Tang Yuehua Makes the List

With Empress Zhu appearing on the ranking, the entire continent was in an uproar.

"As expected, it's the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique again!"

In teahouses and taverns, discussions surged one after another.

"Another top-tier married woman; Brother Cao's taste remains as ruthless as ever!"

"Zhu Yunyun? The Star Luo Empress? Is this Brother Cao a queen-slayer?" Someone counted on their fingers. "The Heaven Dou Empress Liu Yixue, the Star Luo Empress Zhu Yunyun—both empresses of the two great empires have been claimed by him! What kind of operation is this?"

"The familiar recipe: the daughter enters the Genius Ranking, the mother enters the Combat Power Ranking."

"When the sisters Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing made the list, I felt something was off. Now that the mother is on it too, the family of three is all present and accounted for. Brother Cao really knows how to play!"

"Damn it! I refuse to accept this!" A young soul master slammed his hand on the table and stood up. "Can one do whatever they want just because they have power?"

"What do you think?" The person next to him rolled his eyes. "He slapped ten divine officials to death with one palm; can you do that? If not, stop yapping."

"Neither the daughter nor the wife escaped Brother Cao's clutches," someone gloated. "I wonder what the two emperors are thinking right now?"

"Emperor Xue Ye has already cried himself unconscious in the latrine, and Dai Tianfeng is probably close behind."

"Hahaha!"

Ye Family Fortress, courtyard.

Ye Lingling set down her teacup and turned to glare at her husband.

If nothing went wrong, the entire Combat Power Ranking would probably be filled with her husband's old flames.

The Heaven Dou Empress, the Star Luo Empress—each and every one of them had cultivated the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique.

What was so good about these old women? Did her husband actually have a thing for this type?

Sigh, the green hat on her head was getting heavier and heavier!

She didn't know how much energy her husband had poured into these old women for them to reach level ninety-nine!

Even with so many women, her husband still dragged her every day to practice the Spring and Autumn Staff Technique.

How could one person's energy be so vigorous!

Zhu Zhuqing's expression was complex. "Sister, Mother is actually on the list! She also cultivated the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique!"

Zhu Zhuyun was quite calm, a hint of a smile even tugging at the corner of her lips. "I had my suspicions long ago. Given Mother's beauty, it would be strange if she didn't make the list."

She had noticed Zhu Yunyun's abnormalities long ago—the occasional dazed, misty look in her eyes, and the unique aura of the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique that flickered faintly about her.

Now, everything was confirmed.

She glanced at her sister beside her, calculating in her heart.

This was perfect; their Zhu Family faction had gained another ally.

With the three of them joining forces, were they still afraid of not being able to compete with others in front of Brother Cao?

Heaven Dou Empire, Yuexuan.

The interior was filled with the scent of agarwood, clear and faint.

Twelve students stood in two rows, each with different postures.

The curtain of the side chamber was gently lifted, and Tang Yuehua stepped out slowly.

She wore a silver palace gown today, her hair held up by a simple white jade hairpin, with no other ornaments.

No pearls, no gold or jade, yet as she stood there, one felt that all the furnishings in the room had become superfluous.

Her beauty did not lie in the delicacy of her features, but in a natural, inherent aura, like an orchid in a deep valley—uncontending and ungrasping, yet impossible to ignore.

She walked to a spot three feet in front of the students and stopped—neither too close nor too far, the most appropriate distance for noble conversation.

"The first lesson of etiquette is not how to bow, nor how to advance or retreat," her voice was clear but not cold. "It is how to keep your heart firmly grounded in the present moment at all times."

She paced gently, walking past each person.

Whenever she passed someone, she would pause briefly, either using a look to adjust the angle of their chin or using her fingertips to lightly touch their shoulder as a signal to relax.

"You come to Yuexuan to learn rules and cultivate poise. But I must tell you, true noble bearing is never built from memorized frameworks. It is whether your shoulders are relaxed when you walk, whether your spine is naturally straight when you sit, or even the rhythm of your breathing."

"Remember, everything you learn here is not to make you constrained, but to ensure you can maintain inner composure in any situation. This composure is what is truly noble."

As soon as she finished speaking, the golden light of the Sky Screen surged once again above the firmament!

A golden pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping Tang Yuehua within it!

[Combat Power Ranking, 13th place: Tang Yuehua.]

[Identity: Member of the Clear Sky Sect, Mistress of Yuexuan.]

[Strength: Level 99 Titled Douluo.]

[Techniques: Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique, Heavenly Demon Chaotic Dance.]

[Rewards: Teleportation Talisman ×8, can teleport to any location on the Douluo Continent; Soul Power increased by one level; Divine Skill: Moon Reflecting Thousand Waves, can probe the thoughts in others' hearts.]

The entire place fell silent.

The twelve students stared blankly at the figure shrouded in golden light, each of them dumbfounded.

"Principal Yuehua... made the list?" someone stammered.

"Level 99 Titled Douluo? Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique?" Another student's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. "Isn't Principal Yuehua... isn't she only level nine? How did she become level ninety-nine?"

Tang Yuehua bathed in the golden light, her expression indifferent.

The students' eyes were filled with reverence.

"As expected of Principal Yuehua! She remains composed even after making the list!"

"This is the true demeanor of nobility! Unmoved even if Mount Tai were to collapse before her!"

Tang Yuehua smiled slightly. "That is all for today's lesson. Tomorrow, we shall learn how to walk."

Only after everyone had left did she slowly put away her reward.

A divine skill? It could probe the thoughts within others.

The corners of her mouth curled upward.

Not bad!

In the future, when interacting with Brother Cao, she would be able to perceive his inner thoughts, knowing exactly which posture to use with a mere shift of her mind.

Her coordination with Brother Cao would surely be seamless and natural.

Heaven Dou Empire, Imperial Palace.

Emperor Xue Ye slumped on his dragon throne, his face deathly pale, looking as though he had aged significantly.

Tang Yuehua.

The woman he had longed for for years, the one he thought he could eventually move and win over.

He never expected her to make the list as well!

She had also cultivated the Yin-Yang Reincarnation Technique!

And she had also followed that Brother Cao!

Following the Empress, yet another woman he favored had been snatched away by Brother Cao.

Emperor Xue Ye closed his eyes, two lines of murky tears sliding down his cheeks.

"Unreasonable..."

"This is too much! This is simply too much!"

Emperor Xue Ye sighed toward the heavens. "I... what is the point of me being an emperor anymore!"

Holy Soul Village, a mountain cave.

Tang Hao sat cross-legged at the cave entrance, gazing at the Sky Screen, his expression complex to the extreme.

His younger sister had made the list; he should have been happy, yet he couldn't feel a shred of joy.

His Ah Yin had been stolen away by some godforsaken person a while back, and he still hadn't found her.

Now, his little sister was gone too, off to be a concubine for that Brother Cao.

Tang Hao closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Yuehua..."

"If that Brother Cao bullies you, tell your big brother. Although I cannot defeat him, but..."

He couldn't continue.

Since he couldn't beat the man, anything he said was just empty talk.

He couldn't even defeat his little sister as she was now.

"Ah Yin... where on earth are you?"