[If I defeat Yu Yuanzhen's son fair and square right in front of him!]
[Either he will be magnanimous enough to accept a genius like me, or he will be petty and overprotective of his son.]
[If it's the latter, then this lousy clan isn't worth joining!]
[The strong only admire the strong!]
[He'll see my talent, bring me into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and focus on nurturing me!]
[This is the only way out for collateral branches with different surnames like us!]
No matter how he thought about it, he felt that displaying his strength was what mattered most.
Only a hard fist was the greatest truth.
Thunder Academy's gates.
When Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Thunder Academy with Yu Xiaotian and Yu Luomian,
Yu Yuanzhen did not deliberately release his Soul Power.
Yet that terrifying aura, like dark clouds pressing down from above and thunder poised to strike, made everyone present slow their breathing by half a beat.
Headmaster Lei Tian's face instantly crumpled into a smile as he hurried forward in a jog.
"Sect Master Yu! Ah, Sect Master Yu, your esteemed presence has brought glory to Thunder Academy!"
They received a grand welcome from the lead teacher and Headmaster Lei Tian.
Headmaster Lei Tian was an eighty-second-level Soul Douluo.
Yet after witnessing Yu Yuanzhen's abyssal, prison-like majesty and the pressure of his Soul Power,
he became even more respectful.
The longing in his eyes grew stronger as well.
In his eyes, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon truly deserved its place among the Upper Three Sects, possessing a clan leader who was a super Douluo.
If he wished to break through to become a Titled Douluo in the future, he would still have to seek this man's guidance and experience.
Seeing this, Yu Xiaotian could not help feeling that things were unfolding differently from what he had imagined.
After hearing Yu Luomian speak that way before, he had thought they would encounter some sort of deliberate difficulty upon arriving.
Yet unexpectedly, from the headmaster to the lead teacher, everyone was utterly respectful.
The journey had gone absurdly smoothly.
Looking at the smiling faces of everyone from Thunder Academy, Yu Xiaotian even felt a little regretful.
No one was provoking him. Didn't that mean he could not test the move he had comprehended?
White World.
Thunder Academy.
Lei Tian, the former headmaster who had already retired to live out his old age.
At this moment, he was lying in a rocking chair.
Watching his own servile appearance on the Sky Screen.
His old face could not help turning red, and he coughed twice.
"Cough, cough... Why does this Sky Screen show everything?"
After all, he had wanted to improve himself too badly back then.
Looking at it now, that appearance of his really was rather undignified.
"But..."
Lei Tian looked at himself in the Sky Screen.
His gaze became righteously resolute once more.
"What was wrong with that?"
"As a once-proud prodigy who had joined Thunder Academy,"
"after years of wandering and running into countless walls, I finally understood that it was better to lean against a great tree for shade."
"But it was never too late to mend the fold after the sheep had escaped."
Thinking of this, old Lei Tian sighed again and gave Yu Xiaotian in the Sky Screen a somewhat resentful look.
"It was just that I never expected..."
"Although I was already level eighty-two back then and only a few steps away from becoming a Titled Douluo, those few steps took me twenty years to cross."
"Now Lord Yu Xiaotian is already a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo, his might shaking the world."
"While I am still condensing my Soul Core, barely stepping over the threshold of a Titled Douluo."
"Comparing people really can make one furious."
But he soon smiled again.
His eyes were filled with gratitude.
"Still, this was all thanks to Lord Yu Xiaotian."
"The method I used to condense my Soul Core was specially tailored for me by Lord Yu Xiaotian later on."
"If my overly eager attitude back then had not formed such a good connection, how could I be where I am today?"
The Academic Affairs Office.
Lei Bufan, who had become the Director of Academic Affairs and grown mature and steady.
Could not help flushing bright red when he saw this scene, wishing he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
In his eyes, this was simply a public execution.
And one broadcast live across the entire continent at that.
"This is way too embarrassing..."
"The academy had already discussed what attitude we should take toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."
"Yet I still had such childish thoughts. It was simply outrageous."
"Defeating the clan leader's son was the best way... Even now, I want to slap my past self to death when I think about it."
But back then, he had simply been too young and hot-blooded.
His head had been full of personal heroism.
All the grand principles his elders told him went in one ear and out the other.
He had thought they were signs of weakness.
"Until that day..."
Lei Bufan's gaze turned somewhat distant.
"Only then did I truly understand what it meant that there was always someone greater, and what a real genius and prodigy looked like."
"Only from that day onward did I slowly transform and learn reverence."
Beside him, his son Lei Dong.
Was watching his old man act all high and mighty while muttering to himself.
He struggled to hold back his laughter, though the muscles at the corners of his eyes were twitching.
"Old man, weren't you badass back then?"
Lei Dong gave him a thumbs-up.
"You actually dared to try and put Lord Yu Xiaotian in his place? You've got real nerve."
"Smack!"
Lei Bufan flew into a rage out of embarrassment and knocked Lei Dong on the head.
"Aren't you the same? Every day, you think you're number one under heaven, proud as can be."
"Now you understand, right? Being too proud means turning out like your old man back then—a complete joke!"
"You need to take it as a warning!"
Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Seeing how things had been back then, Yu Yuanzhen could not help stroking his beard, a hint of pride flashing through his eyes.
"It was fortunate that I made the right decision."
"Taking Yu Xiaotian out to build momentum. That was how prestige was established—not merely through displaying strength, but also through declaring one's attitude."
He turned to Yu Xiaotian beside him and said with a smile,
"To be honest, I had wanted to find some thorn in the side to challenge Xiaotian, so you could show off a little. But I never expected there would really be such a reckless fool."
"Since I personally led the group down there, Lei Tian was so frightened his legs went weak."
"In his eyes, no one should have had the courage to step forward and challenge us. Who would have thought that Lei Bufan really had such nerve?"
At this point, Yu Yuanzhen seemed to recall something and asked curiously,
"No wonder you were so confident and slept the whole way."
"So you had secretly developed a move like that behind my back?"
Yu Xiaotian was watching the Sky Screen with Bibi Dong in his arms.
Hearing his father's question, he grinned, revealing his white teeth.
"Wasn't I trying to give you a surprise?"
Bibi Dong beside him was also extremely puzzled. Her beautiful eyes shifted as she looked curiously at her lover.
"What kind of move gave you such confidence that, at eight years old with only level eighteen Soul Power, you dared to confront a Soul Elder in the thirties head-on?"
After all, she had been in Spirit Hall at the time and had not taken part in it. That had belonged to Yu Xiaotian's past glory.
Now that she could see her lover's childhood experiences through the Sky Screen.
She could not help finding it fascinating, her curiosity as full as that of a little girl.
Yu Xiaotian mysteriously blinked.
He raised one finger and waved it.
"Classified."
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