Chapter 1

In the Star Dou Great Forest, a handsome youth shuttle through the trees.

In the Star Dou Great Forest, a handsome and elegant youth shuttled through the forest.

But we need to keep same meaning. Let's produce: "In the Star Dou Great Forest, a handsome youth shuttled through the forest."

Behind him, a herd of wind baboons noisily chased after him.

"Tsk, endless, can't continue like this."

But we need to keep the Chinese punctuation? We'll convert to English punctuation.

After realizing that even after running for several minutes he couldn't shake off these agility-famed soul beasts, the youth turned around, and a white soul ring rose from beneath his feet.

We need to keep white soul ring.

At the same time, golden‑tinged blue plants shot from his hands, wrapping around the wind baboons.

The roles of prey and hunter suddenly reversed; the wind baboons, unable to react, were tightly bound in an instant.

Next, they felt a tremendous force transmitted from the other end of the blue plants; the youth actually lifted them high into the air with brute strength.

Golden scales appeared on the youth's hands as he exerted force, fiercely slamming these ten‑year‑level soul beasts toward the ground.

【9】 Thud!

A huge sound rang out as the wind baboons were slammed to the ground by monstrous force; instantly they lost all ability to resist, and even some of the weaker ones died on the spot.

Watching the white soul rings light up one after another, the youth breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against a nearby tree to catch his breath.

At the same time, binding so many soul beasts was also a considerable burden for him.

The youth's name is Tang Wulin; he is nine years old and came from ten thousand years in the future.

Before crossing over, he had just broken through the first seal of the Golden Dragon King and was preparing to participate in the first‑year promotion exam.

He hadn't even had time to move when a wave of dizziness struck, transporting him here.

According to a message left by Old Tang in the black space, it seems the Golden Dragon King left a backup in the seal: absorbing the first seal would trigger a spacetime turbulence, forever losing him in the cracks of time.

Fortunately, Old Tang reacted in time, sacrificing his own slumber to save his life.

According to Old Tang, the place he now finds himself in is the Star Dou Great Forest from ten thousand years ago.

Back then, due to certain events, violent spacetime chaos erupted here, allowing Old Tang to keep him in this world.

"But I never imagined that as soon as I landed I'd be chased by a horde of wind baboons—if Old Tang hadn't beforehand loosened a bit of the second seal for me, I'd be done for."

Tang Wulin muttered to himself, sighing wearily.

Originally, he couldn't have dealt with these wind baboons so easily.

The reason he now possesses this ability is that Old Tang used his own power to open a gap in the Golden Dragon King's second seal for him; he has already absorbed part of the essence of that second seal, and his strength has greatly increased compared to after absorbing the first seal.

Even if he were to match strength with a Soul Elder now, he would not be far behind.

However, the cost is not small: the original deadline for fully absorbing the second seal was six years hence, but it has been abruptly moved up to just six months from now, and even the absorption deadlines for the later seals have been greatly advanced.

Fortunately, before falling asleep Old Tang told him the types of herbs needed for each seal; otherwise he would truly be reduced to tears.

After regaining a bit of strength, Tang Wulin rose and killed the wind baboons on the ground that were still alive, one by one.

He had just personally experienced how ferocious these monkeys were; going easy on them would be cruelty to himself.

After finishing the coup de grâce, he walked back the way he had come.

Old Tang told him that the cause of the spacetime disorder was the founder of the Spirit Pagoda, who at the time was still quite weak—the Spirit Ice Battle Spirit Huo Yuhao.

He urged Tang Wulin to try to get along with Huo Yuhao and together revive the Tang Sect.

Tang Wulin felt extremely excited about this.

He had long heard of Huo Yuhao's great name, even admired him greatly; the thought of having a chance to befriend such a legend made him thrilled.

Soon, Tang Wulin found his target.

What stunned him was that lying beneath the tree was not the handsome youth he had imagined, but a petite girl.

""Old Tang, did you get it wrong?""

Tang Wulin felt utterly confused.

This exceedingly frail girl could in no way be associated with Huo Yuhao.

He approached the girl and slowly squatted down.

It must be said, this girl is really quite cute.

Long eyelashes, delicate features, a petite frame that is utterly endearing, a tranquil face that simply looking at lifts one's mood—saying this is the renowned Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin would never believe it.

Just as he was about to move in for a closer look at the girl, she suddenly woke up.

Her bewildered big eyes blinked repeatedly, then focused on Tang Wulin.

"Uh… who are you?"

"「…」" -> "\"\""

Tang Wulin was momentarily at a loss for words.

In his eyes, the girl with her eyes opened was completely unlike the person she had been before.

Just like the phrase 'adding the pupils to the dragon,' after she opened her eyes, her entire demeanor seemed to have been elevated.

Before opening her eyes, the girl, though also cute and petite, could not yet make Tang Wulin waver.

Yet now, simply by looking at him with her innocent big eyes, she was enough to throw his mind into disarray.

A beauty of this caliber, in his impression, only Na'er could surpass her.

Seeing Tang Wulin silent, the girl felt a bit puzzled; she sat up and waved her hand in front of his eyes.

"Little brother, are you all right?"

"I, I'm fine!"

Tang Wulin snapped to attention, slightly increased his distance from the girl, and said, "Hello, my name is Tang Wulin, I'm nine years old."

The girl smiled and said:

"My name is Huo Yutong, I'm eleven years old. Wulin, are you alone? It's dangerous to be by yourself in this forest."

Tang Wulin felt somewhat doubtful.

"Aren't you alone too?"

Huo Yutong showed an embarrassed expression, helplessly smiled, and changed the subject.

"My situation is a bit special, anyway this place is very dangerous, do you want sister to send you out?"

Tang Wulin felt a bit embarrassed.

"Isn't this too much trouble for you?"

He wanted to leave the forest quickly, which would be fine, but causing trouble for others wouldn't be good.

Huo Yutong shook her head gently and smiled softly: "No trouble, I came here originally just to obtain a soul ring; I've already obtained it and am preparing to leave, bringing you along also counts as having someone to look out for."

"Then that's good."

Upon hearing that, Tang Wulin let out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he also felt a hint of doubt.

Huo Yutong, although not Huo Yuhao, one can tell from her name that she is surely connected to him in countless ways.

Who exactly is she, and what is her relationship with Huo Yuhao? This is the most important question for Tang Wulin now.

"Gurgle."

At that moment, a sound came from Tang Wulin's stomach.

Facing Huo Yutong's surprised gaze, Tang Wulin lowered his head shyly.

Looks like we need to fill our stomachs before investigating the truth.

Seeing the idea of Tang Wulin and Xiao Huo Niang on the forum was amazing.

No matter how someone delays publishing the book, after waiting so long I can only choose to do it myself.

If I can sign a contract, I'll keep writing; if not, I'll write as fate allows.

This book is a single female lead, single female lead, single female lead! Those only here for the harem can leave, I can't write multiple female leads.

Finally, another day of waiting for Huo Niang Soul.

(End of chapter)