighed and put on an air of spotless virtue and strict impartiality.

"I'm a God Realm Enforcer. How could I knowingly break the rules? Deities must not interfere with the lower realm!"

"You... I... Argh!"

Oh, Chovy! Tang San, you're not acting like Tang San at all!

You're being so reasonable, you're making this hard for me!

If you don't interfere with the lower realm, how is Huo Yun'er supposed to come back to life?