Douluo: Fictional Heaven's Veil, Turning Falsehood into Truth
Chapter 9

The Terrifying Aspect of the Make-Believe-to-Reality System and the Imaginary Sky Screen

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In Suotuo City, inside an inn.

Xue Hen had left the window at some point and was sitting cross-legged on the bed.

He kept his eyes closed, continuously familiarizing himself with the surging soul power within his body.

Level 93.

His soul power had now risen to level ninety-three, and around his neck appeared the storage Soul Tool necklace that had previously been shown on the Sky Screen. Inside it lay the corpse of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Life Giant Whale, and its soul bone was also quietly hidden within.

Although it had not been broadcast on the Sky Screen, according to his settings, the Life Giant Whale would yield a 'Life Purification Skull Bone'.

This skull bone could grant a soul master two soul skills: [Cleansing of All Things] and [Return of All Things to the Whale].

Among them, Cleansing of All Things was a hundred-thousand-year purification skill. Its effect was to erupt with an "Emerald Purification Wave" centered on himself, covering a radius of one kilometer. All allies within the area would have all negative status effects cleared and gain the "Absolute Purification" status for 30 seconds (immune to all negative effects).

At the same time, 50% of the buff statuses on all enemies would be "filtered" away (prioritizing defensive and resurrection types).

Furthermore, all undead, evil soul, and curse-type soul masters would take true damage equal to 50% of their maximum health.

As for Return of All Things to the Whale, it was a hundred-thousand-year ultimate skill. Its effect was to manifest a phantom of the Life Giant Whale, which would open its heaven-swallowing maw and suck all living beings (both friend and foe) within a three-hundred-meter radius into its belly.

Inside the whale's belly, enemies would take 20% of their maximum health as "digestive damage" (ignoring defense) every second, while allies would recover 20% of their maximum health every second. After 10 seconds, the giant whale would dissipate, spitting out all survivors and the corpses of the dead.

Any living being that died inside the whale's belly would leave behind a 'Life Essence', which could be absorbed directly.

Time passed bit by bit.

Xue Hen gradually familiarized himself with and mastered the surging soul power in his body; this strength felt as if he had cultivated it himself, only that he hadn't used it for a long time.

On the other side, at Shrek Academy, in the woods.

Tang San's expression grew increasingly ugly.

Exposed.

Almost all of his secrets had been exposed.

Twin Martial Souls.

Knowing Tang Sect techniques, being able to craft hidden weapons, and being skilled with poison.

Aside from the fact that he had transmigrated to this continent from another world, all his other secrets had been exposed by those damned images.

Now, he feared he would be targeted by countless people, and it would be difficult to have a peaceful life on the continent from now on.

"Damn it!" Thinking this, Tang San clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

If only he knew who was behind these images; otherwise, this person would definitely have a path to death!

After another long while, the images on the Sky Screen finally stopped.

It had skipped ahead to Tang San graduating from the Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy and did not reveal the fact that he and Xiao Wu had decided to head to Shrek Academy, which allowed Tang San to breathe a slight sigh of relief amidst his anger.

In front of the Pope's Palace.

"Blue Silver Grass, Clear Sky Hammer, there can be no mistake. This Tang San is the mongrel born of Tang Hao and that hundred-thousand-year soul beast. I never expected him to actually worship..." Bibi Dong did not finish the rest of her sentence.

She truly had not expected that the mongrel would actually take Xiao Gang as his master, and that Xiao Gang would view him as the prized disciple who could prove his own theories.

"Go investigate and see if Nuoding City ever reported a soul master with Innate Full Soul Power who awakened the Blue Silver Grass martial soul, by the name of Tang San." Bibi Dong ordered a deacon who had followed her out of the main hall.

"Yes, Your Holiness."

Soon, the deacon returned.

He reported to Bibi Dong: "Reporting to Your Holiness, over six years ago, Su Yuntao from Nuoding City did indeed report a child who awakened the Blue Silver Grass martial soul and possessed Innate Full Soul Power. Furthermore, this child successfully obtained his first soul ring six years ago, became a soul master, and completed his soul master registration in Nuoding City."

"Hmm." Bibi Dong nodded and said: "It seems that what was shown in these images is all true. In that case, the matter regarding that Xue Hen must also be true."

The terrifying aspect of the fictional Sky Screen and the Make-Believe-to-Reality System lay not only in its ability to turn fictional information into reality but also in its ability to distort things in reality, including... memories.

As the reality rate of the identity 'Super Douluo - Xue Hen' continued to rise, the memories of many people in reality were quietly modified. Many people began to 'remember' Xue Hen, startled to realize they had seen him before, especially those who enjoyed participating in soul fights and watching Soul Fighting Arena matches.

They had seen Xue Hen activate the Imperial Power Sword martial soul in the Soul Fighting Arena and seen him easily defeat his opponents.

Even in distant coastal cities, some had seen Xue Hen sailing out to sea on a small boat.

In the future, if Bibi Dong sent people to investigate, these details—influenced by the rising reality rate—would further increase the credibility of the information on the Sky Screen. And once the credibility increased, the reality rate would rise again, eventually reaching 100%.

At that time, Xue Hen would also become a Super Douluo just like the one on the Sky Screen!

At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.

Emperor Xue Ye was still craning his neck, gazing at the firmament. He had no interest in that so-called Tang San.

Twin Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power, Tang Sect techniques—in his view, none of these were as important as Xue Hen. After all, that child Xue Hen was a Super Douluo with Twin Martial Souls!

Between a super powerhouse and a genius with the potential to become one, he could still distinguish which was more important.

Not to mention that Xue Hen also had the blood of his Xue family flowing through his veins!

"Sigh, why did those images suddenly vanish just like that, and why did it switch to talking about that Tang San afterward?" Emperor Xue Ye struck his scepter against the floor and sighed.

Behind him, Qian Renxue also looked up at the sky, which had returned to normal, and after a moment of thought, she comforted Emperor Xue Ye: "Father, those images from just now must have been divine miracles, meant to guide us toward the geniuses existing in this world. Since it was said above that Prince Xue Hen will return to the Balaque Kingdom in two months, why don't we send people there now to keep watch, and once he appears, invite him to the imperial capital to meet you? As for that Tang San, he is also a genius; we could send people to track his whereabouts and then invite him to serve the Heaven Dou Imperial Family."

When she mentioned Tang San, a flash of killing intent crossed the depths of Qian Renxue's eyes.

Just like Bibi Dong, she had recognized Tang San's identity and knew he was the son of her 'father's murderer,' and... his talent was truly exceptional.

Since that was the case, she absolutely could not let him go!

"Hmm, what you say makes sense. Whom should we send to invite that child Xue Hen?" Emperor Xue Ye's spirits lifted as he muttered to himself.

"Father, this son..."

"Father, let this son handle both of these matters."

Just as Xue Beng was about to speak, Qian Renxue directly interrupted him and volunteered.

"Hmm, very well. Qinghe, the matter of inviting that child Xue Hen to Heaven Dou City is entrusted to you. As for that Tang San, do your best to find him, but if you truly cannot, it is of no consequence." Emperor Xue Ye considered himself quite wise; the matter of the two geniuses, Xue Hen and Tang San, was now known to the world. If their Heaven Dou Imperial Family could recruit even one of them, it would already be a great success. Recruiting both would be extremely difficult, so he did not make things difficult for his 'son.'

"Yes, Father." Qian Renxue cupped her hands toward Emperor Xue Ye in response.

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