Chapter 74

Forgot something?

Forgot what?

Luoxuan's doubts grew deeper.

He asked, "Xiao Yu, Master, what exactly did I forget? Please remind me!"

Bai Yu didn't answer.

She seemed to hesitate whether to speak.

She also felt it was a bit hard to bring up.

After going through a series of inner struggles, Bai Yu bashfully whispered, "Master, I have no clothes; I'd like to come out and see you off."

Bai Yuan: …

He really forgot—when he took the Eight-corner Profound Ice Grass and the Blazing Fire Apricot Herb, he accidentally ruined Bai Yu's clothes.

Because Bai Yuan was now troubled by another matter: near the Five Elements Formation, a passage to the Abyssal Plane had appeared.

And after Gu Yue Na explained it to him, Bai Yuan immediately guessed it was the work of the Asura God.

After all, the gods in the Divine Realm are all like that—they use humans and soul beasts as pawns, stopping at nothing to achieve their goals.

For example, the Asura God helped Tang San retain his memories upon reincarnation, and later Tang San played with Huo Yuhao in various kinds of training.

Even later, in Douluo III, the so-called ten-thousand-year plan.

Tang San had long discovered the Abyssal Plane, but instead of destroying it outright, he let it exist and then let it invade the Douluo Continent.

So-called ten-thousand-year plan: put nicely, it helped the Douluo Star advance; put bluntly, it was for his own children, disregarding the lives of ordinary people.

During those thousands of years of the Abyssal Plane's invasion, countless soldiers on the Douluo Continent sacrificed themselves to protect their homes.

You should know that after fighting the Abyssal Plane for thousands of years, the number of fallen soldiers isn't just tens or hundreds of millions—it's in the billions.

This also means that for his children's sake, Tang San destroyed billions of families, leaving countless wives husbandless and countless children fatherless.

And the root of all this, the Abyssal Plane, Tang San could have eliminated it beforehand—and destroying such an existence that expands by devouring life-bearing planets is precisely the duty of the Divine Realm.

But Tang San, having discovered it early, chose not to act; for his children's sake, he let those billions of soldiers die miserably at the hands of Abyssal monsters.

This is what the so-called ten-thousand-year plan is.

The Asura God now is much the same: to eliminate Bai Yuan as a hidden danger, he chose to send the Abyssal Plane over, disregarding ordinary people's lives.

You should know that if Bai Yuan and the myriad soul beasts hadn't existed originally, even if the Asura God had promptly finished off and exterminated the Abyssal Plane, we still wouldn't know how many ordinary people would have suffered because of it.

Collecting his thoughts, Bai Yuan raised his hand and produced a garment that could change its appearance at will, then placed it beside the hot spring.

Afterward, Bai Yuan turned away.

Soon after, Bai Yu took hold of Bai Yuan's hand.

"Master, let's go; I'll see you off."

"Good!" Bai Yuan rubbed Bai Yu's little head, then squatted down and lifted her up with one arm.

"Master, where did Qiu Er and the Lord Superior go?" Bai Yu sat on Bai Yuan's hand, being carried aloft by him, her gaze sweeping over the entire Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye, yet she saw no trace of them.

Bai Yuan said, "Gu Yue Na took Qiu Er back to the Star Dou Great Forest; something happened there, requiring her to split off a projection without experiencing it, and she needs to return as a precaution."

Bai Yu nodded, then smiled and said, "Master, you didn't just finish gathering herbs, did you? You're worried I might meet with an accident, so you didn't come back to the Star Dou Great Forest with me, right?"

Bai Yuan froze for a moment, then smiled and pinched Bai Yu's delicate nose, saying, "It seems after undergoing the Ice and Fire Golden Body, Xiao Yu has not only increased her talent but also become smarter."

Bai Yu puffed her cheeks, turned her head away, crossed her arms, and arrogantly lifted her chin, saying, "I've always been smart; when did I only just become smart?"

Bai Yuan smiled without a word, just reached out to pinch Xiao Yu's puffed cheeks, then watched them puff again and pinched them down once more.

After a while, Bai Yu couldn't help but glance back at her master with a look, then her expression returned to calm, and in her beautiful wine-red eyes a hint of worry flickered.

"Master, is this trouble serious?"

Bai Yuan firmly shook his head, saying, "It's not a big problem; once I return as Master, I'll settle it in a few moves."

Bai Yu huffed, "Master, you're lying—if it were really easy to fix, how could you keep it from me?"

Bai Yuan was at a loss for words.

As for the Abyss Plane, relying solely on him is impossible to resolve, because within it there is a plane master, an existence equivalent to a first-rank deity, i. e., equivalent to Nascent Soul Perfection.

Fortunately, the Abyss Holy Lord finds it hard to cross over; if he wishes to forcibly descend onto the Douluo Continent, he must endure the Douluo rules' desperate backlash.

Therefore, Bai Yuan's idea is to bring humanity in.

Otherwise, he brings Soul Beasts to fight desperately for the Douluo Continent, as its ruler, while humanity merely watches and eats melons.

Even Bai Yuan once contemplated revenge against the Asura God, directly driving the entities of the Abyss Plane into the human world.

However, Bai Yuan ultimately gave up, for two reasons.

First, ordinary people are innocent; no matter how many Asura Gods die, he wouldn't feel sorry, just like Tang San's ten-thousand-year plan.

Second, Bai Yuan feels that the divine realm still exists; if he cannot restrain the Abyss's invasion, the Asura God is likely to personally intervene, then resolve the Abyss Plane and incidentally resolve Bai Yuan.

Moreover, the reasons are more than sufficient; they completely do not violate the divine realm's rules, and the remaining four divine kings would not stop him.

"How dangerous is it?" Bai Yu, seeing Bai Yuan's delayed response, nervously grabbed his arm.

Bai Yuan laughed: "It's not that dangerous; after all, even if I can't win, as a master I can still run, right?"

Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief: "Master, you've brought me here; I, the disciple, must return to train diligently."

"Good." Bai Yuan replied.

After Bai Yu took a deep breath, she reluctantly descended from Bai Yuan's arm, riding her sword toward the Ice-Fire Yin-Yang Well.

…

…

the Star Dou Great Forest.

Emperor Tian and seven 100,000-year Soul Beasts joined forces, setting up a formation to draw upon the Douluo Continent's power, intending to forcibly close the passage of the Abyss Plane.

"Ants, this emperor wants to see how long you few can hold out." A cold laugh came from the spatial rift.

Di Tian's golden eyes stared at the voice in the dark passage, and he also gave a cold chuckle, saying: "How much longer can you hold out? Although I, the king, have not become a god, my accumulation is profound—how could you imagine it?"

The existence in the abyss sneered, saying: "I, the emperor, admit that you are the strongest living being I have seen below god-level; under the suppression of the rules, I am likely not your match, but what do you think—how much longer can those few ants hold out?"

At this moment, among the Eight Great Soul Beasts, the weakest Titan Giant Ape could barely hold on; the Azure Heaven Ox Python, Red King, and Demon Queen were no better off.

Di Tian turned his head to look at the horizon, his golden eyes revealing a hint of anxiety as he muttered: "Bai Yuan, you brat, what exactly are you and your disciple up to? Why haven't you returned after all this time?"

(End of chapter)