Animal-eared Girl Era: Start by Forming a Contract with an SSS-Class School Belle

Xiao Ye dashed out like a hurricane, blocking the Time Empress, and said powerfully,

"Time Empress, you don't have to be scared, I'm here."

"Damn, you toothless old man, how dare you make a move on such a pure and pretty little girl? Still lively at your age, huh?"

The old principal's face turned dark, and he said speechlessly,

"Kid, I'm not interested in women."

"I'm trying to arrange a marriage for you, get it?"

Xiao Ye hesitated, "Really?"

The old principal said, speechless, "Or what? Why not ask the little girl?"

The Time Empress bashfully lifted her charming face and said shyly,

"Human Emperor, Grandpa wasn't flirting with me, he said he wants me as his granddaughter-in-law, and for me to marry you."

"My heart can't take it, hehe!"

The old principal's eyes lit up, and he chuckled, "Little girl, didn't I say so? My grandson's got a special bone structure, you can tell at a glance he's got big potential."

"You won't lose out marrying him."

The Time Empress nodded, "Mhm, I want to marry the Human Emperor."

The old principal's face grew serious as he said,

"Xiao Ye, this is Grandpa's first time setting you up with a wife, you can't reject it."

"Or else you'll break the old man's heart, and the little girl's heart too."

"It's settled, this little girl is your wife from now on. Hurry up and take your wife home!"

Xiao Ye's mouth twitched.

*He didn't say anything, and now he just had a beautiful wife out of nowhere?*

"Wait, I..." Xiao Ye started to protest, but the old principal glared and said, "Hey, kid, give me some face here, just take your wife and go home already!"

Xiao Ye gave in helplessly, "Alright, I promise you, I'll marry the Time Empress, okay."

"But right now, I've got a ton of questions I want to ask you!"

The Time Empress stood gracefully behind Xiao Ye, her face full of shyness, and her beautiful eyes sparkling with joy.

*Fantastic! Human Emperor finally agreed to marry her!*

*Grandpa arranged it himself, even the big sister can't say no now, right?*

*She, the Time Empress, was personally approved as the granddaughter-in-law!*

The old principal took a step back, cautiously saying, "Kid, what do you want to ask?"

"There are all kinds of forbidden secrets you aren't qualified to know yet, before you reach a certain level, knowing them won't do you any good."

Xiao Ye waved his hand and said, "Time Empress, could you step out for a moment? I have some private things to deal with."

The old principal curled his lip, "Kid, that's your wife now, she doesn't need to step out."

The Time Empress shot the old man a grateful look.

Xiao Ye sighed and said, "Fine, if she stays, she stays."

"Old man, what's the deal with that World Tree? What's it got to do with me, and what do I need to find in the Desolate Realm to fix the World Tree's core?"

The old principal's eyes turned deep as he said mysteriously,

"The World Tree? Well, it's actually yours, it's the Cosmic Core left behind after your body exploded in a past life."

"Those guys in the Desolate Realm, they're your enemies from that lifetime—the ones who blasted you apart and stole your stuff. Now they're just trash hiding out in the Desolate Realm trying to survive."

"All you gotta do is smash every Desolate Beast you find in the Desolate Realm, take their Desolate Beast Cores, and use them to fix the World Tree."

"As for your past life's origins, identity, and what happened to you, I can't tell you much yet. Why you were blown apart—well, definitely can't say. Otherwise..."

His face changed, his eyes grew grave as he said, "Forbidden, can't speak of it!"

"Anyway, just make sure to blow up every Desolate Beast in the Desolate Realm."

The Time Empress listened, totally confused. *She felt lost and foggy inside, totally failing to understand what the two were talking about.*

Xiao Ye nodded, "Got it, just Desolate Beasts, right."

The old principal suddenly pinched his fingers together, his mood perking up as he said excitedly,

"There's a Desolate Beast coming out, hurry up and take your wife to handle it!"

"Kid, there's a surprise waiting for you!"

"A surprise?" Xiao Ye grabbed the Time Empress's soft little hand, and in a flash of white light, they disappeared.

Above the stormy, vast Pacific Ocean.

A Desolate Beast Celestial Dog oozing a rotten aura walked out from a spatial rift in the Desolate Realm.

It looked kind of like a wolfdog, those sturdy powerful limbs full of brute strength, its jaw packed with fangs and much wider than an actual wolfdog, eyes curved like crescent moons, probably about a hundred thousand meters long,

it stepped on a solitary island and crushed it to pieces.

Those crescent eyes peered through space, locking onto Dragon Country, and in their pupils was the reflection of the World Tree.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

"The Cosmic Core has finally appeared, us Desolate Realm Sacred Spirits don't have to wait to die anymore!"

The Celestial Dog howled in excitement, clearly fired up.

It could sense that this Blue Star was extremely low-level, the creatures' Realms here weak as hell.

It, all by itself, could grab the Cosmic Core, and heal the Desolate Realm!

Suddenly.

A stunning woman with flowing fiery red hair, ancient robes covered in Divine Patterns, and crimson pupils appeared not far away, followed by a burly man who looked nervous and timid.

That big guy still radiated Blue Star's aura, and the Emperor Realm rules of the Five Elements Attribute flowed around him.

That was the Five Element Spirit himself.

*He was screwed. He had thrown his lot in with the White Horse Star System and leaked a ton of Blue Star info to the White Horse Demon Path.*

*But all the White Horse Demon Path folks got wiped out in the end.*

*Then he tried fleeing to the deeper parts of the Universe, to the Nihility Sacred Race Star Domain. There, he witnessed the Time Empress fighting this fiery red-haired, stunning woman. The Time Empress lost and ran, and the fiery red-haired beauty, pissed at letting her get away, caught the Five Element Spirit instead!*

*To save his own neck, the Five Element Spirit brought this fiery red-haired beauty to Blue Star.*

"Senior, Blue Star probably ain't worthy of your attention, but this suddenly-appearing Desolate Realm just might have what you want."

"That Time Empress before you, she's like a baby chick—just squeeze and she'll be dead, no problem."

"But inside the Desolate Realm, there's all sorts of treasures!"

*The Five Element Spirit thought viciously.*

*The Desolate Realm had tons of powerful Sacred Spirits—best if this flaming red-haired bitch got herself killed in there.*

The fiery red-haired beauty's cherry lips curled, her beautiful eyes calmly fixed on the Desolate Beast Celestial Dog, and she said coolly,

"This rotten aura tells me the Desolate Realm is already dying. The Desolate Beasts are bound to the realm, their Life tied up with it. The moment the Desolate Realm perishes, the Beasts will die too."

The Desolate Beast Celestial Dog was shocked—this human had seen straight through what the Desolate Realm was experiencing with a single glance.

The fiery red-haired woman coolly said, "Since you'll die anyway, you might as well die now."

"A Desolate Beast just at the early stage of the Sovereign Realm—it's worth coming to the human homeland for this."

She slapped out her palm, the power of Nihility Laws surging in a torrent as it crashed forward.

Wherever her force went—air, seawater, even space—was reduced to nothingness.

The Celestial Dog's face changed dramatically.

*It actually sensed a life-or-death crisis.*

It tried to flee back into the Desolate Realm.

But it was too late.

The back half of the Celestial Dog still took the hit from the Nihility Law Divine Technique.

"Awooo!"

It let out a howl of pain, its back half vanished into nothingness, and with only half its body left, it escaped into the Desolate Realm.

The fiery red-haired beauty snorted coldly, then with a flash, chased after it.

But as soon as she entered the Desolate Realm, her face turned pale and she staggered out, now surrounded by a dreadful rotten aura.

*Her life force was draining away. All the shine was fading from her pupils, and a wild, beastly instinct deep within her was awakening.*

"This Desolate Realm actually carries a Supreme Decay Law. Looks like I'm done—once it's on you, you turn into a beast and die on your own!"

"Time Empress, I'll fight you again next life!"

The fiery red-haired beauty raised her hand, aiming a blow at her own tall chest, trying to shatter her heart and end it herself.

That was when Xiao Ye and the Time Empress arrived.