Yu Xiaogang Went Mad!

As the ruler of all soul beasts, Gu Yue Na understood the value of this canon better than anyone.

It was nothing less than a world-shattering revolution in the understanding of soul masters!

Pick out any single point at random, and it would be enough to create a top-tier Title Douluo!

Xu Qing withdrew his finger and looked at the beast-hide paper covered in dense writing.

"This is only the most basic introductory textbook."

"Print and distribute it first thing tomorrow morning."

"It will serve as a compulsory course for every student of Blue Silver Academy."

His tone was calm.

As if he were discussing something utterly insignificant.

The next morning.

The first ray of sunlight had barely pierced the clouds.

A piece of earth-shaking news swept across the entire Douluo Continent like a hurricane.

Xu Qing, Dean of Blue Silver Academy, had personally compiled the Soul Master Study Canon.

And he had made it public as an introductory textbook for the academy!

The moment the news came out, every major faction erupted.

Heaven Dou Palace, imperial study.

Xue Ye held a copy of the Soul Master Study Canon that had just been transcribed overnight.

His clouded old eyes stared at the words on the pages, nearly bulging from their sockets.

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

"So Soul Power can be circulated like this!"

Xue Ye flushed with excitement and leaped straight up from his dragon throne.

Even his golden crown had gone crooked, yet he could not spare a thought to straighten it.

"Pass down my decree!"

"From this moment onward, every teacher and student of the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy must study the Soul Master Study Canon day and night!"

"Spare no expense! Make one hundred thousand copies and distribute them to every junior Soul Master Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire!"

"Anyone who dares slack off will be punished for treason!"

Spirit City, Pope Palace.

Bibi Dong sat high upon the Pope's throne, her breathtakingly beautiful face filled with utter shock.

She did not even notice her scepter falling to the floor.

"He actually analyzed the essence of martial souls to such a degree."

"Even the method for resolving conflicts between Twin Martial Souls is explained in such detail!"

Bibi Dong took a deep breath, her chest heaving violently.

The knowledge in this book was countless times more profound than anything she had figured out on her own!

She abruptly rose to her feet, her gaze sweeping across the Red Cardinals below.

"Immediately designate this book as Spirit Hall's highest sacred canon!"

"Every member of Spirit Hall must memorize this book before awakening their martial soul."

Within the Elder Hall, Qian Daoliu looked at the copy in his hands and burst into tears on the spot.

With a thud, he knelt before the Angel Statue.

"A divine miracle!"

"This is a true divine miracle!"

"With this canon, why would Spirit Hall fear failing to produce peerless geniuses!"

Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, main hall.

Ning Fengzhi stared at the book in his hands, utterly engrossed.

Even when Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo called out to him several times, he did not hear them.

"Dean Xu is truly a god among men!"

"One introductory textbook casually passed down by him surpasses the accumulated foundation of my Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect over thousands of years!"

In just a few days.

The Soul Master Study Canon was treated as a priceless treasure by the two empires, Spirit Hall, and the Upper Three Sects.

This extraordinary book swiftly spread to every corner of the Douluo Continent.

It caused extreme shock throughout the entire continent.

Countless soul masters regarded it as the ultimate standard.

Everyone understood.

This was the future of the soul master world, an enlightenment text every soul master had to study before awakening.

Those who did not study it were destined to fall behind.

They were destined to be ruthlessly cast aside by this era.

And Xu Qing's name was elevated to an altar.

He became the sole deity in the hearts of soul masters across the continent.

In streets and alleys, teahouses and taverns.

Everywhere, people could be heard wildly praising and worshipping Xu Qing.

Those pure Powers of Faith transformed into invisible golden motes of light.

They crossed mountains and rivers, continuously converging upon the rear courtyard of Blue Silver Academy.

Meanwhile.

Inside a ruined temple several hundred miles from Heaven Dou City.

The Shrek group huddled in a drafty corner, shivering.

A torrential downpour raged outside, pounding mercilessly against the decrepit roof.

Muddy water kept dripping through the cracks.

The atmosphere inside the temple was oppressive to the extreme.

Yu Xiaogang lay sprawled on a rotten straw mat covered in mold.

The wound where his arm had been severed was wrapped in thick, filthy cloth.

It was already seeping foul-smelling pus and blood, releasing waves of stench.

His stiff face had turned a strange deathly gray from the intense pain and fever.

Tang San sat beside him, covered in mud and saying nothing.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun wore miserable expressions, sighing again and again.

Whenever they closed their eyes.

They saw that blinding scene from Blue Silver Academy's square.

They were all the same age.

Ning Rongrong stood upon the high platform, admired by countless people as the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda shone brilliantly.

She had even gotten her wish of remaining by Xu Qing's side, a man of terrifying strength, with an immeasurable future ahead of her.

And what about them?

They had been beaten and driven out like stray dogs, without even a place to stay.

That overwhelming contrast.

Was like poisoned blades stabbing wildly into their hearts.

Extreme jealousy and hatred grew madly within every one of them.

"Damn Blue Silver Academy!"

Tang San slammed his fist into a chunk of broken stone, smashing the back of his hand into a bloody mess.

"Xu Qing!"

"You ruined my teacher's reputation and took one of his arms!"

"If I do not avenge this grudge, I, Tang San, swear I am not human!"

Dai Mubai gritted his teeth, his face dark and gloomy.

"That Ning Rongrong is heartless too."

"She saw that they were powerful and immediately latched onto them. She has no shame at all!"

Just then.

The rickety wooden door of the ruined temple was violently shoved open.

Flender rushed in wearing a rain cape, splattered with mud from head to toe.

He did not even have time to remove his bamboo hat before pulling a book tightly wrapped in oilcloth from his chest.

"Xiaogang! Something huge has happened!"

Flender hurried to Yu Xiaogang's side, his tone urgent.

"Everything outside has gone mad!"

"The two empires and Spirit Hall are frantically promoting a book, saying it is now essential reading for all soul masters before they awaken!"

"Even beggars in the streets outside are reciting the formulas from this book!"

Yu Xiaogang struggled to open his bloodshot eyes.

His voice was weak, yet it still carried deeply ingrained arrogance and disdain.

"What kind of trash book could cause such a stir?"

"Could it possibly be more exquisite than my Ten Core Competencies?"

Flender swallowed, his expression ugly.

"This book... was written by Xu Qing from Blue Silver Academy."

"It is called the Soul Master Study Canon."

The moment he heard the name "Xu Qing."

Yu Xiaogang sprang up from the straw mat like a wildcat whose tail had been stepped on.

The sudden movement tugged at the wound on his severed arm, making cold sweat pour down his face.

But he could not care about that at all.

Vicious hatred burst from his eyes.

"Xu Qing? That despicable old fraud!"

Yu Xiaogang cursed loudly, spittle flying everywhere.

"What the hell does he know about soul master theory!"

"He must have plagiarized and cobbled together some garbage from somewhere again!"

"Does something written by a fame-stealing fraud like him deserve to be called a canon?"

"Everyone outside must be blind!"

Tang San hurriedly echoed him from the side.

"Teacher is right. Xu Qing merely relies on his great strength to deceive people."

"When it comes to theoretical research, who on the Douluo Continent can compare to you, Teacher?"

Flender looked at the master and disciple, his face shifting between green and white.

He unwrapped the oilcloth and handed the Soul Master Study Canon to Yu Xiaogang.

"Xiaogang, stop cursing for now. Take a look at what is inside."

"I flipped through a few pages on my way back. There are many things in it that we have never even heard of."

"For example... the Soul Ring Age Limit Breakthrough Method."

Flender pointed at a passage on the page and read aloud.

"Through a specific Soul Power compression circulation route, combined with a simulated environment to stimulate bone marrow blood production."

"The absorption limit for the first soul ring can be directly raised to more than eight hundred years..."

Before Flender could finish reading.

Yu Xiaogang's stiff face instantly twitched.

He suddenly stretched out his only remaining left hand and snatched the Soul Master Study Canon from Flender.

His movements were rough.

"Utter nonsense!"

"The limit for the first soul ring is clearly four hundred and twenty-three years!"

"This is an iron law I spent most of my life researching!"

Yu Xiaogang stared at the words on the page, his eyes nearly pressed against the paper.

He had wanted to find countless mistakes in it and tear it apart with scathing criticism.

To prove to everyone that he, Yu Xiaogang, had been right all along.

However.

As his gaze continued sweeping over the lines.

Yu Xiaogang's body began trembling violently beyond his control.

Intense horror gradually crept across his deathly gray face.

The theoretical logic recorded in the book was flawlessly rigorous, without the slightest loophole.

Every piece of supporting material was clear and understandable.

Even the martial soul defect problems he had agonized over without ever finding a solution.

Were resolved in the book with only a few brief strokes, offering perfect methods.

How was this possible!

Yu Xiaogang's breathing grew increasingly ragged.

The Ten Core Competencies he had always been so proud of, before this Soul Master Study Canon...

It was practically like scrap paper covered in a three-year-old's doodles!

It was not even as good as the scraps from the outermost edges!

The devastating blow instantly shattered the last of Yu Xiaogang's mental defenses.

He broke down.

"No... This isn't real!"

Yu Xiaogang clutched his hair with both hands, looking utterly deranged.

"It's fake! It's all wrong!"

He suddenly let out a shrill scream.

His only remaining left hand exerted force, tearing the precious Soul Master Study Canon cleanly in half.

Shreds of paper fluttered down through the air inside the ruined temple.

Tang San and the others were all startled by Yu Xiaogang's crazed behavior.

"Teacher!"

Tang San hurried forward to support him.

Yu Xiaogang shoved Tang San away and swept his bloodshot eyes over the Shrek group.

Gritting his teeth, he issued a death order.

"No one is allowed to read this kind of heretical nonsense!"

"This is poison Xu Qing uses to bewitch people!"

"You are Shrek's monsters. You can only study my theories!"

"If I find out that anyone dares to secretly learn the things written in there, get out of Shrek immediately!"

The ruined temple fell deathly silent.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun looked at the scraps of paper on the ground, conflict flashing through their eyes.

But under Yu Xiaogang's tyrannical pressure, neither of them dared to speak out against him.

Sunlight poured over Blue Silver Academy's broad training grounds. Several brilliant streaks of light continuously collided and intertwined in the arena, unleashing waves of intensely oppressive Soul Power.

Xu Qing lounged comfortably in a grand chair, with several plates of exquisite pastries arranged atop the white jade table before him.

His gaze passed through the formation barrier around the training grounds and fell upon the graceful figures inside, diligently sparring with one another.

Ever since his public lecture and the spread of the Soul Master Study Canon, these talented girls' cultivation had advanced by leaps and bounds.

Ye Lingling held a Nine-Heart Begonia in both hands, its petals radiating a crystalline glow.

This martial soul, which had once possessed only pure healing abilities, now bore a faint layer of golden patterns along its petal edges after being tempered by Xu Qing's Life Domain.

As she activated her Soul Power, several flower vines with immense corrosive and draining power burst from the ground. Not only could they instantly heal her teammates' grave injuries, but they could also drain an enemy's Soul Power dry in moments.

It had completely transformed into a supreme god-tier martial soul that possessed both formidable offensive power and heaven-defying recovery abilities!

In the air not far away, Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er clasped hands. A massive Ice Phoenix, its entire body wreathed in icy blue flames, soared into the sky, and the surrounding air nearly froze solid in that instant.

Ning Rongrong stood at the rear, her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda releasing a dazzling nine-colored radiance as it precisely bestowed every enhancement upon the others.

Everyone's martial souls had undergone a fundamental elevation.

Xu Qing watched the scene and nodded slightly.

With these girls' current lineup and strength, any one of them could challenge opponents above her level.

In the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, Blue Silver Academy's championship was already a certainty. There was no need for him to waste any more effort on it.

Just then, a faint, elegant fragrance drifted to his nose.

Gu Yue Na walked gracefully to the side of his chair, naturally picked up the white jade teapot, and filled the cup before Xu Qing with fragrant tea.

As she handed him the teacup, her jade-white fingers gently brushed across the back of his hand.

Her amethyst-like eyes held a hint of mischief and intimacy.

"You're certainly taking it easy."

"You've taught such a group of little monsters. Those academies outside probably won't even have the courage to face them."

Gu Yue Na's voice was light and pleasant.

Xu Qing accepted the teacup smoothly, his fingertips lightly caressing her wrist for a moment.

"What monsters?"

"I merely brought out the potential they were supposed to have."

Gu Yue Na sat down beside Xu Qing and rested her cheek in one hand.

"By the way, ever since those people from Shrek Academy fled, they've been spreading rumors about you everywhere."

"That Tang San seems to carry some kind of special providence."

"No matter how badly he falls, he always manages to escape danger. Should I send someone over and cut off this sapling directly?"

Xu Qing took a sip of tea, his expression calm. He did not take the matter to heart at all.

"He's merely a child of fortune."

"If the laws of heaven and earth favor him, that is the Heavenly Dao's business. What does it have to do with me?"

"A slightly larger ant isn't worth me going out of my way to step on. Let him jump around for a few more days. He can serve as a whetstone for Ling Ling and the others."

Seeing how confident he was, Gu Yue Na did not try to persuade him further and simply sat quietly at his side.