Chapter 1
A luxurious jade-colored interstellar ship landed with a thunderous roar on the dull, ashen junk planet, becoming a splash of color that did not belong here at all.
Many people on the junk planet saw it—those who stepped off the ship all had powerful spirit forms—so most guessed that this was very likely a ship from the main planet.
After all, most people possessed some degree of spiritual power, more or less, but only a small few could condense that power into a spirit form.
Take the junk planet for example. Its spiritual energy was thin, and it stayed in freezing temperatures all year round. There was not a single human here with a spirit form.
And even if one did occasionally appear, they would always leave early and head for a better planet to build their future.
It was said that the man leading the group wore an exquisitely tailored formal suit, white gloves, and carried himself with a straight-backed elegance, like the descendant of some prestigious noble household.
They did not stay on the junk planet for long. They only took away one four-year-old orphan nobody wanted.
…
On the ship, Butler Ji Yuan was kneeling on one knee, lowering himself to eye level with the little child who was wrapped up from head to toe. With a helpless expression, he coaxed gently, “Young Master, the temperature inside the ship is twenty-four degrees Celsius. You can change into these light new clothes specially prepared for you. You won’t feel cold.”
The little child blinked his pale green eyes, as clear and bright as emeralds, and instinctively raised his arms to hug himself in a defensive posture, clearly unwilling to take off the grimy clothes he was wearing.
When a small animal is first brought home, you have to keep some things that carry its scent. Perhaps it is the same for a human child, Butler Ji thought.
The young masters and young ladies in the household had all possessed overwhelmingly powerful spirit forms since birth. They often rampaged around in the beast forms of those spirit bodies. In truth, Butler Ji did not know very much about how to take care of an ordinary human child.
Still, he had already downloaded plenty of childcare materials onto his optical brain and had been studying hard.
After all, for the sake of the young master’s safety, even after he was brought back, he could only be looked after by servants like them. He could not stay around his family for long, not when their spiritual power was so unstable and turbulent.
Afraid the child would overheat in so many layers, Butler Ji had no choice but to open his optical brain and lower the room temperature a little.
“I’ll go get some food for you. I may be back a little later. You can look around here as you like,” Butler Ji said, deciding to use the excuse of getting food to give the child some space alone.
The little child still said nothing, only looked at him timidly.
The moment he stepped out of the room, Butler Ji immediately turned on the monitor through his optical brain.
Even though the room had been arranged as a soft and safe children’s room and seemed to contain no hidden dangers, leaving a four-year-old child alone in a room was still somewhat risky. Even if he was only gone briefly, he had to keep watching at all times.
On the optical brain screen, after he left, the child stared at the door for a very long time. Just when Butler Ji thought the scene would stay frozen like that, the little figure finally moved.
The child walked straight to an empty corner where there were no toys or children’s supplies at all, then crouched down, hugged his knees, and curled himself up there. Half his little face was buried in his arms, while his round, pretty eyes carefully and curiously observed everything in the room.
It was obvious that he was interested.
He was simply too cautious to dare explore.
After thinking for a moment, Butler Ji went over to the food that had already been prepared. He decided to return even later, and at the same time remotely turned on the screen inside the room through his optical brain terminal.
…
Curled up in the corner, Tang Rong jumped in fright when the sudden sound of a cartoon rang out.
But very quickly, the cartoon drew him in. Without blinking, he stared at the fluffy little animals on the screen.
This was the hottest cartoon on the stellar internet at the moment. It told the story of friendship and family among a group of little animals, and children all loved watching it.
Seeing how completely absorbed Tang Rong was, Butler Ji finally relaxed a little. He picked up the food, returned to the room, placed it beside Tang Rong, then stepped back out and continued observing through the optical brain monitor.
There was no helping it. Tang Rong only became less nervous when he was alone.
…
[You can eat it, Host. I’ve already checked. There’s nothing wrong with any of this.]
A soft and cute system voice suddenly sounded in Tang Rong’s mind out of nowhere.
This time, Tang Rong was not startled.
The system had suddenly bound itself to him three days ago, and over these last few days, he had gradually gotten used to its presence.
The moment the system finished speaking, Tang Rong’s stomach let out a loud growl.
Orphans on the junk planet were always half-starved, never knowing when the next full meal would come, and Tang Rong was no exception. Though he was already four years old, he was so thin he looked like a child under three.
After hearing the system’s words, Tang Rong cautiously stretched out a small hand, picked up a cup of warm milk, and took a tiny sip. His eyes immediately lit up.
So delicious!
This was the first time little Tang Rong had ever tasted something this good.
In his memory, even the water on the junk planet had a strange taste.
The system spoke again: [That flower-shaped rice cake on the left also looks really tasty. You should try it too.]
Tang Rong obediently picked up the soft, sticky rice cake and took a bite. His eyes grew even brighter, and he began gobbling it down uncontrollably.
The system hurriedly reminded him: [Eat slower, or you’ll choke…]
At the same time, the system let out another deep sigh.
Fluffy System 066 felt extremely depressed. On its very first assignment, it had already been “screwed over” by the main system. It had been bound to a little child who was allergic to fluff, which meant there was simply no way to complete the missions.
Heaven knew how simple its system tasks were—so long as the host petted something fluffy every day, he could earn points endlessly.
The host could use those points to redeem all kinds of useful items from the system store, while it could use the host’s accumulated points to hit its quota and smoothly log out of this world.
The moment it bound itself to him, it had eagerly urged the host to go pet a stray puppy with a gentle personality, its tail wagging like a little propeller.
Who would have thought that right after touching it, the host would break out in a huge rash all over his body? His breathing became rapid, his little face flushed bright red, and he looked as if he might die in the very next second.
The host was an orphan. For a while, no one might notice that something was wrong with him, and the junk planet’s medical standards were terrible too.
The system was so frightened that it immediately activated the one-time emergency protection function available in each world, barely managing to save him.
Only after questioning him carefully did it learn that the host had always been allergic to animal fur. Before, he would only get rashes—itchy and uncomfortable ones that faded after a few days. It had never been this serious before.
This sudden worsening was probably related to the system binding to him—it had increased the difficulty of the task.
That was why it said the damned main system had tricked it badly.
If it had only been a matter of getting some simple rashes, then after taking anti-allergy medicine, the host could still have muddled through the tasks somehow. It was obvious the host liked fluffy little animals very much.
But now, when even one touch could trigger an allergic reaction severe enough to nearly kill him, System 066 absolutely did not dare let the host get close to any small animal again. If anything went wrong, it would have no way to leave this world.
System 066 sighed again.
For now, it would just raise him first. Maybe after the host grew up, there would be some other way to complete the missions.
After eating and drinking his fill, Tang Rong let out a series of little hiccups and ended up startling himself silly.
He almost never ate until he was full, so he had never experienced hiccupping so frequently before. Worried that something might be wrong with his body, he became too scared to eat any more and curled back into the corner from earlier.
The system had no choice but to keep explaining to him that hiccups were a normal reaction, earnestly doing its best to raise the child.
Now full and warm, Tang Rong listened to the system’s voice and the sound of the cartoon, feeling a little sleepy, but he still forced himself not to fall asleep.
Seeing this, the system said, [Go to sleep, Host. I’ll keep watch for you. If anything happens, I’ll wake you up.]
Only then did Tang Rong relax a little and drift off in a daze.
After he fell asleep, the system saw that about two minutes later, Butler Ji quietly pushed open the door and walked in. He carried little Tang Rong to the soft, clean little bed, covered him with a thin blanket, and gently smoothed the messy hair by his face.
The system became highly alert, ready to wake Tang Rong at any moment.
Fortunately, the butler left very quickly and did nothing else.
Only then did the system relax a little.
It was not being paranoid for nothing. Through the system terminal, it had already investigated Tang Rong’s family—they were all villain-boss-level figures in this world.
The Tang family had served in the military for generations. Their spirit forms were damaged, powerful, yet difficult to control. Every time they returned to the main planet, they had to wear specially customized shackles and muzzles.
Tang Rong’s mother had been a powerful SS-rank healer. She and Tang Rong’s father had once been perfectly matched partners, and only she could somewhat soothe his spirit form.
Over time, the two fell in love and became a couple.
After marriage, they had four children—an eldest brother, a second sister, a third brother, and Tang Rong, who had been lost.
The eldest brother and second sister were twins. The eldest inherited their father’s path and joined the military to protect their home. The second sister was much quieter, always staying at the family home on the main planet and rarely going out.
The third brother was a wild and unruly one, roaming around alien worlds all year round and seldom returning to the main planet. As long as he stayed away from the main planet, he did not need to wear those restraints and muzzles meant to prevent spiritual power from going berserk.
The first three children had all inherited both the father’s great strength and his flaw. From birth, they possessed beast-shaped spirit forms and could not maintain fragile, ordinary human forms. Though this did not affect daily life, in the minds of some humans, they were like ticking time bombs.
They were too strong, and too easily lost control.
In the face of absolute power, some people chose reverence, obedience, and the protection it offered. Others, however, lived in fear and wanted to erase what they saw as a hidden danger.
That was also why Tang Rong had been lost.
When Tang Rong’s mother was in the final stage of pregnancy, she was attacked. After struggling to give birth to Tang Rong, she unfortunately died, and Tang Rong was immediately stolen away by a spy who had long been hidden inside the Tang family, his whereabouts unknown.
Later, Tang Rong’s father captured most of the people involved in the attack and put them through many forms of torture, yet still failed to force out Tang Rong’s whereabouts.
For the past four years, they had never given up searching, even though they could not be sure whether Tang Rong was still alive.
Only recently did they find an orphan on the junk planet named Xiao Rong whose DNA matched, and that was how they confirmed his identity.
What surprised them was that little Tang Rong had no spirit form at all. He could not even be detected as having spiritual power. He was an utterly ordinary person through and through.
The Tang family had not personally come to pick him up. Instead, they sent out the butler they trusted most.
Because of the upheaval four years ago, the Tang family had become increasingly solitary. Their position on the main planet was isolated. Aside from fighting external enemies, they rarely dealt with the outside world. Even conflicts had arisen within the family itself, and their relationship with Tang Rong’s mother’s family had sunk to freezing point.
In short—what Tang Rong was returning to this time was very likely another pit of fire.
Still, at least he would be able to eat his fill, dress warmly, and receive a proper education.
Because of what had happened four years ago, the system feared that someone with bad intentions might have slipped aboard the ship and threaten Tang Rong’s safety. So it kept reminding him to stay alert and not trust others too easily—not even Butler Ji, who had always shown him kindness. It even used the single point he earned from petting that puppy to exchange for a defensive item, just in case.
Little Tang Rong obediently listened.
Being a bit more careful and cautious was never a bad thing.
Once they safely reached the main planet, everything would be fine.
…
Tang Rong was jolted awake by shaking.
Earthquakes sometimes happened on the junk planet too. Every time they did, the temporary little shelters Tang Rong found would usually not survive, so he was especially sensitive to tremors. Before the system could even wake him, he had already snapped awake.
Almost at the same instant, Butler Ji pushed open the room door from outside.
He came straight to the little bed, touched the frightened child’s head, and explained softly, “A damaged ship grazed ours. It’s alright. It’s already been handled.”
Tang Rong instinctively shrank away a little.
It was not exactly because he was on guard. It was more because he knew he was dirty and did not want to dirty other people and make them dislike him.
Sure enough, when the butler withdrew his hand, Tang Rong saw that the originally snow-white glove was now stained with a lot of ugly dark dust.
Tang Rong’s heart immediately grew uneasy.
But the butler did not mind at all. He asked, “Do you still want to sleep? Or would you like to watch cartoons?”
Tang Rong stared blankly for a long time, then finally nodded and looked toward where the cartoon had been playing before.
The butler was overjoyed.
This was the first time the young master had interacted with him. It was a very good start.
He immediately turned the cartoon back on, adjusted the screen so it faced directly toward the little bed, then left the room.
…
After leaving, the butler made his way to another room not far away, one located in the center of the ship.
Inside the room stood a gigantic cage, taking up nearly more than half the space.
Inside the cage was a huge, fierce beast resembling a fox. Its whole body was snow-white, and it had nine tails.
The device attached to the cage suppressed its agitation, but even so, its eyes were still blood-red, and its nine tails lashed back and forth inside the cage. If not for the cage being made from special material and strong enough to endure it, it would have been reduced to powder long ago.
This cage had originally been prepared for the young master. Who could have expected that the young master would truly be an ordinary person without even a spirit form, making it completely unnecessary?
Still less had anyone expected that it would end up being used on Third Young Master.
“Tell me. What happened? Why did Third Young Master suddenly lose control?” Butler Ji looked at the several star pirates nearby who were treating their wounds. The warmth and gentleness from when he faced Tang Rong earlier were gone without a trace. All that remained was the cold pressure of someone in authority, a pressure that did not allow defiance.
His status in the Tang family was not to be underestimated. Even the young masters and young ladies treated him politely, and some were even a little afraid of him.
One of the star pirates, whose leg was injured, hurriedly explained, “Uncle Ji, you know us—we’ve always robbed the wicked and helped the poor. We’re principled, good star pirates. Those bad star pirates can’t stand us, so they’re always making sneaky attacks. This time they launched a big one. We suffered heavy casualties, and Brother Tang couldn’t control himself for a moment, so… Fortunately, Brother Tang’s optical brain happened to catch the signal of the Tang family ship nearby, so we came over to ask for help.”
Listening to this gave Butler Ji a headache.
If people found out that the Tang family’s Third Young Master was working as a star pirate outside, tomorrow’s headlines on the stellar internet would absolutely be secured.
That man hurriedly added, “The ones who ambushed us were all killed in return. Brother Tang has always worn a mask and cloak, and he never shifted into his beast form, so there’s no way he was exposed.”
Butler Ji said nothing more. He only gave a slight nod and instructed his subordinates to settle these friends of Third Young Master’s in rooms along the edge of the ship. Those rooms were all locked and required multiple forms of verification to open.
“Treat your wounds as quickly as possible. In three hours, we will stop at the nearest safe planet.”
Absolutely nothing could happen to the ship that was bringing the young master back to the main planet.
…
Three hours later, the ship arrived smoothly at the nearest safe planet.
Butler Ji personally supervised the disguised star pirates as they were all sent off.
Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, something would go wrong?
On the optical brain monitor, a small fluffy white figure had somehow appeared out of nowhere inside the young master’s room.
The young master was being chased all around the room by it. The nine tails behind it were lifted happily, as if it were playing a fun chasing game.
Then, all of a sudden, the young master failed to notice something underfoot and tripped. Crying, he pushed himself back up and limped forward, clearly terrified of that little white thing.
“Wuu…”
Butler Ji had already dashed over in one stride. He kicked the door open and, with quick eyes and quicker hands, grabbed the little nine-tailed fox by the scruff of the neck and lifted it up, then flicked it on the forehead.
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