The Reason for Master's Level Twenty-Nine

As a transmigrator, Su Yun Tao naturally knew what Bibi Dong had endured; no matter who it was, after experiencing what she had, their personality would inevitably become twisted.

Su Yun Tao's expression turned somewhat dejected as he asked, "Dean, what was Bibi Dong like in the past?"

"Sigh!" Shui Xinhan let out a soft sigh. "Bibi Dong and I had similar origins, only her talent was greater than mine, and her luck was better than mine."

"Because of that, she was safely taken away by Martial Soul Hall at the age of six. After entering Martial Soul Hall, Bibi Dong was taken as a disciple by the previous Pope, Qian Xunji, and received the full cultivation resources of the organization."

"But Bibi Dong's fate changed when she was twenty-two; she fell in love with someone she shouldn't have!"

"Is that person the Grandmaster, Yu Xiaogang?"

Shui Xinhan nodded. "That's right. At the time, Bibi Dong was protected too well by Martial Soul Hall. Although she was born a commoner, she lived in luxury after the age of six, which led to her being naive and unaware of the world's malice."

"Yu Xiaogang had left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family at that time. Bibi Dong's romance with him was opposed by Martial Soul Hall, yet due to Bibi Dong's persistence, the two remained together for several years. During that period, Martial Soul Hall tried to recruit Yu Xiaogang, but this Yu Xiaogang was nothing but an ungrateful wretch!"

Shui Xinhan said with disdain, "When he was with Bibi Dong, not only was his strength low, but he was also obsessed with becoming famous and proving how formidable he was. He used Bibi Dong's status to steal many documents from Martial Soul Hall, then repackaged them to invent his so-called Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul. And Yun Tao, guess what happened?"

A smile finally appeared on Su Yun Tao's face. "Dean, I imagine the Grandmaster became a laughingstock in the soul master world."

The corners of Shui Xinhan's mouth lifted slightly. When speaking of the Grandmaster, she finally revealed a bright smile. "Yun Tao, you underestimate the Grandmaster. The Grandmaster couldn't even copy Martial Soul Hall's documents properly; in the process of repackaging them, he added a lot of his own nonsense."

"He didn't stop to think that those documents from Martial Soul Hall were the result of massive amounts of manpower and resources invested over ten thousand years, compiled from the data of countless soul masters. The current soul master cultivation system can be said to have been established by Martial Soul Hall."

"What could a twenty-nine-level Soul Grand Master like Yu Xiaogang possibly compare to such a monumental project? The things he fantasized about were nothing but a joke, and he was only unable to break through to level thirty because of his own self-destructive actions!"

Upon hearing this, Su Yun Tao's curiosity was instantly piqued. "Dean, how exactly did that happen?"

Shui Xinhan sneered, "The Grandmaster was originally a direct descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family. Although his talent was abnormal, his father, Thunder Douluo Yu Yuanzhen, not only didn't despise him but pampered him in every way. His status within the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family was very unique."

"Under his father's protection, no one in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family dared to give him a hard time, and even the second-in-command of the family, Yu Luomian, maintained a good relationship with him on the surface."

"Originally, no matter how poor the Grandmaster's talent was, as long as there was a sliver of Innate Soul Power, relying on the thousand-year foundation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, he could have been pushed to level thirty even if they had to pile up rare treasures to do it."

"It's a pity that this Yu Xiaogang was stupid to an infuriating degree. Because of gossip within the sect, he left in a fit of pique. His father tried desperately to make him stay, but for the sake of his face and his pathetic self-esteem, he left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family without looking back. Not only that, but he never returned to visit his elderly father in all the years he was away."

"I truly don't understand how his brain works. For the sake of his so-called face, he could even abandon the old father who had poured his heart and blood into him!"

A cold sneer rose on Su Yun Tao's lips. Having read the original story, he knew that Yu Xiaogang's level of selfishness was truly infuriating.

"After leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, he met Bibi Dong, obtained his second soul ring, and then, after consuming countless resources from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, he became a Soul Grand Master forever!"

Su Yun Tao asked, "Dean, was it a problem with his second soul ring?"

"No!" Shui Xinhan laughed. "To be precise, it was because of his own stupidity. His so-called Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul included a theory on the optimal soul ring configuration: the first soul ring limit is 432 years, and the second is 756 years."

"His data came from Martial Soul Hall, but he deleted two prerequisites: the first was that the data needed to fluctuate based on the soul master's own physical fitness, and the second was that it needed to fluctuate based on the quality of the soul beast."

Su Yun Tao nodded. The differences between soul masters determined the age of the soul ring they could absorb; the difference in the soul ring age that someone like Yu Xiaogang could absorb versus someone like Tang Hao was naturally worlds apart.

The difference in soul beast quality also determined the age of the soul ring one could absorb. A four-hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass and a four-hundred-year-old Golden Dragon were as different as heaven and earth.

Su Yun Tao's first soul ring was only a ninety-year-old white soul ring, but it was taken from a ninety-year-old wolf-type soul beast. For Su Yun Tao, it was better in every aspect than a hundred-year-old, or even a two-or-three-hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass. A few-hundred-year-old Blue Silver Grass still couldn't compare to a wolf with decades of cultivation.

"The Grandmaster's first soul ring was nearly two hundred years old; the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family spent massive resources to strengthen the Grandmaster's body so that he could successfully absorb it."

"After he left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon family, he used the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul to deceive others, trying to gain their worship to satisfy his pathetic self-esteem. As it turned out, he didn't know what he was thinking, but he actually believed it himself."

"So, he asked Bibi Dong to help him hunt a top-tier soul beast of over seven hundred years. Bibi Dong was naive at the time and blindly worshipped the Grandmaster. She didn't think it through carefully and immediately took the Grandmaster to the Star Dou Great Forest."

"As a result, when the Grandmaster was absorbing the soul ring, he suffered a backlash and his body nearly split apart. In the end, it was Bibi Dong who begged her teacher, which saved the Grandmaster's life. The Grandmaster barely survived the ordeal, and after waking up, he was still high-spirited and smug, wishing the whole world knew that he, Yu Xiaogang, had successfully absorbed a seven-hundred-year soul ring and that his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul were the most correct."

"In the eyes of us high-level soul masters, he is a complete and utter fool! Although this seven-hundred-year soul ring didn't take his life, the attribute bonuses provided by the ring far exceeded what his body could handle! The immense pressure caused severe damage to his internal meridians, and thus, the Grandmaster was destined to be a Soul Grand Master for the rest of his life. He truly is a 'Grand' Master!"