Just as Huo Yuhao's side was restoring Zhongli Yu's martial soul, Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong, who had been missing for three years, were flying towards the Heavenly Soul Empire.
After entering the Heavenly Soul Empire, Tang Wutong had begun to act as a guide. With the assistance of a map, she had been flying straight towards the depths of the Heavenly Soul Empire. Looking at her destination, it actually seemed to be in the direction of the Heavenly Soul Empire's capital, Heaven Dou City.
"Wutong, your home wouldn't be in Heaven Dou City, would it?" Xu Sanshi asked with confusion.
Tang Wutong shook her head and chuckled, "I've already told you. My home is in a place deep in the clouds. Where in Heaven Dou City are there clouds? You'll know if you follow me. However, my home is indeed not far from Heaven Dou City."
Xu Sanshi scratched his head and said, "It's my first time at your home. Should I buy some gifts for your family? You wouldn't be waiting to see me make a fool of myself, would you?"
Tang Wutong giggled and said, "That's right! You even guessed this. You've got some skill."
Xu Sanshi choked with anger and said, "What good will it do you if I make a fool of myself? I am your boyfriend. If I make a fool of myself, you won't have any face either. What's more, if I leave a bad impression on your family, how am I going to get by in the future?"
Tang Wutong said with a smile, "Alright, you. Don't worry. My family is very easy to get along with, and they don't have too many social customs. It's fine as long as you are there. The last time I went home, I had mentioned you to my family. This time you're here, I estimate they will also have some assessment of you. You have to pull yourself together."
Xu Sanshi nodded and said, "That is a must. I am not inferior to anyone."
Tang Wutong said seriously, "Third Brother, if in the future you want to be with me, then you really have to perform well. My family is still very picky. I've already given you a heads-up. Don't you be a coward then. My family are all Titled Douluos. I estimate that in terms of strength, they will also test you a little. Of course, more of it is to see what kind of a person you are."
Xu Sanshi knew that the Clear Sky Sect's rules were strict. When he had asked again carefully, Tang Wutong had refused to say more. He might as well not ask anymore. Anyway, they were about to arrive soon.
Flying all the way, their speed was extremely fast. Although the already-Soul-Emperor Xu Sanshi was a lot inferior to the peak Soul Emperor Tang Wutong in terms of cultivation, in terms of the toughness of his soul power, he was on the contrary extremely strong. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to chase after Tang Wutong for so long back then. The two of them would rest for a while every shichen (two hours) they flew, and would walk for a stretch. After their soul power had completely recovered, only then would they continue to fly.
From afar, a great mountain had appeared in Xu Sanshi's field of vision. This mountain peak was not only majestic, but it also looked extremely precipitous. As far as the eye could see, almost three sides of the entire mountain were vertically erect, as if they had been cut by a knife. Only one side was relatively gentle, but that was also relative to the other three sides. For an ordinary person to want to climb it would be extremely difficult. And only on the side where the mountain was relatively gentle grew some vegetation—
The surrounding mountains of this steep mountain peak were continuous and undulating. But among the group of mountains, even the highest one was only at its waist's position. The sea of clouds was ethereal and was also slowly floating above these mountains. And the steep mountain peak was just exposed below the sea of clouds. Above the sea of clouds, on the contrary, one could only see it after passing through the clouds.
"We're here, right? It really is the Clear Sky Sect, deep in the clouds!" Xu Sanshi couldn't help but praise. To be able to build a sect on such a steep mountain peak, in the current world, only the Clear Sky Sect could do it!
Tang Wutong giggled and said, "How about it? Amazing, right? Can this flying soul tool you got from the Illustrious Virtue Hall fly that high?"
Xu Sanshi said, "It shouldn't be a big problem. It's just that the higher we fly, the greater the consumption of our soul power will be. Why don't we fly to the mountainside, and then climb up? It will be safer."
Tang Wutong nodded and said, "Alright then! Then let's go over. We're going home!" The last three words, she had completely shouted them out in her excitement.
The two of them, with their soul power fully open, flew straight for the most precipitous mountain peak. It really was a case of looking at a mountain and running a horse to death. From afar, it had already felt very close. But when they really flew up, on the contrary, they had flown for a full quarter of an hour before they had arrived. The closer they got, the stronger the pressure that the high peak brought to Xu Sanshi became. The majesty, the straightness, was as if a heavenly pillar that connected heaven and earth.
Landing on a gentle slope, Xu Sanshi and Tang Wutong had put away the flying soul tools behind their backs. Xu Sanshi looked as far as the eye could see and saw a sea of clouds floating above his own head, as if he could touch it with a raise of his hand.
Even here, the altitude was probably already close to two thousand meters. He still didn't know how high the peak above this sea of clouds really was.
To be at the very top, and to see all the mountains as small. Xu Sanshi only felt his heart was open and carefree. He couldn't help but let out a long howl.
The howl was rolling, stimulating the surrounding clouds and mist to drift and spread. Xu Sanshi's two pupils had unconsciously opened his Purple Demon Eyes, gazing at the surging sea of clouds. He had subconsciously sat down. At this instant, it was as if he had grasped something. His own Xuanwu domain had slightly surged and had actually, on its own, begun to simulate the scene of the sea of clouds drifting.
He just sat there cross-legged, his gaze scorching as he stared forward. His entire person, on the contrary, was not moving at all.
Tang Wutong was slightly one step behind Xu Sanshi as she had landed on the mountain. The sudden change in Xu Sanshi, she had immediately felt it. If it had been someone else, they might have directly urged Xu Sanshi to hurry up the mountain. But she would not. She was too familiar with Xu Sanshi. Looking at his eyes, as well as feeling the change in his soul power fluctuation, she had immediately realized that something was up with Xu Sanshi.
An epiphany? Is this the epiphany that Master Mu had spoken of?
Tang Wutong still deeply remembered that back then, Elder Mu had once said that for a soul master, sometimes, a moment of enlightenment was better than ten years of hard cultivation. What an epiphany improved was not one's cultivation, but one's realm. For a top-tier beast martial soul soul master like Xu Sanshi, the improvement of his realm was particularly important.
Besides being a little helpless, Tang Wutong was more so happy for him. At a time like this, it was absolutely not okay to disturb Xu Sanshi. Otherwise, if he were to miss this opportunity, the next time he wanted to have an epiphany, it was unknown when it would be. This kind of an epiphany under a fortuitous coincidence was the one with the best effect, much higher than a realm that was deliberately pursued.
The Radiant Dragon God Butterfly's two wings had unfolded. Tang Wutong had turned her figure, had flapped her two wings, and had floated up, directly drilling through the clouds and mist. A moment later, he had returned again, and had sat down by Xu Sanshi's side, following his gaze, and looking at the distant sea of clouds.
After another moment, one after another of a gray figure had silently drilled out from the clouds and mist. At Tang Wutong's signal, they had from afar surrounded Xu Sanshi and had sat down in a circle. Each of these people looked to be full of spirit. Their age was between twenty-five and thirty-five, and their qi and blood were vigorous. One after another, their gazes were bright and full of spirit. A total of more than twenty people had soon completed a strict formation.
Tang Wutong said in a low voice, "You all protect him here. You must not let any person, any matter disturb him. Understand? I'll go and contact father first."
All the gray-clothed people had at the same time bowed and saluted her but had not made half a bit of a sound. They all had their backs to Xu Sanshi, their gazes outwards.
Tang Wutong had glanced at Xu Sanshi again and, after confirming that he had no problem, had then soared up and had passed through the clouds.
Even Xu Sanshi himself did not know what state he was currently in. At this time, he only felt his brain was a sheet of a blankness. His Xuanwu domain was slightly pulsing. On the originally pitch-black Xuanwu domain, a faint, golden light mist was slowly steaming up. The mist was very faint, but it was simulating the sea of clouds before his eyes and was gradually taking shape.
The vast sea is boundless, without end.
Although this change in spiritual power was not as strong as the last time he had first entered the Spirit Sea realm, the feeling it brought to Xu Sanshi was on the contrary different. What he had in an instant had an epiphany of was precisely the transformation between spiritual power and soul power. As the son of fortune designated by the Buddha, in these three years, he had also had no small improvement. Besides still being inferior to Tang Wutong, the Bei Bei with whom he had once been known as the twin stars of the outer court had already been left behind by him.
Spiritual power and soul power were different. Its level was higher than soul power, but it also could not be directly used like soul power. The circulation of spiritual power and soul power also had a qualitative difference. Soul power mainly absorbed the worldly primordial qi for its own use, an energy that was born with the martial soul as its foundation. And spiritual power was on the contrary a way of expressing the power of the soul. It was a kind of an origin power that all living beings possessed, and was also an existence that was used to drive soul power.
What Xu Sanshi had comprehended this time was precisely the mystery of the combination and transformation of spiritual power and soul power. He knew that among the younger generation on the entire continent, it was already impossible for there to be another person who could be on par with the spiritual realm of the Demon King, Huo Yuhao. But no matter how high Huo Yuhao's talent was, in these three years, it would also be by no means possible for him to reach a realm of Soul Sage and above.
If in the tournament a year and a half later, Huo Yuhao were to appear again, they would have to possess enough strength to have a chance to snatch back the glory of Shrek.