I've Got It! You're the Tang Sect's Chosen One!

Tang Ya opened her mouth, her gaze darting between Tang Qi and Huo Yutong. For a moment, she had no idea what to say.

"Xiaoya, you're not angry, are you?" Huo Yutong blinked and studied her expression cautiously.

"I... of course I'm not angry." Tang Ya gave two awkward laughs, though her smile was rather stiff.

Today, Haki Ya, who spoke without putting her brain in gear, had finally encountered both her strictest father and her strictest mother.

After this, surely she would think before she spoke.

"So? Are you two joining the Tang Sect or not?"

Tang Ya rubbed her hands together and leaned in, her face full of anticipation.

Huo Yutong clearly had some affection for the Tang Sect. Her mother had mentioned it to her often, even if Tang Ya did not seem particularly reliable.

But affection was one thing. She still needed to return to the Sea of Consciousness and ask Tian Meng what she thought.

"You really need to ask me?" Tian Meng poked her head out from her soft bedding in the Sea of Consciousness. Her golden hair was a mess, and impatience was written all over her pretty face.

Huo Yutong nodded rapidly, like a chick pecking at rice.

"Do you even need to ask? Wherever Tang Qi goes, you go!"

Tian Meng let out a huge yawn. "Our happy life from now on depends entirely on this number-one supporter."

"Number-one supporter...?" Huo Yutong froze.

"All right, all right. Don't interrupt my beauty sleep."

Before Huo Yutong could say another word, Tian Meng waved a hand, rolled over, and burrowed back under the covers.

After years of wandering from place to place, when had she ever slept well? Now she had finally regained the heavenly life she once enjoyed in the Far North, eating and sleeping to her heart's content.

Sleeping once felt good for a while; sleeping every day felt good every day.

"Why is Tian Meng so lazy~"

Huo Yutong muttered helplessly as she left the Sea of Consciousness. When she opened her eyes, she met Tang Ya's expectant gaze.

Seeing the girl remain silent, Tang Ya's eyes darted. She produced a copy of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record from who knew where, waved it before Huo Yutong, then showed it off to Tang Qi.

"This is our Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record! The Mysterious Heaven Skill inside is the very cultivation technique our ancestor Tang San once practiced!"

Tang Ya flipped through the pages vigorously, her voice brimming with temptation. "Well? Tempted? Then don't just think about it. Join the Tang Sect!"

Huo Yutong swallowed unconsciously. She was sorely tempted, but in the end, she turned to look at Tang Qi.

Bei Bei stood to one side, gazing longingly at the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record in Tang Ya's hands. A trace of grievance flashed in his eyes.

Xiaoya... you can't play favorites this badly!

He had to pass a test before he could possibly obtain the Mysterious Heaven Skill. Why did everyone else get it as part of a beginner's gift pack?!

But Bei Bei did not dare say it aloud. He feared the little goodwill he had finally built up with Tang Ya would instantly vanish, leaving him wanting to cry but with no tears to shed.

Tang Ya, of course, knew nothing of Bei Bei's grievance.

Right now, all her attention was on Huo Yutong and Tang Qi.

When Tang Ya noticed Huo Yutong's reaction, delight stirred in her heart.

She had originally needed to win over two people. Now, all she had to do was secure Tang Qi, and Huo Yutong, with her Body Martial Soul, would come along as a buy-one-get-one-free deal!

As for why she was so certain Tang Qi would join the Tang Sect...

Wasn't it obvious? Did they understand the significance of a boy surnamed Tang, whose Martial Souls were the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer, suddenly falling from the sky and meeting the master of a fallen Tang Sect?

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were Tang San reincarnated! Tang Ya thought.

"Well, Teacher Xiaoqi?"

Tang Ya's eyes curved into crescents. "If you join the Tang Sect, you can practice the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record with every right to do so."

"The Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record?"

Tang Qi chuckled, a hint of amusement in his voice.

"That's right."

Tang Ya still had not caught the odd note in his voice and continued her enthusiastic pitch. "The Tang Sect is the only place in the whole world that has it~"

"That's the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record you have," Tang Qi said leisurely. "Then what's this?"

With that, he took a book from his Storage Ring. The words Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record were clearly visible on its cover.

"What?!"

Everyone present stared wide-eyed, their faces full of disbelief.

In the Sea of Consciousness, Tian Meng, who had already fallen fast asleep, suddenly rolled over and mumbled indistinctly, "I think... I smell some juicy gossip."

"Let me see!"

Tang Ya lunged almost by instinct, reaching to snatch it.

Only one thought filled her head.

How could the Tang Sect's Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record be in an outsider's hands? If it had accidentally been leaked in some past generation, that would be a grave disrespect to their ancestor.

But the moment she took a step, her body suddenly seemed to stop obeying her.

A sense of submission toward the Martial Soul Origin rose from the depths of her soul. Her knees buckled without warning, and with a thump, she fell onto her backside.

"Waaah... that hurts!"

Tang Ya sucked in a sharp breath and rubbed her reddened knees, looking up at Tang Qi with a pitiful expression.

"Teacher Xiaoqi, just let me look. Just one glance!"

"I never said you couldn't."

Tang Qi pressed a hand to his forehead in exasperation and casually tossed her the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

"Hey! Don't throw it!"

Tang Ya scrambled to catch it. She took a deep breath and carefully opened the book.

The air fell quiet. Only the soft rustle of turning pages remained.

Tang Ya's expression changed bit by bit.

First came tension and anticipation, then confusion, then shock, and finally an ashen look.

In mere moments, she had skimmed the entire book in a rush, all the way to the last page.

Tang Ya went still.

"Xiaoya, what's wrong?" Seeing her looking as though she had been utterly broken, someone could not help stepping forward.

"How is this possible... How..."

Tang Ya murmured under her breath. She suddenly looked up at Tang Qi, her eyes full of helpless confusion.

"What's impossible about it?"

Tang Qi spoke calmly. "Both books are the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. Both are genuine."

"The difference is..."

"Yours is the female one. Mine is the male one."

The mouths of those listening intently twitched in unison. Tang Ya's face darkened.

Since she could get no useful information out of Tang Qi, Tang Ya immediately decided to put her brain to work—the one that had lain idle for over a decade and was nearly rusted through!

After a moment of silence, Tang Ya sprang to her feet and shouted, "I've got it!"

She raised the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record passed down through generations of the Tang Sect in one hand and held Tang Qi's copy in the other, her face alight with excitement.

"The one on the left was sent down from the Divine Realm after our ancestor ascended there. And the one on the right is more complete and more refined than the version passed down through the Tang Sect. That means..."

Haki Ya, have you figured out the truth?!

"This one must be the divine-level enhanced edition!" Tang Ya declared with absolute certainty.

"Divine-level enhanced edition?"

Tang Qi froze. Huo Yutong and Bei Bei looked equally bewildered.

"You don't understand, do you?"

Tang Ya planted her hands on her hips, thoroughly enjoying their dumbstruck expressions.

She felt as though she stood at the very summit of wisdom, her whole body radiating the light of brilliance.

"Our ancestor was a god! Couldn't he have improved the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record when he had nothing to do in the Divine Realm? This must be the version he made afterward!"

Tang Ya scratched her head, then swept a hand through the air.

"And as for why it ended up in your hands, Tang Qi, isn't that obvious?"

"Our ancestor couldn't bear to see the Tang Sect decline and perish, so he chose you on Douluo Continent! With his supreme divine power, he delivered this Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record Plus Edition into your hands!"

"And you, Tang Qi! You're the chosen one!"

Tang Qi's mouth twitched. "Me? The chosen one?"

"Of course! How else do you explain having both the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer, while also happening to be surnamed Tang?"

Tang Ya's eyes shone as she threw herself forward and wrapped her arms around Tang Qi's head. "Lord Chosen One, please join the Tang Sect! The Tang Sect needs you!"