Battle Through the Heavens: Starting with Cao Ying as an apprentice

"What?" Su Baichen was completely stunned.

He knew Cai Lin too well. This woman, proud to the core, was once a queen who ruled over thousands of snake people.

Her pride and arrogance were stronger than anyone else's, and now she actually took the initiative to step down and give the position of the main wife to Xuan Yi.

Su Ling'er squirmed in her father's arms and whispered in his ear, "Daddy, Ling'er helped! Just now, those two..."

An hour ago, in a quiet room in Danta.

Xuan Yi and Cai Lin sat facing each other, with a mahogany square table in the middle, on which were two cups of tea, their fragrance wafting.

"Black robes." The woman in green spoke first, her voice gentle.

“Colorful scales,” the woman in the purple-red dress replied calmly.

The two stared at each other for a moment, a subtle tension filling the air.

Su Ling'er sat on a small stool, her hands supporting her chin, her big eyes blinking as she looked at her two "mothers".

"I don't want to waste time, let's get straight to the point." Xuan Yi broke the silence first, picking up his teacup and taking a sip.

“Me too.” Cai Lin nodded, her slender fingers stroking the rim of the cup.

Next, the two began to recount their past with Su Baichen.

…………

The two exchanged words, recounting their past experiences while also engaging in a silent contest—a contest of whose experience with Su Baichen was more profound, and who held more weight in his heart.

Su Ling'er initially listened with great interest, but as time went on, her childish nature began to show.

She started yawning, her little head bobbing up and down. Finally, she couldn't hold on any longer and looked pitifully at her two mothers.

"Mother, Mother in black robes, please stop arguing..." she rubbed her eyes, her voice soft and sweet.

"I miss Daddy."

The cry of "Mother Xuan Yi" stunned Xuan Yi completely.

Looking at the young girl in front of her who bore a resemblance to Su Baichen, her heart suddenly softened.

Cai Lin was also taken aback. She looked at her daughter, then at Xuan Yi, and remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a soft sigh.

“How about this, I can step back and let you be my empress. I can assist you.” Cai Lin put down her teacup and looked directly at Xuan Yi.

The black-clad figure's pupils contracted slightly.

"However, you can't use your status as the empress to pressure me. I don't care about the others, but as long as they don't cross my bottom line, I won't interfere in the choices made in the harem. What do you say?" Cai Lin continued, her tone firm.

This wasn't because she was willing to back down, but rather an inevitable consequence of weighing the options.

Cai Lin knows Su Baichen too well.

That guy is a hands-off manager at heart, leaving all his enormous power to himself.

In the future, he will only have more and more women. If he continues to be entangled in the power struggles of the harem, his cultivation will inevitably be delayed.

Time waits for no one. In the Dou Qi Continent, strength reigns supreme. Without power, everything is just empty talk.

It would be better to take a step back and let Xuan Yi be the empress, while I assist her from the side.

It not only frees you from many trivial troubles, but also allows you to maintain your proper status and concentrate on your cultivation.

This is the wisest choice.

Xuan Yi fell silent, her gaze shifting between Cai Lin and Su Ling'er before finally settling on the little girl.

Su Ling'er was very clever. She immediately jumped off the chair, ran to Xuan Yi's side, looked up at her with bright eyes.

Xuan Yi reached out and gently touched Ling'er's head. The little girl's hair was soft and warm to the touch.

“I agree,” Xuan Yi said softly.

The other party has even played their trump card, Su Ling'er, and has taken the initiative to concede. If I continue to be aggressive, it will only make me appear narrow-minded.

Moreover... she looked at Cai Lin and saw the same thing in this proud woman's eyes—a deep love for that man and the compromises she was willing to make for that love.

At this moment, in the courtyard.

After listening to her daughter's brief account, Su Baichen was filled with mixed emotions.

He looked at Cai Lin, then at Xuan Yi, and finally looked down at his daughter in his arms.

Su Ling'er gave him a sly smile, her little face full of pride, as if to say, "Daddy, I'm awesome, aren't I?"

"Thank you."

Su Baichen only uttered these two words in the end, but the emotion in his eyes was so profound that it could not be dissolved.

Cai Lin turned her face away, her ears turning slightly red, while Xuan Yi smiled gently, stepped forward, and naturally took Su Ling'er into his arms.

“From now on, Cai Lin and I will handle things at home,” Xuan Yi said softly.

"Just focus on your cultivation."

Su Baichen nodded, reached out, and pulled the two women into his arms, one on each side.

Su Ling'er giggled between her father and her two mothers.

Chapter 299 The Return of Douluo Continent!

As Su Baichen continued to grow stronger, the Heavenly Profound Pearl formed its own little world, where the sun and moon revolved and battle qi filled the air, with a time flow completely different from the outside world.

When Su Baichen slowly opened his eyes, the immense pressure of a five-star Dou Sheng spread out from the quiet room like a tide, but he completely subdued it before it touched the wall.

After a full month, with the help of countless precious pills, he finally succeeded in breaking through and stabilizing this hard-won realm.

Stepping out of the quiet room, Su Ling'er was sitting on a swing under the sycamore tree in the courtyard, swinging slowly, her two little legs swinging back and forth listlessly.

She had a green blade of grass between her teeth, her gaze fixed on the drifting clouds in the sky; she had clearly been bored for quite some time.

"Ling'er".

Hearing the sound, Su Ling'er turned her head and jumped off the swing before it had even come to a complete stop. She hopped over to her father and grabbed his arm, exclaiming, "Dad, you're out of seclusion! I was going crazy from being cooped up for so long!"

Looking at his daughter's pitiful appearance, Su Baichen found it amusing and asked, "Ling'er, do you want to go out and play?"

"Yes! Of course I want to!"

Su Ling'er's eyes lit up, but then she lowered her head and pouted, saying, "But Mother said I should stay put and not go out without permission..."

As she spoke, she tilted her head up, her big, wet eyes looking at her father, her expression clearly conveying—if you take me out, it won't be considered "going out casually," right?

A hint of a smile flashed in Su Baichen's eyes, but he deliberately put on a thoughtful expression, then stretched and said, "Hmm, you're right. You should listen to your mother. Well then... I'll just go out for a walk by myself."

Before he finished speaking, he flicked his fingertips, and three invisible streams of pure battle qi transformed into streaks of light, flying swiftly and silently out of the courtyard, clearly to inform Ningbing and the others to prepare to depart.

Su Ling'er froze on the spot, her mouth slightly open and her eyes wide open.

When she realized her father was serious, she cried out and pounced on him like a cannonball, clinging tightly to Su Baichen's leg: "Dad! You...you can't do this! We're father and daughter! Blood is thicker than water!"

"Oh?" Su Baichen raised an eyebrow, feigning ignorance.

“We’re in cahoots!” Su Ling’er tilted her head back and began counting on her fingers.

"He stole things (from Cai Lin), drank wine (from Cai Die's hidden wine), and ate meat (from the bird that Xuan Yi had painstakingly raised)..."

"Cough cough cough!" Su Baichen coughed several times, choked by the cough, and quickly reached out to cover her mouth.

"What nonsense are you spouting! Those were clearly your doing, what does it have to do with me?"

[This girl really has no restraint. If Cai Lin and the others bring up these old grievances, her peaceful life is probably over.]

"I don't care! I don't care!"

Su Ling'er buried her face in his legs, her voice muffled and clearly trembling with tears, and said, "If you don't take me with you, I... I'll go find the strongest rope right now and hang myself on this tree!"

Su Baichen was both amused and annoyed by her stubbornness. In the end, he shook his head helplessly and patted her head: "Alright, alright, I give up."

"Get up, I'll take you there in a bit."

Su Ling'er immediately looked up, her eyes shining like stars in the sky, without a trace of tears: "Really?"

"really."

"Okay!" Su Ling'er let go and got up from the ground, but immediately hugged Su Baichen's arm tightly again, hanging on him like a koala.

"What are you doing now?" Su Baichen asked helplessly.

“I have to keep an eye on you,” Su Ling’er said matter-of-factly.

"So that you won't change your mind and run away."

Su Baichen chuckled and said, "I'm your father, would I lie to you?"

Su Ling'er tilted her head to look at him, her clear black and white eyes filled with distrust: "Just because I'm your daughter."

The implication is that no one knows a father better than his daughter.

Su Baichen was speechless after hearing her words, and could only let her keep it up, feeling both amused and exasperated.

Before long, three figures landed in the courtyard one after another.

Ningbing was still wearing an ice-blue dress, and her aura was more restrained and calm than before. It was clear that under Cailin's guidance, her cultivation had been stabilized at the level of a nine-star Dou Zong.

She was followed by two women with very different personalities.

The woman on the left has cascading blue hair and clear, icy blue eyes. She is surrounded by a faint mist, exuding a chilling aura. The woman on the right has fiery red hair and a heroic spirit between her brows, radiating the unique pressure of the dragon race.

These were the former Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King. However, during the time Su Baichen was away, Cai Lin disliked the names "Little Ice" and "Little Fire" as being too casual, so she personally changed their names to Ice Dragon and Fire Dragon.

"Master." Ningbing stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

"Master!" Ice Dragon and Fire Dragon called out in unison, their voices filled with barely suppressed excitement.

They have cultivated in this world for many years. Fire Dragon has stabilized at the One-Star Dou Zun realm, and Ice Dragon is the same. Their strength is incomparable to what it used to be.

However, that deep longing for his homeland never diminished in the slightest despite the increase in his power.

Su Baichen nodded, his gaze sweeping over the three of them before finally settling on the two Dragon Kings: "Get ready, we're going to your world."

He didn't offer any further explanation, but simply raised his hand and made a light sweeping motion in the air.

In an instant, the space in the courtyard rippled like water, and a door emitting a pale golden light slowly opened in front of everyone.

Since its first return from the Douluo World, this portal connecting the two worlds has been completely secured, with no longer any time restrictions on its use.