Chapter 52: The Non‑Existent Luminous Dragon

In the Sea of Spirit.

Jingliu appeared and faced the person in the shadows.

"The Everjoy Heavenly Lord appears here, yet his purpose is unknown."

"Oh, indeed the mortal's power is comparable to that of a commander."

Speaking, a figure wearing a comical mask emerged from the shadows.

"Aha came here with no purpose at all, Aha, just looking for fun; otherwise how would Aha go to such great lengths to have this originally shattered Luminous Dragon reincarnated???"

"You must know that the way this Luminous Dragon was born defies logic; naturally, its existence finds no logic either."

"Aha did put in a lot of effort, honestly, Aha, wants to cry."

"Scram." Jingliu stepped forward, showing no fear even though the opponent was a Star God.

"If it weren't for you, how could he have perished together with the Ash‑Extinguishing Calamity Ancestor…"

"Can we blame Aha for that? He was never from that world; he inherently possesses destruction power comparable to annihilation itself."

"He is the embodiment of destruction; otherwise how could he be called the non‑existent Luminous, the End Dragon!!!"

"Because of his lofty righteousness, Aha, with exhausted heart and strength, climbed the Tree of Imaginary Numbers, and in another dimension mirrored his form."

"So that he may have the right to live together."

Jingliu roared immediately, "You truly only helped him, but it's just because you seek the fun in your heart."

"He's right; your existence is to seek meaning, and the fun you pursue is merely to explore the meaning of this world's existence."

"Because you don't want to believe that your existence is meaningless; your existence is just an accident."

"After all, as he said, our birth is merely an accident; since it's an accident, it has no meaning…"

"………."

Aha fell silent.

"Congratulations, you answered correctly, but unfortunately, there is no reward."

Sure enough, Aha is still the same Aha.

"Aha, I'm leaving first; you, meanwhile, wait slowly for his revival, while Aha goes to find other fun."

"Aha, I'm curious: when his memory recovers, will he destroy this world???"

"The non‑existent Luminous, the spokesperson of destruction, the End Dragon—hee hee hee, that's so much fun."

Saying that, Aha left.

Jingliu stood bewildered in place, muttering, "He is only my disciple!!!"

At this moment, a "guest" entered the Sea of Spirit.

Jingliu composed herself, saw the light sphere and said, "You have come, Snow Emperor."

………

You know, when a beautiful woman appears before you, what's your first thought? So beautiful! So A! A mature lady~ Seeing the cold, high‑class mature lady in a qipao, that's the first reaction others would have.

But Chen Qiye only had one reaction.

What? How? Maybe? Snow Emperor???

The mature lady's beautiful eyes, full of bewilderment, scanned the surroundings for a moment, then fixed on Chen Qiye.

Seeing the slightly bewildered Chen Qiye, the mature lady's eyes instantly hardened.

"Damn humans!"

Chen Qiye:??? ………

Snow Emperor surveyed the dazzling array of goods around, her beautiful eyes full of wonder. How do humans have so many strange yet beautiful and useful items?

In her long years, aside from the endless white snow of the far north, it was still snow; even though she had come to human settlements a few times, her position never permitted her to linger, and she has truly witnessed…

She did not expect human wisdom and creativity to be so powerful. If this continues, the soul beasts' pure land will sooner or later be seized by humans, and then be enslaved and destroyed.

Now this incident arises; why not start learning about humans, if there is still a chance to return to the far north…

Chen Qiye followed behind with a puzzled expression, "What on earth is going on?"

Just after entering the Sea of Spirit, Chen Qiye discovered that Jingliu and Snow Emperor were conversing about something unknown.

Chen Qiye also wondered how Jingliu pulled Snow Emperor's soul from the soul conduit device into the Sea of Spirit…

But Jingliu said nothing about any of this, only told him to take good care of Snow Emperor.

"Hey! Damaged items must be compensated; you broke my thing and want to run?" A sudden commotion erupted ahead; Chen Qiye looked at the human wall forming three inner and three outer circles, then glanced at the vanished Snow Emperor, feeling an ominous chill.

Sure enough—

"Despicable human, it is your honor that I, the Emperor, have taken an interest in your belongings," the cold, night‑ingale‑like voice said angrily.

That was Snow Emperor's voice.

Chen Qiye's mouth twitched sharply; indeed, as he suspected, going out with her could not bode well. If not forced by Jingliu's "if you do not satisfy all her demands, the consequences are yours" tyranny, he would have simply walked away.

Among the crowd, Snow Emperor's angry face turned pale, her eyebrows arched, "You!" she said, raising two fingers, the surrounding temperature suddenly dropped, white mist coiled around her jade arm, about to fling at the middle‑aged man before her.

"Xue… Xue Qin, enough! You're too reckless," a hand reached from behind and seized her delicate, bone‑light hand.

"What are you doing? You human…" Snow Emperor, seeing him like that, instinctively wanted to scold, but Chen Qiye sealed her mouth with soul power, making her mumble: "Big sister, can you behave? You're no longer the sole Snow Emperor now, understand? You must know that if you kill this person, your aura will leak and attract all title‑holding Douluo currently residing in the Star Net Imperial City. If you think you can defeat more than three title‑holding Douluo, I won't stop you; otherwise, stop talking nonsense."

Snow Emperor fell silent, but her beautiful eyes still flashed with resentment and unwillingness.

She angrily shook off Chen Qiye's hand, stewing, and trudged forward with her head down.

"Hey! Big sister, where are you going?" Chen Qiye helplessly chased after, following her.

"Where I am going is none of your despicable, shameless human's business!"

"Where I go indeed doesn't concern you, but didn't you forget you cannot leave the area within a hundred‑meter radius centered on me?"

Hearing this, Snow Emperor's steps halted; she turned, looking as if ready to tear him limb by limb, which almost caused Chen Qiye, whose attention was wavering, to crash, but he managed to brake in time.

"Hmph!" Snow Emperor snorted coldly, pointed a finger casually: "Human, what is that?"

Chen Qiye turned his head and saw: it was a bunch of ruby‑red qiong stone bird strings stuck in the straw, "candied hawthorn".

……

"Hey! Human, this emperor wants that clothing, quickly give it to this emperor." The Snow Emperor's voice entered his ears for the nth time.

"......" Chen Qiye hated it so much his teeth itched. Turns out I'm just your personal attendant plus an ATM, right? If I had known earlier, I should have dumped her here while she didn't know the common sense that buying things in human society costs money, letting her embarrass herself alone.

But after weighing the pros and cons, Chen Qiye still walked into the clothing store she mentioned together with her.

"Welcome, two customers! Do you like that outfit? You can get a 10% discount!" This is a clothing store specializing in cheongsams. As soon as they entered, a service worker wearing the same low‑collared red cheongsam came up to greet them.

Chen Qiye glanced at him and said, "Pick out a few pieces of clothing for him."

"This emperor just wants that clothing."

Chen Qiye looked at the clothing the Snow Emperor had pointed out, and it was a white red‑crowned crane cheongsam; paired with the Snow Emperor, it could be said to perfectly complement her tall, impressive figure.

Chen Qiye sighed, took out a black card, and said, "I've paid."

"Yes."

(End of chapter)