Ye Wen's eyes flickered with uncertainty for a long while before he finally let out a cold snort.
"I'll believe you this time. If such a mistake happens again, I'll dismantle you and use you for research. After all, I still have your counterpart in my possession—I'm not worried about any losses."
"Yes, yes, of course," Karasuki hurriedly responded, relieved to have narrowly escaped destruction.
Whether it was Ye Wen's main body or his clone, their thought processes were identical—they both concluded that the recovery would require time.
Ye Wen carefully surveyed his surroundings. He had originally intended to land on Douluo Planet, but instead, he had been thrown off course entirely and now found himself floating in outer space.
"Fortunately, I'm a god—I won't die from lack of oxygen, hmph."
Ye Wen mentally added another mark against Karasuki , then turned his gaze toward the familiar yet somewhat alien Douluo Planet below.
The original timeline's Douluo Planet had long been transformed beyond recognition due to cosmic conquests, making it vastly different from the relatively primitive version he now saw.
In the original timeline, Douluo Planet had five continents, but here there were only four. The largest continent had collided with the Douluo Continent after just ten thousand years due to some divine interference, forming an entirely new Douluo Continent.
"The timing seems correct," Ye Wen said with a satisfied nod.
At this moment, Karasuki rubbed its stubby turtle hands together nervously. "Of course, Lord Ye Wen. After all, I initially locked onto this universe accurately—it was only because of your immense power overwhelming the energy supply that caused the accident."
"Shut up," Ye Wen said expressionlessly, scolding the artifact. "Go gather spatiotemporal energy for me, or I really will dismantle you!"
With that, Ye Wen casually stored Karasuki back into his spatial storage.
As a temporary clone created by Ye Wen, though it possessed divine power, it lacked a foundation since no one in this universe worshipped him as the Vast Ocean God.
Hmm…
Ye Wen pondered for a moment. Perhaps he could tap into the faith energy of the Sea God. Strictly speaking, he was still the Sea God—just on a higher level. If Tang San truly wanted to compete with him for faith energy, he wouldn't stand a chance.
After all, Tang San was a genius at learning but lacked creativity and was extremely rigid. His so-called God King-level strength largely stemmed from the position of the Asura God.
As for the Sea God title? Hmph.
Ye Wen recalled distant memories and realized that Tang San had always been referred to as the Sea God Tang San in the Douluo Continent, never the Asura God Tang San.
Was it because the Killing God City had been destroyed, making it difficult to collect faith energy?
Ye Wen shrugged off the thought and stepped onto the Douluo Continent.
Let him truly experience this raw, chaotic, and utterly deranged era.
At this time, the Douluo Continent still belonged to the Douluo Divine Realm. Ye Wen didn't plan to draw unnecessary attention by being overly conspicuous, so he suppressed his cultivation to the peak of the 99th rank, just shy of becoming a god.
At this level of strength, even the Dragon God Mu En was nothing more than an ant that could be crushed with a flick of his fingers.
"Let me see where I've landed."
Ye Wen looked around. Earlier, he had randomly chosen a prosperous city within the Star Luo Empire to descend upon without paying much attention to whose territory it was.
The surrounding architecture stirred Ye Wen's memories—not because it was familiar, but because the style was incredibly outdated, reminiscent of Douluo Continent from ten thousand years ago.
Seeing this, Ye Wen couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Courage was humanity's anthem, but when decayed individuals held power, it was a tragedy for the entire world.
Soon, Ye Wen furrowed his brows, realizing where he might be.
[White Tiger Duke Manor]
Ye Wen had always looked down on the Evil-Eyed White Tiger spirit. It was merely an ordinary spirit that relied on enslaving another weaker spirit to perform fusion techniques. Otherwise, Dai Mu Bai wouldn't have been so brutally defeated by civilian soul masters in the dueling arenas.
In the original timeline, the Dai family—the royal lineage of the Star Luo Empire—had suffered heavy losses while resisting the Sun Moon Empire, leading to their replacement by the reclusive Xingguan Sect of the Xu family.
Under normal circumstances of usurpation, the White Tiger bloodline should have been exterminated. However, because the Dai family were heroes who resisted foreign invasions and descendants of one of the original 'Shrek Seven Monsters' members, they were demoted to the title of White Tiger Duke through political maneuvering.
If this timeline was accurate, Ye Wen felt a wave of disgust.
The current White Tiger Duke, Dai Hao, had committed atrocities like slaughtering civilians of the Sun Moon Empire, directly harming Ju Zi, the true female protagonist of Douluo II.
"Tsk, as expected, people with the White Tiger spirit are all trash.
Thankfully, Little Yuhao didn't inherit this garbage spirit; otherwise, he'd be ruined," Ye Wen muttered to himself.
But soon, Ye Wen found himself hesitating. Should he go find Huo Yuhao?
After all, this child of destiny had been targeted by Tang San from the very beginning of the original story.
However, Ye Wen couldn't help but chuckle at his own thoughts. After being cautious for so many years, he had momentarily forgotten that he was now the ultimate boss.
If he were on Douluo Planet, he might even be able to take on the entire Douluo Divine Realm single-handedly.
Ye Wen mentally planned his next steps, deciding to take a quick look at the protagonist of Douluo II before leaving, so he wouldn't appear clueless later.
But soon, Ye Wen fell silent.
The male protagonist of Douluo II was easy to identify—he was the first character in the series to possess a Body Spirit, and his soul power was around level ten.
But what was this crying, emaciated little girl doing here?
From the shadows, Ye Wen glanced again at the gravestone. A broken wooden board read: "Tomb of Huo Yun'er, written by her daughter Huo Yu'er."
Huo Yuhao's mother was indeed named Huo Yun'er, but how had the male protagonist suddenly become a little girl?
Retrieving Karasuki from his spatial storage, Ye Wen asked with a dark expression:
"Explain this. This little girl should clearly be a boy—why has she become a girl?"
? Karasuki?
Karasuki stared at Ye Wen in confusion. Why was this man so certain that the person before him should be male?
However, as an artifact left behind by a god who once transcended this universe, Karasuki had seen its fair share of strange phenomena and quickly deduced the reason. It explained carefully:
"Lord Ye Wen, as you said, I traverse parallel universes. Among the countless parallel universes, there are infinite timelines, meaning infinite possibilities. Under the influence of various unknown factors, males can sometimes transform into females, and vice versa."
At this point, Ye Wen remembered that parallel universes weren't exact replicas of the original world—similar to his earlier thoughts about the "left-right theory."
Strictly speaking, the Douluo universe Ye Wen was currently in should also be considered a parallel universe. Otherwise, in the end, Tang San should have emerged victorious, becoming both the Sea God and the Asura God.
"Ah, I see."
Ye Wen's expression remained blank as he once again tossed Karasuki back into his spatial storage.
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