Five Years of Harvest

Lin Bei, Hu Liena, and the others boarded the carriage back to Spirit City.

Along the way, Lin Bei summed up what he had gained over the past five years.

First was his realm. With the simulator's help, he had finally advanced to Titled Douluo.

At the age of twelve, Lin Bei had reached the realm of Titled Douluo, younger than Tang San and the others in the original work had been when they reached Titled Douluo.

He could now say that his cheat was even more badass than Tang San's.

However, after advancing to Titled Douluo, Lin Bei did not become overly arrogant or complacent.

As far as he was concerned, with the Time-Traveling Simulator in hand, advancing to Titled Douluo was only the very beginning.

Next were his soul rings and soul bones.

A hundred-thousand-year soul beast was guaranteed to drop a soul bone, so the three hundred-thousand-year soul beasts Lin Bei had killed naturally dropped soul bones as well.

What he obtained was: the hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year Magma Earth Dragon Beast's Torso Bone, the hundred-and-ten-thousand-year Berserk Amethyst Crocodile's Right Arm Bone, and the hundred-thousand-year Three-Headed Evil Tiger King's Right Leg Bone.

Among them, the hundred-and-fifty-thousand-year Magma Earth Dragon Beast was Lin Bei's ninth soul ring, the Berserk Amethyst Crocodile was his eighth soul ring, and the Three-Headed Evil Tiger King was his seventh soul ring.

Lin Bei absorbed all the soul bones he had obtained from these three soul beasts.

His current physique was incomparably powerful.

The physique rank shown on the panel was Peerless Douluo Level.

In other words, Lin Bei, who was currently only rank ninety-three, had already caught up to peerless Douluo such as Qiandao Liu and Tang Chen in terms of physique.

Lastly was the simulator.

After the simulator's Simulation Points reached a certain number, it did indeed unlock a new function.

Three years ago, when Lin Bei's accumulated Simulation Points reached 100, the simulator immediately unlocked the projection function.

Through this function, Lin Bei could project his consciousness into a Simulation Timeline and personally experience those stories of traveling through space-time.

Each projection required 100 Simulation Points.

In Lin Bei's eyes, the difference between projection and Normal Simulation was this:

Projection was like the gaming helmets in online-game novels, capable of sending his consciousness into a Simulation Timeline so he could personally experience everything that happened there.

Normal Simulation, on the other hand, was like reading a novel.

Both had pros and cons.

Clearly, projection mode offered more freedom.

Normal Simulation was simple and did not consume time.

When he was in the Bewildering Grand Canyon, because the environment was too dangerous and soul beast attacks happened from time to time, Lin Bei had not used the simulator's projection function. He planned to try it after returning.

Over these five years, the simulator had also found several new Simulation Timelines, namely:

Douluo Continent · Soul Beast Timeline.

Douluo Continent · Zombie Timeline.

Douluo Continent · Transmigrator Timeline.

Among them, the Soul Beast Timeline referred to a Douluo Continent in that parallel timeline where soul beasts ruled the world, and humans were nothing more than livestock and pets raised by soul beasts.

Humanity's situation was extremely miserable.

Lin Bei simulated it several times, and every time, as soon as he transmigrated over, he became food in a soul beast's mouth. Not once did he successfully survive.

The Zombie Timeline, meanwhile, was an apocalyptic timeline.

According to the information given by the simulator, in this timeline, some strange virus had suddenly appeared, after which most soul beasts and humans infected by the virus turned into zombies.

Only a small number of humans and soul beasts had not turned into zombies, and they struggled bitterly to survive in that apocalyptic timeline.

Douluo Continent · Zombie Timeline was an extremely hopeless world.

At any rate, whenever Lin Bei selected this Zombie Timeline for simulation, his clone basically could not survive a single day.

As for the Transmigrator Timeline, it was even more absurd.

The Douluo Continent there was full of transmigrators everywhere, with all kinds of bizarre and powerful martial souls beyond counting, and all the transmigrators were locked in chaotic battles.

This timeline was the one Lin Bei least wanted to simulate.

The main reason was that there were too many transmigrators. Not only did they have powerful martial souls, they also had all kinds of systems. They fought in chaotic battles every day, to the point that the world was about to be ruined by them.

In any case, the few times Lin Bei simulated it, he was killed by other transmigrators.

When fellow countrymen met, not only did their eyes not fill with tears, they even stabbed you twice in the back with a swish.

The transmigrators in the Transmigrator Timeline were simply human scum.

At the gates of Spirit City.

Yue Guan led three Soul Douluo and a group of Soul Saints and Soul Emperors as they waited here.

They had received the news.

Lin Bei and the others had completed their training and were about to return.

As the Holy Son, Lin Bei held the most honored status in Spirit Hall beneath only the Pope.

He was the future Pope of Spirit Hall.

If they did not show their faces now and let the future Pope get to know them, then once the Holy Son truly became Pope in the future, they might not even have the chance to show their faces anymore.

So Yue Guan had only leaked the news that Lin Bei was about to return, and many soul masters still in the city immediately came with him to welcome Lin Bei back.

Beside Yue Guan stood Elder Gui Mei.

Gui Mei stood in the shadows, and no one could see his expression or face.

"Old Ghost, what level do you think the Holy Son will have reached when he returns this time?"

Bored from waiting, Yue Guan stopped fiddling with his nails and looked at his old friend beside him with a smile as he asked.

"Over level seventy, I suppose."

Gui Mei said, his voice seeming to come from the underworld, filled with a chilling cold that made people's hearts tremble.

Yue Guan glanced at his old friend and asked, "You don't believe the Holy Son can reach Titled Douluo?"

Old Ghost did not answer, instead asking back, "Do you?"

Yue Guan chuckled and said, "Back then, the order His Holiness gave was for the Holy Son to do his utmost to reach Titled Douluo, with the minimum requirement being Soul Saint. Of course, I didn't mention that minimum requirement afterward..."

Gui Mei could not help but glance at Yue Guan.

Yue Guan gave a wicked smile, his long nails fluttering like butterfly wings. "So, the Holy Son might really have reached the Titled Douluo level in five years. If he hadn't, he wouldn't come back."

"You bastard, aren't you afraid His Holiness will find out?" Gui Mei said.

"I did it for the Holy Son's own good."

Yue Guan folded his arms and looked outside the city gate. "Besides, why do you think His Holiness drove the Holy Son to the Bewildering Grand Canyon for training..."

Gui Mei narrowed his eyes and saw a carriage slowly driving over. "They're here."

Yue Guan broke off.

Soon, the carriage arrived at the city gate and stopped, and Lin Bei and the others got down from it one after another.

"Greetings, Lord Yue Guan, Lord Gui Mei."

Seeing Yue Guan and Gui Mei, Hu Liena and the others hurriedly bowed.

As the Holy Son, especially now that he was also a Titled Douluo, Lin Bei naturally no longer needed to pay respects to Yue Guan and Gui Mei. He merely nodded slightly to Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then asked with a smile:

"Lord Yue Guan, Lord Gui Mei. Long time no see. How have you been these past five years?"

Yue Guan and Gui Mei exchanged a glance.

The two of them vaguely sensed a terrifying aura from Lin Bei. That aura remained hidden and unreleased, yet it brought them tremendous pressure.

This kid... really advanced to Titled Douluo?

A trace of shock and doubt flashed through Gui Mei's heart.

Yue Guan's eyes shifted, and he smiled. "How else could it be? Every day was either cultivation or cultivation. But Holy Son, how have you spent these past five years?"

"My days were rather exciting. I had soul beasts for company every day, drank soul beast blood, and ate soul beast meat. But thanks to them, I've already completed the task Teacher assigned me."

As Lin Bei spoke, nine soul rings appeared beneath his feet.

The four unusually eye-catching Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings stunned everyone the instant they emerged, their scarlet light flaring out.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei's eyes went wide.

Holy shit!

Three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings?!

Did this kid raid a den of hundred-thousand-year soul beasts?

After the God-Given Soul Ring, he actually obtained three more Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!

How did he do it?!

Yue Guan and Gui Mei looked at Lin Bei in disbelief.

Before Tang San began cheating his way forward, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings were extremely rare on the continent, with only a very few Titled Douluo possessing them.

But now Lin Bei had four!

Though it could not compare to Tang San's future full-red set, right now, it was enough to shock the world!

A terrifying aura swept out from Lin Bei.

Aside from Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who were not greatly affected, the other Soul Douluo and Soul Saint who had come to welcome him could not help trembling, gritting their teeth as they resisted the aura coming from Lin Bei.

As for the Soul Emperors, they nearly dropped to their knees.

Yue Guan swallowed, shouting in his heart:

Just what kind of monster is this kid?!

Lin Bei smiled as he looked at the crowd, his tall figure seeming like a god descending from the heavens, filled with dignity and an overwhelming aura that brooked no offense.

Only when the Soul Emperor was nearly unable to bear it did Lin Bei finally withdraw his aura and spirit rings.

For a moment, waves of gasping rang out at the city gate.

Under Lin Bei's aura, the pressure on them had been far too great.

But even so, everyone who had come to welcome him today still looked at Lin Bei with shining eyes, their hearts shocked and surging with excitement.

This was their Holy Son!

If they remembered correctly, the Holy Son was only twelve this year.

A twelve-year-old Titled Douluo...

It felt like a dream.

It was too unreal.

There really was someone who had not even reached adulthood yet, but had already attained a realm others might spend their entire lives pursuing and still never touch.

Was their Holy Son really human?!

"Long live the Holy Son!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

Then everyone followed, cheering:

"Long live the Holy Son!"

"Long live the Holy Son!"

"Long live the Holy Son!"

With a Holy Son like this, why would they ever worry that Spirit Hall's future would not be powerful?

Under the Holy Son's leadership, they were destined to reach another peak!

Behind Lin Bei, the corners of Hu Liena's mouth lifted slightly, her eyes shining as she looked at him. Then she also cried out in her sweet voice, "Long live the Holy Son!"

Xie Yue and Yan looked at each other, then followed suit and shouted, "Long live the Holy Son!"

When you were part of a crowd, you had to go along with it.

Besides, they admired Lin Bei from the bottom of their hearts.