Chrysanthemum Douluo: Am I Really That Miserable?

Shrek Academy.

Liu Erlong gazed admiringly at Yu Xiaogang too.

"That's just like you, Xiaogang. You taught a god."

As far as she was concerned, Xiaogang had always been the most capable of them all.

Everyone had simply overlooked his brilliance!

Only Tang San looked utterly bewildered. "What? I became a god? And the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

His breathing grew ragged.

The others might not understand, but he knew the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well all too well.

It was a treasure basin nurtured by heaven and earth, where Immortal Herbs grew!

And the screen had exposed it just like that?

Didn't that mean every Soul Master on the continent knew about it now?

His feelings were a tangled mess.

That damned screen already has a path to death!

Without the screen's revelation, he could have taken those Immortal Herbs without a hitch.

Dugu Bo might have hunted him down, but compared with those peerless Immortal Herbs, that risk was hardly worth mentioning!

Now his opportunity had been laid bare before the whole world. How was he supposed to keep it all for himself?

How was he supposed to claim the foundation for godhood that should have been his?

In the shadows.

Tang Hao looked toward his son, unable to contain the wild joy in his eyes.

"Haha! That's my son! He really can achieve Dual Godhood!"

Then a terrifying killing intent burst from his eyes.

"Damn you, Bibi Dong!"

"Spirit Hall really does have the heart of a wolf! It even dreams of founding the Spirit Hall Empire and ruling the continent!"

"But with me and Little San here, Spirit Hall's scheme will never succeed!"

Once his elation subsided, Tang Hao's heart sank.

Now that the screen had exposed everything, people coveting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well—and those targeting his son's potential for godhood—would come swarming.

He could no longer stay hidden. He had to show himself and overawe those petty villains!

The next instant.

Boom—

A terrifying pressure descended upon Shrek Academy's training ground!

Tang Hao appeared in person.

"Who are you?"

Faced with someone who might be an assassin sent by Prince Xue Xing for revenge,

the Shrek members immediately summoned their Martial Souls and went on full alert.

Hadn't the screen said Dugu Bo was coming to kill Tang San? This man might well be with him.

Yu Xiaogang froze when he saw the newcomer.

He hurriedly waved for everyone to stop. "Don't worry, he's not an enemy."

Ma Hongjun looked at the stubble covering Tang Hao's face and asked in confusion,

"Who's this uncle?"

Yu Xiaogang introduced him.

"This is Little San's father, the world-renowned Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao."

"What?"

"Clear Sky Douluo?"

Everyone was stunned.

Tang San looked at his father, his face alight with excitement.

His eyes reddened, but his heart was reeling even more!

His down-and-out old man, who spent every day drinking and working at the forge, was a Titled Douluo?

Ning Rongrong was utterly dumbstruck.

If Third Brother's father was Clear Sky Douluo, didn't that mean Third Brother came from the Clear Sky Sect?

While Tang Hao and his son reunited and everyone caught up amid their shock,

Spirit Hall was in an uproar too.

Looking at the screen, Bibi Dong felt a flicker of delight instead.

I really did succeed in founding the Spirit Hall Empire?

But by the time she saw the end, she understood that all her efforts had ultimately come to nothing.

Her eyes narrowed.

"Hmph! It must be because Tang San obtained the Immortal Herbs and became the Sea God and Asura God!"

She turned to Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

"You two, set out at once!"

"Kill that boy Tang San, whatever it takes!"

"And find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while you're at it!"

"As you command!"

The two accepted their orders and immediately rose.

Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared calm, but his heart was surging.

On the screen, he had seen a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum growing in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

His Martial Soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum!

If he could absorb that plant, his cultivation, stagnant for so many years, would surely advance another step!

So he wasted not a word. With his own little calculations running through his head, he hurried out with Old Ghost.

Meanwhile, inside the Worship Hall.

Great Enshrined Qian Daoliu stood with his hands behind his back.

"Bibi Dong is ambitious indeed. She even dares dream of founding an empire."

"But as long as this old man is here, Spirit Hall will ultimately belong to our Qian Family!"

"Xiao Xue, it'll be up to you from now on!"

[This ranking is complete. Dugu Bo's reward: Soul Power increased by 2 levels, and the Medicine Canon and Poison Scripture from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record!]

At the sight of that reward, everyone across Douluo Continent was stunned, their eyes red with envy!

This was only ninth place, yet it raised his Soul Power Level by two whole levels and threw in a Medicine Canon and Poison Scripture of unknown origin!

Even the powerful figures who had doubted the screen could no longer sit still.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who had just left Spirit Hall, were green with envy.

Chrysanthemum Douluo held his fingers in an orchid pose and ground his teeth.

"That damned old poison! What dogshit luck!"

"I've cultivated so hard for so many years, and my Soul Power has barely risen at all."

"But that old poison gets two levels outright and a Poison Scripture for nothing? Damn him!"

Shrek Academy.

Tang San was still immersed in the joy of reuniting with his father, Tang Hao.

When he saw that the screen's final reward was actually the Medicine Canon and Poison Scripture from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, he went blank.

He trembled with rage, clenching his teeth so hard they nearly shattered.

"Those are secrets the Tang Sect never passes to outsiders!"

"That damned screen! How dare it give Tang Sect Secret Arts straight to someone else?"

"If Dugu Bo learns the Medicine Canon and Poison Scripture, how am I supposed to trade an antidote for the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?"

At that moment, Tang San's composure shattered, and he roared inwardly.

That screen already has a path to death!

Inside Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Qian Renxue saw the reward and could no longer keep her composure.

Two whole levels of a Titled Douluo's Soul Power!

Dugu Bo had leaped from level 91 to level 93 in an instant!

That changed the balance of power in Heaven Dou City!

If a level 93 Titled Douluo set his mind on supporting Xue Beng, the entire struggle for succession in Heaven Dou City would be rewritten!

She looked at Phainon.

Phainon was still calmly baiting his hook.

Sensing her gaze, he turned his head, puzzled.

"Your Highness, why are you looking at me?"

It was as though the man had nothing to do with any of this!

Qian Renxue was completely at a loss with him.

Fishing, fishing!

At a time like this!

Was the screen really less important than fishing?

Qian Renxue took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.

A bold thought occurred to her.

If this ranking is about who's had it worst, maybe I have a chance of making the list too?

After all, I lost my father, that woman wants nothing to do with me, and I came to Heaven Dou to endure humiliation and bear a heavy burden!

I've been undercover for years!

How does that not count as melancholy?

But then her expression darkened again.

But if I really make the list, will it expose my identity too?

Phainon watched Qian Renxue's expression.

He could not help laughing to himself.

How could he not know what Qian Renxue was thinking?

If he had been a native of Douluo Continent, the screen's rewards might have tempted him too.

Unfortunately, they were of little use to him!

Reward him with a few Stellarons, some special Curios, or perhaps an Emanator's authority from another Path to play with—then he might be tempted.

Star Dou Great Forest.

Di Tian saw that the reward raised Soul Power by two levels and scoffed.

"The reward isn't bad, but even if a mere Poison Douluo gained another five levels, he still wouldn't pose much of a threat!"

"As long as our lord is here, the advantage is ours!"

Bi Ji nodded.

Still, she could not help wondering what reward a Soul Beast would receive if one made the list.

By then, Dugu Bo had already fled.

Before the dumbfounded Xue Beng and Xue Xing, he scooped up Dugu Yan and rushed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

What kind of joke was this?

Was he supposed to stay and wait for death?!

The screen had exposed his possession of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

And he had received the teachings of the Medicine Canon and Poison Scripture from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

He knew full well how rare the Immortal Herbs were.

The whole world must have its eyes on him now.

Before most people could react, he would use those few crucial Immortal Herbs, then pack up every last one of the rest!

As for Tang San, his young friend despite their difference in age, one look at the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record had told Dugu Bo that the boy was full of schemes.

Naturally, he understood that Tang San had taken him for a ride.

[Douluo Continent's Most Melancholy People, No. 8: Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan]

[BGM: A phone call splits the world in two, yet we never meet. The face in the mirror, occasionally dressed in red—who hurt you and shattered the way you looked...?]

When that background music played again,

goosebumps rose across the entire continent.

Holy shit! This time, the lucky one is Spirit Hall's Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan?!

After all, Spirit Hall harbored ambitions to rule the continent and found the Spirit Hall Empire.

Wouldn't this make Spirit Hall's strength swell even further?

When Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared in eighth place,

Qian Renxue's expression turned conflicted.

Although Chrysanthemum Douluo belonged to Spirit Hall, he was that woman's right-hand man.

Beside her, Phainon noticed her troubled expression and couldn't help trying to comfort her:

"Your Highness, you don't need to worry so much."

"Even if Chrysanthemum Douluo gets more rewards, it won't change anything for the Heaven Dou Empire."

"We couldn't beat them in the first place, so why worry about it?"

Qian Renxue: "..."

Her face darkened as she turned and fixed Phainon with a death glare.

You call that comforting someone?

She shot Phainon a furious glare:

"Phai! Non! Bro! Just! Fish!"

Meanwhile,

Dugu Bo was flying through the air with his granddaughter in tow, making his escape. He froze when he saw the sky screen.

"Chrysanthemum Guan made the list too? You've got to be kidding me!"

That man had been his sworn enemy for half his life!

Not good!

Dugu Bo's expression changed drastically, and green Soul Power erupted from him:

"If Chrysanthemum Guan gets a reward and comes to steal my Immortal Herbs, won't I be in deep trouble? I need to go faster!"

He had to pick up the pace!

At the same time,

Chrysanthemum Douluo, who had already left Spirit City, slammed to a halt in midair.

He was utterly dumbfounded.

He turned to Ghost Douluo:

"Am I really that miserable?"

"Miserable enough to rank eighth on the whole continent?"

Ghost Douluo nodded.

"You really are."