Tang Hao Departs, Darkness Under the Lamp

Upon obtaining the Blue Silver Emperor right leg bone, Yang Fan's soul power increased by three full levels, all of which served as a replenishment of his innate soul power.

In the original work, Tang San did not gain a single level of soul power from this bone; it merely nourished his meridians and helped him clear his eight extraordinary meridians.

Yang Fan lacked the Mysterious Heaven Skill and had no understanding of human meridians, so clearing his eight extraordinary meridians was out of the question, yet the innate deficiencies of his martial soul were largely restored and recovered by the nourishment of this soul bone.

Coupled with a first soul ring that exceeded the maximum age limit defined by the Grandmaster, he had now become a soul master with innate soul power of level six and a current soul power of level fifteen.

A single soul bone was truly this miraculous.

It was no wonder that a hundred-thousand-year soul bone was considered one of the three great treasures for a soul master.

Furthermore, this soul bone came with two skills: Flight and Spring Breeze Blows and Regenerates.

One originated from the seed dispersal of the Blue Silver Grass clan, and the other from the vigorous life force of the Blue Silver Emperor.

Yang Fan was pleasantly surprised by the improvements brought by this soul bone, as he had not held high expectations for it at the start.

In the Douluo series, the performance of this soul bone was arguably the worst.

Other soul bones were either mechanical monsters like the Ice Explosion technique or stat monsters like the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Soul bones that merely provided future abilities like Flight and life force were not particularly popular; if not for the fact that the soul beast age limits in the first installment were still quite conservative, this soul bone would hardly be worthy of being part of a protagonist's divine equipment.

After absorbing it, Yang Fan realized that while it appeared to be a soul bone on the surface, it was essentially the essence of a celestial herb.

In the original work, the effect on the martial soul was not obvious because the protagonist had already awakened the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and had developed a drug tolerance from consuming multiple celestial herbs; however, for a soul master with innate deficiencies, this was a potent tonic.

Although it occupied a soul bone slot, it was not one of the two most important positions—the head or the torso. If he truly encountered a more suitable one, he could simply replace it; wasn't that exactly what Spring Breeze Blows and Regenerates was for?

He even wondered if he could exploit a bug to turn this soul bone into a reusable celestial herb, but he was quickly disappointed.

Like other soul bones, these additional enhancements only occurred during the first absorption. Replacing the owner would not trigger such an energy surge, aside from the basic stat increases of the bone itself.

Thinking about it, it made sense; if it could truly be inherited perfectly, would there be so few Title Douluo in the royal families or sects? Aside from external soul bones, ordinary soul bones would drop upon death.

Inheriting a complete set of ten-thousand-year soul bones could turn a piece of trash into a genius, and a genius into a god-like figure.

Yang Fan tidied up the gains from this cultivation session and couldn't help but poke A Yin by the window.

The leaves of the Blue Silver Grass swayed, appearing somewhat shy.

"Are you the Blue Silver Emperor or a sensitive plant?"

Yang Fan teased.

"Bad!"

Through the Heart of Eros in his sea of consciousness, Yang Fan could clearly feel A Yin's emotions.

"This absorption went so smoothly, it must be thanks to you. You didn't think about tipping off Tang Hao, so have you made up your mind?"

Before cultivating, to prevent A Yin from running away, Yang Fan had concisely told her how Tang Hao had schemed against her and how her son had been possessed by a transmigrator, leaving her to digest the information.

The method to gain her trust was simple: just expose his own identity as a transmigrator.

When you find one ant in your house, it is no longer strange if two or even a hundred more appear later.

"I will go see for myself, and I will keep your secret."

A Yin thought for a long time before replying to Yang Fan.

After her intelligence awakened, the object of her sacrifice only wanted her power, and her beloved child had been possessed by an outsider—the blow to A Yin was simply too great.

Yang Fan was not in a hurry; breaking through A Yin's mental defenses would not be easy.

But as long as he kept her steady, there would always be an opportunity.

He had been excited when he first transmigrated into this world, especially knowing it was Douluo, a world with relatively low danger but the possibility of immortality.

Year after year, day after day, as an orphan raised by everyone in Shambhala Village, loneliness had inevitably accompanied him.

Especially four years ago during the martial soul awakening, when he learned he was a piece of trash inferior even to Yu Xiaogang, he had truly felt like giving up.

Fortunately, heaven never closes all doors; a first soul ring of over five hundred years, a first soul bone of one hundred thousand years, and the Heart of Eros as the foundation for godhood—everything told him that immortality was not out of reach.

And with A Yin, he had a companion.

She was gentle, wouldn't run away, and aside from having a damned Tang Hao in her past life, she was practically a perfect girlfriend. However, the past was the past; was the reborn A Yin really the same A Yin?

Rather than calling her A Yin, it was more like a daughter who had inherited A Yin's memories.

Of course, this was currently just Yang Fan's one-sided thought; A Yin had no idea the transmigrator's mind was so devious.

A few days later, a major event occurred in the neighboring Holy Soul Village.

The waterfall upstream of Holy Soul Village had been smashed by someone.

Literally smashed; a massive hammer print remained at the scene, and rubble was scattered everywhere, some of it even blocking the waterway.

For the sake of the crops in the fields, the surrounding villages spontaneously began to dredge the river.

Yang Fan was also one of the people dredging the riverbed.

Was this the strength of a Title Douluo?

People often joked about Douluo being the "floor" of fantasy, but to a modern person, the sheer power of this "floor" was unimaginable.

Fortunately, he had cleaned up his tracks well and created a scene that only an expert could have left behind; otherwise, given Tang Hao's temperament, it wouldn't have been impossible for him to slaughter the surrounding villages.

In this era where Tang San and Hu Liena had yet to emerge and Tang Chen had been reduced to a puppet, Bibi Dong and Tang Hao were the most famous Gods of Slaughter on the continent. Bibi Dong was still biding her time for revenge, but Tang Hao's name as the God of Slaughter had been incredibly notorious five or six years ago.

He spent his days clearing the river channels and his nights cultivating and nurturing his relationship with A Yin; just like that, a week passed by.

With the river channels cleared, the waterfall, still bearing the distinct marks of the hammer, became a new local attraction.

After some discussion, Holy Soul Village, Shambhala Village, Grass Chicken Village, and the others named this unknown waterfall the Title Waterfall.

In their eyes, only a Title Douluo could possess such immense power.

It had to be said that they had stumbled upon the truth by accident, and it wasn't just any ordinary Title Douluo, but the very Clear Sky Douluo who was being hunted by Spirit Hall.

"I am the one who smashed Spirit Hall with a single hammer. I am Tang Hao, remember that."

Perhaps it was the power from A Yin's sacrifice that kept him from rushing to capture Xiao Wu, choosing instead to let her cultivate a relationship with his own eccentric son, attempting to replicate his own past experience.

...I wonder if Tang San later put Huo Yuhao through so much trouble because of the power from Xiao Wu's sacrifice.

Without the burden of guarding A Yin, Tang Hao now focused all his attention on Xiao Wu. Yang Fan deduced this through observation: when the river channels were being cleared in Holy Soul Village, people often went to Shambhala Village to find someone to repair their tools.

If Tang Hao were still there, Old Jack wouldn't have gone to such lengths to look elsewhere; it was clear that Tang Hao had likely left Holy Soul Village, intending to focus on raising Tang San properly.

He wondered if Tang Hao would interfere with Grandmaster's experiments on Tang San.

A perfectly good top-tier support spirit with life-force attributes was being played like a poison-type control spirit.

(I suppose he won't...) If he really wanted to interfere, he wouldn't have remained indifferent in the original story, nor would he have refrained from intervening when Tang San was obtaining his power-attack spirit skills while condensing his spirit rings.

With A Yin in hand and Tang Hao gone, Yang Fan was in no rush at all. He planned to play it safe by hiding in plain sight, staying in this remote corner to properly cultivate his relationship with A Yin and trigger his first transmigration as soon as possible.

He just didn't know what the standard for "true love" was for this Heart of Eros.