Stealing Tang Hao's Wife

Li Changqing had no idea what Tang Hao was thinking, planting Blue Silver Grass in a cave like this, where there was no sunlight.

Did he not want the Blue Silver Emperor to recover, or was he simply too stupid to know something as basic as plants needing sunlight to grow?

Li Changqing swept his spiritual power across the cave wall and found a hidden compartment. Inside it was a box that should contain the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

He approached and tapped it lightly with his finger. The compartment opened, revealing the box.

Li Changqing drew the box into his hand with Soul Power and opened it. Sure enough, the right leg bone was inside.

He sighed softly. "What a shame. I already have the Golden-Eyed Demon Wolf Right Leg Bone, so I can't absorb this Soul Bone."

"Tang Hao, you tried to steal my Soul Bone. Now I'm stealing your wife's Soul Bone. Consider it a courtesy returned. But since you've crossed me, there's no happy ending for you. I'll make you feel pain that cuts to the heart."

Li Changqing sat cross-legged and took out the Sky Azure Bull Python Right Arm Bone. He intended to absorb it first.

The process went smoothly. Its skills were Sky Azure Annihilation Thunder and Sky Azure Sluggish Divine Claw, the same as in the original story. Li Changqing's Soul Power also reached level ninety-two.

As for the Man Faced Demon Spider's Eight Spider Lances, Li Changqing did not intend to absorb them. Though they were an External Soul Bone, their age was too low to be of much use to him now.

Besides, he had achieved his goal of becoming a Titled Douluo. Next, he could go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to reconstruct his original body.

When the time came, he could use the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and the Eight Spider Lances as materials to give the Thunderblade Sword physical form.

With that decided, Li Changqing took a flowerpot from his Storage Soul Tool and transplanted the entire Blue Silver Emperor into it.

He put away the flowerpot, then pressed two fingers together and used Soul Power to carve several large words into the rock wall: "Your wife is mine now."

Golden Bone Wings appeared on Li Changqing's back once more. He flew out of the cave and headed toward Suotuo City.

By then, it was late at night.

At Shrek Academy, inside the headmaster's office.

Zhao Wuji had just returned from Soul Hunting with the Shrek Seven Devils. He was recounting their harrowing experience to Flender, while Yu Xiaogang listened nearby.

After hearing him out, Flender and Yu Xiaogang exchanged a glance. Both were relieved that no one had been hurt.

Yu Xiaogang had faced countless cold looks after awakening Luo Sanpao, a Trash Martial Soul.

That was why he had chosen to research Soul Master theory. For one thing, he wanted to find a way to break through his own limits;

for another, he wanted to prove that he was still a genius, and that only his Martial Soul had held him back.

Yu Xiaogang had spent decades studying theory and held an almost obsessive confidence in his findings.

When he heard that someone had absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as their fourth Soul Ring, overturning the theory he had spent decades developing, his first reaction was disbelief.

Then Yu Xiaogang's eyes widened. "You're saying that young man had a Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring? How is that possible? According to my theory, the oldest Soul Ring a Soul Master can absorb as their fourth is five thousand years old. A Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring requires at least a fifth Soul Ring."

His doubt about Zhao Wuji's account was plain.

Zhao Wuji grew impatient. What had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest had already exhausted him. He had only just returned, and now this good-for-nothing who had passed fifty without reaching level thirty was questioning him. His mood soured at once.

I only call you Grandmaster because you're Flender's brother. And you dare question the word of a Soul Saint? Do you think I could have seen it wrong?

With that thought, Zhao Wuji said, a hint of impatience in his voice:

"I wasn't the only one. Everyone who went to the Star Dou Great Forest saw it with their own eyes. That man's fourth Soul Ring really was black. If you don't believe me, go ask your disciple Tang San."

Flender hurried to smooth things over. One was his sworn brother; the other was an old friend he had known for years.

"Xiao Gang, Old Zhao is a Soul Saint. There's no way he saw it wrong. Theory is never absolute. Now you have a real example to help you update Soul Master theory."

He did not want a rift to form between them. After all, he planned to keep Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy.

One possessed profound knowledge of Soul Masters, and the other was a powerful Soul Saint. If they fell out and started undermining each other while teaching, how could they train geniuses?

But Yu Xiaogang seemed not to hear him. He kept muttering "Impossible" over and over. A Ten Thousand Year Fourth Soul Ring had clearly shaken him too deeply.

Zhao Wuji gave a cold snort at the sight of him. "Flender, I'm tired. I'm going to rest."

With that, Zhao Wuji walked straight out.

Flender looked at Yu Xiaogang and shook his head helplessly. He knew how fiercely his sworn brother hated to lose.

Someone had just broken what Yu Xiaogang called the limit for absorbing Soul Rings. No amount of persuasion would likely help. He would have to accept it in his own time.

Everyone else at Shrek Academy had gone to bed early after returning. Their Soul Hunting trip had been too frightening.

Only Xiao Wu and Tang San sat on the academy's training ground.

Xiao Wu had watched the Sky Azure Bull Python go willingly to his death for her, while she could do nothing. Grief filled her face.

Tang San could not understand her reaction. He still did not know that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

He asked with concern, "Xiao Wu, ever since we encountered that powerful Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, you've seemed lost. What's wrong?"

"Can you tell me what happened? Don't forget, I said you're my sister. I'll protect you."

At his words, Xiao Wu could no longer hold back her tears. She threw her arms around Tang San, her voice thick with sobs.

"Brother! My mother died, and now Da Ming and Er Ming are dead too. You're the only family I have left..."

Tang San did not quite understand what Xiao Wu meant, but she was as dear to him as family.

He held her and said gently, "Don't worry, Xiao Wu. Your brother is here. I'll never let anyone hurt you."

"Brother, my mother, Da Ming, and Er Ming... They were all killed. I watched them die one after another right in front of me, and I couldn't do anything..."

Hearing that Xiao Wu's family had all been killed, Tang San finally understood why she had been acting this way.

Family mattered deeply to him. He had been an orphan in his previous life, and in this life, he had hardly known what familial love felt like.

He had not lived through what Xiao Wu had, but he could imagine how it felt to watch loved ones die one after another before his eyes, powerless to save them.