Mosheng Fei never believed there could be so many coincidences in the world.
One or two would have been one thing.
But such a thorough reckoning... no matter how he looked at it, it seemed like the Douluo World was taking revenge.
Mosheng Fei's scalp prickled as he stared blankly at the sky of the Douluo World.
The sky had darkened.
But the sky belonging to the Douluo Continent had brightened.
Mosheng Fei was growing afraid. With power like this, with such an overwhelming tide... if he got caught up in it...
Mosheng Fei had personally watched the Sun Moon Empire get beaten back to less than a million square kilometers of territory. He had already prepared to cross the sea and leave the Sun Moon Continent.
The capital had been relocated again and again, all the way to the coast... but once the World Will exerted its power...
The first Level 9 Soul Engineer was born, the soul tool system became fully established, talent erupted, and the nation's fortune descended. In a matter of days, they reclaimed the entire Sun Moon Continent; within two weeks, they launched a lightning offensive against the Douluo Continent itself.
"That basically explains why, in the Peerless Era four thousand years later, the people of the Sun Moon Empire hated the Three Great Empires so much, especially the Star Luo Empire. Even the evil Holy Spirit Cult ranked below them..."
"The Sun Moon Empire had once nearly been annihilated, its nation destroyed and its people wiped out... how the fuck could they not hate them?"
Mosheng Fei drew a deep breath, his head buzzing in waves.
"This stretch of history makes no sense, absolutely none... just as the Douluo Continent, certain of victory, was about to destroy the Sun Moon Empire, the Sun Moon Empire rose to power. The allied armies of the Two Great Empires collapsed, and the first nuclear bomb was developed, laying the foundation for victory... national fortune?"
"The World Will was clearly backing them!!"
"If this really was revenge from the World Will, that would also explain why the Heaven Dou Empire, which supported Tang San the most, was destroyed!!!"
[Please write a record of major world events...] [World reward: ...]
Bravo. It wasn't even pretending anymore.
Looking at the world's hidden reward, Mosheng Fei's mouth twitched uncontrollably.
This was plainly a bribe.
"World, you're offering me a bribe!"
"You're insulting me!!"
"I, Mosheng Fei, Recorder of History, uphold Justice and fairness! Everything I write establishes a heart for heaven and earth, and a destiny for the people... I never betray my conscience... and I never stir up trouble!!!"
Mosheng Fei's face radiated righteousness. He stood tall between heaven and earth, brimming with noble integrity... if not for the trembling hand holding the Shengfei Pen, and the billowing black aura pouring from his martial soul, he would have looked every inch a righteous man.
[Historical record, Douluo Calendar year 12666: The world's reckoning!]
"Hehe, you have such a good eye for people. With the Shengfei Pen as my martial soul, I, Mosheng Fei, was born to stir up trouble."
The Douluo I era
While Mosheng Fei was entangled with the World Will, stranded in the turbulent currents of time with no idea of the original timeline, two and a half months slipped swiftly by.
By now, in the Douluo I era, every whistle of wind and cry of a crane sounded like an enemy approaching. Tensions ran high among the major powers.
A world war needed only a spark.
Inside Yu Xiaogang's office
"Little San, the searches have been getting stricter lately."
"Spirit Hall has been hunting for you like mad."
"Even ordinary people have started rigorously checking other ordinary people. Anyone with a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul is watched like a hawk. The people of Holy Soul Village sold you out by handing over your portrait..."
"And perhaps I... have long since been exposed under Spirit Hall's very nose."
"If they weren't taking into account my past relationship with Spirit Hall's current pope..."
Tang San wore a human-face mask, his scalp prickling in waves.
As time passed, Spirit Hall had grown frantic. In its hunt for traces of the Outer Realm Demonic Devil... even the Worship Hall had been mobilized.
"Teacher!"
"Then what should we do now...?"
Yu Xiaogang abruptly raised his head and gripped Tang San's shoulders tightly.
"The Heaven Dou Empire... our only destination now is the Heaven Dou Empire."
"In the future, I'll be the Heaven Dou Empire's Imperial Preceptor. You'll also receive support from the Two Great Empires, and even the nobles and sects across the entire continent. After all, without you defeating Spirit Hall, they'll have no path left... except submitting to Spirit Hall!!"
"As long as you obtain the support of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire ahead of time, all the nobles on the continent will support you. When that happens... even Spirit Hall will..."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Just then, a succession of fierce sounds tore through the air.
"Your Holiness."
"The person you're looking for is inside."
An effeminate voice, impossible to distinguish as male or female, suddenly sounded outside the door.
Click, click, click!!!
The crisp sound of high heels slowly approached.
Bang!!!
The next instant, the door to Yu Xiaogang's office was shoved open.
A figure in platinum-colored papal robes, radiating a powerful aura, slowly stepped inside.
"Gangzi... we meet again!"
Tang San looked at the young woman sitting before Yu Xiaogang, her aura so powerful he could not look directly at her.
"Th-the... Pope...!"
Yu Xiaogang instantly clenched his hands. He turned away in a huff, refusing to meet Bibi Dong's eyes. Cold sweat soaked his back as he clasped his hands behind him and looked out the window.
"All you ever do is run away."
"But running away won't solve anything."
"Gangzi, hand over the Outer Realm Demonic Devil, Tang San!"
Bibi Dong acted like an old acquaintance merely carrying out routine business.
Yu Xiaogang swallowed, his eyes frantically searching for something outside the window, until... a black-robed figure appeared atop a tree. The taut string inside him instantly slackened, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tang San isn't here, and I never took him as my disciple."
"Go look somewhere else."
"There's nothing left to say between us. You needn't come looking for me again!"
Looking at Yu Xiaogang's back, Bibi Dong raised her head. Reminiscence slowly surfaced in her eyes, and finally, her fists gradually clenched.
"I'm doing this for your own good. That future Outer Realm Demonic Devil... even I..."
"I can no longer suppress the voices within Spirit Hall. They're about to destroy everything connected to the Outer Realm Demonic Devil."
"Protecting you for these two and a half months was already the limit of what I could manage against those old fossils. If you don't hand him over... you'll die."
Yu Xiaogang spun around angrily.
"Then let them come!"
The frustration in Yu Xiaogang's eyes looked so much like her own when she had been forcibly taken away all those years ago... Bibi Dong turned her head. She did not want to look, nor could she bear to.
"Hand him over. I'll protect you, and only the chief culprit will be executed."
A hand suddenly reached toward Tang San nearby.
"Tang Yin. Your surname is also Tang, and your martial soul is also Blue Silver Grass. Your age doesn't match... your bone age..."
Thump! Thump!! Thump!!!
With his right hand caught in Bibi Dong's grasp, Tang San's heart nearly leaped out of his chest.
Thank goodness, thank goodness I've already cultivated Mysterious Jade Hand. She can't determine my bone age by touch.
Bibi Dong raised her hand and reached for Tang San's face.
Tang San's heart instantly tightened.
He had cultivated Mysterious Jade Hand, so Bibi Dong could not feel his bone age through his hand. But he had never cultivated Iron Head Kung Fu! If she discovered his bone age...
Seeing this, Yu Xiaogang panicked too.
"I've never had a child. I've only taken this one disciple, and he is my son!"
"Bibi Dong, if you dare touch Little Yin...!!"
"Then I will destroy Spirit Hall at any cost!!!"
Bibi Dong's hand paused. She immediately stood, turned, and headed straight out.
"Your Holiness, did you find anything suspicious?"
Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo asked anxiously outside the door.
Bibi Dong's expression was solemn.
"Nothing suspicious."
"The Outer Realm Demonic Devil, Tang San, isn't here...!"
Just as the three were about to leave Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy...
"Third Brother...!!!"
Xiao Wu glanced over from afar amid the crowd. The next instant, her hair stood on end.
"It's the Charming Rabbit exposed in the Book of Strange Tales!"
"Charming Rabbit, you shall not wreak havoc upon the mortal world!!"
Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo cried out.
Bibi Dong narrowed her eyes. "The one who slipped through the net all those years ago!!!"
"Third Brother!!!"
At that moment of crisis, a figure suddenly rushed out of the faculty building, leaping straight down from the third floor.
Tang San looked at Xiao Wu, surrounded by three Titled Douluos.
He could not help recalling the vow made that year... that summer... amid that sea of flowers.
[Brother... if one day lots of people wanted to kill me, and you couldn't beat them, what would you do?]
Tang San's eyes instantly reddened.
"Then let them step over my corpse first!!!"
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