Back to the Star Dou Great Forest Felt Like Going Home! Tang San Was Humiliated!

So humiliating!

This kind of school life, like that of a beggar, this bitterness of struggling at the very bottom—it had all been exposed!

Just then, the image on the right lit up, instantly throwing the "misery" on the left into the starkest contrast!

[Current World · Star Dou Great Forest · Core Area]

"Rumble—"

Before the image even appeared, the sound seized everyone's attention!

A massive floating Soul Tool Warship slowly hovered above the Star Dou Great Forest!

Flags filled the sky above the warship, and a huge character for "Clear Sky" fluttered in the wind!

As the enormous Soul Tool Warship slowly descended, the originally perilous core area of the Star Dou Great Forest was unexpectedly silent.

The hatch opened. There was no heavily armed soul-hunting squad, nor were there any cautious scouts leading the way.

The first to emerge was Ah Yin, dressed in a luxurious gown and carrying a gentle, graceful air. She held Tang Hao's arm, her face wearing the relaxed smile of someone returning to her family home.

Behind them, six-year-old Tang Shan stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm.

"Roar—!!!"

The instant the three of them landed, the ground shook violently!

The viewers from the Original World had their hearts in their throats, thinking some Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was about to attack.

Yet the next moment, a scene that made their eyes nearly pop out unfolded!

The legendary king of the forest—the Titan Giant Ape—actually crouched before the warship like an obedient gorilla, lowering its enormous head and letting out a flattering growl.

Coiled around its broad shoulders was the even more terrifying Sky Azure Bull Python!

"Er Ming, Da Ming, long time no see."

Ah Yin smiled and waved.

"Sister-in-law! Is this my little nephew? He looks so sturdy!"

The Sky Azure Bull Python spoke in human language, its huge bovine eyes full of affection.

[All Continental Viewers: ???]

This was insane!

Those were the overlords of the Star Dou Great Forest! Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts that even Titled Douluo would avoid!

And they were actually... making small talk with this family?!

[How the First Soul Ring Was Obtained]

Left image:

Master Yu Xiaogang farted—Luo San Pao—and was chased all over the place by a Mandala Snake. In the end, he barely escaped with his life only because Tang San risked everything.

When Tang San absorbed his soul ring, he had to endure agonizing pain, his entire body trembling.

Right image:

The Titan Giant Ape, Er Ming, stretched out a huge hand as though presenting treasure. In its palm was a soul beast that had been beaten to the brink of death, yet still had one final breath left in it.

It was a sub-dragon species wrapped in purple lightning—a Thousand-year Thunder Tyrant Dragon!

"Xiao Shan, this is the meeting gift your Second Uncle prepared for you. It has just reached a thousand years of cultivation, and its bloodline is pure. It's perfect for your Meteor Hammer!"

Tang Hao nodded approvingly from the side, taking out a priceless bottle of Meridian Protecting Golden Pills from his Soul Tool and handing it to Tang Shan.

"Shan'er, take this pill. Even if your First Soul Ring is at the Thousand-year level, there won't be any risk."

Tang Shan accepted the pill and swallowed it, then sat down cross-legged.

Under the personal protection of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast overlords and the Clear Sky Douluo, he began absorbing this First Soul Ring—a Purple Thousand-year Ring that shattered the iron laws of the Spirit Master World!

[Real World · Audience Seats]

"A First Soul Ring... at the thousand-year level?!"

Yu Xiaogang was no longer merely pale. He had completely collapsed.

His prized theory of the "423-year limit for the First Soul Ring" was shattered to pieces by the purple ring surrounding Tang Shan!

"Cheating! This is cheating!"

Yu Xiaogang screamed hysterically.

"How could anyone absorb a thousand-year soul ring as their First Soul Ring?! This is impossible!"

Yet no one paid any attention to his impotent rage.

Everyone was too stunned by the enormous gap in wealth and background to say a word.

Tang San looked at Tang Shan in the image, pampered by Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and protected by a Titled Douluo as he effortlessly absorbed a thousand-year soul ring. Then he looked at himself, rolling around in the mud and nearly dying from snake venom.

Jealousy gnawed at his heart like a venomous snake.

[Comparison of Academy Life]

The image shifted again, moving on to their academy days.

[Original World · Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy]

Tang San wore a patched-up school uniform and held a broom as he swept the academy grounds.

He was a Work-Study Student. The price of waived tuition was doing odd jobs.

In the cafeteria, he looked at the expensive stir-fried dishes on the second floor, touched his empty pocket, and could only take Xiao Wu to eat at the cheapest free counter while enduring the mockery of wealthy students.

The dormitory was a large communal bunk room crammed with more than a dozen people, filled with the mingled stench of sweat and feet.

[Current World · Heaven Dou Royal Academy]

The image shifted, revealing splendor and magnificence.

A luxurious carriage drawn by four Snow-White Unicorns slowly entered the gates of Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

At the academy entrance, the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire, "Xue Qinghe" — Qian Renxue in disguise — personally led the academy's higher-ups in a line to welcome him!

"Welcome, Young Sect Master of the Clear Sky Sect, to the academy."

Xue Qinghe smiled and personally stepped forward to open the carriage door for Tang Shan.

Tang Shan stepped down from the carriage, dressed in custom-made brocade robes, carrying himself with extraordinary poise.

He did not live in a dormitory. Instead, the academy had specially assigned him an entire Lake-Center Villa, complete with a personal chef, servants, and a Mimicry Cultivation Field.

Cafeteria?

It did not exist.

In the image, Tang Shan sat on the villa's terrace. Before him was a table laden with delicacies prepared from top-grade soul beast meat, while Xue Qinghe sat across from him. The two chatted and laughed, raising their cups in a toast.

[Narration: Original World Tang San swept floors, fed pigs, ate leftovers, and was mocked by his classmates as a country bumpkin.]

[Narration: Current World Tang Shan had the Crown Prince accompanying him, a private villa, luxurious clothing and food, and became the academy's chief student the moment he enrolled!]

[Critical Moment!]

At that moment, the Heavenly Screen seemed to think the contrast was not cruel enough and deliberately gave them a close-up.

Left image: To save money, Tang San was working at the Blacksmith Shop, drenched in sweat, all to earn a few Copper Soul Coins to buy carrots for Xiao Wu.

Right image: Tang Shan casually tossed a bag of Gold Soul Coins to a beggar by the roadside merely because the beggar said, "Young Sect Master is so handsome."

"Puh—!!!"

Tang San of the Real World could no longer endure it when he saw that bag of Gold Soul Coins.

That bag of coins was probably enough for him to forge iron at Nuoding Academy for the rest of his life!

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. His vision went black, and he nearly fainted.

"Unfair... Heavens, this is so unfair!!!"

Tang San's eyes were bloodshot, his nails digging deeply into his palms until blood dripped down.

Why?!

Why were they both Tang Hao's sons, both transmigrators, yet their differences so vast?!

Just as Tang San's mentality completely shattered, the Heavenly Screen changed once more. A line of bloody crimson words appeared, foretelling an even crueler comparison to come!

[Comparison Event Five!]

[The First Meeting and Fate of Their Beloved Women!]

[Original World: A Hundred-Thousand-Year Rogue Rabbit's Sacrifice Candidate VS Current World: A Childhood Sweetheart Who Was the Young Master of Spirit Hall!]