I Will Destroy the Sky Dragon Pavilion at All Costs!

Suotuo City, Shrek Academy.

Inside a tavern in Nuoding City, Tang Hao, having spent seven days drowning his sorrows in wine, finally pulled himself together and arrived at Shrek Academy.

Ah Yin is gone, but I still have Little San!

Tang Hao decided to return to Shrek to see his precious son, as well as his daughter-in-law, the hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit.

Tang Hao had been at Shrek Academy for a while now, watching from the shadows. Why don't I see Xiao Wu?

Tang Hao's heart skipped a beat. Combining this with the oppressive atmosphere within the academy, a sense of foreboding welled up inside him.

He no longer concealed his presence and appeared at the gates of Shrek Academy.

"Who are you?"

Li Yusong at the gate looked warily at the man before him, who was huddled in a tattered black robe and reeking of strong alcohol.

"I am Little San's father."

Tang Hao pulled back his hood, revealing a gaunt, listless face.

Ah Yin had been taken away by the "Scarlet King," who had even left behind an incredibly arrogant taunt.

Having suffered from excessive longing and seven consecutive days of drinking, even the body of a Titled Douluo had become drained of spirit.

"You are Tang San's father?"

Li Yusong scrutinized Tang Hao carefully and shook his head, clearly skeptical.

While Tang San couldn't be called handsome, he was certainly not unattractive. He bore no resemblance to this middle-aged man with a scruffy, unkempt beard and... sunken cheeks.

"Forget it, wait here. I'll go get Tang San."

Li Yusong stood up, intending to fetch Tang San, just in case this man really was his father.

Tang Hao didn't care about Li Yusong's scrutiny, nor did he heed the instruction to wait; he simply walked inside on his own.

He was not a patient man.

"You want to force your way in!"

Li Yusong's martial soul, the Dragon Pattern Staff, appeared in his hand. One white, one yellow, three purple, and one black soul ring emerged, and he struck toward Tang Hao with the staff.

Tang Hao didn't even glance at him; with a surge of Soul Power, he sent Li Yusong flying.

He continued walking inward, and with every step, a soul ring appeared.

Yellow! Yellow! Purple! Purple! Black! Black! Black! Black! Red! A full nine soul rings!

The aura of a Titled Douluo erupted, instantly drawing out Flender, the Shrek Seven Devils, and the others.

"Dad!"

Tang San gasped when he saw the figure below.

He was especially shocked to see the nine soul rings at Tang Hao's feet. Dad is actually a Titled Douluo!

"A Titled Douluo!"

"And a hundred-thousand-year soul ring!"

Dai Mubai, Ning Rongrong, and the others looked at Tang San in astonishment as they stared at the nine rings at Tang Hao's feet.

"Little San."

Tang Hao saw Tang San as well and retracted his aura and soul rings.

That's great! Since Dad is a Titled Douluo, he will definitely be able to find Xiao Wu.

Tang San thought to himself, quickly using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to reach Tang Hao's side.

"Greetings, Your Excellency."

Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the other Shrek teachers who had come out upon hearing the commotion said respectfully.

"Greetings, Your Excellency Haotian."

Yu Xiaogang waited specifically for Flender and the others to finish before speaking calmly.

He carried the air of one who is awake while the rest of the world is drunk.

"Greetings, Your Excellency. I offended you just now."

Li Yusong also walked in, bowing in fear and trepidation.

What is going on?

Tang Hao felt something strange; why was the left corner of his mouth curling upward uncontrollably?

"Dad!"

Tang San's voice pulled Tang Hao back to reality.

"Son!"

Tang Hao opened his arms.

"Dad!"

Tang San opened his arms as well.

"Son!"

The two moved toward each other simultaneously.

Ignoring everyone else present, the father and son embraced tightly. At the same time, tears like a torrential downpour streamed from the corners of their eyes.

Tang Hao took this moment to weep out all the longing he had held for Ah Yin over the years, along with his own self-reproach.

Tang San's emotions were simpler: one part was the long-awaited reunion after his father's abrupt departure years ago, and the second was the "disappearance" of Xiao Wu.

"They..." Ma Hongjun edged closer to Dai Mubai, wanting to let out a sound of surprise but fearing Tang Hao might hear him.

Dai Mubai shot Ma Hongjun a look that clearly said, "How unsightly."

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Qing had completely opposite expressions, both sighing at the depth of the father-son bond.

"San, let me ask you," Tang Hao said after they had wept for a while, gripping Tang San's shoulders, "where is that little girl named Xiao Wu?"

At the mere mention of Xiao Wu, the tears Tang San had just managed to check began to pour down once more.

"Let me explain."

Yu Xiaogang walked over to the pair, patted the still-weeping Tang San, and recounted the story of Xiao Wu's disappearance from a few days prior to Tang Hao.

"Vanished without a trace?"

Tang Hao sensed something ominous. They didn't know Xiao Wu's true identity, but he did. She must have been discovered by a Title Douluo or a Soul Douluo and abducted in the dead of night.

He quickly pressed for details: "Has Xiao Wu encountered any Spirit Masters above the Soul Douluo level recently?"

"She has!" Zhao Wuji stepped forward. "We ran into them in the Star Dou Forest."

"Uh... I think they were called the Imperial Dou Team," Zhao Wuji scratched his head. "Anyway, it was that group. Their team leaders were two Title Douluos."

"They were the two titled retainers of the Sky Dragon Pavilion, Red Fire and Mystic Water," Flender added, pushing up his glasses.

"Your Excellency, do you mean..." Yu Xiaogang had a sudden flash of insight.

Tang Hao understood what Yu Xiaogang was implying. With a wave of his hand, a barrier of Soul Power appeared, enveloping Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Zhao Wuji, and Tang San.

"What's so secretive?" Ma Hongjun kicked a pebble on the ground. "They won't even let us listen."

Ning Rongrong also curled her lip, casting a dissatisfied glance at the Soul Power barrier.

Even with the barrier in place, Tang Hao lowered his voice. "The Master is right. Xiao Wu is not human."

"Xiao Wu is not human?" Tang San was incredulous. "How is that possible?"

"Xiao Wu lived with me in Nuoding City for six years!"

"How could she not be human?"

Tang San denied it repeatedly, his expression verging on frantic.

"San, Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that has taken human form," Tang Hao patted Tang San's back. "When a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast undergoes reincarnation, they become a six-year-old human child."

"Before reaching level 70, they still possess the aura of a Soul Beast and can be detected by experts above the Soul Douluo level. Once they pass level 70, they become entirely human."

"I saw through Xiao Wu's identity as a Soul Beast back at the Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy. It wasn't just me; Red Fire and Mystic Water were also in Nuoding City at the time and discovered her identity as well."

"We had a fight, and I won. They likely feared me and temporarily gave up on targeting Xiao Wu."

As Tang Hao said this, his voice sounded unnatural. Even he couldn't believe that the Sky Dragon Pavilion would give up on a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast just because of a Clear Sky Douluo riddled with internal injuries, yet that was the reality.

"When they encountered you again in the Star Dou Forest, they likely sensed that I wasn't nearby, so they snatched Xiao Wu away."

Tang Hao's voice suddenly turned deep. "Your mother was the same."

Tang Hao spoke Ah Yin's identity plainly. In truth, it was no longer a secret; the events of that year seemed to have been manipulated by an invisible hand.

Every major power now knew that the Martial Soul Hall Pontiff, Qian Xunji, had hunted down Tang Hao and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor.

Even Yu Xiaogang knew the details perfectly well.

"My mother was also a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast?" Tang San had lost count of how many times he had been shocked today.

Am I not human?

My mother is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and my father is the youngest Title Douluo on the continent?

Am I a half-beast?

Tang San was experiencing a mental storm.

Xiao Wu was actually a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—could she really be the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit Emperor?

"Sky Dragon Pavilion, what a fine Sky Dragon Pavilion! Even if Xiao Wu is a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, she has already taken human form and is my student!" Yu Xiaogang suddenly roared, "I will spare no cost to destroy the Sky Dragon Pavilion!"