A Shocking Conspiracy Revealed, Inspiration

Just as Zhuang Xingyu was about to slash Tang San's throat, he discovered that he could not cut through it. He channeled the Chaos Bead into his eyes. (A damaged version of a Chaos Supreme Treasure, with less than one trillionth of its peak power. Otherwise, the Douluo world would have been burst apart long ago.)

He saw a black-golden cloud of fortune above Tang San's head, shrouding his body. It was this cloud of fortune that prevented Zhuang Xingyu from cutting Tang San's throat. However, as long as Tang San's life was not in danger, the cloud would not act. (Rest assured, Tang San would be brutally tormented no matter what. This was absolutely a satisfying power fantasy. By the middle stages, once Zhuang Xingyu's cultivation had risen, he would no longer need to fear this Pseudo Fortune.)

Tang San was provoked as well. He glared fixedly at Zhuang Xingyu and muttered, "You have invited death. You have invited death..."

Zhuang Xingyu stepped forward and gave him several hard slaps, knocking Tang San unconscious. Then he circulated the Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao and kicked Tang San in the Dantian.

A crack immediately opened in his Dantian, and the inner force of the Mysterious Heaven Skill sprayed out in bursts. The Mysterious Heaven Skill Tang San had painstakingly cultivated for years was crippled.

Even if he recuperated for another year, he would at most awaken innate eighth-rank Soul Power.

Zhuang Xingyu was puzzled. According to the inheritance he had received from the Chaos Bead, a normal protagonist's cloud of fortune should be seven-colored, like his own, and like those of the esteemed readers.

Soul, body, and cloud of fortune perfectly merged into a complete whole. Brimming with vitality, they flowed endlessly like atmospheric currents and could sustain their own cycle. They were pleasing to behold and could bring blessings to one's family and friends.

Yet Tang San's cloud of fortune was black and gold, fragmented into pieces, as though four or five strands of fortune had been forcibly kneaded together. It was lifeless, and every bit used was one bit less. More importantly, it was covered in black chains—Karmic Bonds! Any living being who grew close to Tang San would have their fortune stolen and suffer countless hardships.

Most crucially, Tang San's soul, body, and cloud of fortune repelled one another intensely! They did not belong to one person, but to seven or eight people! It was a complete hodgepodge!

Only Zhuang Xingyu, who possessed the Chaos Bead, could see all this. Other living beings, even God Kings, could only roughly sense how much fortune a person possessed. They could not discover the true state of a cloud of fortune or the Karmic Bonds upon it. They could not see the currents within the cloud of fortune, nor could they observe the direction of its future development.

Clearly, Tang San was different from Zhuang Xingyu!

Zhuang Xingyu had uncovered the Mystery of the Womb and awakened the memories of his previous life. Whether in his previous life or this one, he had always been Zhuang Xingyu alone.

Tang San, however, had taken over another's body. He had devoured the original child's soul and seized the original child's body. This could be seen from the original work:

First, with four Titled Douluo-level fighters battling, how could Tang San, a newborn child, possibly withstand it? The aftershocks of the battle alone could have easily killed him.

Second, Tang Hao's attitude. Originally, Tang Hao did not care whether Tang San lived or died. The original work claimed Tang Hao felt guilty, but if he truly felt guilty, shouldn't he have treated Tang San better to make up for it? After all, was Ah Yin's death not for Tang Hao and their son?

Clearly, Tang Hao had most likely discovered that Tang San had originally stopped breathing, that every cell in his body had lost vitality, only for him to suddenly come back to life after a long while. It did not resemble suspended animation in the slightest. Moreover, he had not acted like a child since he was young. Only after Tang San awakened Twin Martial Souls did Tang Hao believe he could use him for revenge, and only then did he acknowledge Tang San as his son.

Then there were Tang San's memories. Unlike normal children, whose memories of infancy were fragmented, Tang San directly remembered being squeezed out during birth. He then knew about the great battle, yet knew absolutely nothing about what came before or after it. That was clearly not normal for a child. The only explanation was that the child had already died at that time, Tang San took over his body then, and later continued devouring his memories.

Finally, there was the bloodline. Tang San's descendants did not need to awaken the Blue Silver Bloodline; they were born with it. Yet Tang San needed to awaken the Blue Silver Bloodline, and could not do so on his own, requiring the assistance of external objects. Furthermore, Tang San's awakening process did not resemble an awakening at all. It resembled plunder, as though he had possessed none of it before, then gained it only after seizing the bloodlines of the Blue Silver King and other Blue Silver Grass.

Therefore, it could be concluded that Tang San had not been brought here by the Asura God. There was someone else behind it.

Tang San's body involved matters of fortune and causality. Although it was only superficial, and his use and understanding of such matters were far inferior to Zhuang Xingyu's, anything involving causality was never simple.

The Asura God did not possess such great ability, nor was there any need for him to take such a risk. Only someone at the Dragon God's level might be able to touch upon the surface of causality.

This discovery gave Zhuang Xingyu tremendous inspiration. It made him understand that the novel "Douluo Continent" on Blue Star was merely a novel.

But he was now in the real Douluo world. As the little butterfly wings of his transmigration fluttered, the future had already changed. He could not completely trust the original storyline. Moreover, the novel had only been written with Tang San as its main thread, and many other matters had never been mentioned.

Zhuang Xingyu murmured, "This world of Douluo seems far less simple than I imagined!"

So who had orchestrated Tang San's body-snatching? One person, or a group? Were there other accomplices in the current Douluo world? The Sea God? The Rakshasa God? Or some other living being?

One thing, however, was certain: the other party's strength was probably comparable to the Dragon God's, stronger than the five God Kings.

But they could not be too powerful. They could not contend with the entire God Realm, or they would not have sent Tang San as a chess piece. They would have simply charged in and slaughtered their way through.

Forget it. These were matters beyond Zhuang Xingyu's control for now. What he needed to do was rapidly increase his cultivation. When the time came, no matter how many schemes the enemy had, he would break them all with a single punch!

Then Zhuang Xingyu's lips curled upward in a faint smile. This was more challenging, wasn't it?

Though he had considered so much, only a dozen or so breaths had passed!!!

Zhuang Xingyu looked at Tang San's body, then stepped forward and slapped him several more times. He did not continue attacking, mainly for four reasons:

First, judging from the situation just now, there was a mysterious force behind Tang San that had not been mentioned in the novel. If he activated the Chaos Bead, he could kill Tang San, but the Chaos Bead was damaged and could only be used a few times. It would be too wasteful to use it on Tang San;

Second, it could easily draw the attention of the person behind Tang San. Zhuang Xingyu himself feared nothing—at worst, he could hide inside the Chaos Bead—but his parents and relatives would be threatened;

Third, one of his current advantages was knowing the storyline, which allowed him to seize the initiative. Excessively destroying the storyline would instead be disadvantageous;

Fourth, with the Chaos Bead and the Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao, as long as he cultivated faithfully, he would surely ascend to the pinnacle of all heavens and worlds! There was no need to take risks while he was still weak.

Looking at Tang San, Zhuang Xingyu felt very calm, because Tang San, the Clear Sky Sect, and its affiliates were destined to be destroyed.

Zhuang Xingyu was determined to eliminate Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect in order to avenge his grandfather.

It was not because Tang San was hypocritical or because he condemned others from the moral high ground. Zhuang Xingyu himself was no saint. He only wanted to protect his family and friends, then benefit the continent as much as he could within his abilities.

Tang San might have been hypocritical, but every man for himself, or heaven and earth would destroy him. In Douluo Continent, where no rules imposed any restraints, people like Tang San were everywhere.

Zhuang Xingyu had no right to condemn Tang San, nor could he be bothered to do so. He did not truly think Tang San had done anything wrong. Many people called Tang San hypocritical, but was Zhuang Xingyu himself not hypocritical as well? From their own perspectives, neither side was wrong. If anyone was to blame, it was the Douluo universe!

In this fantasy world of Douluo, what right or wrong was there? Everyone was simply plundering one another.

But! Tang Hao and Tang Xiao had murdered Zhuang Xingyu's grandfather, Zhuang Ziliang, in order to forcibly seize his Spirit Bone. Although Zhuang Ziliang was not truly a good man either and had killed quite a few people himself.

Still, Tang Hao killing Zhuang Ziliang was a fact. As his grandson, Zhuang Xingyu naturally had to avenge his grandfather!!!

He took out the Chaos Bead, injected Spiritual Power into it, and activated its return function.

The Chaos Bead instantly released dazzling purple light, enveloping Zhuang Xingyu as it rapidly tore through space and shot into the distance. Other than Zhuang Xingyu, no second living being could see any of it.

This was because it was the Chaos Bead's self-protection function, automatically shielding it from outside detection. Even an existence at the level of the Primordial Heavenly Dao would not notice anything unusual, much less this fantasy-world sewer known as the Douluo world.

From the beginning of the operation to the successful completion of the plan, the entire process had taken only an hour and a half.

Tang San would not die in the early stages of the novel, and Zhuang Xingyu wanted to deal with him as soon as possible. But he could not. First, Tang San should be tormented; letting him die directly would be too much of a loss. Second, this was a Douluo fanfiction. If Tang San, the original protagonist, died too early, it would no longer be Douluo fanfiction, and there would be no point to it.

Of course, Zhuang Xingyu would not disgust readers by deliberately capturing Tang San only to deliberately let him go.