Title: Chapter 2 — Wives
Warning: Do no read this if you want spoilers!
Special thanks to ShadowDio for the numerous ideas and suggestions you shared with me through discord to help create this storyline!
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"Oh no you don't!"
"Geh." Huo Yuhao winced. He slowly turned his head and saw all of his wives behind him, with Wang Dong'er being the one who called him out.
It was like seeing heaven, a group of incredibly beautiful women of varying appearances and temperaments standing together, their expressions a mixture of fondness, exasperation, and curiosity. Yet to Huo Yuhao, it also felt like a prelude to a divine judgment.
Wang Dong'er, his first and most kind wife, crossed her arms and gave him a look that screamed, Explain yourself or else.
"Uh, how much did you see?" Huo Yuhao nervously asked.
"After your encounter with the man called the Demon Emperor." Said by a cold voice.
Standing beside Wang Dong'er was a similar looking beauty, but being more temperamental and cold to people outside of the family, the twin elder sister—Wang Qui'er, who stood with a frosty glare that could freeze even the boldest of Gods and Divine Beasts.
While the two similar looking women was initially hostile to one another, but after a whole lot of series of events, they bonded together and now treated each other as real sisters! Well, it was to be expected since they were initially a single person...
Huo Yuhao sweatdropped, "T-That long....huh."
"Busted~"
On Wang Qiu'er's other side stood Xiao Xiao, her mischievous grin and twinkling eyes hinting at how much she was enjoying this moment. The petite woman leaned slightly forward, clearly waiting for Huo Yuhao to slip up so she could add fuel to the fire.
"So, you finally had enough of us...Sniff*..... It's alright Yuhao, we understand." Said by a young woman with long black hair a streak of pink hair tied into a ponytail behind her. She looked quite the gentle and fragile woman, as she lightly wiped her tears away.
No one would've thought that this seemingly gentle girl held one of the most bloodiest divine titles in the universe, literally—Blood! Goddess of Blood, Tang Ya.
Huo Yuhao stared at her with flat eyes. "No. I won't. So please stop crying."
"Bleh! Hehehe." The tears vanished as quickly as they appeared, replaced by a mischievous grin. Her shoulders shook with barely contained laughter as she stuck out her tongue at him. "C'mon now, I was just trying to lighten up the mood~ Or things would've gone physical. Especially with Qiu'er and Wu Feng."
"No we won't!" Said by the after mentioned women.
She glanced back at them and said, "You two have bored out of your minds for a while now, you two would find the slightest excuse of sparring with others—especially with our hubby here."
"Tch!" Wang Qiu'er and Wu Feng blushed, and looked away.
"....Y'know you two can just ask me out for a spar?" Huo Yuhao asked, tilting his head.
Wang Qiu'er and Wu Feng glanced at each other, feeling the gazes of their fellow "sisters", they softly began explaining.
"W-Well, you always looked busy with moderating over the Divine Realm and the Universe..." Wu Feng began, twirling her red hair.
"We didn't have the heart to bother you...." Wang Qiu'er continued softly, face red as a tomato.
'Cute!' Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and the other wives felt their hearts melting from the cuteness.
It was extremely rare to see both the cold, hot-headed, and stubborn Wang Qiu'er and Wu Feng acting all girly. Even after they became mothers, they still retained their main personality—domineering.
It was even worse for Huo Yuhao, who felt like his heart had been shot by an arrow from their "gap-moe" behavior.
"B-But what about when go out on dates? Why won't either of you mention wanting to spar with me?"
Wang Qiu'er and Wu Feng narrowed their eyes, and both replied, "No! This and that are completely different!"
The other wives nodded in agreement.
"I...I see," Huo Yuhao sweatdropped and said, smiling. "Well, alright then. If my wives need me as their punching bag, then as their husband, I will be sure to make even more time for them."
"Yuhao..." Both girls teared up at his words and without any hesitation, they hugged him tightly and kissed each side of his face.
"Thank you."
Huo Yuhao smiled and kissed them back on thier lips, and said. "Hey, taking care of the universe is one thing—but family? Family always comes first. My wives and children especially."
"Yuhao..." Wang Dong'er and the others teared up, feeling their hearts swell with love and admiration for their husband.
No matter how powerful Huo Yuhao had become, no matter how vast the responsibilities of overseeing the Divine Realm and the universe, he never let those duties overshadow his devotion to them.
Before Huo Yuhao could react, he was quickly being pulled into heartfelt hugs and kisses by his wives.
A few minutes later, Huo Yuhao coughed into his fist.
"In any case, I'm sorry for trying to go to another world on my own. I just thought you girls wouldn't want to come along with me on this world."
"What kind of a world is it?" Ning Tian, his most cunning and astute wife, asked as she gleamed down at the world before them.
"...Isn't this Douluo? Wait. It's set ten thousand years into the future?" Wu Feng leaned forward from behind her, resting her chin on her shoulder.
Snow Empress stepped forward, narrowing her eyes. "But.... something's off?"
Huo Yuhao grimly nodded, "This is an alternate timeline—where the Divine Realm had been caught in a Space-time turbulence and the technology of humanity had advanced too far for the planet to handle."
He gave them a brief summary of the situation of the world's timeline, the differences it had between it and theirs, and then why he wanted to visit it.
"Eh? A divergent singularity?" Xiao Xiao gasped, knowing just how rare it is.
After all, standing before them was a very living example.
"That's right. It's a race from another world who found themselves in this timeline, fought against the Gods, lost, but they left behind their inheritance and someone will come claim it." Huo Yuhao said with a smile.
Ning Tian raised an eyebrow, "That doesn't sound interesting enough for you to personally go into this world and experience its story."
Huo Yuhao grinned and started laughing, the girls shuddered.
That was no laugh of happiness, but in a sick and twisted sense of laughter that anticipated the humiliation and shame of someone he hates.
'This has something to do with dad/Tang San, huh?' Both Wang Dong'er and Wang Qui'er blankly thought. They've seen this sort of expression from him a couple of times before, and it was mostly when he pranks Tang San.
"Oh, don't get me wrong, the guy who gets the inheritance is certainly interesting and will become extremely powerful—but there's something else much more entertaining that would happen." Huo Yuhao said.
He crossed his arms, tilted his head and sighed, "Well, that's out of the table now though. What kinda world would you girls want to visit then? I was planning on making it a surprise but now—"
"Wait, wait, wait, wait."
"Hm?"
Wang Dong'er leaned forward, narrowed eyes, and asked. "What do you mean it's out of the table?"
Huo Yuhao blinked, "Well, I mean, do you girls not want to go there?"
Tang Ya snorted, crossing her arms. "No, we'd loved to go there!"
The others nodding, "It looks interesting enough!"
"Especially since it got your attention," Ning Tian added.
Huo Yuhao tilted his head in surprise, a small smile playing on his lips. "Oh? You girls want to tag along after all? Even though it might get....boring? It is the mortal realm after all."
Wang Dong'er gave him a flat look, crossing her arms. "Yuhao, we've lived in the Divine Realm for how long now? A little 'boring' sounds like a nice change of pace."
Xiao Xiao grinned mischievously, poking his arm. "Besides, with you around, nothing ever stays boring for long."
The girls nodded unanimously. If there's one thing that is consistent with Yuhao, is that he is constantly a magnet for trouble.
Huo Yuhao didn't refute. He softly smiled and said, "Well, since you all agreed..."
He turned his head towards the "mirror" that showed the alternate world and his eyes changed into a kaleidoscope of colors. The mirror cracked into a spiderweb of fractals before shattering entirely, leaving behind a glowing rift in space that pulsed with a soft, otherworldly light.
"This will take us directly into that timeline," Huo Yuhao explained as the rift stabilized, its edges shimmering like liquid glass. "But once we're there, I'll suppress our divinity to at least Limit Douluo so we won't burden the plane."
The girls nodded in understanding, it was basic knowledge that any God knows when descending upon the mortal realm without the approval of the Planar Lord—especially since this world now lacks a Divine Realm.
"Limit Douluo, huh?" Wang Qiu'er smirked, crossing her arms. "Guess that's fair. Still more than enough to handle anything that comes our way."
Ma Xiaotao stretched, her fiery red hair swaying with the motion. "I wonder if any of our descendants are present here?"
"I'm more curious about the state of the technology that they currently have now..." Ju Zi softly muttered, fixing her glasses. Though she was a Goddess now, she still preferred wearing them since her husband found cute and sexy—especially when she wears her teacher uniform.
"I wonder if the Angel Clan is still active..." Ye Guyi said, her golden eyes sparkling.
"Hm. I wonder who's leading the ice and snow soul beasts in the Extreme North right now." Snow Empress said.
Ling Luochen flipped her hair back and said, "Well, I probably either been appointed by my husband as the acting leader or be reincarnated as a soul beast and became the Extreme North's new leader."
"Oh please, Ice and Skydream are likely to be appointed by Yuhao. As for reincarnating as a soul beast? You wouldn't last a hundred years, much less a hundred thousand!"
"Eh?! Sister Snow!"
Wang Dong'er glanced at the rift, her expression softening. "Still, it feels strange to think of us stepping into another version of Douluo. A future that could have been ours if things had gone differently."
Huo Yuhao placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "A future that had gone horribly wrong, but if you'd like, we can help set some things right."
Wang Dong'er smiled and nodded. "That would be wonderful, thank you."
They all stood together before the glowing rift, holding hands. Huo Yuhao stood front and center with his wives flanking him.
Huo Yuhao's kaleidoscope eyes glimmered with determination. "Alright, everyone, hold tight! And, I forgot to mention this, but true dragons are resurfacing in this world."
"Eh?" Wang Qiu'er and Wu Feng were especially interested in that information.
Just as they stepped forward, Huo Yuhao turned towards Wang Dong'er and amusedly said,
"Also, Wulin is here. But, uh, he's a she here."
"Say WHAT—?!"
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AN: I almost didn't post this today, it freaking blacked out just an hour ago.
Does anyone wanna guess how many wives does Huo Yuhao have here?
3/3 chapters of this week