The Triumphant Yu Yuanzhen and the Downcast Yu Yuanzhen

"Hahahaha, good, excellent, Xiao Gang! You truly are my son, Yu Yuanzhen!"

Yu Yuanzhen's laughter echoed throughout the room. His flushed face proved just how excited he was.

How could he not be excited?

As a Titled Douluo, he stood at the pinnacle of the Douluo Continent.

At this stage, the strength of Yu Yuanzhen and the other Titled Douluo had basically reached its peak. What they cared about, then, was other things.

For example, their sects. Their families.

And, of course, their own reputation.

In the past, Yu Yuanzhen had been the only Titled Douluo of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the Upper Three Sects, and possessed the greatest Beast Martial Soul in the world—the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon.

Wherever he went, he was revered and respected by everyone.

But with the birth of Yu Xiaogang, everything began to change.

The gazes of those who had once revered and respected him now contained a hint of doubt.

The eyes of those who fawned over him also held some faint, imperceptible mockery.

Even within his own clan, Yu Yuanzhen could hear his clansmen discussing him.

Although Yu Yuanzhen was furious at their gazes, he could do nothing about them.

It was not as though he could simply kill everyone himself, right?

As for issuing strict prohibitions, that would never work. In fact, the more Yu Yuanzhen forbade people from discussing it, the more fiercely they discussed it.

Eventually, Yu Yuanzhen had even grown somewhat accustomed to all of this.

And after Yu Xiaogang's Martial Soul Awakening, those discussions and gazes became much more intense.

Why had Yu Yuanzhen applied for genius treatment for Yu Xiaogang?

Aside from Yu Xiaogang's own determination to become stronger, it was also because Yu Yuanzhen wanted him to grow up and slap those people in the face with the results.

And now, Yu Xiaogang had not even been cultivating for long before he produced something unprecedented on the Douluo Continent—something capable of increasing the number of years a Spirit Ring could have.

With such wisdom and ability, what face did you have left to mock my son?

To laugh at his talent?

If you have the ability, then do not use Whale Rubber to increase the number of years your Spirit Rings can have!

Thinking of this, Yu Yuanzhen looked toward the several elders present.

"Hahahaha, what do you say, Elders? We can give Xiao Gang suitable treatment now, right?"

"Based on this discovery alone, my son Yu Xiaogang deserves far more than genius treatment. It would not be excessive to let him enjoy the treatment of a Spirit Sage or even a Spirit Douluo!"

Yu Yuanzhen raised his head and looked at the elders with a smug expression.

This felt so good. It felt unbelievably good.

Look! This is my son, Yu Yuanzhen's son!

Even if his talent is lacking, he discovered something capable of changing the entire Douluo Continent.

With this alone, my son is worthy of being remembered by the entire Douluo Continent.

Do any of you have a son like this?

Hahahaha, no. Not a single one!

So what if your sons and grandsons are Spirit Emperors or Spirit Sages?

In the future history of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, their names will be nothing more than grains of sand, while my son's name will shine like a precious gem!

The Dark World, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Seeing Yu Yuanzhen's smug expression on the Heavenly Screen, the elders in the room felt as though they could not bear to look at him.

They turned their gazes toward Yu Yuanzhen, only to discover that he was staring blankly at the Heavenly Screen, as though his soul had left his body.

They were all Yu Yuanzhen, and if anyone could understand the feelings of the Yu Yuanzhen on the Heavenly Screen at this moment, it was undoubtedly him.

He had once endured endless ridicule from others because of his son, Yu Xiaogang.

Thus, he knew exactly what that felt like.

As a Titled Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen cared deeply about his reputation.

Unfortunately, because of Yu Xiaogang, he had lost every bit of face he had in this lifetime.

Back then, he had fantasized countless times. If only Yu Xiaogang could awaken a better Martial Soul and possess a higher Innate Soul Power during his Martial Soul Awakening, how wonderful would that be?

Or perhaps Yu Xiaogang could defy fate and become a powerful expert with half a rank of Innate Soul Power, slapping all those who had mocked him in the face.

At the very least, even if Yu Xiaogang could not achieve anything as a soul master, it would have been good if he had accomplished something in another field and proven himself.

But no. There was nothing.

Even the title of Grandmaster that Yu Xiaogang had gained throughout the outside world—others might not know the truth, but how could people from their great powers not know?

He had merely organized some basic knowledge known by everyone on the Douluo Continent and published it, yet it had become his masterpiece.

He had learned knowledge that the various powers did not wish to make public from the clan's collection and then published it, after which he became the Grandmaster.

His actions had not restored his reputation. Instead, they had made him lose even more face.

Therefore, when Yu Yuanzhen saw the Dragon God Douluo Yu Xiaogang on the Heavenly Screen discover Whale Rubber, something whose miraculous effects had never been known before, he was already overcome with bitterness.

Only by producing something like this could one truly earn a reputation that everyone would remember.

It was a result that could make everyone sincerely call him "Grandmaster"!

"Alas, why? Why couldn't my son be the Xiao Gang on the Heavenly Screen instead of becoming this so-called Grandmaster?"

Yu Yuanzhen muttered to himself, and his voice actually carried a hint of sobbing.

The elders beside him, whose senses were exceptionally sharp, naturally heard Yu Yuanzhen's unconscious muttering. They exchanged glances and kept their mouths shut.

At a time like this, it was better not to strike at Yu Yuanzhen's feelings.

At the same time, however, they also envied their counterparts on the Heavenly Screen.

Yes, why was that Dragon God Douluo not from their world?

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Yu Yuanzhen's smugness and smile fell into the eyes of the elders, making them furious, yet they had no way to refute him.

For a soul master's cultivation, obtaining Spirit Rings was of vital importance. It could be said that how well a soul master obtained their Spirit Rings determined their future.

Why was there sometimes a difference as vast as heaven and earth between soul masters with similar Martial Souls and the same rank?

It was because the age gap between their Spirit Rings was too great.

Therefore, when obtaining Spirit Rings, which soul master would not try to obtain them as close to their limits as possible?

At present, on the Douluo Continent, the highest recorded age for a first Spirit Ring was over four hundred years, while the highest for a Second Soul Ring was over seven hundred years.

Yet a single piece of Whale Rubber could directly push those limits far beyond the existing records.

Judging from the experimental records, the soul master called Wang Dachui did not have particularly good talent.

He had only obtained his first Spirit Ring at the age of sixteen or seventeen, so a Spirit Ring of two or three hundred years was basically his limit.

But after consuming Whale Rubber, he was actually able to obtain a Spirit Ring of around five hundred and fifty years—higher than the age of the first Spirit Ring of every Titled Douluo on the entire Douluo Continent at present.

Moreover, judging from the absorption process, this was not yet his limit.

Did that not mean that he could obtain a six-hundred-year Spirit Ring as his first Spirit Ring?

When it came to his Second Soul Ring, would he not be able to obtain a nine-hundred-year Spirit Ring directly?

A commoner soul master was already capable of this. What about the soul masters from their great clans?

A seven-hundred-year first Spirit Ring and a thousand-year Second Soul Ring?

Thinking of the possibility that the clan's future soul masters could directly obtain thousand-year Second Soul Rings, the elders felt as though they could hardly breathe.

If they could possess such a future, how glorious would the future of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan become?