"How's the situation?"
Ning Rongrong landed quietly and stood beside Di Tian. Looking at Gu Yuena's true form, which was countless times larger than herself, the corner of her mouth twitched slightly.
"I really shouldn't have held any confidence in you, my so-called master."
"I acknowledge your reasoning. Indeed, there was no reason to hold confidence." Di Tian gently shook his head and gave a self-mocking smile.
"Master, that other world should still exist, right? I mean, the world before Tang San returns in the future."
"Don't call me master or anything like that. Just call me Ning Rongrong, or Young Sect Master—whatever you like. But don't call me master. It always feels really weird."
Ning Rongrong blinked. Calling her "master" made it seem like she was pua-ing Di Tian or something.
She didn't have the same strange XP as that little tiger of hers.
Speaking of which, where exactly did Tokisaki Kurumi (Dark Devilgod Tiger) learn all that from?
She never learns the good stuff—only picks up all kinds of weird "forbidden knowledge." That's not good.
"Sorry, this subordinate has no delusions. It was just subconscious."
Ning Rongrong: "…"
You might as well not have said anything.
"Sigh—let's talk about Gu Yuena's situation." Ning Rongrong skipped over the previous topic. The important thing right now was the Silver Dragon King bundled up like a rice dumpling.
"By the way, you just mentioned the future Tang God King who comes back?"
Through the resonance with Di Tian, he had seen many of her memories. Aside from the ones she deliberately sealed away, there wasn't much worth hiding.
He basically knew all the key information about the Douluo series.
Of course, the fact that this world was a novel could never be revealed.
"Mm, Young Sect Master, do you think there's any chance we could go to that future world?" Di Tian's gaze rested on the Silver Dragon King as he let out a sigh.
"What, your mentality collapsed?"
"A little bit, yes." Di Tian's mouth twitched.
The one he had sworn loyalty to turned out to be this kind of thing. It was honestly a bit absurd.
You freaking wanted to become the daughter-in-law of that Soft-Boned Rabbit—that's your own problem, your own XP. Di Tian has no comment.
But the entire soul beast race was almost wiped out because of you, and in the end, you only managed to snag a Life God King.
Where's your Silver Dragon King dignity?
Where's the pride of being half of the Dragon God?
Absurd. Truly absurd.
"It's a long story!" Di Tian sighed ruefully. "Speaking of which, I saw the Nine-Colored Holy Maiden of the Divine Realm."
Di Tian's words carried a certain implication.
"I'm not her, and she's not me." Ning Rongrong said calmly.
"I see…"
Di Tian asked no more.
Qian Renxue was still alive, and Tang San had been taken care of by Ning Rongrong. This world would not develop in the direction of that one. That was enough.
"Young Sect Master, regarding the future of soul beasts, you…"
"Are you still worried?" Ning Rongrong looked up at Di Tian. "No need to worry anymore. The Dragon God rules will take care of it. The issues with the Divine Realm and soul rings will be handled. Soul rings will not exist in the future."
"As long as the relationship between humans and soul beasts isn't one of hunter and prey, and there's a common organization to manage things, there won't be too much of a problem."
In truth, the main reason soul beasts were nearly exterminated was because they themselves were cultivation resources.
"Then I can rest easy." Di Tian let out a breath of relief.
"Compared to Gu Yuena, as the Dragon God, Di Tian, you might actually be more qualified!"
"Forget it!" Di Tian shook his head. "I'm tired. I don't want to manage anymore."
"You're not going to care about Bi Ji and Zi Ji either?"
"Right now I have no relation to them. Even if there is, it would be ten thousand years or even tens of thousands of years from now." Di Tian's face was full of black lines. How was his new master so ridiculously gossipy?
Right now he was a sword—a super-divine artifact… and apparently he could take human form!
It didn't seem entirely impossible.
"Let's talk about that later!"
"Hehe." Ning Rongrong shook her head with a light laugh.
"Di Tian, after we finish handling things here, I plan to go to the world where Tang God King is. Do you want to come?"
"The other version of myself in that world?" Di Tian pondered for a moment. "Sure, I'd like to see it too."
"If possible, bring Gu Yuena along as well."
"Uh… you really have a twisted sense of fun." Ning Rongrong was stunned for a second before laughing. "It does sound interesting. Qian Renxue would probably be very curious to see Gu Yuena looking at another version of herself in that world."
"We can talk about these things later." Ning Rongrong pulled back her wandering thoughts. She always felt like she was setting flags before a battle. That wasn't good—usually the ones who set them never come back.
Right now, the gates between the Divine Realm and the human world hadn't opened yet.
It seemed Gu Yuena's love-brain hadn't fully formed yet. That might play a role.
Probably…
In truth, Ning Rongrong had no idea what Gu Yuena was thinking before she lost control, or why she ended up clashing with the Crimson Mother.
Ning Rongrong stepped forward and looked at the whimpering Silver Dragon King. She let out a soft sigh: "I'll check on her condition first and see if there's any way to wake her up."
Ning Rongrong slowly raised her right hand. Strands of pure white light flowed into the Silver Dragon King's body.
She began to read Gu Yuena's memories.
…
"Damn it, that cursed Asura God."
Gu Yuena defeated the Asura God's clone, but her own condition was extremely poor.
Bright red blood splattered onto the ground.
She reached up to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth:
"So ruthless. Starting to scheme from the Dragon God era, huh?"
"You're definitely not as pure and innocent as you claim to be."
"My consciousness… my consciousness is starting to blur."
As he said, I really can't bear the karma of the Dragon God?
I'm not the Dragon God. In the end, I'm only the Silver Dragon King.
"But even so, I can still interfere with some of your plans."
Scarlet blood overflowed from between Gu Yuena's five fingers.
"The Dragon God's dragon soul allows me to resonate with the Golden Dragon King. That way, the barrier of the Divine Realm should last a bit longer, and the Golden Dragon King won't be suppressed so easily."
An array engraved with silver dragon patterns enveloped Gu Yuena at its center, emitting silver-white light.
Moments later.
The silver light dissipated. Gu Yuena collapsed to the ground, her face pale. Her silver-white long hair draped down to her waist. If someone passed by, they might just pick up a silver dragon to raise.
"Hm… so that's how it is?" A faint spiritual projection appeared in Gu Yuena's mental space, gazing at Gu Yuena who was on the verge of reverting from human form back to silver dragon.
"Buying time—this counts as something, at least."
At the beginning of the Douluo Continent story, Gu Yuena still had some intelligence.
"Mm, a little—but not much."
An unknown amount of time passed.
Gu Yuena's human appearance completely vanished. In its place was a silver giant dragon hundreds of meters long, unleashing a long, resounding dragon roar.
The silver dragon that had returned to her true form opened a spatial rift.
"Abyss!"
Ning Rongrong's face showed surprise. A program set before falling asleep?
Even the ancient black phoenix had appeared here. It wasn't strange for Gu Yuena to know about the abyss.
This was the Dragon Valley, after all. Perhaps she had sensed something. Ning Rongrong followed Gu Yuena's memory space and entered the abyss as well.
Rather than calling it an abyss, it was more accurate to say it was the Crimson Domain.
Next, the Crimson Mother—who was still stabilizing the passage—clashed with Gu Yuena, who had rashly intruded into the passage.
The two fought until the sky darkened and the sun and moon lost their light.
Because of their rules, the Douluo plane and the Crimson Domain began to fuse.
Then, the Crimson Mother rushed outside and absorbed the Abyss Holy Lord.
She even used her super-divine artifact, the Heavenly Saint Splitting Abyss Halberd, as a self-destruct weapon, delivering a heavy blow to Gu Yuena.
(End of chapter)