The Infant of Aging Reappears, the Federation's Taboo

In the blink of an eye, the flow of time returned to normal. Su Tianxuan remained expressionless.

He felt he had gone a little overboard today. Originally, he had only intended to turn Cai Yue'er into a dried corpse and hang her outside Shrek's gates like cured meat, then leave it at that.

But now it seemed the other side wasn't very satisfied with that.

He snapped his fingers, reversing all the injuries to Cai Yue'er's limbs.

Then he plunged the long blade into Cai Yue'er's whole body.

Moment of Devouring Time activated, devouring her past and future.

As the others watched in horror, Cai Yue'er's body gradually began to undergo some bizarre changes.

Her white hair grew sparse, her skin withered and yellowed, losing all vitality, and her eyes turned white and cloudy. Age spots appeared one after another on her body, reminding them of people about to die of old age.

But even more terrifyingly, Cai Yue'er's body was also shrinking. She went from an adult woman to a teenage girl, then a little girl, then a baby girl!

The pain made Cai Yue'er clench her little fists and struggle like an infant, crying incessantly, but her voice was as hoarse and pained as that of someone at death's door.

New life and old age had been grotesquely fused together, creating something like a monster of time.

It made the people around them shudder.

Watching the scene, Zang Xin's pupils contracted.

He remembered a term, one the Federation had forbidden people to mention seven years ago.

The Infant of Aging.

"No, please! Brother Ming, hurry and talk him out of it."

Freed from the time stop, Ya Li jumped down from upstairs, a Soul Guidance Communicator in her hand.

"Su Tianxuan, name your price."

Yun Ming's voice came through the communicator, sounding somewhat weary.

"Give me your academy."

Su Tianxuan controlled the Time Blade to keep it from absorbing too much time.

"That's impossible!"

"Then the whole of Shrek City, academy included." Su Tianxuan raised the price instead.

Yun Ming took a deep breath and fell silent.

Just as Ya Li was growing frantic, a voice that only Su Tianxuan could hear suddenly reached his ears:

"Help me end the call. Let me save some face."

The feeling of helplessness was hard to put into words.

Su Tianxuan ignored him. He was in a terrible mood, so he wasn't going to give him that bit of face.

Since not all of her time had been taken, Cai Yue'er hadn't become an embryo.

He pulled out the Time Blade. There wasn't a trace of blood on the shimmering long blade.

He kicked Cai Yue'er up and sent her into Ya Li's arms.

Weren't you short a child? Here's one for you.

Ya Li looked at the crying infant, decrepit with age, in her arms. Forcing down the discomfort in her heart, she cast Holy Light from her hand, trying to heal her.

But unfortunately, Su Tianxuan had already cursed Cai Yue'er's time. She could now only remain in the state of a one-day-old newborn, and she had only three days left to live.

Those three days had been deliberately left to make people sick.

With the others' strength, there was no way they could lift the curse.

"Let's go. I've seen enough."

Su Tianxuan put away the video camera and spoke calmly to Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi.

He looked as though nothing had happened.

Cold sweat beaded on Qian Renxue's and Ye Guyi's foreheads. Neither dared say another word, and they hurried away from the scene after Su Tianxuan.

Too terrifying.

This Time Douluo was truly terrifying when he lost his temper.

Zang Xin turned to look at the Tang Sect members around him, some of whom had vomited at the sight while others were taking pictures. He couldn't help sighing.

Once word of this got out, it would probably cause another great upheaval in the Federation.

Just as Zang Xin expected, before long, many of the Federation's higher-ups and factions received the news.

Some of it was sent by Su Tianxuan himself, and some by the others who had been present.

Another invisible storm concerning him began to unfold.

At the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

Qiangu Dongfeng looked at the pictures someone had sent him and couldn't help laughing.

So Shrek has finally seen a day like this.

He thought for a moment, then opened a video.

There were more Infants of Aging in the video, crawling around on the ground. Some even gave innocent children's laughter in the voices of the elderly.

They had been a prominent Spirit Pagoda family.

Many of those who investigated the incident back then had been left psychologically scarred.

The incident had caused a huge stir, but it was quickly suppressed.

Because no one dared convict the perpetrator of the killings.

Even though Su Tianxuan had not yet reached the Limit back then, he had been only one step away, a top-tier Soul Engineer, and Zhen Hua's strongest user...

If they really drove him into the arms of the Holy Spirit Cult or the like, the Federation could sit and wait for death.

Thus, the incident became a taboo in the Federation, and the official line given to outsiders was that they had brought it upon themselves.

Fortunately, Su Tianxuan never did anything so torturous again afterward, so it was gradually forgotten.

And the reason he had done such a thing back then was...

At the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda.

Leng Yaozhu looked at the pictures sent over from the Tang Sect and couldn't help sighing.

Back then, to repay her for the kindness that had helped him break through to Titled Douluo, Su Tianxuan had come to help her research Soul Spirits.

The unique properties of the Time Law had soon led them to many breakthroughs.

Unexpectedly, other families grew jealous and tried to claim a share of the profits. After being refused, they lured her into a secret realm and found an opportunity to attack her, intending to use her to threaten Su Tianxuan.

In the end, Su Tianxuan discovered what had happened and succeeded in rescuing her. He also infiltrated the Spirit Pagoda and turned the people involved from that family into those things.

But...

Whenever Leng Yaozhu thought of the incident, her head ached.

Because Su Tianxuan had told her afterward that, between rescuing her and taking revenge, he had repaid the debt in full. From then on, any research into Soul Spirits would have to be an equal exchange.

Who asked you to take revenge?!

Back then, Leng Yaozhu had been so angry with him that she laughed.

After that incident, Su Tianxuan had also taken the opportunity to accept invitations from other Spirit Pagoda families and help them with their research.

At the thought, Leng Yaozhu hesitated for a moment, then sent Su Tianxuan a message:

"Are you all right?"

Normally, the most Su Tianxuan did when he killed someone was hang them up like cured meat. The last time he had done this, he had been genuinely furious. What was the reason this time?

Leng Yaozhu thought the question by itself seemed a little dry, so she sent him a selfie.

Meanwhile, Su Tianxuan was looking for another good place to visit.

Qian Renxue couldn't help asking:

"Your Majesty, are you... all right?"

"Why is everyone asking me that?"

Su Tianxuan sighed and answered while replying to Leng Yaozhu:

"I'm fine. I just hate it when people bring my parents into things. If she insisted on provoking me with that, then this was the only way it could go.

"Don't you find it disgusting?"

He had indeed arrived in this world without father or mother, but that hadn't been true in his previous life.

He still cared deeply about his family. More than anything, he wanted to become a god to find a way back to his original world, but of all the rotten luck, he had transmigrated into the Douluo Dalu III era.

Qian Renxue and Ye Guyi fell silent and shook their heads.

They had seen even more disgusting things among Evil Soul Masters.

What surprised them was that Su Tianxuan would actually do something like this. Before, he hadn't seemed like that kind of person at all.

"Good. Let's continue our journey, then. Next stop, the Federation Parliament."

"Huh? Can we just go to a place like that?"

"Hmm... for me, it's a little easier than getting into Shrek's toilets."