Returning to the Family?

"Hm?"

Feeling Snow Empress's gaze sweep past him, Yu Yuanzhen furrowed his brow slightly.

The people Snow Empress had spoken of were Yu Yuanzhen and the others who had come from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Had they been discovered?

The thought rose in his mind.

But he didn't dwell on it for long and soon pushed it aside.

There was something more important he needed to confirm now.

Yu Yuanzhen turned to the old man beside him.

"Well? Can you confirm it?"

The old man was the person Yu Yuanzhen had found in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan who was most familiar with the missing Yu Shuangbai.

Of course, "most familiar" was only relative.

He was a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan responsible for providing logistical support to the families of all disciples who had died in battle.

Yu Shuangbai had happened to be among those he was responsible for.

So Yu Yuanzhen had brought him along to confirm whether this was indeed the Yu Shuangbai who had gone missing from their Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The old man squinted through his aged, failing eyes.

He stared intently at Yu Shuangbai, who was chatting and laughing with Dugu Yan and Snow Empress at a table in the corner.

That handsome face overlapped with the pale, malnourished little face in his memory.

At last, he nodded slightly.

"Though he's changed a great deal, there are indeed many similarities."

At those words,

Yu Yuanzhen knew the answer.

He was now certain that Yu Shuangbai was the same person who had gone missing from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan several years ago.

Most likely, through some fortuitous opportunity, his Ice Lizard Martial Soul had mutated into the Ice Dragon Martial Soul that Yu Tianheng and his brother said could make the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon tremble in fear.

At the thought,

regret and excitement mingled in Yu Yuanzhen's heart.

He regretted that they hadn't discovered Yu Shuangbai, this hidden peerless genius, back then.

He was excited because Yu Shuangbai was, after all, one of their own from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Though he had left the clan for certain reasons,

in Yu Yuanzhen's eyes, that was no big deal.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was, after all, one of the Upper Three Sects.

Countless Soul Masters across the continent dreamed of becoming members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

All they had to do was show goodwill and offer some compensation.

Yu Yuanzhen believed that a twelve-year-old boy like Yu Shuangbai would surely let bygones be bygones and return to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan desperately needed a genius who could lead the sect to even greater heights!

Though Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, the Twin Stars of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, were already quite talented,

they still fell short of Yu Yuanzhen's own talent back in the day.

As for leading the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to even greater heights,

Yu Yuanzhen wasn't even sure whether they could maintain the clan's current standing after his death.

Thus, he had already resolved to bring Yu Shuangbai, whose talent surpassed even that of Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, back into the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan!

With Yu Shuangbai, whose talent surpassed his own,

along with Yu Tianheng and Yu Tianxin, who both had a good chance of becoming Titled Douluo,

what glory it would be for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to have three Titled Douluo in one generation!

At the thought, Yu Yuanzhen slowly rose to his feet and walked toward Yu Shuangbai.

Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng exchanged a glance, knowing that their grandfather intended to have Yu Shuangbai return to his roots.

Neither of them was surprised.

After all, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had always been so pragmatic.

Yu Shuangbai was terrifyingly talented, and he had originally been one of their own.

Yu Yuanzhen wanting him to return to his roots was only natural.

What left the two of them feeling conflicted was that

if Yu Shuangbai truly returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan,

there probably wouldn't be any Twin Stars anymore.

Besides, when a bright moon rose into the sky,

that battle had already drained Yu Tianheng of all his fighting spirit. He no longer felt like competing with Yu Shuangbai.

He'd practically given up on life.

Shuangbai's strong. I surrender.

Inside the restaurant,

another pair of eyes took in everything below.

"Interesting."

"Thunder Douluo, and Yu Shuangbai, who stole the show at Heaven Dou Royal Academy that day."

"I didn't expect those two to belong to the same clan. Though it seems there's been some unpleasantness between them..."

Xue Qinghe.

More precisely, Qian Renxue.

She sat in a private room, gazing through the window before her. The corners of her lips curved as she murmured with interest.

She hadn't expected to come across something so interesting while dining today.

The restaurant was actually one of Qian Renxue's properties.

When she had time to spare, she sometimes came to dine in this private room that belonged exclusively to her.

Using special one-way methods, she could listen in on the conversations of the diners below.

That way, she could learn more about the Heaven Dou Empire.

After all...

Restaurants and pleasure houses were often the places with the most information.

She simply hadn't expected to come across such an interesting bit of news today.

"Uncle Porcupinefish, do you think Yu Yuanzhen will succeed?"

She swirled her wineglass and asked leisurely.

Beside her,

a figure slowly emerged from the shadows.

It was Porcupinefish Douluo, who was responsible for protecting Qian Renxue.

He pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"Unlikely."

"Oh?" Qian Renxue raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by his answer.

"Why do you say that?"

"The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan still has some standing, and Yu Yuanzhen should be able to offer him considerable help."

"That should be quite tempting, shouldn't it?"

Though Qian Renxue spoke that way, the contempt in her voice was unmistakable.

To most people, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, one of the so-called Upper Three Sects, was a top-tier sect they could only dream of joining.

But to Qian Renxue, born in Spirit Hall and the young mistress of the Worship Hall,

a small clan like the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was hardly worth mentioning.

The only one she considered worthy was Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen.

And even Yu Yuanzhen only had the strength of a Worship-level powerhouse.

There were seven such powerhouses in the Worship Hall alone.

Still, that was only how she saw things.

Qian Renxue knew perfectly well that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's name was quite enticing to the vast majority of Soul Masters.

Porcupinefish Douluo explained,

"Yu Shuangbai may not need Yu Yuanzhen's help."

"Young Mistress, did you notice the woman in the white dress?"

"Mm."

Qian Renxue nodded slightly.

Even she, a woman herself, couldn't ignore Snow Empress's peerless beauty.

Porcupinefish Douluo continued, his expression somewhat grave.

"That woman in white is very strong. Her strength is probably far greater than mine and Snake Lance's."

"There's a lethal pressure about her. I've never felt anything like it from even the Second Worship."

"I've only felt something similar from the First Worship!"

At that, Porcupinefish Douluo's throat went dry.

Even he couldn't believe it.

What kind of person was the First Worship?

One of the three great peaks of the Soul Master World a hundred years ago.

The unrivaled ruler of the skies, Angel Douluo—a true Limit Douluo!