Tang San had been all alone in his previous life; being reborn in Douluo Continent was practically the same as being an orphan.
No! It was even worse than being an orphan! He had never felt even the slightest bit of motherly love in either life.
As for fatherly love, he had only experienced it for those few days after awakening his Martial Soul!
It was practically nonexistent!
Watching Minato Namikaze willingly sacrifice himself and Kushina earnestly entrust Naruto to him before her death, Tang San could not help but feel a trace of confusion and bitterness in his heart:
"So this was motherly love... But where was my mother?"
As his thoughts shifted, Tang Hao came to mind, and a hint of resentment unexpectedly rose within him:
"As a father, wasn't he far too irresponsible? He had been like that ever since I was little..."
But the moment that thought surfaced, he forcefully suppressed it and silently warned himself:
"No, I can't speculate like this or speak ill of Father."
If Yu Zhi could have seen Tang San's thoughts at that moment, he would probably have cried out at how absurd it was.
For someone as blindly loyal and stubborn to the bone as Tang San to begin reflecting on things was truly unprecedented!
All that could be said was that if Tang Hao and Minato Namikaze had switched places, each of their reputations would probably have improved somewhat!
Minato Namikaze could be a stay-at-home dad, while Tang Hao could die for love!
Everyone had a perfect future!
The light and shadows on the Sky Screen shifted.
[Kushina choked back sobs as she finished every last one of her countless instructions for Naruto. Her breath had already weakened to the extreme.]
[She looked at Minato Namikaze and softly said with apology, "Minato, I'm sorry, I said too much..."]
[Minato Namikaze gently shook his head. His eyes were filled with tender affection as he looked at her and softly replied, "It's all right."]
[Then he lowered his head to look at the ignorant Naruto in his swaddling clothes, a faint smile on his lips. "Naruto, what Dad wants to say is the same as what your nagging mother said..."]
[As his words fell, golden light suddenly erupted, and the Eight Trigrams Seal instantly took shape.]
[The frenzied Nine-Tails was completely sealed away and vanished. Only an intricate, mysterious sealing pattern remained quietly branded upon Naruto's lower abdomen.]
The image on the Sky Screen gradually dimmed. The tragic yet heroic story of the Fourth Hokage and Kushina sacrificing themselves to protect their Village and entrusting their child to the future at death came to an end.
Beneath the Sky Screen, all living beings across the continent sighed with emotion.
"It was clearly just a scene, so why did it feel as if I had lived through endless years?"
"It was both so complete and so tragic. There was a hero's righteousness, the warmth of family, and sacrifice without regret."
"So this was Naruto Continent?"
Deep within the Star Dou Forest, at the Lake of Life.
A group of Ferocious Beasts had gathered, and the atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.
Unable to suppress his agitation any longer, Xiong Jun roared in a rough voice, "Di Tian, we must make preparations early!"
The branches and leaves around King of Ten Thousand Demons trembled wildly, his expression incomparably grave. "That's right. No one expected that strange Sealing Technique to truly be capable of forcibly sealing a Tailed Beast like the Nine-Tails, one with a million years of cultivation, inside a human body—and even the body of a newborn infant! This proves that this Ninjutsu has long since matured and can be wielded with ease."
Scarlet King's eyes were bloodshot, filled with indignation and unwillingness. "Despicable humans! They have none of the restrictions imposed by Spirit Rings, yet they came up with such vicious methods, treating powerful Ferocious Beasts as prisoners and locking them inside human bodies like playthings!"
Bi Ji's face showed pity, and she was filled with confusion. "The humans of that continent and the Tailed Beasts had no fundamental enmity to begin with. Why would they persecute and imprison them like this? It truly makes no sense."
Xiong Jun's violent aura surged as he bluntly proposed, "In my opinion, we should simply launch a beast tide and flatten every human city in Douluo Continent! We absolutely cannot let them learn such harmful sealing Ninjutsu, only for them to imprison us in the end!"
The surrounding Ferocious Beasts all nodded in agreement.
The Nine-Tails was far more powerful than any Ferocious Beast present. Even it had ended up sealed and imprisoned. If they were to go to that continent, their fate would only be worse.
Only Bi Ji repeatedly shook her head and spoke in opposition. "No! If we rashly launch a beast tide, countless humans will die or be injured, and we Spirit Beasts will also pay a terrible price. The losses would outweigh the gains. I absolutely do not agree!"
"Bi Ji, you're just too softhearted and sentimental!"
"Enough!"
Di Tian abruptly opened his tightly shut golden vertical pupils. Dragon might swept through the area, and his cold gaze glared furiously at Xiong Jun.
"I am still here presiding over matters. Is it your turn to make decisions on your own? Could it be that you covet my position as Beast God?"
Boundless dragon might crashed down like a mountain collapse and earth-shattering disaster. Scarlet King and Zi JI's auras instantly fell into disorder, and they lowered their heads, barely able to endure it.
King of Ten Thousand Demons and Bi Ji also hurriedly bowed their heads to show submission.
Only Xiong Jun, naturally arrogant and rebellious, stubbornly met Di Tian's gaze and refused to lower his head.
A cold smile flashed through Di Tian's eyes. Just as Xiong Jun was filled with confusion, a wisp of dark black light shot forth in an instant.
A dull boom rang out. Xiong Jun was sent flying through the air, a black hole blasted through his chest as blood poured out. His injuries were severe.
"This is the first time, and the last." Di Tian's tone was icy, without the slightest warmth.
Xiong Jun panted heavily. In the end, he recognized the gap in their strength and lowered his head unwillingly.
Di Tian did not pursue the matter further. It was not as though this bear had only recently grown a rebellious streak!
He swept his gaze across the Ferocious Beasts and coldly declared, "From this day onward, no one is to mention launching a beast tide again! Humans have divine factions behind them. Rashly starting a war would be no different from courting death!"
"This matter ends here. Whoever dares to speak of a beast tide again, do not blame me for showing no mercy!"
The depths beneath the Lake of Life fell deathly silent. No Ferocious Beast dared utter another word.
The Sky Screen's image suddenly shifted, pulling back as it formally began introducing one of the Five Great Nations of Naruto Continent: the Land of Wind.
Lines of clear text appeared beside the Sky Screen:
[The Land of Wind lay in the western part of the continent and possessed the broadest territory among the Five Great Nations. Most of its lands were covered by vast deserts, with yellow sand filling the skies and an extremely harsh environment. Only scattered oases and places with water sources supported settlements and life.]
[The Land of Wind's exclusive ninja Village—Sunagakure—was led by the supreme ruler bearing the title of Kazekage.]
[Then a number of distinctive Martial Souls were listed:]
[Giant Fan, Puppet, Poison, Magnetic Field, Sand, Sand Gold.]
[It also housed One-Tail, one of the continent's Tailed Beasts.]
[As the words fell, the Sky Screen's image changed in an instant, displaying the Martial Souls of the Land of Wind's various experts one by one.]
[The first to appear was the Giant Fan Martial Soul.]
[An expert lightly unfolded a gigantic folding fan. A fierce gale suddenly roared forth, and countless wind blades sliced through the air. Wherever they passed, whole swathes of trees snapped at the waist, broken trunks scattering everywhere. Its might was terrifying.]
[Next came the Puppet Martial Soul.]
[The figure had a head of red hair and a cultivation level of 95! With a slight movement of his fingertips, puppet after puppet moved at his will, as nimble as living people without the slightest stiffness. Countless hidden weapons and mechanisms were concealed throughout the puppets' bodies, their cold glints brimming with murderous intent. They could both attack and defend, making them bizarre and difficult to guard against.]
[After that came the Third Kazekage, level 97! He activated the Magnetism Martial Soul.]
[The earth trembled faintly as iron sand deep underground was drawn by an invisible magnetic field and shot into the sky, gathering into enormous iron blocks like mountains that suppressed all directions. In the next instant, they transformed into iron-sand thorns filling the heavens, crisscrossing to seal off every route of escape. It was an inescapable killing trap.]
[The Fourth Kazekage, level 93! He activated the Sand Gold Martial Soul, and the entire earth instantly surged and rolled. Golden waves of sand rushed like an ocean, sweeping across all directions and blotting out the sky. Quicksand sank and collapsed, golden light obscured the sun—it was practically a natural catastrophe walking upon the land.]
[Finally came the Fifth Kazekage, level 97! He controlled the Sand Martial Soul with overwhelming dominance.]
[With a wave of his hand, the earth turned to desert, and all fertile soil became shifting sand. The environment changed according to his will. Yellow sand filled the sky and blotted out the sun, swirling and surging as if it would devour every living being between heaven and earth and bury them beneath the sand.]
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