Flame Dragon, Liu Erlong

Su Yuntao was clearly stunned. When he'd first read Douluo Continent as a child, he'd thought that Master must be extraordinary to have two Yellow Soul Rings despite having such a useless Martial Soul.

But thinking about it now, Su Yuntao himself had Innate Soul Power at level two and a Lone Wolf Martial Soul. He was far stronger than Master, and the Lone Wolf Martial Soul's awakening and enhancement of his physical constitution were far superior to Luo Sanpao's. Yet even with his physique, he still couldn't absorb Soul Rings according to the optimal Soul Ring Configuration.

With Master's condition, he had no idea how much effort his father had put into helping him obtain his First Soul Ring. The entire Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had poured its resources into strengthening Master's body with every rare and precious treasure they could find, and only then had he barely managed to obtain a Soul Ring close to two hundred years old.

After leaving home, Master had somehow been so full of confidence that he'd tricked others—and ended up crippling himself in the process. It truly left Su Yuntao speechless.

Shui Xinhan continued, "Master was utterly foolish and selfish to the core. During his relationship with Bibi Dong, he didn't seem to care about her at all. He spent every day exploiting her position to obtain information from Spirit Hall."

"As a man, he had no source of income and spent all day living off Bibi Dong. That alone would have been bad enough, but Spirit Hall had originally been firmly opposed to her associating with Master. Bibi Dong endured enormous pressure, and in the end, the higher-ups at Spirit Hall began to give way."

"Spirit Hall invited Master to join, but he refused. That's understandable, after all, he had the blood of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in his veins. But what's truly unforgivable is that Master refused to join Spirit Hall while still spending every day flirting with Bibi Dong, the Spirit Hall Saintess. Worse still, at Master's insinuation, Bibi Dong even considered leaving Spirit Hall so she could be with him!"

"Master was both foolish and wicked, while Bibi Dong was inexperienced in the ways of the world. You have to understand that Spirit Hall had given everything for Bibi Dong. Even the former Pope, Qian Xunji, personally took her as his disciple, devoting everything to her for twenty years. Bibi Dong was even Spirit Hall's designated successor as the next Pope!"

"The ending of their relationship was already set in stone. Bibi Dong could give everything for Master, while Master—ha! He was nothing but a joke!"

Su Yuntao wholeheartedly agreed. Master was both foolish and wicked; sometimes, it was hard to tell whether he was a fool to the utmost degree or wicked to the core.

When Bibi Dong suddenly suggested they break up, Master, the so-called Corner of Wisdom, didn't even stop to think. Su Yuntao truly had no idea where the wisdom in Corner of Wisdom was supposed to be.

Later, Master took Tang Hao's Pope Token and strutted around, putting on airs. He must have known that Bibi Dong was secretly protecting him; that was why he dared to behave that way.

When Su Yuntao was young, even when he'd first arrived in Douluo Continent, the original story's point of view had made him instinctively feel favorably toward Shrek and Master. But only after he'd grown up completely did he realize how disgusting Master was.

Master knew perfectly well that Bibi Dong was protecting him, yet for the sake of his own pride and other people's opinions, he trained Tang San, who had a blood feud with Spirit Hall! Not only that, he shamelessly lived off others, taking the meat from the table and then cursing the host once he'd put down his chopsticks.

How much had he benefited from Spirit Hall? And yet, from beginning to end, he'd shown not the slightest gratitude. Instead, he'd been filled with hostility.

Bibi Dong had been forced to bear a child for him. Even death had been a kind of release for her. For Master, Bibi Dong could sacrifice her life and even her soul! And what about Master?

What had he ever done for Bibi Dong? He surely understood it all perfectly well. He was just pretending not to know.

He accepted Bibi Dong's protection as his due and deliberately avoided thinking about her suffering, because he was the most selfish person under heaven!

As Shui Xinhan spoke about Bibi Dong and Master's past, she grew more and more agitated. Anger had appeared on her pretty face.

Su Yuntao said, "Dean, don't get too angry. Master may be disgusting, but he hasn't affected our lives. Just think of him as a monkey."

Shui Xinhan gave a cold laugh. "Yuntao, actually, I used to be more open-minded than you—until he destroyed my younger sister with his own hands!"

"The dean's younger sister?"

Shui Xinhan's breathing quickened. "I had a sworn younger sister whom I grew up with. Her name was Liu Erlong!"

Su Yuntao gaped. He'd never imagined that Liu Erlong would be Shui Xinhan's sister.

"I'm an Ice Dragon, while Erlong is a Flame Dragon. Erlong's father is Yu Xiaogang's uncle, Yu Luomian, and her mother was a poor woman of the world's oldest profession. Erlong's Martial Soul was formed from the fusion of her parents' bloodlines."

"Like me, Erlong lost her mother when she was young. My aunt should have been a powerful Soul Master. She possessed an exceptionally powerful Blazing Eagle Martial Soul, so powerful that even Yu Luomian's Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon couldn't completely suppress it."

"But my aunt's fate was even more tragic than mine. She was kidnapped by a human-trafficking ring when she was young and was forced into prostitution. Fearing retaliation, they crippled her powerful Blazing Eagle Martial Soul before she ever had a chance to cultivate it."

"After enduring abuse for years, my aunt died young. Erlong and I met by chance in the Star Luo Empire, and from then on we called each other sisters, right up until we became school principals. Originally, Erlong, like me, was absolutely certain she could strive to become a Titled Douluo..."

"What?" Su Yuntao exclaimed. "Dean, Principal Liu Erlong had such great talent?"

Shui Xinhan was slightly surprised. She hadn't yet told Su Yuntao that Liu Erlong was the principal of Blue Tyrant Academy, yet somehow he already knew.

"Yuntao, Erlong's talent was actually on par with mine. She had Innate Soul Power at level nine. Although I had Innate Full Soul Power, my Martial Soul awakened prematurely and damaged my meridians. In truth, my cultivation speed was about the same as someone with Innate Soul Power at level nine."

Su Yuntao asked in confusion, "Dean, if Principal Liu Erlong's talent was so close to yours, why is there such a huge gap between you now?"

Shui Xinhan's eyes turned cold. "Because of one person!"

"Master, Yu Xiaogang?"

Shui Xinhan nodded. "Not long after Yu Xiaogang, that selfish man, harmed Bibi Dong, he went after my younger sister, Liu Erlong. Yuntao, do you know that twenty years ago, I was a Soul Emperor, and Erlong was a Soul Emperor too?"

"Erlong and I were both under thirty at the time. We had limitless futures ahead of us, but Erlong just had to meet Yu Xiaogang, that scourge!"

I broke through to Soul Emperor at twenty-eight, and Soul Sage at thirty-five. Now, at forty-seven, I have Soul Power at level eighty-seven.

But do you know, Yuntao? After Erlong met Yu Xiaogang, she lost all interest in cultivation. She, Yu Xiaogang, and their sworn elder brother, Flender, traveled the continent together. By then, Erlong's cultivation speed had already slowed considerably.

Later, when Erlong and Master were preparing to get married, the two of them discovered that they were siblings.