Tang San's Underpants

"You said you killed Yu Xiaogang?"

Early the next morning, Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji came together and greeted Lu Jin with "good news."

For some reason, Qian Daoliu felt a burning sensation in his heart whenever he looked at Lu Jin, and wanted to prostrate himself on the ground then and there.

The urge was not particularly strong, however, and with his strength as a Limit Douluo, he could still resist it.

Lu Jin had no idea what was happening to Qian Daoliu. He only asked, "Why do you think that's good news?"

Qian Daoliu was stunned. Wasn't it good news? This had eliminated a major future threat to Bibi Dong!

Lu Jin admitted that if he had lacked the ability to manipulate fate, he too would have seized the chance to eliminate an uncertain factor in the future, just as Qian Daoliu had.

But precisely because he could manipulate fate, he knew that a world's fate could correct itself, especially in a novel world like this one.

Everything already had a predetermined course of fate. Until one possessed the power to resist the world's will, any attempt to change the future would only make the feared future more certain.

Even when Lu Jin manipulated fate himself, those threads still tried every trick they could to slip out of his sight and make corrections.

Rather than explain this to Qian Daoliu, Lu Jin examined the tangled threads of fate across the entire Douluo Continent.

"Just as I thought. Yu Xiaogang isn't completely dead." Lu Jin sighed.

Qian Daoliu found it hard to believe. "How is that possible? Could you have seen wrong, senior? I definitely killed that brat."

Lu Jin nodded. "You did kill the Yu Xiaogang of this point in time, but Yu Xiaogang cannot die yet, so the world replaced him with a Yu Xiaogang from another point in time."

Lu Jin did not hurry to explain, instead observing Yu Xiaogang's current situation. As a result, he discovered something interesting.

Yu Xiaogang's thread of fate was actually connected to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a treasure site important to the plot.

"Interesting. Did the world notice what I was thinking, so it had Yu Xiaogang take the treasures first and save them for Tang San?"

He also discovered that, to ensure Yu Xiaogang could obtain the Immortal Herbs without trouble, the worldline had even arranged for him to meet Dugu Bo ahead of time.

This world really had gone to great lengths... Lu Jin raised a hand and plucked a few threads of fate, drawing Bo Saixi's thread of fate past the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as well.

Judging by the time, Bo Saixi was almost at the Star Dou Great Forest. It wouldn't hurt to have her scout out the Sunset Forest in advance.

Since the worldline liked to repair things, he would make matters a little more interesting.

Thinking of Bo Saixi, Lu Jin took another look at the situation on Sea God Island.

He had thought that without Bo Saixi, the Ninth Trial would never be opened, but unexpectedly, Sea God Island had gained a new high priest.

The Sea God had moved quite quickly.

Come to think of it, that wasn't so strange. Bo Saixi had become a Limit Douluo partly because of her talent, but also because of the Sea God's blessing.

Although the new high priest of Sea God Island was only a Soul Douluo, with the Sea God's help behind the scenes, he might truly be able to raise a second Limit Douluo by the time Tang San arrived.

Seeing Lu Jin look at him, Qian Daoliu asked, "Senior, have I caused trouble?"

Only Lu Jin could make this Limit Douluo so cautious.

Lu Jin shook his head. "It's a little troublesome, but not a major problem. Since you're here and I happen to have nothing to do, I'll tell you about the future."

Qian Daoliu promptly held his breath and listened.

"Last time, I spoke about how Qian Xunji was killed by Bibi Dong after being gravely injured."

"Senior, that was 2B Dong. It had nothing to do with Dong'er!"

"All right, 2B Dong..."

"And senior, that was Secret Chamber Douluo, not Qian Xunji."

They really are master and disciple... Lu Jin nodded. "Secret Chamber Douluo learned that Tang Hao's wife was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, so he led a team to hunt her down. As it happened, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was about to give birth."

"While she was weak, the Soul Beast willingly sacrificed herself, helping Tang Hao become a Titled Douluo. Tang Hao used Ring Detonation to force the Spirit Hall army back single-handedly and gravely injured Secret Chamber Douluo."

Qian Xunji nodded. "And then Secret Chamber Douluo was killed by 2B Dong?"

Damn, how are you even more practiced than I am at calling yourself Secret Chamber Douluo?

Qian Daoliu, however, was focused on the child. "Senior, this child should be Tang San, the one who destroys Spirit Hall in the future, correct?"

"That's right. That Soul Beast was Ah Yin. And don't think that Tang San won't be born just because Ah Yin is with me now. It doesn't matter who the child's mother is. All that matters is that he has the Tang family's bloodline."

Tang Chen was the Asura God's inheritor, but he had failed the Ninth Trial. Tang San himself was also the heir to godhood chosen by the Asura God, so Tang San's appearance actually had little to do with who his mother was.

After saying this, Lu Jin took a sip of water to moisten his throat and continued, "This is also the prelude to the true story of the Douluo Continent, and Tang San's birth is the beginning of Spirit Hall's destruction."

The protagonist's own mother had been driven to sacrifice herself by Spirit Hall, and his father had been beaten into hiding. It would have been strange if the protagonist, Tang San, didn't take revenge on Spirit Hall.

Lu Jin cleared his throat. "Speaking of Tang San, he actually had an adult's consciousness from the moment he was born, because he didn't belong to the Douluo Continent in the first place."

"He didn't belong to the Douluo Continent? Please explain, senior. Wasn't he born on the Douluo Continent?"

"He was indeed born on the Douluo Continent, but while his body belonged to this world, his soul came from a Tang Sect disciple in another world. He took over the body of Tang Hao's son with his memories intact, becoming the Tang San of later years."

Qian Daoliu quickly understood. "So that's why you said Tang San's existence couldn't be prevented, senior?"

Lu Jin continued, "Correct. More than half the reason Tang San could do as he pleased on the Douluo Continent came from his memories of his previous life. The Tang Sect had a cultivation manual called the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. It contained the Mysterious Heaven Skill, a breathing technique superior to those of the Douluo Continent, as well as methods for making all kinds of Hidden Weapons, the Mysterious Jade Hand, which could turn one's hands to jade, and the Purple Demon Eye, which could dispel illusions."

"By relying on these, Tang San was able to be invincible among those of the same level early on and could even fight opponents above his level."

Qian Daoliu and the others did not know how powerful the Mysterious Heaven Skill was, nor could they appreciate what was wondrous about the Mysterious Jade Hand.

But the Purple Demon Eye's ability to see through illusions was enough to prove how heaven-defying this cultivation manual was.

Qian Daoliu sighed. "Senior, you said he brought this manual from that Tang Sect. Does that mean it cannot be found on the Douluo Continent?"

"Correct." Lu Jin nodded. "And Tang San's greatest strength was actually his Hidden Weapons. Leaving aside Guanyin's Tear and Buddha's Fury Tang Lotus, the Mother-Child Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Orb alone nearly killed the level 96 Yue Guan in an instant."

Qian Daoliu's expression grew grave. "Is there any way to guard against these Hidden Weapons? Please enlighten me, senior."

That stumped Lu Jin. The original work had never said how to block those Hidden Weapons. Besides, the whole point of Hidden Weapons was to catch someone off guard. If they could be guarded against, they wouldn't be called Hidden Weapons.

"These Hidden Weapons are extremely insidious and hard to predict, but their strength lies in surprise attacks. If you remain on guard against them, their power will naturally be cut in half."

At this point, Lu Jin couldn't help laughing a little. "The Douluo Continent is a world with supernatural powers, after all, yet it was beaten down by things from a martial arts world."

"It really is the floor tile of the xuanhuan genre."

Meanwhile, inside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yu Yuanzhen and the others examined Yu Xiaogang's body over and over. In the end, they found that he had only minor internal injuries, so the matter was suppressed.

Spirit Hall was at the height of its power, and now it had suddenly gained another "Secret Chamber Douluo."

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could not make a move against Spirit Hall because Yu Xiaogang had been injured.

Yu Xiaogang remained alone in his bedroom. Feeling the clan's disregard for him, a chill flashed in his eyes.

Then he recalled how he had grown old, lost his looks, and died in his previous life, while his good disciple Tang San had become a god and lived freely and happily. He could no longer suppress the viciousness in his eyes.

"The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, was it? If Tang San could eat the Immortal Herbs, then I, Yu Xiaogang, can too!" He soon calmed down again. "The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well is surrounded by poisonous miasma. I'll have to find someone to take me there."

He pondered, and at last a figure appeared in his mind.

The future Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo!

Fervor flashed in Yu Xiaogang's eyes. "In this life, I'll rely on my Soul Master theories to become a god on my own!"