"Push harder~"
"Sister Guyi, you're going to make me come out~"
In a crude Martial Soul Awakening formation on the outskirts of Mingdu, a white-haired little boy held his breath and shouted, his face flushed red.
Opposite him stood a woman whose graceful figure was still visible beneath her black robe.
A few golden strands of hair could be seen against her delicate face.
"Are you awakening your Martial Soul or relieving yourself?"
Ye Guyi raised a hand to her forehead and looked helplessly at Ye Xiao, who also wore a little black robe.
"I'm out!"
Ye Xiao didn't respond. His beautiful red eyes suddenly lit up, and a cold jade sword appeared in his hand, exquisitely crafted and radiant as moonlight.
Wisps of cold escaped from it, making even Ye Guyi retreat two steps.
"The Epiphyllum Sword?"
Suspicion filled Ye Xiao's little face. Why did this sword look more and more like the ice sword used by Empress Dowager Jingliu in the game he'd played in his previous life?
That was right, he was a transmigrator. He had crossed over in his own body, and that body had been regressed.
Then Ye Guyi had picked him up and brought him home while she was wandering around after a late-night snack, looking for wild monsters to hunt.
"The Epiphyllum Sword is three feet and seven inches long, light as nothing. It was not forged from ordinary metal, but formed from a length of solid ice."
"It holds a faint, secluded glow, like a thread of moonlight held in one's hand, shining across the myriad rivers of the mortal world~"
Ye Xiao spoke softly, flourishing the sword in front of Ye Guyi.
An Ultimate Ice Martial Soul. That was wonderful~
Even if he couldn't become a god in the end, once Huo Yuhao was taken to the Divine Realm by Great Buddha Tang, he would at least have barely enough strength to protect himself in the lower realm.
"Tsk~"
Ye Guyi folded her arms and watched the little brat shake his head and show off with his sword. Why did he annoy her so much?!
"Now that your awakening's over, let's leave first."
Ye Guyi shook her head and gripped Ye Xiao's wrist with her jade hand.
She made a living hunting wild monsters with Ye Xiao, so she was naturally very vigilant.
"Okay~"
Ye Xiao nodded and wrapped his arms around Ye Guyi's waist, then climbed straight onto her back like a little monkey climbing a tree and hugged her neck.
His two short little legs clamped around her waist.
"Off we go~"
Ye Guyi didn't mind. After patting Ye Xiao's springy little bottom, she broke into a jog and slipped away!
As Ye Guyi slipped away, Ye Xiao was suddenly surprised to discover that he had gained a Teaching Panel!
[This is the Teaching Panel. It can only be formally activated once the host finds his own sword Dao.] [This panel can enhance the host's sword Dao comprehension when the host spreads his sword Dao to others.] [For every order of magnitude reached in the number of living beings who cultivate the host's sword Dao (and have mastered at least one branch), the host gains +1 sword Dao comprehension.] [Comprehension attributes are approximately as follows: 5 points of comprehension guarantee the attainment of God King; 8 points guarantee the attainment of Supremacy; 10 points bring about a qualitative transformation, making it possible to become a Sword Dao Supreme in the future. Even the Douluo Universe can become a sword in your hand!]
Ye Xiao lay obediently on Ye Guyi's back. Though she ran quickly, her body remained very steady, so the ride didn't jolt his stomach~
Let's open the panel and take a look first!
With a thought, Ye Xiao opened his Teaching Panel after reading the introduction.
[Teaching Panel] Name: Ye Xiao Soul Power: 10 Comprehension: 10 Martial Soul: Epiphyllum Sword Number taught: 1 Sword Dao inheritance: Angel Sword Technique, version 1.3
"Why is my comprehension 10?"
Ye Xiao's little hands tightened, and he couldn't help murmuring aloud.
At the same time, when he saw version 1.3 of the Angel Sword Technique under sword Dao inheritance, his mind began working involuntarily!
In a single instant, he deduced the sword technique all the way to version 2.0!
Let me think...
Let me think...
Ye Xiao took a deep breath and did his best to calm down.
My original comprehension should have been only 9 points. That's why I was able to advance Sister Guyi's Angel Sword Technique three steps despite having the perspective of a young child.
After that, Sister Guyi became the one person I'd taught, and the panel's reward raised my comprehension to 10 points, bringing about a qualitative transformation!
Ye Xiao pursed his lips, having more or less sorted out what had happened.
"What's all this about 10 points or 100 points?"
"What are you talking about?"
Ye Guyi leaped onto a tree branch, then made two more nimble turns through the air as she asked in confusion.
Why does Ye Xiao seem so strange today?
Ye Guyi shifted her hands beneath Ye Xiao's bottom, a little suspicious.
This brat actually dared to sneak a whiff of her natural fragrance. He really needed a beating!
"Nothing, nothing. I just gained a little more insight into your sword technique, Sister Guyi."
Ye Xiao chuckled and spoke candidly.
He and Ye Guyi had depended on each other for so many years. She had been both father and mother to him, and had even tried to breastfeed him when he was little...
He had long since come to regard Ye Guyi as his own family.
"Oh~"
"Version 1.4?"
Ye Guyi's eyes lit up, and even her voice grew lighter.
Compared with the previous version, version 1.3 of the Angel Sword Technique had already increased her combat power by nearly 12 percent!
One shouldn't underestimate that 12 percent. Though it didn't look like much...
If they really fought, she could easily cut down her previous self.
"Wrong~"
"It's actually..."
Ye Xiao smiled mysteriously, but before he could finish, an ethereal, far-reaching voice suddenly interrupted him!
The voice seemed to ring out simultaneously in the minds of all living beings on the Douluo Continent and in the Divine Realm!
[Ding-dong! Gods of universe 0091 (this universe) have been detected neglecting their duties and repeatedly interfering with the development of other planes!] [As punishment, the levels of the essence, Qi, and spirit of all living beings in this universe will be reduced to zero in 12 years. After a certain period of punishment, they will face the first assessment.] [The future sky screen is opening. What it shows is a scene from 12 years in the future...]
Ye Xiao stopped speaking and stared dumbfounded at the huge screen that had suddenly appeared in the sky. Everyone in the Divine Realm and the Douluo Plane could see it.
"What's that?"
Ye Guyi put Ye Xiao down and looked at the sky screen in confusion as well.
On the sky screen was a vast lake, surrounded by mountains. Among the mountains, the clear lake water was gold and silver!
Qiankun Asking Love Valley...
Heaven and earth reversed, the sun and moon as a lake...
Ye Xiao silently recited the words without revealing anything on his face, curious to see what came next.
At the same time, Mu En of Shrek narrowed his eyes, Du Busi of the Body Sect gave a cold snort, and the gods of the Divine Realm each sent voice transmissions to one or two of their friends.
"How could it be this place?"
In the Divine Realm, the Nine-Colored Goddess Ning Rongrong's pretty face instantly turned deathly pale. She too had recognized exactly where the place was!
Qiankun Asking Love Valley, the place where the God of Love had fallen. It was also where she had promised Third Brother she would do certain things!
At the same time, she recalled what the sky screen had said at the beginning: it was because the gods of the Divine Realm had interfered with other planes that the gods' levels would all drop to zero in the future...
Ning Rongrong's heart had sunk to rock bottom.
She didn't think it was wrong to help Third Brother, but she was worried that if scenes of her future interference in the lower realm appeared, the Divine Realm would shift all the responsibility onto her!
"No, it won't happen. It won't. What the sky screen said might not be true either. Who could possibly have the power to reduce the levels of every living being in the universe to zero?!"
Ning Rongrong bit her lower lip, but all color had already drained from her face.
One final announcement:
1. (Those who know, know. If this differs from your own ideas, just go with your own.)
Because of the parallel universe theory, the protagonist of this book is the same age as Huo Yuhao. However, in the actual world, the age for awakening a Martial Soul is set at 12, and Huo Yuhao is considered 18 from the time he joins Shrek Academy. In other words, all the main characters are adults.
2. The author hasn't read Tang San's other books, so just assume that this Douluo Universe contains only the Douluo Plane and the Divine Realm. It doesn't make much difference.