Heaven's Jealousy

It was clearly a failed ending.

Yet when Wu Changming saw it, he burst into hearty laughter.

Standing within the blood-red pillar of light, Wu Changming's laughter carried far and wide.

Qian Daoliu stood below.

He had thought Wu Changming was happy because he had obtained a Divine Examination.

But in Wu Changming's eyes, reaching level one hundred and becoming a god was indeed the dream of many Soul Masters.

But if Wu Changming truly wanted to accomplish some so-called great feat, it was merely about becoming famous.

As for concealing his name and living as a reclusive Limit Douluo?!

With his strength, if he wished, he could surely dominate the continent, with no one able to keep him in check.

And the reason Wu Changming had chosen to emerge from seclusion in recent years, challenging great experts and making a name for himself everywhere,

was for his child, Wu Yong'an.

When Soul Masters bore children, those children often inherited their parents' talents and martial souls.

Of course, in a very small number of cases, mutations could occur.

But Wu Yong'an's situation was extremely unusual.

Wu Changming had been born with innate full Soul Power, his talent unmatched beneath the heavens.

Thus, Wu Yong'an had also inherited Wu Changming's innate full Soul Power and the Heavenfrost Sword.

On the day of his awakening, Wu Changming had been overjoyed.

But that joy did not last long.

Because after absorbing his Soul Ring, Wu Yong'an's Soul Power had forever become stuck at level eleven.

One year.

Two years.

There had been no progress at all.

Wu Changming panicked, feeling that something had happened to his child.

He left his secluded wooden cabin and began traveling the continent, challenging major sects and factions in search of a cure for Wu Yong'an.

From then on, the more Wu Changming fought, the more invincible he became; the more he fought, the more famous he became.

He also made many friends and came to know many top-tier noble families.

That day, Wu Changming brought Wu Yong'an to the Nine-Heart Ye Family.

Under the gaze of the Ye Family's ancestor,

Wu Changming finally learned the cause of his child's illness.

It was not some difficult or complicated disease, but a punishment from Heaven.

"Heaven's Jealousy!"

Though the Wu Family had secluded itself from the continent for generations, every generation of its descendants had been prodigies, and each generation produced someone with innate full Soul Power.

On the surface, the continent's affairs were stirred up by the seven great sects and Spirit Hall.

But in truth, the strongest person of every generation had always come from the Wu Family.

The Douluo Heavenly Dao would not permit the Wu Family to continue flourishing so greatly.

It had inflicted the wound of Heaven's Jealousy!

Wu Yong'an had been born with innate full Soul Power, yet he would never again make any progress.

He had become an unprecedented and unsurpassable one-ring Soul Master with innate full Soul Power.

"Is there any way to cure the affliction of Heaven's Jealousy?!"

After pondering for a while, the Ye Family's ancestor said, "Heaven's Jealousy cannot be cured by mortal means!"

"Perhaps only a god can lift it!"

"On this continent, the Angel Clan of Spirit Hall is the one that has studied gods most deeply."

"Though you cannot inherit their Angel God's legacy, perhaps you can obtain other information related to gods."

After hearing this, Wu Changming headed alone for Spirit Hall.

And that led to what happened afterward...

Wu Changming defeated every worshiper of Spirit Hall, even beating Qian Daoliu into submission.

After being beaten into submission, Qian Daoliu asked Frost Sword why he had come.

Upon hearing that Frost Sword had come for a divine inheritance, Qian Daoliu sank into thought and recalled an ancient legend.

It was said

that if a power close to the world's limit could be born in the mortal realm, it would attract the attention of gods.

At that time, a god might descend and bestow an inheritance.

Qian Daoliu shared this rumor, and Wu Changming was excited upon hearing it.

Meanwhile, Qian Daoliu was filled with curiosity.

He truly wanted to test the limits of Frost Sword Douluo's combat strength.

Both to help Frost Sword and satisfy his own curiosity, Qian Daoliu invited two other Limit Douluos to come and exchange martial insights.

The earth-shaking battle between the four drew the Shura God's attention.

For his child, Wu Changming permitted himself success alone, never failure.

Seeing his own failed state, Wu Changming naturally could not accept it at first!

But as he gazed into the future, a smile blossomed on Wu Changming's lips.

Because he discovered that when he inherited the eighth test, the divine power within him had already reached its peak.

His affinity with the Shura God had already reached ninety percent.

The Shura Godhood had originally been that of a supreme God King.

Other gods might need to become gods before they could completely cure the wound of Heaven's Jealousy.

But the Shura God's tyrannical power was enough for Wu Changming to remove the wound of Heaven's Jealousy during his eighth test!

Since the eighth test was already enough to forcibly wash away the wound of Heaven's Jealousy!

Why had he forcibly dispersed all his Shura Divine Power?!

It would have taken only a few years at most. Why had he not persisted and waited?!

Wu Changming was also greatly surprised.

The Shura Divine Power circulated, and very soon, only the final breath of time remained.

At the final moment, Wu Changming learned the answer.

Because...

When the Wu Family completed his eighth test, a new life had been born: Wu Qingkong!

Wu Qingkong's wound of Heaven's Jealousy was actually even more severe than Wu Yong'an's!

Clearly, the Douluo Heavenly Dao had become jealous of Wu Changming's fortune.

The newborn life was as fragile as a candle flame in a raging wind!

If the wound of Heaven's Jealousy was not cleansed quickly,

Wu Qingkong could die at any moment.

Looking at the life in swaddling clothes,

Wu Changming in the future timeline let out an enraged roar.

"What bullshit Shura Godhood."

"Whoever the hell wants it can have it!"

"Child, live well."

As his words fell, Wu Changming's robes began to flap violently, and an immense surge of Shura Divine Power poured into Wu Qingkong.

As the Shura Divine Power flowed in, Wu Qingkong's originally deathly pale face gradually turned rosy.

The wound of Heaven's Jealousy upon Wu Qingkong's body also gradually thinned.

With the final infusion of Shura Divine Power,

Wu Changming's Shura God Test and inheritance failed.

Divine inheritance.

Failure.

Death!

Just as Wu Changming was about to die,

Wu Yong'an did not hesitate and immediately used Self-Disintegration.

Though he was merely a one-ring Soul Master, the Self-Disassembly Art passed down through the Wu Family for generations allowed its members to shine with a different kind of brilliance at life's final moment.

"Father, you spent the first half of your life traveling the world for me..."

"And now, for my child, you have lost all your cultivation and your godhood. Let me do something for you as well..."

As his words fell, Wu Yong'an's hair suddenly whipped through the air.

"Self-Disintegration!"

Wu Yong'an's originally black hair instantly turned dry and white.

His once-youthful body rapidly aged.

In the blink of an eye, the man who had been only in his thirties had aged until he was withered and gaunt.

A dense aura of life surged toward the unconscious Wu Changming.

Wu Changming seemed to understand something, and a crystalline tear slid from the corner of his eye.

Wu Changming's body slowly began to recover.

Wu Yong'an burned himself to extend Wu Changming's life by more than a decade.

After awakening, Wu Changming held the swaddled infant in his arms and stood there alone in a daze.

For a long time, he could not regain his senses.

Naturally, the Shura God had witnessed the actions of the Wu Changming father and son.

"What touching father-son love..."

"Mortal, you are exceptional..."

"I truly wish to help you, but the God Realm has decreed that gods may not interfere in mortal affairs. Even as a God King, I cannot violate it..."

"As compensation, I will resurrect your son and guide him to the God Realm."

"When you reunite with him in the future..."

Upon hearing that his child had not died, joy overwhelmed Wu Changming's mind. As for the final sentence, he did not hear it clearly.

"It is enough that An'an is safe..."

The ten breaths had ended.

Wu Changming came back to his senses and recalled the life in swaddling clothes from before. He closed his eyes with relief. "If that is why I failed, then even if I had to do it again, I still would not regret it..."