Tang San Breaks Down! Yu Xiaogang Is Utterly Humiliated!

After hearing Ye Qingqiu explain the true nature of Blue Silver Grass, Tang San fell into deep thought and began to question himself.

Could the path I've taken really be wrong?

No, impossible. My teacher, Yu Xiaogang, is the Theory Grand—

As the thought surfaced, he involuntarily remembered what that primary school teacher from the Blue Silver Empire had said to mock Yu Xiaogang.

"Unoriginal garbage." "A theory copycat." "An ignorant, arrogant fool." "A useless waste"...

Yu Xiaogang: I don't remember all those insults appearing on the screen. Did you slip in a couple of your own?!

Once Yu Xiaogang's standing and theories had been challenged with solid knowledge, his teachings began to crumble in Tang San's mind.

Tang San kept recalling those remarks and comparing them with Yu Xiaogang's actions. Eventually, he arrived at a conclusion he could hardly accept—

The Grandmaster he had trusted for so many years might really be a fraud with little genuine ability.

Before he could dwell on it further, Ye Qingqiu spoke again, her voice carrying a faint edge of scrutiny and mockery.

"I remember someone in the comments from Douluo Continent mentioning you. Your Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass too?

Tell me about your Soul Rings and Soul Skills.

I'd like to see what path a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master taught by your so-called 'orthodox theory' has taken, and how far you've gone."

Tang San gritted his teeth. He had no intention of answering, but he had gained a little fame by now, and someone promptly spilled everything about him.

[Douluo Continent · Resting Fire Phoenix Ma Hongjun]:

"Miss Ye, my third brother has Twin Martial Souls! His first Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass. His first, hundred-year Soul Skill is Blue Silver Entanglement; his second, also from a hundred-year ring, is Parasitism. His third, from a thousand-year ring, is Spider Web Restraint. And his fourth is a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill: Blue Silver Cage!"

"The Grandmaster carefully designed his entire control-type Soul Ring set to put the principle that control counters everything into practice!"

"Ahem. As for me, my Martial Soul is a phoenix—the pinnacle of Beast Martial Souls!"

Eager to impress Ye Qingqiu, Ma Hongjun opened his big mouth and poured out everything about Tang San like beans from a bamboo tube.

None of it was a secret anymore, but Tang San still felt annoyed. At the same time, he was secretly pleased and excited.

I have Twin Martial Souls. There's no way you won't be surprised!

He raised his head, eyes shining, and searched the screen for comments expressing shock.

But the first comments to appear were not about his Twin Martial Souls. They came from so-called haters.

[Blue Silver Empire · Head Instructor of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Su Heng]:

"Absurd!

Utterly absurd!

A vine-type Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass is born with basic abilities such as Entanglement and seed parasitism. And he used precious Soul Ring slots on abilities his Martial Soul already possessed?

I've taught for over fifty years, and this is the first time I've encountered such a... such an idi—Ahem. Such an oddity."

[Blue Silver Empire · Peach Grove Town Primary School Instructor Liu Yan]:

"Children, did you see that?

Tell me, what does Lesson Five of our Beginner Soul Master General Knowledge Textbook say?

That's right! A Martial Soul has innate basic talents. Soul Rings and Soul Skills should compensate for its weaknesses or unlock higher-level abilities rooted in its nature, not lock abilities that can be learned through training into Soul Rings!

Will you remember that from now on?

This Tang San is a perfect example. Whatever you do, don't follow him~"

Countless experts took turns commenting, their arguments clear and orderly. They tore Tang San's self-respect and his so-called "perfect Soul Ring configuration" to shreds. Not far away, Yu Xiaogang looked up at the screen, panting like an ox as his pride was shredded along with it.

[Sun Moon Continent · Soul Master Scholar Wang San]:

"Haha! The academy textbooks on Sun Moon Continent teach this too. Why do these people from Douluo Continent look so proud of themselves?"

[Douluo Continent · Passerby Soul Master Passerby A]:

"Yu Xiaogang, the Theory Grandmaster? More like the Grandmaster of Uselessness!

He calls that a perfect configuration? He's ruining his students!"

More and more Soul Masters native to Douluo Continent began speaking up. Doubts they had harbored for years finally burst forth.

[Douluo Continent · Heaven Dou Soul Master Liu Dalong]:

"Honestly, I watched every one of Shrek Academy's matches in the Soul Fighting Tournament. Tang San's talent and methods are incredible, and he has the temperament and perseverance of a top-tier genius!

If this flawed theory hadn't held him back, he might have achieved even more!"

[Douluo Continent · Onlooker]:

"What a waste!

Such a gift for Twin Martial Souls, squandered on a half-baked teacher.

If a Blue Silver Empire instructor had taught him instead, he might be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Ninth Princess Ye Qingqiu by now!"

[Douluo Continent · Busty Airhead Liu Erlong]:

"Stop saying that! Xiaogang... His theories may have some flaws, but he..."

Taunting comments filled the screen like a rising tide, every word striking at the heart.

At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang's face turned white as paper. His body went rigid, his hands trembled, and unbearable shame swept through him.

The Martial Soul Theory he took pride in and considered his life's work had been dismantled point by point by instructors from the Blue Silver Continent, exposing flaw after flaw;

The "perfect" Soul Ring system he had designed for Tang San had been condemned by everyone as a complete waste of talent that put the cart before the horse.

The humiliation of being exposed as a "common-knowledge copycat" by a primary school teacher had not yet faded. Now the entire audience had slapped him in the face again. Yu Xiaogang broke completely, his mind reeling so violently that he could not utter a single word in rebuttal.

Tang San, meanwhile, sank into profound self-doubt.

He looked down at his hands and felt the Blue Silver Grass Soul Power flowing through him. It was almost as if his Martial Soul were lamenting to him that the path he had spent more than ten years cultivating had been wrong from the start.

So his current Soul Ring configuration amounted to nothing more than the shallowest, most useless tricks.

Where am I supposed to go from here?

Confusion and disbelief filled his heart.

Ye Qingqiu read the flood of comments on the screen, then delivered one final, measured judgment, bringing the argument over the so-called orthodox path for Blue Silver Grass to an end.

"A teacher's duty is to pass on knowledge, teach skills, and dispel doubts.

Someone who doesn't understand a Martial Soul's true nature, never explores the source of its power, and knows nothing of what matters in its later cultivation—does throwing a few so-called control skills together make someone a control-type Soul Master?

That ruins a student's future and destroys their talent.

And this is the man you call a Grandmaster of Martial Soul Theory?"

On Douluo Continent, Yu Xiaogang lost all composure. He laughed three times, then sobbed three times before plunging into the crowd, too ashamed to show his face.