There's a planet inside me

At that moment, Xu Qing suddenly felt the terrifying pressure weighing down on his body multiply several times over!

That presence was ancient and overbearing, utterly beyond what an ordinary person could withstand.

His consciousness sank, and his body staggered violently amid the illusory sea of clouds. His legs gave out, and he crashed heavily onto the floor of this golden void.

The pressure kept climbing, crushing his soul and will, as though it meant to grind his consciousness to pieces.

Xu Qing's mind trembled, leaving only a single thought.

I'm done for...

This time, I'm probably really going to die here.

But just as his consciousness was about to scatter, that all-encompassing, suffocating pressure abruptly vanished without a trace!

Xu Qing lay limp on the ground, gasping for breath. His heart was still pounding wildly, and the back of his shirt was soaked with cold sweat.

"You've come."

An aged voice, low and resonant, slowly rang out throughout the space.

Bracing his aching body, Xu Qing slowly climbed to his feet and warily surveyed his surroundings.

Across the entire golden sea of clouds, there was nothing but clouds, save for the boundlessly towering silhouette of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon coiled silently in the distance.

He swallowed, his face filled with shock and confusion, and mustered the courage to ask:

"Who are you?!"

"I am Earth Consciousness!"

As the voice fell, the enormous dragon body coiled deep within the clouds stirred slightly.

The towering, gigantic dragon head slowly lowered, coming directly before Xu Qing.

Vast and unfathomable golden dragon eyes gazed silently down at this tiny human child.

"Earth?"

Xu Qing stared at the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon before him, his body trembling involuntarily.

"Were you not seeking me?"

"Uh... was I?" Xu Qing asked meekly.

"Shall I refresh your memory?"

As the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon spoke, a massive golden claw swept through the void, and a scene appeared upon it: Xu Qing making his wish outside the awakening chamber.

Jade Emperor, Gunala, God of Darkness, Balala the Fairies, Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Heavenly Emperor Huang, Heavenly Emperor Ye, Supreme Old Lord, Mother Earth... whoever you are, please bless me!

Huh?! No, I never thought you'd actually come looking for me.

Seeing the defeated look on Xu Qing's face, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon roared with laughter.

"Haha! Got a fright, child? All right, enough teasing. Let's get down to business. Little fellow, you must be very curious about why you came to this world."

Xu Qing nodded.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon continued, "Didn't you drown while trying to save someone?"

"Senior, could you please stop bringing up the drowning?" Xu Qing said through gritted teeth.

Whenever he thought of the truth behind his drowning, frustration flared in Xu Qing's chest.

That day, he had been strolling through a park when a piercing cry suddenly reached his ears.

Hearing it, he had hurried toward the sound, soon rushing to the park's lake, where he immediately spotted a woman struggling desperately in the water.

Xu Qing considered himself a decent swimmer and thought saving one person would be no problem at all. Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that this woman wasn't looking to have her life saved-she was out to take his!

At the time, the woman in the water had completely lost her senses in her extreme panic. Rather than cooperate, she had clung desperately to him and frantically pushed Xu Qing underwater!

No matter how Xu Qing struggled, he couldn't break free.

In the end, unsurprisingly, she had held him fast beneath the water until he drowned.

Fuck!

This had to be the most frustrating, most absurd way to die under heaven!

The more Xu Qing thought about it, the angrier he grew, silently gritting his teeth.

What rotten luck!

Don't let me run into that woman again... or else... Xu Qing muttered bitterly to himself, not knowing whether she had survived in the end.

Seeing his aggrieved and furious expression, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon slowly spoke in a low voice:

"Ahem... after you sank underwater, that very day, I also received a distress message."

"A distress message?" Xu Qing was a little puzzled. What could possibly need Earth's help?

"Yes, a request for aid from another Earth."

"Don't tell me you wanted to send a transmigrator over to help that Earth, like in the novels?" Xu Qing asked, seemingly having thought of something.

Fuck, no wonder there are so many transmigrators. So you're the culprit!

"Correct. Unfortunately, by the time my consciousness arrived in that parallel world with your soul, it was already too late. That Earth was heading toward destruction."

"Then shouldn't you have sent me back?"

"Correct. That was my original intention, but on our way back, we had a teensy-billion-bit of an accident, and you were accidentally swept into the multiverse. With the protection of my remaining power, I could only send you into a world to be reincarnated."

"So you dumped me into the novel Douluo Continent?"

"It's the multiverse. There are countless possibilities. This world just happened to be the closest to us, so..."

"Fuck, then you could've at least let me reincarnate earlier! And what's with the ordinary family? Did you think I wasn't miserable enough?"

"Well...!"

"All right, none of that matters. What matters is that I also left you what you humans call a golden finger."

"For real?!"

At this, Xu Qing's eyes instantly lit up. Sure enough, a golden finger was a transmigrator's essential equipment!

"Where?! Where?! Where's my golden finger?"

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon smiled mysteriously and pointed into the air.

The clouds surrounding Xu Qing instantly transformed into an empty starry expanse.

At the same time, Xu Qing seemed to be floating in outer space.

Before Xu Qing, besides the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's enormous body, a gigantic crimson planet hung below.

On the planet's surface, he could faintly make out the outlines of seven continents and four oceans.

"No, where's my golden finger? Why are you showing me this?" Xu Qing looked baffled.

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon smiled faintly and raised a claw toward the planet. "That is the golden finger I've given you."

"After the world consciousness of that parallel Earth dissipated, this planet became ownerless. So I sealed it inside your mind."

"Fuck! Inside my mind?"

"Correct. To make it easier for you to control this planet, I also prepared something else for you."

Xu Qing looked toward the golden dragon, his eyes full of confusion.

"A portion of a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's origin."

Xu Qing's eyes widened. "Wait, you gave me your origin?"

The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon gently shook his head. "No. I merely assumed this form. I am not a true Five-Clawed Golden Dragon."

The golden dragon sighed softly. "All right, child! From here on, you must walk your own path. This is all I can do to help you. One final reminder: make absolutely sure you keep your little life intact. If you die, the entire Douluo Star will be buried alongside you."

Xu Qing froze.

As those words fell, the enormous body of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon transformed into a sky full of tiny specks of light and began to slowly dissipate.

"Wait! Don't go yet!" Xu Qing shouted anxiously. "You still haven't told me how to get back to Earth! Hey!"