Chapter 217: Playing Games

"Bai Yuan, the earlier attempt failed, the Otherworldly Divine King also refused to negotiate with the Divine Realm; what should we do now?" Gu Yue Na's voice echoed across heaven and earth.

Bai Yuan, Bai Yu, Dong Qianqiu, and Wang Qiuer's expressions all grew solemn because of this topic.

After all, they all knew Bai Yuan's plan.

Originally, Bai Yuan intended to pursue two approaches at once: break through the Nascent Soul stage while trying to get the Otherworldly Divine King to reach an agreement with the Divine Realm.

Thus, even if he offended the Divine Realm's Asura God and Destruction God, and even killed a former first‑rank deity of the Divine Realm.

However, because Bai Yuan helped the Divine Realm and courted the three Divine Kings, the Asura God and the Destruction God could not directly descend to the Lower Realm to kill him, and Bai Yuan could use the Profound One Mirror to feign death again, giving him ample time to cultivate.

After all, a Divine King war would surely destroy Douluo Star; if Bai Yuan weren't already barely surviving, he wouldn't have the mood to wade into this mess.

In that case, as long as the Otherworldly Divine King entered the Divine Realm, the Divine King war wouldn't erupt, and Bai Yuan could continue to survive.

If that path fails, he could try to exploit a bug, rush to the Nascent Soul stage, set up a perfect Five Elements Array, and stand on an invincible ground.

But the current outcome is that both routes are blocked.

This made Bai Yuan feel extremely distressed.

He could only honestly practice dual cultivation to accumulate.

Until the critical moment, then dual‑cultivate with Gu Yue Na to breakthrough.

However, if he hasn't broken through before the Divine King war erupts, Bai Yuan can only consider sacrificing Xiao Xun'er.

Indeed, sacrifice Xiao Xun'er.

The Golden Emperor Flame of Burning Heaven within Xiao Xun'er.

As the fourth‑ranked alien fire, it has the power to incinerate a Divine King; combined with Mu Junwu empowered by the Five Elements Array.

Even without that, allying with the Otherworldly Three Great Divine Kings and with Gu Yue Na, who can match a Divine King, they could at least contend with the Five Great Divine Kings, if not crush them completely.

Moreover, Mu Junwu can actively intercept the Divine Realm, causing the great battle to erupt in the starry sky, minimizing the impact on Douluo Star.

As for why Mu Junwu, who possesses the Golden Emperor Flame, together with Gu Yue Na and the allied Otherworldly Three Great Divine Kings, cannot kill the Five Great Divine Kings.

First, their cultivation is only at the early Golden Core stage; forcibly advancing to the Half-step God Transformation Stage is already overreaching. Second, the Five Great Divine Kings have the Divine Realm's power supporting them!

Xiao Xun'er is now practicing the Dao Fire Scripture; the Golden Emperor Flame is her cultivation foundation, so forcibly extracting it would render her unable to cultivate for the rest of her life.

Using Xiao Xun'er's body as a conduit for the Golden Emperor Flame, her Golden Core stage cultivation is decent enough that she can barely endure it.

At the Half-step God Transformation Stage, Xiao Xun'er can only cry out that she can't bear it, then in Bai Yuan's arms, with a "Bang" sound, she turns into a blood mist.

After a long silence, Bai Yuan said, "Na'er, you and I should still go find those three Otherworldly Divine Kings and discuss, probing what they truly think of Xiao Xun'er."

He doesn't dare to ask the Otherworldly Divine King alone.

Because the karmic duplicate is constantly monitored by the Divine Realm, this time Bai Yuan can only go with his original body, so he must call upon Gu Yue Na, who can match a Divine King, to ensure his safety.

Gu Yue Na lightly nodded, "As long as you decide, it's fine."

After the words fell, Gu Yue Na produced the Profound One Mirror and shone it on her own body.

The others saw no change, only Gu Yue Na slowly reaching in and pulling out a person from the mirror whom none of them recognized.

"Let's go…" The woman whose features no one could recall put away the Profound One Mirror, looked at Bai Yuan, and spoke.

By attributing the cause‑and‑effect to the duplicate, even if she battles the Otherworldly Divine Kings outside, the Divine Realm could not learn of her Silver Dragon King.

At the same time, Gu Yue Na's duplicate can continue to stabilize this space, gradually extracting the Ascending Dragon Pillar from this dragon clan burial ground.

Bai Yuan nodded.

However, Bai Yu stepped forward to block them.

"Master, Mother, I also want to go together."

Dong Qianqiu and Wang Qiuer also cast longing glances.

It was obvious they also wanted to go.

Bai Yuan said wordlessly, "You all stop causing trouble; this isn't a game. If a fight breaks out, Na'er can't protect you, and I can only barely defend myself."

The eyes of Dong Qianqiu and Wang Qiuer showed a hint of disappointment, while Bai Yu, as if prepared, smiled and said, "Master, you can let us use the Profound One Mirror; the karmic duplicate going with us is absolutely safe."

Bai Yuan looked at the three girls' slightly pleading big eyes, could only sigh helplessly, and said to Gu Yue Na, "Na'er, help them sever the karmic ties!"

Gu Yue Na lightly nodded, saying nothing more.

Not long after, three more figures appeared in this world, their appearances, voices, even height and build completely unrecognizable to anyone.

Suddenly, one of the figures rushed toward Bai Yuan, leapt fiercely into his arms and said, "Master Daddy, I want a hug."

Bai Yuan helplessly held him; he never expected Wang Qiuer to suddenly act coquettishly.

Just the next moment, another figure said, "Senior Sister Mother, why are you impersonating me?"

Bai Yuan:???

Without giving him time to think, Bai Yuan heard the figure in his arms say in a voice both familiar and strange, "Senior Sister Mother, why did you suddenly think of deceiving Master Daddy? What you're doing is wrong."

Bai Yuan: …

Immediately after, he heard another person, in the same familiar‑yet‑strange voice, say, "Senior Sister Mother, stop the act; later Master Daddy will beat you up."

Bai Yuan was truly bewildered now.

Who exactly is the real Wang Qiuer?

He now also understood why Bai Yu wanted to go with him.

Because she never actually wanted to go.

She wanted to become this situation to tease him.

But he could be sure the last one wasn't Wang Qiuer, nor Dong Qianqiu, so it could only be Gu Yue Na.

Bai Yuan said wordlessly, "Na'er, why are you still playing with Xiao Yu? Are you just teaming up with those two to bully me?"

Gu Yue Na's karmic duplicate smiled and said, "I didn't take part, okay? Don't falsely accuse good people; it was clearly Qianqiu and the other two."

Gu Yue Na now just found it very amusing.

She suddenly understood why Bai Yu liked to play so much.

After all, it's truly uncertain whether we can actually get through this matter this time; we might as well just have fun.

At that moment, the last figure also suddenly spoke: "Master Father, don't let the Eldest Martial Sister Mother trick you."

The other four people present all froze at once.

Immediately after, they seemed to share the same thought, as if their hearts were in sync.

The person in Bai Yuan's arms also broke free from his embrace.

Then the four swapped positions, using voices that were similar yet utterly different, familiar yet strange, and in unison laughed: "Master Father, guess who I am?"

Bai Yuan watched the four figures before him suddenly become playful, feeling speechless inside, yet he had no choice but to join in their game.

After all, although the negotiation threatened their lives.

But the difference between going a day earlier and a day later isn't that big.

(End of chapter)