Strength Changes After Six Years. Hu Liena: Where are the good people in the Hall of Consecration?

[Host: Tang Si]

[Martial Souls: Blue Silver Emperor (not yet secondarily awakened), Clear Sky Hammer]

[Soul Power Level: 30]

[Techniques: Nine Yang Divine Skill, Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield (Progress: 17%), Candle Dragon Spear Technique · Third Form (Progress: 6%)]

[External Soul Bone: Evil Eye (10,193 years): Evil Eye Gaze.]

[Soul Rings and Soul Skills: First Soul Skill (1,100 years): Blessing of Light (heals injuries, accompanied by mental healing). Second Soul Skill (1,289 years): Plucking Flowers, Flying Leaves.]

[Self-Created Soul Skills: Distracted Mind Control: One Mind, Three Uses (thousand-year), Shave (thousand-year · within 30 meters), Six King Gun (ten-thousand-year · Progress: 12%)]

[Popularity Points: 322151.]

On the heavenly screen.

The dorm arrangements had already been made, and Tang Si shared a room with Oscar.

[Haah... In six years, the status panel has barely changed. My Popularity Points haven't increased at all! It's made me afraid to spend them carelessly. If the status panel weren't still here, I'd think the system had already unbound itself. Damn cheating system—it's practically no different from being dead.]

Sitting cross-legged by the bed, Tang Si shook his head helplessly and muttered, "Increasing the first soul ring's age by seventy-eight years cost 780 Popularity Points. Then I spent another 5,000 points just to experience what a fifty-percent boost in cultivation speed felt like—but it only lasted a month. I didn't dare spend the remaining Popularity Points recklessly at all."

[Haah... Popularity Points are far too difficult to obtain. From now on, I have to spend them where they matter most.]

Tang Si sighed inwardly again, mentally listing all the areas where he would need Popularity Points.

[First, strengthening and advancing the Nine Yang Divine Skill.]

[Second, strengthening the Blue Silver Emperor again after its second awakening, along with the Clear Sky Hammer.]

[Third, using Popularity Points to build up at least one million-year god-tier soul ring.]

[Fourth, progress on the Six King Gun is slow. Also, if I want to incorporate its force-generation techniques into the Blue Silver Overlord Spear, it will probably consume a massive amount of Popularity Points.]

[Fifth, progress on the Candle Dragon Spear Technique is equally slow, and it will likely require Popularity Points as well. Spear techniques and halberd techniques are closely related. Once I master the spear, I'll be able to use the Sea God's Trident directly when I obtain it in the future.]

"Ultimately, the slow progress is because self-created soul skills are just too difficult."

After sighing, Tang Si paused briefly before muttering inwardly again, [As for the other areas, they probably won't require many Popularity Points. External soul bones grow stronger along with their owner's strength. I gradually adapted to Distracted Mind Control myself, and later I can obtain the complete version from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The distance of Shave will automatically increase with the number of soul rings I have. Though it's only a thousand-year soul skill, it's enough. Also, my body has basically finished developing now, so I can put the Horizontal Training Golden Bell Shield on the agenda and accelerate my cultivation.]

"Whew... Next comes the trip to the Star Dou Great Forest. I waited an entire year for a high-quality soul ring! Fortunately, it wasn't entirely wasted—I didn't neglect my cultivation of the Nine Yang Divine Skill. After absorbing my third soul ring, my soul power should rise tremendously."

Bullet comments: [Brother Sa San: Can anyone explain just what level Tang Si's strength has reached?]

[Li Laoqi: I'm a Soul King, yet I'm worried I might not be able to beat him.]

[Wu Fengshan: Isn't that an exaggeration?]

[Su Renjie: Tang Si never used Popularity Points to strengthen the Blue Silver Emperor. It was all because of the transformation brought about by a single stalk of Purple Radiance Bamboo!]

[Helen: Where is Master Yu Xiaogang? Come out and say something.]

[Feng Xiaodi: Having a cheat device is awesome! So many self-created soul skills and cultivation techniques—it's absurdly strong! If I had a cheat device, my Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes would definitely be even stronger!]

[Hu Liena: What does it mean that Tang Si waited an entire year for his third soul ring? Does anyone understand?]

[Dugu Yan: Isn't that obvious? It means Tang Si had already reached the level 30 bottleneck a year ago.]

[Hu Liena: Hisss~~~ His cultivation speed is so fast!]

Inside Spirit Hall in Spirit City, Hu Liena put on an exaggerated expression and drew in an exaggerated breath. Deliberately keeping her voice low enough for Bibi Dong to hear, she said, "Tang Si's cultivation speed is way too fast, isn't it? He's much faster than Tang San!"

Bibi Dong shot Hu Liena a cold glance and reminded her, "Tang Si has the Nine Yang Divine Skill. It is only natural for him to cultivate quickly."

Hu Liena muttered, "Tang San has the Mysterious Heaven Skill too."

Bibi Dong: "..."

Bibi Dong fell silent. After giving it some thought, she did not argue further, thinking, [Could it be that Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill is inferior to the Nine Yang Divine Skill? But with Xiaogang's guidance, his soul power should have risen rapidly too. Hm? Wait!! Twelve-year-old Tang San is about to break through level 30, while fourteen-year-old Tang San is already level 43...]

After considering this, Bibi Dong pondered for a while before speaking. "Don't forget—Tang San had level 43 soul power at fourteen!"

Hu Liena took a deep breath, her fists clenching tightly.

Golden Crocodile Douluo said thoughtfully, "There really is something strange here... Tang San had level 31 soul power after absorbing his third soul ring, yet two years later he breaks through to level 43. Twelve levels in two years—it truly defies reason."

Demon-Conquering Douluo agreed, "What secret is hidden within this? We shall wait and see. The heavenly screen will certainly give us an answer. Am I right, Your Holiness the Pope?"

"This matter will certainly be clarified. When the time comes, do not forget our agreement." Bibi Dong was brimming with confidence as she thought, [Xiaogang, I have already made an agreement with those few old geezers from the Hall of Consecration. We will definitely clear your name! Just wait a little longer, just a little longer...]

A sinister smile hung on Demon-Conquering Douluo's lips as he said, "As long as Your Holiness remembers, we naturally will not forget."

"Haah..." Hu Liena sighed from the side, thinking, [I used to think the Hall of Consecration was always deliberately opposing Teacher... But now I can feel their painstaking intentions. Even after Teacher became like this, the First Consecrator, the Second Consecrator, and the others never punished Teacher. Instead, they wanted Teacher to wake up and realize the truth... Sob... The seven great consecrators are good people.]

After mulling it over, Hu Liena felt her eyes growing slightly moist.

The live broadcast on the heavenly screen continued.

After Tang Si sorted through the status panel and assessed his own strength, he sat down cross-legged and began circulating the Nine Yang Divine Skill.

Before long, the screen went black for an instant, and two words appeared: [The Next Day].

At daybreak the next morning.

In the footage, Tang Si had already taken out a long spear and begun practicing his spear techniques in the open area.

"First Form: Candle Dragon Emerges from the Sea!"

The spear shaft spun slightly, drawing upon the power of heaven and earth, carrying the force of dragon roars and tiger howls.

Yet when the spear thrust out, nothing happened. Tang Si sighed inwardly at the sight, then switched to practicing the spear's basic techniques: parrying, controlling, thrusting, piercing, chopping, rebounding, and so on.

Then, the livestream rapidly sped up.

In the span of a breath, the sky went from dim dawn to the rising sun.

When the livestream returned to normal speed, Xiao Wu came hopping over.

"Brother Si, why didn't you come see me last night? Did Zhu Zhuqing steal your soul away? Am I not sweet enough anymore?"

"Uh..."

Tang Si froze for a moment, then said speechlessly, "What is going on in that little head of yours?"

Pouting, Xiao Wu argued, "Then why did you have your arm around Zhuqing's shoulders yesterday? And you still say you don't have feelings for her?"

"I do have feelings for her. I never denied it."

"Fine! Brother Si, don't you love me anymore? How pitiful—new loves replace the old..."

Smack~

Tang Si gave Xiao Wu's pert backside a slap and said helplessly, "Read fewer storybooks in the future. If you have time, go build up your relationship with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong. You'll all be sisters from now on."

Xiao Wu said angrily, "I never expected there to be Ning Rongrong besides Zhu Zhuqing! You big pervert! You shameless lecher! I'm ignoring you! Hmph~"