Qian Daoliu Was Put in His Place! The Snow Empress Appeared!

"Um, Grandpa, c-can I come along too?"

As Bibi Dong's soft, sweet voice rang out, Qian Daoliu looked at her flushed face and the hand she had slipped into Gu Shengge's at some point, and laughed.

"Of course you can."

"It won't take me long to bring you two little ones to the Star Dou Great Forest."

Qian Daoliu had been all smiles a second ago, but the next, his face hardened as he looked irritably at his disappointing son. "Stay here and look after things. Handle all of Spirit Hall's affairs."

"And you're not getting any younger. Our Qian Family is waiting for you to carry on the bloodline."

"If you still can't find a partner this year, you'd better pray you can take a few more blows."

With that, Qian Daoliu flicked his hand irritably, then set off for the Star Dou Great Forest with Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong.

As Qian Daoliu carried her through the air, Bibi Dong's eyes were full of curiosity, without a trace of fear.

After all, she was holding Brother Gu's hand.

As long as Brother Gu was beside her, she would not be afraid.

Longing also appeared in Gu Shengge's eyes as Qian Daoliu carried him toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

He had been away from the Star Dou Great Forest for some time. This was the perfect opportunity to return and see whether Aunt Aya and those two fellows, Da Ming and Er Ming, had woken up.

Xiao Wu and Ah Yin were still asleep in his small world. He reckoned those two blockheads, Da Ming and Er Ming, had not awakened either.

In less time than it took an incense stick to burn, Qian Daoliu arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest with Bibi Dong and Gu Shengge.

Once they reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Qian Daoliu landed with Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong.

"Shengge, you can definitely take a soul ring over a thousand years old as your first soul ring."

"After all, you have innate full soul power at rank thirty."

"In a moment, I'll take you both for a stroll inside the Star Dou Great Forest."

At this point, the corners of Qian Daoliu's mouth lifted slightly. "Not to brag."

"But even the hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast deep within the heart of this Star Dou Great Forest is no match for me."

"When you can take a hundred-thousand-year soul ring in the future, I'll personally lead the entire Worship Hall to back you up and make it your soul ring."

"..."

Gu Shengge was utterly speechless at Qian Daoliu's words.

Wait, had meeting me actually given this old geezer Qian Daoliu a brain?

After all, Qian Daoliu had never done anything like this in the original story.

Perhaps the plot had demanded it. Otherwise, the Worship Hall's members, together with Spirit Hall's elders, could absolutely have swept through the Star Dou Great Forest during the Douluo I period.

Even if Da Ming and Er Ming joined forces with another hundred-thousand-year soul beast, they would have been no match for those old fellows.

Still, since this old geezer had now acquired a brain, he would let Xue'er come out and put him in his place.

If he let that little tsundere, the Ice Empress, out, she would not be nearly as obedient as Xue'er.

After all, the little thing loved contradicting him. That was a special little pleasure between him and the Ice Empress.

With that thought, Gu Shengge's consciousness appeared inside his small world.

The corners of Gu Shengge's mouth twitched as he watched the Ice Empress cling to the Snow Empress, her whole body wrapped around her like an octopus as she frantically snuggled against her.

"Little tsundere, stop pestering Xue'er for now."

"Bastard, no! I won't!"

At Gu Shengge's voice, the Ice Empress, who was wrapped around the Snow Empress like an octopus, pushed her luck and nuzzled against her some more.

"Just wait until I find the time to give you a proper lesson."

As he spoke, Gu Shengge peeled the Ice Empress off the Snow Empress.

"Let go of me, bastard!"

"If you have the guts, let's battle for three days and nights right now and see who surrenders first!"

Held in Gu Shengge's hand like a little chick, the Ice Empress struggled nonstop, flailing wild punches at him.

Unfortunately, her short little arms could not reach Gu Shengge at all.

"You little thing, eating your fill and taking more to go."

"When I have the time, I'll definitely have a thoroughly satisfying cultivation session with you, you little temptress!"

"All right, stop making a fuss."

As he spoke, Gu Shengge set the Ice Empress down, rested his hand on her little head, and rubbed it.

"Hmph! Whoever chickens out then had better never defy their superior again!"

Enjoying Gu Shengge's touch, the Ice Empress narrowed her eyes.

Though her words remained defiant, her expression said everything.

"Big Brother, what is it?"

The Snow Empress looked at Gu Shengge, who had appeared inside the small world. She had not forgotten that he had business to discuss.

"Xue'er, come out and put on an act."

Gu Shengge explained his entire plan to Xue'er.

After all, if Xue'er did not intervene, Qian Daoliu's words were true.

Unless a god appeared, he was invincible at this point in time.

So he had to let Xue'er out to give this old geezer a proper lesson.

He would teach him what it meant for there to always be someone greater, another heaven beyond the heavens.

With Xue'er around, this old fellow would not dare enter the Star Dou Great Forest again.

Letting this old fellow meet Xue'er now would make him consider the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest's core a forbidden zone, one he would not dare intrude upon again.

That would save Aunt Aya and the others from having their peace disturbed if the old geezer set his sights on the Star Dou Great Forest again someday.

"Not to brag, but your teacher here has practically no rivals anywhere on the Douluo Continent right now."

Just as Qian Daoliu finished speaking, Gu Shengge finished explaining his entire plan to Xue'er inside his small world.

Once he finished, Gu Shengge released Xue'er from the small world within him.

"Human soul master, you have crossed the line."

As Xue'er's cold voice rang out, all the plants on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest were already frozen solid.

The surrounding temperature abruptly plunged below freezing, and snowflakes drifted down from the sky.

Xue'er stood in the air, looking coldly at Qian Daoliu.

The instant Xue'er's voice rang out, Qian Daoliu's expression changed sharply as he stood before Gu Shengge and Bibi Dong. Looking at Xue'er, who had appeared out of thin air, his pupils abruptly shrank to pinpoints, his eyes filled with terror.

Wait, when had such a terrifying being appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest?

Facing the Snow Empress, Qian Daoliu felt as though he were facing a deity.

Before the Snow Empress, he could see no chance of victory whatsoever.

"Your..."

"Your..."

Looking at the Snow Empress standing in the air, Qian Daoliu opened his mouth but could not think of what to say.

"Human, this empress does not concern herself with you killing soul beasts to obtain soul rings."

"But if you slaughter innocents and massacre soul beasts at will, this empress will lead all soul beasts to annihilate your human race."

"From now on, the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest's core are forbidden ground for you humans."

"Anyone who enters the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest's core will die."

As Xue'er's words fell, terrifying soul power pressure erupted from her body. The surrounding temperature abruptly plunged once more, and a thick layer of ice formed over the ground.