Star Dou Imperial Palace

"Holy shit, where the hell did I end up? Am I even still in the country?"

Su Ling opened his heavy eyes and found that the scene before him was no longer the lush greenery of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Instead, it had become a splendid palace filled with towering buildings.

"Xiao Wu? Where did Xiao Wu go?" Su Ling called out several times, but nobody answered him.

"Oh no, oh no! I think Xiao Wu worked herself to death!"

Wan Xiaoyao picked up a pink rabbit and hurried over to Su Ling in a panic.

Snow Ji extended a finger and placed it against the rabbit's neck, checking whether it still had a pulse.

"No saving her. Let's have Spicy Rabbit Head tonight."

"No, don't!"

Na'er ran over from behind the others and snatched the rabbit from Wan Xiaoyao's hands.

"Bunnies are so cute! Why would you eat a bunny?"

What on earth happened? My Xiao Wu just worked herself to death?

No, no, no! Snowflakes drifted, the north wind howled...

"Boohoo, my Xiao Wu!" Su Ling sprawled on the ground in anguish.

He had only gotten his Soul Ring a couple of days ago. How had it already blown up?

"Boohoo..." Dugu Yan started crying too. Although she had no idea what had happened, the other girl had probably died saving them.

"Boohoo..." Snow Ji joined the others in wailing.

For a moment, the scene looked rather comical. Rather than mourning Xiao Wu's death, they looked more like they were performing a shamanic dance to celebrate a bumper harvest.

Thank the goddess Xiao Wu for the food she bestowed upon us. Spicy Rabbit Head it is tonight.

"What are you all doing?"

As pink light flashed once more, Xiao Wu arrived beside them with Ah Yin and Tang Xiaosan.

They had been wandering around the Star Dou Great Forest all this time.

After receiving the Blue Silver King's sacrifice, Tang Xiaosan's Martial Soul had evolved into the Blue Silver Emperor, and her appearance had changed considerably too.

Before, Tang Xiaosan had looked underdeveloped, so skinny that a single shove seemed enough to knock her over.

Even after playing together for several years, Su Ling had never realized she was a girl.

He had only thought she was a child who had yet to develop.

Now, Tang Xiaosan was almost as tall as Su Ling. Her sea-blue hair fell loose to her waist, making her the very picture of an innocent junior schoolmate.

"Long time no see, Su Ling."

Tang Xiaosan greeted them a little shyly, but inwardly she was anything but calm.

Wait, it's only been a few days! How are there already so many people around you?

Thank goodness Xiao Wu brought us back. If we'd waited another two months, would there even have been room left to stand beside you?

"No, wait!"

"If you're Xiao Wu, then what's this?"

Su Ling pointed at the Soft Bone Rabbit in Na'er's arms, his voice filled with disbelief.

"This is the pet Na'er raised herself. That bad big sister just sat on it and killed it." Na'er pointed at the still-unconscious Bibi Dong, her eyes full of hatred.

Only then did Su Ling examine Bibi Dong. Was this really Bibi Dong?

He remembered that Bibi Dong should have been in her thirties by now. How could she possibly be a teenage girl?

But since she was still unconscious, Su Ling could hardly ask her anything.

"My name is Ah Yin. I'm the first Soul Beast to have signed a contract with Master."

Ah Yin could sense that Snow Ji, Xiao Wu, and Wan Xiaoyao before her were all Soul Beasts who had signed contracts with Su Ling. Then he had to stake his claim.

"Tch." Snow Ji let out a scornful sound.

So you were the first to become a Soul Ring. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were the first to get into his bed.

What's there to brag about? The Blue Silver Emperor tasted so awful that you made my clansmen blow themselves up one after another. You think you deserve to be Master's Soul Beast?

Tang Xiaosan understood immediately. Mother and daughter would march into battle together; from now on, they would form a united front.

"Su Ling~ I missed you to death!"

Tang Xiaosan stepped forward, hugged Su Ling's arm, and pulled it closer against her chest.

Snow Ji and Wan Xiaoyao were utterly baffled. They looked at Tang Xiaosan and her Martial Soul, which resembled a Blue Silver Emperor seedling.

Then they looked down at their own big white rabbits. What was this? Asking to be humiliated?

"Who are you people? Why are you in the Star Luo Imperial Palace?" Several patrolling guards discovered Su Ling's group.

So they were in the Star Luo Imperial Palace. No wonder it was so luxurious. The Heaven Dou Imperial Palace really could not compare.

Xiao Wu shook her head. "Things were urgent at the time, so I just picked a direction at random and teleported."

"Everyone get down! Don't move!" The lead guard approached Su Ling's group with a broadsword in hand.

"Xiao Wu, can you teleport us again?"

Xiao Wu gave him a resentful look. "I'm not a perpetual motion machine. Where would I get that much Soul Power?"

He had just brought Su Ling's group here, then gone back to bring Ah Yin and Tang Xiaosan over. He was already nearly worn down to a rabbit. Where would he find the Soul Power to teleport again?

"Why waste words on them?" Snow Ji stepped forward, terrifying flames gathering in her hand. Just as she was about to deal with these small fry, Su Ling stopped her.

"No, don't hurt them."

After all, they were the ones who had intruded on someone else's territory. Besides, these soldiers were only working for a living. It would be such a shame if they were killed over this.

"Hurry up and seize them!"

The lead soldier kept calling to the others, but none of them dared move. Holy shit, can't you see that person's hand is on fire? Seriously, you get one Gold Soul Coin a month. Why are you risking your life?

These people are obviously Soul Masters, and high-level ones at that. Why are you sticking your nose into this?

The lead soldier brought his blade down on Snow Ji's head with a Mount Hua-cleaving strike, but Snow Ji did not lose so much as a strand of hair.

"Look! Look, they're Soul Masters! Come help! I can't take him down alone!" the lead soldier said anxiously.

"Um, my pig is about to have my babies. I quit. I'm going back to deliver them."

"My grandfather is about to awaken his Martial Soul. I quit too. I'm going home."

"Old Uncle Er next door is pregnant. I need to go check on him. I quit too."

The other guards threw down their armor and weapons and fled like a puff of smoke.

"A bunch of useless fools!"

The lead soldier was rather furious. When I get back, I'll make His Majesty Dai Weisi fire every last one of you. No, have every last one of you killed.

Snow Ji slowly turned her head. Finished hitting me? Now it's my turn.

You auto-attack me once, I auto-attack you once. Perfectly reasonable.

Snow Ji sent out a light palm strike, and the guard instantly flew backward, his fate unknown.

Alas, those who bring calamity upon themselves cannot live. Be a little smarter in your next life.

"Who dares cause trouble in my Star Dou Imperial Palace?" Powerful fluctuations of Soul Power drew steadily closer, but they had no effect whatsoever on Su Ling's group.

It was like a breeze brushing their faces, even a little cooling.

When the Soul Douluo in the distance saw this, he instantly began trembling in fright. He had already released his Soul Power pressure to its fullest extent, yet the people before him were completely unaffected.

Wrong. A hundred thousand parts out of ten were wrong.

The Soul Douluo landed in front of them. "I heard there were intruders here. Have you seen them?"