Returning to Douluo and Arrangements for the Five Elements Plane
After relaxing at the Divine Dragon Ceremony, Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi bid farewell to Xiang Longhuang and the others.
Although the Dragon Emperor and the others were somewhat reluctant to see their benefactors Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi, leave so soon, they still expressed their understanding.
Xu Xingyu is currently only the inheritor of the Dragon God. He has not yet completed the remaining trials of the Dragon God Nine Trials, and Xu Xingyu can only complete those matters related to the God Examination after returning to his own world.
As for the Dragon God Mark ensuring that the plane's trajectory wouldn't deviate too much before Xu Xingyu left, he had already done that when he saved Ji Dong last time.
The changes caused by Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi's arrival in the Five Elements Plane were actually not significant; there were only two major changes.
First, he became the benefactor who thawed A Jin Ya Lin'er the original work, causing Ya Lin'er and Ji Dong to have almost no interaction and no partnership as in the original work.
Secondly, they helped resolve the issue of the Dragon Emperor's daughter Sidong, hatching, so Ji Dong and the other Heavenly Stem Saints will gain one less powerful companion when they arrive at the Sanhe Mountain Range in the future.
The solution to the former is simple: due to the time paradox, Xu Xingyu has no way to take Ya Lin'er, the new successor of the Time Dragon King, away.
Yes, Xu Xingyu has given the Dragon Core of the Time Dragon King and the Mountain Dragon King to Ya Lin'er and the Earth Dragon Ancestor respectively, and the two have pledged their allegiance to Xu Xingyu because of this, and they already have the Dragon Mark markings that belong to Xu Xingyu.
Ya Lin'er accepted the position of guardian of the Douluo Dragon Valley Small World at Xu Xingyu's request. After all, at this stage, he could not take the entire Douluo Dragon Valley with him, so he could only leave it here for someone to watch over it.
In any case, Xu Xingyu also discovered in the Dragon Valley Small World that the small world was actually connected to both Douluo Star and the Five Elements Plane, so all he needed to do while he was back in the future was have someone to help guard it.
Of course, Ya Lin'er is not quite ready to take on the role of guardian at this stage, so the Dragon Emperor is temporarily filling in for her. Once Ya Lin'er is strong enough, she will officially take over the position.
The problem is that the Dragon Emperor also has other responsibilities and cannot always help guard the Douluo Dragon Valley Small World.
So what's the fastest way for Ya Lin'er to improve her strength? The simplest and most straightforward way is to follow Ji Dong's storyline.
After rescuing Ji Dong and the Forest Demon Clan last time, Xu Xingyu deliberately used the fact that she could only help by descending with her Divine Sense after leaving this plane as a topic to make Lie Yan, who had been unable to take action due to the Divine Realm, feel dissatisfied.
After all, she agreed to the deal last time because she thought that having someone Xu Xingyu, who had God Level combat power, to protect her three times was enough, but relying solely on the Divine Sense left in the dragon scales to help was not enough.
Therefore, in order to "make up for breaking the promise," Xu Xingyu planned to give him some of his notes on the Power of Chaos as compensation. However, Lie Yan felt that this was not enough and that Ya Lin'er should serve as Ji Dong's bodyguard for five years as compensation.
After all, according to Xu Xingyu's account, both he and Gu Qiuxi had to leave, while Ya Lin'er would stay in this world.
Although Ya Lin'er's strength is not on par with Xu Xingyu and Gu Qiuxi, it is still considerable, at least above Ji Dong's.
Therefore, with two instances of Divine Sense protection and Ya Lin'er acting as his bodyguard, Ji Dong would be protected from any fatal threats before he reached adulthood.
Little did they know that this idea was, to some extent, guided by Xu Xingyu, because Xu Xingyu knew that Lie Yan cared about most was Ji Dong's safety.
It wasn't just because Ji Dong was her ticket to living freely, but also because the love she held for Ji Dong would inevitably lead her to make this choice.
This also gave Xu Xingyu the opportunity to let Ya Lin'er follow Ji Dong to complete the original storyline. Without Ya Lin'er's help, Ji Dong would face some trouble, both in terms of his personal cultivation and the future of the Light Five Elements Continent.
Ya Lin'er lacks the training and opportunities to travel with Ji Dong, so her cultivation speed will definitely not be very fast. In any case, she will definitely not be able to become a god before the main villain in the original work.
The Earth Dragon Ancestor and Dragon Emperor in the Sanhe Mountains are also no match. The former was sealed for too long, which means his foundation cannot be repaired for more than ten years. The latter's Dragon King gave most of the energy in his Dragon Core to his daughter, and the portion he absorbed was not enough for him to become a god in a short time.
As for whether Ya Lin'er would drink a sip of Ji Dong's supposedly passionate wine, which was filled with love for Lie Yan, and fall in love with Ji Dong as depicted in the original story, that's absolutely impossible.
Xu Xingyu gave Ya Lin'er a more advanced dragon scale for protection. In addition to the function of summoning Divine Sense to fight on Ji Dong, there is also a means to transform into dragon armor to protect her and defend against mental and emotional attacks at critical moments.
Xu Xingyu would never allow his people to be swayed by such melodramatic, third-rate plots!
To be honest, when Xu Xingyu was reading the original novel, she always wanted to complain about the so-called plot of emotions conveyed through wine.
What do you mean by influencing people with emotions? That's not much different from using brainwashing to make someone love you!
Only those naive and clueless people who have no understanding of emotions wouldn't find anything wrong, right? It just shows that he doesn't understand the thinking of those with a "love-struck" mindset in the Douluo Galaxy.
As for the second question, how will Sidong, who has become Chen Sixuan, and the reincarnated Lie Yan, resolve their differences?
The easiest solution is to intentionally or unintentionally explain things outside the Three Harmonies Mountain Range when you're with Sidong, making her want to go out and explore.
In this way, when Ji Dong and the others arrive in the future, she will take the initiative to find one of them to be her mount companion because of this thought.
The problem is that if Xu Xingyu actually used this method, it would make him despise himself from the bottom of his heart, because he still resisted such a method and felt that it was somewhat hypocritical.
If he actually did that, there would be a disgusting feeling of questioning Tang San, understanding Tang San, becoming Tang San, and surpassing Tang San.
He felt no remorse for using deception to make Lie Yan believe he had successfully negotiated for Ya Lin'er to become Ji Dong's bodyguard for the next five years. He and Lie Yan had no friendship whatsoever; their relationship was purely one of mutual exploitation.
In the adult world, using such tactics is perfectly acceptable and there's no need to feel guilty, since both of them are satisfied with the final result, right?
To use such tricks on Sidong, who has only been around for a short time, makes him seem much better than that scoundrel Tang San who split his daughter's soul in two.
Therefore, before leaving, Xu Xingyu could only ask the Dragon Emperor to take good care of the current Heavenly Stem Saints, Ji Dong, and to inform him, in a way similar to a prophecy, that the continents of Light and Darkness would face a new war.
If the light is defeated in this battle, it will inevitably be Destruction by the darkness.
In this way, when Ji Dong leads his companions to cultivate in the Three Harmonies Mountain Range in the future, out of respect for him and Ya Lin'er, Ji Dong and his companions should receive better treatment, which should make up for the lack of Sidong's place.
In any case, when they left, the Dragon God Mark indicated that it had brought the plot back on track, and there was no need to worry about the Light Five Elements Continent being conquered by the Dark Five Elements Continent due to its interference.