A Riot of Filial Piety

[Soul Emperor Armor]: No way! Am I really the only one who noticed that the wooden house Yu Chen went to at the very end looked extremely suspicious?

[Yu Feng]: Holy crap! I noticed it too! Why are there so many iron cages in that room, and it looks like there are dark red bloodstains on the floor?

Although the footage flashed by in an instant, sharp-eyed people ultimately discovered a few clues within that final, fleeting wooden house.

Densely packed iron cages stood inside the dim wooden house, and living creatures seemed to be struggling within the cages.

The floor was covered with glaring, dark red bloodstains, and all sorts of jars and bottles piled up on a wooden table, looking thoroughly bizarre no matter how one saw it.

At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu was already trembling all over with anger, her eyes red.

She had seen clearly just a moment ago that the cages in that wooden house imprisoned a great many Soft Bone Rabbits!

How could Xiao Wu, whose true form was a Soft Bone Rabbit, endure this?

"Damned bastard! How dare he capture so many Soft Bone Rabbits!"

Xiao Wu gritted her teeth and brandished her small fists.

"Don't let Big Sister Xiao Wu catch you. If I do, I guarantee you won't hear the end of it!"

At that moment, Xiao Wu had firmly etched Yu Chen's appearance into her mind. If she had the opportunity to meet him in the future, she would definitely teach him a good lesson.

In the past, if Xiao Wu displayed any displeasure, Tang San would invariably discover it immediately, but right now Tang San was left with only anxiety and had no time to pay attention to other matters.

Upon seeing that Yu Chen actually lacked Innate Soul Power, Tang San could increasingly conclude that this world definitely had other cultivation methods, otherwise the Sky Screen could not possibly have given Yu Chen such a title.

"Damn it! Why aren't they continuing to broadcast Yu Chen's footage?!"

Watching the fortuitous opportunity right before his eyes come to an abrupt halt, Tang San could not help but feel a trace of dissatisfaction toward the Sky Screen.

Meanwhile, Yu Tianheng's comment in the chat briefly paused the barrage for a moment.

[Yu Tianheng]: Could it be... this Yu Chen isn't a fool at all, but an out-and-out madman?!

As soon as these words were spoken, they instantly elicited resonance from countless people.

If Yu Chen was a madman, then his various abnormal actions beforehand, along with that final house that reeked of strangeness everywhere, could all be explained.

"Hahaha! Tianheng is right! That Yu Chen is merely a madman who courts attention!"

Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang could not help but burst into loud laughter once again, his eyes filled with utter disdain.

Yet the next second, the smile on his face froze completely, because the Sky Screen subsequently broadcast the second-stage footage.

[Second-stage comparison: The path of martial soul cultivation.]

[First to broadcast World 1, "Theoretical Master" Yu Xiaogang!]

"Damn it! Why is it me starting first again?! This isn't fair!"

Seeing the Sky Screen broadcast his footage first once more, Yu Xiaogang became instantly anxious, frantically cursing in the depths of his heart.

After all, if everyone on the continent found out that his trash martial soul's soul skill was just farting, how would he ever face people again?

"Yo, to actually make Yu Xiaogang this frantic, could there be a huge show later on?"

Ning Rongrong folded her arms across her chest and watched Yu Xiaogang's trembling appearance of utter fury, a flash of anticipation immediately welling up in her beautiful eyes.

[The Awakening Plaza of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.]

[Yu Xiaogang feigned fainting in full view of the public, immediately arousing a commotion.]

[Yet upon the high platform, how could Yu Yuanzhen, a Title Douluo, fail to see through his own son's clumsy acting? At this moment, he only felt that his old face had been completely disgraced.]

["Cough! Clan Master Yu, there are still some matters in my clan, so I shall take my leave first and we can converse another day." Ning Heng clearly also saw through Yu Xiaogang's trick, and in order not to make Yu Yuanzhen too embarrassed, he took the initiative to rise and bid farewell.]

["Hahaha! Today's observation ceremony was truly an eye-opener. Since Clan Master Ning is leaving, I won't stay long either!" After Ning Heng left, Qian Xunji, the Pope of Martial Soul Hall, gave a hearty laugh and turned to leave.]

[In that instant, Yu Yuanzhen felt his cheeks burning with pain.]

[With a gloomy face, he flashed into the plaza and lifted the fallen Yu Xiaogang from the ground like a little chick, vanishing from the crowd's sight in an instant.]

[Shortly after, Yu Yuanzhen carried Yu Xiaogang back to his quarters. Seeing that this unfilial son was still keeping his eyes closed and feigning unconsciousness, Yu Yuanzhen burned with fury and directly hurled him heavily onto the floor.]

["Ow!" The intense pain made Yu Xiaogang unable to keep up the act any longer. Crying out in pain, he scrambled up from the ground using both hands and feet.]

[Yet he clearly still could not accept the reality that his martial soul had undergone a malignant mutation and his soul power was merely half a level, subconsciously continuing to play dumb: "Father? I... how did I get here? Shouldn't we be awakening martial souls today?"]

["Enough! Just how much longer are you going to keep acting?! You've lost all my old face!" Yu Yuanzhen laughed out of extreme anger, abruptly raising his hand to deliver a fierce slap across Yu Xiaogang's face.]

["Snap!"]

[A crisp slap echoed through the room. Yu Xiaogang clutched his swollen, red cheek, his eyes filled with disbelief. One had to know that from childhood to adulthood, his father had never even scolded him with a harsh word, let alone raised a hand to strike him!]

["Take a look at what you look like right now! It's bad enough that your talent is poor, but you actually feigned unconsciousness to escape in broad daylight! Could it be you think you're so smart and everyone else can't see through your little tricks?! It's simply disgraceful to the extreme!" Pointing at the bridge of Yu Xiaogang's nose, Yu Yuanzhen unleashed a furious, head-to-toe scolding.]

[Seeing his disguise mercilessly exposed, Yu Xiaogang instantly collapsed. Snot and tears streaming down, he hurled himself directly to the ground, hugged Yu Yuanzhen's thigh for dear life, and let out a shrill wail.]

["Father! That wasn't my martial soul! My martial soul was supposed to be the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon! It must be that old bastard Yu Zhou! It must be him who tampered with things when I was awakening, which turned me into this!"]

Upon seeing this scene broadcast on the Sky Screen, audiences across the entire continent were dumbfounded; today, they truly witnessed what it meant to be shameless.

Could someone even tamper with a martial soul awakening? Turn a top-tier martial soul into a trash martial soul? This was simply the height of absurdity!

[Yu Zhou]: Simply laughable! Your own talent is lacking, yet you turn around and bite back, claiming this old man tampered with it? This old man has lived for the better part of a lifetime, and I have never witnessed such a shameless wretch!

Inside Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang's complexion was already as dark as the bottom of a pot, his fists clenched so tightly that his nails dug into his flesh, while he cursed frantically in his heart.

"Damned Sky Screen... why must you broadcast these things?! Damned thing!"

Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong was giggling so hard she was shaking all over; she had originally thought she would have to wait a while to see a good show, and never expected it to arrive so quickly.

Witnessing this scene, even Flender and Tang San, who had consistently revered Yu Xiaogang, could not help feeling somewhat embarrassed at this moment, unable to speak a single word.

["Shut up!" A roar from Yu Yuanzhen caused Yu Xiaogang's eardrums to ache, finally forcing him to cease his unreasoning pestering.]

["Do you still not feel you've embarrassed yourself enough? Still spouting nonsense about someone tampering with it—I've lived for all these years, and I've never once heard of anyone being able to affect another person's awakened martial soul and soul power!"]

[Seeing that his father was genuinely angered, Yu Xiaogang trembled all over with fright. The reason he had made such a scene was none other than to win his father's sympathy so he could retain his treatment as the young clan master.]

[Yet looking at Yu Yuanzhen's enraged expression, this calculation had clearly fallen through.]

[With his hopes dashed, Yu Xiaogang instantly came to harbor resentment toward Yu Yuanzhen as well in his heart.]

["Damn it! Why?! I merely have slightly worse talent, what right do you have to scold me like this?! If my talent is poor, isn't it because I inherited your bloodline?! The bloodline you gave me is the problem, what right do you have to blame me?!"]

[Dugu Yan]: Hahaha! I'm dying of laughter at this filial son!