The Great Powers Vie for the Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo

"It's coming, it's coming—the big one's here!"

"Let me get a good look at what really happened when God King Tang first met his teacher!"

On the sky screen, the footage began to load.

But the next second, the image that appeared on the screen dropped everyone's jaws.

"Th-this... what is this thing?!"

In the picture, Yu Xiaogang was squatting on the ground, both hands flashing peace signs, tongue sticking out, and a bright pink tattoo carved across his big forehead.

At Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong stared blankly at Yu Xiaogang on the screen and murmured, "Xiaogang, after all these years apart... how did you turn out like this?"

"So you've been living even worse than me..."

At Shrek Academy.

The Shrek Seven Monsters, who had just started feeling a hint of respect for Yu Xiaogang, saw his disgraceful display on the sky screen.

All that respect vanished without a trace.

"Pfft~~~"

Ning Rongrong couldn't hold back her laughter.

Once she laughed, the others couldn't help themselves either, bursting out in laughter.

Tang San wanted to stop them, but found the corners of his own mouth lifting.

After all, the Yu Xiaogang on the screen was a world apart from the stern-faced Yu Xiaogang they knew in person.

The man himself, Yu Xiaogang, saw even his most prized disciple Tang San laughing, and blood rushed to his head, his face turning bright red.

He snapped in fury, "Stop laughing! All of you, stop laughing!"

"This is fake, it's all fake! I've never made a face like that."

"And look—do I have a tattoo on my forehead?"

"Someone must be messing around. If you don't believe me, ask Xiao San. This master is not that kind of person!"

But before Dai Mubai and the others could even turn to Tang San for confirmation, the sky screen continued playing.

"As everyone knows, Yu Xiaogang—who broke through to rank twenty-nine at the age of fifty—raised Tang San into a God King."

"But along the way, what help did he actually bring to our God King Tang?"

As the narrator's voice faded, the smiles on Dai Mubai and the others' faces froze solid.

Their laughter cut off like a car slamming the brakes.

"What? Li-little... Xiao San, you became a God King?"

Everyone stared at the master-disciple pair of Tang San and Yu Xiaogang like they were monsters.

Even Tang Hao, who had been secretly watching Tang San from the shadows at Shrek, stood frozen in place.

"Th-the sky screen... what did it say?"

"His son Tang San was raised by Yu Xiaogang to become a God King in the future?"

"Not a god—a God King!"

"M-my Xiao San is a God King!"

Tang Hao repeated the words in a daze, his voice hoarse from excitement.

He was too thrilled. He'd thought that in the future, Tang San would at most become a Twin Martial Souls Titled Douluo.

But he never expected Tang San to become a God King.

Nor did he expect that this utterly ridiculous Yu Xiaogang had such real ability.

After all, the sky screen had clearly stated that Yu Xiaogang raised Tang San into a God King.

Back then, he'd watched Tang San take Yu Xiaogang as his master only because Yu Xiaogang knew Bibi Dong.

Otherwise, no matter what, Tang Hao would never have handed his genius Twin Martial Souls son over to a rank-twenty-nine waste to train.

Now it seemed—he, Tang Hao, had been blind.

The sky screen once again carried Su Yu's commentary.

"Yu Xiaogang, a rank-twenty-nine Soul Grand Master, saved Tang San the moment they first met."

"Keep in mind—this was the first time Yu Xiaogang truly saved Tang San on his own merits, and also the last."

In the sky screen's image at that moment, Yu Xiaogang stood with his hands behind his back, using an utterly domineering tone to lead Tang San into Notting College.

"Got to say, our master really is lucky."

"He relied on his extraordinary luck to guess Tang San's identity as a Twin Martial Soul, and thus tricked Tang San into becoming his disciple."

Shrek Academy.

"What? Xiao San, you actually have Twin Martial Souls!"

Dai Mubai blurted out in shock, staring at Xiao San with a mix of astonishment and envy.

"Third Brother, is that true?"

Xiao Wu, leaning close to Tang San, tilted her head slightly and looked at him with curious eyes.

Meeting everyone's gazes, Tang San wanted to say something, but the Heavenly Scroll had already exposed his secret.

Even if he tried to deny it, no one would believe him.

So, Tang San glanced at Yu Xiaogang not far away, then lowered his head.

Seeing Tang San's reaction, even though he hadn't said a word, Dai Mubai and the other five understood that Tang San really did possess a second martial soul.

"Xiao San, what's your second martial soul? Show us, let's have a look."

Ma Hongjun chuckled lewdly, a sly grin spreading across his face.

"Alright, alright. Xiao San's second martial soul isn't convenient to reveal right now. When the time is ripe, he'll naturally show it."

At that moment, Yu Xiaogang quickly interrupted Ma Hongjun's pestering.

"Uh... heh heh."

Ma Hongjun gave an awkward laugh, then turned to Tang San with a fawning smile.

"Fine, fine. We'll wait. We're all teammates here, after all."

Hearing this, Dai Mubai quickly chimed in:

"That's right, that's right. We're all brothers."

They were all smart people when it came to Tang San, the future God King.

Especially Dai Mubai—he and Zhu Zhuqing were currently being hunted by their own elder siblings, their lives hanging by a thread.

But if he could latch onto Tang San, the future God King, the future was bright!

Tang San clearly seemed like the kind of brother who remembered favors and grudges clearly.

The Heavenly Scroll continued playing.

"Soon after being tricked into becoming Grandmaster's disciple, Tang San reached the time to hunt his first spirit ring."

"What kind of spirit ring will our Grandmaster choose for this future God King, and how will they hunt it?"

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi stared fixedly at the scene on the Heavenly Scroll, his expression full of anticipation.

"Uncle Jian, Uncle Gu, quickly summon all the disciples and elders of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to carefully watch how Yu Xiaogang selects a spirit ring for the God King."

"I plan to have all Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples who are about to hunt their first spirit ring follow Grandmaster's method!"

As the sect master of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi had already decided to go all in.

If he won, this generation of Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples would all possess the foundation of a God King.

Even if he was wrong, it would only waste some sect disciples' first spirit rings.

No, it couldn't be wrong.

As the teacher of a God King, even if the first spirit ring he chose wasn't perfect, it wouldn't completely waste the slot.

Martial Soul Hall.

"Chrysanthemum Douluo, immediately gather all the geniuses of Martial Soul Hall who are about to hunt their first spirit ring."

"You will personally lead the team to hunt spirit beasts exactly as Xiao Gang's method will be shown on the Heavenly Scroll."

"No matter what spirit beast it is, don't hesitate—just hunt it!"

Like Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong also realized the importance of what was about to be shown on the Heavenly Scroll.

And with the added influence of her first love and her obsessive infatuation, Bibi Dong was even more convinced of Yu Xiaogang's decisions.

"Now, immediately—if we're late, the sects and the two empires will snatch the opportunity."

"Yes!"

Chrysanthemum Douluo dared not delay for a moment. His figure flickered, and he vanished from Martial Soul Hall in an instant.

All the major powers of the Douluo Continent, big and small, were staring intently at the next scene on the Heavenly Scroll.

"This is a Ten-Year Solitary Bamboo. Its characteristic is toughness. It suits your Blue Silver Grass martial soul very well."