Speculation on the Fourth Era, The System That Toyed with Tang Wulin

Just as he expected, under his gaze, Le Zhengyue blinked.

He did not hide anything, immediately stating his request.

"Grandfather, I have actually awakened Twin Martial Souls. My second martial soul is the Human Emperor Banner, which represents justice."

"This martial soul is very powerful, but it also requires me to increase the age of my spirit rings."

"Grandfather, you know how powerful my dragon-type martial soul is. With it, my body is capable of withstanding ten-thousand-year spirit rings."

"That is why I need access to the Spirit Ascension Platform at the Spirit Pagoda."

Le Zhengyue spoke with a hint of embarrassment, then thought for a moment before raising his hand to summon his so-called Human Emperor Banner.

However, this time, the Human Emperor Banner was devoid of black mist; instead, it was filled with a magnificent purple aura.

As the purple aura surged from the east, Le Zhengyue watched the Human Emperor Banner, which was now imbued with a majestic heavenly might, and blinked.

A trace of hesitation flickered in his eyes.

He had actually heard rumors that his grandson possessed a second martial soul; after all, the Angel Guard remained loyal to him.

He kept track of his grandson's movements, or rather, it was not difficult to learn of them from the two guards.

However, according to his information, his grandson's second martial soul was supposed to be of the evil type, though he had never paid much attention to it.

The sheer suppression capability of the Dragon God Martial Soul alone was enough to convince him that Le Zhengyue would become the next leader of the Yue Family.

While the reputation of the Angel Family was important, the terrifying, even heaven-defying strength of this martial soul was something Le Zhengyue had never seen in his entire life.

He firmly believed that with his young grandson, the Yue Family would never decline and would only rise to greater heights.

This was the reason for his deep affection, bordering on doting, toward Le Zhengyue.

Although they had spent the most time together and the boy was most attached to him, this did not mean he would indulge him without limit.

He acted this way precisely because of his grandson's talent—innate full spirit power at level twenty—and his explosive strength.

Under these circumstances, he naturally had to take extra care of his young grandson.

So, hearing his words now and seeing that martial soul with its awe-inspiring heavenly might, Le Zhengyue did not even stop to consider whether it was a righteous or evil martial soul.

After all, it made no difference to him; as long as it was not a Fallen Angel, Le Zhengyue could accept anything.

"Give Grandfather three days; I will contact the Spirit Pagoda."

"I will arrange a private room and a separate hibernation pod for you at the Spirit Ascension Platform. No one will monitor you, and absolutely no one will disturb you."

"I will have someone deliver the key to you then. Does that work?"

"Does the boy have anything else?"

Le Zhengyue spoke quite casually.

This matter would be something to ponder for others, and certainly not a certainty, given that they were dealing with the Spirit Pagoda, one of the four great organizations.

But for Le Zhengyue, securing a spot at the Spirit Ascension Platform, especially within Angel City, was almost effortless.

He only needed to give the Spirit Pagoda a word, and they would grant him this favor.

After all, few would offend a powerful Limit Douluo over such a trivial matter.

Hearing his grandfather's words, Le Zhengyue shook his head.

He smiled, said goodbye to his grandfather, and turned to run off.

Leaving his grandfather's study and arriving on the first floor of the residence, Le Zhengyue let out a yawn.

This matter meant nothing to him, or rather, he did not care much about it.

After all, arranging things with the Spirit Pagoda was truly not a difficult task.

Based on his current age, it would likely be at least three or four years before he could head to Shrek Academy.

Even if he went early, he would still have to wait at least two or three years.

This period was somewhat dull and tedious, so Le Zhengyue did not intend to just wait around here.

Aside from going to the Spirit Pagoda to improve his strength, Le Zhengyue also planned to explore the third continent, or perhaps confirm a few things in advance.

Of course, before that, Le Zhengyue had to solve one problem: the fact that Tang Wulin was always one level higher than him.

This issue meant nothing to Le Zhengyue; as long as his Dragon God Bloodline was sufficiently potent, the absolute suppression the Dragon God Martial Soul held over the Golden Dragon King martial soul meant Tang Wulin could not stir up any real trouble.

Let alone being one level higher, even if he were ten levels higher, Le Zhengyue would not care.

But the problem now was that the other party also possessed destiny.

Tang Wulin's biggest issue before had been his cultivation speed; now that his speed had increased, even if his own Dragon God Martial Soul could forcefully suppress the Golden Dragon King martial soul, accidents could still happen.

This was something Le Zhengyue would not allow, or rather, something he was unwilling to accept.

And the way to solve this problem was actually quite simple: find a loophole or a shortcut.

"Originally, this problem wasn't easy to solve, but since his spirit power is innately one level higher than mine, it has nothing to do with my dragon power."

Le Zhengyue said, raising his hand slightly.

His left hand was covered in nine-colored scales, and those scales were filled with the majesty and pressure belonging to the Dragon God.

As his bloodline reached the thirtieth level, Le Zhengyue's soul power began to gradually transform into dragon power.

Beyond signifying a constant decay in his Soul Power Level, this also meant he had developed what could be called a dragon power level.

Of course, it could still be described in terms of soul master ranks, as the nature of the power remained the same.

In truth, once the soul power fully converted into dragon power, it would be enough to completely restrict Tang Wulin.

After all, once Tang Wulin lost his dragon power, no matter how high his Soul Power Level might be, he would only be comparable to Tang San or Huo Yuhao.

The growth rate of those two in the early stages would not be significant, especially for Huo Yuhao; even with the inheritance from Di Tian, his rate of improvement would remain modest.

Being faster than the average person was normal, but not by much, and certainly incomparable to himself.

Yet, that would make things far less interesting.

Compared to Huo Yuhao's Tenfold Cashback System and the tenfold strength inheritance from Di Tian he had previously obtained, as well as Tang San's Wife-Pampering System—which allowed him to grow stronger simply by treating Xiao Wu well—Tang Wulin's system was the most useless, or rather, the weakest, as it only kept him one level higher than others.

This ability seemed heaven-defying, but it was predicated entirely on Le Zhengyue.

Once Tang Wulin lost Le Zhengyue, he would essentially be left without a powerful system.

In such a scenario, Tang Wulin would be significantly weakened, and that would take all the fun out of it.

With this in mind, Le Zhengyue raised his hand, and the Human Emperor Banner began to materialize in his grasp.

Streams of pure soul power emerged within the Human Emperor Banner, flowing directly into his reserve meridians.

As his power began to coalesce, his Dragon God Bloodline began to operate independently, mobilizing a complete set of meridians and blood vessels to circulate the dragon power.

The space originally occupied by soul power was now completely replaced by the Human Emperor Banner.

Staring at his own hands, Le Zhengyue's expression remained calm.

As the Human Emperor Banner rose from his hand, two century-level soul rings appeared around him, followed by the slow emergence of soul power at roughly the thirtieth level.

Le Zhengyue's soul power system was constructed using the power of the Dragon God Bloodline.

This complete cycle of soul power circulation was, in reality, irrelevant to the Human Emperor Banner, as dragon power could drive it just as well.

Therefore, this soul power system was designed entirely to sabotage Tang Wulin.

His current soul power level had reached twenty-eight, yet the soul power level he injected into himself was only at twenty-four.

As he calmly opened his System Panel, although it did not display Tang Wulin's level, the "always one level higher than him" system feature was still emitting a faint glow.

This proved that his method was indeed feasible.

From this moment on, Tang Wulin's cultivation speed was effectively under his control.