Yu Xiao Tian Upgrades, Tang San's Shock, Yu Xiao Gang Begins to Change?

["If I defeat Yu Yuanzhen's son right in front of him, fair and square!"]

["Either he has the grace to accept a genius like me, or he's petty and protective of his own."]

["If it's the latter, then screw this broken sect!"]

["The strong only admire the strong!"]

["He'll see my talent and recruit me into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for focused training!"]

["That's the only way forward for an outsider like me!"]

No matter how he thought about it, he felt that showing his strength was the only foundation.

Only a hard fist was the ultimate truth.

[Thunder Academy's Mountain Gate]

When Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Thunder Academy with Yu Xiaotian and Yu Luomian, Yu Yuanzhen didn't deliberately release his soul power.

But that terrifying aura, like dark clouds pressing down and thunderbolts crashing, made everyone present slow their breathing by half a beat.

Dean Lei Tian's face instantly wrinkled into a smile as he trotted over.

"Sect Master Yu! Ah, Sect Master Yu graces us with your presence—Thunder Academy is honored!"

They received a grand welcome from the lead teacher and Dean Lei Tian.

Dean Lei Tian was an 82nd-level Soul Douluo.

Yet, upon witnessing Yu Yuanzhen's abyssal, prison-like majesty and the pressure of his soul power, he became even more respectful.

At the same time, the longing in his eyes grew stronger.

In his view, as expected, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon truly deserved to be one of the Upper Three Sects, with a clan leader like this Super Douluo.

If he ever wanted to break through to Titled Douluo, seek guidance, and gain experience, he'd have to rely on this man.

Yu Xiaotian watched this scene and couldn't help feeling that things weren't unfolding as he'd imagined.

He'd heard Yu Luomian talk before and thought he'd face some kind of trouble.

But unexpectedly, from the dean to the lead teacher, everyone was utterly respectful.

The whole journey went so smoothly it was almost absurd.

Looking at the grinning Thunder Academy crowd, Yu Xiaotian even felt a bit disappointed.

No one provoked him—so he couldn't test out that move he'd figured out.

White World.

Thunder Academy.

The retired former dean, Lei Tian, was now lying in a rocking chair.

Watching his groveling self on the Sky Screen, he couldn't help but blush and coughed twice.

"Ahem... this Sky Screen, why does it show everything?"

After all, back then, he'd been too eager to advance.

That demeanor, looking back now, was indeed a bit embarrassing.

"But..."

Lei Tian looked at his past self on the Sky Screen, and his eyes grew defiant again.

"What's wrong with that?"

"As a former proud son of heaven who joined Thunder Academy with high ambitions,"

"I roamed for years, hit countless walls, and only then learned the truth: leaning on a big tree makes for good shade."

"But it's never too late to mend the fold after the sheep are lost."

Thinking this, old Lei Tian sighed again and cast a somewhat resentful glance at Yu Xiaotian on the Sky Screen.

"I just never imagined..."

"That me back then, at level 82, was only a few steps from Titled Douluo—but those steps took me twenty years."

"Now Lord Yu Xiaotian is a 99th-level Limit Douluo, shaking the world."

"And I'm still condensing my Soul Core, barely crossing the threshold of Titled Douluo."

"Truly, comparing people drives one to despair."

But then he broke into a smile again.

His eyes were filled with gratitude.

"Still, this is all thanks to Lord Yu Xiaotian."

"This method of condensing a Soul Core was tailor-made for me by Lord Yu Xiaotian later on."

"If it weren't for the good karma I built back then with my desperate drive to improve, where would I be today?"

In the faculty office.

Lei Bufan, now a mature and steady teaching director, having grown into his role, couldn't help but flush red at the sight, wishing he could crawl into a crack in the ground.

In his eyes, this was nothing short of public execution.

And broadcast live across the entire continent at that.

"This is so embarrassing..."

"After all, the academy had already decided on the attitude to take toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"And here I was, clinging to such childish ideas—it's practically insane."

"Beating the clan leader's son was the best way... Even now, thinking about it makes me want to slap that version of myself."

But back then, he was far too young and hotheaded.

His head was full of personal heroism.

He let the elders' grand lectures go in one ear and out the other.

Thinking it all a sign of weakness.

"Until that day..."

Lei Bufan's gaze grew distant:

"Only then did I truly understand what it means that there's always someone better, what a true genius and prodigy really is."

"From that day on, I slowly began to transform, learning to hold reverence."

Nearby, his son Lei Dong

was watching his old man's arrogant, muttering demeanor.

He barely held back his laughter, but the corners of his eyes twitched.

"Dad, you were seriously badass back then, huh?"

Lei Dong gave a thumbs-up:

"Daring to try and put Lord Yu Xiaotian in his place? You've got guts."

"Smack!"

Lei Bufan, flustered and furious, rapped Lei Dong on the head.

"Aren't you the same? Always thinking you're the best in the world, so damn proud."

"Now you know, right? Excessive pride is exactly what your old man looked like back then—a total joke!"

"Take it as a lesson!"

At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Yu Yuanzhen watched the scene from back then, stroked his beard, and a hint of smugness flickered in his eyes.

"Glad I made the right call."

"Bringing Yu Xiaotian along to build momentum. Authority is established this way—not just a display of strength, but a statement of stance."

He turned to Yu Xiaotian beside him and said with a smile:

"To be honest, I was even thinking of finding some troublemaker to challenge Xiaotian, so you could show off a bit. But I never expected there'd actually be some reckless fool."

"After all, with me personally leading the group down there, that Lei Tian's legs were shaking from fear."

"In his eyes, no one should have had the guts to jump out and challenge us. Who'd have thought that Lei Bufan would have such nerve."

At this, Yu Yuanzhen seemed to recall something and asked curiously:

"No wonder you were so confident back then, sleeping the whole way."

"So you were secretly developing a move like that behind my back?"

Yu Xiaotian was holding Bibi Dong, watching the Sky Screen.

Hearing his father's question, he grinned, flashing his white teeth:

"Wasn't I trying to give you a surprise?"

Beside him, Bibi Dong couldn't help but look puzzled, her beautiful eyes flickering with curiosity as she gazed at her beloved:

"What kind of move was it? That made you so confident, at eight years old with eighteen levels of soul power, to take on a Soul Elder over thirty levels?"

After all, she was at Martial Soul Hall back then and hadn't been part of it—it was a glory from Yu Xiaotian's past.

Now, through the Sky Screen, she could see the childhood experiences of her former lover.

She couldn't help but find it fascinating, filled with curiosity like a little girl.

Yu Xiaotian winked mysteriously.

He stretched out a finger and wagged it:

"Secret."