"Name you… Big Bear?" Su Wen raised an eyebrow.
"Sounds awful!" Little Gold protested, shaking his head like a rattle drum and snorting gusts of air.
"Little Bear?" Su Wen pondered.
"Half-hearted!" Little Gold shook his head again.
"Then… Xuan Ji, how about it? It means the violet radiance of a star—perfectly matching the amethyst you'll have in the future." Su Wen smiled slightly.
"Good!!!" Little Gold looked thrilled. "I'm a soul beast with a name now, wuuu…"
Big Eye advanced to All−Seeing.
Its appearance didn't change much—if anything, its body became more and more transparent, more and more lacking in presence. If Su Wen weren't its master with a mental bond, he might not even notice it for a moment, even if it were standing right there…
It seemed as if it were hidden within time, becoming a part of time itself.
The good news was that after advancing to the final stage, Big Eye's control over "space-time" became far more proficient, bringing an even better piece of news: with its current ability, it seemed it could deceive "space-time correction"…
At the very least, it was worth trying.
If it could truly fool space-time, then wouldn't the past ten thousand years ago and the future ten thousand years later both change because of his arrival?!!
"I only said there's a decent chance—I never said one hundred percent," Big Eye said. "Also, Little Gold changed his name to Xuan Ji. This seat wants to change names too!"
"You can change my ass," Su Wen said flatly, pressing the topic down. "When you actually manage to deceive space-time correction, then I'll consider it."
Big Eye: "…"
Crying kids get milk—what about me?!!
Azure Luan advanced into Divine Healing Phoenix. Its tail feathers extended to ten zhang (about thirty-three meters), its emerald plumage gradually shifting into a white-gold hue. Sunlight-like motes condensed at the feather tips, and when it flew, it scattered healing light-dust.
A glazed white-gold crystal crown grew from its head, symbolizing the authority of life. With wings fully spread, it reached a full forty meters.
The true bearing of a divine bird.
Dignified and noble.
"Master…"
Azure Luan lowered itself, its phoenix eyes gentle as they fixed on Su Wen. Toward him, beyond reverence, it also felt gratitude—after all, Su Wen had chosen it from the beast horde, letting it leap to this height.
With bloodline nobility like this, perhaps even Lady Bi Ji could no longer surpass it.
The phoenix was an existence from ancient times, renowned alongside true dragons.
Now, its cultivation was around fifty thousand years, yet its combat power was enough to rival hundred and fifty thousand years.
All of this fortune came from the human before it.
"Heh…"
Su Wen happily patted its head—he even had to stand on tiptoe.
As for Ice Emperor, it advanced into Lord of Winter, becoming a gigantic ice scorpion over twenty meters long. Though it hadn't evolved a humanoid form, it still erupted with power worthy of its "high-class" name.
Dual attributes: ultimate ice and ultimate poison.
Its whole body became even more dazzling—also confirming Su Wen's suspicions somewhat. That tyrannical, emperor-like aura really did resemble the female shadow that appeared that day when he and Wang Dong'er used a martial-soul fusion ultimate to defeat Zhongli's Three Ghosts. If he wasn't mistaken, once Ice Emperor grew stronger and could transform into human form, it might look like that woman… Ice Empress.
"Immortal-Cloud Flowing Ape."
Gale's body was slender but not weak. It still held the Flowing Cloud Staff, but the instant it advanced, the entire staff suddenly "shrunk"—its length unchanged, yet the shaft became abnormally thin. The club that used to require two hands to grip and smash could now be carried easily with one.
Its pupils turned completely deep violet; the violet patterns extending from the eyes toward the cheeks grew even more obscure and profound. Its steps were light, as if it truly rode the wind.
"Finally, Snow Empress…"
Su Wen fell silent for a moment and looked to his side.
Fine ice crystals condensed out of thin air, hovering and rotating faintly, as if drawn by invisible gravity. In the center of that pure-white, misty chill, a figure quietly took shape.
The first thing that entered view was a pair of bare jade feet—unstained by dust, fair with a rosy tint, gleaming with a cold, jade-like luster.
His gaze followed the small, delicate arch upward, past a plain white long dress that flowed like moonlight, and higher still—toward a breathtakingly beautiful face. Silver-white hair, purer than the first snow on a mountain, fell silky down to her slender waist.
Peerless beauty. Overbearing presence. The posture of a female emperor.
"What are you staring at!"
But the next instant the beauty broke character—brows knit, she yanked Su Wen's ear and scolded him. Yet the base of her pale ear was faintly flushed red.
"Lotuses blooming with every step," Su Wen said, wiping nonexistent nosebleed. He had to admit: he'd seen plenty of beauty, but only this pair could be called truly top-tier.
Are an empress's feet really different from everyone else's…
"Hmph~"
Snow Empress snorted softly, but the hand twisting his ear loosened slightly.
Clearly, she enjoyed the compliment.
"A full six Super Douluo…" Su Wen's grin was hard to suppress. With four to five hundred thousand years of cultivation, they could rival Level 96–97 Super Douluo. Individually they weren't at Xuan Zi's level, but in team combat—damage, defense, control, healing—this lineup of six "ferocious-beast tier" was not simple addition.
Even if Xuan Zi came, he'd still get beaten. Even against an Ultimate Douluo, they had the power to fight.
Sure enough—beast-taming was his strongest trump card…
"As for my second martial soul…" Su Wen mused.
In just two months, it had risen to Level 24—yes, Level 24!
As for why, after reaching Level 20 and obtaining a yellow Poké Ball, it seemed to have no bottleneck at all—he was a bit confused too. Big Eye explained a pile of technical terms, and Su Wen accepted reality.
The benefit was that there was no need to rush capturing soul beasts to enter the next stage; these Poké Balls could be left unused until he met suitable soul beasts.
"Whew…"
Su Wen returned to the bedroom, startling Ju Zi beside him.
"Back?"
"Yeah. Time to head back," Su Wen nodded.
"Heading back now?" Ju Zi's expression twisted. If their guess was right, all major Sun Moon Empire ports would be on full alert right now, waiting for the Abyss Stealth Ship to appear.
It might even be that Mingde hall's hall master, Jing Hongchen, had been controlled as well.
"Back to the West Sea port," Su Wen said with a warm smile.
"West Sea?" Ju Zi's pupils shrank.
That was where they'd set off. It was surely cleared out by now—maybe they wouldn't even see land before a Level 9 long-range soul-guided cannon fired straight at them.
"Exactly," Su Wen said, smiling.
"I want to confirm three things."
"First, what's Jing Hongchen's situation now."
"Second, does Ye Xishui intend to kill me."
"Third, whether I can now match an Ultimate Douluo."
Ju Zi: "…"
Ultimate Douluo?!!
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