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Xuan Ming said indifferently, "This kind of power is unreasonable and tyrannical. As long as his Luck remains, unless I personally take action to perform a 'dimensionality reduction strike' against him, it will be as difficult as reaching the heavens for Mortal forces to kill him."
Listening to Xuan Ming's explanation, the women looked at each other.
"This... this is too much of a cheat, isn't it?" Xiao Wu gasped. "So basically, he's just using hacks?"
"You can understand it that way," Gu Yuena added from the side. "A Child of the Plane is essentially a hack user selected by the Plane's Will for self-preservation or evolution."
Xuan Ming nodded. "So, don't be fooled by his current difficult situation where it seems like he could lose his life at any moment. In reality, there isn't much danger for him; at most, it's considered a trial."
"What I'm truly concerned about isn't whether he can survive or whether he can win."
"Because winning is inevitable."
"What I care about is the way he wins, and... his choices."
"I want to see, facing this corrupt World and this deeply rooted interest group, what exactly he plans to do."
"Will he be like I once was—completely despairing, then incarnating as a god of death to flip the table, kill every vested interest clean, and rebuild order on a pile of ruins..."
"Or..."
"Or will he choose a gentler, yet more difficult path? To change and mend bit by bit, searching for that perhaps non-existent 'perfect solution' amidst compromise and struggle."
"Tearing it down to start over is the 'Hegemon's Way.' Mending and repairing is the 'King's Way.'"
"I am the Hegemon's Way. But this child..."
Xuan Ming looked at Huo Yuhao, who was still trying to debate philosophy with the bishop even on the execution platform, lost in thought.
"He seems to want to walk the King's Way."
"How interesting."
Xuan Ming chuckled softly, then with a casual wave of his hand, he condensed a massive water mirror in front of everyone, clearly projecting the scene from the execution grounds.
"Let's see if this new protagonist can give us a brilliant performance."
"If he messes up the performance..."
"Then I'll just have to step onto the stage personally and put a blood-red period at the end of this play."
After saying this, Xuan Ming casually dispersed the water mirror before him.
For Huo Yuhao, he had already given the greatest opportunities—knowledge, understanding, and the gaze of 'Heaven'.
The rest depended on how this youth chosen by fate would walk his own path.
Although he cared about the result, he was, after all, the lord of the god realm; he didn't have the spare time to be like a nanny, staring at a Mortal's growth history every day.
Even if this Mortal was a child of destiny.
"Let's go, back to the God Realm."
Xuan Ming turned around and said to the women beside him, "Although the air in this Mortal World has changed a bit, it's still too murky in the end. Besides, there are quite a few matters waiting for my final decision over at the Great God Circle."
More importantly, he had slept for over twenty years; the accumulated affairs of the God Realm could probably bury him.
Although Bibi Dong had been helping to handle things, now that he was awake, he felt embarrassed to keep acting like a hands-off manager.
However, just as he was prepared to tear through space and return to the God Realm, a slightly cool hand gently pulled at his sleeve.
It was Gu Yuena.
"Wait a moment."
Gu Yuena looked at him, a flicker of cunning light in her purple eyes, the corners of her mouth curling up in a meaningful smile.
"Why are you in such a hurry to go back?"
"Hmm?" Xuan Ming was taken aback. "Didn't we agree to go back and handle official business? And... aren't you all quite busy?"
"Work can be finished, but some things..."
Gu Yuena extended a finger and lightly traced a circle on his chest. "Have you forgotten something?"
"Forgotten what?" Xuan Ming became even more confused.
"Compensation."
Gu Yuena spat out those two words.
Xuan Ming instantly froze. He suddenly remembered the looks everyone had given him before he condensed his God Position—as if they wanted to swallow him whole—and Ice Dragon King's reminder about the 'bet'.
"That... can we talk about this after we get back to the God Realm?" Xuan Ming rubbed his nose somewhat guiltily. "This is the Mortal Realm, after all..."
"It's precisely because it's the Mortal Realm that we have to talk about it here."
Gu Yuena interrupted him, her tone becoming serious. "Xuan Ming, are you bad at math?"
"One day in the God Realm is one year in the Mortal Realm."
"If you return to the God Realm, based on one day there, how much time would each of us get? A few minutes? Or half an hour?"
"Even if you work no days off all year round, by the time a full rotation is done, each person would only get to spend a tiny bit of time with you. Do you think this kind of superficial companionship can make up for our twenty-plus years of waiting?"
Xuan Ming was stunned.
He really hadn't considered the issue from this perspective.
"So..."
Gu Yuena smiled, like a fox that had successfully stolen a chicken. "The best way is to utilize this time difference."
"You, stay here."
Gu Yuena pointed at the Douluo Star beneath their feet, then pointed at Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, and the others beside her.
"We will take turns coming down."
"While you stay in the Mortal Realm for a year, for the others in the God Realm, it's only a single day. This way, the waiting time for everyone is almost negligible."
"But for the person who comes down to accompany you, that's a solid, full year! A World for just the two of you!"
"A year's time is enough to travel, go on dates, and... do anything we want to do."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu's eyes beside them instantly lit up like two searchlights.
"This idea is absolutely brilliant! We don't have to wait until the end of time in a queue, and we can monopolize Xuan Ming for a whole year! This is basically cheating! No, this is rational use of a rule loophole!"
She turned to look at Xuan Ming and complained with a face full of disdain: "Only a blockhead like you wouldn't think of this! You clearly control the rules, yet you don't even know how to date!"
"How about it? Do you dare to accept the challenge?"
Xiao Wu looked at him provocatively. "Everyone is taking turns! That is to say, during this year—oh no, many years—in the Mortal Realm, you will have a different girlfriend accompanying you every day."
"Of course, for us, it's resting in rotation. But for you..."
Xiao Wu gave a wicked grin and made a throat-slitting gesture.
"That is—no days off all year round!"
"Until you've accompanied everyone well and paid off the debts from these twenty-plus years, don't even think about returning to the God Realm!"
Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue glanced at each other, both seeing the interest in each other's eyes.
Although they were God Kings and usually busy with affairs, taking a day or two of God Realm time for a vacation was completely fine.
Moreover, this experience of living incognito in the Mortal Realm and having a two-person World was indeed much more romantic than the cold God Realm.
"I think it's feasible."
Bibi Dong nodded slightly, her gaze burning as she looked at Xuan Ming. "Coincidentally, I also want to stay in the Mortal Realm for a while to see the various aspects of this World. Having you by my side could be considered a... private inspection tour?"
"I agree too."
Qian Renxue lifted her chin proudly. "This goddess is usually busy saving the World; it's time I give myself a long vacation. And... I also want to see if a certain someone actually has the stamina to withstand this gauntlet of battles."
Even the usually steady Bo Saixi was smiling without speaking at this moment, clearly giving her tacit approval to the proposal.
Looking at this group of goddesses who had already formed a united front and even started discussing the shift schedule, Xuan Ming felt a wave of dizziness.
No days off all year round?
A gauntlet of battles?
What kind of mess was this?
"Don't be nervous, it's not like we can force you, can we?" Qian Renxue said.
"???" Xuan Ming's face was full of bewilderment.
How do you have the nerve to say that?
You seem like the one who wants to force me the most!
"Could it be... you're not up to it?" Xiao Wu said strangely.
"That shouldn't be right; didn't you and Sister Dongdong go crazy for a day and a night before?"
"Even Spirit Beasts aren't that ridiculous..."
Xuan Ming's face darkened. "I'll agree, alright?"
"However, Douluo Star isn't very interesting. Let's go to other Worlds I haven't visited yet."
"Then let's go!" Xiao Wu grabbed Xuan Ming's arm.
Xuan Ming was a bit dazed and instinctively looked at Bibi Dong, only to find she had no intention of competing for him. "You guys..."
"Stop looking, we settled the order long ago." Xiao Wu dragged Xuan Ming and charged out of Douluo Star's plane barrier.
"During those twenty-plus years you were asleep, we've rehearsed the sequence for this eight thousand times."
"I won the first round, so naturally, I go first."