The Clear Sky Sect's Eighth Elder: Asura

One day, he would have to find the Dragon God's tomb and give him a piece of his mind.

Even though it was still twenty thousand years earlier, Tang San... even if he had yet to become a god, there were still five God Kings above him.

Di Tian suddenly felt that his future was bleak.

The other Soul Beasts had learned bits and pieces from Di Tian. They could not laugh anymore, either.

They all stared miserably at the Sky Screen.

[The ranking has concluded. Rewards are being distributed.]

[Gu Yuena, sovereign of all Soul Beasts, has been restored to her peak.]

[All sentient Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest have gained Soul Power. The Star Dou Great Forest has expanded and entered a golden age. (Note: This increase is exempt from heavenly tribulation.)]

As his power rose, Di Tian took stock of it and gave the matter some thought. Then he released the strength he had kept hidden, seized the chance to avoid heavenly tribulation through the Sky Screen, and advanced straight to the peak of Second-Level God.

Feeling his long-lost power, Di Tian let out a dragon's roar of pure exhilaration.

"My power is back!"

Gu Yuena fared even better. The wound the Asura God had inflicted on her healed outright, and her strength returned to that of a newly ascended God King.

The other Ferocious Beasts had each gained around fifty thousand years.

Feeling the pressure radiating from Di Tian and Gu Yuena, they practically drooled with envy.

This boost was absurd. It had restored a half-crippled God King straight to her peak.

Di Tian had been even craftier, using the Sky Screen's exemption from Divine Punishment to become a god outright.

Having seen how things ended on the Sky Screen, Gu Yuena paid closer attention to the expansion of the Star Dou Great Forest.

This mighty force was as though the God of Life herself had descended.

The Star Dou Great Forest had once occupied only a small patch between the Two Great Empires. Now it stretched across their entire shared border.

The forest split the two nations apart.

And the Star Dou Great Forest lay at the heart of that divide.

Every Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest had grown stronger to some degree. That was bad news for the ordinary people hunting Soul Beasts there.

They would be in the middle of a fight when their quarry's age suddenly rose.

The surge left more than a dozen people dead in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Fortunately, the increase was proportional. It had not added fifty thousand years to every Soul Beast.

A hundred-year Soul Beast, for instance, would have risen to only about a hundred and twenty years.

That was not too outrageous.

Gu Yuena gazed at the Sky Screen. When she had first seen the Myriad Beast Platform, she too had wanted to create a world that could shelter Soul Beasts.

Now she had another idea.

The Sky Screen was not merely strengthening everyone. It was improving Douluo Star itself. In time, Douluo Star might surpass the Divine Realm and become a true God Star.

The Plane Spirit had won without lifting a finger.

All she needed to do was hold the Star Dou Great Forest. From what she knew of humans, those Gods would soon begin descending to the mortal world with increasing frequency.

This was a gift beyond anything the Dragon God could grant. With a few casual words, the Sky Screen had restored her strength to the God King realm.

The heavenly tribulations born of the Dragon God's curse had been erased just like that.

She gently twined a lock of hair around her finger, looked up at the Sky Screen, and murmured to herself.

"The Clear Sky Sect is next, isn't it? I wonder what reward that boy who'll inherit the Asura God's position will get?"

Su Yun thought the same. Second place could only be the Clear Sky Sect. He could not imagine any other possibility.

The Sky Screen did not keep everyone waiting. It was ready to reveal the answer.

[Top 2: Clear Sky Sect]

The words came as little surprise to high-level Soul Masters. Most had already guessed as much.

But the low-level Soul Masters and the Clear Sky Sect disciples erupted with excitement.

"The Clear Sky Sect! Top 2 is actually the Clear Sky Sect!!!"

"No wonder it leads the Upper Three Sects! Its strength even crushes Spirit Hall!"

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan were no exceptions.

Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen wore much the same expression as they gazed at the Sky Screen, their eyes full of mixed feelings.

So much for the Upper Three Sects standing together. The Clear Sky Sect had quietly surpassed Spirit Hall behind their backs.

Which of the top five factions did not have a god watching over it? As for them, their strongest was still Sword Douluo, a mere level ninety-seven Titled Douluo.

After seeing enough of these rankings, even Titled Douluo started to seem like nothing special.

[Top 2: Clear Sky Sect]

[Sect Master: Tang Xiao]

[Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer]

[Soul Power: Level 97 Super Douluo]

[Soul Rings: Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black]

[Former Sect Master: Tang Chen]

[Martial Soul: Clear Sky Hammer]

[Soul Power: Level 99 Limit Douluo]

[Soul Rings: Black, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black, Black, Red]

Everyone froze at Tang Chen's information. Why was he still a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo? Hadn't he become a god?

Qian Daoliu rose to his feet in disbelief. He had thought he was about to take a beating.

And now the Sky Screen was telling him Tang Chen was still level ninety-nine?

Then what gave him the right to take second place?

The size of his backside?

Bibi Dong crushed her chair outright. She had not lost her composure like this even when a God King appeared in the Top 3.

She had thought Tang Chen had already inherited the Asura God's position. Instead, he was merely a Peerless Douluo.

So what gave the Clear Sky Sect the right to rank above Spirit Hall?

While everyone struggled to make sense of it, the list of Elders appeared.

The first few Elders were unremarkable, their Soul Power ranging from level ninety-two to ninety-four.

But when the last entry appeared, Tang Chen, flying over the sea, nearly fell into the water.

[Clear Sky Sect Eighth Elder: Asura]

[Strength: God King]

Those two short lines hit harder than all the preceding information combined.

Asura... strength... God King.

What the hell? Could this get any more ridiculous?

You were telling them the Asura God King was actually part of the Clear Sky Sect?

In the Clear Sky Sect's council hall, the Elders who had stayed behind all turned in unison toward the newly added Elder's seat.

Asura sat there without a trace of expression.

"I'm Tang Chen's master, and he'll inherit my divine position one day. It's perfectly normal for me to come here and serve as an Elder, isn't it?"

The Elders felt the pressure bearing down on them.

All they could do was nod stiffly.

"Perfectly normal. Whatever makes you happy, sir. Please treat the Clear Sky Sect as your own home from now on."

The Seventh Elder felt his mind going blank.

He had even taken a liking to the fellow across from him and planned to put in a word with Tang Chen.

And now he was being told... the man was the Asura God.

Rem, you've got to be kidding me!

The Seventh Elder desperately wanted to forget the sight of the Asura God teaching Clear Sky Sect disciples how to swing a hammer in the square a few days ago.

The disciples he had taught were on the verge of tears. A God King actually taught me...

Tang Xiao was dumbfounded too. He had spent the past few days searching for his younger brother Tang Hao.

He had barely looked at the Sky Screen.

Now he looked at the Clear Sky Sect in the Top 2, then at the Asura God among its Elders...

Is this still our Clear Sky Sect?

Su Yun, who had been eating tea cakes, nearly choked.

He had almost forgotten that the Asura God was the sort to wander wherever he pleased. He must have seen the Sky Screen long ago.

For the sake of a reward, the man had thrown all shame aside and joined the Clear Sky Sect to claim a share.

Seeing Su Yun's expression, Zhongli offered a few words of comfort.

"Once the reins have slipped, we can only watch where it goes. The wind begins among duckweed, and a great wave rises from the smallest ripple."

"Let us see what sights this turn of events will bring us."

Venti plucked a string, tilted his head, and smiled, his eyes curving into crescents.

"Eh? It's beyond our control? That's wonderful! It means even the wind wants to join in!"

Su Yun looked at the Sky Screen.

"Instead of worrying about that, we should think about something else: once the Sky Screen exposes us, how are we going to recruit students?"