Grandmaster: Don't worry, Xiao San. I'll definitely find you an even better Spirit Ring!

[First-stage comparison complete. At the same time tomorrow, the second-stage comparison video will play.]

Dark World, Shrek Academy.

The Heavenly Screen paused its broadcast, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.

After watching for so long, they truly needed time to digest the information from the Heavenly Screen.

As they did so, everyone recalled Yu Xiaogang from the Heavenly Screen completing the refinement of Whale Rubber.

They also remembered Grandmaster's earlier confident declaration.

Thus, in an instant, everyone's eyes turned toward Grandmaster.

"What a joke. Some people are incapable themselves, so they assume everyone else is incapable too."

"Are you dumbfounded now? Speaking of which, Grandmaster, you and that Dragon God Douluo in the Heavenly Screen are clearly alike. You both have Thunder Douluo as your father."

"Why did he know how to take advantage of his father's influence, while you ended up like this?"

"And, Grandmaster, you said earlier that if that Dragon God Douluo wasn't crippled by faulty supplementation, you'd write your name backward."

"So what should we call you now? Gang Xiaoyu?"

Ning Rongrong looked at Grandmaster with some amusement.

Ever since the Heavenly Screen appeared and showed that, despite having the same innate talent, the other man had become a Titled Douluo while Grandmaster could only remain stuck at Rank 29, she had stopped believing a single word Yu Xiaogang said.

Did someone like this even deserve to be called Grandmaster?

It was simply hilarious.

If the man before her could be called Grandmaster, then what should the Dragon God Douluo in the Heavenly Screen be called?

"Ning Rongrong, shut up! My teacher isn't someone you can judge!"

Tang San came before Ning Rongrong, icy light flashing in his eyes.

"Tch. To be honest, I've never understood this. No matter how you put it, Tang San, you're a genius."

"Why do you believe so completely in Yu Xiaogang, someone who can't even break through Rank 29?"

"He hasn't even broken through Rank 29. Where did he get the confidence to teach you?"

"Let's not even talk about the distant future. Does he know how powerful a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast is? Does he know how to cultivate after Rank 40?"

"He doesn't know any of that."

Ning Rongrong met Tang San's gaze without the slightest fear.

"Let me ask you this: If someone who doesn't even know these things confidently guides you, what happens if he makes a mistake?"

"You should know that cultivation after Rank 30 is entirely his own conjecture. He himself has never truly experienced any of it!"

Ning Rongrong's questions caused the killing intent in Tang San's heart to intensify.

How dare you ridicule my teacher like this. Ning Rongrong, you have already embarked on the Way of Seeking Death.

Of course, Tang San neither would nor dared to attack Ning Rongrong at this moment. After all, her identity was enough to make him wary.

He merely silently recorded today's grudge. In the future, he would definitely make Ning Rongrong—and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect behind her—pay the price.

As for his teacher's failure to reach Rank 30, and the matter of his own cultivation after Rank 30—

In Tang San's view, cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and possessing the Tang Sect's inheritance were the foundation on which he would establish himself on the Douluo Continent.

As for Martial Souls, it was enough to cultivate them casually.

After all, he possessed twin useless Martial Souls. He should never have achieved what he had today.

Without the Mysterious Heaven Skill, perhaps he would have ended up like his teacher, unable to break through Rank 29 for his entire life.

On that basis, having achieved so much at his current age, what more could he be dissatisfied with?

"The Martial Soul system is merely a side path to me. My true trump card will always be everything belonging to the Tang Sect."

At that moment, Tang San felt proud of the Tang Sect's inheritance he had obtained. With an aloof attitude, he looked down upon everyone on the Douluo Continent.

"Xiao San, thank you."

Unaware that Tang San was looking down on them like a higher-dimensional reincarnator surveying a group of lower-dimensional natives, Grandmaster gazed at Tang San with gratitude.

When everyone else looked down on him, only his disciple Tang San was still willing to believe in him.

How fortunate he was to have accepted such a disciple.

I must find Xiao San a path suited to him, allowing him to stand at the peak of the continent in the future and prove my abilities to everyone.

Grandmaster thought emotionally.

He had already decided that when Tang San obtained his next Spirit Ring, he would find a Soul Beast even more suitable for him.

Let me think. Xiao San's Blue Silver Grass has already begun to show signs of its controlling ability.

But his poison isn't potent enough. So I need to find a Soul Beast with even more powerful poison.

At this thought, Grandmaster's eyes lit up. He had remembered an extremely rare Poison Attribute Soul Beast.

"That's right, the Death Demon Spider. This Soul Beast is very suitable for Xiao San."

"The Death Demon Spider possesses deadly poison, and it also has certain death attributes. Those death attributes can weaken Soul Masters and further enhance Xiao San's control ability."

"This is practically the Soul Beast most suited to Xiao San right now! How did I not think of it before?"

Yu Xiaogang was filled with delight. He planned to go back and look up information about the Death Demon Spider before telling Tang San this pleasant surprise.

Meanwhile, at Spirit Hall.

"Is that all?"

Hu Liena stood below, her face full of reluctance to see it end.

She still wanted to know exactly how many years old that Dragon God Douluo's first Spirit Ring was.

"All right, Nana. You've watched for so long. It's time to begin today's cultivation."

Bibi Dong looked down from her throne, then glanced at Xie Yue and Yan beside Hu Liena.

"And you two as well. Cultivate properly. I've already arranged for people to collect Whale Rubber. Before you obtain your next Spirit Rings, each of you will be able to refine a piece of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber."

"Treasure this hard-won opportunity! Do you understand?"

"Understood. Rest assured, Your Holiness. With the help of Whale Rubber, we'll definitely obtain Spirit Rings that surpass our limits!"

Yan, who was beside Xie Yue, stepped forward and spoke first.

"Don't worry, Teacher. We absolutely won't embarrass you!"

Hu Liena also spoke with a confident expression.

Seeing the confidence on Hu Liena's face, Bibi Dong's expression softened somewhat. She spoke gently.

"Then hurry and cultivate. For the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in a few years, your teacher has prepared gifts for you."

After chatting a little longer, Bibi Dong dismissed the three of them, then looked toward Elder Ju, Yue Guan, and Ghost Douluo, Gui Mei.

"Yue Guan, Gui Mei."

"Present!"

"The Heavenly Screen has appeared, and the Douluo Continent won't remain peaceful from now on. Give orders to our people below: if they encounter anything similar to Whale Rubber in the future, they don't need to report to us for approval. Issue a ban directly."

"Understood!"

"Also, establish several more branch halls in the coastal towns and have them oversee matters overseas. I only learned today that the sea contains treasures like Whale Rubber."

"Adding in the Soul Beasts of the sea, could it be that the ocean, like the Star Dou Great Forest, conceals many secrets unknown to us?"

Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes and gazed beyond the great hall, as though she could see the ocean far away at the edge of the world.

"This..."

Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance, their hearts filled with uncertainty.

Because they felt that Her Holiness the Pope made an awful lot of sense!

Glancing at the expressions of the two men below, Bibi Dong felt a little expectant.

Her second Martial Soul was still missing many Spirit Rings.

If the ocean was also like the Star Dou Great Forest, then could she find even more powerful Soul Beasts in the sea?