Blue Silver Emperor and Tang Hao

Swish, swish, swish~~~

The Frost Swords Mu Ge displayed before Qian Renxue this time were no longer just a single sword aura. Instead, more than a dozen Frost Swords condensed at once.

"See that? Once I've completely mastered what was originally a single-target attack spirit skill, I can condense as many as I want and turn it into an area-of-effect attack spirit skill!"

As he used the First Spirit Skill in his Frostmourne state, Mu Ge explained it to Qian Renxue.

And that was not all.

Next, Mu Ge displayed his First Spirit Skill once more before Qian Renxue.

This time, Mu Ge condensed what had originally been a frontal attack behind the enemy, using it for a sneak attack.

When wielded by Mu Ge, Frost Swords could attack not only from the front, but from every direction.

From the sky, from underground, from all kinds of tricky angles.

"See? That's what it means to use a spirit skill however you wish!"

Mu Ge concluded.

"So... so amazing..."

As Qian Renxue watched Mu Ge use his First Spirit Skill, her beautiful eyes flickered again and again. She was completely astonished by his use of spirit skills.

So this was what it meant to use spirit skills freely and at will!

"But... how do you do that?"

Qian Renxue understood what she had seen and truly grasped what it meant to completely master a spirit skill.

But understanding it was one thing; she had no idea how to achieve such an effect.

"Once you know the result you want, you just have to keep trying. It's very simple!"

Mu Ge smiled slightly as he looked at Qian Renxue, who had been stunned by his display.

It really was simple—but only for Mu Ge. Since he could simulate lives, after a few life simulations with a spirit skill, he could master it completely.

For others to achieve this, they needed extraordinary talent, as well as constant practice and experimentation.

"That's right!"

Unaware of the truth, Qian Renxue found Mu Ge's words extremely reasonable and immediately became excited.

Then Qian Renxue remembered that she was supposed to be testing Mu Ge. How could she act as though she knew nothing? She quickly composed herself, nodded at Mu Ge, and said, "Not bad. That was a very good answer!"

"You pass this time, but don't get complacent. I'll continue testing you on other things in the future!"

"Study hard. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me too!"

Qian Renxue lectured Mu Ge like a little adult, then hurriedly found an excuse to leave.

"What a little girl."

Watching Qian Renxue's departing figure, Mu Ge shook his head and laughed.

Still, compared to the Qian Renxue who only knew how to study with strict discipline, Mu Ge found this mischievous Qian Renxue much cuter.

"To completely master Divine Slaughter's Domain, it'll take at least half a year!"

Ignoring the departing Qian Renxue, Mu Ge carefully sensed his Divine Slaughter's Domain and came to a conclusion.

It would only take half a year to completely master Divine Slaughter's Domain—twice as fast as Original Tang San.

Mu Ge was very satisfied with that and saw no reason to rush.

After all, he could also take the opportunity to learn more about martial souls. That had been one of his purposes in joining Spirit Hall in the first place.

Mu Ge had also tried using life simulations to master Divine Slaughter's Domain faster, but it was useless. Divine Slaughter's Domain was not Mu Ge's own power; it had been inherited from the Asura God and was an external power.

Therefore, Mu Ge had to slowly adapt to it and bring it under control.

The experiences from life simulations only allowed him to gain the memories from those simulations and all the knowledge within them. There was nothing else.

For example, in every life simulation Mu Ge underwent, his Soul Power Level could not possibly remain unchanged. Yet once the simulation ended, the soul power from the simulated life would not be inherited by the real Mu Ge.

"Tang San should be born soon too, within the next year or two!"

"Because Blue Silver Emperor is already with Tang Hao at this point!"

Thinking about how much less time he needed than Tang San, Mu Ge realized that Tang San would be born soon.

Over the past few days, Mu Ge had used his status to obtain some intelligence, so he knew that Tang Hao was already together with Blue Silver Emperor.

It was just that Blue Silver Emperor's identity as a soul beast had not yet been discovered!

At this time, Blue Silver Emperor had long since reached Level 60 and become a true human. Even a Titled Douluo could not see through her identity!

"In the original work, Qian Xunji must have discovered Blue Silver Emperor around the time Tang San was born. Pregnancy and childbirth may have briefly exposed Blue Silver Emperor's soul beast aura again, which was why she was discovered!"

As for how Blue Silver Emperor's identity had been exposed in the original work before she was hunted down—a detail never mentioned there—Mu Ge thought of Kushina Uzumaki from Naruto and arrived at this guess.

"But knowing this is useless. Blue Silver Emperor is already with Tang Hao. It'll be very difficult for me to steal her away from Tang Hao now!"

"And for the next half year, I need to patiently study in peace so I can master Divine Slaughter's Domain faster!"

"Before I master Divine Slaughter's Domain... no, even after mastering it, I still won't be Tang Hao's match. Blue Silver Emperor is beyond my reach!"

Mu Ge knew his own strength well enough. So, after learning that the Blue Silver Emperor was already with Tang Hao, he gave up on trying to take the Blue Silver Emperor from him.

After making that difficult decision, Mu Ge considered warning Tang Hao and the Blue Silver Emperor in advance, telling them to be more careful and not get discovered again.

That way, after Tang San was born, he would not become an enemy of Spirit Hall!

But after thinking it over, he decided against it. Spirit Hall wanted to unify the continent; whether or not Spirit Hall bore the grudge of killing Tang San's mother, Tang San would still become Spirit Hall's enemy.

"Besides, for Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, the best course is still to prevent Tang San from being born—or to strangle him in the cradle soon after his birth!"

At that thought, red light flickered in Mu Ge's eyes, and his killing intent nearly ran wild.

Catching it in time, Mu Ge took a deep breath before suppressing it.

"I'm still being affected by Divine Slaughter's Domain. I've always lived by the principle of 'if no one offends me, I won't offend them.' I don't intend to be a good person, but I don't actively do bad things either!"

Having calmed down, Mu Ge silently warned himself.

Anything from before he awakened his memories, of course, did not count.

As for forcibly taking Bibi Dong in Slaughter City earlier, that was because she had wanted to kill him first!

So that did not count as Mu Ge actively doing something bad!

Mu Ge was a man of principles.

"I still need to completely master Divine Slaughter's Domain as soon as possible!"

Muttering to himself, Mu Ge cast aside those distracting thoughts and resumed his studies in earnest.