Tang San, you're so normal you're leaving me in a bind!

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

Isn't this the little cook from that day?

Tang Qi slowly stood, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

Is this right?

Of course it is!

If girl Tong turned into boy Tong, then boy Huo ought to turn into girl Huo.

That fellow, the Douluo Will, really understands balance!

Only poor old Huo still couldn't save his balls in the end.

Tang Qi sighed, bent down, and slung the girl over his shoulder, heading toward a nearby tree.

Meanwhile, within Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was nervously watching everything outside.

As Tian Meng watched Tang Qi hoist Huo Yutong up, her silkworm body tensed, alarm bells ringing in her heart. Was this kid a good guy or a bad guy?

Seeing Tang Qi carry Huo Yutong off to do who knew what, Tian Meng could no longer sit still. She gritted her teeth and shot out of the Sea of Consciousness.

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

A sharp feminine shout rang out behind him.

Tang Qi slowly turned to see a petite figure hovering in midair.

It was a girl wearing a golden hood, her golden hair cascading like a waterfall, her skin white as snow, her features delicate and adorable.

Yet what first caught Tang Qi's attention wasn't her baby face, but the enormous breasts that came with it.

This is the fucking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm? You couldn't save your balls either?

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

"Oh? You're not afraid of me?"

Like a little flying fairy, Tian Meng circled around him, golden strands of hair fluttering through the air, her voice brimming with curiosity.

Tang Qi ignored her.

"Even if you won't talk, I'm still going to tell you."

Tian Meng cleared her throat and patted her chest, which was wildly out of proportion to her frame, declaring proudly, "I'm the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, the very first million-year soul beast on the entire continent!"

"Then what's the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King?" Tang Qi asked flatly without turning his head.

"What Deep Sea Demonic Whale King?"

Tian Meng leaned in front of him, curiosity filling her large golden eyes.

Right, it'd be a miracle if she knew. All this one does is eat and sleep, then sleep and eat. What the hell would she know?

Tang Qi shook his head. "Nothing."

"Hey, do you even understand how impressive a million-year soul beast is?"

Thoroughly dissatisfied, Tian Meng pursed her little lips and huffed, "Even Beast God Di Tian of the Star Dou Great Forest has to fear me a little, understand?"

Do all the soul beasts in the Far North love blowing their own trumpets?

This time, Tang Qi truly couldn't keep a straight face. He snorted. "Really?"

"Would I lie?"

Tian Meng's eyes widened, her expression suggesting Tang Qi was deliberately slandering her. "Back then, right after I left the Far North, I fought Di Tian, who'd rushed over after hearing about me, for three days and three nights! We fought until heaven and earth darkened, until the sun and moon lost their light! In the end, I only lost by a hair..."

Growing more animated, she planted her hands on her hips and boasted, "That fellow Di Tian appealed to my reason and tugged at my heartstrings, begging me through tears to help the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest increase their cultivation ages. How could someone as generous and selfless as me turn him down?"

"So, with righteousness burning in my heart, I offered up some of my heaven-and-earth energy to help those ferocious beasts increase their cultivation ages. Finally, they sent me off from the Star Dou Great Forest with grateful farewells, and I happened to meet this little girl."

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

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

"You fought Di Tian?" Tang Qi looked her up and down with a half-smile.

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

"I bet Di Tian captured you right after you left the Far North, and that bunch of ferocious beasts used you as a power bank, didn't they? You finally managed to escape, only to have your heavenly tribulation looming, so you had no choice but to sacrifice yourself to her, right?"

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

She flew three circles around Tang Qi, examining 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 her eyes at him, drooped her head, and spoke listlessly.

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

She sighed. "I really couldn't beat Di Tian. But my spiritual origin as a million-year soul beast wasn't something those ferocious beasts could toy with as they pleased!"

She raised her head again, a vicious glint flashing in her eyes. "At worst, I'd blow myself up and take them with me! Di Tian might escape unscathed, but those ferocious beasts would certainly die!"

"In the end, after a long standoff, Di Tian and I finally reached an agreement. I'd voluntarily release heaven-and-earth energy to help the ferocious beasts increase their cultivation ages, and he'd let me leave."

At this point, Tian Meng's voice filled with teeth-grinding anger. "But those bastards broke their promise! They secretly plotted to give me to someone called 'My Lord' as a snack."

"I could only flee in a panic. But my time was running out, and with nowhere left to turn, I had no choice but to sacrifice myself to this little girl."

Tian Meng let out a wistful sigh, her tone regretful. "What a pity. Your talent is so good, your physique is excellent, and your looks are just my type. If you were a mental-type soul master, I'd have chosen you."

"Unlike this little girl-I had to seal away most of my energy!"

Her tone suddenly shifted, taking on a lecherous edge. "Slurp~ Let me have a feel."

As she spoke, her little hands reached toward Tang Qi rather indecently.

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

Speechless, Tang Qi dodged aside and stopped paying attention to her. He walked away a little and looked up at the sky in confusion.

Where's old Yi? Wasn't he drawn here by the commotion from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's sacrifice?

"Mom... Mom..."

Just then, beneath the tree's shade, Huo Yutong murmured faintly, her brows tightly knitted as though she were having a nightmare.

"Enough talk, enough talk. I need to go home and properly introduce myself to my host."

Tian Meng waved, and with a flash of golden light, she slipped back into Huo Yutong's Sea of Consciousness.

The sky was clear, without a cloud for ten thousand miles.

Tang Qi sighed helplessly.

He withdrew his gaze, glanced at Huo Yutong, and sank his awareness into his own Sea of Consciousness.

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

Tang Qi stepped forward and actively channeled his spiritual power, contacting his number-one patron far away in the Divine Realm.

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

Wearing an apron, Tang San was busy in the kitchen. Ever since sending Tang Qi down to the lower realm, aside from attending routine daily meetings at the God Realm Committee, he had spent the rest of his time peacefully enjoying an immortal's blissful life with Xiao Wu.

Sensing Tang Qi's call, Tang San first paused, then revealed a smile as compassionate as the Buddha's.

Could this child be missing home?

With a shift of his divine sense, as Tang Qi lifted the restrictions on the Sea God Martial Soul, he entered the Sea of Consciousness.

Tang San was just about to speak as the most loving of fathers when Tang Qi's questioning reached his ears.

"Old Tang, have you brought a wisp of a deceased person's soul from the Douluo Continent to the Divine Realm in the past few years?"

Tang San: ?

"No."

Tang San looked utterly bewildered, unable to understand why he was asking.

"Old Tang, this... could be a yes!" Tang Qi raised his eyebrows, his tone laden with meaning.

"It really is a no." Tang San stood with his hands behind his back, a wry smile tugging at his lips.

Tang Qi stared at him for a long while with a strange look in his eyes.

Tang San sighed, adopting an air of spotless purity and strict impartiality.

"As a dignified God Realm Enforcer, how could I knowingly break the law? Gods must not interfere with the lower realm!"

"You... this... oh, come on!"

Holy Chovy! You, Tang San, are being very un-Tang San!

You're so normal you're leaving me in a bind!

If you don't interfere with the lower realm, doesn't that mean Huo Yun'er can't be resurrected?