Li Xun's Brilliant Life

"What's going on?"

Li Qingyang's comment came from the Heavenly Screen, and Li Xun nearly lost it on the spot.

"What do you mean I'm a shut-in?" he shouted at the screen overhead, indignant. "I work hard! I'm the very picture of a disciplined man!"

He wanted nothing more than to drag that brat out of the screen and teach him a lesson.

Beside him, Shui Yuerou and Li Hu could no longer hold back. They clutched their stomachs and burst out laughing. Even Tang San nearly lost his composure. Brother Xun's son really is something. He's my disciple, all right.

A faint smile appeared on Tang Hao's usually stern face. In some ways, that child is exactly like his father. He's got the same love of mischief.

Heaven Dou Crown Prince's Palace

Pufferfish Douluo burst out laughing. "As expected of the young master's future child. He's so lively and full of character. What a delightful boy."

Qian Renxue had been curious to see her future sister-in-law through the Heavenly Screen, hoping to learn what she was like and how best to get along with her. She had never expected to see this ridiculous scene involving her future son first.

Embarrassment washed over her. She hurriedly covered her burning cheeks, torn between annoyance and laughter.

A faint smile also touched Snake Lance Douluo's lips. That future young master is rather too lively for his own good.

[Well, would you look at that? He called his own father a shut-in!]

[If he were my kid, I'd have him over my knee and give him a good knock on the head.]

[Jealous, aren't you? The man's wife is the Angel God. She's gorgeous, has an incredible figure, and her family runs Spirit Hall, the strongest force on the continent. Li Xun really has it made.]

[That's life for you!]

[I'm dying of envy. Asura God Li Xun is powerful in his own right, and he married the richest woman on the continent. How are the rest of us supposed to live?]

[When you're young, you don't appreciate a rich woman. You mistake a pretty girl for the real prize.]

[A woman might slow your sword arm, but a rich woman will buy you a better sword.]

[Me, me, me! Brother Li Xun, look at me! I'm the future leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Will you be my husband? If you agree, the entire sect will be yours one day!]

[Whoa... Is she publicly proposing on the Heavenly Screen? Advertising herself?]

[The future leader of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Isn't that the little demoness?]

[Aren't you missing the point? If Li Xun accepts, he'll become the richest man on the continent!]

[Oh, right! Damn, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is going all in!]

[Have you no shame, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Li Xun already has a wife, and you're trying to come between them!]

[What's it to you? That's in the future, not now.]

[How is it not my business? I'm his...]

[Why'd you stop halfway? Don't tell me you're the Angel God herself?]

[I'm not. I didn't. Stop imagining things.]

[Well, that's three denials in a row. It's almost certainly her.]

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Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo exchanged a glance, then turned toward Qian Renxue. Her cheeks were burning, and anger flickered in her eyes.

They were now all but certain that the interrupted comment on the Heavenly Screen—the one whose author had been called out—had come from their young master herself.

[As Li Yingxue wiped down the table, she said slowly, "Your father wasn't at all like you imagine. According to your grandparents, when he was your age, he was exceptionally clever, brave, and strong-willed.

Back then, the Li Family was an ordinary household. But your father's birth changed everything. At his Spirit Awakening at six, he awakened Twin Martial Souls—the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram—and possessed Innate Full Soul Power.

Later, your father and your master went to study at Nuoding Academy together. While there, he publicly exposed a master who claimed his theories were unrivaled. It was also at the academy that your master met Xiao Wu, who is now your master's wife. The three of them formed a team. After graduating from Nuoding Academy, they entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy together and led that year's Heaven Dou Team to victory in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

It was during that tournament, in Spirit City, that your father met your mother. They fell for each other at first sight and quickly fell in love. But your mother's family fiercely opposed the match. They looked down on your father because he wasn't strong enough yet and tried to tear them apart.

After they were forced apart, your father resolved to grow stronger. He entered Slaughter City alone and gained Divine Slaughter's Domain. Later, he ventured to Sea God Island with your master and their companions, where he received the Sea God's blessing.

Then war swept across the continent. My brother joined forces with your mother and your master to stop your grandmother. But when the war ended, their conflicting beliefs sparked a battle that shook heaven and earth. Only after fighting it out did they finally make peace.

From then on, my brother rarely appeared in public. Instead, he devoted himself to researching technology. When he needed a break, he wrote music. Most of the famous pieces heard across the continent today are his work."]

[My god! Li Xun's past was that legendary? Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power!]

[The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation Diagram as his Twin Martial Souls? He started with a winning hand!]

[He exposed that master when he was still a kid? Hahaha, Master Yu must've been humiliated in front of everyone.]

[The Nuoding Academy trio, Slaughter City, then Sea God Island? What an insane life.]

[They met in Spirit City and fell in love at first sight, only for her family to reject him for not being strong enough and force them apart. That hurts.]

[They looked down on him, so he fought like hell to get stronger. This is getting me fired up.]

[Heavenly Screen: Let's reveal the side of the Asura God no one knows.]

[Got it. He looks like a shut-in, but behind the scenes, he's a man who reshaped the entire continent.]

Inside the Worship Hall in Spirit City

Qian Daoliu and the other elders looked at one another, unable to hide their embarrassment.

When they thought carefully about the Heavenly Screen's claim that they had looked down on Li Xun for his lack of strength and tried to break up the couple, it sounded exactly like something they would do.

By then, Qian Renxue would likely have begun inheriting the Angel God's power and been destined to ascend to the Divine Realm. Li Xun, by contrast, would have been an outsider with no backing or roots in Spirit Hall. By their standards, even his talent would have fallen short of hers.

Every elder knew that, from the Worship Hall's perspective, they could never have allowed an outsider like him to take away the precious girl they had raised with such care and pinned all their hopes on.

"Ahem..."

Qian Daoliu cleared his throat, breaking the awkward silence. His aged voice rang through the Worship Hall.

"There's no need to dwell on it. That is the future, after all. If it comes to that, we simply won't oppose their relationship."

"Exactly, big brother. I support this marriage wholeheartedly!" Golden Crocodile Douluo chimed in at once.

The other elders nodded in agreement.