"With your cultivation barely reaching the 80th阶, what use would you be there?" Wang Shouyi shook his head, then fell silent again.
"If I don't go, are you expecting me to?" Bai Lanzhi sneered. "There are many powerful beings roaming the chaos. If you were to go personally, your laws would inevitably leave an imprint. And your laws belong to Earth. If some powerful being were to discover Earth's location through this, all life might be annihilated. Could you bear to sacrifice the Dragon Country you've guarded for most of your life for our child?"
"One year! Let's wait another year. The current arrangements are nearing their conclusion. After a year, I will ascend to the upper realms and break free from Earth's confines. Then, I will have no more reservations," Wang Shouyi said in a deep voice, his hands in his sleeves clenching slightly.
"No, if I didn't know, it would be one thing. But now that I know Xinyi is suffering in the dimensional space, how can I stand by and do nothing? Didn't you see his hair starting to turn black? I don't know how much longer he can hold on. I must go, and you can't stop me!" Bai Lanzhi said, standing up, a flicker of determination in her beautiful eyes.
"I forbid it!" Wang Shouyi stated firmly.
The couple then began to argue, nearly coming to blows.
Seeing his in-laws descend into a melodramatic tug-of-war, Yu Zhibo sighed and interjected.
Bai Lanzhi was deeply moved by his words but immediately refused. "Little Yu, it's not that Mom looks down on you, but you going would be useless. With your current realm, you'd likely be crushed by a single finger. Your third brother's mind is being overwhelmed by chaotic substances and the rules contained within. You'd best stay safely on Earth."
Wang Shouyi remained silent for a long while before speaking softly. "Previously, I believed that beings above the dimensional realm did not exceed the law level, assuming that all beings reaching the law level would be assimilated by chaotic rules. This assimilation is unavoidable unless one reaches S-class. However, judging by your third brother's level, it seems that the chaotic beings on the dimensional realm are also beginning to mutate."
"And according to your description, the space where your third brother is located is merely a small pocket within the dimensional realm. Once you truly leave the dimensional realm, you might encounter even more terrifying mutated beasts. You are the future of the Dragon Country. For now, your priority should be to improve your strength. I will handle this matter properly, so you don't need to worry." By the end of his sentence, Wang Shouyi's tone had become irrefutable.
"But... I seem to have the ability to purify chaotic substances..." Yu Zhibo recalled the scene where the beings in the small space regained their senses after he released the great sun, scratching his head.
"What?"
Wang Shouyi's pupils contracted, and he looked at Yu Zhibo in disbelief.
Bai Lanzhi even shot to her feet, her eyes red as she looked at him. "Are you telling the truth?"
Yu Zhibo nodded. He flipped his palm, enveloped it with spiritual energy, and produced a stone the size of a fingernail.
The stone's surface was glowing because the great sun he had released above the space within it had not yet dissipated, allowing light to emanate through the stone's surface.
"This shouldn't be!" Wang Shouyi murmured. "Independent spaces within the dimensional chaos, due to prolonged exposure to chaotic substances, are difficult to discern from the outside. Even if beings within them cause cataclysmic events, at most, the space would shatter. For a space like the one in your hand to emit light from its surface is simply unheard of."
"What... did you do to it?" Wang Shouyi could no longer maintain his composure, looking at Yu Zhibo with anticipation.
At his current realm, he couldn't be absorbed into the space contained within the small stone. Not only could he not enter, but he would likely shatter upon contact.
"Just a little trick of an artificial sun!" Yu Zhibo's right pupil dilated, and he released a fist-sized small sun above the living room, instantly making the entire room scorching hot.
Wang Shouyi's gaze sharpened. He had some understanding of Yu Zhibo's ability to release great suns, having even attempted to probe it before, but only superficially. Now, after a deeper inspection, he immediately noticed something different.
His expression was one of surprise. "I originally thought the essence of your ability was a minor technique of condensing the sun with supreme yang energy. But looking at it now, there seems to be a strange characteristic within it, and this characteristic should be bestowed by your sequence core."
"I don't know about that!" Yu Zhibo retracted the small sun and said with a smile. "Everyone's sequence core is unique. Perhaps I was born to be a protagonist. Even before I reached E-class, I could release lightning to purify the darkness and chaotic substances within my chaotic beast's body, restoring it. Now, with the creation of the sun, the effect is naturally even more pronounced."
Wang Shouyi fell silent for a long while and then asked, "Little Yu, have you had any dreams?"
"Dreams?" Yu Zhibo didn't understand why Wang Shouyi was asking this.
"For example, dreaming that you are some ancient powerful being. The special energy contained within your sequence core is something even I cannot discern. Such a characteristic might be related to certain legendary constitutions in the upper realms."
Wang Shouyi's expression was one of existential doubt, almost believing that Yu Zhibo was the reincarnation of some ancient powerful being on Earth.
"Are you referring to... the Sacred Body? Or the Sacred Body Dao Fetus? Or the Innate Sacred Body Dao Fetus? Will I experience misfortune in my later years?" Yu Zhibo leaned back defensively.
Wang Shouyi glanced at him. "Don't think I haven't read 'Connecting Heaven.' The author of this novel, Dong Chen, works in the Kyoto Executive Department. His ability is to summon characters from his novel. The more people who read his novel, the stronger the summoned characters become. However, perhaps influenced by his own level or Earth's rules, the highest level of novel characters he can currently summon is C-class, and he himself is only at the mid-B level."
Upon hearing this, Yu Zhibo was immediately astonished. "I didn't expect him to be a transcender too! No wonder the quality of 'Kidney Deficiency' suddenly plummeted halfway through. Did he go off to cultivate and find a ghostwriter?"
Wang Shouyi chuckled. "That's industry confidential information, I don't know."
Yu Zhibo shrugged and glanced at Bai Lanzhi, who was on the verge of speaking but hesitating because they had changed the subject. He then steered the conversation back. "Since you know I have the potential to help third brother regain his sanity, you shouldn't object to me going to help, right?"
Wang Shouyi remained silent for a long while before finally sighing. "My Wang family... owes you too much."
Beside them, Bai Lanzhi also looked conflicted. As the saying goes, a son-in-law is half a son. On one side was an excellent son-in-law, and on the other was a son lost for many years. This made her decision extremely difficult.
"We're family, so there's no such thing as owing each other," Yu Zhibo said with a smile. "Of course, for such dangerous matters, I'll let my clone handle it. My main body won't be put in danger, so you can rest assured."
Upon hearing this, Bai Lanzhi's eyes lit up.