This Is Love! I Love You...

Ma Xiaotao had just arrived at the cafeteria entrance and was about to look for Lin Ye when she saw this passage in her mind. Her brows lifted, and she let out a direct scoff.

From Lin Ye's diary, Ma Xiaotao had only thought Tang San was an unscrupulous tyrant. Looking at it now, what kind of tyrant was he?

He was clearly a beast who had been rotten since childhood. A little beast when he was young, and an old beast once he grew up!

At the Outer Court dormitories, Xiao Xiao looked at the contents in her mind and instantly covered her face. Even the tips of her ears had turned bright red.

She had always been thin-skinned. How could she have ever encountered something like this? Muttering, "This is far too improper," under her breath, she silently condemned him, and immediately developed an unmistakable aversion toward the legendary Sea God.

Tang Ya was once again speechless as she read the diary. Although the Tang San written about in Lin Ye's diary had shattered her illusions time and time again,

she had never expected his image to change so drastically.

The Tang San in the diary had originally been no good thing, but he could still be called a tyrant of his generation. How had he turned from a tyrant into a lecherous fiend now?

He had been deeply scheming since childhood, even harboring ulterior motives when sharing a bed with a girl? Tang Ya bit her lip, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

Shrek Inner Court.

Zhang Lexuan set down the dossier in her hands, her brows tightly furrowed.

Her understanding of Tang San had always remained limited to the legendary deeds passed down at the academy, but the diary's contents showed her the sordid side behind that legend.

Star Dou Forest, beneath Lake of Life.

Gu Yuena slowly opened her eyes, cold fury churning within her violet-gold vertical pupils.

How difficult was it for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to take human form? Yet Tang San and his father had regarded Xiao Wu as a reserve Soul Ring from the very beginning. Such calculations made her sick.

Human greed and hypocrisy were displayed to the fullest in this father and son.

[Tang Hao, the famous Clear Sky Douluo, had always been by Tang San's side back then.

A mysterious little girl suddenly appeared beside his son, and she was even a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form. As a Titled Douluo, could he possibly have failed to see through her?

Why hadn't he exposed it? Wasn't it because he wanted to raise a ready-made reserve Soul Ring for his son, following the same path he had taken with Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor?

Come to think of it, Tang San ought to call Tang Hao his role model. After all, Tang Hao was the foremost practitioner of unions between humans and Soul Beasts.

I just wonder whether Tang Hao had expected that his precious son would actually develop feelings for Xiao Wu?

But whether those feelings were real or fake deserves a huge question mark. After all, Xiao Wu ultimately sacrificed herself.]

As this passage ended, the copies in everyone's minds instantly synchronized.

Ma Xiaotao sneered. She felt that all this talk of feelings and true love was fake.

True love? Who was he trying to fool?

How could someone who had coveted another person's Soul Ring since childhood possibly have any true love?

If he truly loved her enough to die for her, would he have watched helplessly as his beloved sacrificed herself?

With Tang San's scheming, there was no way he had lacked other options. In the end, the Soul Ring had simply been more important than his beloved.

Gu Yuena gave a mocking laugh. She did not believe there could be any so-called love between humans and Soul Beasts.

In human eyes, Soul Beasts had always been nothing more than tools to increase their strength. Even a supposed lover could not escape the fate of becoming a Soul Ring.

[After the sacrifice, Xiao Wu truly became Tang San's Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring.

At that time, Martial Soul Hall had launched a purge against the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts of Star Dou Forest. At the critical moment, Xiao Wu directly sacrificed herself and became Tang San's Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth Soul Ring.

As for what Tang San felt then, was it devastating grief over losing his beloved? Or wild joy over getting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for free?

All I can say is, the benevolent see benevolence, and the wise see wisdom.

Personally, I'm more inclined to think Tang San only had a tiny bit of feeling for Xiao Wu. What he valued most were Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.]

Wang Dong'er rolled her eyes as she read this passage, silently thinking, Do you even need to ask? He was definitely ecstatic.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring—something countless people could never obtain in their entire lives. Tang San got one for free and even earned a reputation for being deeply devoted. It was simply an absurdly profitable deal."

In the Inner Court, Zhang Lexuan let out a soft sigh. Having lived for so many years, her experience far surpassed that of teenage girls. She had already seen too much of human nature's complexity.

She guessed that even if Tang San had truly been sorrowful, his yearning for that Soul Ring had likely been no less intense.

After all, on Douluo Continent, strength was everything. If that father and son could do such things for greater strength, what else would they not dare to do?

Star Dou Forest, beneath Lake of Life.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion stamped her feet in fury, feeling that Tang San, that great villain, was rotten to the core. He had actually let his beloved sacrifice herself to become a Soul Ring. Sure enough, humans had no hearts!

Far North.

Snow Empress gave a cold laugh. It was fine if they fooled others, but she knew perfectly well that, in human eyes, Soul Beasts were merely beasts.

Did anyone expect a human to have genuine feelings for a beast? What a joke!

"Ice Empress, what do you think?"

Ice Empress shook her head indifferently. What did she think? She did not think anything. If any human dared approach her, she would just slap them to death. Why was there so much to think about?

Humans and Soul Beasts were natural enemies. Other than humans they could not defeat, with whom they could perhaps negotiate, every human was a mortal enemy of the Soul Beast Clan. Whenever the two sides met, they had to fight to the death.

Seeing Ice Empress act as if she would kill anyone she encountered, Snow Empress shook her head. She had asked for nothing. Expecting Ice Empress to have a proper conversation with a human was less realistic than making the Titan Giant Ape fly into the sky.

Lin Ye was still ranting. Thinking of a certain iconic scene later on, he could not help laughing in his heart.

[Of course, Tang San did revive Xiao Wu in the end, and he even created an iconic scene.

That line: "Revive, my beloved."

Hahahaha, no, I can't hold it in anymore. The moment I think of that scene, of Tang San gazing tenderly at Xiao Wu's body and shouting those words in that sickeningly affectionate tone, I just want to laugh.

The key was, fine, shout it if you wanted to. Why did you have to shout so loudly?

Were you afraid others wouldn't know you were reviving your beloved? It was utterly ridiculous. Even his act was so deliberate that I felt embarrassed for him.]

The image automatically surfaced in Wang Dong'er's mind. She immediately coughed twice to conceal it, goosebumps scattering everywhere as her toes practically dug out a three-bedroom apartment.

Eugh...

She had actually seen some clues in the records of Haotian Sect.

Originally, the image she pieced together in her mind should have been beautiful. But after Lin Ye's ridicule, when she thought back to that scene...

She only felt so embarrassed that she could dig out an entire Haotian Sect with her toes. From then on, merely hearing that line would probably leave her with psychological trauma.

Xiao Xiao covered her mouth, her face flushed red. She found it funny but also a little embarrassing. She thought it was incredibly awkward too.

Gu Yuena actually scoffed for once, the coldness in her eyes gaining a trace of mockery.

No matter how deeply devoted he acted, it could not change the fact that Xiao Wu had once sacrificed herself to become his Soul Ring, nor could it change the calculations he had made from the very beginning.