Chen Huang's Spirit Ring Choices

But if you thought Xiao Shan's Parasitism could only be used to whip people like that, then you were sorely mistaken. At its core, it was also meant to create several more Blue Silver Vines and strengthen her control abilities. The split-off vines could use the Binding soul skill too.

And don't forget that Xiao Shan also had the Blue Silver Domain. After six years, she had completely mastered it, and the domain's amplification had improved by a little more.

Her Blue Silver Domain could also use Binding, but its toughness still could not be improved. So she generally used her own Martial Soul instead. The domain would be good enough if it could produce some unexpectedly powerful effect in the future. It could only be treated as a trump card.

If not for her control abilities, you would have thought she was an Assault System Soul Master.

Early the next morning, they set out early as usual.

Getting up early was good. There were fewer people around. If they got up late, there would be more people, and with more people came more prying eyes.

Tang Hao had watched the two children grow up. They were diligent and meticulous in their usual training, and their physical condition was quite good. Unlike the children of those great clans and powerful factions, who were pampered from birth. They would be left panting after running just a few kilometers.

That was truly disgraceful.

The Clear Sky Sect was the number one sect in the world. When Tang Hao was young, it was at the height of its prestige and power.

At that time, the Clear Sky Sect's leader was the old sect leader, Tang Chen. He was Tang Hao's grandfather—his biological grandfather.

By then, Tang Chen was already a Limit Douluo. With his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and the secret technique of the Great Sumeru Hammer, he suppressed the other two Limit Douluo of his generation. He was unquestionably the strongest man in the world.

His horizons could be considered close to the ceiling of Douluo Dalu. Still, he could not compare to Bo Saixi and Qian Daoliu, because those two knew far more than Tang Chen about the secrets of the God Realm.

As long as Tang Chen remained in the Clear Sky Sect, he would not even need to act personally for the sect to retain its strongest position. The current elders of the Clear Sky Sect had all received his guidance back then. Most of them later broke through to become Titled Douluo, and that was inseparable from his past instruction.

Tang Hao and his elder brother Tang Xiao had also trained under their grandfather Tang Chen from childhood.

Tang Chen's training methods were both brilliant and harsh. Thus, Tang Hao and his brother, along with the other children of the sect, had grown up enduring hardship. The Clear Sky Sect of that time was actually just like the present-day Clear Sky Sect: difficult and austere.

Enduring more hardship in exchange for a bright future was well worth it.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, together with the Clear Sky Sect, were known as the Upper Three Sects. What they truly lacked were top-tier experts like Tang Chen, Limit Douluo. Their inheritances and secret techniques were not simple either.

But looking at things today, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan only had Yu Yuanzhen as a Titled Douluo. Perhaps Yu Xiaogang, Yu Luomian, Liu Erlong, and others would emerge in the future. But for now, no meant no. They had no other Titled Douluo to speak of.

Their family business was enormous, even greater than the Clear Sky Sect's. They even had the money to establish Thunder Academy. Their descendants lived relatively comfortable lives as well. They looked glorious and powerful, but in truth, they lacked training. Their future achievements would be limited.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was the number one support Weapon Martial Soul in the world. Even some hidden sects acknowledged it. Yet the talent of its inheritors had declined with each generation. Ning Rongrong of this generation was already the only person in many years to possess innate ninth-rank Soul Power. That was because their inheritors lacked training the most. They treated being protected as a matter of course. In a battle of life and death, they would be the first to die.

Ning Fengzhi was not bad, but unfortunately, his Martial Soul limited him and prevented him from going any further.

Could the number one support Weapon Martial Soul in the world have been limited to seven rings from the very beginning? If so, there was no way it could firmly hold that throne. Perhaps it had once been a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Or perhaps its amplification was simply too powerful. Still, it could not compare to the support-type Titled Douluo who appeared only once in a hundred years.

Perhaps their inheritors were simply too useless, becoming worse with every generation, which was why it only had seven layers now.

After Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul evolved into nine layers, the three giants of her sect recognized it at a glance. They even determined that it could bear more Spirit Rings. They knew it very well—had they seen it before? Even a six-layered one had appeared in the manga. Quite a creative idea.

They each had vastly different educational philosophies for their children.

The Clear Sky Sect still preferred children who could endure hardship.

If Chen Huang kept running at a certain pace, he could run for most of the day without resting. Tang Hao did not need to make the two children run for half a day just to train them before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest.

So they simply took Tang Hao Airlines. After flying for a short while, they arrived at the small town outside the Star Dou Great Forest.

They ate breakfast in the town.

After breakfast, the three of them entered the Star Dou Great Forest.

They encountered many Soul Beasts along the way, but this time, they did not use Soul Beasts for practice. If they were not taking a Spirit Ring, they would not kill them. This idea was actually quite widespread among some Soul Masters. It was said to be a rule established by their ancestors.

Chen Huang wanted a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, while Xiao Shan wanted a Spirit Ring near the upper limit of around 1,700 years. Therefore, they could no longer search at the outermost edge. They had to continue deeper inside.

Only wandering Soul Beasts a few thousand years old occasionally appeared in this outer region. Their age was relatively low, making it very safe. That was why many soul-hunting groups liked this place. Many years later, the shrinking area of the Star Dou Great Forest would be perfectly normal. It was the result of Soul Masters working away at it bit by bit. No wonder those Fierce Beasts hated Soul Masters and humans so fiercely that they gnashed their teeth.

Chen Huang had selected several types of Plant Soul Beasts for himself in advance. One was a Plant Soul Beast favored by support-type Soul Masters, called the Golden Lotus. It had a very simple name. It could provide a rare healing-type soul skill and increase one's vitality.

There was also Joint Grass, which resembled the Joint Grass growing everywhere along the roadside. If you broke off one section, it would quickly grow back. It could also grant vitality attributes. There were also some vines, trees, and other options.

He had considered it for a long time before finally deciding that he would either focus on Spirit Rings that increased vitality, or choose Spirit Rings that enhanced defense and attack power, which would work well with his skills.

Another option was to gain some control-type soul skills. That way, the power of his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Shan should receive a solid boost.

They would see which one they encountered first. Sometimes, Soul Masters also believed in fate. When they could not decide, they would simply choose whichever one they came across first. He was not picky. As long as it was suitable, that was enough.

No wonder they had to go deeper. They had encountered nearly every type of Soul Beast Chen Huang wanted in the outer region, but they were all too low in age, only a few hundred years old.

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When I used to read Douluo fanfiction, I saw some stories where the protagonists did nothing they were supposed to do all day, such as cultivating or training. Instead, they liked meddling in other people's relationships.

The beauty of the Seven Monsters in Douluo was built on the foundation of becoming gods. What if they had not become gods? What if there had been no Tang San? Would things still have been so wonderful?

There was no need to mention Ma Hongjun. Perhaps because he liked visiting brothels, even the author did not like him. Dai Mubai could revive Huo Yuhao's mother, Huo Yun'er, who had been dead for a long time, and bring her to the God Realm. But Ma Hongjun could not bring Bai Chenxiang with him.

Ning Rongrong and Oscar were both support-types. If they had not become gods, perhaps one day they would both have died. They could not protect themselves.

According to sect rules, Ning Fengzhi's wife had definitely been a Battle Soul Master. But she never appeared, so she might already have died.

Ning Rongrong had been entrusted with great expectations since childhood, especially after her Martial Soul evolved. The three giants had been overjoyed. Yet in the end, she did not even leave behind a child. Fortunately, she was not the only heir, or the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would have died out. In the original work, she had several older brothers, but they were later removed.

Then there was Master.

Those who were not even Master's disciples liked to meddle in his family affairs and make Liu Erlong truly get together with him? What they did was not bad, but it was improper.

That alone would have been one thing. But while bringing him and Liu Erlong together, they also tried to set him up with Bibi Dong. What were they thinking? Douluo's view of love was close to ours in reality: one husband and one wife. That was the equivalent of trying to get your elder back together with his ex-girlfriend?

Bibi Dong was pitiful, but that was not how it should be done.

It would be better to read stories where Bibi Dong was taken in.