Nine Treasures Glazed Tile!

After his family was destroyed and everyone he loved had died, a vast clan vanished overnight. For a boy of only six, such a calamity was like the sky collapsing... Fortunately, people on Douluo Continent generally matured early, and even a six-year-old boy already understood many things.

After spending several days drowning in tears, grief-stricken and helpless, the boy finally pulled himself together.

He swore to take revenge!

At this moment, Ning Fengzhi, watching the video, saw how lost and helpless the boy looked and secretly grew anxious. By now, he had unconsciously forgotten that this was something that had happened in the past. He thought to himself, Silly child, come to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect! As long as you come to your father, revenge will be as easy as lifting a hand.

If Ye Cheng's Martial Souls really were the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and the Flying Rainbow Sword, a perfect Twin Martial Souls configuration of offense-defense integration, then he truly would have chosen to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and seek out his biological father. But unfortunately, the footage was fabricated. In reality, his Martial Soul was merely the result of a failed mutation, and worst of all, he had no Innate Soul Power.

In such circumstances, what could a good-for-nothing like him accomplish even if he went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? At best, he would become a freeloader. As for revenge, he could forget about it.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would never make a huge fuss over a good-for-nothing!

Nor would Ning Fengzhi use the sect's resources to wipe out a faction for a lover he had no feelings for and a useless son. After all, he had far too many sons.

Unless he had feelings for that lover, or that son had enough value to make it worthwhile.

Otherwise, he should not even dream of revenge.

The footage continued—

After the boy resolved to take revenge.

The images began speeding up, with only scattered fragments continuously flashing past.

One showed the boy practicing swordsmanship diligently every day, regardless of spring, summer, autumn, or winter, persisting for ten years without change!

Another showed the boy traveling the world, venturing deep into mountains and ancient forests to fight vicious Soul Beasts!

He had also gone to the Extremely North Land, where snow and glaciers covered the ground, struggling against the bitter cold!

He had even set foot upon the vast, boundless ocean, commanding schools of fish!

He faced towering waves, violent winds, and raging storms head-on!

He fought against nature itself!

A few dozen brief flashes were enough to show just how extraordinary the boy's experiences had been.

Who knew how much of the journey had been omitted?

When the image appeared again.

The boy had already grown into an adult.

Clad in white, his hair tied back and fluttering in the wind, he was dashing and elegant, like an immortal descended to earth!

This young man named Ye Cheng was now twenty-six years old.

The scene took place somewhere within a stretch of sea.

Standing amid the vast, boundless ocean, he treated the surging waves around him as nothing. Dressed in white, he walked atop the water. In his hand was a longsword with a White Jade Handle and a Crystal Body, as exquisite as a work of art!

One Soul Ring after another encircled his body, radiating an unbelievable sense of presence.

Yellow! Yellow! Purple! Purple! Black! Black! Black! Black! Red!

He was actually a nine-ring Titled Douluo!

Gasp! Twenty-six years old! A Titled Douluo!

And his ninth Soul Ring was actually a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

Terrifying beyond belief, truly terrifying beyond belief!

This Ye Cheng would probably break the Soul Master World's record for the youngest Titled Douluo!

Incredible, simply incredible!

But what was he doing now?

The comments in the Live Stream Room continuously scrolled past, but they did not affect the person in the footage.

Suddenly, enormous waves erupted from the turbulent sea!

A colossal beast burst out of the waves, carrying overwhelming might. The towering wave crest seemed ready to completely drown that tiny human!

Yet facing the gigantic monster crashing toward him like an avalanche, the young man in white holding a longsword merely raised his blade and swung it once, his brows sharp as cold blades!

A beam of sword light shot into the heavens!

The raging waves were split in two.

And so was the colossal beast.

Blood splattered across the ocean, dyeing the surrounding seawater crimson!

Above the severed corpse of the giant beast, a blood-red Soul Ring slowly condensed!

The Live Stream Room exploded again.

A Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring!

That Soul Beast was actually a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast!

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, slain with one sword strike...

Just what kind of strength did Ye Cheng possess now?

What a waste. He was already a Titled Douluo, so that Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was useless to him.

Useless? Have you forgotten that he has another Martial Soul?

You mean this Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring was prepared for his other Martial Soul?

That was probably the case...

A string of comments flashed past.

In the footage, seeing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring emerge above the giant beast's corpse, the young man in white put away his longsword. Then, with a flicker, he arrived atop the corpse.

The giant beast's enormous body floated upon the sea like a great ship.

Ye Cheng directly sat down cross-legged upon the corpse. He raised his other hand, and amid a burst of Seven-Colored Glazed light, an exquisite little pagoda appeared.

Unlike the Flying Rainbow Sword, which already had all nine Soul Rings, this little pagoda was completely bare, without even a single Soul Ring.

Could it be... that he wanted to attach a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his very first Soul Ring?

How was that possible?

Why not? With the strength of a Titled Douluo, he was fully capable of absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

Tsk tsk, was this what Twin Martial Souls meant? Starting with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for the first ring... Truly terrifying beyond belief!

In the footage.

Ye Cheng's process of absorbing the Soul Ring went very smoothly. That Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring was perfectly absorbed in just half an hour, without any setbacks.

Once it was over, a blood-red Soul Ring appeared on the Seven-Story Glazed Pagoda in his hand!

Although it had only one Soul Ring, he was likely the only person in existence whose first Soul Ring was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

"Not enough! Far from enough!"

Unexpectedly, Ye Cheng in the footage frowned as he looked at the seven-story pagoda in his hand. The changes to the small pagoda apparently had not met his expectations and could not satisfy him.

Thus, next.

He continued searching the ocean for suitable Soul Beasts to kill and harvest Soul Rings from!

The Soul Beasts he selected all began at the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.

The ocean was incomparably vast. In this world, the sea covered several times more area than the land. Furthermore, Soul Beasts could only live on a single surface layer on land, but in the ocean, Soul Beasts could survive at any depth.

For this reason, Soul Beasts in the ocean—especially those in the deep sea and distant seas—were rarely disturbed by humans. Thus, Sea Soul Beasts found it far easier to grow than land Soul Beasts. As long as they themselves were powerful and their clans were strong enough, surviving was easy.

Conservatively speaking, there were over a hundred times more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the ocean than on land. As for titles like the Ocean Three Overlords, the Demon Soul Great White Shark, the Evil Spirit Orca, and the Deep Sea Demon Whale, they were nothing but a joke. Humanity's exploration of the ocean was extremely superficial, so the three Soul Beasts closest to them were considered the strongest three Soul Beasts in the sea. It was truly a colossal misunderstanding.

In truth, who knew how many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts existed in the distant seas and deep sea?

Therefore, Ye Cheng's search for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts went extremely smoothly. Once he found one, he killed it with ease and absorbed its Soul Ring.

By the time he absorbed his third ring, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in his hand finally changed. It went from seven stories to eight!

Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda!

In the Live Stream Room, Ning Fengzhi, who had been watching closely, could not help clenching his fists at this sight. The Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda had been his expectation for his most talented daughter, Ning Rongrong. He believed she had the best chance of evolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Eight Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. As for the legendary Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, he had not dared to dream of it.

In the footage.

Seeing that the seven-story pagoda in his hand had finally gained another level, Ye Cheng revealed a trace of satisfaction. He softly muttered, "If I absorb a few more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda should be able to transform and grow a ninth story!"

I get it! No wonder he said it was not enough. He wanted to use high-quality Soul Rings to promote his Martial Soul Evolution!

That's right. As everyone knows, if a Soul Master can absorb Soul Rings that are extremely compatible with their Martial Soul's traits, or simply Soul Rings with exceptionally high cultivation, there is a certain chance that their Martial Soul will evolve.

And Ye Cheng possesses Twin Martial Souls. So, he first cultivated one Martial Soul to the level of a nine-ring Titled Douluo. Then, when attaching Soul Rings to his other Martial Soul, he could begin with Soul Rings of extremely high cultivation, thereby promoting Martial Soul Evolution!

Without Twin Martial Souls, trying to evolve the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda by absorbing high-quality Soul Rings would be absolutely impossible.

Next.

Ye Cheng in the footage pressed on.

He continuously searched the vast, boundless ocean for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, killing them and taking their Soul Rings!

The vast ocean hid countless high-cultivation Soul Beasts. There were Giant Octopuses a hundred zhang long, Giant Coral Colonies spreading across several kilometers of sea, Giant Sea Clams hidden in the depths of the seabed, black-and-white Venomous Sea Snakes, brightly colored Giant Starfish... Ye Cheng killed them all one by one.

Finally, when he reached the Eighth Ring.

The eight-story glazed pagoda finally slowly grew a Ninth Floor. In an instant, dazzling treasure light spread across dozens of miles of surrounding sea!

The phantom of an enormous Nine-Story Pagoda illuminated heaven and earth!

Unfortunately, this was an unfamiliar stretch of sea with scarcely any human presence, so no one else witnessed this earth-shattering scene. But now, the Live Stream Room had recorded it and broadcast it far and wide.

"Finally... the Ninth Floor."

Ye Cheng looked at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda in his hand with a wistful expression and sighed, "Twenty years of hard work..."

After reflecting for a while, he put away his Martial Soul and looked into the distance.

"Although my Martial Soul has evolved into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, there is still one final Soul Ring slot left. Since this ocean does not lack high-cultivation Soul Beasts, I may as well find one more, kill it, and absorb it as well."

Next, he searched for quite some time.

After spending a long while, Ye Cheng finally found an enormous sea turtle. Its massive shell resembled an undersea reef mountain, with its head, tail, and four limbs withdrawn into the shell and hidden away. It was almost impossible to tell that it was a Soul Beast.

But unfortunately, Ye Cheng still saw through its disguise and sent it to its death with a single sword strike!

After that, he began absorbing its Soul Ring.

However, this time, the process did not go smoothly.

Ye Cheng sat cross-legged on the sea's surface. A Nine-Story Pagoda shining with nine-colored light floated around him, already bearing eight blood-red Soul Rings. He needed only one more to achieve nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Yet it was precisely this final Soul Ring that was incomparably difficult to absorb. The contrast with how easily he had absorbed the previous eight Soul Rings was stark.

What was wrong with him?

Why did absorbing this last Soul Ring seem so difficult?

Could this final Soul Ring have too high a cultivation level?

I think the two Martial Souls may be clashing.

After all, with Twin Martial Souls, one pagoda and one sword, the conflict would only grow more severe the further he progressed...

I remember another recorded case of Twin Martial Souls. That person seemed to have self-destructed and died while absorbing a Soul Ring!

Wait... Could Ye Cheng also follow in those footsteps?

Probably not. Ye Cheng was a Titled Douluo after all. Even if no one knew what level Titled Douluo he was, he would not die so easily from a conflict!

As Ning Fengzhi watched Ye Cheng struggle to absorb the final Soul Ring in the footage, his heart could not help rising to his throat. After all, this was the only Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda in the world. If Ye Cheng died from self-destruction, the loss to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be incalculable!

Fortunately, as the protagonist of the video, how could Ye Cheng possibly self-destruct and die?

In the video, after three cycles of sun and moon.

Ye Cheng finally suppressed the conflict between his Twin Martial Souls and slowly absorbed the final Soul Ring!

The ninth Soul Ring appeared on the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda as well!

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the nine-story pagoda in his left hand, wrapped in nine blood-red halos. After sensing his condition, a smile could not help appearing at the corner of his mouth. He muttered, "I've finally reached it... level ninety-nine! Limit Douluo!"

"Twenty years... It is time to return to the continent and settle these grudges!"

His gaze turned toward the distance, toward Douluo Continent! Cold light flickered in his eyes!

The scene shifted.

A city appeared.

It could vaguely be seen that this place was where White Cloud City had originally stood. However, this city had been newly built, and the plaque above its gates had changed as well, from White Cloud City to Tyrant Dragon City.

On a distant hilltop.

A figure in white gazed at the new city built atop the ruins, seemingly lost in memories. Then he sighed, "Things have changed, and people are gone!"

As soon as the words fell, he turned around.

He flicked his sleeve!

In an instant, countless streams of rainbow light shot out from his sleeve and filled the sky, as though the entire heavens had been flooded with blazing white sword light!

Like rivers converging, they shot straight toward the City Lord Manor!

When the sword light faded.

The once-luxurious City Lord Manor had already become a field of ruins!

The footage ended abruptly here!

The video was over.

And those who watched it had all reacted differently.

At this moment, Tyrant Dragon City—the city built upon the ruins of the former White Cloud City in the video's final scene—had already fallen into chaos.

Countless people packed their belongings and fled the city as though escaping for their lives.

The final scene of the video had simply been too terrifying.

That Ye Cheng truly did not delay his revenge. The moment he returned to the continent, he immediately attacked his enemies.

Those descending beams of sword light were simply too frightening.

Who knew whether Ye Cheng would slaughter the innocent along with the guilty and casually destroy the entire city while taking revenge?

After all, in this world, powerful people causing collateral damage when they fought was nothing new.

A wise man did not stand beneath a crumbling wall. They had better flee for their lives.

The vast majority of those fleeing were innocent people, not Ye Cheng's enemies. Thus, after learning that the Wang Family of Tyrant Dragon City had offended such a powerful enemy, they naturally fled as far away as possible to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

Although they did not know when Ye Cheng would return, since they knew this city would face a crisis in the future, they did not want to remain there for another moment. After all, a heaven-reaching beam of sword light might descend the very next second.

They truly did not dare gamble. They had better flee for their lives!