Comparing Yao Lao, Yu Xiaogang's Helpless Rage

Both were teachers,

yet look at Xiao Yan's teacher: "A mere Dou Zong dares lay a hand on my disciple?"

Then look at Tang San's teacher: "Do you know what kind of person his father is?"

The contrast was enough to make one laugh their head off!

Were you really Tang San's legitimate mentor?

You claimed your theories were unmatched across the continent, but Tang San's true abilities—

his eye for identifying Immortal Herbs and his methods for concocting deadly poisons—

all came from memories he brought from his previous life.

They had absolutely nothing to do with you, his teacher!

As for practical combat ability...

Heh, there was even less need to say anything about that.

Compared to Yao Lao, Grandmaster was truly utterly outclassed as a teacher!

Whether in theoretical depth or cultivation realm, he was comprehensively crushed!

Was this so-called theory Grandmaster really that exceptional?

At the very least, the onlookers from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds had yet to see any sign of it.

So far, his only known achievement was that so-called "Ten Core Competitivenesses of Martial Souls."

But the question was—

what practical significance did these conclusions actually have?

Take a look at several of these core theories:

First, the Martial Soul Mimicry Theory.

Second, Innate Soul Power was directly proportional to Martial Soul strength.

Third, there were no useless Martial Souls, only unqualified Spirit Masters.

The second and third points alone contradicted each other.

Grandmaster himself was the best counterexample: he had both an ordinary Martial Soul and was an mediocre Spirit Master.

His Luo Sanpao could clearly evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon,

which fully proved that it possessed extraordinary potential!

Yet in Grandmaster's hands, it had been reduced to something that could only fart.

He had utterly ruined it through neglect, hadn't he?

And he still dared call himself a theory Grandmaster?

Putting aside his own level for the moment, Luo Sanpao possessed independent consciousness.

It could be summoned to fight externally, and with others' assistance, it could even evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon.

Yet Grandmaster spent every day claiming that his Martial Soul was worthless.

Oh, right, right, right—it really was a useless Martial Soul: one he had personally raised into uselessness!

Any normal Spirit Master, if their own Soul Power was weak,

would first think to seek a breakthrough through their Martial Soul itself!

It would have been one thing if you truly did not understand Luo Sanpao's special qualities.

But you had previously formed the Golden Iron Triangle with Flender and Liu Erlong.

You had even used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill led by you!

Luo Sanpao had evolved right before your eyes—

and after all that, you still had the nerve to call it trash every day?

Anyone with eyes could see that Luo Sanpao possessed extraordinary potential.

The viewers from the Heavens and Myriad Worlds,

whether they came from high-martial planes or ordinary worlds,

could tell from these displays alone—it was clearly a promising prospect!

Yet you, a scholar hailed as the number one authority on Douluo theory,

had always treated it as a useless Martial Soul.

The sheer absurdity of it was laughable!

Even more ironic was how Grandmaster had originally deduced that Tang San possessed Twin Martial Souls.

His premise had been that "Blue Silver Grass is a useless Martial Soul"—

because Blue Silver Grass was too weak, Innate Full Soul Power was supposedly unreasonable.

Yet he then turned around and told Tang San something like, "There are no useless Martial Souls, only useless Spirit Masters."

Had Tang San really been hoodwinked into becoming crippled by you?

Now look at the fourth point: Martial Souls were divided into two major categories, Beast Martial Souls and Tool Martial Souls.

Then what did food-system Spirit Masters count as? Were they Tool Martial Souls too?

This classification was simply ridiculous.

Fifth: Tool Martial Souls were more supportive in nature than Beast Martial Souls.

Clear Sky Hammer: You were absolutely right. (laugh)

Sixth: Every Spirit Master had their own direction of development,

such as strength type, agility type, control type, and so on.

Wait, did this really need to be specially summarized?

When normal people cultivated, did they not know what they should focus on?

If they excelled at fire, they specialized in fire.

If they were proficient in water, they focused on water.

If their talents were balanced, they followed an all-round path—

so the sixth point was another correct but meaningless statement.

Seventh: Spirit Rings had to be obtained by hunting Spirit Beasts, and the longer their age, the better the effect.

Huh? This counted as a theoretical discovery too?

Before you proposed it, did Spirit Masters all specifically hunt ten-year Spirit Beasts?

If you had produced research on "Spirit Ring absorption limits,"

the Heavens and Myriad Worlds might have thought more highly of you.

But "the older the Spirit Ring, the better the effect"?

Wasn't that blatantly obvious common sense?

Eighth: Only the person who personally killed a Spirit Beast could absorb its Spirit Ring.

Let us ask again: without your theory, would no one else have discovered that?

Ninth: Plant-type Tool Martial Souls could absorb the Spirit Rings of Beast Martial Souls.

Wasn't this point more or less the same as the first one?

If things were truly as Grandmaster claimed—

if no one had ever attempted to absorb Spirit Rings of different forms before he proposed this theory—

then perhaps this theory did have a bit of value.

Tenth: A Spirit Ring bottleneck would not stop Soul Power from accumulating.

It merely prevented one from breaking through in level due to the lack of a Spirit Ring to guide it.

Once a Spirit Ring was absorbed, the accumulated Soul Power would be released in full.

Mm, it was somewhat useful, but its usefulness was limited.

After all, once normal people reached their level, who would not go hunt a Spirit Ring?

Could someone really get stuck at a level and deliberately refuse to absorb a Spirit Ring,

then wait until they did absorb one and directly rush to the peak of the next level?

Could such a person really exist?

In summary, these so-called Ten Core Competitivenesses... were nothing but empty talk!

It could be said that almost none of them had any practical use.

The only one that could barely be called useful

was still dependent on the premise that "no one had previously absorbed Spirit Rings of different types."

But honestly—

Douluo Continent had such a huge population.

Had no one truly tried absorbing Spirit Rings across different types? Were people in your world really that lacking in common sense?

As for Tang San, this Child of Destiny at most caused polarized opinions throughout the Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

Some disliked his obsessive style,

his incomprehensible stubbornness,

and his overly extreme way of doing things.

But his talent was indeed beyond dispute—

he could rapidly reach level thirty and absorb Spirit Rings beyond his level.

Converted according to cultivation levels,

even if Xiao Yan had not lost his talent, he would only have just reached the Dou Zhe realm at the same age.

Of course, they could not be compared so directly.

After all, a Title Douluo in the Douluo World could only live for three hundred years...

A Dou Zun could live for several thousand years!

There was even less need to mention a Dou Sheng.

A Title Douluo comparable to a Dou Sheng only lived three hundred years? That was utterly absurd!

It had to be said that the setting of the Douluo World was truly suffocating!

Aside from Grandmaster, the baffling actions of the group when facing Dugu Bo

also left the Heavens and Myriad Worlds laughing helplessly.

Battle Through the Heavens World—

Like everyone else in the Heavens and Myriad Worlds, Xiao Yan instinctively compared Grandmaster with his own teacher.

Then he realized that this thought was utterly absurd—

how could these two possibly be compared in any way?

Xiao Yan could not help feeling fortunate that his master had not been Yu Xiaogang.

Otherwise, let alone becoming a Dou Di, he likely would not even have reached the Dou Emperor realm.

During his cultivation before advancing to Dou Wang, without Yao Lao protecting him,

he did not know how many times he would have already fallen!

Later, after Yao Lao recovered his Half-Saint cultivation, Xiao Yan received his master's protection time and again.

With Starfall Pavilion as his backing as well,

otherwise, he would not even have been qualified to visit the Ancient Clan or enter the Heavenly Tomb.

Just imagine replacing Yao Lao with Yu Xiaogang...

Heh, could he concoct Foundation Building Spirit Liquid? Could he produce the Heavy Profound Ruler? Did he understand the Burning Mantra?

He would probably only declare, "The Burning Mantra cannot possibly exist in theory and must never be cultivated,"

then make Xiao Yan run with stones on his back to "train his Dou Qi."

Just imagining such a scene

made even Xiao Yan, who had already reached the Master Realm, shudder all over.