Just as Bibi Dong endured humiliation and hardship to win a sliver of survival for her beloved Xiao Gang giegie, what was Yu Xiaogang doing?
He had been in A Jie's hands for nearly a month.
"Baby, Dragon Brother and the others and I have discussed it." A Jie patted Yu Xiaogang's shoulder. "After today, you can leave."
Light began to return to Yu Xiaogang's eyes.
"This is only a temporary parting. We'll have chances to relive the good times later. Remember us brothers!"
Yu Xiaogang's maggot-like body trembled. He swore inwardly that once he got out, he would never see those four damned bastards again. If possible, he wanted to kill all four of them. But before Jie Ge, Yu Xiaogang could only nod.
"Don't even think about trying any clever tricks." As he spoke, Jie Ge casually tossed a Recording Soul Tool to Yu Xiaogang.
"What is all this..." Yu Xiaogang picked up the Recording Soul Tool, unease clouding his heart. Then he activated it—
"W-what is this..." Gangzi's face immediately flushed crimson with rage. He grabbed the Soul Tool, smashed it onto the ground, and viciously crushed it beneath his foot.
A Jie's voice was like a demon's whisper. "Go ahead and destroy that evidence. Dragon Brother, the others, and I have plenty more Recording Soul Tools like it."
"I'm sure Grandmaster wouldn't want these Recording Soul Tools spread across the entire continent."
Yu Xiaogang fell to his knees in despair!
Yu Xiaogang's maggot-like body painfully wriggled and crawled out of the underground training grounds of the Body Camp.
There were only two things he had ever cared about in his life: his reputation and his strength. A Jie was blackmailing him with recordings of him opening his strait, and Yu Xiaogang had no way to resist.
He glared venomously at the Body Camp and thought of Spirit Hall. The Body Camp must have been sent by Spirit Hall, by Qian Xunji, to humiliate me. It must be! Damned Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, just you wait. I'll pay any price...
A Jie's meaningful gaze shot out from within the Body Camp and met Yu Xiaogang's hateful stare. Gangzi's zombie-like face instantly froze. He turned his head away, not daring to make any more threats, and instead wriggled his maggot-like body away from the Body Camp.
As Gangzi crawled farther and farther from the Body Camp, he suddenly felt a fog descend over his mind. Memories that seemed to be his, yet did not belong to him, began to emerge...
"W-what is happening?"
He saw another set of memories. He saw a life where his first half had been wasted, his latter half had been glorious, yet his old age had led to a lonely death while he hoped to become a god.
Xiao Gang fainted.
When he awoke again, he spread open his hands and looked at his younger body. His voice carried a trace of excitement—
"I've been reborn!"
"Heaven has given me another chance. The heavens have treated me well—I've finally been reborn again! Hahahahaha..." Yu Xiaogang laughed excitedly.
Yes, Yu Xiaogang had been reborn.
After calming his excitement, Gangzi struggled to his feet, clasped his hands behind his back, and narrowed his eyes with a lazy air as he reminisced about his past life.
In his previous life, he had wasted the first half of his life. It was only after meeting Tang San that things began to change.
Under his painstaking cultivation, Tang San achieved Dual-God Unity, ascended to the position of God King, defeated Spirit Hall's two gods, and preserved peace on the continent.
As for Yu Xiaogang, he became a respected teacher of gods.
As a disciple, Tang San had been utterly impeccable toward him in public. He gave him Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, helped him change the fate of never being able to break through Level 29, and finally even gave him a Divine Blood Baptism, allowing him to ultimately become a Level 93 Title Douluo.
But only those within the family knew the truth. After Tang Hao took Tang San away and Tang San's Martial Soul Awakening revealed the Blue Silver Emperor, Yu Xiaogang could clearly sense that this disciple had begun to disrespect him.
His so-called reverence for his teacher was nothing but a superficial act. In his old age, Yu Xiaogang shamelessly begged Tang San to take him to the God Realm. Tang San readily agreed, yet when the Shrek Seven Monsters ascended, he brought his parents and said to Yu Xiaogang with an apologetic expression, "Teacher, I can only bring two people. Those are the God Realm's rules, so I'm truly sorry. Once I'm settled in the God Realm, I'll come back for you."
Thus, he could only watch the Shrek Seven Monsters ascend, waiting with eager anticipation for the moment Tang San returned to the Lower Realm.
He waited until his old age, when illness wracked his body. Even as he lay on his deathbed, he still called for his beloved disciple: "Xiao San, you said you would take your teacher to the God Realm. Your teacher is about to die—where are you?"
At the final moment before his death, Yu Xiaogang heard Tang San's mocking voice: "Gangzi, wasn't Level 30 enough for you?"
Recalling those words he had heard before dying, Yu Xiaogang's fragile heart was deeply wounded. Thinking of Tang Hao and Ah Yin, who had been taken to the God Realm, he sighed. "Sigh, the bond between master and disciple ultimately cannot compare to family ties bound by blood."
"Tang San, without my painstaking cultivation, how could you have achieved such glory as a god? Yet you treated me like this." Yu Xiaogang spoke bitterly.
"If it were Dong'er..." Yu Xiaogang then thought of his old lover, Bibi Dong. "If it were her, she would definitely take me to the God Realm."
Since he had been reborn, Yu Xiaogang naturally needed to plan carefully. In this life, his goal was no longer to break through Level 29. His goal was to become a god and ascend to the God Realm...
"Right, the Icefire Yin Yang Well." Yu Xiaogang's eyes lit up. He excitedly took a step forward, only for a tearing pain to strike him.
"Hiss—It hurts! What exactly happened in this life?" The exquisite pain from his strait made Yu Xiaogang, who was still immersed in the joy of rebirth, recall this life's memories.
Before long, Yu Xiaogang's furious roar rang through the forest once more—
"Jie Ge, Dragon Brother, Scarface, One-Eye, Spirit Hall's Angel Clan... just you wait! I'll pay any price to destroy you!"