Yu Tianheng had been knocked unconscious by Su Chen's kick. When he woke up, it was already the next day.
His eyes were vacant as the scene of himself being knocked out by a single kick replayed in his mind over and over.
He was Yu Tianheng, the foremost among the younger generation of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
Yet not only had he lost, he had lost in an utterly humiliating fashion.
He had brought shame upon the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
That very day, he left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and prepared to return to Thunder Gorge to enter seclusion and push his Soul Power to level 30.
He did have more pride than Xue Beng. He had not wailed and run off to find someone to complain to.
Instead, he planned to challenge Su Chen again after breaking through to Soul Elder, relying on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's Dragon Transformation Secret Technique.
Speaking of Xue Beng, the fellow who had survived until the end in the original plot and even become emperor.
After recovering from his injuries, his playboy nature flared up again. He went to an inn in the city to indulge himself, only to be found dead in the inn's artificial lake the next day.
The death of a prince was no small matter. The Heaven Dou Imperial Family dispatched a large number of worshippers to inspect the cause of Xue Beng's death. After repeated examinations,
they confirmed that after drinking himself senseless and bedding ten women in one night, Xue Beng's legs had gone weak and he had accidentally fallen into the artificial lake, where he drowned.
It had not been murder. It had purely been an accident.
When Xue Ye learned of this, he was so furious that he could not eat for an entire day. Disgusted that Xue Beng had disgraced the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, he completely suppressed news of Xue Beng's death.
At that point, only Xue Ye's eldest son, Xue Qinghe, remained of his four sons.
Whether Xue Ye trusted or suspected Xue Qinghe in his heart, Xue Qinghe was the only son he had left to choose from.
Xue Beng was dead, and he had died in an extremely undignified manner.
Xue Xing was terrified. He did not believe Xue Beng had truly died by accident.
It had definitely been the work of his ruthless and merciless eldest nephew.
He had originally been busy rallying nobles everywhere, but now he directly retreated into his prince's residence.
When the news reached Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Su Chen was surprised by Qian Renxue's decisiveness.
If Qian Renxue from the original plot had possessed this level of decisiveness, she would have seized the Heaven Dou Empire long ago.
Why would she have let Tang San, who had appeared out of nowhere, ruin her plans?
From the age of nine to twenty-nine, Qian Renxue had spent the best twenty years of her youth purely wasting time.
A coup depended on acting decisively, seizing power as quickly as possible, and then redistributing the benefits.
She had spent twenty years laying plans, only to fail in the end. Wasn't that just idiotic?
Qian Renxue looked clever, but she was actually rather foolish.
She gave people the impression of being deeply calculating, yet somehow unable to calculate anything clearly.
With Xue Qinghe's protection, coupled with the outstanding talent and strength he had displayed,
Su Chen established a firm foothold at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
Every day, he simply read books and basked in the sun while his Soul Power rose by leaps and bounds.
In the blink of an eye, another year and a half passed.
Su Chen broke through to level 30 Soul Power.
With only a third Soul Ring remaining, he would become a Three-Ring Soul Elder.
He asked the academy for leave and went to ask Qian Renxue to help him hunt a soul beast.
Qian Renxue valued Su Chen even more than the Heaven Dou Empire. Since he needed his third Soul Ring, she set aside a pile of matters concerning the Heaven Dou Empire and took She Long and Ci Xue with her to the Star Dou Great Forest.
After searching for a while, they found a seven-thousand-year Scarlet Sky Crying Phoenix in the mixed zone of the Star Dou Great Forest.
Qian Renxue felt that this soul beast's age was too high.
But Su Chen insisted on it!
She had no choice. Since he wanted it, she gave it to him.
She ordered She Long and Ci Xue to bring down the Scarlet Sky Crying Phoenix, then had Su Chen deliver the fatal blow.
"Screech—"
A miserable cry came to an abrupt halt.
The Scarlet Sky Crying Phoenix died completely, and a deep-purple Soul Ring floated out from its corpse.
Qian Renxue's delicate brows furrowed slightly, concern flashing through her eyes as she urged him uneasily.
"Xiao Chen, are you sure you want to challenge a seven-thousand-year third Soul Ring? How about we lower the age? Let's hunt a five-thousand-year soul beast instead, all right?"
Su Chen stared intently at the purple Soul Ring and refused without hesitation. "Sister Xue'er, don't worry. I'll be fine."
After saying that, Su Chen immediately sat cross-legged and called out to the purple Soul Ring.
As the Soul Ring entered his body, scorching and tyrannical energy swept through his meridians, turning his body red as though molten lava had burned him.
Su Chen looked like a fully cooked shrimp. Sweat poured from countless pores across his body, and waves of heat burst forth, instantly evaporating into white steam.
Qian Renxue watched with a painfully tight heart. Once Soul Ring absorption began, outsiders could no longer interfere. Now, Su Chen could only rely on himself.
She Long and Ci Xue exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes. An ordinary Soul Elder could absorb, at most, a fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring as their third ring. Even Soul Ancestors could not absorb a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring.
Perhaps they were truly about to witness a miracle.
Time passed second by second.
Suddenly, a golden-red radiance burst from Su Chen's body.
In an instant, it enveloped Qian Renxue, She Long, and Ci Xue. Golden-red flames ignited upon their bodies, startling the three of them into rapidly leaving the area covered by that golden-red light.
The golden-red radiance covered a full ten-meter radius. Everywhere it reached, golden-red flames rose.
Flowers, grass, and trees all ignited. Even the sand and soil began to burn.
The Burning flames caused the air to distort.
Waves of fire swept outward, making Qian Renxue, She Long, and Ci Xue feel a searing pain against their skin.
Qian Renxue cried out in shock.
"This is the power of a domain!"
"Xiao Chen's Three-Legged Fire Crow Martial Soul actually awakened domain power the moment he broke through to Soul Elder. The level of this mutated Martial Soul is likely not far below my Six-Winged Angel."
After the surprise came joy!
Su Chen and Qian Renxue could fuse their Soul Power and jointly unleash a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
The stronger Su Chen became, the happier Qian Renxue was.
At that moment, Su Chen had entered a special state.
Over the past few years, he had comprehended the Sun Immortal Scripture. Aside from strengthening his physique and accelerating the growth of his Soul Power, he had gained an extremely profound understanding of Solar Power and the power of the Golden Crow.
While absorbing his third Soul Ring, his accumulated insights finally erupted. His thoughts and realizations merged with the Great Sun Golden Crow Martial Soul, stimulating the Great Sun Golden Crow's origin and awakening the Golden Crow Domain.
Su Chen's consciousness became one with the Great Sun Golden Crow, allowing him to understand every effect of the Golden Crow Domain.
Burning!
Annihilation!
Evil-Breaking!
Solar Eclipse!
Sky-Patrolling!
It possessed five major traits in total. The most basic Burning effect was that the Golden Crow True Flame within the domain could continuously burn enemies and leave them with a Burning mark.
Perhaps because he had only just awakened the Golden Crow Domain, Su Chen could currently use only its Burning effect.
As for Annihilation, Evil-Breaking, Solar Eclipse, and Sky-Patrolling, his strength would need to increase further before they could gradually evolve.
Especially the Golden Crow Domain's ultimate evolution, Sky-Patrolling. Su Chen would need to break through to Soul Sage at the very least before he could unleash its power.
By then, dealing with a Titled Douluo would be easy.
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