Something Was Wrong with Aunt Aya! Aya Was Beyond Cure!

As Gu Shengge introduced Xue'er, Aya looked at the Snow Empress standing quietly to one side, her eyes filled with shock.

Then Aya abruptly turned to look at Gu Shengge standing beside her.

Someone with eight hundred thousand years of cultivation was willingly staying by this ungrateful little brat's side. Didn't that mean his cultivation had now become even more terrifying?

No wonder. No wonder she hadn't sensed anything when the two of them appeared behind her.

Only when Gu Shengge spoke had she noticed them.

"You little rascal, just what level has your cultivation reached now?"

Hearing Aunt Aya's question, Gu Shengge, who stood beside her, made a fist and lightly brought his thumb and index finger together, leaving a tiny gap between them.

Then he grinned at Aya and said, "It's probably increased just a little."

"How much is a little?"

Hearing Gu Shengge's words and watching his gesture, Aya narrowed her eyes beside him, looking at him with a dangerous gaze.

"Only a little over a million years!"

!!!

"Over a million years!!!"

"Your cultivation... your cultivation has already surpassed a million years?"

"There are rumors in the Soul Beast Realm that once your cultivation reaches a million years, you can become a god."

"Since your cultivation has already surpassed a million years, why haven't you become a god and gone to the legendary Divine Realm?"

Looking at Aya, who had turned into a hundred thousand whys, Gu Shengge smiled. "Aunt Aya, you know I'm the most unusual living being on this Douluo Continent."

"As I keep receiving my inheritance, I've also learned that I come from a higher plane."

"And this higher plane isn't the Divine Realm."

"The powerful beings there can crush the gods of the Divine Realm to death with a casual gesture."

"So the rules here aren't rules to me."

"That's also one of the reasons my cultivation has risen so quickly in such a short time."

"It's also why I didn't ascend to the Divine Realm after my cultivation reached a million years."

Listening to Gu Shengge's answer, Aya looked at the little fellow who had grown into the graceful young man before her, her eyes filled with complicated feelings.

As she sat by the lake in a daze, she hadn't been thinking only about her daughter Xiao Wu. More often, she had been thinking about this ungrateful little bastard before her.

As this fellow slowly grew up, and as he and Xiao Wu cultivated day and night...

She lived right next door to them, listening to the two cultivate every day, while this ungrateful brat's charm kept growing.

She discovered that she was ill.

Many of her thoughts were ones she shouldn't have had.

She had thought that while he was away with Xiao Wu, she could suppress her illness.

But as time passed, she found that her illness grew increasingly severe, until it had reached beyond cure.

The moment she heard his voice behind her, only she knew the delighted surprise in her heart and the state of her incurable illness.

"You little rascal, you really have grown up."

Looking at Gu Shengge before her, Aya forcibly suppressed her illness and placed her hand on his head, gently rubbing it.

"How long can you stay this time?"

"Three days."

"In three days, I'll return to Spirit City. After that, I'll come back every month to spend time with you."

"All right."

"Then, Aunt Aya, I'll take Xue'er to get some rest."

"Mm, go on."

As soon as Aya finished speaking, Gu Shengge took Xue'er back to the wooden cabin he shared with Xiao Wu and went inside to reward Xue'er properly.

After all, a man couldn't go back on his word.

He had promised that today he belonged to Xue'er alone, and so he did.

Standing outside the door and listening to the cultivation inside, Aya slid down against the door to sit on the ground and began tending to her own illness...

Inside, Gu Shengge was cultivating with Xue'er when he heard noises outside the door.

He extended his spiritual sense. After all, apart from Aunt Aya, only Da Ming and Er Ming were here.

But Da Ming and Er Ming hadn't awakened, and the commotion outside was far from ordinary.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have released his spiritual sense to investigate.

It would have been fine if he hadn't investigated, but when he did, Gu Shengge's eyes widened at the scene outside the door, filled with disbelief.

This... this... this...

Why was this situation developing in an increasingly wrong direction? This... this was simply unbelievable.

The scene he saw through his spiritual sense shocked Gu Shengge greatly, while also making him cultivate with even greater vigor...

"Brother Gu, you really came back."

Three days later, the Snow Empress personally brought Gu Shengge back.

After the Snow Empress left, Bibi Dong threw herself into Gu Shengge's arms and hugged him tightly, refusing to let go.

At that moment, Bibi Dong clung to Gu Shengge like an octopus, tears brimming in her eyes.

Beside them, Qian Daoliu breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of Gu Shengge safe and sound.

Then guilt entered his eyes as he looked at Gu Shengge.

"All right, all right, silly girl. Haven't I come back?"

"This time, misfortune turned into a blessing for your Brother Gu. Not only did I get some excellent soul rings, I also obtained a heaven-defying Immortal Pill."

"Your Brother Gu's cultivation has now reached rank forty-three."

"You really are amazing, Brother Gu."

Hearing Gu Shengge's words, Bibi Dong, who remained wrapped around him like an octopus and refused to get down, nestled her little head against his neck and nuzzled him.

Qian Daoliu came up to Gu Shengge and looked at him with a face full of complicated feelings and guilt, reaching out to pat his shoulder.

"Shengge, I failed you this time."

"Fortunately, nothing happened to you."

"Otherwise, this would have become a heart demon that haunted me for the rest of my life."

Seeing the guilt in Qian Daoliu's eyes, Gu Shengge smiled. "You don't need to feel guilty, Teacher. Faced with such a powerful enemy, even you were no match."

"Besides, I'm fine, aren't I? And misfortune even turned into a blessing."

As Gu Shengge finished speaking, four soul rings slowly emerged beneath his feet.

Black, black, black, black. All four were black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Qian Daoliu, whose face had still been filled with guilt, stared at the four black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings rising beneath Gu Shengge's feet, his eyes filled with shock.

"Th-this... how is this possible!!!"

Looking at the soul rings that had appeared beneath Gu Shengge's feet, Qian Daoliu had even begun to stammer.

After all, he was a Godhood Guardian.

Before receiving the blessings of the Divine Examination, his first soul ring and second soul ring had both been hundred-year rings, while his third and fourth soul rings had been thousand-year rings.

Only after receiving the blessings of the Divine Examination had his first through fourth soul rings transformed into ten-thousand-year rings.

Yet Gu Shengge, who hadn't undergone a Divine Examination, actually had soul rings starting at ten thousand years for all four of his first rings.

He had originally thought that this child's acquisition of a thousand-year soul ring as his first soul ring had already broken the rules of the Douluo Continent. Never had he imagined that Gu Shengge's talent and potential would be so formidable.

Gu Shengge, this child had what it took to become a god.

Those words were no exaggeration.