Arc 8Chapters 176–191

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Ch. 176The Three Education Committee Members Were Utterly Numb, Qin Ming: ??

Tang Tian stunned the three Education Committee Members by revealing he was a level forty-five Soul Ancestor at twelve and explaining the Foundation Establishment Pill. After agreeing to share limited pharmacology insights with Zhi Lin, he visited Qian Renxue and gave her a pill in gratitude for her trust and the Profound Nether Furnace.

  • Zhi Lin noticed Tang Tian had reached Soul Ancestor, and Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan reacted with shock when they learned he was level forty-five at twelve.
  • Tang Tian attributed his breakthrough to his twenty-three-thousand-year Time Tree Soul Ring and the Foundation Establishment Pill, leaving the three Education Committee Members astonished.
  • Tang Tian explained the pill’s benefits, including strengthening foundations and increasing gifted Soul Masters’ cultivation speed, and agreed to exchange pharmacology insights with Zhi Lin.
  • Meng Shenji promised the academy would support Tang Tian, who left the three Foundation Establishment Pills behind and departed.
  • Tang Tian visited Qian Renxue and gave her a Foundation Establishment Pill as thanks for letting him enter the Imperial Family Treasure Vault and giving him the Profound Nether Furnace.

Ch. 177Qian Renxue's Feelings, Yu Tianheng's Thanks

Tang Tian gave Qian Renxue a Foundation Establishment Pill before meeting Yu Tianheng to propose a partnership with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Yu Tianheng agreed to bring the proposal to his clan and left with the pill, thanking Tang Tian personally.

  • Tang Tian gave Qian Renxue a Foundation Establishment Pill and left to meet Yu Tianheng.
  • Yu Tianheng confirmed Tang Tian had reached level forty-five and reflected on how far ahead Tang Tian was.
  • Tang Tian showed Yu Tianheng a Foundation Establishment Pill and proposed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan provide ingredients and distribution channels for batch pill refining.
  • Yu Tianheng said he needed approval from the clan elders, then agreed to contact the clan and secured the pill.
  • Tang Tian recounted his battle with the Time Tree and Soul Ring absorption, and Yu Tianheng thanked him before leaving.

Ch. 178Yu Xiaogang: Could Tang Tian Possibly Take Flight?

Tang Tian struck a deal with Ning Fengzhi to supply medicinal ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills, while Ning Fengzhi secured one for Ning Rongrong. At Shrek Academy, Yu Yuanzhen arrived to question Yu Xiaogang about Tang Tian, as Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun proposed confronting him.

  • Tang Tian visited Ning Fengzhi and offered to make Foundation Establishment Pills in exchange for vast quantities of premium medicinal ingredients, with the proceeds split between them.
  • Ning Fengzhi agreed to open the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's treasury to Tang Tian and asked him to reserve a pill for Ning Rongrong; Tang Tian accepted.
  • Ning Fengzhi warned Tang Tian that his power and influence could attract assassins, but Tang Tian said he had trump cards and implied the allied powers would protect him.
  • Yu Yuanzhen arrived at Shrek Academy after receiving Yu Tianheng's report about the Foundation Establishment Pill and asked Yu Xiaogang what he knew about Tang Tian.
  • Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun urged Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang to take them to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to challenge Tang Tian, but Yu Yuanzhen mocked their confidence.
  • Yu Xiaogang dismissed Tang Tian as a child, and Yu Yuanzhen began to ask how Yu Tianheng's intelligence had described him.

Ch. 179Yu Yuanzhen's Appreciation, an Agreement Reached

Yu Yuanzhen proposed a high-level strategic alliance between the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Tang Tian, offering the clan’s resources and protection in exchange for pills and future assistance. Before their meeting, Little Iron Hammer completed her evolution into the Limit-Breaking Clear Sky Hammer and briefly gained a human form.

  • Yu Yuanzhen revealed Tang Tian’s age, rank, and Foundation Establishment Pills, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and making Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun abandon their challenge.
  • Yu Yuanzhen left to meet Tang Tian after learning Yu Xiaogang knew little about him.
  • Little Iron Hammer evolved into the Limit-Breaking Clear Sky Hammer, gaining increased attributes and a new Soul Skill, and briefly took human form.
  • Tang Tian welcomed Little Iron Hammer back, and she pledged to protect him.
  • Yu Yuanzhen met Tang Tian with Yu Tianheng and proposed a strategic alliance, offering clan resources and protection in return for pills and future help.

Ch. 180The Golden Generation's Provocation!

Tang Tian accepted Yu Yuanzhen’s thunder-pattern silver mother and fed it to Little Iron Hammer, while Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to investigate and recruit him or kill him. She sent the Golden Generation to Heaven Dou City, where the three defeated the city’s Soul Masters and Xie Yue mocked its elites.

  • Tang Tian agreed to Yu Yuanzhen’s offer and received thunder-pattern silver mother as a gift.
  • Tang Tian gave the thunder-pattern silver mother to Little Iron Hammer, who devoured it in his Sea of Consciousness.
  • Bibi Dong ordered Salas to investigate Tang Tian and recruit him or kill him if Spirit Hall could not use him.
  • Bibi Dong summoned Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, then ordered them to recruit Tang Tian or destroy him.
  • Three days later, the Golden Generation won ten consecutive matches at Heaven Dou City’s Great Soul Arena.
  • Xie Yue scorned Heaven Dou’s elites, saying they were not worthy of making him draw his blades.

Ch. 181Tang Tian: Did you come knocking just to be my stepping stones?

Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation challenged Tang Tian after winning ten consecutive matches, but he refused to follow their terms. When Xie Yue, Yan, and their companion came to his courtyard, Tang Tian confronted them and revealed his overwhelming aura and four soul rings.

  • Xie Yue publicly challenged Tang Tian at the Great Soul Arena, while Yu Tianheng restrained Yu Feng from confronting Spirit Hall’s stronger fighters.
  • Qin Ming urged Tang Tian to answer Spirit Hall’s challenge, but Tang Tian refused to leave the academy and said he would deal with them if they came to him.
  • After Tang Tian failed to appear, Xie Yue, Yan, and the third Golden Generation member went to his courtyard.
  • Tang Tian criticized the Golden Generation for challenging a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor despite their age and cultivation advantages.
  • Tang Tian released a terrifying aura that overwhelmed Xie Yue and Yan’s pressure, then revealed four powerful soul rings.

Ch. 182Salas: I'm doing this for your own good!

Tang Tian humiliated Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation and rejected Salas’s attempt to pressure him into apologizing and joining Spirit Hall. Salas claimed to be acting in Tang Tian’s best interests, and Tang Tian challenged his true purpose.

  • Tang Tian’s black fourth Soul Ring stunned Xie Yue and Yan, while Hu Liena’s charm rebounded and injured her.
  • Tang Tian dismissed Hu Liena’s charm, and Xie Yue led the humiliated Golden Generation away after Yan vowed to settle things at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
  • Tang Tian considered turning Hu Liena into a weapon against Spirit Hall.
  • After hearing about the confrontation, Salas angrily blamed the Golden Generation’s defeat and went to recruit Tang Tian while trying to restore Spirit Hall’s reputation.
  • Salas urged Tang Tian to apologize and offered to recommend him to the Pope, but Tang Tian asked whether he had come to settle the score for the Golden Generation.

Ch. 183Tang Tian: Surely Becoming a Super Douluo Isn't Too Much to Ask?

Tang Tian sent Salas away after arguing that his own strength mattered more than the Golden Generation’s backing from Spirit Hall. As rumors spread through Heaven Dou City, Ning Rongrong visited Tang Tian and asked whether he feared offending Spirit Hall.

  • Tang Tian confronted Salas about the Golden Generation’s future and told the Platinum Bishop to leave.
  • Salas left Tang Tian’s courtyard, and Tang Tian discussed the encounter with Little Iron Hammer and Little Blue.
  • News of Tang Tian’s defeat of the Golden Generation and Salas’s visit spread throughout Heaven Dou City.
  • Ning Rongrong reflected on Tang Tian’s growing achievements and left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect residence to see him.
  • Ning Rongrong visited Tang Tian at his courtyard, asked if he feared Spirit Hall, and was left speechless by his response.

Ch. 184A conquest prompt for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda

Ning Rongrong visited Tang Tian to offer him a guest elder position in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused and she decided to stay in Heaven Dou City to learn from him. Tang Tian’s system identified her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a conquest target, and Xiao Wu arrived to find Ning Rongrong with him.

  • Ning Rongrong offered Tang Tian a guest elder position on behalf of her father, but Tang Tian declined because his existing deal with Sect Master Ning mattered more.
  • Ning Rongrong apologized for speaking badly of Tang Tian at the Five-Academy Exchange Tournament, and Tang Tian told her he had never cared about her judgment.
  • Ning Rongrong said she would stay in Heaven Dou City and attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy to learn from Tang Tian.
  • Tang Tian’s system identified the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as a special Martial Soul conquest target with an affection level of 30/100 and a Support Skill as its reward.
  • Xiao Wu returned from secluded cultivation after breaking through with the supreme-grade Foundation Establishment Pill and grew displeased when she saw Ning Rongrong with Tang Tian.

Ch. 185Ning Fengzhi: Whoa, Is This Still My Daughter?

Ning Rongrong insisted on training under Tang Tian despite Xiao Wu and Tang San's wariness, while Tang Tian welcomed the chance to draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into his plans. The next morning, her resolve to leave her pampered life behind astonished Ning Fengzhi and the two Titled Douluo.

  • Xiao Wu claimed Tang Tian's attention and challenged Ning Rongrong, while Tang San politely urged Ning Rongrong to stay in the academy dormitory instead of Tang Tian's courtyard.
  • Ning Rongrong refused special treatment and declared she would move into Tang Tian's courtyard the next morning; Tang Tian told Xiao Wu and Tang San that he wanted Ning Fengzhi watching and hoped to win the sect's support.
  • In the Sea of Consciousness, Little Iron Hammer angrily complained about Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, while Little Blue comforted her.
  • Ning Rongrong packed simple training clothes and a small travel bag, prompting Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong to question her decision.
  • Ning Rongrong told the three elders that nobody had bullied her and that she was going to become stronger, leaving Ning Fengzhi stunned.

Ch. 186Ning Rongrong's Ideas Shocked Everyone

Ning Rongrong resolved to leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and become stronger by learning from Tang Tian, refusing secret protection from her grandfathers. She arrived alone at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and asked to join Tang Tian's team, while Tang San and Xiao Wu remained wary.

  • Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that she wanted to learn strength from Tang Tian and become a worthy successor to the sect.
  • Ning Rongrong refused to have Chen Xin and Gu Rong secretly protect her, and her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda manifested on its own as if responding to her resolve.
  • Ning Fengzhi supported Ning Rongrong's decision after seeing her martial soul respond, and she left for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
  • Ning Rongrong arrived at Tang Tian's courtyard alone in practical travel clothes and asked to join his team without sect privileges or resources.
  • Xiao Wu challenged Ning Rongrong, while Tang San questioned her motives and Tang Tian listened calmly.

Ch. 187Ning Rongrong Blushed, Tang Tian Put Her to the Test

Tang Tian tested Ning Rongrong’s battlefield control by demanding that she sort five kinds of grains with five Soul Power threads before an incense stick burned out. She repeatedly failed but kept trying, while Tang Tian watched to see whether she and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had potential.

  • Tang Tian criticized Ning Rongrong’s three-orifice control and said it was insufficient for his team’s complex battles.
  • Tang Tian mixed five kinds of grains and challenged Ning Rongrong to sort them into separate bowls using five threads of Soul Power without her hands.
  • Ning Rongrong accepted the challenge, but her Soul Power threads tangled and scattered the sorted grains on her first attempt.
  • Ning Rongrong repeatedly gathered the grains and tried again, gradually making her Soul Power control more solid as she grew tired.
  • Xiao Wu noticed Ning Rongrong’s stubbornness, while Tang San recognized that Tang Tian’s pressure was drawing out her potential.
  • Tang Tian continued watching Ning Rongrong, intending to test both her character and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ch. 188Tang Tian put his skills to the test!

Ning Rongrong exhausted herself trying to sort five kinds of grains with the Heart Separation Control Method, but Tang Tian chose to push her past her limits to force a breakthrough. After she protested that his demand was impossible, Tang Tian demonstrated his extraordinary control by sorting every grain into the correct bowls.

  • Ning Rongrong repeatedly failed to control five threads of Soul Power and collapsed from exhaustion after managing only four grains.
  • Tang Tian's system warned that Ning Rongrong risked mental damage, but he chose to keep pressuring her in pursuit of the Four-Aperture Constant Heart realm and the Great Evolution Divine Art.
  • Tang Tian taunted Ning Rongrong's perseverance and called her control of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda pathetic.
  • Ning Rongrong insisted she had reached the rudiments of four apertures but had run out of Soul Power, and challenged Tang Tian to try the exercise himself.
  • Tang Tian released dozens of fine Soul Power threads and sorted all five kinds of grains perfectly, leaving Ning Rongrong, Tang San, and Xiao Wu astonished.

Ch. 189Ning Rongrong's breakthrough, Tang Tian's excessive actions!

Ning Rongrong pushed through Tang Tian’s punishing exercise, awakened new spiritual power, and passed out after successfully sorting five kinds of grains and beans. Tang Tian ordered her training doubled and considered the report her secret protector would send to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

  • Tang Tian challenged Ning Rongrong to continue training or leave, and she refused to quit despite her anger and exhaustion.
  • Ning Rongrong used spiritual power to sort the grains and beans, broke through her limits, and achieved the beginnings of a five-aperture heart.
  • Ning Rongrong collapsed, and Xiao Wu caught her while Tang Tian insisted the breakthrough justified his harsh methods.
  • Tang San praised Tang Tian’s precise teaching, and Tang Tian ordered Xiao Wu to take Ning Rongrong to her room and double her next day’s workload.
  • Tang Tian received the Great Evolution Divine Art as a reward and anticipated that Ning Rongrong’s secret protector had reported the day’s events to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ch. 190Ning Fengzhi's Praise!

Tang Tian fused the first volume of the Great Evolution Divine Art and used his spiritual power to condense moisture into a throwing knife. After learning how Tang Tian had pushed Ning Rongrong to reach Four-Aperture Constant Heart, Ning Fengzhi praised him and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not to interfere with his training.

  • Tang Tian fused the first volume of the Great Evolution Divine Art, sharpening his spiritual perception and control.
  • Tang Tian condensed moisture in the air into an ice-blue throwing knife using only spiritual power.
  • Ning Fengzhi received a secret report that Tang Tian had pushed Ning Rongrong until she fainted and helped her break through to Four-Aperture Constant Heart.
  • Ning Fengzhi revealed that Tang Tian had previously warned him that Rongrong's pride needed to be broken through ruthless training.
  • Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect not to interfere with Tang Tian's training unless Rongrong's life was in danger.

Ch. 191The grand finale

Tang Tian trained Ning Rongrong while Qian Renxue recognized that he was building her foundation, then spent the next twenty years becoming a Level 99 Limit Douluo and refusing the Divine Realm’s invitation. With the affection levels of the continent’s top goddesses at the vow stage, his quest cleared and he prepared to face the Divine Realm.

  • Qian Renxue realized Tang Tian was pushing Ning Rongrong to strengthen her control and lay a foundation for future cultivation.
  • Twenty years later, Tang Tian had become the Ling Tian Divine Pavilion’s master and a Level 99 Limit Douluo, and he rejected the Divine Realm’s attempt to welcome him.
  • In the Divine Pavilion’s rear garden, Little Blue, Little Iron Hammer, the Hell Spirit Cat, the Ice Phoenix, and Qian Renxue gathered around Tang Tian.
  • Tang Tian’s system announced that all the continent’s top goddesses had reached the vow stage and that his Love to Godhood quest was complete.
  • Tang Tian looked toward the Divine Realm and declared that even a God King could be smashed to pieces.
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