Exposing Tang Hao's True Face, the Chat Group Explodes!

[Little Witch: Th-This... who knows? Does a genius's age even matter?]

[Fox is Most Pure: Don't they all go out to gain experience in their teens or twenties, then encounter true love?]

Lu Ming chuckled softly, his fingers tapping unhurriedly across the screen.

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Tang Hao was thirty-five when he met Ah Yin.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): The year Ah Yin sacrificed herself and Tang Hao became a Titled Douluo, he was forty-four.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): An eighty-plus-level Soul Douluo paraded around the continent with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for nine years before Spirit Hall "discovered" them.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Even more coincidentally, when they were discovered, Tang Hao's Soul Power was stuck right at level eighty-nine. He was about to need his ninth Soul Ring to break through the bottleneck of becoming a Titled Douluo.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Then, they found themselves in a situation where death was inevitable.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Don't you think all of this is far too much of a coincidence?]

The girls, who had just been immersed in the love story, instantly sobered up.

Yes...

It was too coincidental.

So coincidental that it seemed like a script written in advance.

[Little Witch: Th-This really does seem a little too coincidental...]

Ning Rongrong stared blankly at the screen, completely unaware that the Papaya Milk in her hand had spilled all over the floor.

Born into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, she had been influenced from a young age and was far more sensitive to the calculations of the human heart than ordinary people.

Earlier, she had been swept up by the tragic atmosphere of the story. Now that the Group Leader had pointed it out, countless doubts flooded her mind at once.

Spirit City, Pontiff's Palace.

Bibi Dong slowly straightened from her previously languid posture on the throne.

Thoughtful light flickered in her golden eyes as her slender fingers unconsciously brushed over the armrest.

A coincidence?

Although she had been imprisoned in the Secret Chamber back then, she had learned everything afterward.

With Lu Ming's reminder, she too sensed that something was wrong.

[Pontiff: It does seem... rather coincidental.]

[Pontiff: The timing of Ah Yin's sacrifice back then was indeed far too perfect.]

[Pontiff: And what confuses me most is this: how could a Titled Douluo who had just broken through possibly fight three opponents alone and severely injure Qian Daoliu, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo?]

[Pontiff: Qian Xun Ji was a level ninety-seven Peak Douluo at the time, while Chrysanthemum and Ghost were both veteran level ninety-five Titled Douluo. Such a record simply defies reason!]

Bibi Dong's words carried far more weight than Lu Ming's questioning.

She was the Pontiff of Spirit Hall and one of those involved. Her words practically confirmed that there was another hidden truth behind this matter!

[My Cat is White and Big: Could it be... Tang Hao had planned everything from the very beginning, including the Soul Ring and Spirit Bone he gained after the sacrifice, as well as the massive surge in his combat strength afterward?]

Zhu Zhuqing's guess froze the entire Chat Group.

[I Have No Mother: Hiss...!]

In the East Palace of Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue sucked in a sharp breath. A chill rushed from the soles of her feet straight to the top of her head.

If all of this were true, then just how deeply calculating and terrifying was that man?

[Gentle Fire Dragon: Damn! Could this actually be true? Group Leader, explain it properly! What exactly happened?]

At Blue Tyrant Academy, Liu Erlong slammed her palm onto the desk in the dean's office, her face filled with shock and fury.

What she hated most were scumbags who deceived people in love!

[Poison Fairy: If this is true, then Tang Hao's heart is far too vicious—tens of thousands of times more poisonous than snake venom!]

Heaven Dou City, Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Inside an elegantly decorated Girls' Dormitory, a faint fragrance mingled with the subtle scent of medicinal herbs.

Dugu Yan lay on her side atop a soft, large bed. She wore only a dark green silk nightgown that outlined her curvaceous, fiery figure.

Her long, straight jade-like legs were crossed without any covering. Her skin was dazzlingly pale beneath the lamplight, like the finest porcelain, radiating an alluring sheen.

Her friend, Ye Lingling, the number one genius of Heaven Dou Royal Academy's healing department, sat by the bed with both hands hovering over Dugu Yan's back.

Her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul emitted a gentle white glow that slowly flowed into Dugu Yan's body, easing the Green Scale Snake Poison she had inherited from her Grandfather.

"Hiss—"

When Dugu Yan saw Bibi Dong and Zhu Zhuqing's analysis in the group, she could no longer hold back. She sharply inhaled and sprang straight up from the bed.

The movement was so violent that the smooth strap of her nightgown instantly slipped from her shoulder, exposing a large stretch of snowy skin and her exquisite collarbone to the air. Even the deep curve at her chest was faintly visible.

Yet she had no mind to care about any of that right now.

Her thoughts were completely occupied by that world-shattering conclusion.

Clear Sky Douluo!

The man hailed as the greatest genius the number one sect had seen in a century, the man who had furiously stood against all of Spirit Hall for his Lover—was he actually a schemer through and through?

"Yanyan, don't move around!"

Ye Lingling was startled by her. Even the healing light became somewhat unstable as she said helplessly, "I'm treating you. It wasn't easy to suppress the poison even a little."

The Jade Mirror floating before Dugu Yan had been bound to her, so no one except her could see it.

Therefore, Ye Lingling had no idea what could make her fearless friend react with such alarm.

Within the Chat Group.

The Blue Silver Grass in the cave shook violently, as though struggling in a gale.

[My Son is Not a Bastard: Impossible! That's absolutely impossible! This is only your speculation! Tang Hao isn't that kind of person!]

Ah Yin's consciousness roared.

She could not accept that the love she had given everything to protect, the sacrifice she had been so proud of, was seen by others as nothing more than a carefully planned deception!

Seeing Ah Yin's fierce rebuttal, the smile on Lu Ming's face deepened.

That was exactly what he wanted. The greater the emotional fluctuations, the more generous the system's rewards would be.

He decided to add more fuel to the fire.

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Speculation? Heh. It seems you know nothing about Beast Transformation.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Before transformed Soul Beasts reach level 60 in Soul Power, they are still in the "Infancy Period." During this stage, although they look no different from humans, their aura and certain subtle traits cannot be hidden at all from truly powerful people.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): Only after their Soul Power breaks through level 60 and they enter the "Transition Period" will a Soul Beast's aura completely assimilate with that of a human, making it impossible to distinguish them anymore.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): When Tang Hao met Ah Yin, Ah Yin's Soul Power hadn't reached level 60 yet.]

[Emperor Lu (Group Leader): In other words, from the very first day they met, Tang Hao knew perfectly well that the innocent, lively girl before him was a walking Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.]