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A night passed. Xu Sanshi had successfully, with the help of the spirit-gathering cultivation room, completed his martial soul's evolution. From now on, he was a soul master who truly possessed the divine beast Xuanwu martial soul.
Even his soul rings had, with his martial soul's evolution, turned into three purple and three black, impressively surpassing the best soul ring ratio. He supposed that it was the pure worldly primordial power that had improved the age limit of his soul rings.
All of this had made him feel an inexplicable joy. One must know that back then, when he had had an affair with Jiang Nannan, because he had entered the wrong door, it had led to his martial soul's evolution being incomplete, which had caused him no small number of white-eyed glares and curses from his family's elders.
Fortunately, his talent was exceptional. His soul power had gradually progressed at a divine speed. Not only had he been admitted to Shrek Academy, but he had also, along with the great-grandson of the Sea God Pavilion's contemporary pavilion master, the Dragon God Douluo, been known as the twin stars of the outer court. Only then had he suppressed the prejudice of his family against him.
Later, he had discovered that Jiang Nannan had also successfully enrolled. Besides liking the outer court's flower from the bottom of his heart, he had not been without the thought of continuing to complete his martial soul's evolution.
It was just a pity that Jiang Nannan, because of that matter, had always held a prejudice against him and had refused to accept him no matter what, which had made him have to put away the thought of a second spring breeze.
A person who could not be moved no matter how much effort and financial resources were spent was destined not to belong to him. Unlike in the original world line, Xu Sanshi had seen through it after the end of the Soul Dueling Tournament.
He had with all his heart and all his might taken care of Jiang Nannan's mother, so that she could cultivate in Shrek Academy without any worries in the future. In the end, he had, because of the tournament, been heavily injured and had been bedridden for several months. She hadn't even come to see him once. On the contrary, it had been Tang Wutong who had accompanied him day and night by his side.
At that time, Xu Sanshi had made a choice in his heart. It was just that he had not expected that after he had gotten together with Tang Wutong, only then had Jiang Nannan begun to understand how good he had been to her in the past, and only then had she lowered her pride and had gone home to understand the things that Xu Sanshi had been silently doing for her mother all along, and only then had she looked at him again.
She was too proud. She had even thought that when she was chasing him, he would be so excited he couldn't control himself.
It was just a pity that by Xu Sanshi's side stood a more beautiful, more outstanding Tang Wutong. And Xu Sanshi himself was already the number one genius of the outer court besides Huo Yuhao. Even Bei Bei was one or two levels lower than him in terms of soul power level. For the two of them to be together was simply a match made in heaven. There was no more opportunity for Jiang Nannan to intervene.
Unlike Huo Yuhao, Tang Wutong's family background did not allow her other half to be a womanizer. So it was already impossible for Xu Sanshi to leave a space for Jiang Nannan in his heart. He had to make a decision.
Of course, if it had developed according to the original world line, Huo Yuhao would have been reduced to a loyal dog of the Tang family. Even if a woman had given birth to a son for him, he could only turn his head and pretend he didn't see it.
Because the talent that Xu Sanshi currently showed was still not considered brilliant, naturally, it was not like the original novel's Huo Gua, who had, in terms of potential, gotten the approval of the two great sect masters. However, his improvement this time was truly not small. The divine beast martial soul had given him more possibilities in the future. The Titan Giant Ape also no longer repulsed him as much as at the beginning.
At least he had seen hope! Xu Sanshi was on the verge of tears. There was no other way. Who had let the other's sect have two Limit Douluo elders? Even Shrek in its peak period had only had one Limit Douluo to hold the fort, and the kind that was half-dead at that.
And then for two consecutive days, Xu Sanshi had been immersed in the process of cultivation. The Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape would from time to time go to his residence to give him some pointers and to guide him to feel the power of the Xuanwu, until Tang Wutong had returned after improving her soul ring's age limit.
"I'm back!" A brilliant, blue-gold light had suddenly appeared in the air. Xu Sanshi, who was gazing at the sea of clouds outside the window, had subconsciously raised his head to look. He saw Tang Wutong, with her Radiant Goddess Butterfly wings spread, descend from the sky and land towards his side.
Three years ago, due to the Buddha of the Divine Realm's secret manipulation, he had forcefully improved Tang Wutong's five soul rings to the hundred-thousand-year level, which had led to her foundation being unstable. And then the God of Destruction had taken back the power on her body that did not belong to her, which had made her return to her original state.
Having lost the protection of the Sea God's power, besides her soul power level, which had still been raised to that of a Soul King, her martial soul and soul rings had all returned to their original appearance: the Radiant Goddess Butterfly and the Clear Sky Hammer. Among them, the Radiant Goddess Butterfly had one yellow, two purple, and two black, five soul rings. And the Clear Sky Hammer had five black, ten-thousand-year soul rings.
Even so, for her to have reached such a degree at the age of twelve could also be said to be thanks to the lingering grace of her father's generation.
But she knew very well that she still had a terrifying gap with the number one of the younger generation, Huo Yuhao. That was a chasm that she could not cross even if she had staked her father's protection. She would never be able to forget the day her three martial souls had fused with Xu Sanshi to form the Sea God King and had been violently beaten by the golden figure.
Therefore, she had to work hard to cultivate. For this, even if it meant sucking dry the Douluo plane through the Golden Tree, it did not matter!
Tang Wutong had successfully improved her soul ring's age limit and had returned, which also meant that their trip to the Clear Sky Castle had come to an end. After saying goodbye to the two great sect masters, Niu Tian and Titan, the two had descended the Clear Sky Peak, had traveled south all the way, and had finally returned to the territory of the Sun Moon Empire.
On the way, Xu Sanshi had been forced to tell Tang Wutong all the secrets of his family background. Actually, this was no big deal for him. A mere empire's prince, how could he be compared with a little princess of the Clear Sky Sect?
And, just as the two great sect masters of the Clear Sky Sect had said, after possessing a complete Xuanwu martial soul, he had finally had the ability to stand on his own. He just needed to continue to diligently and bitterly cultivate, and his speed of improving his strength would surely get faster and faster.
While the two were flying, Tang Wutong had on the side secretly taken out a silk pouch from her bosom. In her mind, she had recalled the words that the Sky Azure Bull Python had said to her before she had left the Clear Sky Sect.
"Little Qi, after the test of me and your Second Uncle, this young man Xu Sanshi has barely passed. His talent is much better than his peers', and his feelings for you are also very sincere. However, whether you two can go that far will still depend on fate. First Uncle will give you a silk pouch. If one day, you and he have really gone that far, then you will give this silk pouch to him. This silk pouch was not made by your First Uncle but was personally made by your father. Your father said that only after he has completed the matter in this silk pouch will he have the qualification to be with you."
"A lifelong matter is no child's play. First Uncle and Second Uncle believe in your judgment. Keep the silk pouch well. Remember, you absolutely must not peek. On it is your father's spiritual seal. You will not be able to see the contents inside."
Shaking the blue silk pouch in her hand, Tang Wutong's face was full of curiosity. What on earth was in this silk pouch? Why was it to be shown to Sanshi? What on earth did father want?
Thinking of this, a trace of a longing had clearly been added to her eyes. One day in the Divine Realm was one year in the mortal realm. Perhaps in her parents' eyes, she had only been down for a few days. In fact, she had already been on the Douluo Continent for several years. She really missed them a little.
I wonder when I can give this silk pouch to Third Brother? Thinking of this, two red clouds had immediately risen on Tang Wutong's face, so bright and beautiful it was beyond words...
Xu Sanshi, who was flying beside her with a flying soul tool, had suddenly and fiercely sneezed. He only felt a chill on his back. Could it be that someone is plotting against me?