Yu Xiaogang was conceived in the womb, recklessly plundering his mother's origin. As he grew larger and larger, Wang Bilian's health also deteriorated by the day. Why was this?
Powerful soul masters inherited top-tier martial souls. In the womb, the nurturing of a fetus and the formation of a martial soul consumed an extreme amount of origin. Where did origin come from? From the maternal body. Therefore, the more outstanding the offspring, the more maternal origin was consumed, making the importance of the mother self-evident.
It was not difficult for Wang Bilian's maternal body to nurture a soul master with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, but the one she was nurturing in her womb was none other than Yu Xiaogang.
Do not be fooled by Yu Xiaogang being a good-for-nothing in the original work; that was merely because Yu Xiaogang himself failed to awaken properly. If his martial soul, Luo Sanpao, had successfully evolved, it would have become the Golden Sacred Dragon. It belonged to a super-tier martial soul, which could be said to have been second only to the Six-winged Angel in the first era of the Douluo Continent. This was precisely the reason recorded in history why Yu Xiaogang's mother passed away when he was very young.
We can understand it this way: in order to give birth to Yu Xiaogang, his mother consumed the life origin required for an SSR-class Spirit, yet after turning six, Yu Xiaogang awakened an N-class Spirit.
When Wang Bilian was six months pregnant, Yun Niang approached Yu Yuanzhen with her visibly pregnant belly.
Unlike the feudal society of Huo Yuhao's previous life, within the sects of the Douluo Continent, powerhouses found it very difficult to conceive offspring. Therefore, sects and families attached great importance to every single child. Relying on her son to elevate her status, no matter how poor Yun Niang's talent was, the child in her belly was still Yu Yuanzhen's seed. The one to awaken a martial soul in the future would inevitably be a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and another sect descendant was about to be born. Everyone up and down the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was overjoyed, and Yu Yuanzhen even took Yun Niang in as a concubine. There was only one person whose expression was unimaginably ugly, and that was Wang Bilian.
On the very night Yu Yuanzhen took in his concubine, Wang Bilian fiercely tore her handkerchief and said with venomous malice, "Damn bitch, you couldn't wait to crawl into his bed the moment I got pregnant. Just you wait for me, when that child is born, see if I don't torture you to death."
One year in the Douluo Continent equaled one day in the Divine Realm. Under Huo Yuhao's field of vision, Xiao Gang and his younger brother were soon to usher in the day of their birth.
The first to be born was Yu Xiaogang. On that day, dark clouds gathered and heavenly thunder rolled, like divine punishment descending and disaster arriving. A locust plague broke out in the southern part of the Heaven Dou Empire, a once-in-a-century flood disaster occurred in the northern part of the Star Luo Empire, and famine spread across the Balak Kingdom...
With a cry, Yu Xiaogang came into the world. Yu Yuanzhen happily picked up Yu Xiaogang and said with agitation, "This is my son, I have a son!"
"Dear, what do you think our son's name should be?" Wang Bilian wore a weak expression, yet she said happily.
"Let's call him Yu Xiaogang. I hope that when he grows up, he can become a firm, resolute, and steadfast person with indomitable perseverance, remaining brave and fearless in the face of difficulties and challenges, and becoming a pillar of a man standing between heaven and earth."
Wang Bilian nodded, reaching out to stroke Yu Xiaogang's wrinkled little face, and said, "Our child is destined to make a name for himself across the world in the future."
She knew very well that in order to give birth to this child, too much of her life origin had already been consumed. She would not have long left in this world, but the more this was so, the more it destined Xiao Gang's extraordinariness.
Immediately following this, Wang Bilian thought of that woman, and a flash of coldness crossed her eyes. She would rather have a mother who wielded a stick than a father who held an official post. Her own body could not hold out for many years. After her death, what would happen if that pair of mother and son tortured her child? No, even if she died, she had to drag that bitch down to hell with her. She made up her mind in her heart.
One month after Xiao Gang was born, Yu Yuanzhen's second son also arrived in this world. Holding this frail child, Yu Yuanzhen did not pay him much mind. After all, his own talent was powerful, but Yun Niang, who gave birth to this child, could not even be considered a soul master. Even if the martial soul awakened in the future was the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, her Innate Soul Power would not be very high either. He merely perfunctorily said, "Let's call him Yu Xiaomen. Raise him for now and see, and check how his talent is after he turns six."
In the Divine Realm, Huo Yuhao gazed at this newborn child. Although he had not yet reached the age of six where he could awaken a martial soul, Huo Yuhao had already deduced through the Power of Destiny what his future martial soul and Innate Soul Power would be—the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, with rank-five Innate Soul Power, neither high nor low. Although Huo Yuhao's own Innate Soul Power was only rank one due to acquired factors, even with normal growth, the Innate Soul Power of his Spirit Eyes Spirit would not exceed rank six. After all, the maternal body's influence on a child's talent was crucial.
Although rank-five soul power was decent, it could not form an interesting contrast. Moreover, Innate Soul Power was not important to Huo Yuhao, who had long since become a God. He only needed Yu Xiaogang to have a younger brother; talent and whatnot did not matter at all. With a flick of his finger, he cast a blessing. This blessing descended from the Divine Realm onto the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and landed upon Yu Xiaomen. It would continuously refine this child's meridians and elevate his Innate Soul Power.
After the births of Yu Xiaogang and Yu Xiaomen, as a direct descendant of the sect, Yu Xiaogang received immense attention. His father, mother, and sect elders all cast their focus upon him. Yu Xiaomen, on the other hand, was like a transparent person, with not many people caring much about him. Even Yu Yuanzhen only held an ordinary level of concern regarding Yu Xiaomen's existence.
Yun Niang's circumstances were even more tragic. After giving birth to her child, she was immediately assigned by Wang Bilian to perform heavy housework. In secret, Wang Bilian also continually arranged for servants to bully Yun Niang and her son, cutting their food rations. In order to allow her child to grow up healthily, Yun Niang often saved her own portion of food for Yu Xiaomen while enduring hunger herself, on top of bearing heavy household chores.
Her father, Yu Yuanzhen, saw all of this in his eyes, yet he did not take the matter to heart. The only thing about Yun Niang and Yu Xiaomen that could make Yu Yuanzhen care was Yu Xiaomen himself. After all, this was his bloodline. As for Yun Niang, she was merely a tool. After giving birth to the child, she lost her meaning. No matter how Wang Bilian tossed her around, it did not matter.
Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was also influenced by his mother during his growth process, coming to hate Yun Niang and her son and taking bullying Yu Xiaomen as a form of amusement. Just like that, Yu Xiaomen grew up in a cold and indifferent environment. From a young age, he grew accustomed to his father's apathy, the Madam's hostility, and his older brother's targeted harassment. He watched as his mother blocked bullying for him time and time again.
Finally, in the year Xiao Gang and Xiao Men turned five, Yun Niang collapsed from overwork. Watching Yun Niang finally "gasped her last breath," both Yu Xiaogang and Wang Bilian were extremely happy. However, joy begot sorrow; as Wang Bilian laughed and laughed, she abruptly "passed away" as well.
The departure of his mother made Yu Xiaogang's resentment toward Yu Xiaomen grow deeper and deeper. He blamed his mother's death entirely on Yu Xiaomen and his mother, as if they were the culprits behind this tragedy. Thus, Yu Xiaogang's bullying of Yu Xiaomen became even more uninhibited, worsening as he tortured this young younger brother all the more viciously.
Yu Xiaomen, who had suffered bullying from childhood all the way up, gradually grew taciturn in personality. He buried his anger and unwillingness deep within his heart, concealing that tyrannical temper beneath a calm gaze. In front of his older brother Yu Xiaogang, he consistently maintained extreme submissiveness, resembling a tamed lamb that dared not put up the slightest resistance.